Brad Goodman (@deepsouthdimestacker) is the owner of Goodman Metal Products in Wesson, MS, offering custom Aluminum/Stainless steel welding and fabrication. Brad has built himself a business and a livelihood with his down-to-earth style and lots of southern charm. Follow his advice and you can do the same!
Here's a look at a pretty standard repair job that comes into my shop along with a few other modifications.
*WARNING* Working with fuel tanks can be extremely dangerous. Be sure to observe all proper safety measures with working with fuel tanks.
In this video were gonna look at a simple design change I made to one of my parts to speed up production. Maybe this is something you can incorporate into your own parts.
In this video we take a look at a few welding props, blocks and their benefits to tig welding
Missed Brad's WelderSkills live? Watch the recording here. Brad talks about his career history, how he started his small business, how he runs it today, and shows off some of his most important software tools.
Today we're gonna look at some repair work we did on some .500 thick aluminum parts, share set points, and techniques.
I traveled to Alabama for a two day class with Eric to go over the new Shop Sabre Plasma and help him get his plasma prep and welding techniques dialed in. Eric is a member of WelderSkills and was kind enough to share his experience learning to weld with us.
In this video we're gonna look at crater holes and what actually causes them, tips to prevent them with arc shots.
A few tips on using a box and pan Brake to bend parts
In this episode were gonna weld up some aluminum pie cut tubing, .065 wall thickness
In this video we make a few modifications to a set of Brodix Aluminum cylinder heads for a 632 cubic inch Big Block Chevy engine
In this video, we fabricate a lubricant tank for the CNC Router
This week we were commissioned by Kye Kelley racing to build an Aluminum TV cabinet for his car hauler trailer
This week we had an Aluminum freight trailer come in the shop for some repairs. In this video we'll draw the part in fusion 360, router cut the parts we designed and do the welding repairs. I have a couple of great helpers for this video as well.
In this video we weld a 1/2" Aluminum plate to a .090 vertical plate. Bonus footage of a 3/4" stainless plate being welded to 11ga
This is part 2 of a series where we weld out the same waterer that I welded with the Dynasty. This time we're using the CKMT200. Lots of tips, arc shots, and instruction.
Watch Part 1 here:
https://welderskills.vhx.tv/videos/dog-waterer-dynasty-400
The first video of a two part series where I weld an aluminum dog waterer out with the Miller Dynasty 400. The second video coming soon I'll do the same part with the CK MT 200.
Watch part 2 here:
https://welderskills.vhx.tv/videos/welding-dog-waterer-with-ckmt200
Some things to consider when buying a welding hood
Zoom call with Brad Goodman. Brad shares tips on tig welding and takes member questions. More zoom calls coming soon. *Apologies for the suboptimal resolution, they should look a bit better in the future.*
An assortment of different arc shots to help you learn by watching.
Brad shares tips on sequencing a weld. It's not always point A to point B...
New type of argon gas bottles and a look at the new arcal prime argon.
On an episode of Roy's Five Minute Friday (Ep13 link below), he shared his thoughts on pedal pumping. In this video, Brad shares his thoughts on pulsing, pedal pumping and dabbing aluminum
Roy's video discussing pedal pumping:
https://welderskills.vhx.tv/videos/fmf-13
Starting a small welding business and need some help on pricing a job? Brad shares some sage advice on what to consider when pricing your work.
