Thank you for the video. I wanted a way of covering the teeth on the one & two foot rock buckets for my Kubota U55-4. Your method seems to be a nice way to having flat bottom trenches, especially needed for footings. Thanks again!
I saw a guy that built basically the same thing except for the way he holds it on the bucket. He used a hook welded on the back of the bucket like you would use for a lifting hook. Then he used a chain dog from the bucket hook to the cutting edge to hold it on the teeth. It was quick to install and remove and didn't require any tools. I thought that was pretty slick. You did a good job on yours. I like the fab work.
Good one. I want to do the very same thing for my sub-compact 12” bucket for cleaning my ditches on my acreage. I had an idea and you improved it. Thanks!
I'm 75 and new to all this (subscriber). In my whole life I've used a excavator for 2 hours. Just bought a kubota k008-3 for personal use, got one working arm and leg from stroke. Yesterday had a drunk take out both mine and neighbors mailboxes. My neighbors 72 can't dig no hole or even remove bent up posts. Had Mini Ex parked in shop, drove to shop on lawn mower drove back on Mini Ex, Pulled out posts dug 12" x 30' x 48" hole for new mailboxes. This morning the father and his son that ran over mailboxes actually came back and helped installed two new mail boxes. I told the dad I want $134 for mailbox or his son to mow my acre grass field 4 times, takes 2 hours to mow field, D160 John Deere. Excavators are really handy and fun!
Up our way on the big machines we weld two outside teeth to the bottom of straight edge. While on the machine then just knock the two outside teeth off throw staight edge on. It rests on center teath. Simple works great for years. Then ten minutes switch it over to regular bucket
Tim you did an awesome job making that smooth edge. Figure things out and work at as you said you can do anything you set your mind to. Have a great day and be safe
Nicely done, I was searching the internet for this exact mod. Thanks for posting and sharing your design, saves me from coming up with one of my own that knowing me I would end up using as the prototype for the improved upon second generation. So thanks to your video, I will only have to make one.
That’s the next thing I’m making for my 36” bucket! I like the way you made it!! If you ever run a machine with a pin grabber Quick connect you will wish you had one instead of the type you have on your machine! I got one on my last mini and love it, I never thought I’d use my bucket backwards but I do all the time!! Great job.
When I bought it, I was just doing what I could to get in a machine and wasn’t sure how I’d make out with it money wise. My next one will have a pin grab on it.
@@cotontop3 I totally understand that! The one I have now is my first with the pin grabber and I’ve owned a bunch of minis, the worst thing is now I’m having to change out the ears on all my buckets! But believe me when you try one you’ll be asking yourself how did I ever go without this long!! I liked your coupler for using a skid steer attachments so much I built me one right after seeing yours and it’s awesome, I use it more with forks than a bucket!! Thanks so much for putting all these videos out for us I can only imagine how much trouble it is! Be safe and have a great weekend!!
Great work Tim you’re a great metal worker. I will say I did this with out John Deere 60G buckets and I found that the teeth on the thumb will start to bend out from hitting the smooth nose cutting edge. I ended up welding a piece of strap the teeth or ears on the thumb so it would stop bending out. A smooth nose is great for doing clean up and fine grading in soft material. If you need to do grade and all you have is teeth leave a little extra and then I just put my bucket flat and slide it across the area I’m work to flatten it out and it’s semi compacted.
Super nice, that's cool as all get out. I was thinking when you were cutting those long angles some people don't know how much of a steady hand that takes. A nervous hand would make that look like a mountain landscape. Lol. cool build.
I made one for my buddy's 36" kubota bucket. I bought 3 new teeth and just welded a flat bar to the 3 new teeth. Then drilled out for the tooth pin to go through. He has used it for 1000-1500 hrs now and it's been fine.
I’m normally around 10 psi on acetylene and 35-40 on oxygen. If I’m messing with really thick metal like 2-3”, I’ll start cranking it on up on both. If you have a good torch and your metal is an inch or less thick, you should be able to do like I did in this video and just cut.
So over the years I've noticed you have all these cool toys. Have you ever considered getting a antique car? Kinda like a old car you, Jill and the girls can take a ride in on the weekends.
Hey Tim, if you have pin on teeth for your excavator; you can buy a set of teeth for the bucket that nearly touch each other and leave a smooth bottom in the ditch you are digging. We use them for digging footings because all the loose dirt has to come out of the hole and we are allowed no grooves in the bottom.
I put flare teeth on mine as well. Not quite the same as a grading/ditching bucket but leaves it remarkably smooth. I keep a small sledge, punch and the other teeth on the machine and can swap in less than 15 minutes. I do hope to make something similar but I've got so many other projects, the flare teeth was a quick solution. My buckets are all drilled for side cutters so at least I wouldn't have the task of drilling the bucket. Tim, have you thought about welding a little piece of flat or square stock on the outside, tight against the bolt head so you only need one wrench? Or square up the holes and use carriage bolts? I did that on a tooth bar I built and it made it quite nice.
That thing's gonna be tough, plus it's a whole lot cheaper than buying another bucket. I'd get some extra nuts and bolts, just in case something crazy happened. Y'all have a blessed weekend.
Good job. I have a mini backhoe have thought about doing the same thing. For the uses of a mini you need to be able to make a smooth bottom to the cut.
Great job on the bucket blade. Why didn't you put the bolt heads inside the bucket and nuts outside. The outside is less likely always to be in the dirt whereas the bucket gets dirt every time. Probably not much difference but it was what I noticed.
Cotontop, this is kilroy again, I was telling you back in the seventies when I used to run down through there I had me a cabover Peterbilt with a 15 over an. 370 rears. I came through Mississippi one night there a State Trooper pulled me over and said Son do you know how fast you was going I said no officer he said you was going 95 miles an hour I said I wasn't even the big hole yet !!!
Great build. You could have used hardened single bevel cutting edge strip, it would have been a once in a decade build and would have allowed you to play with some mixed metal welding. However I guess for a rainy day project y'all have to use what's at hand.
Looks good. I wondered if welding a short length of 3/8th or 1/2" hardened steel rod to close off the open end of the teeth-caps wouldn't make some jobs a little easier. Just on onlookers idea, but I'm not a machine operator. I like it as it is!!
The powdery soil is the way it comes out when digging in hard ground with a grade plate. In my part of southeast Texas you can't even rent a track hoe without a grade plate they weld them directly to the teeth.
Looks like a good job. You probably already cut bolts off. But dont cut them with nylock nut on our replace them. Basically ruuins the lock of the nylon with heat. I bet you never take that smooth edge off unless you are into rocks :)
Really nice job on that sand plate you made for your machine i have the same Kubota Kx 57 also 24 inch bucket but spot welded it on teeth think I'm going to change mine up.
I'd love to know what Chris Guins and Frank (digginOK) think of your new bucket. Frank does the neatest footings with his backhoe that I have seen anywhere. I have a feeling that Tim will get fed up with bolting his smooth edge on and off, and buy a new bucket within six months to a year.
Thank you for the video. I wanted a way of covering the teeth on the one & two foot rock buckets for my Kubota U55-4. Your method seems to be a nice way to having flat bottom trenches, especially needed for footings. Thanks again!
I saw a guy that built basically the same thing except for the way he holds it on the bucket. He used a hook welded on the back of the bucket like you would use for a lifting hook. Then he used a chain dog from the bucket hook to the cutting edge to hold it on the teeth. It was quick to install and remove and didn't require any tools. I thought that was pretty slick. You did a good job on yours. I like the fab work.
Good one. I want to do the very same thing for my sub-compact 12” bucket for cleaning my ditches on my acreage. I had an idea and you improved it. Thanks!
Thank you bud 👍🏻
I'm 75 and new to all this (subscriber). In my whole life I've used a excavator for 2 hours. Just bought a kubota k008-3 for personal use, got one working arm and leg from stroke. Yesterday had a drunk take out both mine and neighbors mailboxes. My neighbors 72 can't dig no hole or even remove bent up posts. Had Mini Ex parked in shop, drove to shop on lawn mower drove back on Mini Ex, Pulled out posts dug 12" x 30' x 48" hole for new mailboxes. This morning the father and his son that ran over mailboxes actually came back and helped installed two new mail boxes. I told the dad I want $134 for mailbox or his son to mow my acre grass field 4 times, takes 2 hours to mow field, D160 John Deere. Excavators are really handy and fun!
Up our way on the big machines we weld two outside teeth to the bottom of straight edge. While on the machine then just knock the two outside teeth off throw staight edge on. It rests on center teath. Simple works great for years. Then ten minutes switch it over to regular bucket
Your flat bucket adaptor is GREAT WORK!!!Wonderful job!!!Perfect fit!!!
Awesome job that’s really cool to come up with a idea then fabricate it and have it work like you wanted it to. Great video
nice job Tim. A man of many talents thanks again.
Tim you did an awesome job making that smooth edge. Figure things out and work at as you said you can do anything you set your mind to. Have a great day and be safe
Nicely done, I was searching the internet for this exact mod. Thanks for posting and sharing your design, saves me from coming up with one of my own that knowing me I would end up using as the prototype for the improved upon second generation. So thanks to your video, I will only have to make one.
That’s the next thing I’m making for my 36” bucket! I like the way you made it!!
If you ever run a machine with a pin grabber Quick connect you will wish you had one instead of the type you have on your machine! I got one on my last mini and love it, I never thought I’d use my bucket backwards but I do all the time!!
Great job.
When I bought it, I was just doing what I could to get in a machine and wasn’t sure how I’d make out with it money wise. My next one will have a pin grab on it.
@@cotontop3 I totally understand that! The one I have now is my first with the pin grabber and I’ve owned a bunch of minis, the worst thing is now I’m having to change out the ears on all my buckets! But believe me when you try one you’ll be asking yourself how did I ever go without this long!!
I liked your coupler for using a skid steer attachments so much I built me one right after seeing yours and it’s awesome, I use it more with forks than a bucket!!
Thanks so much for putting all these videos out for us I can only imagine how much trouble it is! Be safe and have a great weekend!!
Great work Tim you’re a great metal worker. I will say I did this with out John Deere 60G buckets and I found that the teeth on the thumb will start to bend out from hitting the smooth nose cutting edge. I ended up welding a piece of strap the teeth or ears on the thumb so it would stop bending out. A smooth nose is great for doing clean up and fine grading in soft material. If you need to do grade and all you have is teeth leave a little extra and then I just put my bucket flat and slide it across the area I’m work to flatten it out and it’s semi compacted.
Super nice, that's cool as all get out. I was thinking when you were cutting those long angles some people don't know how much of a steady hand that takes. A nervous hand would make that look like a mountain landscape. Lol. cool build.
I made one for my buddy's 36" kubota bucket. I bought 3 new teeth and just welded a flat bar to the 3 new teeth. Then drilled out for the tooth pin to go through. He has used it for 1000-1500 hrs now and it's been fine.
What are you running for pressures on your torches? No preheat edge before burning, how do you do that?
I’m normally around 10 psi on acetylene and 35-40 on oxygen. If I’m messing with really thick metal like 2-3”, I’ll start cranking it on up on both. If you have a good torch and your metal is an inch or less thick, you should be able to do like I did in this video and just cut.
So over the years I've noticed you have all these cool toys. Have you ever considered getting a antique car? Kinda like a old car you, Jill and the girls can take a ride in on the weekends.
Hey Tim, if you have pin on teeth for your excavator; you can buy a set of teeth for the bucket that nearly touch each other and leave a smooth bottom in the ditch you are digging. We use them for digging footings because all the loose dirt has to come out of the hole and we are allowed no grooves in the bottom.
I put flare teeth on mine as well. Not quite the same as a grading/ditching bucket but leaves it remarkably smooth. I keep a small sledge, punch and the other teeth on the machine and can swap in less than 15 minutes. I do hope to make something similar but I've got so many other projects, the flare teeth was a quick solution. My buckets are all drilled for side cutters so at least I wouldn't have the task of drilling the bucket.
Tim, have you thought about welding a little piece of flat or square stock on the outside, tight against the bolt head so you only need one wrench? Or square up the holes and use carriage bolts? I did that on a tooth bar I built and it made it quite nice.
That thing's gonna be tough, plus it's a whole lot cheaper than buying another bucket. I'd get some extra nuts and bolts, just in case something crazy happened. Y'all have a blessed weekend.
Tim we used old small dozer cutting-edge for blade welded to outside teeth then change outside teeth when wanting to go back.
Tim, I did that to my bucket but I used grader blade with the cutting edge on it. Works great.
0039281, I used a grader blade as well on my 1.5 ton mini. Great wearing ability to last a long long time.
That thing is slicker than snot on a greased door knob!
Good old American ingenuity!!
Excellent video as always!
Sir you're a surgeon with the torch, great work
Good job. I have a mini backhoe have thought about doing the same thing. For the uses of a mini you need to be able to make a smooth bottom to the cut.
Hi Tim I'm at Ritchie Brothers auction in Houston Texas and they got a bunch of husqvarna chainsaws 460 now still in the box
Great job on the bucket blade. Why didn't you put the bolt heads inside the bucket and nuts outside. The outside is less likely always to be in the dirt whereas the bucket gets dirt every time. Probably not much difference but it was what I noticed.
Cotontop, this is kilroy again, I was telling you back in the seventies when I used to run down through there I had me a cabover Peterbilt with a 15 over an. 370 rears. I came through Mississippi one night there a State Trooper pulled me over and said Son do you know how fast you was going I said no officer he said you was going 95 miles an hour I said I wasn't even the big hole yet !!!
I watched a guy with a John Deere backhoe build the same exact thing a couple months ago for his bucket. He said it worked real good to!!!
I watch your videos everyday they are great you are tim of many trades i learn lots
Nicely done!! It’s like a whole new bucket !
Old school there. Friend's of mine did that yrs ago for their backhoe, but they made it out of a 3' piece of old motor grader cutting edge . Nice job
Great build. You could have used hardened single bevel cutting edge strip, it would have been a once in a decade build and would have allowed you to play with some mixed metal welding. However I guess for a rainy day project y'all have to use what's at hand.
Darn nice job Tim, No limit's anymore ..LOL
Have a great upcoming weekend, and be safe out there..
Thankyou again. Your videos are a great way to get through my day Thankyou
Which model Milwaukee grinder do you use ? Paddle / Trigger - etc? Thanks
All of mine are paddle.
cotontop3 braking or no ?
1 does brake the other 2 don’t but imo there’s not much difference between all 3.
Looks good. I wondered if welding a short length of 3/8th or 1/2" hardened steel rod to close off the open end of the teeth-caps wouldn't make some jobs a little easier. Just on onlookers idea, but I'm not a machine operator. I like it as it is!!
Nice work! Maybe add another nut on each bolt to protect the threads from wearing in the dirt.
I’m gonna cut those bolts off to where the nut will protect them.
Very nice job.👍🏻I like the fabricating videos a lot.👍🏻👍🏻
No plan, no problem, just creativity of bringing a vision to life, love the video man keep em commin
you will really like having that to grade with we made one similar for our backhoe .really handy piece. looks great
Brilliant idea coton! You should build and sell those part time. :) Great video!
What brand of wire fed welder do you use and do you use a stick welder if so what brand
I use Miller welder and I don’t have a stick welder.
@@cotontop3 10 4 keep them coming.
I've been a. Shoprat most of.my.life Tim,, love your place and all.your goodies Bud,
Looks good great video hope you have a great weekend Tim. Thank you for sharing
I like when a plan comes together
The powdery soil is the way it comes out when digging in hard ground with a grade plate. In my part of southeast Texas you can't even rent a track hoe without a grade plate they weld them directly to the teeth.
Hello there Tim. Great video as always buddy. Hope you and the family are doing very well.
Very Kool...
Great Job Tim...
Do you have any plans on getting a Milwaukee Mag Drill. They are pretty sweet and would work well on you repair and fabrication videos.
Man that's pretty freaking cool Tim, good job
Love your videos. Thankyou
That's going to work great for grading, great video!!
If you still have this would you be interested in selling it?
I have the same bucket, how much you charge me for one of them? :) i'm in illinois
Thank you for this great idea
Any time!
Awesome video Tim. I love too do that kinda fab work. You done a fine job. Works pretty slick. Literally. 👍👍👍
That dog's gonna hunt😄 very nice!
Done that to mine last year. I have full length plate on the bottom.
Looks like a good job. You probably already cut bolts off. But dont cut them with nylock nut on our replace them. Basically ruuins the lock of the nylon with heat. I bet you never take that smooth edge off unless you are into rocks :)
Your probably gonna have to patent that Tim. Lol. I like it man, neat little cutting piece
Nice video and awesome job ! Looks like it works great.
Hell that ole Pete didn't plane out till bout 106. ALLWAYS new Michelin rubber though. And a crazy ass kilroy wide open hind the wheel. Yessir
Pretty neat deal there. What kind of tripod was your camera on? You must have had auto exposure when you were welding.
Manfrotto
It looks like it works great.
This is exactly what I was search for. Thanks for the video
Great video today Tim have a great weekend.
Great job Tim. That sould work good. Know you would have to try it out. I would have done the something. Looking good. Stay safe and God bless.
Nice job!
Is that motor oil you are using to keep that bit cool?
Way more thoughtful that what I do.. I just weld a plate on.. Then cut it off when I don't need it. Lol
What kind of drills do you use?
Hope you hit the 100k man I’d love to come see all the equipment up close lol🤙 keep up the good work and you will hit it in no time
Nothing like a good sharp drill bit!
Well done lovely job just like any job it has to be in you it's a gift.
WELL MADE YOUR BUILD
I like it , I may make one for my mini .
Excellent job.
how much would you say you have in it $$?
Mainly just some time
Need to make another one for the narrow bucket
That’s look like it is working good. CM in Louisiana
Great job enjoyed that!!!!
Smooth metal work really cool have a good weekend
Yes that's common, it shaves like razor, it's because the edge goes completely across the bucket.
Great project 👍
Real nice job man. Good vision, good fabrication.
Thank you
Really nice job on that sand plate you made for your machine i have the same Kubota Kx 57 also 24 inch bucket but spot welded it on teeth think I'm going to change mine up.
Tune in next time to Fabricating with Cotontop to see how you too can have perfect mashed potatoes when Tim builds a new Tater Masher for the mini!!!
You givin me ideas!
cotontop3 a Tater Masher on the mini would bring new meaning to Later Taters!!
Well done!
I'd love to know what Chris Guins and Frank (digginOK) think of your new bucket. Frank does the neatest footings with his backhoe that I have seen anywhere. I have a feeling that Tim will get fed up with bolting his smooth edge on and off, and buy a new bucket within six months to a year.
good job bud
Listen to 19:36
Great video
And the project passes the "will it work" test!Nice flat smooth bottomed hole.
Are you out of Cullman?
I’m in Mississippi
@@cotontop3 northeast?
Columbus area.
@@cotontop3 ah. Gotcha
Man, That worked Great, and looks like it was made for it...lolol well, it was , wasn't it !! Have a Great Day !!
I build things the same way to. Just start going at it.
Nice job
thats cool tim .
If you wanted to get really crazy you could do a bolt on cutting edge on it.
Why dont you buy a gradeing bucket!?