How To MIG Weld (ANY GAP)

[@nea4266]

Thanks man, currently redoing welds for a car trunk floor with a few gaps

[@rtkracht]

Your last video really helped my welding thin metal. I’m sure this will up my skills a bit too. Thanks man!

[@bryanmilbourn898]

Thanks for the marker demonstration of your 3 different types of weld I'm just starting to weld and that was a great visual

[@ACDesignsGarage]

Thank you very much!!!!

[@kenlowrey5612]

I really appreciate you showing how to run the beads.

[@ACDesignsGarage]

Thank you ,hope it helped!!!

[@michaelwhitehead1373]

Thanks buddy! Appreciate you showing us how to do it.

[@ACDesignsGarage]

Thank you for watching!!!!!

[@williamblair2934]

Thanks for being real.

[@ACDesignsGarage]

Trying to keep it that way, thanks for watching!!!!!!

[@stevehartlieb]

I've been doing 3/8-5/16 gap on knife edged 20in pipe it takes forever to put the root in

[@ACDesignsGarage]

I bet it does

[@citrusblast4372]

20 inch is the diameter right?

[@zanebeasley6246]

Enjoyed watching your video and your explanations and honesty well made

[@ACDesignsGarage]

Thank you for the kind words!!!!!

[@mikhailwilkerson7822]

Yeah ok I've been welding 1/4 inch wall irrigation pipe fence all week and the lackeys cutting the pipe have left me welding some ridiculous half inch gaps and the solution I came up with is pretty much what you did here except I just did two spiral weaves on either side of the gap and did a C weave like your final pass to knit them together. I don't resent these stoned drunk cutmen cuz honestly they're making me a much better welder I'm enjoying getting paid to get better but dang I didn't know .35 wire could bridge gaps like this but it just takes 3 passes and some professional pipeliner weaves 😅

[@mikhailwilkerson7822]

I'm definitely getting 3/8" penetration though good enough for a fence

[@ACDesignsGarage]

Hahahaha ive had to deal with that before. Thanks for watching!!!!

[@alanbrookhart3581]

When you kept admitting that the welds could look better… the said well if you really want good lookn ones fit it up better. I was thinking 1:8 parent metal bridging gaps 1/4”+/- not easy if your crunching time. Ex Storage tank faber here, 1” parent, 1/4”+/-gap, 1/8+/-with .045” dual shield, I would be loving it, you would only have to remove the positive reinforcement from the inside and run the back weld. What you demonstrate isn’t how I would go about it but thats a good technique for sure, a little grinding before that cap and 🤌. Or make the weld on the 1/8” side same size as the 1/4” Consistency can hide some horrendous fit up. You do what you can with what ya got. 🧢 off to you Sir.

[@ACDesignsGarage]

Thanks man for the tips, I hope you subscribe I'd love to have a pro in the comments to help out if you see something that could help. I'm trying to build a community for beginners to help newbies learn to weld and how to deal with real world problems! Thanks for the input!!!!!

[@homerpetty328]

The job I'm doing now is quarter inch gaps and it's difficult because both ends are open with eighth of an inch thick metal vertical gaps. I'm looking for advice on making the process easier of possible

[@ACDesignsGarage]

Thanks, I like to bridge the gap at both ends and in the middle then weld from one end to the middle let it cool then go from the middle to the other end. Just take it in small sections and mke sure it burns in to each side pretty good. Hope this helps.

[@homerpetty328]

@@ACDesignsGarage thanks, I know there's at least a few ways to do every welding job and like taking advice when I can. Have a good day man

[@bondvagabond42]

So if your machine said use setting 4, and you used setting two, is that a good rule of thumb for bridging big gaps, half the power that it recommends for the metal thickness? I've got a Hobart mug welder, I'm trying to teach myself on, I can stick weld okay but just getting started on mig, I'm sure my settings are different than your miller?

[@ACDesignsGarage]

Yeah do you a lil test pannel and play around with your settings. With a big gap your not worrying about penetration so try one or two steps down to see how that works and let me know how you do!!

[@ryanbarton7796]

i build machines that regularly have 1/4-3/4in gaps due to base plants being warped. definitely not a fun time filling them

[@ACDesignsGarage]

I agree, its a challenge sometimes!!!

[@GodofAbraham]

How do I video welding without all the light Distortion and such? I really wanted to make a video on how to do this but the video is always too bright or too dark or there's electrical interference I have tried everything I can think of please help.

[@ACDesignsGarage]

Are you using a phone camera or gopro????

[@GodofAbraham]

@@ACDesignsGarage I was using a phone apparently it's not going to work and I'll have to buy a camera thank you for your reply.

[@GodofAbraham]

@@ACDesignsGarage I ain't trying to be nosy but if you don't mind me asking what kind of camera do you shoot with?

[@redheadforlife1445]

🤔🤔🤔🤔 that's a tiny gap than what I've been filling! My new job I took over for a guy that was mad he had to grind and cut things out he told the boss he was a welder he didn't do all the things boss man told him to do soooooooo the gaps are like as big as the Grand canyon 😢😢 sucks and irritating and my not so great welds look like crap 😢😖 😂

[@ACDesignsGarage]

Its a shame when people dont take pride in there work!

[@redheadforlife1445]

Facts no one does any more, I'm too worried about getting it right that screw things up 😂

[@michaelshortridge6379]

Filling gaps with a GMAW is easy.

[@ACDesignsGarage]

Yeah its alot easier than tig for sure

[@waynoswaynos]

Nice one Pete, I should have watched your vid before going and buying a replacement wire tube for the gun because the problem only got a tiny bit better (I had slight rust on the wire roll). The truth is, I have the wire speed on max! Yet to go and put your great lesson to the test. Incidentally, my old Dad used to give me shit about calling people a Git when I was a kid, you referred to yourself as such at the beginning. The dictionary definition is either 1. a contemptible person, often a fool or 2. a bastard. Dad reckoned it meant specifically, the illegitimate son of a prostitute, which is fighting words really. But I digress… 'Appreciate the guidance.

[@homerpetty328]

Weld that gap with two open ends

[@stevehartlieb]

Wow what an awful way to fill such a small of a gap 1/4in

[@heily-3806]

18 minute video that could’ve been made in two or less

[@ACDesignsGarage]

Thanks for watching!!!

[@rtkracht]

Your last video really helped my welding thin metal. I’m sure this will up my skills a bit too. Thanks man!

[@ACDesignsGarage]

Awesome so glad It helped, I want to help everyone I can. Thanks for the support!!!!