Question time. Fitzee answers questions

[@Brian_W.]

How close to the coast are you and then Fitzee proceeds to walk down his driveway to the coast!😅 awesome. Thanks for doing this Fitzee!

[@davidparker9676]

Thanks for doing the Q&A, I really enjoyed hearing some of the stories and examples of cars and struggles that taught you what you know today. I love your "get your hands dirty" advice, I wish more people would just try to do something rather than make 10,000 excuses why they can't do it.

[@tonyrandazzoe8210]

This is a great forum...

[@T3glider]

Slagging the 24 grit from the big box stores … oh well … there goes the Canadian Tire sponsorship!

[@anthonypirozzi837]

Flux core wire is meant for outdoor welding where wind will blow away the shielding gas

[@JohnLegionH]

Tony, thank you very much for this. Your candid answers went above and beyond. Nice to know we’re the same age…. Well I’m 56 this year in May. I’m enjoying this channel as much as the main one already. Those not watching both are really missing out.

[@per434]

During the time I have been following you, I have received many good tips. I myself am trained in oxy/acety and stick welding. So this with me was "new" I knew the theoretical, but it is different from the practical. And the trips around the island for iron are excellent, I enjoy it.

[@deanm4138]

That was very cool definitely looking forward to more of these videos. You can’t be to far from my family they’re 30 minutes from Carbonear. Those pictures of your buddies Chevy 2 that purple paint job is cool. You were saying not to go cheap on a mig welder I’ve got the Lincoln mig pak 140 it came with a bunch of stuff with and they go on sale quite often that what I teaching my self on with not a huge amount of money into it

[@jgwilliams5951]

That was GREAT ! , Thanks, ....Jim

[@garyfraser8584]

Hey Tony I like your new show. I like the intro music I keep waiting for it to break into the theme from night Court for some reason that's what it reminds me of I don't know why. I like that picture you sitting on the back of your job with that the end of this video reminds me of my first car it was a 1975 Ford Pinto two-door hatchback. It was my father's and he just got it painted candy apple red shortly before I got it. My brother bored its go to trade school he is a mechanic and it got wrote off on this way home on a slippery follow Road covered with leaves in front of Tim Hortons here in Sarnia Ontario. I missed that little car but I had a whole bunch of pintos after that one of the was my first race car. I feel I have a lot in common with you looking forward to the next chat session lol cheers

[@rescuedandrestoredgarage]

A lot of awesome questions, and Dawson Creek is the start of the Alaska highway, so I might see you one day.

[@errolpoxleitner7901]

Good show Fitzee thanks.

[@BrucePierson]

I only have a flux-core welder, one with dials now, which I used to build my trailer and a lot of other work. My first MIG was a flux core with those two switches. It wasn't as bad as you thought, as I built all my shed frames with it, using 1.2mm (18 gauge) steel framing. We can only get 030 flux core wire here (and I think 035 is also available, but I've only ever used 030) and 023 is not available here either.

[@georgeezzell4474]

Great video.

[@brycechessum4684]

I first heard cut n butt on your channel I called it letting in a patch but I learned heavy gauge Alluminium welding 25mm fabrication and welding and picked on cars later

[@Don14320]

thank you for sharing about your experiences and life.

[@johns9993]

Enjoyed the questions and your answers ,made it a little like we are sitting in your garage having a talk ! good stuff !! And learn things that are good to know ,like the square body chevy roof .

[@zvautobuild8832]

Yay 24:40 my question was answered thank you Tony. I appreciate your answere

[@adriancooper8192]

I really enjoyed that, thank you Tony

[@dougscriver7726]

Thanks for the videos this was awesome you still are my hero take care

[@peglegtoo]

fitzee, really enjoyed this Q and A, please keep doing these.

[@BigBadAssViking]

Thank you for all the things I've learnt from your videos! Will start using all your tips and tricks this summer when I start restoring my late uncles 1988 hightop Gmc Vandura. Greetings from Sweden

[@jeff5724]

I learned a lot from your show for repair ing the trunk and rear floors in my 53 Plymouth and my 26 inch pipe anvil I built from scrap floor And trunk in 53 were made from 61 Plymouth roof 55 wheel well and 50 ply tin mabey thats why it welded well with my gasless welder useing 035 wire. Where the cat

[@fitzeesfabrication.thefl-nf7hp]

sleeping! lol

[@joesgaragedoorservice7506]

great video

[@johngersna3263]

Tony, this video was a great idea. I'm just a poser compared to you but I wanted to tell you how I started out. I'm just a hobbyist and I didn't have much starting out. I started reading books on bodywork and I bought a Bernz'-o- magic torch that used Mapp gas in the early 70's. I actually still have it. I used it to braze panels together. Then I got a set of oxy/acetylene torches and started brazing with that and started teaching myself how to weld/hammerweld sheet metal with that. Then in the 80's I finally got a Mig welder. It was a Power Mate Quick fix 110 v but I did get the gas conversion. However it was the exact welder that you said not to get.🙂 I've actually used it up until recently and I finally got a hopefully pretty nice Mig welder. It's a Hobart handler 210 mvp. Actually I'll be using it for the first time today. Like I said, I'm a poser compared to you but I've learned so much from you and your videos. I thank you. Sorry this was so long. God bless. 😊👍👍👍

[@fitzeesfabrication.thefl-nf7hp]

they are never too long. I enjoy reading them and hearing all the stories.

[@big-al]

Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed the vid very much.

[@tdeje]

Great Stuff Thanks !

[@robbigemon1868]

Tony that was very enjoyable just learning about how you have become the person you are . And the stories you told were great thanks for starting this questions segment. An again im always sticking around have a great week tony

[@tomasthillman8022]

Thank you! Love from Sweden❤

[@rjung_ch]

46:50 Tony, you can basically go for a swim each morning, in the winter you'll have some ice to chop up first! Wow, so close, that is really amazing!

[@jraposo911]

Thanks for sharing your story 😊 JR

[@daviddailey4959]

Thanks for sharing this Tony! Great stuff!

[@andygriffiths8647]

Thank you Tony, keep it going, doing what you want to do 🙂👍

[@frankfurther3828]

Thanks for answering my question about mig welders and here's another one- have you ever been interested in motorcycles? What is the heaviest metal you weld using .023? We love you in the states.

[@fitzeesfabrication.thefl-nf7hp]

Never had a motorcycle. too many cars. I will say I love early choppers. every spring i think about building a bike but it has never happen...yet! heaviest I welded up? half inch plate on my plow truck. that's a bit much but its holding together. lol

[@frankfurther3828]

@@fitzeesfabrication.thefl-nf7hp Thanks. I've been using .030 for 14g steel, I want to master lighter stuff and will switch rolls with .023. I'm aiming to someday build a replica metal Servi-car box with 18g.

[@davetyson2331]

great Q&A

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

Great stuff Tony. Thanks for doing this. Oh, and we have similar diets 😂👌

[@halsoriye135]

I remember you referencing the amount of bump steer when you were working on the Mustang. There are couple of things that are easy to do to minimize the issue. One is to due the Shelby mod to the upper control arms, dropping the mounting points. The other one is to purchase the spindle steering arm/tie rod attachment point. It utilizes a heim joint rather than a ball joint, where you can adjust height of the tie rod. Both items are available from Mustang parts vendors.

[@fitzeesfabrication.thefl-nf7hp]

ya those parts work great if your still using the factory steering box. I upgraded to a power Caviler rack and pinion. it a full custom setup and there was a lot to figure out.

[@robertwilliams8010]

Thank you very much for sharing all of this information with us. ❤

[@crnutsmotorsports]

Thank you for the time.

[@BrucePierson]

You keep saying you are old ... At 55 you are 14 years younger than me and 40 years younger than Gene Winfield, who is still customizing and spraying cars at 95. I hope we all live that long (and longer) and still be doing what we want to at that age.

[@sidney9534]

About fluxcore running hot - 4:38 would that explain why any panel I welded with fluxcore on my car warped extremely no matter what I did? The guys with gas just go zap zap zap and it comes out perfect.. yet my fluxcore welds pulled inward super hard not matter what I did.

[@torstenselle]

Ehm mig welds also fall inwards. Trev made a very good video on this. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/epvFhKpvipeFpNU

[@davidparker9676]

There are acids in the flux that will eventually rot your steel bodywork. Flux-core and sheet metal bodywork are not friends. Don't expect long lasting repairs with flux-core MIG. Flux core is meant for welding in windy conditions where a C25 or CO2 shielding gas will get blown away.

[@sidney9534]

@@davidparker9676 I fixed an entire car with Flux core (on my profile). How long do you give it?

[@davidparker9676]

@@sidney9534 I don't know. It depends on several factors. If you sealed it with epoxy primer and cavity wax on the backside of the welds, it would be longer than exposed welds on the backside and primer surfacer. It also depends on your local conditions of humidity and road salt etc. I have a car that someone did flux core rust repairs and it is bubbling everywhere he welded. I have to redo all of the metal work on that car. I have since been I-CAR certified and will be doing my own work from now on.

[@per434]

I am trying to get my son who works at PON (catepillar) to start this.

[@paulv1000]

Love for you to do an 1948 Austin A40 Devon

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

This should be on the main channel

[@geoffreyarmstrong5686]

Hey Tony, You've gotta have Irish blood with a name like Fitzpatrick??

[@papawheelie5835]

Hey Fitzee, while browsing a map of Conception bay, I was intrigued by the satellite map of Kelly's Island. On the northwest edge, there is a small area that is blurred out.... any idea what, if anything, that blur is meant to conceal? Just idle curiosity but since you're kinda nearby, I thought you might know.

[@fitzeesfabrication.thefl-nf7hp]

Ill have to check that out. you can see that island from my house. lots of stories of pirate treasure buried on that Island.

[@worthmor5146]

Restore a 67 VW bug!

[@fitzeesfabrication.thefl-nf7hp]

I done a few of those over the years.

[@nickgeusebroek1210]

It may not be a 41 willys coupe,but that cab under the car behind you looks a lot like a willys truck cab from here,Put a glass nose on it,fab a box,I am seeing a Gasser truck.

[@fitzeesfabrication.thefl-nf7hp]

Oh that has crossed my mind. lol

[@colehara]

👍 🇨🇦

[@tonyrandazzoe8210]

Tony....Okay I am using the 0.30 flux non gas wire w/ my little 'Yeswelder"to struggle (your right)with it as is for sheet pieces...... I have no gas in my disposition of moving now ect. but I wanna search for this 0.23 with flux wire even tho you say its too hot. Im 62 yrs old...BTW. Am I in trouble ?if you ever travel thru the west coast of the USA let me know sir !!

[@fitzeesfabrication.thefl-nf7hp]

using the flux wire i be less worried about cut and butt and just do tidy lap weld. keep me posted if you get the 023 flux wire. I be interest in knowing what you think.

[@tonyrandazzoe8210]

@@fitzeesfabrication.thefl-nf7hp What is lap weld sir ?

[@tonyrandazzoe8210]

@@fitzeesfabrication.thefl-nf7hp Okay will do ,Thanks Tony !

[@tonyrandazzoe8210]

@@fitzeesfabrication.thefl-nf7hp Oh you meant overlapping ? So you think the 0.23 (fluxtype) will do for cutt n butt?without gas ?

[@chimpfoos65]

You should team up with DD SPEED SHOP TO GO ON TRIP WITH TO THE STATES

[@fitzeesfabrication.thefl-nf7hp]

Dan is funny. I enjoy his take on life.

[@tonyrandazzoe8210]

Tony , are you originally from Ireland?Fitzpatrick?

[@fitzeesfabrication.thefl-nf7hp]

no. Born and raised in Newfoundland

[@tonyrandazzoe8210]

@@fitzeesfabrication.thefl-nf7hp Okay so you must be (just bodywise ) of the decent but Newfoundland thoughtwise ?

[@bronco797]

Skinny feller back in the day. 😃

[@riverflyswatter]

Howdy

[@blairhong6089]

Haha first!

[@rayhall4578]

i grew up with Fitzpatricks in uk, always nicknamed Fitzee