this is what i do for a living as a mobile rig welder and as far as i can see you had a very big job ahead of you and trying to keep the bore from locking and seizing the pin up you did a bang up job. grat job thumbs up your a true tradesman.
Hahaha hahaha "overhead grinding should be reserved for paedophiles". I wholly agree. You get to the stage ,after a couple of hours of it where you have to stop every 30 seconds for a rest. Horrendous . Best do it with a buddy.
Man good job. I’ve done a ton of repairs over the years and am one to always try to reuse, save, fix, repair. Whatever. But man. She was almost to far gone. Good job bringing her back. Whoever is running that machine shouldn’t be aloud to. There just not using it right to break it that many times.
I'm not a digger driver, but to me it looks like some those cracks were caused by sideways or twisting forces on the boom. As if the driver was in the habit of putting sideways forces on the bucket instead of pulling/pushing. Good repair, wonder how long it'll take him to wreck it again!
any video that will hold my attention to watch every second of it is more than worthy of a sub. You certainly made the person who repaired it the last time look a little amateurish. Thank you for sharing your world with me/us.
I was a fabricator/welder etc etc for Halliburton. Some of the "field" repairs stuff was off the chart likethis boom repair. Some pieces were so thick it took two rosebuds to preheat. It's was hard work many times but I loved it.
I like the repairs you have done on the plant machines. And all the scrap balers and quarry crushers real heavy duty stuff. And a lot of hard graft and sweat. I was very interested when your uncle drew said about his patent. It seems to me that clever people like him with good ideas and designs get taken by other people who could not work it out themselves. He was right in my book. Knows his stuff for sure. I am a big county fan love your fathers tractors and enthusiasm. Keep the video's coming love em best wishes to you all at Cooke engineering. From jonsey south Wales GB.
Absolutely fantastic! This is the proper way of doing a repair correctly. Don't scab on more crap like it was when it came in for repair. Remove ALL of the bad work and start fresh at the base metal! Great job!! This repair will last the life of the machine. 👍💪
That is a real nice repair considering what you started with,and should outlast the rest of the machine. The guy that did it before tried for his ability and what he had by the looks of it. it's amazing how much worse stuff i see here in Canada on farms where they just wasted 3 packs of rods and found some old flame hacked scrap to weld on that wasn't even suitable for the repair, welding to me is something where less done right can be better with some jobs.
Overhead grinding should be reserved for the person who “repaired” it before. You did it right. Outstanding job.
Have watched some other repair video's and you are the only one to preheat before welding. Glad to see it done right.
this is what i do for a living as a mobile rig welder and as far as i can see you had a very big job ahead of you and trying to keep the bore from locking and seizing the pin up you did a bang up job. grat job thumbs up your a true tradesman.
This chap is craftsmen at top of his game......the success is all down to the preparation, well done for excellent hight quality welding job.
Hahaha hahaha "overhead grinding should be reserved for paedophiles". I wholly agree. You get to the stage ,after a couple of hours of it where you have to stop every 30 seconds for a rest. Horrendous . Best do it with a buddy.
Excellent work by a master welder. Loved the 'overhead grinding' bit
Thanks for taking the time to post your work. Never a dull day around there!
First thing that went through my head when you were assessing the damage was thats scrap, your work is second to none, incredible
Man good job. I’ve done a ton of repairs over the years and am one to always try to reuse, save, fix, repair. Whatever. But man. She was almost to far gone. Good job bringing her back. Whoever is running that machine shouldn’t be aloud to. There just not using it right to break it that many times.
I'm not a digger driver, but to me it looks like some those cracks were caused by sideways or twisting forces on the boom. As if the driver was in the habit of putting sideways forces on the bucket instead of pulling/pushing. Good repair, wonder how long it'll take him to wreck it again!
Great job. That entire front section of the boom should be boxed up and welded with 5 additional plates to distribute stress forces over a wider area.
any video that will hold my attention to watch every second of it is more than worthy of a sub. You certainly made the person who repaired it the last time look a little amateurish. Thank you for sharing your world with me/us.
absolutely fantastic work there alistair , i agree there is nothing worse than overhead grinding and welding .
I was a fabricator/welder etc etc for Halliburton. Some of the "field" repairs stuff was off the chart likethis boom repair. Some pieces were so thick it took two rosebuds to preheat. It's was hard work many times but I loved it.
You're an incredible tradesman! I would love to see a lot of your jobs after some paint!
Now THAT is a repair!!!! Solid work, mate! Absolutely beautiful and beautiful welds, too.
I like the repairs you have done on the plant machines. And all the scrap balers and quarry crushers real heavy duty stuff. And a lot of hard graft and sweat. I was very interested when your uncle drew said about his patent. It seems to me that clever people like him with good ideas and designs get taken by other people who could not work it out themselves. He was right in my book. Knows his stuff for sure. I am a big county fan love your fathers tractors and enthusiasm. Keep the video's coming love em best wishes to you all at Cooke engineering. From jonsey south Wales GB.
Absolutely fantastic! This is the proper way of doing a repair correctly. Don't scab on more crap like it was when it came in for repair. Remove ALL of the bad work and start fresh at the base metal! Great job!! This repair will last the life of the machine. 👍💪
That is a real nice repair considering what you started with,and should outlast the rest of the machine. The guy that did it before tried for his ability and what he had by the looks of it. it's amazing how much worse stuff i see here in Canada on farms where they just wasted 3 packs of rods and found some old flame hacked scrap to weld on that wasn't even suitable for the repair, welding to me is something where less done right can be better with some jobs.
Great job. You may be aware of I C Weld in Texas? He does similar work. You guys are in a totally different league to me! Ha ha ha ha ha ha...