How to Butt Weld Sheet Metal 🔥 (the right way vs the wrong way)
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- čas přidán 19. 03. 2022
- Today we're going to demonstrate how to butt weld sheet metal using a Lincoln Electric mig welder. Like anything, there's a right way and a wrong way to butt weld patch panels on a car. This simple technique will save you a lot of headache in the long run 🔥
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Best demonstration of why the gap is better. Thank you !
Best welding teacher ive seen explains everything
An artist discussing his art and educating the next generation...nothing finer!
Thankyou im 65 and this old dog just learned a new trick!
Jolene is actually a fine welder, it's amazing how good of a job she does with so little actual hands on experience. Well done Jolene .
So I've watched a half dozen others demos welding sheet metal, and Chad is the only one explaining how and why it's necessary to have the gap. I'm probably twice Chad's age, and in another life, I did body work, a lot of brazing, and lead metal finishing. Wire feed wasn't a thing, yet or it wasn't in common use for sheet metal. Got a project coming up .This is going to help a lot!!
Chad thank you for going to this level of detail with simple and no-bs explanations. Great content as per usual
Thanks for the video. I am in my 50’s and took an adult welding class. Have been having a lot of fun. I have made some trophies for some local car shows. I have wasted a lot of time re-welding after grinding things smooth and having the joint pop apart. I will be leaving that gap in the next few models I make. You have potential saved me hours of work. Thanks.
Man, I'm aboutto put a patch panel on my Mustang and your videos is amazing. Thanks yall.
The two of you are very very talented and very informative down to earth people. Thanks Glenn
Yeeha! Thank you Bad Chad and his queen the mean jolene. I almost didn't leave a gap!
Hi Chad and Jolene. I watch with my husband daily. It's great that you show your own HUMANITY to us all and that everyone makes mistakes and your WILLENESS to show COMPASSION to your friends your love for Jolene and the PASSION to learn and let us all share the processes of your thoughts that make your build so interesting and keep us watching daily. Keep up the GREAT work.
I've posted this several times before, but watching Chad's videos has given me a great deal of confidence and insight into my own projects. And Jim said it perfectly in the last video...people can become experts without lifting a hand by watching Chad's videos. :) We are in the process of putting hood scoops from a 94-96 Firebird into a '93 Chevy truck hood and this video is very helpful in seeing just how beneficial having the gap is to get good weld penetration.
20 seconds after watching another video by another shop guy I started this video.
In his video he demonstrated putting in a patch panel where a side marker was on an old Chevy truck. Butt welded that is. Of course he recommended getting the fit as tight as possible. Now I watch this video where a gap is recommended with the demonstration as to why. I' m about to buy a welder and start learning. After this video I'll leave a gap.
If I may butt in? Funny I watched the same video as you did where he made such a tight fit. I Tig welded for years and always left a gap, this allowed movement which helped stop SOME warpage. Now about five years back I recieved a pacemaker and had issues with the Tig deprograming my pacemaker, so I sold the tig and went back to flame welding which I done pretty well, even learnd to gas weld aluminum. The other day I got brave and bought a Mig welder hoping I will not have the issues I had with Tig. With Mig I can keep the tourch farther away from my chest, about 24 inches, also Mig does not have the high frequencys as Tig does. So I bought a bottle of argon/co2 and a cheap cart from china freight and have started to put things together, will know in a day or to if I can be sucessful. All the best to you.
Thanks for taking the time to show us all you do
chad is a great teacher always explains why he does things the way he does
Super helpful thank you!!!! This explains so much of why my welds fail as well looking chunky. Heading toward rust repairs on my jeep this spring, I'm making my patches and putting a gap in now. Game changing tip!
Every episode there's something new to learn. Always appreciate how Chad explains how & why...keep it up 👍
Right on Chad taken us to school. Jolene is ahead of the curve when it comes to welding with the mig.
Great to see Queen Jolene welding today. The cover for the console turned out awesome. Can't wait to see it painted.
Love your teaching this way so all can learn these simple techniques
Thanks for sharing Chad... the information will be out here for people wanting to learn for years to come. Great Job!
i try to watch every thing you do.....the way you do your work is great....simple but sound technics and honest.....which to me counts the most....by far the best teacher in my book
I've watched dozens of vids from all sorts of youtubers on paint and body, never seen this fantastic tip before. Thank you!!!
Thank you Chad. Good explanation of how to weld. Been learning how to fabricate metal on my hot rod. Love your show.
Love the way you work things out and explain it nice and simple helps me soo much with my fabricating 👊🏻
I appreciate the video, and the explanation, and the demonstration. I watched something last night to learn how to do butt welds right, and the person was an excellent welder fabricator. But there was no gap between the two pieces of steel. And I was doing something exactly the same (a butt weld) the day before, with no training. But having a gap between the two pieces of steel for my molten weld pool to harden and bond them together, and be really strong, just made sense to me. So that was how I did it. Thanks for confirming how you do it, I completely agree with that method.
I'm a crappy welder, by the way, but I'm practicing, and trying to do better welding.
Thank you again,
Daniel
Awesome advice Thanks Chad and Jolene, Great welding tips. The console has turned out beautiful and will look great once painted
Thank you Chad and Jolene for everything that you do. I love your videos
I’m 68 and have just welded two pieces of scrap metal with my new mig welder. I’ll be replacing the front lower fenders(rusted out) on my 72 C20 soon. I’m confident the replacements will look beautiful by following your tips of the trade. LMC provided the bottom pieces for each side and by leaving a gap and clamping them, going slowly, cooling as I go I’ll be successful. I’m excited even though the finished product will actually be hidden behind the front bumper haha! Closing holes in the doors on each side 1/2-3/4” from towing mirrors is next on the list, I look forward to your help. Formerly an entomologist/exterminator/teacher of the sciences I will have to say you are a fantastic instructor. Thank You!
Very helpful thanks, I had to discover this on my own some years ago.
Pay attention people, this couple are good and explain it well with no editing tricks.
Thanks Brad and Jolene for your welding class. So helpful.
I'm glad I found this video! I'm about to weld some patch panels and was going to butt weld them like a lot of welding videos show. Now I'll leave a gap between the patch panel and and the original sheet metal.
Great welding lesson, Chad! Thanks for the demonstration.
Thank you Chad! New to the whole car resto, and welding. This explained a lot!
Love the way you work things out and explain it nice and simple
Great advice and easily explained 👌 Well-done at keeping it simple to understand 👏 👍
Thanks for all of these videos. We all appreciate it
Cool video. Currently restoring a '74 Celica that I bought specifically to have a go at car metalwork & welding since I've watched 100's of videos of other guys doing it like yourself. It's going very well, & noticed early on it's better to make a patch panel that has abit of a 'loose' fit rather than a no-gap 'perfect' fit, otherwise seems the metal stretches when welding & you end up fighting with it & having to make a relief cut etc.
Thanks for the welding lesson, used gas and electrode in the past; after watching you I've progressed to mig and your tips have proved to be very useful.
Gas and electrode? What? I'm guessing you mean stick/SMAW when you say electrode? What do you mean by gas? MIG uses shielding gas (solid core), TIG uses gas, Oxy-Acetylene with rod obviously uses gas.
as a new welder/ car customizer, you my brother, have explained exactly how i need to sort my shit out. i have a ton of rust i need to replace with good sheet. but you have made it a ton easier, i feel so much more confident in this process...
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Awesome job , thanks for everything you do for your viewers. 👍
Another moment in greatness, actually a great lesson learnt. Keep it up, Chad Jolene and Fina.
This video is my favorite one...I'm a hobbyist with a cheap welder learning welding teck...planning on getting a new one with a tank soon...but wanted to thank you for passing on the smarts yo have
Great tips, thank you for sharing what you learned!
Love watching and learning. Thanks for the hard work you two
Jolene been learning lots of good practical car skills to go along with her excellent video work- good to see her featured for that! She wields a mean torch, so... Bad Chad and Mean Jolene, the Legend Continues!!
Learned a lot from this video. I only practiced a little bit of mig welding in school but not enough to get real good at it.
Excellent tutorial for beginner welders and pros alike thanks chad an jolene
Great content as always! Thanks Chad and Jolene.
Congratulations on 500 Episodes I really LOVE watching your show i've learnt so very much you keep up the Fantastic Show it can only get bigger
Thank you for this post. I have welded up a lot of cheap old cars to keep them on the road so I can drive them and have always taken pains to get my let-in sections closely fitting with no gaps. Nothing has ever let go, but I'm going to have to change what I do.
Finally you put a video out on this lol i’m pretty sure most of us viewers have been waiting for this thanks so much chad 👍
I like your guidance and knowledge on welding and fabrications ./ you guys are top of the line people . thanks
Thanks for the advice I’m just getting into welding and it was something I always wanted to do never heard the gap in between and thanks I’ve seen many people cars rust and break apart at welds and didn’t know why but know I see thanks again I love to get it right and you’ve taught me what many are not trying to do which is have things last and I like to do it the best way and thanks you’ve made my day I’m about to repair my car
I never would have thought of that, I was taught just put two pieces of metal together touching and weld them together. Thank you both nicely presented tutorial video.
Thank you so much... Learned so much...
New into the body work industry...
Great video! I love the examples and reasoning in real time. Thank you!
thankyou chad and jolene for the welding lesson. ordinary everyday people could now have a go with a bit more confidence.
Thanks bud im not an experienced welder just a hands on learn as i go . Countless arguments from people telling me i gotta flange everything or overlap or butt it tight but logic seem to me to have a slight gap and then bam! I see this video im not crazy after all well ok im crazy but filled with confidence as i move forward on my restore.
Thank you guys for the lesson and demonstration.
thanks chad ,great job jolene , watching every day guys thanks
Thanks for the welding tip Bad Chad, I will be using that one this summer on my 1954 Ford truck. Great welding work Jolene and camera work as well.
We're all learning today!! Thanks for the education!
Hi, I recently started watching your show, and I look forward to watching every day. You do amazing work!!!
Great information, Chad. Wish I had a teacher like you when I got started back in 1970... retired now...enjoy your work!
short but great video again,showing us how to butweld sheetmetal together,also nice to see Jolene in front of the camera again for a while,thanks for sharing,keep up the good work you're doing
Thanks for the demo, worthwhile
Perfect demonstration…thanks guys 👌
You all rock! Keep up the awesome job, so fun to watch!
Congrats on the 500, the great videos, and the great team you two are!
I'm new to welding,and these little tips go a long way in helping me out.
Looking amazing can't wait to see it painted great job on that chad
Thank you for answering a question I’ve had for years 👍🏼
Love your videos, Chad! Love how you take your time, explain everything. That console is bad ass! Well done! Kudos to Jolene as well!
Never been the biggest fan of the "Custom" scene but you sir are a great teacher and master at fabrication 😎👍
Same here, in fact I'm a "bone stock" fudd, but I admire the fabrication skills and knowledge sharing. Good suff.
Congrats on 500+ videos! They have helped me so many times!
Great info, thank both of ya'll, and keep it coming!
Best lesson I've learnt all day!! Thanks for the great video
Y’all definitely deserve a break! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. I’ve learned a lot from you. 👍
Thanks for this video. I'm doing floor pans in my truck for the first time and looking for pointers. I'm definitely going to be sure to have a gap after watching you do that bend test.
Great video. Explaining the gap is super important. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your welding secrets!
TY Chad,you sir can build/fix anything
Really useful tip. Thanks to you both from SW France.
That's big help for bodywork great tips and style thks for sharing
I stumbled on your channel , I have seen you on one of those channels on tv , I am happy I found you , you do great work and you are a great teacher, thanks for sharing ,your knowledge it’s priceless !
Great video, I learn something every day. Thanks.
Just came across this for the first time thanks for the lesson 👏🇦🇺and your right time is worth more than money as you find this out when you lose love ones
Thanks for the tip . Console looks beautiful ; right at home.
Thanks, Chad. I've recently started using a MIG welder and have learnt another trick here from you through this video! Goodonya, mate!
You make it easy to understand. Appreciate that very much.
Great lesson and demonstration on but welding.
Thank you for this video just bought my self volkswagen t4 and need to do the back inner and outer arches and just thought I would have a look on CZcams for some hints and tips before I start and bad Chad thank you again realy helped watching this
Thank you for this lesson in welding.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge .
Thanks chad and both of you enjoy your break😁
Good teaching, Chad. Important to see the difference.
Great lesson on some practical weilding. Thanks for the insite
Damn dude. Thank you! Seems so simple now. I've been killing myself doing body work, and grinding smooth. Old metal on vehicles seems to blow out instantly when there's a gap, but maybe it's because of flux core welder. But not going to stop perfecting it. Thank you again! 💪