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hey everyone welcome to well.com make sure you guys subscribe and hit like and drop some
comments below so we're going to be talking about getting comfortable and mig welding
from basics all the way up to like vertical and a little bit of overhead welding [Music]
this is for overhead people or vertical even on flat i do this guys might think it's stupid
but it's really not all right you've got this mid gun you're hanging hanging upside down or
welding vertical even welding flat well you got all this weight coming off of i take a horse or
take something a chair throw that over there that reduced half of that weight it's getting off your
shoulders you're going to get more comfortable you're going to weld further that little bit of
weight released off your shoulders will help you a lot guarantee you i've done it lots of
times that's my personal ideal i thought of that also they make lighter liners instead of
steel liners they'll make aluminum liners so it's going to be a little bit lighter that helps you
you're in a hard reach place and you can't get up to it and you extend your arms all the way out
to get to it you don't have a big enough ladder grab that big boy this will get you up there
and you can be comfortable you basically be not standing on your tippy toes on your heels
and you're just going to go well just like that this is very handy having your toolbox with you
if you're having problems getting the right angle getting comfortable and everything
put a conductor tube like this you think it's all normal and everything well it's not i'm a god i
just broke it but not this is a flexible conductor tube i have one of these in my toolbox all the
time my bucket when i went out on the field welding very helpful because sometimes i can't
squeeze in there properly and i just bend this a little bit away get my right angle drag or push
whatever you're doing and i can get in there i mean this came in handy a lot in the field for me
uh if you're welding vertical or overhead get a clamp like this
and if you need to rest your elbow bring this out like this and you're resting like that you do the
same thing on pipe just get a pipe clamp or weld a tab to it all right this is more comfortable than
this all right what's going to happen you're going to get sparks over your your hand burn
up your gloves sparks all over your face your helmet ruin your lens and you're going to be like
hot it's going gonna go down your butt crack and stuff so be comfortable go like this you
can even weld a piece of metal to it do that just grind it just grind it and smooth it out and make
sure no one can't tell that something was there the only thing they could see is a shiny spot
that's going to help this i use plenty of times guys use this [Music]
i usually put a thin glove on my right hand because i'm right-handed
then i have a heavier duty glove when i'm welding like hot stuff on this hand all right you guys
probably think this is stupid but i like to fill my trigger i like to fill everything in my hands
and i go like this take my other hand protect it huh that's a good trick that's my trick i
basically protect it because i want to fill everything i want to feel my gun i won't feel
everything i want to have good motion i like to have a nice tight glove on this i don't do
it all the time but when i need to i will use it just like that that's a good trick [Music]
people starting out people are always not attacking their plate down or going like this
or taking their welding much gun and going like this with one hand or starting out
and welding like this and just weld with one hand all right tack this thing down and weld
just like that don't be holding it with one hand and welding the whole time don't do that
it's bad bad i know these tips are going to help you from beginners to experience welders
i'm main cub i'll see you guys next time learning is key make sure you go well something every day