Great job! You’re absolutely correct about charging your normal hourly rate while cleaning. I do the same for cleaning, disassembly, reassembly and painting. I’ve shared with customers that they can save some money in these areas by doing it themselves or by having an employee do it but if they’re willing to pay me 4to5 times more to do it, I’m happy to accommodate them.
We're required to clean whatever we're working on for contamination control. Some customers bring their equipment in in really bad shape and we spend many hours cleaning them and they get sticker shock when the bill is due. Some finally started bringing stuff in cleaned but others haven't.
I've done the same with informing customers about the time/cost of cleaning, it's 50/50 on them doing it. Some are surprised that cleaning is part of the preparation, and the prep time can take longer than the actual repair occasionally. On a different note, how do you like the Tifco bits?
I don't think people appreciate the skill and experience you bring to the job. You are part machinist, part engineer, part designer, and a welder all rolled into one. Thank you for taking the time to video your work.
I watch these videos and think "I probably chose the wrong profession" I've been a woodworker since highschool, and went in to high end yacht carpentry. Recently I took a break to work as a welder for almost a year. Now I can't stop watching videos like this.
Great repair I worked with Aluminum on airplanes for a few years and yes Aluminum holds heat for a long while especially as thick as you were using. Like you said can’t tell there was a repair even done on the piece except the new paint. Nice pup you have there he’s protecting his dad while he worked. 👍 🇺🇸🇺🇸
*On Fire Welding* Bravo well done, thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. What a pain in the ass for a Sunday, everything is always a fire drill. Peace & Grace.
Greg your welding skill is fabulous. That looks better than new. I wish I could get a couple of lessons from you.. Your videos are terrific. Your mix of real time and time lapse is spot on.
Well I guess this is the Joy's of owning a company and keeping your customers happy . Great little video showcasing your skills and versatility in most things metal . Made a nice brunch video to watch . Something different each time many thanks
Arc captain that’s pretty impressive full boar doing all that work and she never overheated or blown fuse, can’t wait until you can send one downunder, , nice work by the way,
It alway's fascinates me to watch the work you do alot of it could be avoided with 10 or 15 minutes a day with a gress gun, I just wish I had learnt to weld properly when I was working on excavators and heavy machinery instead of getting a different job where I wouldn't need the skills I learnt for years, thank's for another great video and again you get the job done.
well done, and on a Sunday, so I am not the only one who works weekends as well as the week. I tip my hat to you, the only welding I have trouble with is aluminium TIG.
You are a great mechanic for sure. You were saying about maybe your gas coverage was a little issue. Could be some impurities in the pump house casting.
I have always loved those Sunday emergency jobs. My nickname is Mr.Wolf ,joking not joking. Thanks for the content and greetings from the NJ Bayshore. PS I don't understand why you and Isaac at IC Weld don't have 500k subs. Not that Abom could do this job but if so it would be a 5 part (now he calls them episodes) vid.
@@OFW Look I've watched more videos than I care to admit with BS content, what I mean is minute after minute of talking and repeating themselves with various product placement techniques etc. There is absolutely no reason you and Isaac should not be at 500k. The algorithms are a strange beast.
I was struggling with my tig machine and gas’s coverage. I don’t do a lot of tig so always think I am doing something wrong. I turned out I had a crack in the gas line just inside the torch handle so I wasn’t getting sufficient flow at the nozzle. I only found it when I had the flow meter turned up way too high for normal use thenI could hear the leak. BYW for my money, Diablo blades are the best bang for the buck on cold cut miter saws.
Hi, great job. But I think it will brake soon when the force comes that brake it’s first. Maybe a steel bar upside that stabilizes the whole area where good.
This may be a silly question, but can you do a video about your daily shop cleaning procedures? How often do you sweep, what kind of vacuum, cleaning shelves/hard to reach places, how frequently, etc.? Great video, ty for showing the closeup of the overlapping welds in the middle of filling out that beveled joint.
I totally agree with changing full rate for cleaning parts for repair. The time spent cleaning could be spent welding, fishing or drinking beer. Of my clients don’t want to pay for my time, they have the option to do the cleaning themselves. I do struggle somewhat with another issue though. I am retired and run my business more as a hobby and I have a friend who likes to tag along to keep occupied. He doesn’t expect any payment but is helpful in a lot of situations and certainly makes me more productive. Is it ethical to charge out his time and at what percentage of my hourly rate? I ask partly because I don’t want to be in a position where I am undercutting others in the area who need the work to earn their living.
They should put a couple of flat steel plates 3/8" to 1/2" along the top of those mounts, and bolt the box down through those. No more strain on the aluminium and won't break again. A third bolt each side wouldn't hurt either.
Really very good work. What did you use to clean the aluminum, I have never seen an aluminum spray cleaner. Looks like it works very well. You are a master of the trade.
Now they're awesome video in the bag for you there man I'm the same way hourly rate for cleaning and prepping anything. Question about the welding of the aluminum I tend to do with the thick aluminum like that a weave instead of going side to side do you think it makes us stronger weld doing the weave over a side-to-side?
Greg, I’m curious as to why you chose TIG, instead of using a spool gun with aluminum wire? Seems it might have been an easier weld up with a spoolgun, perhaps? Fine repair and interesting process as always….thanks for sharing this video!
@@OFW what’s up with all these arc captain’s never heard of em before but it seems most welders on RUclips recently got one for some reason. Never had the time to watch the videos of em and investigate though.
Those cheaper collets sometimes can be a little big, which blocks the gas from flowing properly, if you're badly stuck some time you could try putting in a drill and sanding it down a little. Or buy some CK ones lol Nice job btw. Did the Doggy hurt his paw?
I would have thought you would have replaced the whole strip with the bolt holes with thicker plate with customer approval so that the failure did not reoccur. And a gusset at the front of the pump to handle stress cycling better. But maybe the failure is due to the diaphragm pump contents hardening.
Aluminum diaphragm pump got overloaded and busted the base. Judging by the shaft bearing, this will happen again. They need an entirely new type of pump for the application.
Question about the 3M Cubitron II disks. Seems in one of your videos, you said you use the 5" disks. I assume you use the 5" on your 4.5" grinders? I've been to your online Amazon storefront. Do you use the Mercer backing pads w/holes? Do you have specific 3M part numbers for the backing pad & disks you use? Those 3M products are hard to find online. I'ld like to try some, but don't want to get the wrong ones. Really enjoy your videos...doesn't seem to be anything you won't tackle.
Greg, curious what the ProSchmo electrician did to your 3 phase, I have toasted 2 3ph motors on my lathe in the last few months, one I know why, but the other was like brand new...... hope the American Rotary treats you well......I know Fenner and DeeDee and Abom are very happy with theirs....Paul
He installed a static phase converter and it said right on it Minimum hp 8. So about 3 minutes of run time and it burned up my motor. The American Rotary converter is very nice. It’s quite and very easy to install.
@@OFW glad you got the proper setup.....my issue at my shop, was the clown who ran wires, had 3 phase running on 2 breakers, so one lead was out of phase.....got it solved last night....so sorry to hear of the mill motor crashing....best regards Greg....Paul in Florida
My luna came alive as soon as you showed love to shop pooch looks like a weimaraner? But could be a mix my stafashire loves to watch vids but notices other canine!
My question is do you charge extra for a Sunday call out, I fixed a "On Loan Demo" combine header during the UK harvest it had been damaged and repaired previously. The company sent their fitter out for a warranty job also break down work it was a UK bank holiday they charged £305 per hr as it was a Bank holiday. As I have known the famialy 60 yrs I just charged them my std hr rate also only 2 miles from my house Nice fix on a dirty job
@@OFW Thanks for getting back to me. Just curious what diameter and metal composition tungsten do you use at 200 amps and a fupa 12? I have run up to about 175 with 3/32 lanthanated and gas lens and a number 8 cup. Worked great.
Great job! You’re absolutely correct about charging your normal hourly rate while cleaning. I do the same for cleaning, disassembly, reassembly and painting. I’ve shared with customers that they can save some money in these areas by doing it themselves or by having an employee do it but if they’re willing to pay me 4to5 times more to do it, I’m happy to accommodate them.
We're required to clean whatever we're working on for contamination control. Some customers bring their equipment in in really bad shape and we spend many hours cleaning them and they get sticker shock when the bill is due. Some finally started bringing stuff in cleaned but others haven't.
I've done the same with informing customers about the time/cost of cleaning, it's 50/50 on them doing it. Some are surprised that cleaning is part of the preparation, and the prep time can take longer than the actual repair occasionally. On a different note, how do you like the Tifco bits?
I don't think people appreciate the skill and experience you bring to the job. You are part machinist, part engineer, part designer, and a welder all rolled into one. Thank you for taking the time to video your work.
That’s a great surface finish for a bandsaw cut.
I watch these videos and think "I probably chose the wrong profession" I've been a woodworker since highschool, and went in to high end yacht carpentry. Recently I took a break to work as a welder for almost a year. Now I can't stop watching videos like this.
I tried woodworking and that was a BIG nope!
Great repair I worked with Aluminum on airplanes for a few years and yes Aluminum holds heat for a long while especially as thick as you were using. Like you said can’t tell there was a repair even done on the piece except the new paint. Nice pup you have there he’s protecting his dad while he worked. 👍 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great video! The "emergency overtime" was the main reason I was SO happy to retire. Do it while you are young.
Greg, you're killing it with that welding job! Watching our welding machine in the hands of a pro is pure bliss. Keep up the good work 👍
nice job, I love seeing aluminium blended back in after a repair, nothing is quite as ugly as big fat beads on repaired aluminium!
Good to see shop buddy walking about, and another good repair.
23:50 no more cone of shame......good to see your buddy getting better....
Greg you are my hero man! And I am so proud that you are from Fresno and representing the Central Valley in a good way!!
Keep using the Miller Welders the people in Appleton, WIsconsin appreciate your business!
Trust me I do. I have 19 Miller welders.
*On Fire Welding* Bravo well done, thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. What a pain in the ass for a Sunday, everything is always a fire drill. Peace & Grace.
Had just finished watching one of your videos then this one pops up, greetings from the Central Valley
Greg your welding skill is fabulous. That looks better than new. I wish I could get a couple of lessons from you..
Your videos are terrific. Your mix of real time and time lapse is spot on.
Well I guess this is the Joy's of owning a company and keeping your customers happy . Great little video showcasing your skills and versatility in most things metal . Made a nice brunch video to watch . Something different each time many thanks
pretty good cut???? man, those look like you milled them.....that is fantastic.....
Ambidextrous with the TIG, impressive. Nice bench work job.
Thanks for the video! Nice work 👍
Arc captain that’s pretty impressive full boar doing all that work and she never overheated or blown fuse, can’t wait until you can send one downunder, , nice work by the way,
excellent repair= one happy customer!
Thank you so much for bringing us along. Your skillset is vital.
Confirm the damage and get it repaired. Film it while you are at it. This guy is a pro. Thanks
Great vid! happy to see shop dog again without the plastic cone 😀
Fantastic job as always Greg thanks for sharing 🦘
Great job. You make it look so easy. 🙂👍🇮🇪
Very well done, interesting to see you swap over to a gas lens halfway through, you really plowed through the first side with no issues.
well alrighty ........glad I stayed up late here in Florida, always great Greg, Paul......
Olá amigo trabalho perfeito!!!
Lhe desejo sempre muita sorte e cada vez mais sucesso!!!
Another great video! Keep them coming! Thanks for sharing!👌👍
It alway's fascinates me to watch the work you do alot of it could be avoided with 10 or 15 minutes a day with a gress gun, I just wish I had learnt to weld properly when I was working on excavators and heavy machinery instead of getting a different job where I wouldn't need the skills I learnt for years, thank's for another great video and again you get the job done.
Excellent work!
Friend of mine build aluminum t tops for boats. Man u should see his welds in that tube. The best aluminum welds ive ever seen
That's really cool, never seen aluminum welding like that.nice work 😊
Another beautiful job! Thanks for sharing you experience and knowledge with us.
well done, and on a Sunday, so I am not the only one who works weekends as well as the week. I tip my hat to you, the only welding I have trouble with is aluminium TIG.
You did a great job on that
Great job highlighting an unperfect situation and making it happen.
Nice looking job.
Awesome, another great job , thank you for sharing , always a pleasure watch your project, ilearn a lot 👍👍👍👍
Grieg again TX for the 3M Cubitron tip , that wheel is a BEAST
You are a great mechanic for sure. You were saying about maybe your gas coverage was a little issue. Could be some impurities in the pump house casting.
The casting was definitely dirty.
Arc captain for the win !
I have always loved those Sunday emergency jobs. My nickname is Mr.Wolf ,joking not joking. Thanks for the content and greetings from the NJ Bayshore. PS I don't understand why you and Isaac at IC Weld don't have 500k subs. Not that Abom could do this job but if so it would be a 5 part (now he calls them episodes) vid.
Hopefully it will get to 500k!
@@OFW Look I've watched more videos than I care to admit with BS content, what I mean is minute after minute of talking and repeating themselves with various product placement techniques etc. There is absolutely no reason you and Isaac should not be at 500k. The algorithms are a strange beast.
85% of my watchers are not subscribed.
Nice job!!
Very nice work.
beautiful job
Отлично друг привет из России давно смотрю твои работы и перенимаю твой бесценный опыт
English "Excellent friend, hello from Russia, I’ve been looking at your work for a long time and adopting your invaluable experience"
Darn good repair.
Outstanding!
Nice one ...👍
Great job like it
Good video
I was struggling with my tig machine and gas’s coverage. I don’t do a lot of tig so always think I am doing something wrong. I turned out I had a crack in the gas line just inside the torch handle so I wasn’t getting sufficient flow at the nozzle. I only found it when I had the flow meter turned up way too high for normal use thenI could hear the leak.
BYW for my money, Diablo blades are the best bang for the buck on cold cut miter saws.
Hi, great job. But I think it will brake soon when the force comes that brake it’s first. Maybe a steel bar upside that stabilizes the whole area where good.
This may be a silly question, but can you do a video about your daily shop cleaning procedures? How often do you sweep, what kind of vacuum, cleaning shelves/hard to reach places, how frequently, etc.?
Great video, ty for showing the closeup of the overlapping welds in the middle of filling out that beveled joint.
I can do that. Maybe I will include that information in a shop tour video.
635 👍's up no fire welding thank you for sharing 😎
My boss seen all the 2inch stubs of welding rod left over, so he ordered the rods 2inches shorter.😂
I totally agree with changing full rate for cleaning parts for repair. The time spent cleaning could be spent welding, fishing or drinking beer. Of my clients don’t want to pay for my time, they have the option to do the cleaning themselves. I do struggle somewhat with another issue though. I am retired and run my business more as a hobby and I have a friend who likes to tag along to keep occupied. He doesn’t expect any payment but is helpful in a lot of situations and certainly makes me more productive. Is it ethical to charge out his time and at what percentage of my hourly rate? I ask partly because I don’t want to be in a position where I am undercutting others in the area who need the work to earn their living.
As long as you give him something Ok
@@daleolson3506 yeah we trade back and forth all the time and I give him the wealth of my vast experience LOL. He must be happy he keeps coming back.
Did you run up against the duty cycle of the Arccaptain? Those were pretty massive welds.
edit: It handled it! I am impressed, thanks :)
They should put a couple of flat steel plates 3/8" to 1/2" along the top of those mounts, and bolt the box down through those. No more strain on the aluminium and won't break again. A third bolt each side wouldn't hurt either.
Ah, I was just about to comment the same !
I thought this too. But a satisfying welding video.
Morning Coffees on ,brother ,, This is interesting!! Cheers!;-)!
Really very good work. What did you use to clean the aluminum, I have never seen an aluminum spray cleaner. Looks like it works very well. You are a master of the trade.
Wd40 on the sanding disc and acetone right before the weld.
@@OFW was that acetone in the spray can ?
That you first used to get that oxidation off, worked like a charm.
10:56 i cant remember whos channel i was watching but they used a little beeswax to prevent the aluminum from clogging up the sanding disc
Greg, you have the same vice I have on my Ellis...no vice......mine is an 1800...
Now they're awesome video in the bag for you there man I'm the same way hourly rate for cleaning and prepping anything. Question about the welding of the aluminum I tend to do with the thick aluminum like that a weave instead of going side to side do you think it makes us stronger weld doing the weave over a side-to-side?
I don’t really think it matters as long as the fusion is good.
Pozdrowienia OD SPAWACZA SRODKOWIEJ EUROPU😊😊😊
you oughta just blast that pitch and paint the whole thing...make it look nice nice.
queso crisco, you beveled that faster then it could be done on a mill!
Greg, I’m curious as to why you chose TIG, instead of using a spool gun with aluminum wire? Seems it might have been an easier weld up with a spoolgun, perhaps? Fine repair and interesting process as always….thanks for sharing this video!
Honestly the tig was already setup on the table and it was another good test for the Arccaptain. Otherwise I probably would have used the spool gun.
@@OFW what’s up with all these arc captain’s never heard of em before but it seems most welders on RUclips recently got one for some reason. Never had the time to watch the videos of em and investigate though.
Curious. How long did this job take you? Great work btw.
About 4 hours.
Those cheaper collets sometimes can be a little big, which blocks the gas from flowing properly, if you're badly stuck some time you could try putting in a drill and sanding it down a little.
Or buy some CK ones lol
Nice job btw.
Did the Doggy hurt his paw?
Ya he got ran over. But is doing well.
I would have thought you would have replaced the whole strip with the bolt holes with thicker plate with customer approval so that the failure did not reoccur. And a gusset at the front of the pump to handle stress cycling better.
But maybe the failure is due to the diaphragm pump contents hardening.
Like you said, like it never happened...
😇
Aluminum diaphragm pump got overloaded and busted the base. Judging by the shaft bearing, this will happen again. They need an entirely new type of pump for the application.
Great job , how long did it take.🇬🇧
About 4 hours
Not that your piece of aluminum was scrap, but that’s exactly why we don’t throw anything away 🤷🏻♂️😂😂
Once you were done,what problem ? 😂😂😂
Question about the 3M Cubitron II disks. Seems in one of your videos, you said you use the 5" disks. I assume you use the 5" on your 4.5" grinders? I've been to your online Amazon storefront. Do you use the Mercer backing pads w/holes? Do you have specific 3M part numbers for the backing pad & disks you use? Those 3M products are hard to find online. I'ld like to try some, but don't want to get the wrong ones. Really enjoy your videos...doesn't seem to be anything you won't tackle.
I use the Mercer pad. I like it more than the 3m one. And it’s cheaper. I run 5” and 4.5” on a 4.5” pad.
I have no idea why this thang broke, but I would maybe suggest another set of holes in just behind where them gussets come down
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Well done! Owner could have at least took it to the car wash or something
👍👍👍
That rotating part needs a counterbalance to take the stress from the bolt holes?
Or slow it down
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Greg, curious what the ProSchmo electrician did to your 3 phase,
I have toasted 2 3ph motors on my lathe in the last few months,
one I know why, but the other was like brand new......
hope the American Rotary treats you well......I know Fenner and DeeDee
and Abom are very happy with theirs....Paul
He installed a static phase converter and it said right on it Minimum hp 8. So about 3 minutes of run time and it burned up my motor. The American Rotary converter is very nice. It’s quite and very easy to install.
@@OFW glad you got the proper setup.....my issue at my shop, was the clown who ran wires, had 3 phase running on 2 breakers, so one lead was out of phase.....got it solved last night....so sorry to hear of the mill motor crashing....best regards Greg....Paul in Florida
Is that cutting oil that you are using on your cubitron? Never would have thought of that to stop aluminum from galling up the wheels
I use wd40. Could probably use anything oily or wax.
Nice - plenty of rod “roaches” on this no doubt
I would be tempted to charge hourly rate X 2 because of the Sunday working. Good job though.
Tempted? That's SOP!
I did. This job was double time.
My luna came alive as soon as you showed love to shop pooch looks like a weimaraner? But could be a mix my stafashire loves to watch vids but notices other canine!
He is a purebred Weimaraner.
with the Furick 10 or 12, you need to run 25 to 30 cfh......or even 35 cfh...
👌👍!
My question is do you charge extra for a Sunday call out, I fixed a "On Loan Demo" combine header during the UK harvest it had been damaged and repaired previously. The company sent their fitter out for a warranty job also break down work it was a UK bank holiday they charged £305 per hr as it was a Bank holiday. As I have known the famialy 60 yrs I just charged them my std hr rate also only 2 miles from my house
Nice fix on a dirty job
It depends on the situation. On this job it was double time.
Bon Boulo😆😆👍👍
I have no idea when it comes to welding, would it have been easier to replace the entire 1-inch flange on both sides?
Not in this situation
Interesting it looks like you switched to the Furick Fupa 12 which they say is DC only. Can you please comment? Thank you.
I thought I was having a gas issue. I use it on AC with no issues.
@@OFW Thanks for getting back to me. Just curious what diameter and metal composition tungsten do you use at 200 amps and a fupa 12? I have run up to about 175 with 3/32 lanthanated and gas lens and a number 8 cup. Worked great.
Another great video. Totally unrelated. I love your big blue shop dog. Can you tell me what breed it is?
He is a Weimaraner. His name is Buck.
@@OFW I thought he might be a weim. He's a big boy.
Do you have a different price for a Rush job like this?? Also, how long did it take you?
This job was double time. Took about 4 hours.
You didn’t get that shop and all those nice tools working for free. It’s like travel time, all part of the job. 😊Steve
You cleaned the cubitron after grinding aluminum with something. What did you clean it on?
I did not clean it.
Do you find that welding thicker Aluminum moving frequency to 80-90 hz works better on that machine? I have an everlast ,and it does a lot.
I will give it a try.