Gas welding safety, set up, and how to get to a neutral flame. How to Become a Welder!
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
- This video is the second video in a brand new welding series called
How to Become a Welder!
This series is about anything and everything about welding including safety, setup, proper operation, diagnosing bad welds, and making cool welding projects. This second episode is all about the safety, set up, and how to get a neutral flame on a gas welding setup (oxyacetylene welding).
Quick reference jump points in the video.
00:25 Dangers of Oxygen and Acetylene gases.
03:33 How to tell which gas is which.
06:08 Cylinder safety- how to change a cylinder.
09:15 The gas welding equipment used and setup.
14:03 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for gas welding.
17:20 Making the area safe for gas welding.
17:58 Setting up the equipment to get a neutral flame/bleed out
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Wonderful refresher on safety and setup, Emile! You even taught me some things I’m sure were not covered in my gas welding class so many years ago! Thanks!
Glad it was helpful and you're enjoying the content! Cheers!
Great teacher!! Im glad i found this channel
Thanks very much! I try very hard to make great videos for people to learn from and get excited about tech so it's always nice to hear back from my subscribers. Thanks for the watch, cheers!
Hi there! I just found your videos this morning (welding the fox!) and have enjoyed a few of them so far. I was also an educator that taught Apprentices for 25 years (in Ontario) before I retired just before you made this video. I taught torch Brazing, Welding, and Cutting primarily (I was very passionate about that particular topic), but also the HVAC/R trade (my main trade for over 40 years). I admire your ability to produce these excellent videos and only wish I had the skills to edit. I don't want this to come off wrong or sounding like I came on here to cut you down, but there are a few points that you made that I would disagree with. I do agree with about 95% of everything you said and am also amazed that you covered all of that in 26 minutes! I chuckled when I saw the soot marks on the wall and door! Even though my students were "adults", we got a bit of that as well. Thanks for sharing your skills and most of all, for fostering an interest in the trades! We certainly need people like you!
Thank you very much for your kind words! I work very hard on these videos and trying to get my students excited about the trades so it's always nice to hear back from people! Enjoy your retirement!
Excellent video. The Best learning tool seen as an intro to welding. Thank you.
Thanks Yvonne, I really appreciate that! If you got a kick out of that video, you should check out my other ones, especially my welding project videos like the brazed copper leaf sculpture one or the sheet metal fox. If you deem me worthy, I'd really appreciate it if you could share out my channel on your social media so I can help more people. Thanks for the watch!
@@wayofthewrench The BEST! :D
Thanks teacher.. 💯👍
LoL yeah, I tend to learn the hard way. The most memorable was when I'd wiped down my welding table and project with acetone to clean it. Normally it would have been ok, I'd put the container away, but didn't think about my shop's temperature. Long story short, my entire table caught fire. It didn't last long, but it was alarming LoL Safety... Third? 😁
Lol...nice! I usually give the area a blast of compressed air to help dry up the chemicals before I weld. Pretty hard to tell your on fire once the helmet goes down. Reminds me of a time when my coveralls smoldered up my legs....cheers!
Another great video.
Cheers Lisa!
Excellent Video!
Thanks dude, I'm glad you liked it and I hope you'll check out the others. The brazed copper leaf is one of my best. Cheers!
Well done, I recently added a Victor Journeyman rig to my shop and am keen to learning to use gas welding and brazing. Subbed!
Awesome, got a cool project coming up? Thanks for the sub!
Excellent presentation
Thank you and thanks for the sub!
Good info, presented 👍
Thanks Bruh! Glad you liked the video. Thanks for the watch!
👌👌👌 pure perfection!!! from explaining CLEARLY to awesome knowledge, to quality of video! Pure perfection.
That's all I have to say .🥸👌
( I'm definitely a subscriber)
Thank you for your kind words Rigo! It's always nice to hear back from people who enjoy my hard work. If you deem me worthy, I'd really appreciate it if you could share out my channel on your social media so I can help more people. Thanks for supporting the channel, cheers!
Thank you from Uruguay :D
You're welcome from Canada! Thanks for the watch Gustavo!
When in senior high school I had a teacher that stressed that when moving an O2 tank make sure that the safety cap is on. He said there was a time when a tank was moved without the cap and it fell over it took off and went thru 5 concrete walls before stopping.
Yeah there's a lot of pressure in there and that's definitely possible. Hopefully I never find out! Thanks for the watch!
Just got my own torch setup and was in need of a little refresher. Thanks J!!
That's awesome! Got a cool project for that torch setup?
@@wayofthewrench cutting all the rusty panels out of my Vanagon and welding some new ones in! I’ll have to come by and show you when it’s done.
Sounds good, watch you don't warp that thing up using a gas welding setup or burn the entire thing up...lol. I would love to see it when your done!
Thanks for showing how to set the pressures. I've watched a couple of other videos and they say something like set the A to 5 psi and the O to 6 psi. but they never say to do it with the torch open or closed and don't talk about how far to open the valves. Thanks so much for that little bit of info. I do have a question though. I have a small portable set where the tanks have been sitting around for a couple of years. The A tank gauge is reading -0- but I still get a flame. How likely is it that the tanks leaked to empty or is it more likely the gauge is wrong? Thanks for the good video.
No worries, glad I could help you out. I would soapy water test your setup at every fitting to make sure you don't have any leaks. After that then you might have a faulty or mis-calibrated gauge. Thanks for the watch!
Fantastic as usual, i heard you say Princess auto, so your a Canadian hey?......what part of the country?, i was looking for welding course in person. ..thank you.
Thanks dude! Yup, good ol Canadian boy from Vancouver , B.C. in person eh? Maybe in the future I could do that but for now you got free online video tutorials. In Bc, you have Kwantlen or BCIT for welding courses. Thanks for the watch!
One thing I think is important to mention about the oxygen tank is that is the valve isn’t open all the way the safety disc in the valve won’t operate
The main cylinder valve has to be opened all of the way as it has a back sealing valve which leaks if it is not. The safety release still works with it open all of the way. Thanks for the watch.
Hi, way of wrench.
Can I use your "A before O" best practice for LPG/Oxy welding?
OxyPropane is very similiar to OxyAcetylene so yes but it is slightly different to set a neutral flame. If the torch pops when shutting it off, shut the oxygen off first, then propane. Cheers!
Can? You do a video on propane oxygen please 🤔
I'd love to but I don't have the equipment to use propane in our shop. If I ever get them, I will for sure do that for you. Cheers!
I'm a machinist and Im just getting into welding . I'm doing this at my house and some limitations basically makes gas welding my best option. Is this too dangerous for someone new and learning on their own? I feel confident I can do it , but I've also heard some people say you shouldn't try to learn this on your own as as well.
Cheers! I'm a Tool & Die Machinist as well! Well I guess if you weren't a machinist and you were thinking of getting a lathe, there would be dangers there too. Would you feel it would be better to learn somewhere else where a competent teacher or tradesperson could help you learn? I would think so personally but it really depends on the individual and whether they are safety conscious or not. There is the live fire, sparks, hot metal, and possible explosions ( if not operating/closing valves/bottles properly) to think about as well. So I would suggest learning elsewhere with someone qualified to teach it and then perhaps try at your home shop which is set up to safely weld in. Good luck on your welding and Thanks for the watch!
@@wayofthewrench thank you for the reply! Ive decided to give it a try. I have the gas welder available to me and while I may not lay great beads lol I feel confident I can at least make bad welds safely . :)
Perfect! Good on ya, if you have any questions, feel free to ask! There are a bunch of gas welding videos in that playlist if you need. Cheers!
wow you grew that beard back quickly after that last video
oh no.....you caught that eh? I guess the cats out of the bag.....I built a time machine a while back. Works pretty good but I can only travel 1 week into the future/into the past.
Excellent job, great video. I can skip your class now!
....you've been schooled. lol