Watching you is going to make me a better welder. Thanks for explaining everything in detail, it really helps. The old timers used to say”You got to steal with your eyes” That’s what I did by watching your video. Many thanks!
Years ago I thought I’d like to be a welder so in ‘71 I got a job as a welders apprentice at a manufacturing plant in Cleveland Oh. I don’t remember what the product was but I had to grind welds with a grinder that weighed like 40 lbs, it was big. Tough, hot, dirty, job but a good welder doesn’t need to grind much as I was told. Needless to say I didn’t last so I never got to learn how to weld. This is harder than he makes it look hats off to you.
I am glad that TH-cam algorithm brought me to your video. I've had some ideas on how repairs are done on these equipment but nothing like what you're doing here. I've only done less than 10 hours of stick welding and I am loving it so far, once I "got it", things got easier.
Thats a huge pet peeve of mine not painting fresh welds. Especially on things like Automotive or thinner material it really compromises the work and will make the weld fail much faster. I found this out the hard way on my own welding a stabilizer bracket on the rear of my Honda Prelude I bought many years ago when I first started welding. It failed and ripped back out within 6 months not once but, TWICE both times I could even see where the outside of the welds rusted out and just ripped away from the frame clean as could be. 3rd time I welded it exactly the same as the last two times except this time I tossed a coat of primer and black engine paint on it and never broke again for the over 10 years after I drove the car. And its still together today 7-8 years since I parked it since the motor went bad. Ever since EVERYTHING I weld gets painted if it isn't Stainless or Aluminum.
@@Demonlord468 Why paint? Heat the part, or it will heat itself up from welding, then take a grinder, a brass brush, and run it at low speed along the seam, the seam will be covered with a layer of brass, this is more reliable than paint. You can also use zinc in plasma sprayers, chromium from a solution - just pour it over the part, or nickel.
I know bugger all about welding outside of a few horticultural fixes on ploughs and harrows. So I'm watching your work from the interested numpty point of view . Great stuff , your explanations help greatly . Great video 👍🇬🇧
I work for woodbros Inc in lemoore CA. It's a big earth moving company with 20+ scrappers. I'm the maintenance welder there. It's awesome to see someone else performing the sometimes hard repairs that we do.
it would be cool if there was a welder that spit out a blend of slightly different material based on position and a info about the temp gradient of the parts being joined when doing a fill like this so when it all cools off it shrinks down to a 0 stress weld. always blown away with the stuff you can do with a torch man, I feel like you're making all of our brains bigger by sharing your techniques and skills.
Gday mate, I’ve never used one of those gouging tools but boy I can see that in the hands of a skilled welder you get a really great result. Loved the explanation of the plates, made great sense and also again, I love that you present the final product so well by the addition of the paint, looks very professional and I dear say the owner would appreciate it very much as he’s got a lot of money invested in that equipment. Great content as always
Interesting to see the use of the wedges (I know fa about welding) to shape the plate. I always thought of welding as a permanent process, but the ability to attach aids to your workpiece and the way the bead is used to repair cracks makes me look at it as a more plastic and malleable process. Also the practice of a field repair was good to see.
I don’t know anything about welding either. I always thought the process of welding melted two pieces of a material together and the strength came from the original pieces rather than the welding material. It’s amazing to me that the welding material alone can bridge the gap between two pieces of steel and be structurally sound.
@@rildain76 The welding seam is usually harder and stronger than the steel itself, primarily due to the fact that not the toughest steel is used in the technique, besides, the seam is hardened
Watched all your videos since I stumbled upon your channel and gotta say you're one hell of a worker!! Hope and pray for you to have plenty of work that isn't crazy but gets your talent as welder and fabrication skills on more videos!
Welds a clamp on with 2 rapid beeds.... torques the hell out of it to clamp it down an then humble tells us.. And when your'e done, you break it right off. Sir you are a artist!
I love the carbon air gougers .. I worked at a place that made 36inch HDD drill heads from solid steel, using 2 or 3, 9inch oil drill 1,2,3 cutters, and Frankensteined them into the metre wide drill heads , Cutting them apart with the gouger made work fun. Once you found the join it was like a hot knife thro butter 😁 the Huge weld layering processes afterwards was fun too..and I got paid for it? 😁😁
Honest work, love the insight and teaching along the way, I've never welded but i want to have some knowledge for when i do. Such a great hobby potential!
40 year truck mechanic welded up so many broken axle housings always out of position welding Cant imagine how many grinding wheels and pads i went thru Them things go up into the air I would be blowing out as much smoke as the rods put off welding Im paying for it all now in aches and pains save your body as much as possible so when you get old you can enjoy life
i am no welder, i do weld but... "grinder and paint are close by!" i do low level stuff, glue metal together.... Watching those cracks, i am thinking about the force that did that! Asking nicely, can you request some pics from the thing still under load when you receive the call?! this would be interesting to see what they do with it to break it :) i like your videos, i can recognize a professional when i see one! Keep up the good work!
Enjoy your video so much. I've learned so much . I'm a certified welder by trade. And have been welding for over 15 years. I watch all your videos repetitively
I hope the people that write you checks are taking care of you ..... cause your worth a lot more then what your getting.... I don't know am just saying invailable ....👍👍👍👍👍
Probably better off cutting the bar out and replacing it with a bit larger diameter heavy wall DOM tubing, it will flex better with a large span like that without developing stress risers like a solid bar does. Definitely a design flaw on cats end
That's what I've done also.. but when scraper is on the field usually they just want a repair that will hold till job is done.. and do actual final repair at shop facility.
I find it easier when you cut off the runoff plates with a gouging tip, makes it cleaner, less stressful grinding.but every heavy equipment mechanic/welder has his own style,yours is cool.
Agreed grinding is worst way to cut out steel. But if ur good with a gas axe you have min grinding. I had to cut 8ft diam casons and bevel em BY HAND no jig then align and weld while on a floating barge. So yeah u can be 90% there with a torch WAYYY faster
I was laughing, imagining how fun it would be to leave the run-off plates, just clip the corners off and slap some paint on it with no grinding. Next! 🤣
When you're bending metal around stuff a hammer is very helpful. It also helps relieve the stresses you're adding to the steel when you force it around something
I love my MIG welder (with shielding gas) when working inside but never really have been satisfied with my welds when working outside unless totally dead calm because no matter what wind break I put up it seems the wind shifts positions just enough to blow my shielding gas away. As a result I tend to Stick-Weld or use Flux Core wire when doing outside work. That all said I am curious how much gas you are flowing etc to get clean welds when it sounds like you are welding in a wind storm (albeit breezy conditions).
Looks like he was using flux core or dual shield. From your comment it seems you're assuming he is using Mig. You can see him chipping the dross after each pass.
Great video… It would be cool if you would tell the hours on each machine that you work on that way we can get some idea how how much they use the machine it would be pretty cool
Very cool. Love to watch your videos. I enjoy watching the techniques you use. Keep posting. Your material is outstanding. I'm guessing you're in USA. Which state?
Wow that is such a clean break. I have never seen anything like that in any equipment. Obviously it is a weak point but at some point it would probably be a good idea to replace that first rod with something that is not pot metal.....lol I am sure it is not pot metal but it sure breaks lie it is... I have been waking up after having welding dreams. Does that ever happen to you?
@@OFW I guess i am addicted to welding...lol They are awesome dreams but since I was run over on my 1957 Panhead 18 months ago it has been slow going with physical therapy learning how to walk again. I am doing well but it has been a long road back. Just starting to be able to stand for longer than a few minutes. Whenever I am on my feet too long it feels like someone places a hot iron down the side of both legs and it is painful AF. Hope to meet you some time when I am fully recovered. I love the vids.
@@Biokemist-o3k Good luck with your recovery! I know what your going through. I had my legs crushed by a dump truck 07/31/1988. Took a year to get back to work.
@@steveb6103 You know exactly what it is like. I was able to work on my Bike out in the barn on Thursday for the first time in almost 2 years. Thank you for the kind words and I hope you are still feeling great. I have so much that I want to catch up on that I have to be careful not to push too hard.
Great work... it looks interesting... i like welding video i like the hole concept of getting a "ark" as hot as the sun and making a weld puddle and adding new metal. I think it's a interesting... I'm learning Aluminum tig-welding at a company who makes radiators for industrial vehicles... even cat's... and even if we dont make it... you send in your oem we can make it aluminum or copper and brass... stay awesome. and thank's for reading. ✌
Sorry to bother you again for what Im sure is a silly question. Why did you cut away so much of the bar that was cracked? I've watched a few welding channels now and yours has got to be the best one thank you
No silly questions. The OEM support rod cracked through and through , creating that small fractured gap. Unlike light gauge materials that need only a single filler pass at best, large diameter bar ( and thick heavy plate) stock requires many layers of filler material to produce a sound repair. By gouging away so much extra material he can be assured that any weak spots were eliminated; the filler wire is going to be equally or more strong than the OEM material. It just requires MANY passes to get there. That bridge plate trick is old school ingenious, and guarantees that there will be no compromised/weak sections within that repaired joint. It is essentially a removable, miniature retaining wall that enabled him to easily shore up his weld beads without any sagging…very important and helpful while working out of position under the chassis as he was! As he said, after grinding and paint, it looked like it was never broken. That was a beautiful repair . OFW is probably a busy guy so my apologies for speaking up on his behalf. Stay safe !
As a novice welder may I ask what stick or settings you use to gouge the steel like that? I’ve done a fair amount of welding but never used a stick welder like that
Its called carbon arc gouging. It’s different from stick welding because there is a stream of air getting blown out from your electrode holder that shoots the molten metal away and the rods are very different from your normal welding rod. As for Settings, it really depends on the thickness of the carbon arc rod. If you ever get the chance to gouge, please wear earplugs!!!
Great work buddy but the problem is there too see 1 the wear mark on the appron tells me that the scraper been used for windrow work if you understand that 2 move the ram pin on the appron to the top hole jods good. Pulling levers from the age of 12. 70 now good luck 👍
Another way to do it is just weld it where you can and the plate will get hot and once you have a gap hit it with a 8lb hammer and the gap will close right up for about a inch or so and weld it and hit it again and just keep going while the plate is hot , if the welding doesn’t get it hot enough then hot it with the rose bud and hammer until it gets hot enough that you can hit it and bend it. The key is to keep the plate hot until you have at least one weld all the way around and then do your fill and cap.
I always thought if it needs a fish plate then it wasn’t fixed correctly. But there are definitely situations where fish plates necessary. I’m running a Miller 600 air pak.
So real question did you run Flux core with gas or what was the process? Even like what gas type. I only know about basic welding. I use 100% co2 for mig and argon for tig.
@@OFW okay cool thank you very much, I love the videos. I wish I could do more welding, but right now I'm kinda just doing my hobby stuff to improve my skills. Once again I thank you very much.
On the apron crack. Are the plug welds broken between the plate and the cross member so the rod brackets are pulling on the plate not the cross member. Cutting a v grove next to the plug welds but in line with the hidden crossmember could check to see if the plug welds are broken. I might even think of gouging out along side the rod bracket, thru the plate to allow a weld to the cross member.
Thanks for showing us how you fix these things! It looks like you're using mig welding to create some of your repairs. Can you give us an idea of how strong mig weld material is? Is it comparable to mild steel or common hardened steels?
It’s as strong as the wire you select. The wire i typically use is as strong or stronger that the common 7018 stick rod. The dual shield process I use is used In many structural applications across the industry.
awesome channel, what kind of welder are you using for this work on the cross member? It kind of looks like a gun for a xtream suit case welder..Thanks for your hard work and for sharing.
@@OFW Is that the stinger look familiar I have the same machine and they’re awesome great welding machines there originally built well chips together I don’t know who that are not
@@OFW I want to get the Xtreme suitcase used it once with a 0.45 flux core wire. very handy for longer welding jobs vs arc. question, why use shielded gas wire over flux in field welding? I would assume flux would be better for windy situations and less expensive because of not needing to buy a tank. Just wondering as to your reasoning.
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Watching you is going to make me a better welder. Thanks for explaining everything in detail, it really helps. The old timers used to say”You got to steal with your eyes” That’s what I did by watching your video. Many thanks!
First time seeing run off plates. Makes total sense.
Thanks for explaining everything so well.
Man, I enjoy coming back to read all the comments from the experts.
This guy could make an entire cat out of enough welding wire.
that would be expensive 😲
Years ago I thought I’d like to be a welder so in ‘71 I got a job as a welders apprentice at a manufacturing plant in Cleveland Oh. I don’t remember what the product was but I had to grind welds with a grinder that weighed like 40 lbs, it was big. Tough, hot, dirty, job but a good welder doesn’t need to grind much as I was told. Needless to say I didn’t last so I never got to learn how to weld. This is harder than he makes it look hats off to you.
It's a fun job for sure always something to learn I'm only a year in
I am glad that TH-cam algorithm brought me to your video. I've had some ideas on how repairs are done on these equipment but nothing like what you're doing here. I've only done less than 10 hours of stick welding and I am loving it so far, once I "got it", things got easier.
Nice to see someone paint after the job is completed. Makes it look so much nicer, and it protects from rust. Plus it shows pride in your work.
The new paint really stands out and is a nice touch. It makes it much easier to find the the breaks and splits at the next service interval.
Thats a huge pet peeve of mine not painting fresh welds. Especially on things like Automotive or thinner material it really compromises the work and will make the weld fail much faster. I found this out the hard way on my own welding a stabilizer bracket on the rear of my Honda Prelude I bought many years ago when I first started welding.
It failed and ripped back out within 6 months not once but, TWICE both times I could even see where the outside of the welds rusted out and just ripped away from the frame clean as could be. 3rd time I welded it exactly the same as the last two times except this time I tossed a coat of primer and black engine paint on it and never broke again for the over 10 years after I drove the car. And its still together today 7-8 years since I parked it since the motor went bad. Ever since EVERYTHING I weld gets painted if it isn't Stainless or Aluminum.
@@Demonlord468 Why paint? Heat the part, or it will heat itself up from welding, then take a grinder, a brass brush, and run it at low speed along the seam, the seam will be covered with a layer of brass, this is more reliable than paint. You can also use zinc in plasma sprayers, chromium from a solution - just pour it over the part, or nickel.
@@hibahprice6887 paint sounds simpler and cheaper than chromium and zinc ozzymosis
I know bugger all about welding outside of a few horticultural fixes on ploughs and harrows. So I'm watching your work from the interested numpty point of view . Great stuff , your explanations help greatly . Great video 👍🇬🇧
I work for woodbros Inc in lemoore CA. It's a big earth moving company with 20+ scrappers. I'm the maintenance welder there. It's awesome to see someone else performing the sometimes hard repairs that we do.
If you ever need an extra hand I’m only a hour away.
Will do man!. Keep the videos coming. I'm a spung for new tips and tricks.
@@OFW LOL youd put him out of a job haha
Great quality of work being conducted and the information is very helpful to those people who don’t know the industry of welding. Great job 👏🏻
it would be cool if there was a welder that spit out a blend of slightly different material based on position and a info about the temp gradient of the parts being joined when doing a fill like this so when it all cools off it shrinks down to a 0 stress weld.
always blown away with the stuff you can do with a torch man, I feel like you're making all of our brains bigger by sharing your techniques and skills.
ive been welding for over 30 yrs and i still cant watch someone welding on youtube without closing my eyes when they weld...
It’s a good habit !
Better to blink at a screen than get flashed on a job site😏
Safety Squints
Haha
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Gday mate, I’ve never used one of those gouging tools but boy I can see that in the hands of a skilled welder you get a really great result. Loved the explanation of the plates, made great sense and also again, I love that you present the final product so well by the addition of the paint, looks very professional and I dear say the owner would appreciate it very much as he’s got a lot of money invested in that equipment. Great content as always
Interesting to see the use of the wedges (I know fa about welding) to shape the plate. I always thought of welding as a permanent process, but the ability to attach aids to your workpiece and the way the bead is used to repair cracks makes me look at it as a more plastic and malleable process. Also the practice of a field repair was good to see.
I don’t know anything about welding either. I always thought the process of welding melted two pieces of a material together and the strength came from the original pieces rather than the welding material. It’s amazing to me that the welding material alone can bridge the gap between two pieces of steel and be structurally sound.
@@rildain76 The welding seam is usually harder and stronger than the steel itself, primarily due to the fact that not the toughest steel is used in the technique, besides, the seam is hardened
You prove what I've said all along ,a good man with an arc gouger can do a marvelous job and minimize grinding !
Watched all your videos since I stumbled upon your channel and gotta say you're one hell of a worker!! Hope and pray for you to have plenty of work that isn't crazy but gets your talent as welder and fabrication skills on more videos!
I could watch anything on YT and here I sit watching you fix CATS and I’m ok with that.
Welds a clamp on with 2 rapid beeds.... torques the hell out of it to clamp it down an then humble tells us.. And when your'e done, you break it right off. Sir you are a artist!
Paint those welds so the customer can see all you did.......beautiful work.......
LOL! I used to weld with my dads work stuff and I still look away when you strike the arc! Great video!
I love the carbon air gougers .. I worked at a place that made 36inch HDD drill heads from solid steel, using 2 or 3, 9inch oil drill 1,2,3 cutters, and Frankensteined them into the metre wide drill heads , Cutting them apart with the gouger made work fun. Once you found the join it was like a hot knife thro butter 😁 the Huge weld layering processes afterwards was fun too..and I got paid for it? 😁😁
Great job with the wedges... I am not a welder, but am teaching myself. I had never saw wedges used that way. Very cool.
Honest work, love the insight and teaching along the way, I've never welded but i want to have some knowledge for when i do. Such a great hobby potential!
The hell those machines go through, it's amazing more things aren't broken. Great job, I'm jealous.
RUN OFF PLATES WORKED GREAT . 😊
AWESOME OVERALL WORK . 😊
KEEP YOUR VIDEOS COMING
THANKS
40 year truck mechanic welded up so many broken axle housings always out of position welding
Cant imagine how many grinding wheels and pads i went thru
Them things go up into the air
I would be blowing out as much smoke as the rods put off welding
Im paying for it all now in aches and pains save your body as much as possible so when you get old you can enjoy life
💪🏽You’re a bad man!!! i feel right at home watching your videos. Work i do in the shop, you do out in the field. Badass!
You got some pretty interesting videos. I like the longer ones it's like a reality TV show
i am no welder, i do weld but... "grinder and paint are close by!" i do low level stuff, glue metal together....
Watching those cracks, i am thinking about the force that did that!
Asking nicely, can you request some pics from the thing still under load when you receive the call?!
this would be interesting to see what they do with it to break it :)
i like your videos, i can recognize a professional when i see one!
Keep up the good work!
Enjoy your video so much. I've learned so much . I'm a certified welder by trade. And have been welding for over 15 years. I watch all your videos repetitively
dude your channel is literally on fire! awesome job keep them videos comin
I hope the people that write you checks are taking care of you ..... cause your worth a lot more then what your getting.... I don't know am just saying invailable ....👍👍👍👍👍
Probably better off cutting the bar out and replacing it with a bit larger diameter heavy wall DOM tubing, it will flex better with a large span like that without developing stress risers like a solid bar does. Definitely a design flaw on cats end
Why do that when they will pay him to do this again.
Even if I wanted to do that this customer won’t do it. Everything has to be OEM.
@@OFW and yeah that would cause a lot if loss in structural integrity.
That's what I've done also.. but when scraper is on the field usually they just want a repair that will hold till job is done.. and do actual final repair at shop facility.
@@OFW seems like the oem designs weren't made to last long.
I've even used a small sledge & smack the tack to pull the piece in. Good job..
That`s the way I used to patch the inside of the beat up dump truck beds.
Your are a hard working man, have a blessed day
That was very clever for running the weld into well done
I’m a retired welder and love your work good job
What is y
Our air source
Air source is Miller 600 air pak
Top notch repair on that apron
I find it easier when you cut off the runoff plates with a gouging tip, makes it cleaner, less stressful grinding.but every heavy equipment mechanic/welder has his own style,yours is cool.
Agreed grinding is worst way to cut out steel. But if ur good with a gas axe you have min grinding. I had to cut 8ft diam casons and bevel em BY HAND no jig then align and weld while on a floating barge. So yeah u can be 90% there with a torch WAYYY faster
If I wasn't a union sheet metal worker HVAC estimator, I would of been doing what you do. Awesome video! 👌
Would love a tour of your mobile welding rig.
That was a days work and an epic video. Brilliant stuff!
Nicely done Geg, keep up the great work .
I know wire is a LOT faster. We always set up tents around us. I used to work on the draglines in FL
Thank god for the person who invented dual shield.
nice work! but I was glad it was you under there instead of me :)
I see you are getting a lot more subscribers!!! Good work!
I liked seeing how that steel was putty in your hands. 👍
all right...love your videos. best wishes.....Paul in Florida.....cheers.....
Oh wow, the truck at the end looks like you could set it up in Antarctica and have a team of sientists live in it for a month.
Good work and I like the part about the plate I learn something everything thank you
I love the ratchet on the F clamp. That's freakin genius
I was laughing, imagining how fun it would be to leave the run-off plates, just clip the corners off and slap some paint on it with no grinding. Next! 🤣
Good ideas! To make things work! Great video! Thanks for sharing! 👍
Good job, I sure pick up some good ideas from you guys!
Got to do a rig tour. Curious about all the hand tools and brand of hose reels you use.
The work culture is respected. Good job.
Someone should tell Liam Neeson this guy has a particular set of skills.
Highly instructive! Thank you very much.
Cara parabéns pela técnica....aprendi mais uma
Perfeito um excelente serviço...
Nice job ! I'm a fan of yours now!
When you're bending metal around stuff a hammer is very helpful. It also helps relieve the stresses you're adding to the steel when you force it around something
You should give us a tour of youre truck.
Good job . Love your truck
Good stuff. The wedge trick is new to me.
Great skill and work man👍👍👍
You must be Greg. I hear about you everytime i see Tony haha. I do alot of work for those guys too
Nice work, that plate will help with those cracks for a while. Eventually they will get you to rebuild the skirt
Super filming. Thanks. New subscriber here.
I love my MIG welder (with shielding gas) when working inside but never really have been satisfied with my welds when working outside unless totally dead calm because no matter what wind break I put up it seems the wind shifts positions just enough to blow my shielding gas away. As a result I tend to Stick-Weld or use Flux Core wire when doing outside work. That all said I am curious how much gas you are flowing etc to get clean welds when it sounds like you are welding in a wind storm (albeit breezy conditions).
Looks like he was using flux core or dual shield. From your comment it seems you're assuming he is using Mig. You can see him chipping the dross after each pass.
Awesome job do you disconnect the batteries before you weld
Good thing you are here to tell a professional welder who does this every single day how to do his job. Lol.
Wasn’t meaning it that way was curious if that something you have to do on that kind of equipment llc
They have master disconnect switches.
They have a new process that works well in windy conditions...................................stick. LOL(pokin' a little fun at ya)
I’m liking your welding content sir videos are clear and sound is good as well outstanding Greg 💯👈🏻👍🏻🇬🇧
Man i love watching your videos
Great video… It would be cool if you would tell the hours on each machine that you work on that way we can get some idea how how much they use the machine it would be pretty cool
The bar looks great!
Nice Service Truck...
Very cool. Love to watch your videos. I enjoy watching the techniques you use. Keep posting. Your material is outstanding. I'm guessing you're in USA. Which state?
I love the way air arc sounds in person. The video does not do it Justice.
Wow that is such a clean break. I have never seen anything like that in any equipment. Obviously it is a weak point but at some point it would probably be a good idea to replace that first rod with something that is not pot metal.....lol I am sure it is not pot metal but it sure breaks lie it is... I have been waking up after having welding dreams. Does that ever happen to you?
I can’t say I have lol
@@OFW I guess i am addicted to welding...lol They are awesome dreams but since I was run over on my 1957 Panhead 18 months ago it has been slow going with physical therapy learning how to walk again. I am doing well but it has been a long road back. Just starting to be able to stand for longer than a few minutes. Whenever I am on my feet too long it feels like someone places a hot iron down the side of both legs and it is painful AF. Hope to meet you some time when I am fully recovered. I love the vids.
@@Biokemist-o3k Good luck with your recovery! I know what your going through. I had my legs crushed by a dump truck 07/31/1988. Took a year to get back to work.
@@steveb6103 You know exactly what it is like. I was able to work on my Bike out in the barn on Thursday for the first time in almost 2 years. Thank you for the kind words and I hope you are still feeling great. I have so much that I want to catch up on that I have to be careful not to push too hard.
Great work... it looks interesting... i like welding video i like the hole concept of getting a "ark" as hot as the sun and making a weld puddle and adding new metal. I think it's a interesting... I'm learning Aluminum tig-welding at a company who makes radiators for industrial vehicles... even cat's... and even if we dont make it... you send in your oem we can make it aluminum or copper and brass... stay awesome. and thank's for reading. ✌
Sorry to bother you again for what Im sure is a silly question. Why did you cut away so much of the bar that was cracked? I've watched a few welding channels now and yours has got to be the best one thank you
No silly questions. The OEM support rod cracked through and through , creating that small fractured gap.
Unlike light gauge materials that need only a single filler pass at best, large diameter bar ( and thick heavy plate) stock requires many layers of filler material to produce a sound repair.
By gouging away so much extra material he can be assured that any weak spots were eliminated; the filler wire is going to be equally or more strong than the OEM material. It just requires MANY passes to get there.
That bridge plate trick is old school ingenious, and guarantees that there will be no compromised/weak sections within that repaired joint. It is essentially a removable, miniature retaining wall that enabled him to easily shore up his weld beads without any sagging…very important and helpful while working out of position under the chassis as he was!
As he said, after grinding and paint, it looked like it was never broken. That was a beautiful repair .
OFW is probably a busy guy so my apologies for speaking up on his behalf. Stay safe !
Thank you
Good call on when to apply paint due to grinding dust etc, 16:08
We did similar work when I worked for a equipment rental company
Awesome job!! You are the best.🇺🇲
That looks like it was deliberately cut with a saw. If I were the owner I'd be looking for disgruntle employees.
Definitely not cut. I have seen several and they all break the same.
As a novice welder may I ask what stick or settings you use to gouge the steel like that? I’ve done a fair amount of welding but never used a stick welder like that
Its called carbon arc gouging. It’s different from stick welding because there is a stream of air getting blown out from your electrode holder that shoots the molten metal away and the rods are very different from your normal welding rod. As for Settings, it really depends on the thickness of the carbon arc rod. If you ever get the chance to gouge, please wear earplugs!!!
@@colejohnson8762 Thanks, makes more sense now. So it’s not something you can do with your average stick welder.
@@jeffclark5024 you can do it with your stick welder if you have the carbon arc torch and air.
Great work buddy but the problem is there too see 1 the wear mark on the appron tells me that the scraper been used for windrow work if you understand that 2 move the ram pin on the appron to the top hole jods good. Pulling levers from the age of 12. 70 now good luck 👍
The choice of hole is decided by someone else. I’m just there to fix it when they break it.
awesome process and result!
Nice work, how do you power all your tools in a remote location? I didn't hear any generator.
With a Miller 600 air pak
@@OFW Thanks, that's a beast.
Another way to do it is just weld it where you can and the plate will get hot and once you have a gap hit it with a 8lb hammer and the gap will close right up for about a inch or so and weld it and hit it again and just keep going while the plate is hot , if the welding doesn’t get it hot enough then hot it with the rose bud and hammer until it gets hot enough that you can hit it and bend it. The key is to keep the plate hot until you have at least one weld all the way around and then do your fill and cap.
I also use this technique and I don’t think it would have worked for the entire plate.
Good job. How come you don’t like fish plates? And what generator are you running
I always thought if it needs a fish plate then it wasn’t fixed correctly. But there are definitely situations where fish plates necessary. I’m running a Miller 600 air pak.
Nice work and fun to watch.
So real question did you run Flux core with gas or what was the process? Even like what gas type. I only know about basic welding. I use 100% co2 for mig and argon for tig.
Wire: Lincoln 71A75 1/16” dual shield
Gas 75%co2 25%argon
25volts
225 ipm wire
@@OFW okay cool thank you very much, I love the videos. I wish I could do more welding, but right now I'm kinda just doing my hobby stuff to improve my skills. Once again I thank you very much.
On the apron crack. Are the plug welds broken between the plate and the cross member so the rod brackets are pulling on the plate not the cross member. Cutting a v grove next to the plug welds but in line with the hidden crossmember could check to see if the plug welds are broken.
I might even think of gouging out along side the rod bracket, thru the plate to allow a weld to the cross member.
Thanks for showing us how you fix these things! It looks like you're using mig welding to create some of your repairs. Can you give us an idea of how strong mig weld material is? Is it comparable to mild steel or common hardened steels?
It’s as strong as the wire you select. The wire i typically use is as strong or stronger that the common 7018 stick rod. The dual shield process I use is used In many structural applications across the industry.
awesome channel, what kind of welder are you using for this work on the cross member? It kind of looks like a gun for a xtream suit case welder..Thanks for your hard work and for sharing.
I am running a Miller xtream suitcase 12vs
@@OFW Is that the stinger look familiar I have the same machine and they’re awesome great welding machines there originally built well chips together I don’t know who that are not
@@OFW I want to get the Xtreme suitcase used it once with a 0.45 flux core wire. very handy for longer welding jobs vs arc. question, why use shielded gas wire over flux in field welding? I would assume flux would be better for windy situations and less expensive because of not needing to buy a tank. Just wondering as to your reasoning.
@@Iweldz3 in my opinion dual shield runs smoother than straight flux core wire.
Crazy that it broke so clean
this stuff is incredible.