How to Gas Weld with Oxy-Acetylene - Tutorial, Tips & Set Up (Fusion + Filler Welding)

On this episode of Make It Kustom, I show you how to gas weld with a oxy-acetylene torch. Old school gas welding techniques, tips and step by step tutorial. I cover both fusion and filler.
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[@adiem1653]

I haven't gas welded for 35 years and i miss it so much in the body shop

[@dylanbennett3851]

I'm a welder, certified in all the processes and everything you said in this video is spot on! You definitely know what your doing. Your channel is 1 or my favorite on KZbin

[@MakeItKustom]

Thanks for the confirmation Dylan!

[@rykermartian]

Hey with oxa, using filler wire,do you push the puddle strait or do you loop bsck

[@issaredneck758]

@@rykermartian i think how you lay your filler is a matter of preference. as long as it’s consistent with good joint penetration, i think looping back just leaves a nice dime stacked joint

[@oh8wingman]

You are wrong. There are a number of things in this video that are incorrect or misleading.

[@AXNJXN1]

@@oh8wingman Aaaaand yet you state none of those 'reasons'?

[@billpage2828]

Brings back memories I started gas welding when I was 7 years old welded up a lot of car bodys with coat hangers and a oxy acylene. I got my first mig welder in 1990 but I still liked to gas weld.back in 1966 my Dad built a work bench out of angle iron he gas welded it and I still have and use the work bench today . Thanks for the video

[@i8ntnuts]

We had welded the first set of ladder bars I made for an old Chevy gasser. We had a buzz box but some of the cuts on the three-quarter square tubing were too tight to get stick into. Mostly coat hanger was used for the gas welding

[@MakeItKustom]

How cool is that!

[@shawns57garage]

Yeah I restored my 69 Chevelle rag back in late 80’s with oxy acetylene and coat hangers … those areas were still solid on my car now while I get into restoration #2 !

[@biffmalibu3733]

It's still my go to for body work. It's easy to control the heat and fusion welding patch panels in is a snap. Cheaper than a new tig setup.

[@jimmyb1451]

I didn't get to start as young as you, I didn't get my hands on a torch until I was 17, but I did learn to solder when I was 7 and as soon as I picked up the torch and silicon bronze I made the mental connection and finally understood what my dad was telling me all that time about "wetting". The first gas weld I made resulted in a very twisted quarter guard and I kind of lost interest in it after that. Lessons never lost though, because I understood that I had no trouble at all teaching myself to MIG, stick and TIG.

[@ginfizz20]

I'm 84 years old. All of my welding was done with O/A. Didn't have internet so learned by reading, until I got to take a junior college welding class. Your presentation was excellent. People shouldn't be affraid of using O/A for welding, although it has gotten expensive for Acetylene.

[@colbornfarms4849]

It’s actually not that bad I get all my gasses, I also weld mig, thru air gas it’s pretty reasonable I understand your prospective but it’s in general cheaper than all those other machines combined and can still replace them all And I must say you look to have aged well my man

[@timberanvil3788]

Yeah just exchanged my acetylene bottle for $150... Not cheap... but then again I don't have to spend $2,000 on a good Tig welder

[@MinoInk23]

Who works with his hands is a worker. Who works with his head is a craftsman. Who works with his hands, his head and his heart is an artist. ..and you are a great artist man!!! Greatings From Italy🙏

[@williamfigueroa9923]

✨❤️🙏

[@vnesmuonnam]

Really like your comment. Yes he really is artist

[@sandrayoung-dy6mf]

I have watched a dozen other people weld today, and I have got to let you know, You are the best darn welder I have seen today! You should be proud of yourself!

[@johnburens3395]

My Dad welded with O/A back in the day. He let me try a couple of times as a kid. It is nice that you covered this part of welding because I feel it is an important base to start from and understand what the relationship between the metal heating up into a puddle and actually creating the bond. Good video!!!

[@WmSrite-pi8ck]

Hey man, you're really good at making things but you missed your calling. You are truly fantastic at teaching on camera. Your presence and language is really great. That you are really comfortable in teaching this stuff really shines through.

[@fourwheelingforgems5940]

I don't think he missed his calling. He is actually doing it. Sorry, didn't mean to wake you up.

[@allan9045]

Ahh, grade 9, 1964, teacher was Mr. McMeekin a tall Scot with a thick accent that you could hardly understand when he spoke, but he taught us how to gas weld (and I still do). Thanks for the memories.

[@nathanruiz6893]

2010 senior year Mr. Petersen, Once we all learned Gas Weld, that was it. We were trying to weld anything!

[@willybones3890]

NUMBER ONE! Gas welding Rocks. You could do a whole bunch of episodes on this subject...

[@philmickey7247]

😊👍

[@juddmuterspaw4081]

Carl, you are a really good instructor! I’m just a hobbyist with no formal training and I learned a lot from this video. I can imagine the kind of kid you were, probably like most of my friends. I’m so glad you were able to turn your passion for metal and fab work into a way of making a living for yourself! Hopefully KZbin is another way to make more income doing what you enjoy as well! I’m thrilled to have stumbled onto your channel!

[@MakeItKustom]

Thanks so much Judd! I’m glad you enjoy the videos. We have a good time making them! Thanks for your support!

[@marnienrichaaron5813]

I learned to gas weld when i was 17, about 40 years ago. Definitely a good way to learn to weld. I still have my AirCo branded torch and regulators that I bought back then. I think it took me about 2 years before I bought real welding rod, coat hangers were plentiful back then. Your patience as a teacher is amazing, for those learning these methods for the first time your videos are a must watch. Thanks for sharing your expertise.

[@ralphalvarez5465]

When I was in the 11th grade, I took auto body courses at the local community college. It was such a great experience and my friend and I were the only high school students in class. We would practice gas welding outside and we practiced butte welding. I remember distortion and burning holes through the joint like crazy. If I had an instructor like you I might have stuck with it. It's been over 40 years ago and after watching your videos I feel like I'm ready to finally master this technique. Thank you Karl.

[@OICU822]

I never had gas welded before but I do know how to braze. I did exactly the method you showed and I have to say I didn't do too bad. You're a great instructor! Thanks to you I'm excited about another way of welding! You rock!

[@stantilton2191]

It's been so long since school, I'm rusty on my gas welding. Great tutorial here. Thank you!

[@GeorgeSanders67601]

This guy is really good.

[@TheLimitedmod22]

Man, please keep'em coming on the "How To" stuff like this! Much appreciated and useful information that can actually be applied in the shop! Love it!

[@thomasjones3005]

Another great lesson Karl. Your skill set amazes me every show I watch. I had a good laugh when you mentioned bailing wire. LOL I grew up with bailing wire and torches. Commercial rod was quite expensive in the day. Bailing wire, used, was free. Many hay balers of the day used large rolls of wire to tie and hold the bale together. When that bale was used to feed cattle, the wire was cut/pulled off and hung on the closest fence post to get it off the feed ground. That fence post became a supply point for many welders. two wires per bale, each 5 to 6 foot long. It was also good for some emergency repairs like broken tail pipe hangers, or anything that could be tied up to get on home. I still keep that black wire around, but now I have to buy it. thanks for all you do. thom

[@georgerauscher5051]

Thank you so much for the lesson! I have to say it’s the best video I’ve watched for gas welding 101.

[@chrisrooks672]

Everything you did in the video I've done in highschool it was fun I liked welding especially gas and tig

[@Richie5480]

Wow it’s been like 50 years since I’ve done gas welding. I just bought one from a friend, so I’m going to try doing some gas welding. Thanks for all you guys do.

[@spiKey0svetlana]

I would love to see oxy acetylene aluminum welding. Because you explain and show everything so good 😁👍

[@kevintakalo427]

Also, brazing is a great skill to learn. In 2015 I had developed a cargo bicycle that I was producing. I switched to brazing all the rear set pieces. It’s really great for keeping heat out of small machined parts. Plus it looks nice! It’s a very satisfying skill. Once you get good at it. On thin tubing and tiny little parts. It’s really the best way to go!

[@poopy.butthole]

Pretty much as strong as a weld, and can be very aesthetic with minimal finish work once you get the hang of it. Brazing is cool 😎

[@jenwhitedesigns]

I work mostly with sterling silver and copper, but I often wander over here to watch you work because I’d like to scale up some day. I love that you’re talking about torch work. Personally whenever I pick up my torch I feel it’s an honor (and my privilege!) to carry this skill forward. I hope you’ll consider doing a future piece about torch cutting? It’s something I know nothing about and would love hear about more. Thanks!🙂

[@MakeItKustom]

Yea definitely I’d love to go in depth on the torch there is soooo much you can do with it 👊🙏

[@tfs1150]

Great video! We used to hammer weld front fender extensions on late 60`s-early 70`s Fiat and Alfa Romeo`s which only serviced their replacement fenders in 2 pieces! We had to metal finish them after that, it was challenging and fun :). Your tip choices and settings were great and your steady hand and good vision brought out great looking welds. Personally, I prefer brazing to metal filler rod, but it is all great with a torch in hand. The only suggestion I might extend would be a quick tutorial on basic torch safety, starting with the bottles. My dad was always a safety hawk and he drilled in purging the lines prior to the first spark, and what to do if the flame blows back into the hose! That makes a real eerie and scary sound! Please keep up the great videos, you are a great teacher!

[@lazyhoundracing9621]

Cool beans man. This brings back memories. When I was young back in the covered wagon days all we had was a torch and a Lincoln buzz box. We built entire race cars that way. My mom was always yelling at me for using all her coat hangers. If I remember correctly we set the pressure for welding thin stuff at 3/12 lbs. and cutting at 10/30 lbs. Thank you for your time.

[@roadiemort3589]

Awesome teacher, keep being yourself no acting required.

[@shawngreek9005]

I am currently 58 and remember back in 9th grade shop class we had to learn gas welding in our metalworking section. We didn't use filler, it was all fusion and we learned on 1/8 mild steel plate. I always loved watching the puddle move. This is actually inspirational for me to think about as something to get back in to, looking forward toward retirement. Thanks

[@RobertMiller-b5l]

I loved this video. When I was fresh out of the Navy back in 86 (Yeah, you weren't born then, so hush) I was working as a maintenance man in a factory in good old Oklahoma. A man said to me "You can't gas weld that bracket onto that 1/4" steel building iron", by the time he returned with his stick welder, 6011 rod and about 100 feet of cable that bracket was fusion welded to the building iron. I just used the cutting torch without using the O2 shot, I don't know what "Ought" size a cutting preheat rosebud is, but it darned sure is big enough. Neutral flame is neutral flame!

[@joell439]

Best weld-heat shrinking explanation I’ve ever heard. Thank you 🙏

[@MakeItKustom]

Oh thank you! Glad to know you could pick up what I was trying to put down

[@alannorthcarolina1776]

Finally at age 44 I’ve gotten a complete kit, bottles, cart. Lots of yt university going on recently. My grandpa used to use coat hangers. He also did a ton on brazing on my 71 mustang. I remember a couple of lessons in his garage in Michigan when I was young…lots of melting through. I love the art and finesse of gas welding along with heating and cutting. Best part: flint and steel, no electricity bill!

[@tuner240sx]

Great instruction! Haven't touched an O/A torch since high school (21 years ago) and needed to get back into it for a job requiring welding thinner steel than my mig can handle. This is exactly what i needed. Thank you!

[@DaddyLongLegzzz]

My suggestion is try a #3 tip, both tanks outlet pressure at 5psi, 1/8" R45 filler rod, and a silent neutral flame (cone is just shy of 1/4" long). Plenty of heat output, but flame pressure isn't pushing the puddle on you. Might've helped to tilt the workpiece angle a bit more too

[@Desert_Muley]

Newbie here wondering which way you would tilt the work piece? I am thinking down in the direction of travel so gravity can help with the weld pool? Thanks for the input.

[@alannorthcarolina1776]

You can weld any direction. Gravity helps but isn’t a requirement. I think some of the welding tests require a vertical weld up…but the pros can weigh in on that.

[@DaddyLongLegzzz]

@@Desert_Muley I find that if I tilt my workpiece and start at the lower end then moving up as I weld, gravity helps the weld puddle stay out of my keyhole. Can help the weld be more uniform. But as also stated, the weld can be done in any direction with some practice

[@alterexistence483]

Thank you Carl, I just got my bottles yesterday. I scored a welding cart from 1917 with a complete victor set up hiding inside for 200 bucks at Turloc swap meet. I’m so stoked to get going tonight. Thank you!!

[@johnmcclain3887]

Like so many others, I began welding with oxy-fuel and coathanger, back in the early seventies, I was handed the torch and a bundle of coathanger, told to practice for a bit, and tackle the job. I took three years of tig, thirty years ago, because I didn't have a tig welder, and used college classes to begin my tig welding, and bought my tig welder six months or so later. Knowing gas first made every other form of welding easy, you have to learn to control the puddle with gas, as no other form is so demanding. It's really nice to see the same techniques continuing so many years later. Thanks!

[@amberbrown537]

I feel like you could teach me rocket science and I’d actually understand it. You’re a fantastic teacher!

[@mixflipextra]

I learned so much. Thanks. I used to weld for Toyota in the 90s. Only mig welding. Then never welded again for 20 years. I just picked up a kangaroo kit and want to mess around on my old homemade flatbed trailer. I think I’m ready to give it a try now.

[@williammiller6043]

Thanks! I'll try it on my toolbox tomorrow

[@TommyW72]

So nice to see welding done using the old school methods!

[@brentjones5227]

My father got his a&p license in the 50's at that time the only faa legal way to weld on an airplane was oxygen acetylene. He would use old metal coat hangers as filler, his welds looked like they had been done with a tig. I was a dumbass and never took the opportunity to learn from him. Now im trying to learn how, thank God for youtube

[@thebeardedstork432]

Karl, I taught Apprentices for over 25 years and although they were going to learn to braze copper pipe joints with silver-phosphorous alloys, we taught them to weld steel together like this first. The reason....because it teaches very good torch dexterity and control of heat with the flame. We told them that they would probably never do this type of welding again, but it was a good fundamental skill to learn. Great job! As far as tip number, it is misleading to go by a specific number. Unfortunately, there is not a consistent numbering system between manufacturers of torches. It is better to go by orifice size. We used a #3 tip by Air Liquide for welding 11 gauge steel and it had a #56 drill size orifice. These torches are what is called "Equal Pressure" and therefore the pressure for oxygen and acetylene are equal. For the #3 we used, it was 3 psi. Neutral flame is what you want. Using Blueshield equipment by Air Liquide meant we did not have to go to the charts for pressure settings. Whatever the tip number was, that was the pressure setting for oxygen and acetylene.

[@gerardorubio3612]

This takes me back to high school 1982-86. This was the first welding process they taught. I suggest use a cutting torch to weld the thin gauge and that will tell you how good you are or are not. In high school i welded my friends kawasaki h2 750 tnt exhaust with a coat hanger and a cutting torch. When you don't have all the tips to do the job you do with what you have. A fat bead in 18 gauge chrome pipes. To me it was adjusting the heat by lifting the torch or hot and fast as my machine shop teacher told me. Practice! Great video!

[@richardprice713]

I'm an old guy; when i was a kid that's all we had with wet rags for body work. Fantastic video ! Thank you sir

[@ronnieellsworth9223]

My Uncle ran his own body shop and I would see him cut a top off and would weld the new/used top from another to the one he cut off. And when it came time to weld he would use Oxy/ace and brazing rods. But like brand new that top would be on, done between my Father and Uncle. This is where I learned about body work. Watching and talking and helping my Farther sand and tape cars to be painted. I like the channel and the topics you do. Thanks. Ronnie.

[@bkgaragerestorations]

That brings back memories. When I took welding in college in '99-2000 we spent far more time on gas welding than we did on TIG. Great video.

[@clayeden1204]

I’d say you are correct. A bigger tip with less pressure would have been money. Always good watching your videos man. Appreciate what you do!

[@DavidR8]

You explained expansion and contraction better than anyone I've watched. I am definitely going to try gas welding sheet metal!

[@TyroneBrown-mz9qi]

Lets all keep this process alive! I weld with oxyacetylene all the time. Nice looking welds. I really want to see someone build sonething rather than weld Coupons, because we miss out on fillets around round and square tube etc.

[@LukeStokesArtist]

I bought a port-a-torch to cut holes for gate hinges, with no experience. After watching this, I’m thinking of all the possibilities. Liked and subscribed! Thanks for the great video. I hope to watch them with my young sons and we can learn together.

[@Joe.Doucette]

Karl, you always do a great job of demonstrating and explaining. The dynamic between you and your "camera person" is nice. I was told by an old-school British craftsman to use 3 - 5 psi on the gauges for light gauge sheet (18-20-ish) and a double to triple aught tip. Look up "aught" in one of those dictionary thingies/apps... it's been around a long time. ;) The lower pressure causes less blow out. It's quite amazing being able to do a 2 foot weld on 18 gauge with a torch after making such a mess when I was first trying this almost 50 years ago. I'm not old.. I just started young. If you have a precise cutting tool you could cut slivers of filler from the same material that you are working with. The metals all flow nicely then. Just remember that just like tig, you want super clean metals. Those of you trying it out on a car... don't forget to have a fire extingusiher handy. It is more fire than mig or tig, after all. Get that Caddy done before your Zephry. You know what they say: Happy camera person, happy life. Or something like that. ;)

[@benohsten9323]

I learned gas welding at college 40 years ago and havent used it since. Now I want to use it and watched your video as a refresher. Thanks for sharing, grear teaching, great demo. As you say, a lot to be learned from the comments too!

[@heres2ya]

Carl, your correct about bringing back memories for sure. back in the 1970's and 80's we torch welded everything in the body-shop with coat hangers. from chop tops, 1/4 panels to (patch panels that we made our selves) we also did lead work on your seams. i still occasionally torch weld, with my ol' DHC200 with 4lbs of pressure. we also did exhaust systems with a torch, and coat hangers.

[@76queen]

Old fella here if it’s loud your going have issues as you did trying to get extra heat out of the smaller tip , always have a quiet flame, videos great!

[@BaronBoar]

We just finished gas welding a week and a half ago in my welding school. When we did outside corners we just made the corners touch and weaved across the top point and the pool up in the middle. It was pretty cool. I was having a hard time with filler rod because I kept getting too much porosity, then I took the welding tip off and the top seal was gone and the bottom one was all cracked. After having that fixed it worked a lot better. What I also like about gas welding is if your beads are really big and gross you can smooth it out. No grinding necessary. Just heat it up and move the puddle around and smooth it out.

[@kellyklaask7su990]

I've been looking at flux core welders over the past few days to add to my woodworking shop. I have an old Lincoln "Red Box" arc welder but it's too hot for thinner material. I have a perfectly good Victor torch I've had since the mid 60's. You have inspired me to start practicing with my torch instead of buying a flux core welder...at least for now. Thank you!

[@Nine_883]

I remember when TIG really hit the industry and it was overwhelming used for stainless and aluminum. You know “making things look really pretty” and functional. If you were not in that kind of racket then a lot of guys couldn’t justify the cost. I was a mechanic in the Army and we gas welded everything. Our body shop was all gas welding. No mig or tig and that was 1990.

[@AnthonyAnthony-tk4ye]

Lol in 1990 I was in half day welding school during high school and my teacher wouldn’t teach me gas welding because it was a dinosaur…. I wanted to learn because my dad had a set of tanks in the garage and it would have been the only way I could have welded anything

[@Nine_883]

@@AnthonyAnthony-tk4ye you would think the US Army would be up to speed right? Not really because we were trained to weld in hostile and remote areas and a torch is the only thing we carried on our wreckers. I was a mechanic. Not a welder, but most of the welding in the shop was done with a torch. We had one stick welder in the body shop. Only the body shop guys were allowed to use it. We used oxy/act on the motor pool.

[@marlinblack6597]

I am a refrigeration mechanic so had to learn to weld everything and braze everything with oxy/acetylene. It is all about understanding the different temperatures in the flame, how different materials respond to heat and the various characteristics of filler rod metals and alloys. Practice makes perfect, don't be afraid to push a material to its limits. Thats how we all learn. You would make a great tech college teacher I'm sure. Most of mine were cranky arseholes. All they would say to us is, another apprentice died this week from suffocation or electrocution.

[@rmckayne]

Hello! Fantastic Video. Am 63 and one of the skills that I was lucky to learn ,from an old friend veteran metal worker from the second world war. Your totally right is one of the most versatile tool in the shop. But sadly I found they are in a corner of the workshop full of dust, because in general today bodyman ignores the uses. In my home country we need to learn how to fix everything.

[@richardkawucha1232]

As a Boilermaker, we were repairing a very old powerhouse boiler. One job I had was to clean out small diameter lower headers (about 6" in diameter). We had to dig out years of scale, filling half the headers. The boss brought us small garden, hand shovels, that were good for nothing. I took some scrap 3/4 inch wide metal banding. I bent it into a stirrup shape and gas welded it together. It ended up being flexible enough to bend and fit through the 4" diameter "hand holes", and strong enough to work. I could twist it to scrape the sides. Ended up welding a few of them for the rest of the crew. Give the hardest job, to the laziest man. He'll figure out the easiest way.

[@minnesotatomcat]

Great video! If it wasn’t -26 out today I’d be out in the garage playing with my oxy torch. I’d love to see you actually weld in a patch panel on a car with this method. Always great content bud 👍

[@MakeItKustom]

The Torch should warm you up just get nice and close LOL!

[@chrisallen9154]

Do you want him to cut a hole in the roof of his truck and gas weld it back in? Kind of like he shrunk the ball peen hammer dent. I am in for viewing that. All kidding aside this was an excellent video. Have my oxyacetylene set up parked right next to my TIG. Love using both of them.

[@horshak1]

Got sent to Vietnam in’70. Was headed to the bush and was asked what were my hobby’s? I said welding. Other welder was going home. Worked out and was the base gas welder for 14mo. I’ve enjoyed it ever since. Just went to college to learn Mig welding. I love it and watching you do it.

[@MakeItKustom]

Wow that’s quite an experience!

[@christopherpatterson8833]

My first time seeing your videos you are a very good teacher you definitely have a gift for it .🎉

[@Torchninja]

As a owner of a torch and regulator repair shop you can say I have played around with gas welding and cutting for decades. I must say those fusion welds were clean AF. Gas welding is was and always will be the most economical way of melting metal. Good tutorial sir.

[@charlesday4667]

I learned more in this video than any other video on welding. So much good information.

[@richgcoop1842]

No doubt about it, you're a good welder. I've been welding for about 60 years. Chop the laptops in my day.Thanks for the video

[@MichaelGarcia-mj6jz]

You did a good job teaching and explaining everything.

[@CavernainElmira]

I really appreciate your sympathy and yet professionality in (for me) learning how to weld with both acetylene/oxy and MIG welding and sorting out through hundreds of youtube video, thank you

[@truckladders4104]

Carl great video So many people don’t appreciate or understand the art form of gas welding You did a great job People forget that a majority of WW2 aircraft was gas welded Well done

[@GypsyJvan]

thanks for the "like"..i worked for the railroad, (CSX)..for 30 yrs..as a fabricator/ mechanic..the old timers taught me the blacksmithing end of our craft..my father worked there also.. we were both "carmen".. i run a shop in Ohio.. Black Art Forge..

[@salifsanyang3013]

Am good in welding I did it for 9years so I love your watching your videos am really learning a lot about your amazing videos,I will like to join you one day

[@lcar9871]

WOW! Very impressive video - Karl, you were born to teach! Brought back many memories. Good timing too - a week ago I was digging around for my welding tips. I had some rusty exhaust manifold bolts giving me a hard time and couldn't fit the torch with cutting tip in there to heat them. That was my first walk down Memory Lane; this video was the second. I haven't used those tips since the early 80s! Now you have me fired up to try gas welding again!! THAT will be interesting - my welds never looked as good as these. Practice, practice! I need to make some jack stand holders too - great idea!

[@danielminchev6031]

Man, you are like a walking library. Super impressive, max respect.

[@bertjager4500]

Brings back memories of restoration classic cars with the family. I learned it from seeing my uncle doing it. I love to had some set, i definitely going to buy a set soon. Love to see you doing this video

[@richardgreening956]

Well done Karl, I find your instruction videos very entertaining. This video reminds me of the torch welding I did in class 40 yrs ago . I must add you are a much better instructor.

[@5x535]

Thanks for the flashbacks, Karl. My first rig was a very tired 31Chevy pickup that I started on in 61. I plainly remember being so proud of my baling wire welds that I wire brushed them and painted them just as they were. Great times!

[@jamesdavis8021]

I learned to weld with oxy/Acetylene. I welded many 4140 steel parts on aircraft. I thought I was good,until I had to weld the fuselage on a 1946 Piper PA-18 Super Cub.All the welds were made by women.Those were the most beautiful welds I have ever seen.

[@avnunnathat299]

I keep watching your stuff,its amazing how much knowledge and skill you have in fabricating and welding.. most times you have a jack of all trades master of none.. i have a feeling its the other way around.

[@MakeItKustom]

Haha I like that! Jack of none trades master of all! Thanks man haha I appreciate the support!! Cheers!

[@hjvisagie]

I started working in an exhaust shop, learning gas welding underneath cars. Upside down, weird angles. It was the best experience gained ever. I TIG Weld now exclusively but you are so right, if you learn Gas welding it first it sets the fundamentals for TIG.

[@alecmaxwell7945]

Wow did I just learn alot, so well presented.I have around welding my whole life on the outside looking in. My welder friends have passed on and I was fortunate enough to aquire a torch set up but never understood it. Now I can practice and continue to watch your videos. Thanks so much!

[@HogshooterHotrods]

Torch welding definitely brings back some memories, my dad was a stud welding with a torch, but he never got the hang of mig welding. one thing we did learning this was to just run beads, start puddling in lines then move on to adding filler, then start fusing plates, and at last give the welding rod a go. Great video and you are right on with the style/editing. A no. 1 tip would be my choice for heavier metal it may require a 1/8" rod as filler though.

[@danboutin8700]

Great video I’ve also had welding in high school That’s all I learned was gas welding and arc welding my first job they asked if I could weld Meg and TIG took the test I started working the next day

[@waitemc]

Ive taught myself how to O.A weld at home when my tig took a crap. Wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. Its been helpfull at the house and the shop .

[@coryadams2054]

This is the best video, on any subject, that I have viewed on You Tube. After my last brazing job, 38 years ago, I just picked up a torch set. You do beautiful work!

[@michael.stevens5340]

I took metal shop all four years of high school and loved it this is what the teacher started us with and everybody preferred Rod welding I like the gas welding much cleaner and more precise you did a great job of explaining the expanding and Contracting of metal with heat first time watching you definitely will watch you again

[@johnhubbard6262]

Oh man, you took me right back to Navy HT - A school. You had to master cutting and welding with the torch before they even let you touch the arc welder, and when you did, understanding that puddle flow and feeding it was key to mastering the arc.

[@paulscott3266]

Coat hangers are always my go to but it's getting harder to find wire coat hangers. I use mig wire too. I guess I'm officially an old guy. Karl you're the best, keep it up!

[@j1m3by]

Ha! I still have and use my oxy/acetylene kit once in a while but buying a MIG magically turned me into a "good" welder. Your mention of coat hanger welding rods reminded me; in 1971 I bought a front crashed 66 Mustang fastback and a rear crashed 'stang convertible. I grafted the back half of the fastback onto the floor pan of the 'vert to make a Mustang "targa". The project was done all with a torch and coat hangers. Mom was kinda miffed that all of a sudden, her closets had no spare coat hangers. "Where did they all go?" she asked. I just shrugged.

[@glenn9229]

man that's a great overview for those of us that are in our "more senior" years and haven't gas welded since high school (that would be 44 years for me) and want to get back into it now that I have some extra time. Cheers

[@keithhicks9196]

I like to gas weld with a tip that melts the steel within about twenty seconds using line pressure that runs a nice quiet flame. I use tip sizes from 000 up to #3. The 000 I can weld material as thin as stove pipe and as thick as 1/2 inch with the #3. The ought system is an old and easier way of saying zero. For example, if you need a 3 ought tip, it’s easier to say 3 ought than zero zero zero tip. You have a great channel. Keep up the good work

[@RiverValleyLandscaping]

This guy knows everything about metal and how to work with it, unbelievable!

[@AnthonyAnthony-tk4ye]

Excellent welds!!! I went to school half day my junior and senior years in high school and had an excellent teacher, but they wouldn’t teach me gas welding, I asked to show me because my dad had a set of tanks in the garage and that was the only way I would have been able to weld at home…. We did learn burning of course

[@AnthonyAnthony-tk4ye]

I should add that this was decades ago too… I graduated around 1990

[@thedriskillarchive]

I learned to gas weld by reading old WWII training manuals. wish this video was around when I was doing this. I welded my whole frame together this way.

[@DesertPackRat47]

Thank you! I’m 75 and still learning. My first gas welding project was widening the wheel wells in a utility trailer made from a Datsun pickup bed. Gas welding, like you said, is like TIG. My TIG is a simple, cheap unit with no pedal (LOL, so I don’t look for the pedal) but it works fine for what I need. It is my ‘electric torch’. Hopefully this will open eyes of some who haven’t used this welding process.

[@Equiluxe1]

When I first learnt to weld in 1972 at night school, I wanted to learn arc welding but the instructor said learn oxy/acetylene welding first because if you can do that all the other processes will be easy. He was certainly right on that, when I got my first tig unit in the mid 80's it was dead easy as basically the same as gas welding also made mig and arc welding easier.

[@380.motorsports]

Big thanks for doing this video and the accurate comparison to TIG. So many younger folks today just commonly joke about gas welding as if it is obviously inferior to TIG. Not so and you just proved it here. Fusion of metals is just that regardless of how you accomplish it. I will agree that TIG offers modern day benefits for ease of use and cleanliness maybe and of course replacing a tungsten is easier than running out to buy more gas but if a joint is welded with proper care, gas welding can be just as strong. It’s still a good skill to know and have in our knowledge tool box.

[@daleparker458]

The tip sizes actually bring us back to our roots. All of this welding business started in the blacksmith shops of years gone by. There is a correlation between the nomenclature of tips and the nomenclature of horseshoes. Horseshoes come in various sizes. For instance ones (1), ought (O), double ought (00).....arranged in descending sizes.

[@trabusas.3782]

Thanks for the nice video, I also learned a few things, my experience is that you can weld best with Acetylene. Propane doesn't get hot enough, fine to make something red hot, but I think it's 300 Celsius too cold. Propane is hot at 3000 degrees Celsius while Acetylene has 3300 degrees Celsius. Maybe there are people who can do it, but I couldn't get it welded. Friendly greetings from The Netherlands.

[@Leonarco333]

Yeah I fought my teacher in gas welding, too. I wanted to go to the MIG because I thought it was cool. It had the automatic wire feed the cool little trigger thing, man it looked sweet. I spent a lot of time with the torch in my hand though and I got pretty good at gas welding. I got pretty ok with stick welding, too. These days I’m happy he made me spend so much time with the torch.

[@billywird]

Oh here it is. I just have not viewed in a while and missed this one. This is the key, these beginners get this function down and it just gives the basic knowledge that one can always fall back on when applying the different techniques of welding. i took a welding course way back in the early eighties and I spent more time on this procedure than any other procedure and like you said when I got to the Tig process it fell right into place.

[@chuckrupert1213]

Like others, I started out brazing, and also gas welding with a coat hanger in early 20's. Fast forward 50 years LOL. I mostly arc welded after that, and a bit of MIG. I recently had a need to do a very delicate weld on a broken hydraulic control handle. Too delicate for arc, brazing not strong enough. This video was an EXCELLENT refresher. You have great skill, and you are a very good teacher. Off to the garage, and see how it goes! Thanks a million.