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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.16,0:00:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BRAD] What's up, guys?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.20,0:00:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Brad.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.32,0:00:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome back to another video.
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Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.60,0:00:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On this week's video,\Nwe travel out from Colorado
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.32,0:00:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Utah to talk with Joel and\Nhis crew at Overkill Racing and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.68,0:00:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chassis about how to lay down a\Nbeautiful open corner MIG weld.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.56,0:00:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna pass you over to\NJoel, Rodrigo, and Alex Brown.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.84,0:00:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These three guys are gonna give\Nyou the tips and tricks, the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.32,0:00:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,techniques to be able to make\Nthis possible for you at home.
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Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.76,0:00:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's get into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.36,0:00:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[JOEL] One of the most common\Nquestions that we get is how
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.00,0:00:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do we make our MIG welds\Nlook the way that we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.80,0:00:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we're gonna do today\Nis we're gonna answer those
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.96,0:00:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,questions one by one.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.32,0:00:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not just a\None step solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.72,0:00:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got our prep work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.40,0:00:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got the fit up itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.16,0:00:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got voltage settings,\Nand there's a couple other
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.80,0:00:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little techniques that you're\Ngonna learn from two of the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.12,0:01:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,best MIG welders that I know.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.64,0:01:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it comes to welding\Nin general, there's a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.48,0:01:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people that feel there's\Na lot of trade secrets.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.40,0:01:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it comes to MIG\Nwelding an open corner,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.24,0:01:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we're gonna do is pull\Nthe layers of that onion back.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.96,0:01:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're gonna give you guys\Nall the tips and tricks that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.12,0:01:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need so you can weld\Nexactly like Rod and Alex.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.80,0:01:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right, guys, so here it is,\Nquarter inch open corner joint
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.28,0:01:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for your social media shots,\Nand you're looking to get
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.72,0:01:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.64,0:01:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're gonna give\Nyou all the tips.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.08,0:01:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First things first,\Nif you look at this part,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.80,0:01:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at how clean it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.16,0:01:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a bunch of mill scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.76,0:01:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not all dirty.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.80,0:01:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rod, what did you do to actually\Nclean and prep this part?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.52,0:01:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[RODRIGO] First thing I\Ndid was I hit all sides,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.64,0:01:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean every single\Nside, with a DA pad.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.04,0:01:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I took my\Nthree-inch Roloc disc with
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.52,0:01:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Scotch-Brite and cleaned\Noff all these inside edges.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.16,0:01:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's no mill scale, which\Njust leaves a nice clean weld.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.04,0:01:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[JOEL] Once you actually\Nget ready to weld the part,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.28,0:01:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we've got it all prepped up\Nand you got all the mill scale
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.60,0:01:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,removed, settings and stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.36,0:01:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, that's one of the\Nbiggest misconceptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.60,0:02:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, people are running a\Nreal, real thick diameter wire.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.64,0:02:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're really only running\Nan.030 diameter wire,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.16,0:02:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a Lincoln\NL56 ER70 S-6 wire.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.68,0:02:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In terms of settings,\Nwe're running roughly about
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.12,0:02:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,18 volts, 18.5 volts, and just\Naround 200 inches a minute.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.92,0:02:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, uh, Alex, I mean,\NI know you do a lot of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.88,0:02:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pulse, um, spray work.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.80,0:02:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were to be welding\Nthis open corner, compared
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.28,0:02:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the settings we would use,\Nhow much would you change it?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.96,0:02:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ALEX BROWN] Um, well, as far as\Nthe, the layout of the machine,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.80,0:02:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it wouldn't be a voltage\Nand a wire speed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.12,0:02:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would be a wire\Nspeed and arc length.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.36,0:02:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the machine setup's\Na little different.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.44,0:02:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mode of transfer's\Nquite a bit different.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.68,0:02:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The technique itself is\Nactually pretty similar
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.40,0:02:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what I do whenever I'm\Ntrying to get that real,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.20,0:02:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uh, nice stack of dimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.88,0:02:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a really different\Nprocess from what I'm used to,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.52,0:02:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I can't speak much to\Nthe short arc aspect of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.24,0:02:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Rod did a really\Nnice job on these.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.84,0:02:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These look as good as\NI've ever seen from
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.52,0:02:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anyone, so I'm impressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.28,0:03:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[RODRIGO] So if you look here,\Nyou actually see that these open
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.52,0:03:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,corners are tic-tacked together.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.04,0:03:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reason I do that is\N'cause when you're welding
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.36,0:03:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over it, you don't get these\Nmassive lumps that just
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.84,0:03:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make your weld look ugly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.12,0:03:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I start right here, and as I\Ncome forward, I'm coming down,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.92,0:03:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making sure my wire's in\Nthe center of that joint.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.08,0:03:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I come forward a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.44,0:03:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I start coming up,\Nand as you come up,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.36,0:03:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see this silica\Nform, which is this, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.44,0:03:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brown substance you see here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.04,0:03:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as it forms,\Nyou see that it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.40,0:03:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gets darker.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.12,0:03:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as, as soon as you see\Nit gets darker is when you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.12,0:03:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start your process all over.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.24,0:03:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So with this Millermatic 252,\Nwe are running.030 wire
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.52,0:03:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 75% argon and 25%\NCO2 as a shielding gas.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.04,0:03:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I'm welding an\Neighth-inch open corner
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.12,0:03:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,joint, I will be around\N16.5 volts and a wire
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.24,0:03:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speed of around 150 to 170.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.32,0:03:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I weld a quarter-inch\Nopen corner joint, I am
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.56,0:03:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,running 18 volts and anywhere\Nbetween 200 to 220 inches per
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.32,0:03:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,minute for the wire speed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.52,0:03:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is with.030 wire.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.20,0:03:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[JOEL] So what I'm gonna do here\Nfor you is I'm actually gonna
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.44,0:03:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,show a visual demonstration,\Nbasically what Rod
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.16,0:03:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.12,0:03:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here we're gonna\Nuse this piece that Rod
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.24,0:04:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,welded on the back side.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.32,0:04:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a quarter-inch open corner,\Nlike he was talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.76,0:04:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we're gonna be doing\Nhere is describing kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.20,0:04:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what he was saying, but\Nactually on the table itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.32,0:04:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we depict these lines as\Nbeing the throat of the weld,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.92,0:04:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so basically the inside section,\Nand these two lines here being
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.40,0:04:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the toes, which are these edges,\Nthese are really what you wanna
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.68,0:04:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,focus on if you wanna have that\Nnice, consistent looking weld.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.80,0:04:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's a couple of\Ndifferent ways that you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.04,0:04:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can go about doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.32,0:04:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people like to do what's\Ncalled a whip and pause.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.96,0:04:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what that is is you're\Nactually just moving the puddle
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.40,0:04:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,straight in between the middle\Nof the throat and the toes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.88,0:04:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're pausing for a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.48,0:04:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what you're doing is\Nyou're letting what's called
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.24,0:04:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the deposition rate fill up\Nthe joint with filler wire.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.36,0:04:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once it's filled to make that\Nnice, clean-looking bead,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.40,0:05:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you pull back or whip,\Nand then you pause again.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.64,0:05:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as you pause again,\Nit's going to start
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.32,0:05:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stacking 'em up.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.08,0:05:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's another technique\Nthat people like to use,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.48,0:05:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that Rod actually used\Nspecifically for this weld here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.76,0:05:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's essentially\Ndoing a cursive E.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.00,0:05:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what he's doing is he's\Nworking his way to the bottom
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.04,0:05:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that toe and quickly\Nmoving his way to the top,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.24,0:05:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then pausing just for\Na brief second at the top,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.20,0:05:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then working his way\Nback down to the bottom,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.76,0:05:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working his way back to the top,\Nand just repeating this all the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.04,0:05:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way through the entire joint.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.64,0:05:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what that's gonna leave\Nyou is this real nice,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.60,0:05:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consistent looking weld profile.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.84,0:05:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As long as your Es are\Nconsistent every single
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.28,0:05:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time, your weld will\Neventually look like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.12,0:05:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[RODRIGO] Don't be discouraged\Nif you don't get it right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.68,0:05:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ALEX BROWN] Yeah,\NI agree with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.64,0:05:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's, there's no secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.76,0:05:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.72,0:05:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[JOEL] Guys, and just remember,\Nthis is just a baseline.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.28,0:05:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The numbers that work\Nbest for Rod are gonna
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.44,0:05:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be different from what\Nworks best for Alex that are
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.68,0:05:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,definitely gonna be different\Nfrom what works best for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.76,0:06:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's one of those that\Nthis'll give you a great
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.92,0:06:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,foundation, but ultimately,\Nwith a little bit of practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.64,0:06:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll be able to fine tune\Nyour settings so that you
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.52,0:06:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can produce what Rod has been\Nproducing this whole time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.56,0:06:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guys, I hope this tip helps.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.32,0:06:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks for watching.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.28,0:06:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you learned anything,\Nhit that like and
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Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.94,0:06:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And until next time.