4 Ways To Cap Square Tubing - 3 Weld Caps on Tubing - NO Welding Required on one Cap.

4 Ways To Cap Square Tubing - 3 Weld Caps and NO Welding Required on One Cap.
These are the four ways I cap square tube, the timber end cap plug I have used in my "Rolling Lumber Rack" video. There were 12 open square tube ends that needed a cap and this was the quickest and easiest way for me to do it, once painted you would not know it was not a metal cap. I would not use timber caps in anything structural, a metal end cap is much stronger for that purpose.
Tools / Supplies, I often use are.
Marking out Tools
Markal Silver-Streak Metal Marker Round: amzn.to/3mTJDHt
Milwaukee 4pk Inkzall Black Ultra Fine Point Pens: amzn.to/2WKKpeE
Milwaukee Inkzall Jobsite Fine Point Black Permanent Marker 12 Pack: amzn.to/3kHrXfo
Locking Pliers - Vise Grips
MILWAUKEE 10” Locking Pliers, Curved Jaw: amzn.to/3zzJH2u
Milwaukee 6" Long Nose Locking Pliers: amzn.to/3jyVLeS
Milwaukee 6” Locking Clamp Regular Jaws: amzn.to/3jB94eI
KNIPEX Tools Long Nose Grip Pliers: amzn.to/3ByD1SP
Magnets
Magnetic V-Pads Kit, Magnets On Both Pad Face & Bottom: amzn.to/3DCya4W
Mini Magnetic Fabrication Square Magnets Angles: 30°, 60°, 45°, 90°: amzn.to/2WN9Fkr
“L” shape Corner Square Magnets 12°, 90° & 60° Angle Setting: amzn.to/2YaZXsU
My camera set-up.
Canon EOS M6 Mark II Camera 15-45mm Lens: amzn.to/3DNnn83
VideoMicro Rode Compact On-Camera Microphone: amzn.to/3QkUBnK
Camera Tripod Vanguard Alta Pro 2: amzn.to/3yB8hP5
The Brand of the Drill bits, and cutting/flap discs, is "Alpha" If you can't get them at your local hardware shop, here is a link to Alpha Tools: alphatools.com.au
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Always use all the correct safety gear, and use your tools safely, I am not a good role model for this.
Hope you found something of use in my video or at least found it entertaining.
Gavin Clark DIY

[@aarondodds4267]

I don’t know how I ended up here, but watched the whole lot ! Great informative vid Gav ! Good tips

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much I am glad you got something out of it, thank you for your comment.

[@salr1686]

Found your site a week or so ago. One of The Very Best!..thanks so much for sharing your skilled experience. Clear, no music, excellent camera work. I've learned some tips I hope I'll remember. Keep them coming

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I appreciate your comment.

[@billminckler6550]

SO VERY HELPFUL!!! Various techniques-all in one place. Plus, reasons to use each one! THANK YOU!!! 👏

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I appreciate your comment.

[@michaelsalcido3736]

Very good instructional vid. Beginner here. Very much appreciated. Thank you. 👍🏽

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I appreciate your comment. I wish you the best for your future projects. Cheers!

[@robbiefishing]

Awesome work Gav. You should have been a metalwork teacher. You are a gifted handyman.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much Robbie I appreciate your comment.

[@tinycuisine6544]

I'm on second 38 and I already want to thank you for posting this video. Thanks!!

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I am happy that you liked it.

[@stixch]

Mate that was fantastic. You've helped an Aussie living in Thailand.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I am glad you liked it. Cheers! mate

[@prichapetlueng2634]

Well done. The wood plug one simple n creative. It gives me extended idea for other projects. Thanks.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you I am glad you found something useful in my video, thank you for your comment

[@shawngilbert5199]

Great tips for capping off the end of square tubing!😀👍So glad I came across your video!😁

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I am glad it was of some help. I wish you the best for your project.

[@petermcmillan1773]

Great video presentation. Thanks

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I appreciate your comment.

[@rodrigomartinez-wr9wh]

You have no idea how much time you just saved me!!! Thanks!!!

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I am glad you found it useful, I wish you the best with your project.

[@gjg56]

Love the hardwood plug idea. Thank you

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I am glad you liked it.

[@jagdishsarvaiya6651]

You explain well and your camara coverage explores clear details with close up as well. Nice videography.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I appreciate your comment.

[@mickkemp8174]

Love the DIY instructional vids Gav.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I plan to keep them coming, thank you for your comment.

[@phoenixfridge1495]

Love Aussie explanations No BS Cheers mate from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I am glad you liked it and I appreciate your comment. Cheers! mate, Greetings from Australia.

[@bradleytuckwell4854]

For someone learning to weld is a mig the way to go.And you have a great channel I get a lot out of it.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much. I welded with a stick welder for many years, then went to MIG and I believe learning to weld with a mig would be the best way to learn. I wish you the best.

[@hmstjohn6236]

New subscriber here, and so glad I found this channel. I’m a newish welder, and your videos will help a lot. Thanks.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, Welcome to the channel. I wish you the best for your projects.

[@highcountryrob5534]

Nice work as usual Gavin.That magnet is very handy indeed and worked a treat.All the best and good health for 2021.Cheers,Rob.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Hi Rob, Thank's and Cheers right back to you mate, wishing you all the best for 2021. Keep safe.

[@jennymount204]

Love this! Thank you!

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I am glad you liked it. I appreciate your comment.

[@hipairbrush1053]

Excellent demonstration.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I am glad you liked it.

[@EiderJChavesC2]

Good job. Thank you for sharing!.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you, Thanks for watching!

[@kneewall49]

Thank you.

[@Hahehhwgajshah72726..]

Great tips champion.Keep up the great work.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thanks, will do! Thank you for your comment.

[@mustareally8544]

Being recently subscribed, I don't regret it. Greetings from Kingdom of Morocco

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I am glad you like the channel, welcome. Greetings from Australia.

[@TheBlueScarecrow]

Great video. Mirrors many of my own thoughts. SPIDERS... that's the one that got me. Building a metal bed frame for my truck. Don't want any crevices for the bugs. TA!

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Yes, they are hard to keep out if you have holes for them everywhere. Thank you very much, I am glad you liked it.

[@dddd1uk]

Great video, very helpful thanks

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DragonflyAcres2022]

Great job thank you for sharing

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you, I am glad you liked it.

[@RockoOmazing]

just the video i was looking for, great work! going to be using one of these techniques in one of my videos soon!

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Doviruses.existbaileyonodysee]

What a pleasure it is to learn by watching your content. I think after watching this lesson might be able work out how to make a flush/slightly recessed weld on nut (i just need to buy the welder 😅).

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Hahaha, I love your comment. Thank you very much, I wish you the best for your project.

[@trapqueen5584]

Thank you Sir! Cheers! from Philippines.. reminds me of my Diy laptop table project I did the number 3!

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I am happy that you liked it. Greetings from Australia.

[@GetUpFalcon]

Thanks for this video Gavin. Im midway through my first welding project and without a drop saw Im no chance of finishing the 90 degree corners with a mitre. Going to cap them like this instead. Cheers mate.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

I am glad it was helpful, I wish you the best for your future projects. Cheers mate.

[@bradthurkle7217]

Brilliant video Gav👍

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank's Brad, I appreciate your comment.

[@UghBranden]

Thank you I like #3 for a project I'm doing

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I wish you the best for your project.

[@thetruth8958]

I learned a lot from you I am new to welding .

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I wish you the best for your future projects.

[@faustinomolina9030]

Capo viejo 👏

[@Goalsplus]

Thanks very much. That'll help me up my game.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Glad to help, thank you for your comment.

[@Falco45able]

Brilliant fella , take it easy! 😉🇬🇧

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Will do, thank you very much.

[@shicabababengo6202]

Lovly good mind man. i realy like what you did. From K. S. A 👍👍👍

[@GavinClarkdiy]

G'day from Australia, Thank you I am glad you liked it.

[@keithkrestakos429]

Hey, thanks man.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

No problem, glad I was of some help.

[@ozknmahn8690]

👍 i like the wooden plug insert.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, yes it is nice and simple. Thank you for your comment.

[@archo0518]

like the magnet trick ❤

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Yes it makes the job nice and simple, thank you for your comment.

[@drumsanddrumming8289]

Wow! What an awesome video! You're awesome mate. Well done! ;)

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I appreciate your comment.

[@NathanaelCBR]

Very useful thankyou

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I am glad you liked it.

[@Changtent]

That last one with the wood plug; go down to your local welding supply shop and ask for some "hardwood rods" then you can weld that plug in there. Just a thought, no need to thank me. Nice video thanks.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you for your comment.

[@specialized29er86]

Depending on the application lots of times I only weld the corners and dont run a weld all the way around and since the jobs aren't going on a space shuttle its plenty good enough.

[@4_doors_more_whores]

Nice ways to weld caps, I'm new to welding and I only own a stick welder, I'm far away from MIG/TIG welder, every time I do a cap, I either end up blowing holes in tube or if I go cold or use less amps, I ended up getting slag between welds, can you please do video on doing caps on stick welder as DIY guys like me can't get hands on MIG welders.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

There are many beginner stick welding videos on youtube, they are much better teachers of welding than me.

[@aplpalu174]

very useful how to close the hole / end of the hollow pipe. greetings friends

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, Greetings from Australia.

[@michaelinkster4977]

Great video! Useful pointers for sealing a boat trailer I’m making. Some pour oil in before sealing I believe. Do you think that wood option would keep the water out if submerged?

[@GavinClarkdiy]

In the long term the answer is no, but it will keep it out as long as the paint you paint over it seals it in. Boat trailers get a tough life, put underwater then dragged out and left all day in the sun, If you weld a plate over the opening it would be much better. Hope that helps a bit

[@michaelinkster4977]

@@GavinClarkdiy Thanks, “... left out all day in the ☀️ “! I wish, I’m in the Shetland Isles!

[@mfaridkhanmfaridkhan8974]

ډېرښه very nice

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much

[@PhilosophyCat]

Magnet trick FTW

[@olvyshh147]

Briliant

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much.

[@Sunrayman123]

Enjoyed the video, Gavin. What MIG wire are you running and what amperage settings?

[@luzgonzalez2838]

INTERESTING VODEOS.THANKS!

[@luzgonzalez2838]

GREAT VIDEOS!!!!

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you I am glad you liked them, thank you for your comment.

[@NoSkillsGaming666]

great stuff mate

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much, I am happy that you liked it.

[@NoSkillsGaming666]

@@GavinClarkdiy applied some of those techniques today and worked well !!

[@GavinClarkdiy]

@@NoSkillsGaming666 Awesome news, thank you for letting me know. I wish you the best for your projects.

[@bobtwartz8751]

when cutting flat 1 bar keep your cut as close to the vice as posible this cuts down on viabration and makes your cutting disk last longer 2 keep the grinder geerdrive away from the vice alowing for step 1

[@steph6812]

hello super idée

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Merci beaucoup, je suis heureux que cela vous ait plu.

[@zoozolplexOne]

Cool !!

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much.

[@rickharold7884]

Cool

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much.

[@lastridetomussewala5170]

Good👍👍👍👍👍 sir g

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thank you very much.

[@BenMitro]

How do you weld the wooden block in? :) Love your tips Gav, thanks mate.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

I used a friction weld to hold the wood in there, Hahaha. I am glad you liked it Benny, thank you for your comment.

[@BenMitro]

@@GavinClarkdiy Friction welding is a pretty amazing thing to watch...steel spinning on steel, glowing redhot, melting then welded! I've always wondered if one could do this with a mag drill and suitable insulated between the jaws and the fastener (I have one - they are frigging strong and perhaps the only thing I have that could maybe do this...but its expensive, so I don't want to risk it). What about aluminium, wonder if that can be friction welded? Better look up friction welding on yt :)

[@GavinClarkdiy]

@@BenMitro I have watched friction welding on youtube, I agree an amazing process, and some massive shafts getting welded. I can't imaging that we could be doing it at home even on a small scale, need lost of pressure pushing the bits together too as well as spinning them. A very interesting thought. Thanks.

[@estear9688]

Think the wood end caps would be able to support casters for tables under a 1,000 max?

[@GavinClarkdiy]

It would not be something I would do. I think it may have a problem if you are pushing it and it hit a bump.

[@hedgewitch59]

Perfect timing but I can't weld. When did you say you were coming up again? 😀🤣

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Hi Julie, I am surprised you don't weld, that would be the one missing thing in your renovation skills, I can't wait to see your house, you have done so much work on it. I don't know when we will get over there, but I am hoping it will be before the end of March. Looking forward to catching up, thank you for your comment.

[@ss131ss131]

If you run into the last one and it’s tight just take the angle grinder and cut a groove around them..

[@RayAttanasio]

Hey m8. Good to see you back. Oh, and leave those spiders alone. Nasty business, they are. 🥴

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Thanks mate, good to be back, I try not to upset the spiders too much, they have a lot of mates. Thank you for your comment.

[@RayAttanasio]

@@GavinClarkdiy 🍻👍🏻. You’re the man. Watching the politic circus going on here in America right now. 🥴😏

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Been watching too, hope it doesn't turn into something huge. Keep safe mate

[@RayAttanasio]

@@GavinClarkdiy yeah. I worry about that too. I’m not used to all this that’s going. Came here from London, UK. It’s looks a bit crazy to me. I’m in south Florida. It’s a bit more relaxed down here. Be good and take care. Waiting for next vid. 🍻

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Hope to have the next one up in a week.

[@robertofabian6770]

👍👍👍

[@wannabejeeper]

Personally I do #3. I think it looks best. Kind of like you cut through solid square bar. You're not shaping either, you're just leveling the weld to the two pieces of metal.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Yes it is nice and simple and quick too. Thank you for your comment.

[@hashemmortazavi7284]

روش اخری ، وقتی بچوب اب برسه باد میکنه و شاید اهن رو کج کنه ! 😮

[@dc85337]

You left off no. 5. Just keep filling in the hole with weld 🤣

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Yes, we never talk about that one. Thank you for your comment, Hahaha

[@paullang1961]

you forgot about the plastic end caps you can buy

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Yes you are right, I left the plastic ones out and the galvanized ones you buy for fence posts, both do the job they were made for, but I like making sparks and belting things with my hammer, and those two would be no fun. Hahaha Thank you for your comment.

[@jc9376]

That wouldn't be a very interesting video, now would it 🤔 ?

[@malsoonsakit4786]

The pyramid way

[@goldenrules5697]

Itu tablesaw terkekar yg pernah aku lihat 🗿

[@markrainford1219]

Why would you deny a spider somewhere to live?😁

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Hahaha Believe me there are many happy spider colonies living here with me, but sometimes you have to evict the problem ones, so they can sit in their web and watch you from a distance and not so up close. Thank you for your comment.

[@Ich_slage_dich_in_dominos]

Or you go to your local store and get your self some square washers at any size you want

[@GavinClarkdiy]

Yes you could.

[@giannis739]

👍👋🤝👍👋🤝👍👋🤝🌟🇬🇷🌟

[@waynesmith9765]

I guess people on KZbin do not use cutting torches.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

I am just using simple tools when I can.

[@tuxnoel]

Number 5 is fill with epoxy putty. Effortless.

[@GavinClarkdiy]

That is a very good Number 5, thank you for your comment.