Any potential customer that watches your videos would know the quality of work you do and wouldn't mind paying, anyone else you probably wouldn't want as a customer anyway.
Wow what a nightmare job that turned out to be. It fought you at every turn. End result was brilliant. Hopefully that second one won’t be such a battle. Thanks again Oliver for taking the time to film, edit and post these videos.
I am happy to join with others admiring your persistence and "can do" attitude Ollie. Having some small experience with quoting in another field, quoting is just a way to lose money on jobs which turn into a black hole of surprises!
CEE's gantry crane was designed and used to move helicopters around that repurposed hangar. (ChatGPT: The mass of a typical commuter helicopter, such as the Bell 206 JetRanger or Robinson R44, ranges between 1,000 kg to 1,500 kg (2,200 to 3,300 pounds). These helicopters are designed to carry a few passengers and are commonly used for short flights, including airport transfers.)
With your work you really don't need to quote especially for all the times you have to repair or even undo work done by others. To those who want a fixed quote tell them to go elsewhere - that is if they can someone who does your quality work or is even prepared to take on the work. You do good stuff. Your name is getting out there. And word of mouth business is the best business you can get. Keep it up. Retired mechanic/machinist in Land Down Under.
Always amazed at how patient and persistent you are. Another great job of turning a very damaged part into something as good as new. Many thanks for all your videos - my Sunday morning treat!
In spite of this turning out to be a nightmare job you took the time to discuss and explain your plan of attack and the results of that attack. I hope you realise how helpful this is and how grateful your viewers are for it. Thanks very much and I hope you are having a restful Sunday. BTW, it was nice seeing you in short sleeves for a few moments! 🙂
Here from across the pond we call those things rotator attachments. Since I work on heavy equipment here, I also work on these. What a pain in the arse for sure. Nice video Snowball.
Excellent work as usual Ollie, I never used to give quotes, always estimates because as in this case, you usually end up repairing someone else’s bodges ! Enjoyed that very much! Phil
Son, you have a set of skills that many people would love to have, I enjoy the thought process you put into making the repairs, thank God that there are still people in the repair business and not the EGG heads that have taken basket weaving 101 in college that think they know everything.
Very good again Ollie. Quality repair,sadly this is not often seen in our throw away world. My town had lots of places you could take something to be repaired, now they’re all gone. That’s why it’s called Snowball Engineering,not Snowball Welding and Fabricating. Best of British. All the best.
I bet the first customer mentioned to someone about you taking on this job and word got around you're the guy. Word of mouth is the best advertising. If they have any questions about your work, they can always look you up on YT. Good stuff!
Glad you're always busy, no doubt the U tube channel and other social media has helped with that. It's a show case of your many talents, from pre fabrication works to putting right JCB's errors. Really interesting job, you see these things being used but never really understand the engineering behind them. What I like is, that like Kurtis over at CEE you explain and show the part on the machine. 👍
Agree! Since I'm not from the Ag or heavy machine world - I sometimes don't understand what the part does - or how it failed. So glad you show it in operation (like Kurtis does). Really helps!!
What a battle getting that shaft out! I was expecting you would bore the hole to clean out all the old weld while you had it on the mill the first time.
I think the best part of all this is you can tell he truly loves the adventure of what he’s doing. If he has a boss he answers too that guy is incredibly blessed with this young man.
Cracking job Ollie, like you said almost impossible to quote for a job like that! No two same jobs are the same! Ever! Or very rarely. Keep up the good fight 👌
My first thought when I saw this job was oh ****, now what have you got yourself in this time lad? Still credit to you, you worked out what needed to be done, how to do it, then got stuck in! When I saw the state of the "repair" welds, I knew you had drawn the short straw. Well done Ollie, some of the best work I've seen, all the different skills you showed shown why you get work from far and afield.
Wow ! More completely worn out equipment they bring you to make new for them . I hope you get rewarded financially for saving them the cost of buying replacement equipment.
I’m relieved to hear that you avoid quotes, it’s very easy to lose money on a job. With the level of care and attention that you put in I can’t imagine you get many customers whining about the cost. Hope the second one is easier 🙏
Now that wasn’t easy, but I just love how nothing flossers you. He just resolve the problem straightaway. Great content something different this week thank you.
You did a great job with this one ! I wondered how you would overcome all the difficulties to make the finished job good. You are getting known across other parts of the country now ! Thanks for taking us along as you did it. Brian from South Yorkshire
Very interesting and adsorbing video. The time flew for me. Excellent angles and great to sit along and watch your throught process as it all unfolded and got put back together. Cheers.
Always enjoy my Snowball Sundays, watching the trials and trepidations of our valiant hero and the horrible jobs he gets tasked with! That was a particularly nasty one, due to the butchery of a former repair! Have a good week Oly!
Mr. Snowball, you are getting very professional I must say! The jobs - yes, always, but viedos are great with details explained and just great end result!
You seem to take on jobs that are harder and harder. Maybe no one else would do it. It was clever the way you found the centre I was thinking how on earth is he going to do that. Good luck Ollie.👍
To get them molten beads off from workpiece I've used piece of old file welded to D=20mm tube or similar. Gets more mass into pushing them off + can make them different sizes to fit all small caps and one regrind and edge is like brand new. I like the thinking about solving these repairs - that's the way I have to sort farm equipment repairs also. Great content!
No cóż, zlecenie niezbyt skomplikowane ale wymagające dużego nakładu pracy i cierpliwości. Praca wykonana dokładnie i wizualnie bez zastrzeżeń .Trzeba być cierpliwym i nie poddawać się gdy coś nie wychodzi . Gdybyś miał potrzebne maszyny do obróbki Twoja praca byłaby łatwiejsza i szybsza w wykonaniu. Robota super!😀
First thought I had when you said you were going to rotate the gear was that I'd also flip it over, to expose more unworn tooth surface. Then you did exactly that… ! Great minds think alike! Keep up the great work, Oliver.
A first-class job again Oliver, you video everything, warts and all and your ability to find a solution to unexpected problems and produce the best work possible is amazing, there is little wonder you are getting work from further afield, Bodge it and Scarper Ltd will be out of business in no time.
Looks good. You are certainly persistent and inventive. A hydraulic press or the hollow style cylinder or both would make a big difference. The hollow style helps with jobs like this because most presses won't accommodate larger objects.
That gear was determined not to come off, even when you attacked it with the big hammer. But you used almost every tool in the workshop and it failed to succeed in staying on. You won! That must have been one of the hardest things you've had come in. You sure got a workout getting that gear off. You even got so hot you had to take your gear off!!!
Hi Oliver, thanks for another great video mate, getting the old pin out opened up an unseen can of worms for you, but that's the name of the game in your line of work. The repair went great, no problem there, I hope you have an easier time whith the second one. Stay safe mate, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart UK.
Well young man you definitely had the challenge there . I guess from the moment that pin plate was turned over to show the amount of welding on the back it was going to be an epic repair . Just shows how good you are with your method of tackling a job. A great repair probably better than original . Strange how you say never had 1 then you get 2 . At least the second one you will know whats coming hopefully its not as bad as the first
Oliver, interesting repair! Hope you video the second piece you need to repair, would be interesting to compare the two repairs. Thanks for bringing us along.
Nicely done, agree on the quoting, If I have to quote it usually means the customer is asking around and wants it done cheap. So I just quote very high to cover things you just can't anticipate ... just in case !!
Well you certainly showed that box turner a lot more care than it's owner has. You should have included a grease cartridge when you packaged it up just so they know what one looks like !
yes mate for sure but i think you would have to include detailed instructions on it use and how you would need a grease gun maybe have to include one of them and a recommendation to a good maintenance guy to go along with is Cheers mate
Another silk purse Oliver. Knowing how challenging agricultural repairs can be you've done a great job of reaching a worn out and poorly previously repaired piece of equipment. You'd be mad to try to quote for work like that.
morning although its is evening here great job lots of hidden extras on that one for sure i hope you got paid for all the extra work and time involved with it you say you now have another great job getting known for your excellent workmanship and ethics at least you have an idea on the next one may go a little better time wise just like your work i learn from all the machinist i watch you are one of them thank you although i wont nothing to do with large jobs such as this for sure only small shop and like it that way CHEERS mate
I like that you show the video clip of the rotator in use. It helps to see what's going on when you receive the equipment "in bits". I really liked it when you showed the animation of the baler and its flywheel the other day. Also, would it have been an advantage to face the welds off of the gear and shaft in the first place rather than gouging?
Another good job well done..usually a good sharp piece of tool steel works good mostly those carbide tools like a good bit of speed which u can't do with all that stick out plus the quil length awesome content thks ...
Very interesting thank you. That’s a lot of labour for a simple construction, must be borderline economical repair. Struggle to watch you barehanded with that angle grinder, I had an industrial accident when i was your age and has badly impacted me for the last 30 years, good that you watch your eyes and ears and lungs, but fingers and backs are vulnerable too.
Great to watch as always. Maybe could have indicated the internal bore from the outer cog (unworn inner part of the teeth). That would ensure the inner bore was concentric with the outer cog. The inside may have worn unevenly and no be any longer central.
Snowball Engineering and Cutting Edge Engineering just made my weekend!
Any potential customer that watches your videos would know the quality of work you do and wouldn't mind paying, anyone else you probably wouldn't want as a customer anyway.
Wow what a nightmare job that turned out to be. It fought you at every turn. End result was brilliant. Hopefully that second one won’t be such a battle. Thanks again Oliver for taking the time to film, edit and post these videos.
...well, "we live and learn!!!"...
I am happy to join with others admiring your persistence and "can do" attitude Ollie. Having some small experience with quoting in another field, quoting is just a way to lose money on jobs which turn into a black hole of surprises!
Gantry crane did I hear gantry crane ?
Another enjoyable Sunday morning coffee and video
If possible, try to put in a bridge crane.
CEE's gantry crane was designed and used to move helicopters around that repurposed hangar. (ChatGPT: The mass of a typical commuter helicopter, such as the Bell 206 JetRanger or Robinson R44, ranges between 1,000 kg to 1,500 kg (2,200 to 3,300 pounds). These helicopters are designed to carry a few passengers and are commonly used for short flights, including airport transfers.)
With your work you really don't need to quote especially for all the times you have to repair or even undo work done by others. To those who want a fixed quote tell them to go elsewhere - that is if they can someone who does your quality work or is even prepared to take on the work. You do good stuff. Your name is getting out there. And word of mouth business is the best business you can get. Keep it up. Retired mechanic/machinist in Land Down Under.
"...l come from a Land Down Under, where women glow and men plunder..."
@@daleburrell6273 So that's what the lyric is!
Top bloke for showing your errors! and not editing them out. I'm a welder fabricator too I appreciate the honesty. 👍
Always amazed at how patient and persistent you are. Another great job of turning a very damaged part into something as good as new. Many thanks for all your videos - my Sunday morning treat!
In spite of this turning out to be a nightmare job you took the time to discuss and explain your plan of attack and the results of that attack. I hope you realise how helpful this is and how grateful your viewers are for it. Thanks very much and I hope you are having a restful Sunday. BTW, it was nice seeing you in short sleeves for a few moments! 🙂
Here from across the pond we call those things rotator attachments. Since I work on heavy equipment here, I also work on these. What a pain in the arse for sure. Nice video Snowball.
Excellent work as usual Ollie, I never used to give quotes, always estimates because as in this case, you usually end up repairing someone else’s bodges ! Enjoyed that very much!
Phil
Son, you have a set of skills that many people would love to have, I enjoy the thought process you put into making the repairs, thank God that there are still people in the repair business and not the EGG heads that have taken basket weaving 101 in college that think they know everything.
The Engineers Black Book is a nifty little companion for machinery work like that.
Oliver, Major props on you going after these jobs 👏 👌🏻
Great job Oliver!!! The next one will be faster and better. You know what they say? “Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect”
Very good again Ollie. Quality repair,sadly this is not often seen in our throw away world. My town had lots of places you could take something to be repaired, now they’re all gone. That’s why it’s called Snowball Engineering,not Snowball Welding and Fabricating. Best of British. All the best.
I bet the first customer mentioned to someone about you taking on this job and word got around you're the guy. Word of mouth is the best advertising. If they have any questions about your work, they can always look you up on YT. Good stuff!
Glad you're always busy, no doubt the U tube channel and other social media has helped with that. It's a show case of your many talents, from pre fabrication works to putting right JCB's errors. Really interesting job, you see these things being used but never really understand the engineering behind them. What I like is, that like Kurtis over at CEE you explain and show the part on the machine. 👍
Agree! Since I'm not from the Ag or heavy machine world - I sometimes don't understand what the part does - or how it failed. So glad you show it in operation (like Kurtis does). Really helps!!
Love this guy he tells you the truth he’s the first to point out his mistakes what a honest person keep the good work coming Oliver much appreciated x
What a battle getting that shaft out! I was expecting you would bore the hole to clean out all the old weld while you had it on the mill the first time.
No sweat Ollie knows what he is doing
Interesting equipment, a challenging repair, and a lesson on cutting inserts... All this Oliver is why me/us look forward to your videos.
That adjustable workbench (forklift) sure is handy for getting jobs at a convenient height.
It’s very handy
I think the best part of all this is you can tell he truly loves the adventure of what he’s doing. If he has a boss he answers too that guy is incredibly blessed with this young man.
Nice to see I'm not the only one who has one of those fully-adjustable workbenches from Hyster!
I have one from caterpillar but since it has electronic servo controls i dont cut and weld on it
Hello Oliver from the USA....yep she was a fighter for sure. Great work as always!
Cracking job Ollie, like you said almost impossible to quote for a job like that! No two same jobs are the same! Ever! Or very rarely. Keep up the good fight 👌
My first thought when I saw this job was oh ****, now what have you got yourself in this time lad? Still credit to you, you worked out what needed to be done, how to do it, then got stuck in! When I saw the state of the "repair" welds, I knew you had drawn the short straw. Well done Ollie, some of the best work I've seen, all the different skills you showed shown why you get work from far and afield.
Wow ! More completely worn out equipment they bring you to make new for them . I hope you get rewarded financially for saving them the cost of buying replacement equipment.
Great job Ollie. Thanks for the video. I look forward to your videos everyday.
I like the use of “10X” speed on repetitive operations.
Oliver, thank you for showing the operation of the tipper at the beginning. You do work on interesting things.
I’m relieved to hear that you avoid quotes, it’s very easy to lose money on a job. With the level of care and attention that you put in I can’t imagine you get many customers whining about the cost. Hope the second one is easier 🙏
The project turned out to be very thoughtful, thorough, neat and of high quality. Bravo!
Now that wasn’t easy, but I just love how nothing flossers you. He just resolve the problem straightaway. Great content something different this week thank you.
Enjoying the down-to-earth practical decisions you make.. Thanks for sharing.
You did a great job with this one ! I wondered how you would overcome all the difficulties to make the finished job good. You are getting known across other parts of the country now ! Thanks for taking us along as you did it. Brian from South Yorkshire
Very interesting and adsorbing video. The time flew for me. Excellent angles and great to sit along and watch your throught process as it all unfolded and got put back together. Cheers.
Always enjoy my Snowball Sundays, watching the trials and trepidations of our valiant hero and the horrible jobs he gets tasked with! That was a particularly nasty one, due to the butchery of a former repair! Have a good week Oly!
Never is a good thing having to sort out the mess others make, but well done by you.
Mr. Snowball, you are getting very professional I must say! The jobs - yes, always, but viedos are great with details explained and just great end result!
Thank you Oliver, love your Sunday morning videos. That was a job and a half well done👍👌
You seem to take on jobs that are harder and harder. Maybe no one else would do it. It was clever the way you found the centre I was thinking how on earth is he going to do that. Good luck Ollie.👍
No matter how hard the job is, you never give up that is what inpress me.
To get them molten beads off from workpiece I've used piece of old file welded to D=20mm tube or similar. Gets more mass into pushing them off + can make them different sizes to fit all small caps and one regrind and edge is like brand new. I like the thinking about solving these repairs - that's the way I have to sort farm equipment repairs also. Great content!
Proper can of worms that one, good thing about documenting your work is the customer can see what goes into the repair.
No cóż, zlecenie niezbyt skomplikowane ale wymagające dużego nakładu pracy i cierpliwości. Praca wykonana dokładnie i wizualnie bez zastrzeżeń .Trzeba być cierpliwym i nie poddawać się gdy coś nie wychodzi . Gdybyś miał potrzebne maszyny do obróbki Twoja praca byłaby łatwiejsza i szybsza w wykonaniu. Robota super!😀
First thought I had when you said you were going to rotate the gear was that I'd also flip it over, to expose more unworn tooth surface.
Then you did exactly that… !
Great minds think alike!
Keep up the great work, Oliver.
Magic.
Your type of repair really is great. I work as a volunteer on a canal restoration. We do so much in. A similar vein.
Thank you !!
A first-class job again Oliver, you video everything, warts and all and your ability to find a solution to unexpected problems and produce the best work possible is amazing, there is little wonder you are getting work from further afield, Bodge it and Scarper Ltd will be out of business in no time.
Your shop is such a happy place with all the music, applause, and laughter
That’s a lot of work for what seemed on the face of it a straightforward job. Well done 👏🏻
Those hoodies must be bloody good. You start off wearing it and end up in short sleeves ! I enjoy your videos mate. keep them coming.
Very interesting project, you get some great jobs and do a great job. Have a good day. From the Texas Hill Country
Wow! What a job! Great work! Young lad! Thanks for sharing!
Looks good. You are certainly persistent and inventive. A hydraulic press or the hollow style cylinder or both would make a big difference. The hollow style helps with jobs like this because most presses won't accommodate larger objects.
That gear was determined not to come off, even when you attacked it with the big hammer. But you used almost every tool in the workshop and it failed to succeed in staying on. You won! That must have been one of the hardest things you've had come in. You sure got a workout getting that gear off. You even got so hot you had to take your gear off!!!
Hi Oliver, thanks for another great video mate, getting the old pin out opened up an unseen can of worms for you, but that's the name of the game in your line of work. The repair went great, no problem there, I hope you have an easier time whith the second one. Stay safe mate, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart UK.
Well young man you definitely had the challenge there . I guess from the moment that pin plate was turned over to show the amount of welding on the back it was going to be an epic repair . Just shows how good you are with your method of tackling a job. A great repair probably better than original . Strange how you say never had 1 then you get 2 . At least the second one you will know whats coming hopefully its not as bad as the first
Oliver, interesting repair! Hope you video the second piece you need to repair, would be interesting to compare the two repairs. Thanks for bringing us along.
I’ve done the second one already. Unfortunately I didn’t video it.
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Did the job go easier?
Fascinating video. Love the way you approach your projects.
Good morning!
Coffee time....☕
Really felt for you on this one. A real fighter the whole way.
Good morning Oliver, another belter is here
Nicely done, agree on the quoting, If I have to quote it usually means the customer is asking around and wants it done cheap. So I just quote very high to cover things you just can't anticipate ... just in case !!
It Dont matter if some people might think it's abuses at the end of the day. it's your machinery, not anyone else's great video as always, fella 👍
Another “better than new” job. Nice work!
Well you certainly showed that box turner a lot more care than it's owner has. You should have included a grease cartridge when you packaged it up just so they know what one looks like !
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...YOU BETCHER LIFESAVERS...
yes mate for sure but i think you would have to include detailed instructions on it use and how you would need a grease gun maybe have to include one of them and a recommendation to a good maintenance guy to go along with is Cheers mate
Most farmers just want their equipment to work with minimum maintenance.
Interesting how they treat expensive equipment.
This machine is old, probably older than me. Things just wear out eventually
Excellent final product, very good repair job.
Great work on the box tipper Oliver
Certainly earned your money on that job Ollie!!👍👍
You always have some interesting projects to post. Keep posting, I like watching them... Thumbs Up!
Morning Oliver, just in time to watch, before I go to my shop, very inspiring mate, thaanks for sharing, have a great one
Another great video. Thank you again Oliver!
Another silk purse Oliver. Knowing how challenging agricultural repairs can be you've done a great job of reaching a worn out and poorly previously repaired piece of equipment. You'd be mad to try to quote for work like that.
You made quite an improvement. Nice work.
That pin refurb came out well. Regards Chris
Your skills are on a higher level.
Another great video Oliver, really enjoyed the trouble shooting and problem solving
Another great video Ollie, craftsmanship as usual
Quite the battle there! That will warm you up! You won! 🎉
Another brilliant piece of work well done let’s have some more 👍👍👍👍👍
What a battle Oliver marvellous result
Morning mush, good work as always 👍
A well executed repair as good as new.
morning although its is evening here great job lots of hidden extras on that one for sure i hope you got paid for all the extra work and time involved with it you say you now have another great job getting known for your excellent workmanship and ethics at least you have an idea on the next one may go a little better time wise
just like your work i learn from all the machinist i watch you are one of them thank you although i wont nothing to do with large jobs such as this for sure only small shop and like it that way CHEERS mate
Quality workmanship Great video
Nice one Ollie , ha ha had to chuckle when you said you’d got two of them in, at least it’s not a jcb headstock eh ,👍
I like that you show the video clip of the rotator in use. It helps to see what's going on when you receive the equipment "in bits". I really liked it when you showed the animation of the baler and its flywheel the other day.
Also, would it have been an advantage to face the welds off of the gear and shaft in the first place rather than gouging?
The weld wasn’t so much an issue, more what it was very tight/seized on
Nice job, from central Florida USA!
Always fun to watch! Kinda wish I was near by so i could help out .
42:20 you are great at welding, perfect job! Lot of work for this repair..
Good job Oliver tks for sharing
Thank you !! It is good to see a man sized grinder aft work!! 73 dan
Another good job well done..usually a good sharp piece of tool steel works good mostly those carbide tools like a good bit of speed which u can't do with all that stick out plus the quil length awesome content thks ...
yep backyard repair/ you did a great job fixing it see haw you go on the second one
Typical butchery! Way to overcome the challenge. Great video!
You’ve earned your money on that job true professional 👍
Very interesting thank you. That’s a lot of labour for a simple construction, must be borderline economical repair.
Struggle to watch you barehanded with that angle grinder, I had an industrial accident when i was your age and has badly impacted me for the last 30 years, good that you watch your eyes and ears and lungs, but fingers and backs are vulnerable too.
Great to watch as always. Maybe could have indicated the internal bore from the outer cog (unworn inner part of the teeth). That would ensure the inner bore was concentric with the outer cog. The inside may have worn unevenly and no be any longer central.