Fabricating a double front weight carrier for John Deere weights.
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- Опубликовано: 23 сен 2023
- In this video I fabricate a front linkage mounted weight carrier.
Everything is drawn in CAD first then all the parts are cnc plasma cut. They are designed with tabs on the back to allow for easy assembly.
Once all the parts are cut out, they are cleaned up and the weld areas are ground down to remove and mill scale . The main back plate is welded down to the bench and the other parts are tacked into position.
The whole thing is then fully welded but with a few issues with the welder going into thermal overload.
After the welding is completed, it’s cleaned up, washed off and then painted.
Last job is to make some spacers to bolt the weight carriers onto the the frame. These are made from round bar cut off in the chop saw then squared up and drilled in the lathe.
Thanks for watching.
Hope you enjoyed the video. 
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Just to add to my previous comment, make sure your Snowball decal is on everything you make. You, may not see it in the field (excuse the pun ) but a lot of others could. If they wanted one, your decal will tell them where to get one. 👍👍👍👍👍
Spot on fella. Love your attitude, "It doesn't need to be perfect, but I'll machine some odd spacers just so it is" .. 😜
Don’t worry the farmer will have them all mixed up in no time so they are uneven and rock a little bit.
That’s all right if he uses them as a bbq the fat will run off 🤠
20:34...HOO-RAY
23:59...same old grind-(?)
every video is awesome dude. if this was abom79 it would be a 20 video odyssey
Nice job. When I was taking some welding classes, back in the day, the shop had stacks of welders from the old FMC plant where the Bradley Fighting Vehicles were made. Those machines were 100% duty cycle and you could be running beads for hours straight with no problem. Later, when I had my own welder for the shop, I learned all about duty cycle :) I could easily overheat the machine. It would shut down and stay off for the longest time until it would reset. So I figured out how long I could run it and altered my fit up and welding procedure to break up the long welding runs into several shorter bits. It took more time over welding it all at once, but if you tripped that thermal overload, I was dead in the water for 15 minutes.
Forty years ago in the truck manufacturing plant i worked in there was a job that was pulling 350 amps on welders that had a 300 amp 100 percent duty cycle , thermal tripped often . I asked the engineer if he could afford to burn up two welders before re doing the whole job . Sure , what can be done ? I adjusted the thermals on those now ancient RC 300 Hobert power supplies . Never had any more trouble ! My son has one of those machines that is still going strong , little TLC from me helps !
Great job. There's big money in front linkage accessories like weight frames contractor combi boxes and post equipment. Can't wait to see the new CNC plasma in action
Another awesome video, from kiwi land.
Gday, the tab method worked well and makes aligning everything a lot easier, great job mate, cheers
GWS Matty
You have done a great job on that and a sharp eye to notice the different width of the spacers .
You do beautiful work. Overcoming and adapting to conditions is an important skill; but you got that cover. Enjoyed watching the problem solving and final product. Thanks!
Great job Ollie as usual. The welder likely has a thermal overload to prevent heat damage when you’re welding long periods at 300 amps 🙂
I love watching how you integrate technology into your fabrications. Got to love CAD.
Great build Oliver,brings back memories when building stools and fittings for engine rooms on ships, you are a one man army regards to you and channel keep them coming🚜👍⚙️👍
Good job, taking covers off and blowing out welder occasionally is always a great idea
Hi I would be proud to have that hung on my tractor 🚜 nice job
What a piece of kit that plasma cutter is.
Fairly, an intricate plan, cut-out and weld-up...
Very nice, looks better than OEM
Can't believe you teased us all with a quick glimpse at the new plasma table 😂
No point showing you yet till it’s set up and running 😆 they’re coming this week to set it up.
@@snowballengineering Hopefully it turns out to be reliable. I've heard some horror stories about some new equipment that spends more time broken down than working.
It’s got a 5 year warranty so they must be fairly confident in their machines.
Awesome Oliver spot on as always!
Great job, customer must be very happy 😊.
Thanks for sharing
Another job well done thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to see the new plasma set up.
Comment for the algorithm to help the channel 👍.
Looks like an original John Deere part, great job👍
Some tractors I've seen can carry a lot of weight on the front. Where I live now in west Wales there are some monster tractors knocking about. I think you saved that farmer a few Bob, nice job.A few years back, I lived in rural Wiltshire and we had tractors going up and down the lanes and through the town. On the school run in the middle of town a tractor with weights on the front had rear ended a brand new mini clubman, the girl who owned the car was giving the tractor driver a real hard time. To be fair the driver looked about 12 - 14 years old, was perhaps of age, but was not used to the weights on the front. Great job mate, thanks for posting.
Beautiful job!!!
Great job young man. Those beasts look very content, happy and shiny too.
I always like how you show your thought process.
Very good video, showing the cad, more videos like this... Regards from Uruguay
Your attention to detail is a joy to see. Keep up the great content.
Great job.
Great video!
Nice job mate ~ and your attention to small details speaks volumes ~ thanks for posting.
I honestly didn’t know that this was a thing. Nice work as usual!
Top job as usual
Well done mate!
Great work dude. 👌
Nicely done, great video!!!!
Very nice job...
Great work. Thanks for sharing!
Another interesting job done! 👍💯
Youngster, you are doing very nice work. You probably will need to upgrade your welding equipment along the way but you are doing well with what you have. Your attention to detail is going to serve you well.
As always, great video!
Excellent! Looks like original equipment.
Thats a wonderful piece
Lovely job you done there looks great thanks.
Another *fine* job!
Nice work
Just wondering how many of us are going to tell him about "duty cycle"? You guys go ahead, I'll sit this one out. Good work as usual!
It’s supposed to have a good duty cycle that’s why it didn’t cross my mind it might of reach it.
nice bit of work there.
Good work 👍
Another great job, mate.
nicely done ...
Happy days Ollie mate, love a nice fab job buddy
Ollie. Make some plate dogs for pulling down gaps. A L-shaped piece of plate with a large nut welded to it works well. I have seen millwrights align 1" plates with them. A lot safer.
I’ve been meaning to make some for a while just haven’t got around to it yet.
I've seen Curtis at cee use wedges combined with plate dogs. Should do the job as well instead of threads that are damaged easily with weld spatter
Great work
Keep up the amazing work
Really nice 👍
Great job :) thanks for the vid
Another good video Oliver.
Nice healthy looking stock 👍
So nice!! I´m still amazed that it came of the table not shaped like a potato chip! Thanks for the final pics BTW..!!!
Showing your full range of talents this week Oliver, Keep it up fella
Great job
Hey, very nice. You ever heard of a dog and wedge?A lot safer then using RHS and a crowbar to push plate down onto bench, just a suggestion. Love your videos
Nice Job Thanks again
Very nicely done 👌🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Thank you 🙌
really enjoyed this vid ollie very interesting
Excellent work as always. Would be good to see a little cad work. Nice to see how you go about making something in cad and then Bring it to real life!
Hello Oliver from Oklahoma USA. Excellent video! Better than "John Deere" factory. New plasma table is a tease....waiting patiently for the unveiling. Thanks
Great build man, looks alsome, great video, keep'um coming..
Nice job. The weight carrier looks like an OEM part. That sure is a lot of weight, but I guess you need that much weight on such a large tractor.
Thank you for sharing 👍👍👍👍Mary Christmas
Great job, Oliver. I do have a question though, and it's really bothering me as I suffer with OCD.
And for those who do not know what OCD is. NO! It does not stand for "Old Cows Disease" it stands for "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder."
Your attention to detail, like Fantic156 pointed out, such as noticing the distance of depth and using the correct length spacers you made, is spot on, which makes me wonder why you never noticed or chose to ignore the obvious, the elephant in the room!
So my question is this, Oliver. Why, if there was only 5mm difference in depth between the weight carriers, that you yourself said wouldn't have mattered, why is it then, you didn't bother painting everything to match and look the same?
Take a look on the replay at the carriers in the beginning of your video, then again at the end.
Not only is there a difference in depth, but one of those carriers is a different shade of green, much lighter. 😮
I'm just saying. 😂😂😂
I noticed that too, but you can relax as the end photos show that the weight carriers have been painted.
Dust is the bane of electronics. It causes them to overheat if you don't clean them out regularly.
Muito bom! Parabéns!
Nice job on the nesting Olly, a canny Yorkshireman could sell those edge pieces as razor blades !
I've got the little Portamig 185 (made by TechArc), it's a decent little transformer based machine, but I often have the airline blowing through the side vents to keep it going when running it flat out😂 !
The weight frame is almost same colour as the truck chassis out beside the pressure washer. 😉 Take care & stay safe.
You could do with a shot blaster to clean up the plates, good job as always 👌🏼oh those misbehaving clamps 😅ain’t it funny when things are going smoothly, welding gremlins come out to play 😤Nice to see a customer picture, just a thought 💭 a little plate on the top would look nice with your company name 😜
The clamps were only jumping off because i was tightening the other down and taking the load off it, just part of the process.
@@snowballengineering I know, l laughed at the clamps 🗜️
As @sjv6598 said there is probably a thermal in the machine , also look for duty cycle specification on data plate . you are probably exceeding duty cycle on those long welds . I am a yank from Ohio , Spent almost forty years repairing welders . I enjoy your videos very much !
Another great video Andy the air must be chilly riding that bike got the old nose running . seems like quite a nifty little bike hope your day of chopping goes well no breakdowns.
Nice casual introduction of a new plasma (or is it laser?) cutter there.
Great job 👍, if you get the time to make paint spraying (farm machinery )demo, I've never got the end results quite right when I've had a go in the farm workshop😂
Jeez surprised he didn’t want the bolt holes ready for a third carrier in the top link area above those two 😂 The extra leverage of that lot must make a big effect on the tractor too.
Hi again Ollie, what you create ,with what you've got, plus skill and craftsmanship you're future is guaranteed.
I heard the cows mooing in the background,, dont listen to the brown one, knows absolutely nothing about welding. 🤣😂🤣🤣🐂
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Ask the farmer to take pic or video and send to you. Be great to see it fully loaded.
Ummmm….
Apparently you didn't watch to the end...
At 26:00 I thought "Oh look, a large powerful tractor" (back of shot)
Then I realised I'm old, and that what I was looking at was a cute old vintage tractor.
Yes but it’s got a 110hp engine and will do 60mph 😆
@@snowballengineering That sounds terrifying - I remember the 6710 had no steering feel at all. Literally none.
I hated driving it at 20MPH on the road.
Thats an amazing job, I like the Tab system you have used, and the spacers, that really is attention to detail, however the I fear the Tractor driver will have them mixed up in no time :-(
I doubt they’ll ever they’ll unbolted, there’s no reason to.
Nice job Snowy, something ''simple'' makes a nice change.
34:14 my brother's neighbor had a similar type of frame build (he's basically unifying his fleet under a single type of weight because bulk is cheaper) and he drilled the sides of the frames for an alignment bolt. Nothing structural, just to keep them in line.
I think originally they would have been 12.9 cap head screws, when John Deere fitted them at manufacture. Nice job.
10.9 I’ve checked on our own John Deeres 😁
Oh such a brilliant job done she would look lovely on any John Deere but especially 6215R keep up the brilliant work 👍👍👍 cheers Declan 👍
That plasma cutter does a great job but i see it was his last
I have a 100 AMP thermal dynamic with hypertherm edge computer
It has watermist system what cuts very nice on stainless
He should cut 25 mm but in real life 20 is about max wich is fine with me
Cant w ait to see your new one
Best wishes from Holland
I was thinking with the different height spacers a dab of colour on them and the corresponding block would be nice :)
Love those clamps, never seen that style before. What brand are they? Great work as ever brother!
Hitting the duty cycle on that mig 👍
Yeah but it’s supposed to be 60% @400amp
@@snowballengineering it must be getting on a bit. They say old welders never die but I'm not so sure, keep on keeping on you are doing great.
It’s about 6 year old
@@snowballengineering not that old but you do use it .
@@snowballengineeringit’s often misunderstood but the duty cycle is based on 10 minute intervals. 60% translates to 6 minutes can be spent welding with 4 minutes rest before welding again.
Holy shit Batman. He's got 2000Kg. on the front for ballast there. Estimating a 100Kg for the mount and spacers you made for it. Very tidy work. Would be good to have zinc plated the spacers though. Cool fab.
Great job. Now with what he has mounted on the front what will he be carrying in back to need that much front weight? The little weld in tabs were a great idea. Makes it stronger. Wound not have wanted to be the one who loaded all those weights...
I’m not sure why he needs all that weight, must be picking something heavy up!
Disco Inferno: I just can't stop, when my spark is hot :)
That turned out nice.
That’s not a fault light, that’s a fault dark!
No wonder you missed it. Maybe if it was flashing you wouldn’t have assumed it was a fuse (like it usually is)
Sounds like it’s not rated quite 100% continuous. Just 99% 🤠
Perhaps 100% continuous without the layer of dust accumulated over the years... :)
@@Spar1hawk it still tripped out after he blew it out. The fact it hadn’t done it before say those welds were really long I reckon 🤠
Most likely all that dust that contributed to the overheating, fan might be running under speed as well if the bearings are clagged up.
Must be nice to have all the gear to make your own Meccano
nice job, think 1 of the reasons the welder is over heating, is because there is a lot of rubbish left/stored on the top? .also it is close to the rear wall so reduced air flow?,
By the height of that new machine,it looks more like a water jet cutter than a plasma.
Water jet too slow and expensive for my job