Wamsutta
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This is an extreme case, but you'd never know.
Filling in Gaps with Weld
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Miss the Pontiacs
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That is pretty amazing! Welding is one skill I have never pursued, played around a bit but never did the time.
stinkity stoink
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Wow, that is impressive.
Old Man Roger
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That video is proof that just because you can, doesn’t mean you should..lol
joe_padavano
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It's actually a manual version of 3D metal printing, but still not exactly the most efficient way to do that. I guess if you have hours to waste and tons of excess TIG rod and gas, what have you got to lose?
Walkers
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What an incredibly waste of time and energy! It would have been so much more productive to learn how to fit instead of doing that.
Black300zx
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Well, the video has over 700k views so I'm guessing the youtube revenue from making that video has more than paid for the time & materials used 
iagsxr
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You don't think the guy who did that could have also fitted it perfectly if he had wanted to? Sometimes the fact that you can do something is the whole point.
There used to be a weld shop across the highway from the house I grew up in. That guy would randomly weld pop cans, razor blades, and anything else he could think of together to entertain himself and customers. Also to keep his skills nuts on for the day a job required that level of finesse.
Walkers
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Oh, he likely could have. I have been a welding contractor and own a fab shop. I don't think in the 15+ years I have been in business that I have ever wasted that much time on a useless project like that or welding cans or razor blades, there has simply been too much work to do.
NFH2740
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You were selling a service. YouTubers are selling advertising. Is it a waste of time if it makes money?
Walkers
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That is the question of our time, isn't it?
86turbodsl
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My tube fittings skills are good enough i wouldn't have to learn that ****. You can't fix the inside flow if it matters.
That wasn’t the point of the video. It was to demonstrate how to fill gaps, even when very large. Not how to make a 90 deg joint with tubing.
sqznby
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I like filling gaps
The work he put into that, and the video paid for itself many times over.
The work he put into that, and the video paid for itself many times over.
zmotorsports
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WOW! I've seen some large gaps in my day but THAT'S A GAP!!!
Walkers
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So true, however, your dissenting position, and mine, are unpopular opinions on this topic.
86turbodsl
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True story!
sqznby
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Crazyjake8493
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Anything is possibly with a welder and enough time. Can't say I've ever done anything like that but I've certainly done some build-up jobs with mine where chunks broke off a cast aluminum part.
Obviously the video is just for entertainment purposes.
Obviously the video is just for entertainment purposes.
When I was in college, welding a soda can was the standard test to be able to TIG weld in the aerospace machine shop. I never did do it successfully. I always thought it was a fairly pointless skill until on of the test fixtures from the hypersonic wind tunnel came in. Some of those part made the can look thick.
Everything is a skill to have in your arsenal.
Sweetcorn
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When I see a video like that come up, I (and I assume most people around here) don't take it that the intent of the video was to show people the "right way" to do the task. Just showing that if you can work through an extreme situation like the one they did, then smaller and more reasonable stuff should be easy.
As with anything else, someone watching it might glean a few new tricks that will make their future projects easier. For instance, where he adds a tack to the individual piece before fitting and then uses that to fuse the pieces together. I've been doing that for many years and I've showed that to a lot of people. It's like having another hand when trying to fit something that doesn't lend itself to fixturing. Videos like this are good to pick up on little things like that for someone who doesn't have someone around with decades of experience to show them shortcuts.
There are a million videos out there on how to properly fit pipes. This isn't meant to be one of them.
Take from it what you will, but almost everything can be a learning opportunity.
As with anything else, someone watching it might glean a few new tricks that will make their future projects easier. For instance, where he adds a tack to the individual piece before fitting and then uses that to fuse the pieces together. I've been doing that for many years and I've showed that to a lot of people. It's like having another hand when trying to fit something that doesn't lend itself to fixturing. Videos like this are good to pick up on little things like that for someone who doesn't have someone around with decades of experience to show them shortcuts.
There are a million videos out there on how to properly fit pipes. This isn't meant to be one of them.
Take from it what you will, but almost everything can be a learning opportunity.
kaymccampbell
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It's always good to have a skill like that.
When you get horribly disfigured parts from the factory, or it broke with lots of damage, and there's no option for better, and you're days or miles away from the right thing, and it must run ASAP, then absolutely. I've built up, added pieces, totally altered, and closed huge gaps with MIG and stick, just to get it going again.
When you get horribly disfigured parts from the factory, or it broke with lots of damage, and there's no option for better, and you're days or miles away from the right thing, and it must run ASAP, then absolutely. I've built up, added pieces, totally altered, and closed huge gaps with MIG and stick, just to get it going again.
strength_and_power
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Impressive? Very
Practical? Not Very
As mentioned above, did I learn something? Yes
I know the video was sped up but I wonder what the actual time was including cool down time? That piece had to be sizzling.
Practical? Not Very
As mentioned above, did I learn something? Yes
I know the video was sped up but I wonder what the actual time was including cool down time? That piece had to be sizzling.
DocsMachine
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-He cut the tubing with a freakin' chainsaw! Is there anyone out there that thinks he did that for any reason other than Schlitz n' giggles?
Doc.
zkdiesel
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So at 700k views how Much money has that video actually earned? I’d like the hear this aspect ratio
DocsMachine
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-Widely varies. Depends on how many ads the poster has allowed (there's a minimum that YT requires, but you can add more) and the actual viewing time (a surprisingly low number of viewers actually watch all the way through- you're basically paid by the minute of ad exposure, not by the view.)
They also know if the watcher has an ad-blocker. If the ad isn't served for whatever reason, the poster isn't paid.
AND, it's worth noting, that ad revenue pretty much across the board (everywhere, not just YT) is collapsing. It's currently way down from it's peak of a couple years ago- more and more people adblock, fewer and fewer actually click an ad, ad buyers are seeing less and less response from any ad campaign and so aren't willing to pay inflated prices anymore, etc. etc.
That's why so many have "paid promotionals" in the video itself- those generally pay better than what you get from YT.
All that said, I'm given to understand that people with popular channels can still make $10K or more per month. (It used to be easy to make several times that.)
Doc.
Crazyjake8493
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The trick to welding soda cans is to weld the bases together where they're thicker, and drill a hole in the concave bottom of each can to avoid blowout at the end of the weld.
MileHighRover
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He literally explains in the description the purpose of doing what he did --
"How to fill a large gap with filler rod, and then shape it to form a smooth looking elbow. This has no practical application, but it's excellent practice for torch, heat, and filler rod control. "
He even posted a picture of the inside in case y'all are wanting more stuff to complain about.
"How to fill a large gap with filler rod, and then shape it to form a smooth looking elbow. This has no practical application, but it's excellent practice for torch, heat, and filler rod control. "
He even posted a picture of the inside in case y'all are wanting more stuff to complain about.
toplessHO
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more input about the torch and pushbutton control
Monza Harry
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I recently made some changes to a stool I use at work. It was originally bolted together, those bolts will be in the way of the threaded stem casters I plan to add later [probably much later]. So I filled all 4 screw holes both sides. There are no pictures as the whole forum will be crying oouch my retinas! My lack of pretty finess, steel with a coating that remained present [after sanding, wire wheeling, and some Scotchbrite action] though invisible, with uncoped pipes meeting at 90° and tubing I swear you can see through. This resulted in welds that while strong, pretty is 2-3 area codes away. After some grind fill and some new paint if my eyes stop hurting I may share. Harry