Recent content by ChuckE2009

Goodmorning, everyone! Just thought I'd stop in and share my newest YouTube series, which is designed to take an individual with little to no MIG welding experience through the basics... Machine setup, flat and horizontal position welding, all the way through vertical and overhead work... I...

Goodafternoon, TBN!! So, a little while back I set out to build a low budget, highly portable welding table... I budgeted $200 for the build, and this is what I came up with: Part One:

Hey, everyone!! Just thought I'd stop by and share one of my latest series' with yall, I figured it might benefit a few folks here. As the title of this thread implies, it's a 5 part series with 3 additional videos designed to take someone with little or no SMAW experience through some basic...

Goodevening, everyone!! Just thought I'd stop in and share another video with y'all... I recently got the chance to visit the Kennesaw, Georgia based "Georgia Trade School", and get a behind-the-scenes look at one of America's up and coming welding schools :cool: In this video you'll see...

Good morning, everyone!! So, these are my newest two videos, I just thought I'd stop in and share them... As some may be aware, I recently flew to New Hampshire, and met up with Jim Colt for a full tour of their facilities, and of course, some YouTube exclusive footage... Here's part one...

Good evening, everyone!! Heres a recent two-part video that I made... It discusses the main differences between oxy-fuel (mainly oxy-acetylene) and plasma cutting... These videos compare the two processes on their: -Initial setup cost -Cost to operate & maintain -Cutting speeds -Ability to...

Morning guys!! Here's another video that I just thought I'd share... Its on a quick hay wagon repair I helped a buddy of mine with... Basically, the tongue of the wagon separated from its pivot point, so we had to remove the old metal and fabricate some new material from scrap to get the...

Morning, everyone!! Here are a couple of my newest videos which I just thought I'd share... These are a couple more I shot with Pete up in Wisconsin... This time, we're doing a little more CAG and running the arc-air off his 300 amp Miller Trailblazer 302D... Sure was fun, this thing has some...

Morning, TBN! :) Heres a quick Saturday video that I just wanted to share with y'all... I'd recently had a few requests for a stick welding video on Stainless Steel, to compliment the Aluminum and Cast Iron stick welding I'd done... So, I picked up a box of 3/32" Hobart 308L-16 Electrodes...

A 1989 Weldanpower 225 G7... I love this thing!! I picked it up in Milwaukee while I was there shooting a bunch of welding videos with a friend of mine... Anyway, here's a quick video of it. I cold started it, ran some 7018 and 5P 6010, then tried it completely maxed out and tested the...

Goodmorning everyone, hope y'all are having a nice weekend... Here's my latest video, its another one I shot with Peter... This time, we're running an HTP spool gun welding up some Aluminum scraps, and we're running it off a 300 Amp Miller Diesel engine drive, "just because" ;) Anyway, hope...

Goodafternoon, everyone!! Heres another video that I just thought I'd share... Recently, a buddy of mine drove down and we made a bunch of videos together, including this one, on Carbon-Arc gouging. It was a commonly requested video and not one I was setup to do, so I was really glad when we...

Goodafternoon, everyone! Hope y'all are having a nice weekend. Heres a recent video of mine... It was highly requested, and although I'd never attempted welding aluminum with anything but a TIG machine or a massive 500 amp push-pull gun, I decided to wing it and hope for the best. What did I...

Goodafternoon, everyone! So, I was recently sent a handful of 7024's from a buddy of mine, and aside from the 1/8" electrodes that have shown up in a few videos, he also sent out a couple of "baseball bat" 3/16" electrodes... Annnd, I just had to try em' out :) I cranked up the Precision Tig...

Goodafternoon, everyone! Here are a couple videos that I wanted to share.. A little while back a buddy of mine, Peter Zila was nice enough to drive out to the farm and brought, among other things, a roll of Lincoln Dual-Shield wire. I'd never run Dual-Shield before, and man is it fun... Kinda...