Hey, been a while since i’ve posted here something or commented. Been busy. As i told previously, gonna try to do things on my own, so yes, i did register as self employed, got myself some fillers, yesterday picked up argon because today was my first task! This is some motorcycle left exaust system. Chromed ferrous pipe inside stainless “cone”, welded partially with incorrect wire (highly magnetic). So my task was to fix it. Unfortunately, this exhaust have very limited option to make it shorter, so i had to fix as it is, without cutting and smoothing. Crack wasnt straight, so that also gave a little challange to make it smooth. I was doing it outside, with some wind periodically and -9 degrees celsius. Made some tacks before grinding out old weld, just to keep muffler in place. Used 309 1.6mm filler, mark 14 Furick cup, 1.6mm E3 tungsten and 13L/min gas flow (because of working outside). Machine settings - first layer with 42 amps while fixing cracks, second layer 50 amps for smoothing and visual. Material thickness unknown, but felt like 1.5mm. Very open to some future suggestions and comments. First time taking such challange in winter on garden table. 😄 Also set my phone to record all this, and now thinking if im ready for social media step. 😄🫣

Here is my plan for the new year and I want YOU to do it with me! I’ve got over 250 people here in this group, 90% of you are either completely inactive or just popping in but not interacting. I understand for some of you this may just be a hobby but for those of you who want it to be a career, this is for you. If you’re serious about getting fabrication you need to act like it. If you want to be successful at it you have to make it a priority. See where you’re spending your time, that’s where your priorities are. So what are you telling the world? That you want to be a professional video gamer? A professional Netflix watcher? If I came and watched you for a day would I think you were serious about getting better at fabrication? If the answer is no that’s ok, we all start somewhere, but the time to start is now. In 2026 i’m going to drop my first how to weld course that will teach you how to become confident in welding steel, aluminum, and stainless steel. I’m going to share everything I know with you and do live Q&A calls to help you if you get stuck. I’m gonna put all my effort into helping you level up your skills but if you don’t put in just as much effort you will get nowhere. If you want to get better and are ready to commit don’t wait for my course to come out, getting better is on you with or without my support. So start now, for the rest of the year make one post per week getting help to improve or just sharing your work. I want to see that you’re committed so that I know you’re worth helping. Comment below “I’m In” And make your first post to guarantee that you’re going to be in the 10% and not the 90%

8.50 Cert .083 Chromoly roll cage I did about a year ago.

Made these last Friday, #16 cup, 35CFH, 60 amps, 3/32 thoriated tungsten. 1/16 308 stainless plate, 1/16 308l filler. I’ve been tring to control my penetration on thin materials. I know the passes aren’t perfect and I’m welding on plate not a joint so it isn’t best case scenario. The pass on the other side wasn’t made by me, just used scrap steel others used to practice. My favourite is the one in the middle.

Got to start welding on the manifold but I have to send it to the customer to test fit since there are a few things we are afraid will be tight. This delays the video by a week or so but better safe than sorry! 2” SCH 10 321 stainless 100 amps on the machine using pedal 3/16 knife edge bevels 1/16 347 filler rod 18 seconds post flow no pulse 1/16 2% lanthanated tungsten #19 furick cup @40 cfh