Garage Metal Shop Tour. Getting Started in Metalworking. Furniture, Sculpture, Chassis Building.

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• thought it was james pumfry at first glance lol haha

• Welcome to the trade. I been a fabricator since I could bury my dads tools in the backyard. Awesome! Ok for real now. Bolt the drill press down! Serious big red flag there! Other than that, rock on.

• Getting started is easier than most think. In my opinion you just have to get the right tools. I remember when I started my shop it was completely bare bones and I didnt even have enough money to buy materials for a table, but I took my only 500 bucks I had and bought the basics and started my rail business building rail on the floor, lol. That was 2016. Piece by piece, job by job, I bought all my stuff 1 tool at a time . 5 years later, took that 500 dollar investment and turned it into 250k a year building rail. Great trade to have...

• About welding hoods
  You really get what you pay for. I started in HS shop class with a $50 auto darkening from HF that served me well right up until I tried to earn a paycheck with it which was when it died.
  I stepped up to a $100 Forney from Ace that isn't much better but I still keep as my backup. The HF to Forney transition was black and white to color TV

  I'm in love with my Miller Digital Elite hood. It's a pro helmet. Modes for grinding, cutting, welding, and X mode which is for when you're in a tight space and the sensors aren't always going to be able to pick up welding light, they're tripped by different rays. Idk what rays but it's not your standard UVA/UVB.

  Going from the Forney to the Miller was like going from a regular tube television to HD. Bigger field of view, clearer picture, and I feel like it achieves the required lens darkness without limiting vision. Using a shade 11 is using a shade 11 but, I feel like I can see scribe lines or soap stone much better along with material edges and gaps. It makes welding for 10+hours much easier and less fatiguing on the eyes.
  Plus, if you're in a large shop, you don't need to carry a hood, grinding mask, cutting goggles, and all that other shit. Only gotta carry one piece of safety gear. Hell, I leave my torch goggles and grinding shield at home. Don't need em.

  Lastly, the Miller has a touch more room under it for my Miller respirator. A definite must have for all day every day welding grinding cutting e.t.c

  Anyway, definitely recommend everybody to stay away from hoods found at HF, HD, Lowe's e.t.c
  Obvs, not everybody can drop $350 on a nice Miller but, your local welding supply will still have something in your budget that's better than the aforementioned junk

  You have a cool shop though

• Your metal shop is pretty rad + can do tires, what’s not to love

• nice shop ! cool friends that can give u a $2k plas cutter ! ..
  cool hobby ! drifting gocarts .. would love toget into it .. i got the tools and some mechanical ability / I.C.E. know how .. and "i feel the need, the need for speed ! " not sure if there is as much down south as there, btw, when young lived in trenton .. then around 8 in middletown ... my in-laws fam is there near cincinati area ....

• Do you live in toledo because I been to the toledo art museum many times

• Subscribed at "I can tires." Awesome setup! Great video. Cant wait to watch more! Keep up the wicked work!