Man. I love the way you point out not only how, but why you do stuff. That is how people who care to listen can actually learn stuff. And I believe that is why you make these videos. Great work, son.
I know what you mean. I can’t picture a time when I would need to do this myself, but seeing how it’s done, and explained so well, really makes it an approachable task if you have the right tools.
I was a welder/fitter/fabricator for 37 years in a Machine Shop/Fabrication Shop, I could show you how to make dogs that there’s no hammering! Just nuts,bolts, all thread rod and flat bar! I’d love to share it with you just don’t know how my friend, I’ve learned a lot throughout the years from one of my friends and one of the best fitters I’ve ever known! Just a suggestion my friend, I love repairing equipment more than new fabrication! lol it’s always a challenge and that’s what I loved so much! Thanks for sharing your talents with us and if I can ever help, I’d be proud to! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻 Good Job Brother 🤙🏻 You don’t want to crystallize of fatigue the metal with too much heat!
Half clamp method should be the only way to go. Can do some SERIOUS seam lining with that sumbitch, 1. Plate and dog method can bend the material/ fit up unevenly, 2. Ratcheting bolts is for the mechanics at Midas, not metal fabricators, 37 years though, definitely got some fat respect for you
I absolutely learned a few things from you about staggering your welts and things like that I never knew that but thank you this is a Jim mungai from Kennerdell a Pennsylvania
Awesome video ethan. From your 1st video over 9years ago, to now..im still learning and really enjoying your videos . Lets keep the journey going man. God bless
Dude I love this shit!!! Iam a welding inspector that taught himself how to do code welding. I wanted to be better at my job , for funzies, and side work. I really enjoy the stuff you share and its super rad!!! I love learning new things!!!
@@BPzeropoint Iam a NDT guy. So think x ray, PT,MT,UT stuff . Iam not a CWI but getting ready to take the test in 2022. So hopefully. I will be a CWI soon. You do not need to have a welding back ground to learn how to do NDT to inspect welds and other industrial bits. It helps but it is not a requirement. NDT has its own skillsets to do the job correctly, just as welding in all of its facets have there own skillsets.
@@BPzeropoint I am a LII in RT,PT,MT and limted in LII in UT. So that means I can only do thickness and defect scans. I have 17 years in it and just fell right into. I went to high school with the owners sons and I started 2 days after I graduate. Haha I am looking at starting a side hustle with welding and who knows where it goes. Just being open to options and pivot points in my life. So as getting into NDT , hmm 🤔 there are a couple ways . But I will make some other suggestions first. If you work for a company start asking questions about QA/QC. A lot of folks dont want to do it and you can fall into that way. If you are a code welder ,your experience can be very valuable. Get in nice with them dudes. Ask if you could see some of the code books if you get in a more friendly and familiar relationship with those folks. Also with that “code” are indifferent to if the welds are easy or hard to do. If the welder is having a bad day or a good day. My job is to look at the code. I cant add to the code . I cant take away from the code. So with that if i can morally and ethically help somone out , I will. My other suggestion is that you look into getting your CWI. There are many different jobs that fall under the CWI. You could be in an office looking at WPS all day or out in the field climbing pipe racks. But for the most part it’s probably going to be easier on your body. You are just basically making sure the cake( the weld and welding) is being baked by professionals and following the The recipe with the correct ingredients. Its a hard test and you should spend 1-2 years reading up on all the bits of a cwi. You can googles weld .com / Jason Becker talking about that on youtube. Also his arcjunkies podcast as well. He has aws stuff on there as well. Its a hard and expensive test but it will and can open up doors for you. I have talked to and worked with i CWI’s that are older and do it as a side hustle still in their 70-80’s. As for the NDT stuff, you can go to school for it . You can try to get into somone QC program and they will send you for training. You could also try to get into an entry level position mostly as an RT assistant/ hand for a company as well. I dont suggest this as you will more than likley take a pay cut and the bigger labs are hit or miss to work for. You have Team, Acureen, and Mistraus group as the big ones. It might be better to find a mom and pop shop or a mom and pop shop that got bigger such as integrity testing labs that is based out of DE. So NDT can be you climbing towers and pipe racks all day doing your job or sitting all day till its time to go home. It can be just 8 hour days or you are doing 16 hour days and random calls to shoot x ray in the middle of the night and on other folks lunch breaks. Just like in welding you could be sitting at a bench and welding like 2 scoket welds and thats it . Or you could be welding up 7-sch 40 6” cs and have to get them hydro in the same day. Also depending on the company and the culture, it could be hard to get your hours for your certs. Certs are based on education and on the job training hours. Some labs will only give you like one or two certs. If you get an in house cert its only good for that company you work for, unless you get some ASNT certs on your own. Thats one reason I suggest the CWI. Its your card, not the company. As switching labs/ company. Becomes this grey area for certs and re certing . Also the IRRSP card. That card always you do run a x ray job. Any questions just ask dude. That was a brief description on how to go about it. You can look on reddit as well. You can ask me and I can do my best to help you find the answers. Good luck dude! ( FOR THE LOVE OF GOD JUST GO AFTER THE CWI 😅😅😅)
@@BPzeropoint I have been using SI certs with there online CWI course. I have learned a lot. I am also very good at self study. Take 1-2 years to really hammer your stuff and go from there. Iam taking the d1.1 as well. Good luck dude!
@@BPzeropoint nope , you need the latest version of D1.1 2020 if you are going to take it to d1.1. I think they make a new one every 5 years. That old code book is still good though, cuz folks still can build to the older versions . Its like 680 ish if you are not a aws memeber. If you are a member which is like a 100 bucks , its like 480 I think. You are alwasy going to have to pay AWS in some way . But its a small amount of money you pay in comparison of what you can. Make with a cwi .
@@BPzeropoint well do the one that you are more comfortable with dude. That will be the one for you. Sounds like you are well rounded. Iam sure you can get in with a QC/QA group for some of the companies you work at, even more so after you get the CWI dude!
Spread it out! Its easy to see where stress was focused, at the crack. Now it is spread out over a much larger area. Alot of weight sets on that axle. Nice job! Thanks for the vids!
I had always skip welded but I never weld the welds back to back, I would offset them unless the weld procedure called for back to back! Just a little of my experience my friend! Thanks 🤙🏻
Good night. Congratulations for your work. I watch your videos here in Brazil, unfortunately I don't understand your language. but I can learn by watching the video. translation made with Google translator.
Dude, yes - your videos have been invaluable. I am getting ready to rig out of a GMC Topkick C70 (the old boxy one) with a flatbed, crane, and an SA200. So watching your videos are massively helpful to me. I was even a little bummed I didn't get to see how you specifically used your grinder to bevel some of those curvy sections. I am spending 10 months in a welding academy trying to master stick and tig process for high-pressure pipe. I am a structural hand though.
I read your email the other day I’m glad I could be of service in getting you into this field. What motor do you have in the truck? And what brand of crane is on it? I thought about the grinding part I could have done a little Time lapse that was on me. Good luck with your schooling the only advice I can give you don’t get discourage with all the tests. I failed a lot of plate and pipe tests before I got one to pass. I don’t know how long you’ve been Welding but remember that hood time is a good thing but weld as much as you can outside the booths.
Would really like to see you do a video on that subject! I’m sure it would take up a lot of your time for a video like that but I never hear anyone really talk about that. I never even heard of staggering your weld s like that. Very very cool
In this application, the lower strongback is as strong as the one above because it is loaded solely in tension. The upper one is in compression & is rightly on edge. Strongbacks in compression have to be factored for buckling. Welding on edge places more material further from the bending moment and is therefore stronger.
Think of your welds as if they are bolted connections, offsetting bolts will mean bolts will take loads one at a time... Tip, do not stager your "bolts", also your strongback becomes a compressive plate also. Your break presents as a "rotational /torque" failure. The fulcrum is coming from your "pin"; I would recommend four sides be reinforced and this will make a larger critical shear zone. Not stepping on your toes, just helping u understand load path failures, would love to do a team share video... You present the fracture, I'll tell you what caused it...
Rule of thumb if it broken under normal load then you brace because probably an engineering problem but your absolutely right about not wanting certain things to Ridgid or it causes way more damage
In 2008 I had exactly the same spent 1000 Canadian dollars on 2 days later I was off to buy new axle when it's broke in a different hope you have better luck than me
Nice repair...from a structural point, the root cause is a poor detail. The boxed section of flanged plate has almost all of the beam "web" cut out by the pivot tube...the boxed beam should have been a little deeper. You mentioned that the failure cause is usually overload from grain tank extensions and I'm sure that is spot on!! Most people don't realize the consequences of such action. The next failure will probable come in the main drive axle.... As a side note, you can increase the strength of the beam without much of a stiffness increase with the flange doublers alone. I'm sure you followed the owners direction, but most farmers aren't also structural engineers...again, good looking repair....
Actually they need to add weight to the reared of the combine. When they go down the road from field to field with the header on the backend begins to bounce. Those rear axles weren’t built to take the bounce.
You said you were worried about clearance issues underneath, I assume that means the machine isnt to far away so you get to have a look at the other axle in place to help you work out where you can and cant add bracing?
Great Job I have had Good luck doing what I call stress relieving weld it up all the welds on objecy let it cool to touch then heat it up with rose bud to 1000 degrees using temp stick or gun let it cool this works well on rock buckets and dozer blades
Looks fantastically done! I learned a lot from this video. Question, @14:05, I see 7018 1/8” was used at 110A. Isn’t that a little cold for that rod and with the steel being welded? I thought 120-125A for 7018 1/8”. No?
I have not seen this technique before, sort of TIG welding with a rod welder. Does the second stick act as a filler to bridge the two pieces? Does it melt completely? Does it work better because you have flux right down inside the weld? Pretty fascinated, I would like to understand the benefits and possible downsides.
Yeah it’s Texas tig. It’s frowned upon in the welding world but it’s a good technique if you could tell I was right on the edge of that joint and if I were to try to weld that gap it would’ve just kept blowing out. I use it quite a bit to be honest for certain applications it works great just know that what you’re doing is not a code if you know you’re gonna be grind it out or is a non-critical place it’s good.
My neighbor a long time welder used to consruct electrical poles they wanted one long weld all the way and he refused. He said the same like you it needs to flex or it will fail.
One of my favorite tools in the machine shop is a pair of 50-year-old cast iron wedges. I end up using them probably more than any other individual tool. Fantastically useful for squaring up stock, etc. I recently looked on eBay wanting to buy another pair to leave on another machine. I was not able to find them anywhere at any price, Not even used ones on eBay. I noticed that you seem to be using them while welding. On the off chance that you bought them this millennia, can you tell me the manufacturer name? Or any identifying information?
The little wedges I was using are Williams wedges. I bought them from welding supply store but you can get them off of Amazon they make a couple of different sizes those were 4 inch I’ve got 6 inch 2 inch and long 9 inches. The big wedges you saw one of them was a log splitting wedge the other one is a homemade one and it’s my favorite it’s made out of mild steel and is the perfect size it is 1-1/2 by 1-1/2 by 9 if you know somebody with a burn table or a track torch and if you can find some inch and a half plate I’ll tell you that’s the best one I’ve ever seen.
Good work! Can you elaborate more on the relationship between tension and compression on the reinforcement on the axle along with stiffness vs flexibility? Why is the part that's under compression oriented differently from the one under tension?
I can try. In a perfect world I would have braced both the top and the bottom the same way. A strong back Will take care of compression or tension given the right orientation which is an upright. I didn’t do it on this job because the bottom I think had clearance issues. Can’t always do what you want. So in the Welding world we call it ductility meaning that something can move so far before it fails or causes problems that I can’t spring back. You want things to move but not so much that they fail it’s kind of a balance that you have to kind of work out. The revision on the new combines had a strong back mounted on top from the factory that’s one reason I put that one in there. I hope that clears that up somewhat.
Hell I saw a guy use almost a whole reel of .045 er70 wire on a 1/16" sheet metal project and it was not finished when I got I. There was not one good weld on it. We scrapped because heat distorted all the metal. Iwish I would have taken a picture of it.
Great repair ...but At 16.23 you welded the end of the gusset plate that was cut square . I wouldn’t cut gusset square and wouldn’t weld on the end ...it might cause a stress point . Maybe cut gusset at twin 45degree to make a point sort of thing and weld or possibly not weld that area at all . It’s good to see people actually repair stuff and not bin the part ...this part will outlast the whole machine .
After 2 of these axles I decided to make one from scratch using a old spreaderbeam! And guess what that thing still rolls like it’s factory made! Even some types of JD got this hollow think junk axles on their machines! Not worth to fix! Cause you keep on doing it!
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Man. I love the way you point out not only how, but why you do stuff. That is how people who care to listen can actually learn stuff. And I believe that is why you make these videos. Great work, son.
I know what you mean. I can’t picture a time when I would need to do this myself, but seeing how it’s done, and explained so well, really makes it an approachable task if you have the right tools.
I was a welder/fitter/fabricator for 37 years in a Machine Shop/Fabrication Shop, I could show you how to make dogs that there’s no hammering! Just nuts,bolts, all thread rod and flat bar! I’d love to share it with you just don’t know how my friend, I’ve learned a lot throughout the years from one of my friends and one of the best fitters I’ve ever known! Just a suggestion my friend, I love repairing equipment more than new fabrication! lol it’s always a challenge and that’s what I loved so much! Thanks for sharing your talents with us and if I can ever help, I’d be proud to! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻 Good Job Brother 🤙🏻 You don’t want to crystallize of fatigue the metal with too much heat!
I was kinda thinking the same thing , them half ass wedge dogs aint worth the headache, cant go wrong with a screw dog
Half clamp method should be the only way to go. Can do some SERIOUS seam lining with that sumbitch, 1. Plate and dog method can bend the material/ fit up unevenly, 2. Ratcheting bolts is for the mechanics at Midas, not metal fabricators, 37 years though, definitely got some fat respect for you
I absolutely learned a few things from you about staggering your welts and things like that I never knew that but thank you this is a Jim mungai from Kennerdell a Pennsylvania
Extremely informative video. I do think it's funny that you ask us to excuse your "rambling" when that's where the great information comes from.
I love your videos , between IC Weld and yourself I could watch them all day lol
Glad you came out with a new video! Nice job. Always wanted to know how to weld. Requires thought, brains and talent, and you have it sir!
Awesome video ethan. From your 1st video over 9years ago, to now..im still learning and really enjoying your videos . Lets keep the journey going man. God bless
man that truck is cool! I love the Hydrulic outriggers
Great repair! Thanks for explaining why you do the offset welds. That makes perfect sense. I'm going to incorporate that into my repairs as needed.
Every bridge built will flex. If not they will break. Same here. Great video. Thank you.
Dude I love this shit!!! Iam a welding inspector that taught himself how to do code welding. I wanted to be better at my job , for funzies, and side work. I really enjoy the stuff you share and its super rad!!! I love learning new things!!!
@@BPzeropoint Iam a NDT guy. So think x ray, PT,MT,UT stuff . Iam not a CWI but getting ready to take the test in 2022. So hopefully. I will be a CWI soon. You do not need to have a welding back ground to learn how to do NDT to inspect welds and other industrial bits. It helps but it is not a requirement. NDT has its own skillsets to do the job correctly, just as welding in all of its facets have there own skillsets.
@@BPzeropoint I am a LII in RT,PT,MT and limted in LII in UT. So that means I can only do thickness and defect scans. I have 17 years in it and just fell right into. I went to high school with the owners sons and I started 2 days after I graduate.
Haha I am looking at starting a side hustle with welding and who knows where it goes.
Just being open to options and pivot points in my life.
So as getting into NDT , hmm 🤔 there are a couple ways . But I will make some other suggestions first. If you work for a company start asking questions about QA/QC. A lot of folks dont want to do it and you can fall into that way. If you are a code welder ,your experience can be very valuable. Get in nice with them dudes. Ask if you could see some of the code books if you get in a more friendly and familiar relationship with those folks.
Also with that “code” are indifferent to if the welds are easy or hard to do. If the welder is having a bad day or a good day. My job is to look at the code. I cant add to the code . I cant take away from the code. So with that if i can morally and ethically help somone out , I will.
My other suggestion is that you look into getting your CWI. There are many different jobs that fall under the CWI. You could be in an office looking at WPS all day or out in the field climbing pipe racks. But for the most part it’s probably going to be easier on your body. You are just basically making sure the cake( the weld and welding) is being baked by professionals and following the The recipe with the correct ingredients.
Its a hard test and you should spend 1-2 years reading up on all the bits of a cwi. You can googles weld .com / Jason Becker talking about that on youtube. Also his arcjunkies podcast as well. He has aws stuff on there as well. Its a hard and expensive test but it will and can open up doors for you. I have talked to and worked with i CWI’s that are older and do it as a side hustle still in their 70-80’s.
As for the NDT stuff, you can go to school for it . You can try to get into somone QC program and they will send you for training.
You could also try to get into an entry level position mostly as an RT assistant/ hand for a company as well. I dont suggest this as you will more than likley take a pay cut and the bigger labs are hit or miss to work for. You have Team, Acureen, and Mistraus group as the big ones. It might be better to find a mom and pop shop or a mom and pop shop that got bigger such as integrity testing labs that is based out of DE.
So NDT can be you climbing towers and pipe racks all day doing your job or sitting all day till its time to go home. It can be just 8 hour days or you are doing 16 hour days and random calls to shoot x ray in the middle of the night and on other folks lunch breaks. Just like in welding you could be sitting at a bench and welding like 2 scoket welds and thats it . Or you could be welding up 7-sch 40 6” cs and have to get them hydro in the same day.
Also depending on the company and the culture, it could be hard to get your hours for your certs. Certs are based on education and on the job training hours. Some labs will only give you like one or two certs. If you get an in house cert its only good for that company you work for, unless you get some ASNT certs on your own. Thats one reason I suggest the CWI. Its your card, not the company. As switching labs/ company. Becomes this grey area for certs and re certing . Also the IRRSP card. That card always you do run a x ray job.
Any questions just ask dude. That was a brief description on how to go about it. You can look on reddit as well. You can ask me and I can do my best to help you find the answers. Good luck dude!
( FOR THE LOVE OF GOD JUST GO AFTER THE CWI 😅😅😅)
@@BPzeropoint I have been using SI certs with there online CWI course. I have learned a lot. I am also very good at self study. Take 1-2 years to really hammer your stuff and go from there. Iam taking the d1.1 as well. Good luck dude!
@@BPzeropoint nope , you need the latest version of D1.1 2020 if you are going to take it to d1.1. I think they make a new one every 5 years. That old code book is still good though, cuz folks still can build to the older versions . Its like 680 ish if you are not a aws memeber. If you are a member which is like a 100 bucks , its like 480 I think. You are alwasy going to have to pay AWS in some way . But its a small amount of money you pay in comparison of what you can. Make with a cwi .
@@BPzeropoint well do the one that you are more comfortable with dude. That will be the one for you. Sounds like you are well rounded. Iam sure you can get in with a QC/QA group for some of the companies you work at, even more so after you get the CWI dude!
I've missed having new videos of you and Ketchup!! Keep them coming please!!!
Great information and work, as always! Enjoy your work, thank you for taking us along.
Very informative professional video. We never stop learning. Happy New Year...
It’s cool to see a true craftsman at work ! 💪👍🏼
Great job Ethan looks like its going to be better than factory , love the way you stepped back on those welds keep them coming
nice work Ethan .ive done the same type of work myself same concept . great video
Very nice job. Thank you for the video Ethan.
Spread it out! Its easy to see where stress was focused, at the crack. Now it is spread out over a much larger area. Alot of weight sets on that axle. Nice job! Thanks for the vids!
Your not rambling your passing on information and knowledge. Thank you
This reminds me of some of the work i did with my dad groing up in East Africa......good memories🙂🙂🙂
Always enjoy watching your videos. Thanks for sharing!!!!!
I learn a lot from your videos .Thank you. Beautiful repair
Very good. I've subbed after learning some great tips. HAPPY 2022 TO ALL.
Your videos are an absolute treat. Great work man
Just found your channel, very nice job, I will continue to follow you now!
I had always skip welded but I never weld the welds back to back, I would offset them unless the weld procedure called for back to back! Just a little of my experience my friend! Thanks 🤙🏻
Thanks for the video I did learn something from it Thank you for explaining the welds and how you did the bracing on it
Good night. Congratulations for your work. I watch your videos here in Brazil, unfortunately I don't understand your language. but I can learn by watching the video. translation made with Google translator.
Great comments on stress points and use od strong backs! I have repaired many a piece of farm machinery and the all bend and twist in their own way.
Classic its always a good one. Because of you I have 2 sa200's & 1 miller big 20. One day you will be watching my videos.
Can’t wait man fire them up and let me hear them lol.
great to see you are doing well, cheers from Orlando, Florida, Paul
Dude, yes - your videos have been invaluable. I am getting ready to rig out of a GMC Topkick C70 (the old boxy one) with a flatbed, crane, and an SA200. So watching your videos are massively helpful to me. I was even a little bummed I didn't get to see how you specifically used your grinder to bevel some of those curvy sections. I am spending 10 months in a welding academy trying to master stick and tig process for high-pressure pipe. I am a structural hand though.
I read your email the other day I’m glad I could be of service in getting you into this field. What motor do you have in the truck? And what brand of crane is on it? I thought about the grinding part I could have done a little Time lapse that was on me. Good luck with your schooling the only advice I can give you don’t get discourage with all the tests. I failed a lot of plate and pipe tests before I got one to pass. I don’t know how long you’ve been Welding but remember that hood time is a good thing but weld as much as you can outside the booths.
@@EEJester1586 For sure. Engine is Cat 3208. Ill have to look at Crane again.
@@synago_scribe I gotch good deal I like the old mechanical motors better than the new electronic ones.
We did this exact thing on an older International combine, went to reinstall and all the holes were a 3/16 off from the mates on the combine.
Thanks for sharing. For me this information is gold. Now that I am learning how to repair my broken bobtach on my Bobcat🧐👍
Excellent information you shared !!!!! Thank you sincerely for your efforts!!!!!
Good video on a practical repair job , Nice work !
Great video, I always look forward to your videos.
I enjoy your videos very much.
Beautiful work !!
Another awesome video , keep up the good work !
Would really like to see you do a video on that subject! I’m sure it would take up a lot of your time for a video like that but I never hear anyone really talk about that. I never even heard of staggering your weld s like that. Very very cool
In this application, the lower strongback is as strong as the one above because it is loaded solely in tension. The upper one is in compression & is rightly on edge. Strongbacks in compression have to be factored for buckling. Welding on edge places more material further from the bending moment and is therefore stronger.
Look’n good, look’n alright. Amazing words of wisdom.👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Nice job dude...weld look nice as hell!!!
great video I always love your content . keep up the great work
Love your videos brother!
Very nice repair!👍👍👍
I appreciate your work Sir... 💯🎯😉
Excellent work and informative.
great video.. im trying to learn some more on equipment repair to help me get different kinds of work
You should check out “ IC Weld” the equipment guru!
7018 very gud welding electrode
Always very interesting thanks for sharing your knowledge Ethan 👀🇦🇺🦘👍
Awesome learned something new about moving stress points!
Appreciate your advice, I never thought of it that way
Think of your welds as if they are bolted connections, offsetting bolts will mean bolts will take loads one at a time...
Tip, do not stager your "bolts", also your strongback becomes a compressive plate also.
Your break presents as a "rotational /torque" failure.
The fulcrum is coming from your "pin"; I would recommend four sides be reinforced and this will make a larger critical shear zone.
Not stepping on your toes, just helping u understand load path failures, would love to do a team share video...
You present the fracture, I'll tell you what caused it...
Rule of thumb if it broken under normal load then you brace because probably an engineering problem but your absolutely right about not wanting certain things to Ridgid or it causes way more damage
In 2008 I had exactly the same spent 1000 Canadian dollars on 2 days later I was off to buy new axle when it's broke in a different hope you have better luck than me
Nice work!
Nice presentation. Will it matters if the finish produce lengthened by 1/4-3/8 inches?
Nice job you can tell experience 👍
Nice repair...from a structural point, the root cause is a poor detail. The boxed section of flanged plate has almost all of the beam "web" cut out by the pivot tube...the boxed beam should have been a little deeper. You mentioned that the failure cause is usually overload from grain tank extensions and I'm sure that is spot on!! Most people don't realize the consequences of such action. The next failure will probable come in the main drive axle....
As a side note, you can increase the strength of the beam without much of a stiffness increase with the flange doublers alone. I'm sure you followed the owners direction, but most farmers aren't also structural engineers...again, good looking repair....
Actually they need to add weight to the reared of the combine. When they go down the road from field to field with the header on the backend begins to bounce. Those rear axles weren’t built to take the bounce.
when you cut the plate straight then welded the ends solid you created a stress riser vs making the ends as a radius
I personally like running 6010 uphill on big gaps
thank you for taking the time to explain for me , I love welding I just din't have the time to lear it.
You said you were worried about clearance issues underneath, I assume that means the machine isnt to far away so you get to have a look at the other axle in place to help you work out where you can and cant add bracing?
Nice vid. I’d love an update on your truck, if you have continued to make improvements to it. Thank you
ok 👍👍💁💖
Great job! Good info! New subscriber! 🤙🏻
Thanks for the lesson and demo. I was wondering why you didn't check the level of the axle before you rooted everything?
Great video
Great Job I have had Good luck doing what I call stress relieving weld it up all the welds on objecy let it cool to touch then heat it up with rose bud to 1000 degrees using temp stick or gun let it cool this works well on rock buckets and dozer blades
Looks fantastically done! I learned a lot from this video. Question, @14:05, I see 7018 1/8” was used at 110A. Isn’t that a little cold for that rod and with the steel being welded? I thought 120-125A for 7018 1/8”. No?
All welders are different my machine burns on the hot side but 110 is good on 1/8” if your burning out of position.
Take care, and God bless my friend!
Very entertaining! Is That Your Truck ?That Things Huge👏🏼🤟🏼👍🏼 Good Job Sir..
I have not seen this technique before, sort of TIG welding with a rod welder. Does the second stick act as a filler to bridge the two pieces? Does it melt completely? Does it work better because you have flux right down inside the weld? Pretty fascinated, I would like to understand the benefits and possible downsides.
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Yeah it’s Texas tig. It’s frowned upon in the welding world but it’s a good technique if you could tell I was right on the edge of that joint and if I were to try to weld that gap it would’ve just kept blowing out. I use it quite a bit to be honest for certain applications it works great just know that what you’re doing is not a code if you know you’re gonna be grind it out or is a non-critical place it’s good.
My neighbor a long time welder used to consruct electrical poles they wanted one long weld all the way and he refused. He said the same like you it needs to flex or it will fail.
I get it, it's load transfer, it least that's what I called back in the day
nice work
Very good my friend aqui no Brasil eu também trabalho com reparos desse tipo , na área de construção e reparo naval
Why didn't you weld the stiff back solid?
One of my favorite tools in the machine shop is a pair of 50-year-old cast iron wedges. I end up using them probably more than any other individual tool. Fantastically useful for squaring up stock, etc. I recently looked on eBay wanting to buy another pair to leave on another machine. I was not able to find them anywhere at any price, Not even used ones on eBay. I noticed that you seem to be using them while welding. On the off chance that you bought them this millennia, can you tell me the manufacturer name? Or any identifying information?
The little wedges I was using are Williams wedges. I bought them from welding supply store but you can get them off of Amazon they make a couple of different sizes those were 4 inch I’ve got 6 inch 2 inch and long 9 inches. The big wedges you saw one of them was a log splitting wedge the other one is a homemade one and it’s my favorite it’s made out of mild steel and is the perfect size it is 1-1/2 by 1-1/2 by 9 if you know somebody with a burn table or a track torch and if you can find some inch and a half plate I’ll tell you that’s the best one I’ve ever seen.
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@@slickrick8562 I'm sorry, what do you mean?
Make your own out of mild steel, they need to bite, also make pairs at different angles, fast and slow wedges, you can move anything with a wedge.
Repaired any case flagship axles yet? 8240, 8230? Case sure likes to build weak rear axles.
The Axle is then magnafluxed roto peaned and balanced.
Won't it bend because of the weight of the shaft and the distance between the stands plus the heat being applied .
Hows Your Old Dozer coming along. I havent seen a video in a While.Great job on this repair.
Been filming some of the motor being built that will be part 3 hopefully coming next week.
@@EEJester1586 Awesome. The way you fixed the block was Cool. I was just wondering about it. Thank You for getting back with me...
How much did you charge for this repair ? If you don’t mind me asking
Good work! Can you elaborate more on the relationship between tension and compression on the reinforcement on the axle along with stiffness vs flexibility? Why is the part that's under compression oriented differently from the one under tension?
I can try. In a perfect world I would have braced both the top and the bottom the same way. A strong back Will take care of compression or tension given the right orientation which is an upright. I didn’t do it on this job because the bottom I think had clearance issues. Can’t always do what you want. So in the Welding world we call it ductility meaning that something can move so far before it fails or causes problems that I can’t spring back. You want things to move but not so much that they fail it’s kind of a balance that you have to kind of work out. The revision on the new combines had a strong back mounted on top from the factory that’s one reason I put that one in there. I hope that clears that up somewhat.
Hell I saw a guy use almost a whole reel of .045 er70 wire on a 1/16" sheet metal project and it was not finished when I got I. There was not one good weld on it. We scrapped because heat distorted all the metal. Iwish I would have taken a picture of it.
thank you learned alot of info
Well done
That gap on top won't that throw the bolt pattern out by a 1/8th to a 1/4 and there was a 1/4 gap on your stiffener so something was out of wack
Nice beading or "worm" or oud in the Philippines
Why not hook up a come along or two to squeeze it together then weld?
Great repair ...but
At 16.23 you welded the end of the gusset plate that was cut square . I wouldn’t cut gusset square and wouldn’t weld on the end ...it might cause a stress point . Maybe cut gusset at twin 45degree to make a point sort of thing and weld or possibly not weld that area at all . It’s good to see people actually repair stuff and not bin the part ...this part will outlast the whole machine .
I thought about that too. If it was any wider I would have Diamond notched it. Very good point though you definitely know your stuff.
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controlling HAZ heat affected zone can do wonders on controlling where crack start
What about rust jacking? Where the is no weld water can filter in, cause rust and and split the members apart.
Where in Ms? Nearest town?
Macon.
After 2 of these axles I decided to make one from scratch using a old spreaderbeam! And guess what that thing still rolls like it’s factory made! Even some types of JD got this hollow think junk axles on their machines! Not worth to fix! Cause you keep on doing it!