Welding on the Farm - 1948

[@StrangeGarage]

Welding has changed my life and taken me out of poverty. I wish all you the same success!

[@DIYOneForAll]

Welders are paid well and rightfully so. They have to know what they are doing.

[@BRENT3143945]

It's done the same for me! I was working at Walmart 5years ago. Worked my butt off for $18-20k a year lol

[@randomschittz9461]

Thanks brother, on my way.

[@MyFREEFrugalHomestead]

Great film ! Thanks for posting. I picked up a Cheap Harbor Freight Welder Wire Fed Mig for $80. on sale with a coupon, added auto dark hood, gloves and few extras all in $150. First weld and repair was the back door latch on my ford van, I welded an ugly spattered weld & used a 16 penny nail to hold the broken latch so the cable could pull it again. Saved $150. did not need to replace it. Since then I have welded 20 things each one with a better weld and saved a bunch fixing things. Currently making a 3 point hitch for my tiny tractor. Not on a farmer, but own some land. My buddy called me last week and said his neighbor tossed out a stack of steel. I drove by because, I am now collecting scrap to build and repair things. Great value in owning a welder, even the cheapest you can get.

[@johnhwallace8091]

Lk

[@johnhwallace]

😮 25:13 😮😅

[@PSG159er]

I love hearing these success stories. 👍

[@tommytruth7595]

As shown at 5:55, the key to good welding is to wear a white shirt and tie.

[@respt46]

because he's a doctor. It's a welding clinic after all.

[@whjerts]

Amazing the baler didn’t burn up with all the dry hay in it.

[@johnhartman7078]

Delightful video! Takes me back to my teen years in the mid-1960s when my dad and an uncle bought my first welder for me. It is a Lincoln 225 amp AC unit that I still use. I too was a farm raised kid. Thanks!

[@robbiefrentz9427]

I still own the Lincoln cracker box ac welder. That my dad used when i was a kid. It still works great. I rarely use it . As i own and use my hobart stickmate ac/dc . And my hobart 190 mig ....

[@stevewarner4844]

It’s amazing that every farm had a Lincoln AC 225 buzz box and they never got a more capable AC/DC machine. I have an Idealarc250 AC/DC and love it

[@djdanzy]

Better times john. Better times.

[@garyronan5568]

As you might have noticed , the hired hand was no where to be seen after he learned how to weld, he moved to Detroit, got A job at Ford and never mucked out A barn again!!

[@TheCattlekings]

Gary Ronan or he saved his money and bought a welder and started welding for people lol

[@obfuscated3090]

Until the auto industry tanked and he had to sell out before Detroit collapsed. He moved to Flint for employment then the water poisoned him. RIP hired hand. Meanwhile the farmer kept up with the times and handed the business to his sons who now farm thousands of acres and are multi-millionaires. 8=P

[@MrShobar]

Everyone I knew in college that came from a farm couldn't wait to get off the farm and NEVER wanted to go back.

[@jackvella6392]

MrShobar That’s sad

[@thomasfaucette6439]

he was probably scared of all The sparks wimp

[@zenjon7892]

This is a skill that every American needs to know... Change my mind

[@crunch9876]

I don't even own a farm but this video makes me want to go buy a welder to help me save my crop.....

[@avigdonable]

I want to buy a farm with a welder bundled.

[@survivalguyfyi5718]

I swear I never get sick of watching this video. I bought a Miller Multimatic 255 a few months back. Does DC Stick, DC TIG, MIG, Spray Arc MIG and Pulse MIG. Had to make a repair on my tractor last week with it. The Pulse MIG is an amazing process and a game changer. It makes me look like a better welder than I am to be honest. That said, with all the fancy computerized settings that make it so easy, I still enjoy stick welding the most. 7018 almost runs itself once you get it burning. If all I had was the old stick machine in this video I'd be just fine.

[@jefflong858]

Back when America was America and shovels were worth repairing.

[@mrrolandlawrence]

back when tractor companies would not take you to court for fixing your own machinery.

[@johnwallace2407]

B

[@tntltl]

I miss the good ole days. When money was worth something, when a man worth his word meant something, and when a wife and mother was worth looking up to.

[@CNCmachiningisfun]

When my farm equipment broke, I used 3 car batteries and some household mains flex to make a welder. I used it for years, and it did a really good job :) .

[@gregorymalchuk272]

Three in parallel, or three in series?

[@TheVoice010]

Im More impressed @ 15:40 with that Crystal clear Video shot of an Arc than the welder itself!

[@oc_villain3833]

i like the old films, .

[@scratchdog2216]

Many home-brew welders in this era were built around the surplus P2 aircraft generator.

[@sczwartekunstenaar]

I looked at the film color against the date and I had to research this via Wikipedia. In 1947, only 12 percent of American films were made in color. By 1954, that number rose to over 50 percent.[2] 2. David A. Cook, A History of Narrative Film (2nd edition, W. W. Norton & Company, 1990). ISBN 0-393-95553-2 Other than that, this is EXCELLENT footage. Unlike info learning today, note there's no distracting music while instructions are given. This is better than than a lot of crap on TV. serious

[@MrThenry1988]

Awesome. I've been welding farm machinery out of the back of my truck for 20 ish years. Tuff times. Good times.

[@oldoldpilgrim1885]

I'm not sure Gus could have made a leak proof weld on that engine block with just an afternoon's practice.

[@randomschittz9461]

Haha, Hell no... I burned holes in metal for my first week.

[@thomasfaucette1660]

yeah i doubt that to his hired man didnt seem to be wound very tight a lot like that dumass newsom weirdo down the road from where i live

[@jeremydoblinger3609]

wish life was this simple now!! the good ole days!

[@stcknthpstjim3491]

this was kind of fun to watch. that old GE buzz box brings back memorys, welded a lot with an old forney. the weld rod [other than 6011] runs and welds like it could be 6012 very common back in the day. thanks for posting this.

[@gabrielolme9107]

Man back when the companies cared more about the customer , I bougth a welder not to long ago and it didnt include almost nothing compared to that farm welder , I would buy that torch thing. The sure are good tools to have around

[@mikecubes1642]

i have one of those arc torches and they do work well and you are right, companies now dont give a crap about customers at all

[@oc_villain3833]

i guess Gus is missing all the fun now ,. ! and Farmer Glen is having a Dam good time,!!!!

[@ZS6JMP]

From self reliance to self consumption in 60 short years.

[@MrShobar]

So self-reliance includes agricultural price supports to farmers, which has existed for more than 60 years? And what about tRump's recent injection of "self-reliance" money to mid west soybean farmers who were harmed in his ill-conceived trade war (that are "always easy to win")?

[@Mikey-ym6ok]

MrShobar the hell are you rambling on about?

[@Mikey-ym6ok]

Sadly true. That’s why nothing works anymore. We went from making quality products to becoming a throw away nation

[@randomschittz9461]

@@MrShobar haha, this comment didn’t age well now did it? I hope you enjoy those gas prices and record high inflation nagger.

[@waggtech4883]

Ahhhh… the good ol days at the farm. When a neighbor would light an arc with his welder the rf interference was enough to make the radio and the tv buzz. Only one neighbor didn’t have a welding machine and took his repairs to the neighbors who did.

[@shaneisaac1184]

22:44 Wow! I see utubers welders diy simple stingers but here is an already sweet and simple one. Wondering if it is on sale online...??

[@JonDingle]

"Welding doesn't take any special training, just an afternoon's practice and you'll start to feel at home with it". Try telling that to Bob Moffat at Weld.com!

[@randomschittz9461]

I love how the music sounds like utter shit in these old videos. Takes me back to AMC days. I’m also glad I don’t have to weld in a tie.

[@pietzeekoe]

When they still knew how to make a commercial...

[@jordanwheat7057]

Those old transformer welders were ball busting heavy the dude at 420 was holding it like a cardboard box strong af

[@tjlovesrachel]

Only 115 pounds

[@Sketch1994]

Most people forget that products were made like that bevause people were made like that...If your employer made you carry this around nowadays you would be suing him pretty quickly.

[@mattfogarty8144]

You ever met a farmer? They're a different breed of strong

[@Sketch1994]

@@mattfogarty8144 The new generations got softy...they now sit at the village tavern and pay immigrants to do the work...that's why we want to keep immigrants in shortage.

[@mattfogarty8144]

@@Sketch1994 understandable they're still tougher than the average man though and it is awfully sad to see where the united states was at one point and where it is now

[@ryanblanco5866]

Gus isn't amazed, whats he going to do? (Whacks the shovel) lolol. But i wish I was born on that era and owned a farm.

[@jeffhulett4194]

I'm sold I'm buying a welder!

[@mrrolandlawrence]

get TIG for 2020 ;) arc welding is mostly good for welding excavator buckets!

[@BRENT3143945]

Well how did you do?

[@tjlovesrachel]

@@mrrolandlawrence lolll all tig welders can arc weld... and honestly unless your looking into aluminum and precision stainless... a mig would be most practical... but sometimes you need that digging force that only a nice 6010 or 6011 rod will give ya

[@GuyRWood]

Ok, ok, I'll buy one!

[@homemadeconstructions7814]

Nostalgia wonderful film.

[@moncorp1]

Does GE even sell welders anymore? Hobart and Miller are still 100% made in the U.S.

[@georgewocosky]

They've got one HELL of a 'welder' working full time in Fukushima . . . hmm . . . that one's been 'blazing' for years ! ** They have to generate enough plutonium for the overlords :p

[@aberd1144]

Miller has outsourced many products to China, as well as most manufacturers have.

[@mikecubes1642]

@@georgewocosky if you go to the west coast your teeth will buzz if there is a west wind from japan....haha

[@johnwallace2407]

@@mikecubes1642 lo

[@jjjsss3869]

The demo welds looked ok in the film shown in the barn, but the repair welds all looked like bird shit. Its amazing what passed for good welds back then. They would never present such crappy looking welds in a training film today.

[@Brainmalfuction]

LOL bird shit like that is still being laid on farms every where trust me i repair a lot of it after it breaks again.

[@Brainmalfuction]

the repairs looked like shit even for 6010/11 but thats what happens when you weld a shovel with 1/8.

[@casey360360]

Brainmalfuction I keep a scratch start 80amp machine and a small bottle of argon with a TIG torch for shit like that. I forget the tungsten size I use, but I fill with 0.35 70s6 mig wire.

[@mikecubes1642]

try welding a thin shovel with 1/8 inch 6012 and see how bad your bead looks, you have to do it little by little so it doesnt burn through so it ends up rough

[@jacknordli7630]

@@Brainmalfuction You couldn't strike an arc with a 3/32 on todays China made shovel without blowing a hole.

[@PAExploration]

Would anyone happen to know how long the General Electric Farm & Home Dealers were around and why they closed?

[@izbavynasotlukavago]

So the electric carbon torch used to be the answer for gas bottles. Everything you needed in a buzz box.

[@casey360360]

izbavynasotlukavago I've got friends back where I went to school who run their own mobile farm repair. He doesn't have any gas cutting equipment at all. All carbon arc gouging

[@mikecubes1642]

those arc torches work pretty good too

[@BRENT3143945]

"The arc can't hurt you" I've been burned,flashed,on fire and have been shocked multiple times so that's just not true.

[@lukestrawwalker]

You're still breathin', ain't ya??? SO what's the problem?? LOL:) Yeah I've had all that happen to me to, like Dad used to say, "if there ain't a bone sticking out or blood spurting, you're fine-- suck it up and get back to work!" Later! OL J R :)

[@leroy4065]

4:27 i dont see how it didnt light the hay on fire

[@hawkweld]

arc welding has it's place .I fix a lot of customer job with arc outside welding with my miller bobcat 1/2 plus thickness . Many people don't have the skill level I weld Arc, mig and tig. I do it all Hawk welding in MI the cost of a used arc welder $ 25 to 150 sure beat a small mig 140 amp for $ 600 and 100% duty cycle . You can't beat old school Harold

[@aberd1144]

Good for you, pffft.

[@handmade3681]

“Fundamentals can be mastered by the beginner” no, unless your name starts with j and ends with ody you will need a lot of practice

[@robbiefrentz9427]

Roflmfao. He is awesome

[@somethinburnin]

Welding Tips and Tricks...#Weldmonger But in all fairness, I thought I'd see Bob Moffett pop up, he looks like he came from this video. Great channel also.

[@Leeterthanthou]

was it all 6010 type back then?

[@MrShobar]

Now days, farmers don't stick around the farm to practice welding in the wintertime. After the harvest, they split for Arizona in their RV and spend their time rebalancing their stock portfolio.

[@djdanzy]

This was amazing this ol film ol son thankyou

[@notretiredrefreshed3245]

Far cry from my powertig welder! Life sure looked different back then. With bacon now in the news even our breakfast is changing.

[@dukeman7595]

Life then and now, you choose ?

[@casey360360]

Back when you could make road worthy trailers and modified vehicles without big brother getting their cut of the money they would have gotten if you just went and bought a manufactured trailer.

[@PSG159er]

Any one know how much that welder cost back in the day?

[@cesar75313]

that welder was made in the good USA '''not no more '''

[@Mikey-ym6ok]

Sadly yeah. But we are to blame as well. We let corporations become greedy and give our jobs to China. We need to boycott Chinese made products or something

[@colinator1103]

Old time is good....life is that simple...

[@brucew.5767]

I wonder if the demonstrator burned any holes in his necktie. When I weld, I always be sure to wear my leather necktie. 😀

[@dutchess406]

This was amazing

[@irvinklugh8858]

VERY GOOD FILM

[@ismailpainedecirc9906]

why i don't see any black working the land?

[@JBidensucks]

They all smoking crack on welfare

[@GoldSrc_]

"Fixing an engine block in no time", yeah right lol. That weld cracked again not soon after.

[@goforthlp]

thats not true, stick is a very controlled welding process and can produce very good looking and strong welds

[@Mikey-ym6ok]

no weld is as strong as a stick weld

[@b2major9th]

The way things used to be, when people fixed things instead of throwing out the Chinese-made junk and replacing it with a new one. I bet that welder didn't come from horrible freight, either!

[@thomasfaucette6439]

I had seen a stik welder at harbor freight one time i dont buy that cheap ass shit so i bought the lincoln 225 stik welder it does an xcellent job i wish harbor freight would close up for good i despise that place

[@strayedarticle2838]

@@thomasfaucette6439 The only thing I don't like about Lincoln, Esab and miller is when Trump confirmed the stimulus checks were in the mail, all the big 3 almost doubled their prices overnight. Harbor freights and all the generic welders aren't much higherthan before the pandemic. I know because I was in the market so I followed prices closely.

[@texancowboy9988]

@@strayedarticle2838 Hey, but,...... Miller makes good beer, yes?

[@strayedarticle2838]

@@texancowboy9988 Yep. That's good stuff right there.

[@MrJohndeere3720]

the good old days. :) i'd like 2 have a welder like that. :)

[@MrJohndeere3720]

today is just full of bs.

[@schlaznger8049]

Yuk that beef on the grill at 26:15 looks like it was made in 1948.

[@100texan2]

It’s a wonder that bale of hay didn’t catch on fire welding like that.

[@lukestrawwalker]

Probably tossed a bucket of water on it before they started... I've welded on balers before that's what I usually do. Later! OL J R :)

[@jamesanderton344]

I’ll own my Lincoln AC225 tombstone till the day I die...

[@luckydubeinrc5165]

how times have changed :)

[@jeffobermesik9558]

So I have to mention something that caught my eye. We have all seen footage or photographs from the past with looks like current technology in them and I may have found one that is quite interesting. I would like to find out exactly what is there rather than speculate. 6:24-6:31 mins into the film there is a younger man with glasses with a silver looking square object on his back. He moves slightly and you can see the the square on his back has a reflective glass of some sort. Just thought I would share.

[@hiddengrousefarm]

He is holding a hand shield - a hand held welding helmet. Go back to 5:51 and you see everyone using the hand shields to safely watch the welding demo.

[@duggf1]

It's his protective face shield. Remember, never look at the arc without one. Fortunately, the protective shield is part of the package, everything you need to get started is included with your new GE arc welder.

[@tommytruth7595]

I had to use a protective face shield to watch the movie.

[@syntheseyez3577]

Looks like an iphone. Prob the 10

[@anicekevorking3753]

Everdure!!! I ain't heard about that except once. Trade name for silicon bronze

[@johnroddy8756]

I say that welding sales man was putting rocks in the farmers fields to sell welders.

[@chrisbrown8028]

i'm sold

[@tacomas9602]

10:24 not a job I would want even today…spraying all those chemicals.

[@brokeunemployed5208]

20% duty cycle lol

[@TheSRBgamer63]

11:03 Ha!!,this is me ,i teach myself this one haha.

[@chrisplayz253]

If Glenn had done as much welding as they made out I'm pretty sure that he d have started wearing safety glasses to chip the slag off because as any real welder knows hot slag In the eyes is bad.

[@johnroddy8756]

Every house wife needs a welder for christmas

[@calebkreller2156]

I often weld in a suit and tie as well. 😂

[@stuglenn1112]

The guy is welding in a nice shirt and tie, wonder how many holes got burned in them. lol

[@lukestrawwalker]

None-- it was all probably good cotton and/or linen back then-- they hold up pretty well unless it's a BIG drop of spatter... Synthetics, on the other hand, turn to swiss cheese fairly quickly LOL:) Later! OL J R :)

[@avigdonable]

Glen, buy your own welder!

[@mrAq_pA]

Hats for the masses

[@survivalguyfyi5718]

130 amp welder with 20% duty cycle! Far cry form my Miller Trailblazer 325 EFI. 325 amps at 100% duty cycle. Great video though. I'm glad to see how affordable some welders are today for folks just getting started. Yeah the cheap ones are made overseas but at least not all in china. I have a 160 amp AHP with a 60% duty cycle and weighs around 11 or 12 pounds. Only paid around $225 new. Great little dual voltage machine. I keep it as a loaner. When friends ask me to weld something and I'm too busy, I hand them my AHP with some rods and a spare helmet and tell them to watch some Chucke2009.

[@BRENT3143945]

And it was only 100-115 lbs!

[@BRENT3143945]

I have a good little dc stick welder also but the truth is the transformer welder will long outlive the inverter ones.

[@survivalguyfyi5718]

Agreed. You can really learn some good stuff from Welding Tips and Tricks. Great channel. I recommend them too but Chucke2009 has full projects and is entertaining. Gives you the feeling like "If he can do it, so can I". That said, I don't care for the direction his channel has gone recently. Seems like it's just infomercials and I'm sick of all the tractor restoration/failure videos.

[@jpguidry9062]

Don't get a spark in your ear

[@taylavlogsthetas4784]

4:41 what a beaut

[@joeyd1048]

The lack of safety back in the day.

[@kristianskov4841]

+Joey D back then, the herd thinned itself........

[@ZS6JMP]

Yeah. It sure as hell was good days before OSHA came along and fucked it for all.

[@foverdijk9661]

LOL. Welding with the baler full of hay... He could've lost more than just his crop

[@jefflong858]

WHAT???? No naked women to sell their goods? The product must be worth selling.

[@mikecubes1642]

they didnt have any rap music or hipsters either like they do in car commercials

[@clarencetrice4442]

now 2 day U dont see anybody 😮😮 that uses a BBQ GRILL no more they have all went 2 LP GAS GRILLS / the other BBQ GRILLS 😊😊 give U a much better taste and flavor 😊🎉 of the food there is a better taste 2 the food and alot better 2 when U season the food just right 👉 😊 right 😊😊 OMG 2 9 2O24

[@ivandogshit7880]

👍

[@AlphaFlight]

I hate when people bring me junk to fix!

[@wicklash9065]

Back when everything was made of steel.

[@BRENT3143945]

Love it

[@Ms.Shalltear]

He forgot to remove the slag😭 Reeeeeeeeeeee Safety glasses

[@somethinburnin]

Hey, look, Silos!! Not damn Ag Bags or Bunks.

[@roscoeshepard]

Welding in a necktie lol!

[@thomasfaucette6439]

The Hired Man gus must have been a weirdo

[@handmade3681]

That was one of the worst welds I’ve ever seen

[@dwheat9003]

LOL

[@mikecubes1642]

any products that run ads while i am watching i will make sure to boycott and bad mouth those products and i will never buy those products careful what you wish for

[@AlphaFlight]

Yea but stick welding is old school. I'm skilled in tig and mig! Stick is messy un precise.

[@hiddokramer]

Adrian Nava than you’re a bad welder lol, a good welder can weld everything and aint affraid of any proces.

[@gabrielolme9107]

Not really bud I rather weld with my stick machine and equipment than with someone's mig you problably aren't all that good with a stick welder

[@alvinomelgoza2887]

I love this error.

[@johnhwallace8091]

...ppies

[@Bergred]

Amazing on how a small farm could support a small family back in the days but of course America cannot do that no more since we outsourced and offshored most everything and that includes GOPites as well as Dems. Sad.

[@obfuscated3090]

Small farms support many families today who choose their crops and customers wisely. Smart farmers will always make money.

[@TozziWelding]

I have to laugh

[@irvinklugh8858]

VERY GOOD FILM

[@johnhwallace8091]

...ppies

[@johnhwallace8091]

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