Making a JCB loading shovel bucket from scratch. Part 1
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In this video I fabricate a bucket for a JCB 426 from scratch.
The shell of the bucket is 6mm (1/4”) its pressed to shape using my old press brake.
The sides are cnc plasma cut out and then have 100x12 flat bar welded on for extra strength.
Once the sides are tacked on the top box is cut out, pressed and tacked into place needing a little persuasion with a wedge.
The Bucket edge is a 200x25mm HB500 edge. Its cut to length using the gas torch, and placed under the bucket.
I then start the welding inside the bucket and also on the edge, precaution is taken welding the edge on by welding every other 10” at a time and also by having it clamped down to the bench.
The bucket is then taken off the bench, tipped on its back and welded round the inside.
The underside is then welded and 150x15mm straps are cut and pressed to fit. These and tacked on using the tacks to mark where the stitch welds need to be.
After welding the straps on the bucket is flipped back the right way up.
Hope you enjoyed the video.
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What I admire is your limited equipment. You have ways of still carrying out the engineering. Also your quiet narration is just right.
Yes I agree, the calm, natural and lucid explanation of what’s going on and why, and without any pretension or prima donna stuff is what i like the best.
Also the fact that every video is like a magical mystery tour for me, one week is about rolling a bonnet for a steam engine then next week refurbishing a worn out potato cleaner or packer roller spindle for a power harrow and showing all the trials and tribulations along the way.
Cheers for wearing the proper PPE for work!
You have earned my "Like before watching" award.
Thanks very much!
I hate to sound like an old person because I don't feel like an old person .
Your doing alright ! Good channel , good work !
UK'S answer to Cutting Edge Engineering .
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Thanks to Watch Wes Work, I have now found your channel. Just starting to go through your vlogs but this one brings back memories of of my old landlord and friend, Alistair Symon. He was a wiry, wee lad and I still marvel at what he could turn his hand to in his "smiddy". I have a vivid memory of him bouncing full size flat sheets from one forklift into his brake press, forming the sheets for container sides ( yes, 40ft sea going containers ) and bouncing them back out onto his other forklift - all on his own! I kid you not! I think I have just found the modern version. Well done.
"I'm no artist" ...proceeds to draw a perfect picture😂
Great video, many thanks for sharing this with us. One thing about this is, the bean counters can look at all this, and realize just how much work goes into making one of these buckets.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video from start to finish. Occasionally its nice to have a long video to see the process in detail, so I'm not put off by the long run time.
Brilliant work, keep it up!
That was really interesting to see how you go about constructing such a large piece of equipment.
Excellent video. Superb demonstration of skill, ingenuity and hard work. Well done!
I really like your videos so far, I've watched just a few but look forward to going through your catalog. It looks like an overhead trolley crane would be a good addition to your shop!
Pretty cool. Really clean work. I built my own 60 in (1500mm) bucket for an old skid stear. No bending though. I bought a sheet of 3/16 ( about 5 mm) and marked it up on a table in the fab shop which they then sheared down to the various pieces. Took it all home and welded it all up. It was still quite an experience despite having it all cut out. Found a piece of carbon steel for a cutting bar and shanks for teeth. It’s been a good bucket for the last 15 years. It’s more fun watching you do it though. Too bad I couldn’t have watched a video like this before I took it on. You put out and display a lot of information.
Nice to see a craftsman at work, keep up the good work.
I'm not artist but design and build absolute masterpieces from steel. Incredible skill and planning to produce quality like that
Metal Artist
Excellent work 👍 Don’t underestimate your skills 😊 With 50 + years as a Journeyman Machine Repairman, you definitely are a skilled Craftsmen 👏👏👏
Superb video. Shows what ca be done by a skilled craftsman. always love the thought processes and of course the inevitable quirks during fabrication and their solutions. Thank you for posting.
If you're interested, 3m makes a quick latch respirator for pretty cheap. You just flip a little latch and it hangs by your chin and flip it back up and it's on tight. That way you don't always ave to take the whole thing on and off. Great video!
I shall look into this. Thanks!
Excellent video man, definitely my favorite type of welding videos is fabrication from scratch.
Great build Oliver !! Always enjoy seeing your work and process. Impressive
Very interesting. I love fabricating things from scratch. In wood or metal. But at an entirely different level to you. It is obvious you have made a few of them before. You have the process down to an art. Lovely to watch.
I can tell you have built one or two buckets before! Always interesting to see how other people resolve some of the daily problems of warping and inaccurate pressings, I always learn something new. Brilliant channel, keep it up!
Those are some killer welds !!
Such a clever lad amazing
Gday, brilliant job, thanks for explaining each step, there’s a fair bit of planning that goes into a build like this, throughly enjoyed watching mate and keen for part 2, cheers
Thanks Matty, glad you enjoyed it.
Awesome build !!
Well done, nice work. I have put 3 front edges on one GP bucket as the chap just drives with it on the concrete! So welded AR400 patches all the way along the front edge...better to replace those than keep chopping off a front edge because he likes to wear it out and it is not his!
Impressive Craftsmanship, That Bucket is Huge.
Great video I enjoyed watching , you are a very skilled engineer, 😊😊😊
Nice job, takes me back many years to when I was fabricating, not buckets, but hydraulic tanks and other odds and sods. Looking forward to part 2, take care and be well 👍
Hiya Thanks to Watch Wes Work for letting us know about your channel , like what you doing here so I subbed
Thanks for the sub!
Hope you get as big as CEE in Australia great stuff
Thanks, me too!
You got it !!
Whatever lines up best on the tape measure !
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Your old Hyster looks like the ones I used to work on in the 70's. Good machines.
I cant wait till you start building the Bulldozer for the bucket. LOL. It funny about how we use the different systems of measurements. When I lived in England my British friends would crack on us yanks for fraction as the bar maids would bring us our Half pints of beer and cider. I could usually the conversation by asking how in the hell do you divide a pizza and metrics.
Thank you for the video and sharing your amazing skills with us.
He sure knows how, makes it look easy.
Awesome video, amazing work. Thank you Oliver
Got recommended this video last night and watched a few more since. Really like what your doing. Looks and sounds like your a local guy too, I’m in the York area
Me too!
Impressive. Love the way you work. Big bucket but made with care and finesse.
Quality workmanship Quality video
For cutting metal instead of oxy, try the
Diablo D1472CF Steel Demon Cermet II Carbide Ferrous Metal Saw Blade in a circular saw. It makes amazingly clean cuts.
I do have a chop saw with a metal cutting blade however the bucket edge is too big to fit in.
@@snowballengineering Yes, same here, that's why I now use a hand held circular saw with the Diablo blade in it, as it's so much more versatile than a fixed chop saw.
Great channel and workmanship.
Great job as always, mate.
That is really great work. I understand why you stitch welded the underside of the bucket but I once saw a bucket buckle over time in spots as dirt and sand packed between the straps while digging. The pressure packed the small openings between welds and it retained moisture between the straps and bucket skin causing rust. You may want to weld them up solid so nothing can pack under those straps while cutting through soil.
Excellent work!
I'm with you on this aspect 100% definitely weak spots in the construction, it might be a little time saving now, but not in the overall life of the bucket. I also thought the construction seemed a little light for it's size, though I suppose that may depend on it's specific intended use.
As a user of old equipment I am always amazed by the power of rust along a stitched joint. It will force any thickness of steel apart over time.I bought an Easterby trailer a year or two and was impressed by the continuous welds to prevent this. Looks like a grain bucket so probably not an issue here.
Dude. Some awesome work🎉
Your a genius with any thing metal great work
Here because of mention from watch Wes work what a channel you have
Hi,brings back memories I was a plater fabricator in local shipyard's when serving my apprenticeship there was many a mishap using flanger but once you mastered hit it was a great piece of machinery glad I found this channel regards from Scotland 🏴🇬🇧
I bet there was many tricks to the trade in that job. Thanks for watching!
what a great build you have done most my friends just go buy them already done you have a talent sir good job I think Kip H.
nice work ,great tips 2 ,,Godbless
Epic work! Love how u take care to mark out your runs and racks
Awesome build!!! Very interesting!!!
Great video, you are one very skilled Craftsman!! 👍
I am glad that I am not the only one that uses a tape measure that way to do things 🤔keep up with good work
Really got the scale of the build when you got in the bucket to weld.
Looking good young an. I'm impressed with your still. Sincerely wish you well with your business.
I must say your welds look great!! New Jersey USA
Welder always sounds so crisp
nice work, very strong loading bucket
Love watching these.
Originally thought the workshop was a jumble sale but you have some fantastic gear in it.
Keep up the great videos
It is a jumble sale! I have too many of my own projects in among my work jobs.
Mighty good looking work.
Worked at a large bucket manufacturer in Australia and this is almost exactly the way we made jcb buckets
Impressive how you handle that big job!
great job
Un trabajo excelente y exquisitamente elaborado. Y gracias a ti por los videos que son de primera
Si señor magnifico trabajo no tengo nada que decir perfecto 👌 si señor, saludos desde España, Cadiz.....
Good to see how you made the curve good build 😛
I really enjoyed watching that, great job buddy
Fair play, that is a big bucket 👍
I love watching your progress on jobs. I worked at North Selby mine. Some thirty odd years ago and loved working in the fitters shop when I got the chance. And you my friend have better gear than we had back then lol. But it's the same process, get steel and make it in to stuff. Would love to visit your shop. Don't worry I know that's not possible lol
Great project
Anthony Kent (Selby)😊
Excellent Work. Great video. Thanks.
I liked the turning onto the tyre. Nice soft landing. Few nice ideas for assembling that I’ve not seen. Good on you! Could have used the first curved under strap as a template for the second strap. Saved the walking to fit and check. Or even made a cardboard template from the floor plate and used that to set the curve at the bender
You are lot younger than me, You do a lot heavy lifting, I enjoy your videos, I would like you to have a long painless productive life. Back pain is a B**CH. Please invest on a crane. Excellent work 👍👍👍 . Thank you for sharing. Take care of yourself 🇨🇦
great work
well done a very nice job all round.
Excellent work there sir. 👊🏻👊🏻
I make a few buckets and wile they are normally heavier and stronger built it just about always comes down to price and mostly hard to compete with the big mass produced bucket manufacturer as they will be buying there steel at a better rate than the 1 man band .keep up the good work tidy!! Make sure your charging enough for you premium products 👍
Nice job!!!
Nice job 👍
Great video Fabrication at its best
Good idea wearing a mask when grinding I have a friend who developed silicoses from the grinding during fabrication
Brilliant video
The crowbar truck was 👌👌 coming along very well bud 👍🤘🤘🤘
Thanks for sharing !
Do what I did, weld a clamp either side of your press brakes that you can leave a tape measure in, holds the tape measures so you can just pull the tape out one hand either side....oh and learn from my mistake, the brackets drop on to a slot for removal in case you need 90 degrees up and the brackets were in the way.
Excellent video! Only thing I would have added was a coating of Lubriplate "slip plate" as it really helps keep the bucket clean.
Very good work
very professional build, looks clean. very wll done.
if you keep ding big buils like this you will need a crane eventually😉... carefull on your back.
greetings from canada!!!
Great job-great skills
Nice looking bucket nice work 👍
I say old man that was very well executed.
I really enjoyed that video
Nice job looks great
Excellent fabrication work! I appreciate all of your explanations and comments about the process. It is also good to see you using the protective gear! Thanks for this instructive and entertaining video!
Another great video thanks. I like the visitors at the end lol.
Ótimo vídeo, meu amigo. Abraços do velho professor do Brasil.
Your channel was recommended by @Watch Wes Work in the USA. I enjoyed your excellent workmanship and the way you explained what you were doing and why. I am a new subscriber.
That is simply incredible 👌🏻👌🏻
Thanks
Here's where that over head Crain would be great