TIG Welding with TOOL STEEL filler?!

[@TheTimeshadows]

I've said it before, and am likely to do so again: Any day with, ToT, is better than one without. Thank you.

[@billlee5307]

Absolutely!!!!!

[@Soggyliquid]

Took the words out of my mouth

[@aetherseraph]

Agreed

[@maxtester8824]

TheTimeshadows YESSS!

[@aviationengine6701]

@@Soggyliquid Same

[@MyAvitech]

I'll admit, I puckered a bit seeing that end mill heading toward that hold down clamp.

[@ferrumignis]

I reckon we all did!

[@spenmac]

LOL

[@RadDadisRad]

Lol

[@dustysparks]

@@ferrumignis YUP, and I'm not even a machinist...

[@carnright]

I’m SURE he did not do that to pucker us oh no not him!

[@MrMilky927]

Hey Tony this welding is what I specialize in. So if you want some pure tool steel filler metal try to get ahold of some D2 tig filler metal. Now if you want true hard facing filler metal look up a rod called satellite 6 or 12 tig filler, the rod will be purple and blue. It's one of the harder stuff I weld with. Now the hardest we use at work is a rod it's called c83 rod. It looks like gravel is melted to the rod. Very very hard. But it weld horrible fair warning. Hope I see something about this in another video any questions ask away anyone!

[@ferrumignis]

Stellite 6/12 I think. Not the stuff for assembling you model Sputnik with 😀 Who makes the C83 filler?

[@MrMilky927]

@@ferrumignis www.stellite.com/us/en/products/hardfacing-alloys/welding-rod.html This is the company we buy our rods through and included is a chart of rockwell hardnesses and make for the rods, I'm not sure who we buy the C83 rods through unfortunately. And to answer your question I am not sure if it is the same stuff or not but I believe your correct.

[@Zoltan54]

Hi other Zac! Great addition to this video. What are the practical application of this? I know ToT mentioned die and mold uses but are there many uses outside of that? For those uses, are there many disadvantages to using tool rod vs machining out of solid tool steel? Is paying a person to Tig tool steel significantly cheaper than material cost and machining cost for solid tool? What other advantages are there? Is this a newer process and if it is are there any potential future uses outside the industrial market? Would this process ever be used like traditional Tig rod for joining materials or only in an edging application? Sorry, a bunch of random questions but I find this fascinating.

[@MrMilky927]

@@Zoltan54 Hi other Zach! No worry about all the questions I love talking about welding and my work! There are many reasons why hard facing is applied to material, basically hard facing is used for anything that in production standpoint that sees a lot of wear. Tony is correct in die and mold making it is used on 90% of molds for obvious reasons. And a lot of construction companies will use hard hard facing in the bucks of loaders and digger's. Depending on the company they will just use FCAW and weld "patterns" inside the buckets so it shifts the wear in the buckets. As far as my work I work on injection molding feedscrews which 99% of them get some form of surface build up( hardfacing) through the product or they can wear out within weeks. As far as using filler compared to just using pure tool steel parts is, 1 cost tool steel is extremely expensive, and 2, during say tools and tie applications certain parts of mold will wear faster then the others and they are the parts that will get hardfacing.

[@MrMilky927]

And as far as this being new not really, there is a a rival company that we compete against that has been around since I believe the late 70's or early 80's. And it just so depends on what you need the application for, the biggest thing I ever welded personally with this was a 8" auger that for about 40" long of the auger and 8" high was hard faced and machined to around 1" wide on the parts. If you look up what feedscrews are you will get a better picture of what I mean with the dementions.

[@AlecSteele]

How did you know I was chewing with my mouth open?

[@AsitShouldBe]

everyone noticed it, OMG!

[@suttoncoldfield9318]

I could hear it from here

[@RedmarKerkhof]

The mountains, they echo.

[@xgford94]

My wife’s ears pricked up when she heard ToT say that ....” YES Thank you! Sir” and from now on if she catches me doing it I can ONLY watch ToT on YT for a week...not much of a punishment.

[@peterhaan9068]

Will ratted you out!

[@MrMetalmaster1]

I have used old drillbits as filler for adding hardness to parts

[@christopherortega800]

Nice. welding tips and tricks just posted a video about that. You are way ahead of the game good Sir

[@jimmythejock4376]

I work in a high school and have shown our students your channel and they love it. Thanks Old Tony.

[@PracticalEngineeringChannel]

What hair?!

[@samb1168]

He likes what you did to it

[@thewatcher7682]

Sometimes a little says a lot

[@rdspeedfab]

Thumbs up from another bald guy.

[@mr2octavio]

Not what, which ;)

[@notmuch_23]

Man, I've been seeing creators I watch comment on other creators' videos I watch quite a bit lately. Who's next, 8-Bit Guy? Techmoan? JJGeneral1? Fake/Real/Why Jake? John Stossel?

[@marcoschwanenberger3127]

Ohoho! Tony you sly! Teasing us with that beautifully working Maho CNC and not even mentioning a word about it! I'm super excited for the video!

[@boagart]

Ha ha, I was thinking the same thing. C'mon Old Tony, time you turned your Maho out.

[@embie5119]

"I've been playing with it for a week now..." Old Tony, you are a master at subtlety.

[@oneuponedown]

8:00 Oh my God the MAHO has come alive and has learned to make weapons, everyone run for your lives!

[@cliffbramlett4131]

But it made weapons... for humans. It knows us, knows we need protecting, and it doesn't have eyes everywhere to protect us. Yet. So it made weapons for us to protect ourselves. Those nails are everywhere, after all.

[@neemaborji9993]

Anyone else hold their breath when the mill came close to the clamp?

[@robertsteinbeiss8478]

was a hard left!

[@buillioncubes]

Nope, and I think I might have jinxed it as a result. My bad.

[@BrooksMoses]

I was figuring that Tony did that on purpose to mess with us. (And then forgot about the top corner, apparently!)

[@CristiNeagu]

My breath and my sphincter.

[@domaves4043]

Very held my breath.

[@RadDadisRad]

I never thought of sharpening a tool steel bead to make a cold chisel. That’s actually impressive and very efficient and effective given the price point.

[@jolujo5842]

That's exactly what we do on the wear edges of heavy equipment. Hard surfacing metals are very similar to tool steel but with a few additives like manganese chromium etc for increased wear and resistance to chipping/fracturing.

[@christheother9088]

Yes, I have mortised hinges with a screwdriver.

[@Alltakenbla]

Brilliant

[@LabGecko]

Oh no, ouch! Ah, my Japanese chisels are crying in corner after hearing this! All wood in the shop has started warping away from this screen!

[@jonjon3829]

That's a really cool way of hardening the edge without actually hardening it.

[@jamesmaida47]

What Tony did works but if you actually go to the product site the manufacturer procedure is far more involved. Preheat, peening, air cooling, tempering blah blah blah.

[@NOTNOTJON]

Nah don''t listen to James here, just shake 'n bake. Heat to peen / aneel and oil quench. That is, find some old automotive oil and shake the hot stick in it. Bake at 450 for like 2-3 hours and let air dry. Your results may vary. Also, you might actually want to listen to James there

[@Bwillev]

@@NOTNOTJON its like doing 7 steps when you only needed to just not even do it

[@FreedomInc]

You can do the same with old dull drill bits you are going to throw away anyway.

[@jetblackstar]

Yeah as a blacksmith I was wincing a little. But it was self advertised messing about in the shop. From the colour it took after weld I'm going with it got itself to what I'd normally take it to for a temper, if a bit softer. And I'm assuming the liquid weld is well above critical before hand. It's just missing a quench. However it seemed to weirdly kinda work. It's 100% cool to be able to essentially have any alternative too forge welding a tool steel edge. Having bimetal edges had a lot of advantages, and costly or not, tool steel itself ain't cheap either.

[@torbjornahman]

Pretty cool! Wonder what happens if you do proper heat treatment on this stuff?! I suspect the grain structure could look quite bad straight after welding like this. Some normalizing, a good quench and you could be hacking your way through 1" nails with no problem! :)

[@aserta]

I've done some experiments and it works pretty nice, doesn't look nice tho. :)) Kinda like a long worm. HOWEVER, that being said, you can make patterns if you double or triple the number of wires held at once, and it kinda ... kinda looks like a hamon line if you wiggle enough. It's difficult tho.

[@torbjornahman]

@@aserta Sweet!

[@mrjodoe]

@@torbjornahman if you search for products EN14700 Fe 3 or EN14700 Fe 8 you will find this or similar products. Eg CORODUR WZ 55 or Alunox AX-650 or a whole roll for MIG welding (MIG = pure Argon) www.weldingtool.eu/mig-schweissdraht-utp-a-dur-650-en14700-s-fe-8.html

[@NOTNOTJON]

Anytime doing a heat treat, remember to at least TRY to know the metal (or metals I guess in this case) composition to achieve good results.... But I imagine an oil quench and an oven bake would probably do a good job though.

[@McKildafor]

So nice to see you here! Love your work. You have a natural way of smithing that makes it "look easy" which of course it's not. Cheers from Detroit!

[@matthewolson1322]

TOT "Its not like I'm putting this out in front of a million people" Not yet! 88.4% of the way there!!

[@spudpud-T67]

There will be more than a million views in years to come. Provided he hasn't been banned for overt promotion of "recreational metal use".

1.9%

[@scotte2815]

I'm going to watch it twice!

[@Jarlerus]

Had the exact same thought ^^ So my like you get! :D

[@BravoCharleses]

Tony lives in the future.

[@HandToolRescue]

10:29 So you can weld a thumb to metal...

[@jonanderson5137]

Good eye

[@marcmckenzie5110]

HTR, I know the urge to try it is killing you - but I’d wait until you see a live demonstration.

[@Mahono2Gud]

Wow I did not notice that at first!!!

[@aerogfs]

Any good welder... or at least the amateur ones... accidentally knows the smell of burning skin.. or burning gloves if you are a bit smarter one...

[@RubixB0y]

* arc quench sounds * TOT whispers:... make sure to liiike and subscriiiibe...

[@ConnorHolland]

1:40 I think the correct term is 'Al dente'

[@guytech7310]

Wouldn't it be Fe Dente? I don't think tool steel contains Aluminium!

[@d.t.4523]

@@guytech7310 It's "ToT Dente". 👍

[@adamwilliams9463]

@@guytech7310 😂

[@AWDJRforYouTube]

Tony puts a great comic adventuresome slant on this very near dear to me subject Most of these welding alloys were developed during WWII, along with the idea of "composite cutting tools" using low cost carbon steel shanks with HSS or tool steel welded to the ends, to save and reclaim precious tool steels. They only had Oxy-Acet, SMAW stick, then later Atomic Hydrogen [crazy TIG]then GTAW {TIG} We did a lot of this in the industries I worked in.

[@AWDJRforYouTube]

I added RECLAIM as these alloys are used to build up and repair tool steels...

[@adammichaeld]

Gosh my heart dropped when that mill cutter got that close to the fixturing in the maho

[@2drx4]

Ordered some of this for my lawn mower blade. Damn thing is always going dull from hitting stuff like my shoes. Thanks TOT!

[@Boosted98gsx]

What are they and where did you get them from? NEEEEEEED

[@evensgrey]

What you're doing here is very similar to a practice called 'bearding' that was done with weapons for thousands of years. Steel was discovered very quickly after iron refining got worked out. The problem was the only way to make steel until the 19th century was the crucible method, which is expensive, difficult, and has really bad process control, so you don't know what kind of steel you've got until it's done and all steel cost a lot to make. This made steel weapons out of the reach of all but the richest (usually the more powerful kings). Even the nobles in rich kingdoms usually couldn't afford all-steel weapons. They could afford a little steel, but not enough for all their weapons to be all steel. The solution that was found was to forge-weld a steel edge to a relatively soft iron weapon body. This was difficult and expensive, but not as expensive as making an all-steel weapon. These steel edges didn't come off either, as that was pretty much certain to get somebody killed (most likely the noble using the failed bearded weapon, if not, the guy who screwed up making it when the noble got back to him). Welding dissimilar materials together will always give you a stress zone at the interface, but different steels aren't likely to be too stressed, and as long as the weld is done well it should hold together under most conditions that wouldn't cause serious damage to the steel anyway. The fact that you get a dissolving of the two materials together in the bead should help limit the problems as well by making the transition less sharp.

[@ApprenticeGM]

I think you've omitted an important word: "This was difficult and expensive, but as expensive as making an all-steel weapon" --> I assume you actually mean "This was difficult and expensive, but NOT as expensive as making an all-steel weapon".

[@evensgrey]

@@ApprenticeGM Oops, thank you, now fixed.

[@Jacob_Dwyer]

Bessemer process from the 19th century, still used to make volume production steel.

[@mordantly]

Cladding isn't cheap. Requires explosion welding.

[@gangleweed]

Funny you should mention that process........some years back I bought a plasma welder (not to be confused with a plasma cutter)........and I did some hard facing using just plain spring steel material from car engine valve springs that I heated and straightened out for filler rod. It's a process that melts the two metals together and forms a combination alloy at the interface......works with cast iron too and I use plain mild steel rods when working on cast iron for filling in craters on machine tables and vices etc from drilling impacts, and the end result is you can file the weld without drama......the plasma stream is at 8,000 deg C.....that is centigrade not Fahrenheit.

[@pauldzim]

0:40 "I've been playing with it for about a week now. This stuff I mean." Almost slipped that one past me Tony

[@kaptein1247]

I felt bullied when he took those long filler rods out of the tiny case

[@itguy6547]

Second time watching this video and only noticed it this time around...clever camera play there Tony! Think we wouldn't catch that one eh? (well, you were right)

[@phillipmorgan4260]

I felt bullied when u read your comment and realized I didn’t notice

[@radionicsoftware5026]

😂😂😂😂👍

[@greenpoint6793]

You can just hear the glee in his voice when he said "I have an axe to grind" 😂 Granted its some good wordplay!

[@andersjjensen]

Knowing TOT I'm not above believing that he went online and found this filler for the sole purpose of having an excuse to use the pun :P

[@acturisme]

You could just hear the cheesy grin.

[@TreyCook21]

@@andersjjensen That's exactly what happened! I'm convinced anyway.

[@davewinterborne5471]

Surprised he missed something with "hard as nails" though

[@ParanoidCarrot]

tot and dad jokes, with some humbug. thats why im here

[@jamesmarks8099]

Just hit the estop on my Cnc to come watch this, might have scrapped the part I was working on.

[@kevinvermeer9011]

This is what the "feed hold" is for!

[@frollard]

@@kevinvermeer9011 The true fans wire their shop power breaker to a script that monitors for new ToT content. When the sub feed rolls, so does the power.

[@TreyCook21]

Just found out today that AvE's name is James Marks. Who'da thunk it?!

[@TheHungrySlug]

@@TreyCook21 Interesting, but I fail to see how it applies stopping everything to watching a ToT video. Should have made a new comment of your own. I stopped mowing the grass to come watch this video. The lawn can wait, This Old Tony has shop life advice to give!

[@TreyCook21]

@@TheHungrySlug My comment goes along with the original comment of James Marks. I was trying to be funny and insinuate that AvE would stop his CNC machine to watch a ToT video. I should have been more clear; I apologize.

[@Fireship1]

Between you and AvE I’ve gotten quite an online education over the years.

[@kclaptraffic]

I never thought of doing this to lawnmower blades, thanks for putting dangerous ideas in my head!

[@DWSOutdoors]

I am so glad Colin did that video! You have given me such a useful video of learning I am very grateful! Thank you Tony!

[@Panda-fo7no]

Every video Tony has uploaded since I have found his channel many of months ago has had me intrigued. Being quite educational and entertaining, he would have been a fantastic tech teacher. Imagine if our school systems were full of teachers like Tony. My tech class teachers in both Middle and High school were funny and great teachers. I wish I could say the same for my other subjects lol. Thank you for doing what you do, Sir. Making us laugh, learn, and forget about the stress we go through everyday.

[@Seaking406]

I have learned more about welding, machining, lathe work and what ever odds and shods you have put together in all your very entertaining videos. As someone who has never done any metal work at all, I've always been interested in how it's done so I watch a lot of those videos.. But since finding your channel, I'm locked in and subscribed. Your delivery is great, your humour is right on par with my needs, and I always walk away away with a chuckle and happy that I have learned something new. I doubt I'll ever get into metal work (wife said 3D printing was enough for now) but rest assured that this viewer will be back for more of your excellent videos! Cheers

[@diegofloor]

I recently discovered your channel. I am learning so much and getting much better at... well, not machining, I don't know if I will ever be able to afford a machining hobby. But I am a dad now! My wife always sighed and rolled her eyes to my jokes but ever since I started watching your channel I noticed she's been doing it more frequent and intensely than ever. Seriously though, your videos are funny and engaging to watch. And it does make me wish I had a machine shop or access to one. I might one day start working on something cheaper like manual wood working. Get some saws, clamps, hand files etc.

[@larryrestainer9949]

Now a retired tool and die maker,,,used Weld mold 958 on upper punch and softer rod on lower, sometimes in a line down situation, rough grind lower ,roll press over and a quick clearance grind and run..enjoy your videos

[@jamesrogers47]

When I was a boy, I was often given the job of putting hardener on plough chisels using a stick welder. The stuff we were using wasn't nearly that hard. I know this because we tried using it on cold chisels to lengthen their service life. Of course, as you suggested, the purpose of putting hardener on plough chisels was to increase their resistance to abrasion.

[@benhenson3910]

Hv

[@jasonmoore3557]

Great video mate 👍 I weld up the trim edges on trim steels (D2 tool steel) in press dies this way, although I tend to turn the amps down to around 50 so it really beads up just on the edge. Less to dress back and it's already very hard base metal. Also have to preheat the tool steel before welding or it is likely to crack. Very susceptible to temperature shock. I have also made a blanking die out of mild steel base metal and hard tip welded the trim edges just like you have here. It works fine for short term solutions 👍

[@TeknoXI]

This is exactly the video I needed. I just ordered a TIG welder that should be here in a few days and I was looking for filler rod to repair my anvil. Thanks TOT! Love your content!

[@schwig44]

Didn't he just tell you to be careful shock loading tool steel?

[@TeknoXI]

@@schwig44 Yeah. I heard him. I work with tool steel regularly, being the blacksmith that I am. The information provided by TOT is enough for me to look up the correct filler rod from WeldMold to suit my needs. I also plan to follow the welding instructions provided by the manufacturer.

[@schwig44]

@@TeknoXI yeah, I was just kidding, but also a fair warning for others without your level of knowledge so I felt weird putting an /s on it. Blacksmiths might only be matched by stamp press operators in terms of shock load experience lol, I figured you knew your stuff

[@zachaliles]

Boy am I glad your camera always wears an auto darkening welding hood!

[@helvettefaensatan]

I'm so impressed with the filming. I tried to learn welding 10 years ago, and I never saw anything. I've learnt more from Tony than half a year of intermittent trying.

[@sarchlalaith8836]

The way you show weld should be a lesson to every other channel, not painful and blinding on the eyes, but actually kind of beautiful

[@landeraldridge5895]

i was chewing with my mouth open when you said not to and now i’m scared. and i also got a hair cut yesterday. so you scare me. but you are my favourite person on youtube and we love you. never a doll moment.

[@der.kleine.pyromane]

me: cutting my hair short for the first time after 9 years... toni:i like what you did with youre hair 😂

[@connermusic]

SAME but only 1 year

[@russellzacharias3535]

with about half a head shaved the other bits sort of hacked off to about an inch. Clippers stopped cutting, have to wait until tomorrow to go buy a new pair.

[@berryreading4809]

I just performed a quite respectable quarantine self haircut, don't be afraid to try it. Just remember, the only difference between a terrible haircut and a decent looking haircut is two weeks time 😄👍

[@automan1223]

Tony has rolled :Weldmonger, Project Farm, DiResta, NYC CNC & Alec Steele all in one 12 min video !!

[@zadtheinhaler]

NGL, when I saw the bearded axe shape, i got unreasonably excited.

[@samuellindahl1114]

And wranglerstar

[@772tsweet77]

And Bjorn Torbjorn (sp?) Edit: Torbjorn Ahman

[@almostanengineer]

Nooo, spoilers, damn you KZbin for putting this on top of the comments 😨

[@AnanusBananus]

Mad skills!

[@lemontier]

I always appreciate it when a tig welding demo is done correctly. Ending a weld pass by trailing out while passing back over the weld instead of cratering out sets the right example for others. Thanks Tony

[@MSTrusAgent]

I am not a welder, not even close, I don’t have a cnc, gosh I don’t even have a workshop, but man I love your videos. I love how diverse they are, it’s always interesting to watch, to learn something new from you. Your jokes just make me listen closer :) Thank you Tony! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@sqwearl1392]

Mind blowing stuff So, had a customer destroy his last form-tool (cut valve holes on aluminum truck wheels). To get the replacements required milling the rough forms, heat treating, and then finish grinding... more time than he had. So we welded some of this on the ruined form tool, touched up the grind, and that got them through the job.

[@DameAndThatGame]

You and Ave uploaded on the same day after all this time, 2020 is looking up!

[@bettytherussiantortoise2808]

DameAndThatGame and fire ball tool

[@DameAndThatGame]

@@bettytherussiantortoise2808 Is he into precision? I don't watch KZbinrs who care about precision.

[@guytech7310]

Okay, Cats out of the bag: ToT & AVE are brothers. Now you know.

[@bettytherussiantortoise2808]

DameAndThatGame sometimes but mostly does not care

[@andrewpuckridge7633]

not to mention a bad obsession upload (the project binky guys)..having a great day..whats that? Abom?? whoo and i might add Hoo

[@BVM03]

Tony, I say this with love. You'll never be a hand model. Those are some serious man hands!

[@paulculbert1281]

No kidding. You don't hear any stress in his voice but you can see it in his fingernails.

[@mikebrost286]

Different demographics. Here we are, watching his hands wiggle with a voice-over. Week after week, topic after topic, all we see is hands and things. I'd have to disagree and say his "hands and things" channel is going great!

[@deanmclean5447]

Would you want anything else though?

[@tbcBeasT]

Never been this early to a ToT video, gonna stop what i was doing to watch this

[@Andrew_Fernie]

Keep trying fellow ToT fan. A couple of videos back I was the first to view and it had been posted for 37seconds already. Almost as good as a lottery win. Maybe.

[@grahamserle7930]

I shared this video with my hairdresser and she loves you for it. She said that Tony is right on the money and that her tool steel edged scissors is what makes her a cut above the rest.

[@rockcrusher4636]

Could you do a few videos on proper stress relieving, your the only one that could make this little talked about subject fun. I dedicated my tool making life 70 + years to stress relieving, and no where can I even find it mentioned. Thanks for all the great videos.

[@siddhartaperezrodriguez3238]

"I've been playing with it for about a week now, this stuff I mean" LOL

[@PatrickKQ4HBD]

Ahahaha, that slipped right by me! Good catch.

[@toferj7441]

I came here to say the same thing! LMAO! 😂🤣😂

[@benjaminlawless1086]

I was about to comment that as soon as he said it but u have beaten me to it, by a lot actually

[@EngineeringSpareTime]

Now you‘re showing off with this full depth slotting - ok.. I‘m just jealous, cause my CNC can’t do it :) The welding rods - awesome!

[@costarich8029]

I have tons of storage problems. Where did you get those containers that hold a meter of rod in pocket-size form factor?

[@lindboknifeandtool]

They probably came with the rods. Check mcmaster Carr

[@Andrew_Fernie]

They're Sport Billy welding rod tubes he's had since the early 80's

[@moconnell663]

Do - All used to carry them

[@mmazz30]

Costa....I got what you said. ToT must be wearing his magicians sleeve or those rods are telescopic

[@guytech7310]

Before the Time lords collapse, you buy TARDIS storage containers. These were amazing as you could store an entire household of items in a single tote box (well as long as you can fit in the opening. The only problem if you dropped something small it was a pain the but to reach for them.

[@ziggythecartoon]

I expected some Barry White to start playing, because you're obviously in love with this tool steel filler rod. Love the content, Tony!

[@rawgage7]

Hey Tony, I love your channel and would love to see MORE welding videos where you have details that other channels just don't offer... plus, you're funny, or at least funnier than them. Nice Christmas Story reference there with the, "ohhhh fffudge!" 😉👍

[@PKMartin]

"Don't chew with your mouth open" my mouth was legit hanging open from the cold chisel demo onwards. This is *magic*

[@Hansengineering]

TOT rn:

[@johnrokosky]

I thought of the possibilities, they are endless........

[@barryandricks7107]

Does anyone else feel like this whole video exists for Old Tony's "Axe to grind" joke? Still great video as always!

[@1000crazypeople]

Im a mold maker apprentice at a local plastic injection company. I get to weld a lot with tool steels. Anything from P-20, A-2, D-2, S-7, and a handful more. Drawing it back (or tempering it) is SUPER important

[@pjhalchemy]

Thanks for the compliment. After 6 months of self inflicted hair cuts, I'm getting my flat top fairly flat but with slightly rounded edges. ;-) Your nails look freshly done, Nice! Good grooming makes one feel it's all worth it. Cool stuff with lots of apps I can think of...just need a tig and a bucket of sundries extras to give it a try. ;-P Great videography and fun to learn something to log into the Dbase. Thanks Mr. T...loved the Maho startup sequence!

[@EatMyATGM]

Wow such a long rod in a small package. 😍

[@BuickDoc]

I heard that part of that box is in the future so it doesn't take up storage space in 'now' time...

[@CreamAle]

I hear that quite frequently.

[@PatrickKQ4HBD]

This is still a family channel, unless you look really really closely. LOL.

[@JK-dn4pu]

Years ago I did a lawnmower blade....it worked, however I know a whole lot more about the different properties of alloys. Great video 👍

[@ROBRENZ]

Excellent video as always! Try tool steel drill rod. I use A2, D2 and you could use S7 for shock. but with these you should temper them after welding. Do your mower blades! ATB Robin

[@artcamp7]

MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER REFERENCE! Pretty Niice... I knew there was a reason I loved this channel.

[@PatrickKQ4HBD]

What? When?

[@Donnybrook10]

good vid. A good application might be to build up a strong tip for your flathead screwdrivers.

[@gamemeister27]

Thanks man, I've been letting it grow out. Yours looks good too!

[@hellelujahh]

I reckon you saw as much of his as he saw of yours!

[@gamemeister27]

@@hellelujahh Secretly, I know he's bald from an older video

[@bustednuckles2]

"I like what you did with your hair" Why Thanks Tony! I just had all six of them custom cut to exact matching lengths.

[@myoptik3x103]

The Maho- “It Verks! It’s verking!”

[@BigRigTrig]

Son of a diddly

[@petewood2350]

It's Alive, MWAHAHAHAHA!!!

[@Alex-hongry]

You hear words thrown around like “Harder better faster stronger”

[@carnright]

Random Access Memories?

[@WhereWhatHuh]

We can rebuild him?

[@marcmckenzie5110]

You left off cheaper... ugh!

[@alexcgilliland]

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[@marcmckenzie5110]

Ha ha!! I hadn't though of that Daft Punk song! I was thinking it was a list of the grim drivers at work. Thank you!👍

[@rm3141593]

Another great video, thank you so much! Always love the little add-ins, and interesting comments, play on words...

[@VJ-ft2xj]

For home hobbyists out there, old drill bits can be used as hard filler rod. Masonry nails will make a pretty hard bead too. Probably not as good as the real filler rod, but cheap and easy to get

[@animalmother556x45]

........Jesus Christ, I JUST got a haircut like 45 minutes ago.....

[@joe-e-geo]

OMG - I got a major haircut last weekend!! (This is like the old Romper Room magic mirror! Freaky!)

[@chucklachance]

Well, Tony is right, looks good.

[@buillioncubes]

I got a haircut July before last! I'm glad he finally noticed.

[@Rickster621]

i got a new haircut like 4 hours ago. out of the blue got tired of the long hair.

[@thomhpl]

Same for me! And I thought I was special...

[@sanjaysami4315]

I could almost hear YOU groan after “I’ve got an axe to grind” 😂 Where have you been Tony ? Super excited to find a new video from you.

[@Nicmadis]

So, title could easily have been "ToT has a new toy, improves all his old toys."

[@ronstar8857]

Hi Tony: I am a wannabee machinist. I have always LOVED tools of all kinds. As an almost a septuagenarian, I have accumulated many tools. I have a nice little Clausiing knee mill..circa 1980 something as well as a little Sheldon lathe circa 1950 something and a plasma cutter as well as a TIG welder. I absolutely LOVE your videos. They are destined to become KZbin classics.. Thank you SO much for sharing your knowledge as well as your expertise. Please! Keep making more videos... they are MUCH better than whatever the heck I am paying for on cable! I wish you and your family a happy holiday and a healthy new year!

[@eturner66]

All the crap on TV and radio gets ya down and pisses ya off. Then their is the old Tony bringing smiles and laughs back and possibly some education , not sure yet . Don't stop Tony , im pretty sure something will melt down if you do starting with my garage . Love love your videos !!!!

[@jacksonsmith4648]

Let he who hath not machined a strap clamp cast the first stone.

[@skatewithvanz]

Dont mean to brag but... 🥴🤙

[@liviO13]

Is anyone else watching this video just because it is This Old Tony’s, even though you don’t have a TIG welder, or maybe not even A welder?! Lol 😂

[@JohnStokes-c1o]

Never welded anything in my life. Nor I'm I a machinist, it's compulsive viewing though. Still loving every minute of it. 😍

[@vf19blue]

Guilty as charged! 😬

[@MedicDillahunty]

Keep watching and you will. You’ve been warned...

[@azmodean]

It's infectious, I hardly do anything handy at all, but my wife needed a hole cut in a plastic tub floor thingy for bathing dogs and as I was finishing up I found myself mumbling, "just put a light chamfer on the edges here".

[@kumoyuki]

every time he does a welding video I'm like "damn. I need to learn to weld"

[@rickpalechuk4411]

"Waiting for welds to dry "

[@guytech7310]

Yeah, your right it should be "waiting for your welds to cure." /sarc

[@gangleweed]

@@guytech7310 Maybe set?

[@Zonkotron]

A long time some old guy on practicalmachinist said he'd seen this done with an old arcatom machine. I was sceptical but chose to believe, because there is no reason it couldn't work with the right process. I see my faith was well placed.

[@fishtruk]

Nice information! I use tool steel rod, specifically A-2, 1/16 and 3/32 for years. No copper cladding but works great. AND you can buy just a small amount! Thanks TOT

[@SethKotta]

Instructions unclear. Lawnmower is now welded to weed whacker.

[@alexanderrodi5374]

I don't see an issue. Now its dual purpose 😆

[@ianbuilds7712]

I think your issue is you need to weld two mowers to the weed eater.. Yuh know, for symmetry... and balance at high rpm..

[@ianbuilds7712]

And I think you may need to braze or bolt them.. I heard somewhere that unlike outdoor power equipments don't like to weld to each other...

[@ShallowBeThyGames]

As an English speaker, I approve the apostrophe in "temper'ture"

[@ElAirHawk]

Ok, Boss has some ‘splainin a-Do: he Assured me that tig rod such as this was Unavailable in die Metallschweißwelt! Instead, I used Hardcraft arc-rod that I ground flux from one side (as the “secret sauce” to make it tool-hard is in the breading!) to cut-back the heaviness of the slag, and TIG-welded the small, tight corners of the granulator-liner an inch at a time...... (Yes, it’s Possible.) (Yes, it Sucked.)

[@arnienonymous4458]

I really enjoy it when ToT totally geeks out over something that most folks don't even come close to understanding. But that's okay, the Tony Troops are right there with ya!

[@Alltakenbla]

You got to be a teacher. Of the dedicated kind. You make learning hilariously funny. Thankyou. Ps. I am sharing this beaut of a vid.

[@rocketplane]

"I don't know which is which any more." Has a not quite hidden "T.S." engraved into one chisel.

[@mwilliamshs]

I'm at 5:57 and can't see it

[@milledel]

​@@mwilliamshs Look at 6:20 (ish), on the right hand side of the chisel just where the grinding edge breaks.

[@markholub97]

That cnc hitting the clamp gave me so much anxiety and I don’t even know why. It’s not even my machine.

[@Meddlmoe]

Is there a Stick welding Version of this? Edit: Found it: "OK tooltrode 60"

[@m0n4rch911]

Talk to Jimmy. He knows his way around welding rods. Avoid Karen, he'd give you an earful just by accidentally looking at her cleavage that she displayed for the world to see in the 1st place.

[@allangibson8494]

Cobalt Hard facing electrodes are better.

[@mattmax8599]

I'm sorry I heard: I'm a fool and chode 69.

[@Timberwolf69]

@from the dark side of the moon More importantly, which Jimmy? Once we figured that out, we can go and wonder about Karen.

[@gravelydon7072]

EutecTrode makes all kinds of rods. 680 is one of them. 2B is a good one also. 4004 as a final gives even better results when over 680. Only problem with them, the costs. Xuper 680 makes a smaller grain in the welds but costs even more. With them you are often looking at $1.00 a rod.

[@CandidZulu]

Welding with sewing machine needles is old school in gunsmithing. I read about a guy in some knife magazine (c. 1994) that made knifes by welding up the edge, can't remember what he used, but there a a number of fillers suitable for this.

[@ralphwaters8905]

I'm building an aqua-mining attachment for my wet/dry vacuum to help me dig out a tree stump by sucking out the dirt below it, and I need to put some teeth on the mouth so I can cut thru small roots. However, they need to be hard enough to survive contact with dirt and rocks too. Your video reminded me that I have some OLD hard-facing stick electrodes that might be good for this. I will try knocking off the flux and TIG my way to happiness. You may be no Jody Collier under the hood, but your videos are a hoot and an inspiration.

[@anchorbait6662]

"waiting for welds to dry" haha I seriously choked on my Vodka Rockstar laughing and had to explain to my menstruating partner why watching a KZbin video from an elderly gentleman named Tony was more important then driving around town looking for her Rocky Road ice-cream. I'm sure she'll come around eventually.

[@fordkid9472]

I think Tot did all of this just to throw a 30 second clip to show the maho doing maho things

[@woj95]

7:20 Good to see YourHo up and running!

[@glennstasse5698]

Now THAT was an info packed tour de force. Who knew you could add a hardened edge just by welding it on? Fab fab fab!

[@TonytheEE]

I knew that end mill was too close to the hold downs! I love the axe! Reminds me of my favorite hammer. I used to work in metal fab and we nested and laser cut parts out of 1/8" to 3/8" steel. Occasionally, they needed a hammer to pound the pieces that were held in by slag, so they would just include hammers and little tools in the nesting program to use. Picked up one that had been discarded. Left there 9 years ago, but I still love that hammer. it looks beat to hell and that's part of its charm.

[@Buddy-po4hv]

I wanted to come up with a smart comment so This Old Tony would reply me and I will feel good about myself, but failed.

[@ThisOldTony]

next time, Buddy. next time.

[@Buddy-po4hv]

@@ThisOldTony I'm taking a screenshot of this and framing it next to my engineering degree! You made my day! Greetings from Beirut, Lebanon.

[@paperburn]

I kinda wanted to squeal like a little girl too but my wife was in the next room.

[@floorpizza8074]

@@paperburn Same, but I did it, anyway. Wife just replied, "Oh, watching This Old Tony again, huh?"

[@fdpiscitani]

"I've been playing with it for about a week now" -- Oh so that's why no new ToT videos..

[@OriginalGriff]

I'm just waiting for the first time someone lugs in a Tig welder to "Forged in Fire" ... :laugh:

[@markamy357]

Wow, thanks to your super close tig shots I foolishly think I can tig weld, thanks mr Tot

[@gravelydon7072]

11:00 Lawn mower blades. My mower blades are of one of two types. Marbain blades which are hardened steel blades. Or mower blades which have carbide inserts brazed in. Have the latter on both 50" and 60" mowers with three blades and 30" with just one blade setups. In larger Bush Hog type mowers we always built the edges up. To give you an idea of how long the Marbains will last, mine are now 12 years old and get 2 hours a week use fairly regularly and up 4 hours in a week when we have heavy rains. And really only needed sharpening again. Which would be the third time in 12 years.