DIY Railing Remodel. Cut, Weld, Repeat!
Vložit
- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- In preparation for our home addition I've been doing a lot of little DIY projects In other words another project that ended up taking a lot longer than expected. Last month was the under the stair storage along with the second bathroom makeover.
This week I'm taking down the ugly wooden railing in the kitchen and making a sweet metal railing which is mostly 3/4" square tubing. Yes another welding video to all those that here to see some metal burn! This project isn't to intensive other than time. It is important to get all your angels just right. As you can imagine the spacing if off then it will stick out like a sore thumb. Another tip, for the amount of steel that you'll be using it is well worth going to a steel yard or steel supplier. Home Depot and Lowes do have the material but they are a lot more expensive than a local supplier. Once there ask them where their surplus section is. My local supplier always have these basic shapes in their surplus section. This being a demo type project you'll need your typical hammer, drill and level. I did use some specialty tools that aren't totally required. For example the nail gun (simple wood screws would do just fine if not better and a drywall cutout tool was nice but your drywall knife will work as well. Lets not forget about all the metal working tools.
Awesome welders here:
yeswelder.com/...
use coupon code: MECHMASTER
Tool List:
Cordless Drill: amzn.to/3wMYghe
Drill/ Driver Combo: amzn.to/3pe83dP
Miter Saw: amzn.to/34GatZ9
Saw Stand: amzn.to/3idUSIc
Saw Blade: amzn.to/3cd2w1W
Table Saw: amzn.to/3g7r7pN
Circular Saw: amzn.to/34Ic29a
amzn.to/3fHupRI
Blade: amzn.to/3uPl7rc
Cameras Used:
Cannon M50: amzn.to/3ieEeIC
Go Pro: amzn.to/3ihDrXl
Another weekend and another railing! Thanks for watching, be safe and healthy. Leave a comment of which projects I should do next when we are all quarantined!
The quality of this video is superior to your previous ones, not that they were bad or anything. The editing effort that went into this is very apparent. You've bumped up your overall video quality several notches. Very well done! Oh, and the railing is very cool, too.
Thanks, I did end up using a new editing software which was a learning curve but Its good to know someone noticed! Thanks for the feedback!
@@-DIYPRO- You're welcome. Thanks for your videos on the harbor freight welders. They really helped me out when I bought one last summer!
Very nice, and very tedious. My business gets these all the time. But it's all about pushing boundaries of design. 🔥
Very true!
Wow! Fantastic video! So happy that I found your videos. I don’t understand why you have so little likes. Your content is fantastic and you explain it in a very good way. Just got another subscriber.
Glad you enjoy it!
Nice job man
To bad box tube has gone up substantially this year.
Not as much as lumber but still prices are crazy!
Excellent reference to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.... Earned a sub on that alone
Haha, glad someone caught the reference!
The new railing looks great!!
Thanks! I could definitely use a cordless tool holder like what you made.
@@-DIYPRO- It helps keep my shop just a little more organized haha
Love the design
Thank you! 😊
Wow, that looks really cool. How long have you been welding. Could someone just pick up a welder and do a project like this?
Welding does take practice but the good thing about it is if the welds look bad you can grind them down and do it again.
Turn up your wire speed
Going back and watching it again, totally agree, too low.
Great work, any idea how many linear feet of 3/4 tubing you used? Steel is so pricey now, would be great to do this manually.
I believe I purchased (10) 10' length section..... and I had enough to do my stair railings, this one, and some lights!
Great video, question about your welding of the 3/4 square tubing: Are you welding all four sides or just the outside connection points?
The angles I could reach into I did all other just the outsides.
How many man hours did this take? This looks like more than just a weekend project!
I'd say it took 40 hours, I don't really know i'm just throwing that out there. It did extend a couple weekends.
What do you use for the full Welds ???
Your setup
What machines do you use !!
List of welders
Ive been thinking in construction i am a electrician i did almost everything from bathrooms , to kitchen cabinets i do a lot of wood projects ! But i never welded
Wannna redo my stair railings here in montreal Canada
If you are new to welding I'd pick up a cheap flux core welder and start practicing. Since this isn't structural your welds don't have to be perfect and if they look bad you can grind it down and reweld it. Check out some of my older videos I talk more about welders. Do you have a Harbor Freight store in CA? They have the perfect home hobby type welders for beginners.
Inspiring! What metal did you use
It's 3/4" sq. tubing.
@@-DIYPRO- I mean the metal not the size. Is it iron?
Honestly I agree with the kid... Could of reused that or gave it to some one. I try to reuse everything.
Yea but then I wouldn't have been able to use my reciprocating saw! I will be reusing the balesters in another up coming project.
Just found your channel. Love your content. Thank you! Where do you buy your tubing from? Want to do something similar, but at a fraction of the big box stores' prices...
Thanks. Are you asking if I want to build more? If so I'll pass, I'm good with the occasional weekend project.
@@-DIYPRO- Lol...I should have said that "I" want to do something similar in my home. We have a super tight budget and I feel like we could follow your video to create what we need! (The landscape in your videos looks familiar too...so I was hoping we are in the same state?!? and I could go buy materials from the same place you do...any help is appreciated! ) Thank you!
I'm in Utah
@@-DIYPRO- I'm in Utah too! I thought that the surroundings looked familiar :) If you don't mind mentioning, what store do you purchase your tubing from? Thanks!
Got to love those UT mountains. I get if from Wasatch Steel on 33rd South. You can go in and get new stock or ask where their surplus is (outside on the east side) go look through that. Most of the surplus has a little rust on it but the little clean up it takes is worth the cheaper price....for me at least.
How do you get the correct angles for the 3/4” rails? Thanks
Easy, eye ball it and cut twice! Seriously though that is how I did the first one and like the angle so I kept the saw set up for that angle until i was done.
Thanks for the quick reply