I retired from welding after 50 yrs. The only other thing I ever wanted to do was jump out of an airplane so I went up one day. When I was about to jump out the co-pilot said I needed a parachute... I said I didn't. .. I have these welding cables... I know they will get caught on something on the way down..
Impressive as ever Terry. Sorry if I've told you but I was a machinist, a precision grinder for 17 years.....until I had to pack up work due to lower back wearing out when I was 43. We never repaired any mistakes...luckily very few from me. Mainly external grinding, but also internal and thread grinding towards the end. We made turbochargers, mainly for trains, but some very large ones. Many bearing surfaces had a tolerance of 0.0003 inch but do to the gauging etc it had to be 0.0001. Did 1000s of shafts to these limits in my time.
Every time I look at your vids you amaze me sir....as far as am concerned old is good....new ..time will tell...I`m gonna pull my small gig outfit out one day and than i`ll ask you for a critic of my work...If I live long enough...SALUTE your way
CW ya know how the police open up a bag ah white stuff and just take a little taste to see what it is? Well Terry does the same thing. He was Metallica before Metallica became Metallica if ya get my metal I mean meaning.
Hey CW what does that taste like? I dunno it tastes like metal. What kinda metal? I dunno let's ask Terry. Hey what are those two2 guys doin over there tasting the metal? Oh the doctor says they need ta add more iron to their diet.
I still use Temp sticks, I was using a infrared thermometer to check a part we're welding, preheat was 600D F. infrared was off over 100D. temp stick worked like a charm, even if you drop them.
James Keehn damn right on the temp sticks. My company was spending time and money on infrared thermometers for no damn reason. I asked them what the fuck is so hard about wiping a stick across the part
Terry how are you preheating the shaft ? When I worked in tool room we figured 1 hr/1” material to make it heated all the way through at the preheat temperature and post heat temp . We had a electric oven for our heating, set the temp and let it go heat . Terry the Welder
I have welded since I was about 15 now 63. Decided to start Tig about 3 years ago. Bought good equipment, took class at local Jr college. It was kinda like welding for first time. 3 years down road I use the Tig when I should be using mig for the speed factor. The nice thing about attending class at a local Jr college is you have all the equipment and consumables and metal to weld that you could ever want. When you go that route it is a cheap way to learn. Highly recommend that approach if you have the time and desire to learn welding, machining, or a long list of other skills that may have intrigued you in the past. I was always interested in machining. At 60 yo went back to school and got my CNC machining certificate. It was expensive though. Had to have my own machine shop in back yard.
They don't like much extra. They already loose time and money when it comes to me so I have to make it easier when they get it back to finish it. Make me a popular guy. :-)
That was a temp stick. I believe it said 800 for the temp. Great job... I was going to purchase a 200 Lincoln tig machine or a 186 Esab tig machine. Have you heard Any good things about those two machines.....
I retired from welding after 50 yrs. The only other thing I ever wanted to do was jump out of an airplane so I went up one day. When I was about to jump out the co-pilot said I needed a parachute... I said I didn't. .. I have these welding cables... I know they will get caught on something on the way down..
Impressive as ever Terry. Sorry if I've told you but I was a machinist, a precision grinder for 17 years.....until I had to pack up work due to lower back wearing out when I was 43. We never repaired any mistakes...luckily very few from me. Mainly external grinding, but also internal and thread grinding towards the end. We made turbochargers, mainly for trains, but some very large ones. Many bearing surfaces had a tolerance of 0.0003 inch but do to the gauging etc it had to be 0.0001. Did 1000s of shafts to these limits in my time.
A lot of the parts I work on go to a grinder when I'm done. :-)
I was playing with some 4340 myself when your video came up.
I wish I had your knowledge and expertise.Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for the kind words :-)
Thank you. I hope I can be of some help.:-)
Thank you!
Great job Terry. Amazing as usual!
Thanks Keith.
Appreciate you getting back to me. Keep up the great videos
Comfort is #1; and I like the way you always set up to make it as easy as you can... thom
It helps a lot.
nice! I find myself watching more and more of your vids just trying to pick up on technique. good stuff man...
Thank you buddy. Only about a 60 mile drive for first hand action:D
Thank you for the posts they are great. I may no learn something I can use from each but they are all entertaining and great.
Thank you for the kind words :-)
Looks great sir!
Every time I look at your vids you amaze me sir....as far as am concerned old is good....new ..time will tell...I`m gonna pull my small gig outfit out one day and than i`ll ask you for a critic of my work...If I live long enough...SALUTE your way
I'm sure you will do just fine. It only matters that it hold together.
Nice repair Terry. The nice thing about those tempilstiks they don't care about the emissivity of the surface like the no contact meters can.
Thanks buddy. I've always trust the temp sticks and they never let me down. My digital seams accurate to 500F but past that it gets iffy.
impressive as always. Will look as good as new 👍
That's what I hope for. :D
Love your work man!!
Thank you :D
In essence yes!
nice thing about a temp stick -they never lie - temp guns can trick you if the surface is shiny it can be reflective
I find that to be very true. The hotter it is the less accurate too.
It always mystifies me on how you know what flavor metal you are working on. And what to do and use to fix it! You are Magic!
CW ya know how the police open up a bag ah white stuff and just take a little taste to see what it is? Well Terry does the same thing.
He was Metallica before Metallica became Metallica if ya get my metal I mean meaning.
MostlymoparIH Ahhh, now I know. Thanks M&M.
Hey CW what does that taste like?
I dunno it tastes like metal.
What kinda metal?
I dunno let's ask Terry.
Hey what are those two2 guys doin over there tasting the metal?
Oh the doctor says they need ta add more iron to their diet.
Great job Terry , Thumbs up man ! You can weld about anything..LOL!!
Thanks Shawn, its just another day in the shop. :-)
I still use Temp sticks, I was using a infrared thermometer to check a part we're welding, preheat was 600D F. infrared was off over 100D. temp stick worked like a charm, even if you drop them.
I'm with you on that. I think temp sticks are much more accurate. Thanks.
James Keehn damn right on the temp sticks. My company was spending time and money on infrared thermometers for no damn reason. I asked them what the fuck is so hard about wiping a stick across the part
you make it look easy,nicely done as always
Terry how are you preheating the shaft ? When I worked in tool room we figured 1 hr/1” material to make it heated all the way through at the preheat temperature and post heat temp . We had a electric oven for our heating, set the temp and let it go heat . Terry the Welder
I used a torch. I used to have an oven and it did take a long time to heat up parts.
Main cutter shaft for a pretty serious chipping machine. Big power,big cutter,big speed!
Could be. They never say what it is. :/
Fixed , just like that. Bakers get to eat their mistakes, machinists mistakes are your bacon. As always, amazing, thanks for sharing.
I did some stick; and some mig. Never got a chance to tig.. Still love to watch it being done.. thom
Hope you get a chance to some time. You'll love it.
I have welded since I was about 15 now 63. Decided to start Tig about 3 years ago. Bought good equipment, took class at local Jr college. It was kinda like welding for first time. 3 years down road I use the Tig when I should be using mig for the speed factor. The nice thing about attending class at a local Jr college is you have all the equipment and consumables and metal to weld that you could ever want. When you go that route it is a cheap way to learn. Highly recommend that approach if you have the time and desire to learn welding, machining, or a long list of other skills that may have intrigued you in the past. I was always interested in machining. At 60 yo went back to school and got my CNC machining certificate. It was expensive though. Had to have my own machine shop in back yard.
Great job brother. Hey aint nothing wrong with old school. If it works don't break it right?
Cool Terry not much for them to machine now.
They don't like much extra. They already loose time and money when it comes to me so I have to make it easier when they get it back to finish it. Make me a popular guy. :-)
That was cheaper than starting over on the machining. You saved there bacon!
Thanks. I do a lot of repair welding. Its keeps me on my toes.
Nice quick repair. Sort of looks like a big gun barrel.
It had that blue color from heat treat. No hole for the bullet though. :-)
nice fix there brother
More of my gravy :D
That was a temp stick. I believe it said 800 for the temp. Great job... I was going to purchase a 200 Lincoln tig machine or a 186 Esab tig machine. Have you heard Any good things about those two machines.....
I don't have personal experience with those 2 brands but I know they both are quality machines. Thanks for asking.
I still use them! I have ones in my shop older than me lol
And you use templ-sticks to make sure... smart !!!
Always. :-)
Some great work there, fixing their boo boo
As long as there are mistakes I have work to do. :D
Love the videos. Was the pre and post heat to minimize distortion?
Pre and post heat is required on 30 and above carbon steels. Keeps it from shocking and getting brittle. Thanks for asking.
Old school is good !!
I agree:D
Nice repair
Thank you. I get to do a lot of this. Keep it out of the scrap bin :D
Can't go wrong with temp sticks
I always trust them.
Why the post heating?
That type of material requires some post weld stress relief to keep it from being brittle.
probably took you longer to load that thing in and out of the shop! Cheers
It did. lol.
Bet once it's ground down you'd never know a weld was there. =(
It shouldn't be visible at all. That means I did it right. 👌
TVMW. Nice.
Thanks Marty.
Be nice if we could actually see the weld instead the bright light.
I see OK 😂😂
Excellent work - lousy arc shots though. 😉
I know but I only get paid to weld :/
Tedious
It was. Thank you.
Danged if you don't make this the most interesting sh$%!! How you do that Terry!! LOL q:o)>
Robert
looks like the mess up is filled in plenty good.
Couldn't of done it better myself, well maybe a little bit better
😂😂😂😂!!! That's some skill there my friend!! Nice job terry!!
Thanks you. I get a lot of repair work but its not all video friendly :/
🍻 very little for the machinist to do. Nice.
Thank you buddy :D