Easy Money! Cast Aluminum Weld Repair
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- We can't seem to get enough weld repairs around here , so here's another quick repair for some quick cash! Weld repairs are some of the best things you can take on as an amateur or professional welder! So get practicing and go find some work!
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I like how you put an actual money value on this repair. The hardest thing for me is to put up a number on something like this. I always think I charged to much or not enough. So thanks and hope to see more with this included. Thanks for taking the time to do these videos for us!!
buck a minute plus materials.
@@DieselRamcharger easy way of looking at it. Thanks 👍
You guys work cheap. I'm at $2 a minute, no one even flinches.... but then I am working marine where I can't hire guys for $100 hr to work for me.
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I was gonna ask if that was 78$ with tax ,cause I'd drop a 100 spot and give a hearty thank you for saving my a$$!!
I charge $250 minimum on all repairs I do that are mobile and $150 minimum if they drop it off at my shop if they don’t like the price sombody eles can do it.
I did my first cast aluminum repair on a ford motor block last week, it was a clean casting which make it pretty easy and it came in pre prepped which made it even easier. I would not have taken on the challenge with out watching your cast repairs in the past.
Thank you tfs
As much aluminum as you do, grab you some of the carbide burrs that are designed for aluminum
Absolutely. I've referred these to a couple of fabricators with decades of experience who didnt realise they existed, despite them being god sent item. Once you go alloy specific burrs, you would never go back
Im new to fabricating, can you give me a little explanation of the point of a material specific carbide burr? Is it just a different cutting angle?
@@Sak-zo1ui aluminum burrs have less teeth and a wider relief in between the cutting burrs so they are much harder to clog with softer materials. The are usually referred to a single cut carbides vs. double cut would be used on steel
@@Sak-zo1ui no.
It's also the geometry of the gulllits AND a very high polish, which means the aluminum has less poors & texture to bind to.
Just as important is to "float" your burrs. If you bare into your cut, you are gonna clog any burr.
You can also use a very fine kerosene or mineral spirits mist-spray on the gummy-est alluminums.
@@adrianschell8679 thank you for the response.
Another well done recap of how to do a somewhat difficult repair the proper way, while remaining economically viable for the customer and the business owner. Skills and talent creating a win win.
Mate, If all shops charged like you I wouldn't have had to buy my own welder.
Actual!!
Been welding/fitting/fabbing for 12 years. Everytime I come to this channel I feel like I'm in weld school. It's nice hearing some things echoed here, that I forgot many years ago. I have to say I'm a little surprised 47 mins. I figured you would have to let that piece cool down once or twice which would have surely added time. Thanks for another solid video TFS
huge manifold small repair. the manifold was likely not even warm to the touch out by the runners.
@@DieselRamcharger For sure. But all of the welds were in a very small area - I guess with recording you may have sufficient time for coolin? I digress, I havent welded aluminum on something of that type(especially cast), only sheet/ gravy train fillet/butt welds.
@@SupraSav the large mass of alum sucks all the heat away from the repair about as fast as you can add it back. large mass. large surface area. its not going to be very hot for very long. which is exactly why we build cooling systems from aluminum. thermal conductivity.
I love the actual project / job videos you do, not just straight teaching
Love this channel he gets to the point and is super detailed on process!
Aluminum and cast repairs are my bread and butter when I want to relax at the shop.
Glad the Internet stayed somewhat on track of "spreading information" (at least that's how I've always understood it's origin).
Helpful videos like these are my favorite (reminds me of this old house on PBS) still needs to be some caution on the viewers end ; consider abilities/skills/learning curve, are you hands on?etc)
I have a transmission case that has a stuck pin holding a shaft in, and it's just gotten bad, I'm about to drill it out and have some new shafts milled and find some replacement pins. The casing is going to need to be filled at the abused spot with the pin, as well as a groove/ring inside bored out by an ejected diff pin spinning for, who knows how long.
I might have someone do it for me, but I do plan on messing with aluminum for my main project, so I might just invest in the equipment myself and practice, just like my 3D printer 😅.
I very much appreciate your instructional videos and taking the time to explain the nuances involved.
I have loved and followed these videos for a bit so thank you again for mentioning weld metals online again. Just order a primeweld from them as well as all there practice coupons to start with my tig. Have never even dreamed of doing tig until seeing what you put out there for information thank you tfs!!!
Man thanks for this. I am in the process of repairing some cast and couldn’t understand what the H was happening with the “Junk” great tip on getting the cast “cleaned” with the re-melting. I was messing around with my settings for a long time and trying to figure out why nothing was working at all. Eventually I ended up doing what you just explained to do (through trial and error) and it worked perfectly.
Not only is all the work you do is great, you also have a great voice.
Nice job , and thanks for sharing the price too , its not only the 47 mins the cost covers , its the years of experience too.
I went to welding school for 2 years back in 2006 to 2008. I learn alot watching your videos. I appreciate the way you break things down and explain how and why in every video. You should think about offering some kind of training or apprenticeship program. It would be great video for your channel and an experience for someone trying to get better. I learn something everyday and I try to better myself constantly. Either way I appreciate your videos and I think you're doing a great job. I'm far from an experienced welder I mainly weld for myself these days but I often do repairs for friends and family. Cast anything has been super tough for me but I see what I've been doing wrong so hopefully next time I'll have more success. Thanks again.
He does, but you have to go to Vegas to his shop.
Great repair and video. Thanks for taking us along!
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I like these repair videos.
FYI, If you keep a bottle if tap magic or similar, just wet the burr once in a while. It'll keep them from clogging, and even clean out a clogged burr.
I don’t know bud!but to me you did a professional work with what you have!!
There’s burrs made for aluminum that won’t clog so fast nice repair 👍
Is it an abrasive consumable or is it just a different burr design?
Diff design just google you’ll see the difference
Looking forward to doing these type of repairs
Thanks for the vid. That repair is exactly what I bought my square wave for.....repairing blown out mounts and holes on powersports motors.
could also use a needle scourer to "peen" some marks into it so it looks cast as well.
Cast aluminum is definitely a nice way to make money once you know how to do it. Nice video good sir. Great idea to leave some of the original surface as a reference for final shaping.
Always lots of good tips and tricks, i am dying to buy an AC/DC Tig it would of saved me so many times.
Also amazing how often places will tell you things are a write off and they can be fixed with some patients and use of right materials
Mr. Miyagi of wielding! Great video. 👍
Thank You Justin, cheers from Florida, Paul
6:17 man that's one of life's most enjoyable shop things is filing aluminum, it cuts so nice and you see the results with each pass of the file.
It can be a little slow if you left a little too much material but stick with it, going back to a power tool now is definitely gonna overdo it 😆
that montage was so happy
Have you ever tried using an inspection mirror to get an arc shot where the camera won't fit?
FYI, They make carbide burrs for aluminum and soft materials with coarser teeth so they don't clog up as much. It also helps to dip the burr in water once in a while during use to keep it cool, resulting in less clogging.
thanks 4 posting w/ time & pricing... very informative
Awesome job! I always learn from your videos. Please take care as you breathe in a lot of fumes from all the welding.
ATF is good for keeping aluminum from clogging up those carbide bits
I would have given you a $200 tip. Ill be in-touch for my next pesky job. Great work, love your attention to detail.
I've been watching this channel especially after I put a hole in my engine block on my Toyota Camry when I was replacing the engine. Yeah big bummer. But I've threaded an aluminum bolt into the hole and just been watching your channel ever since to learn since I want to make sure that I'm not doing anything wrong especially working on cast aluminum. Since jb weld didn't work so it was just leaking so much oil especially after cleaning the surface really really well. But having to torch the cast aluminum like you said to get that fresh aluminum is something I didn't know and glad you said cuase that is really important. The hole is probably a quarter of an inch and it was shooting oil out through that engine like crazy😂
When I did this kind of work, the worst sand castings bar none that I had to repair or modify were those from Harley Davidson. You could easily spend an hour trying to melt and lift the impurities in them before you could actually weld them up. In 1984, Harley switched to die casting from sand and although still not all that great, they were miles ahead of the sand castings.
Great Video,
But your inexpensively giving away your years of experience.
Many Thanks For All You Do!
Try the Plantex Tiger Shark flappers,with Kanga roo oil!
A little bit of dish soap on those carbide burrs should help to keep them from clogging and keep them cool. Dish soap when grinding aluminum helps a lot as well cuts quicker and extends the life of flap discs.
I have a cast aluminum mower deck I will attempt to fix soon. 1968 "sensation" mower. I hope the metal is decent!
And this is why I took your class!
great video!, thanks! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😍😍👍👍👍👍👍
Great job! Shouldn’t you have been wearing chest protection?
You are the man!!!
What you did is all well and done for welding. I would of cleaned the hole and just heated the riser and then use the low temp alumaweld. The stuff is two to three times stronger than the base metal. Then just drill and tap and you are done. Peace vf
Thanks for your instruction!
Dammm I love Ur videos. Got finally dived in to aluminium tig welding. Greetings from Finland. 👌💪
Shared with my buddies, well Done....
If you use a few drops of oil on the cutters, they won't clog...any oil left on the surface of the intake can be cleaned with "non-chlorinated" brake kleen.
Thanks
Great stuff. I'm subbed
Very inspiring,, good job 👍👍 success
Great tutorial
I wish you woulda been around when I repaired my cast upper control arm. If it breaks then I will get a set of adjustable.
You do know they make carbide bits for aluminum I'm sure. They do not clog up at all. Nice repair.
Nice Repair!
Nice repair
Great content, question, have you ever used one of the add on tig controllers, I’ve been looking at one for my diversion 180 to give me some more control functionality, have you heard of or could you review a tig perfect 2.0?
you dont need timers. learn to use your amptrol.
Cool! Nice work.
Weld metals online is great !
Your voice reminds me of kipkay videos from like 14 years ago
Thank u ❤️ bro
Thanks for sharing
wd-40 helps with aluminum clogged burr bits
Great videos Thanks
That was a fun watch.
I enjoy watching your aluminum repair video’s!! Just a thought for my own education..... would you advise on the build up boss to use a “Heli-coil” just Incase there might be a bad spot in the build up area?? Thanks again for the video’s
Thanks for sharing!
A small needle scaller will also give the rougher appearance on all your sanded/finished repairs.
Clean
A little WD-40 on carbide burrs does an impressive job with keeping them from clogging up with aluminum.
How well does the aluminum weld after you've used a WD-40 coated burr on it?
Excellent
Customer opted to drill and tap it. Haha cause it worked out so well the first time they tried drilling?
Hey Justin, I don't know how much time you've spent EQ-ing your audio mix, but it's really bass-heavy, which makes it difficult to understand with any background noise (for example an AC unit running nearby). If you cut the bass frequencies a bit and boost the treble you should be able to brighten up your voice which should improve clarity. Just thought I'd suggest that. Keep up the great work.
question: once this is filled, drilled & tapped, how strong will it be? Can it be torqued to, say, 50 ft-lbs? I asked because I currently have a cast aluminum transmission (toyota R150F) that has a stripped mounting hole which is normally torqued to 48 ft-lbs. So, I'm wondering if a fill repair such as this will be able to withstand medium-high torque once threaded.
Can aluminum brazing also repair like that?
Is it good as factory orginal thread & can it be done on cg125 footrest threads? Please tell👍🏽
What filler did you use? and why? Thanks
Interesting 😍 Thank you for your Video 🤘
Thats for sharing.
78$ for the whole repair? I'd almost call that a bargain
A true simple fix would of put some small pins across and then form some jb weld puddy or regular in the spot. Then tap and drill. Most likely would hold fine if not holding much.
What's your favorite weld helmet? My number one problem when welding is the inability to see what I am doing due to the cheap helmets I have been buying. I have learned over the years to just buy quality up front - time to follow suit with my welding helmet.
Optrel Crystal 2.0
It looks almost exactly like my arc shots in this video.
Nice work! Was this a 4b11t manifold?
Oh wait 4g63?
Try a needle scaler next time to give it that cast look...
When are we going to see more on the airbaged project?
hi no need to preheat area?
It was JB weld wasn't it ? HaHa
More like JM welded....
I'll see myself out...
Have you ever worked on subaru heads? I have an engine on a shelf in my garage with one of the manifold studs ears broken off so it cant even be retapped. Any chance it could be dealt with in the same manner as your videos>
Many ways to skin a cat ;)
My idea was to machine a piece of bar stock , maybe install a threaded rod , screw in place , then tack weld the joint .
But then there are a lot of cats out there ;)
so cast aluminum don't warp when welded, as I was told when I tried to get my dodge ram plenum welded?
I’m a beginner so maybe I’m missing something, but it seemed like it would be an easier weld to tip the part up 90° so you’re welding flat. No?
Sic!
Do you have an example like this one with re-tapping?
What was the answer, not drilling it out?
Whats your take on wire feed on cast material??
I prefer gas a gas lens all the time.
What about warpage?