Welding Side Hustles - Making A Handrail For $2000 Profit

There are all kinds of welding side hustles out there, and one of the most common is fabricating handrails. Guy walks use through how he turned a simple handrail job into a $2000 profit by going above and beyond just the fabrication by saving money by using what you have from tools to filler. He also walks us through the installation from pouring the concrete bases and installing threading to bolt down to. What are your favorite welding side hustles?
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00:00 Introduction
00:59 Prepping The Job Site
03:48 Metal For The Job
04:39 Design Layout
05:58 Cutting Parts
07:40 Machine Settings
08:42 Welding The Railings
11:47 Painting The Railings
12:52 Installing The Railings
15:46 Results

[@Jarrodpimental]

The hardest part is finding rich people who want handrails

[@sewingwithfirewelding5627]

That’s fair. There are senior grants in our area for ppl looking for safety Reno’s

[@ryanbates90]

One art of any craft seems to be finding folks with more money than sense.

[@Tech-oc5uv]

BS… theres plenty of jobs out there!! At that rate!

[@christophersnow9105]

It’s not too hard. I do handrails. I work with a couple different builders. Metal handrails aren’t too much more expensive than a nice wooded rail, and people really like the metal look.

[@jedhatcher252]

They usually want aluminum with a powder coat finish

[@withluv_valeriez7455]

I really appreciated you working with what you have, not trying to be extra fancy. Most americans are struggling and its hard out here and i appreciated your real-ness. GREAT CONTENT

[@sewingwithfirewelding5627]

Appreciate this! 🙏

[@rememberme14]

Planned obsolescence is the worst. It’s in everything.

[@DennisKenneybees]

I watch a huge amount of how-to videos and so many times I can't give alike or subscribe. This video is one of the best I've watched. Great job.

[@aidweldingandmechanical583]

Excellent job my brother, I suggest you use anchor bolts, would be about the same price as the epoxy and treaded rod, makes the installation faster, for the painting I like to use self etching primer. Great job again and thanks for sharing.

[@WelderB1Family]

Yes! More vids like this!!! 🤙🏾💯💵👨🏾‍🏭

[@virtuosomaximoso1]

The knee on the pedal was kinda impressive.

[@ryantheentrepreneur4040]

Nice work

[@ozzyozzy6728]

Perfect job

[@7018dreams]

Keep up the great content!!

[@Welddotcom]

Thank you!

[@roberthoy9922]

You left the top of the sanotube creating a lake for the bases of the hand rail to sit in. Or did you come back and cut it off? Anyway, other then that, I think you did a fine job.

[@OlExtraRegularBass]

Why not anchor bolts?

[@TIGingIt]

Nice real world advices, however 2K not gonna get in my area. Too much competition and cheap labor.

[@chrisweldz1122]

thats good work right there and thanks for the tip on getting paid on time since I had one customer delay my payment for almost 3 weeks.

[@Welddotcom]

Never fun trying to chase down payment.

[@chrisweldz1122]

@@Welddotcom definitely 👍🏽

[@chrissample3047]

Great job questions the baseplate could you have put it on top of the concrete wile semi wet put allthrade in first avoid drilling

[@user-gg4of8kj6y]

That my friend is a lot of work for one thousand two hundred.....after all is paid ....epoxy, all thread, abrasives, metal cleaner, primer, paint, 2 in SQ tb, base plates, argon co2, filler rod and gasoline for the truck...... It is a good deal for the homeowners. They are lucky to have you.

[@DjBlaze604]

For the people saying that no one would pay that much, its more of a reflection of were you are at. I do pressure washing and people easily pay me 800-1500 for A day's work (even in 2024). Please understand that they are paying for HIS SKILLS, TIME AND EQUIPMENT and that costs money. Also not every client is concerned with price. Price is just ONE factor they consider. Also it also depends on YOUR MARKET AREA PRICES. I have seen pressure washers charge half of what i charge for same work in other areas but their cost of living, expenses are way lower than up here in the pacific north west were im at.

[@AdrianPardini]

Is it cost effective to do this with TIG? Here I'd go broke with the cost of gas and filler for that kind of job.

[@sewingwithfirewelding5627]

It’s definitely not 😂- if I was doing these all day I would chose wirefeed. But this is what was handy in my shop at the time 🤙🏻

[@Tech-oc5uv]

Man you can do this with stick harbor freight welder… cheap as hell 110 plug up .. and if anybody says otherwise they are not a true welder/ fabricator

[@sergiooterorubio7969]

I have been working as a welder for some time, but what I have seen is that those who have the more money are the ones who wants to pay less. 😅😅😅

[@4AM_DJ]

Absolutely

[@daryenmirabal2656]

You my friend are 💯 correct..

[@AerialLensVideo]

WOOOOOWW! Great video BUT I'm not sure if I'm envious or what. You do fine work but my charge for the identical setup and installation would be - maybe - 500 + materials tops on a Good Day. Are you in a really affluent area? Anyway, More power to you, young man! All the best.

[@DanielRodriguez-eg7em]

Very much appreciated Great video well explained Love the advice get half payment and the other half payment on the day of.

[@Welddotcom]

Gotta make sure you get paid for your work!

[@1969MAN]

I did a hand rail for my gfs dad and got payed very well! But! I have no clue how to get more work!

[@sewingwithfirewelding5627]

Depends on your area but over here some work is subbed out from larger companies. Or word of mouth. Sometimes just hitting the pavement is enough

[@user-gd2mr6tj8y]

Just wondering. Why did you not put some embed plates in your concrete? I'm not saying that you did anything incorrect. There's so many different ways to construct. I think if it was my job , a piece of flat plate with some rebar or nelson studs welded on one side to hold the plate in the concrete. Then weld the uprights to the plate . Either way, I like what you did . I definitely learned some things. Thanks for the video

[@user-gd2mr6tj8y]

The tig welding is the best end result. You can't go wrong with tig

[@roberthoy9922]

Just curious. Why didn’t you go with round pipe?

[@1traviswyrick]

How do you get customers? How do they know to call you? How do you market your service?

[@Wizardi1111]

Nice, you made out like a bandit, such a job is worth a couple of hundred.

[@radekwe8681]

Lol couple of hundred? I guess you’re working for minimum wage.

[@cschlesinger8596]

Sonotube should not extend to the bottom of hole, only at grade level for more stable support. Sonotube will deteriorate in time and result in space between concrete and soil. Learned this the hard way.

[@sewingwithfirewelding5627]

Simple job but keep in mind the customer is paying for experience. This is easy 3-5k by a larger outfit in my area

[@kalebhudson7558]

He had a couple hundred worth of materials in the job not counting the thousands of dollars worth of machinery he used to complete the job and years of experience and knowledge 2k was a modest price

[@user-gg4of8kj6y]

If you did it for a couple hundred.... you're in it for sport

[@JMRSplatt]

So you're just painting directly over mill scale? I think? I've been wondering if I can do that... as projects get larger there's no way you can grind it all off.

[@CTROADSIDEASSISTANCE]

Ohh you will get richer give your self two more years of hard working keep with youtube

[@OverLeveragedTrader]

“This is not an engineered drawing” …yes…yes sir it is

[@vincentyerkess7230]

That cost 2k.....wow £200 in the UK for that

[@BevansMotorsport]

id definitly want it powdercoated or stainless for that. that be like £500 max at the place i work

[@muhammadfirza2379]

Helo salam dari Indonesia, bagaimana caranya untuk orang asia bisa bekerja sebagai Welder di Amerika

[@weldingjunkie]

lol can’t believe she paid that much for 1/2 days work and material

[@MarcMeyer-tw3ok]

mig it

[@Dreadz530]

5:30 the easiest way to describe all that jumbling would be to just say that this drawing isnt to scale. then everyone knows its all guestimates and this looks about right measurements versus actually following the drawing haha

[@user-dh3vy8wm7e]

Certain states like Nevada you can’t make handrails for customers unless you have a contractors license

[@davidpierce7318]

Nice work but Not really a side hustle wish I had energy after 12 hour day to go and do my own work and more work space

[@sewingwithfirewelding5627]

Yeh - you have to pick you battles. I couldn’t do this every night but over a weekend once in a while. Not a bad gig

[@davidpierce7318]

@@sewingwithfirewelding5627 good point maybe when overtime runs out I’ll start doing other projects

[@mp-xt2rg]

Good looking rail. Center the mounting flanges on the concrete though.

[@Welddotcom]

Great point!

[@chuckT479]

Killed me!

[@boobooedmondson8835]

I couldn't get $500 for that job. 38 years experience, thousands of $in tools, have my own shop with no mortgage or rent. Miller trailblazer 302 on a custom made welding trailer that I built. I'd be lucky to get $400+the $160 for material

[@Tech-oc5uv]

Damn, you need to work on marketing skills.

[@4AM_DJ]

​@Tech-oc5uv At the end of the day, the customer will get the cheaper quote.

[@user-yp8ky8us3s]

Once the weather starts changing and you get condensation in those tubes I can tell you for a fact they are going to end up freezing and bulging out.

[@jedhatcher252]

Weep holes? He should go back and drill some real quick! I think he just forgot is all.

[@chrissample3047]

I'm I stick welding school

[@lustysteve1420]

That ain’t worth 2k either way someone will pay

[@niceguydmm]

These video's make everyone think they can buy welder and just go make money. Good luck, its not that simple. That's the issue with KZbin making everyone think they will get rich. When actually most channels are making stuff up to get views.

[@HarleySLA]

Whats a job like this run in your area? A lot of people are saying a few hundred not a few grand. I truly don't know, I work on cars, this ain't my field of expertise. Cool project nonetheless though.

[@user-hh1vr9sy3m]

Tools ant cheap man 😮