Happy days Oliver mate, proper work, done right, in the real world, I got my first fabrication job at 16 in 1983, and notched out thousands of angle iron joints, we used a step nozzle on the gas axe, great fun for the first hour lol, I dont envy welding inside a slurry tanker mind you 😂 thanks for sharing, have a great week ahead, and best wishes to you and yours Ralfy 👍
Good jobs, well made. I'm so glad you cleared off the assembly/welding table it triggered my OCD 😂😂😂. We made gears for Mercedes trucks and the same 3 engineers came, from Mannheim to check our systems for material traceability and manufacturing methods. They were pleased with all aspects of manufacturing, but they were very strict on a tidy and clean workshop. We got rid of so much "Historical Junk", and painted floors etc. Obviously you don't need that at all, but years of working in that clean and clear environment has made me that way. Good post, hope you are well 👍, see you next week.
When I started as Chief Engineer in a new company, one of the first things to do was sort out the Engineers workshops. Big clean, tidy and scrap. Then I'd have them in on overtime on a Saturday to paint the workshop floors, decent 2 pack epoxy in a CREAM colour. The technicians would complain that it would show the dirt more than the red or dark green. "Exactly you have got it." Just painting the floor a nice light colour would make all the difference, within a week everyone would be saying it looks so much better. The added benefit, was that the guys could see the floor was dirty and would clean it without being told to do it.
@billdoodson4232 The main walkway was painted green with yellow edging, nothing was allowed to be left in the walkway. The areas where machines and stillages were painted grey. Same as your paint, this was expensive 2 pack epoxy. We had contracts with several top tier motor manufacturers in the UK, EU and US, so when we were assessed by them it was impressive. The clearing, cleaning and painting was fairly easy, it was harder keeping it clear and clean, but the staff soon began to have pride on the factory floor.
A varied selection of jobs this week, all completed to your high quality standard. Thanks for sharing this weeks work jobs. Brian from South Yorkshire.
I like your 390, I remember back when I was 16/17 I use to fight to drive the one on the farm I worked at, it was the pride of the fleet back then. I also see you have what looks like a 128 baler, We still have one, but not been used in a couple of years. Great video as always.
Ollie nice work well done, I was impressed the gouged out drawbar jumped out just like a broad bean with just one blow with sledge, I have long held the view that once you have got shape and dimension when using rollers not to reverse it out just keep going forward to take out, cheers Somerset mike.
Hi mate as far as the tow bar tongue painting and other bits and pieces never underestimate the dollar value that a few tins of paint on your shelf can add to a well engineered work that you produce,if you get my drift. Regards Chris Bailey
Good morning, Oliver. Done and dusted. Time to hit the recliner with a hot toddy. It's 4 degrees C here this morning in Northern Florida USA...but I have my Snowball Engineering hoodie to keep me warm. Cheers, mate.
well done actually finishing 3 jobs . yes i use to makethe arched windows so we went by mesuring from the bottom to the center of arch i found it quiet enjoyable doing it all so noone else was involved
I watched intently as you picked that assembly up with the fork lift to load it on the trailer and I don't think it saged much more than a ¼". Very stout build 👍🏻
Great work! Once again, get a variable frequenzy drive for the roler, so you can stop spot on and you can run it faster, if you want. Installation is far from beeing complicated, just some wires, start/stop button and a potentiometer for speed adjustment.
@snowballengineering let me know, if you need further informations. VFD i recommend Danfoss FC280 or 302 Series, buy a used one. Are you still running on 240V in the workshop? Three phase would be helpful, not only for the roller, but in general.
Interesting all the different opinions about how draw bars should/shouldn't be welded. I know you said you're not necessarily an expert but might be fun to draw that in onshape and see what the stress analysis has to say on the subject.....? I remember you did that for something else a while back and thinking it was pretty cool!🤓
Just a comment Oliver, if you cut the long lengths 16mm short, when you position the short pieces to the correct outside dimension you'll have ready made 8mm vertical corner fillets ready to weld.
The Siegmund table's are great until your work colleagues get greedy/lazy with the attachments by leaving them on their table unused not returning them to the rack. Oliver's lucky to work on his own. When I started welding I always wondered why the older guys were so damn grumpy now I know why!.
When TriffittTrailers replace a hitch ring , they cut the old one straight off and weld the new one underneath the drawbar. I've done 2 like that without problems.
Plasma gouging is the easiest. Arc air gouging can remove a lot more metal. I never really have to do much with gas so my skills aren’t great with that.
Nice job as always, how come the customer didn’t have them hot dip galvanised as whilst it isn’t a cheap process it is probably good for 20 to 30 years and the paint will be gone in a year. I guess the up side is more ongoing work for you!
The ideal treatment for the grids and frame would have been if you could have got them hot dip galvanised, but that might have been expensive or impractical.
Bonjour mon ami j'ai une question bête, pourquoi vous ne placez pas de l'eau dans votre table Plasma? Thank you for your videos, which I watch from Nîmes in the Gard region of France.
I believe it's todo with the programming from the manufacturer. They will not let you cut part shapes out. Seems very wasteful, but every cnc plasma does it
Hi, The use of the shared cut line may reduce plate waste and shorten total cut length and thus time. It may however compromise part quality, especially with processes like plasma where there is a “good” side and a “scrap” side to the cut. It is important that Primecut has correct kerf data, or that the operator knows and enters the kerf, as common line cutting involves Primecut explicitly offsetting the geometry based on kerf. This makes kerf adjustment at the machine impossible.
With a job like those long strips, is it possible to set the plasma table to take one cut on the sides instead of two cuts, like make it three times wider and then take cuts to split it into three instead of making three individual strips? That would save a lot of time. Maybe the software won't let you do that?
You explain things in very well in a humble way , no nonsense , nobody likes a smart ass, so keep doing what you 😊
His bum is too small to have a brain, much less a smart one.
Yeah American guys trying to have similar channels talk 90% of the time and does 10% of what this guy does.
👍👌! Thanks for sharing!
IC weld is a very good US channel, a lot like Oliver who puts out first class content
@ thanks!
Well done, three jobs completed! Thanks for bringing us along!
Thanks for watching!
As usual, thanks for taking us along. My sunday would be so boring without having your videos.
Same here! You motivated me enough to get off my butt and take out the garbage! I just did it and now I’m sitting here watching the rest of your vid.
Nice easy jobs, bread and butter. Thanks for sharing Oliver.
No "farmwelds" on your farm, best son a farming dad could wish for👏👍🍻
The folks in your area are sure fortunate to have you to keep them going! Great work as always!
I like the odd-jobbing and the variety it brings. As always, a well put together video.
I like the way you explain your logic for doing stuff. As a non engineer it makes so much more sense. Cheers and stay warm
Thank you for your video. As someone who cant even knock a nail in straight, I hugely admire folks who can fabricate stuff like this....
Morning Oliver. Paying the bills, getting the jobs out the door!
Amazing the wear on those drawbars! Lots of use.
Be Well
Cheers
Hi Ollie nice to watch you working again pleased to see the welding table clear of junk and being used good content as usual
That bench certainly saves of chalk and string! Nice one 👊
As a farmer who has managed to acquire a trailer load of angle iron, it has been very helpful
An agri machine company that knows what it's doing . That's a novel idea , in 40 years I have seen no evidence that they do !
Happy days Oliver mate, proper work, done right, in the real world, I got my first fabrication job at 16 in 1983, and notched out thousands of angle iron joints, we used a step nozzle on the gas axe, great fun for the first hour lol, I dont envy welding inside a slurry tanker mind you 😂 thanks for sharing, have a great week ahead, and best wishes to you and yours Ralfy 👍
Thanks for the video Oliver. Great little jobs.
The most honest channel on RUclips.
Thanks! I like to keep it real.
Nice job on the inserts but what a pain to paint. Have a good week and see you next Sunday
Good jobs, well made. I'm so glad you cleared off the assembly/welding table it triggered my OCD 😂😂😂. We made gears for Mercedes trucks and the same 3 engineers came, from Mannheim to check our systems for material traceability and manufacturing methods. They were pleased with all aspects of manufacturing, but they were very strict on a tidy and clean workshop. We got rid of so much "Historical Junk", and painted floors etc. Obviously you don't need that at all, but years of working in that clean and clear environment has made me that way. Good post, hope you are well 👍, see you next week.
When I started as Chief Engineer in a new company, one of the first things to do was sort out the Engineers workshops. Big clean, tidy and scrap. Then I'd have them in on overtime on a Saturday to paint the workshop floors, decent 2 pack epoxy in a CREAM colour. The technicians would complain that it would show the dirt more than the red or dark green. "Exactly you have got it." Just painting the floor a nice light colour would make all the difference, within a week everyone would be saying it looks so much better. The added benefit, was that the guys could see the floor was dirty and would clean it without being told to do it.
@billdoodson4232 The main walkway was painted green with yellow edging, nothing was allowed to be left in the walkway. The areas where machines and stillages were painted grey. Same as your paint, this was expensive 2 pack epoxy. We had contracts with several top tier motor manufacturers in the UK, EU and US, so when we were assessed by them it was impressive. The clearing, cleaning and painting was fairly easy, it was harder keeping it clear and clean, but the staff soon began to have pride on the factory floor.
@@thepagan5432 Yep, it's easy isn't it, not rocket science, but so few seem to practice it. Cheers.
A varied selection of jobs this week, all completed to your high quality standard. Thanks for sharing this weeks work jobs. Brian from South Yorkshire.
Great to see you overcoming your AIP condition (angle iron phobia). You are a top notch Agri Engineer ! LOL
Three more little jobs off the list well done Olly
Really nice to see that welding bench coming into full use Ollie. I wish I had A) The money to buy one, B) The room to put one in.😢
better than factory is always welcome...
Job well done Welds in shear better than welds in Tension Thanks for sharing
I like your 390, I remember back when I was 16/17 I use to fight to drive the one on the farm I worked at, it was the pride of the fleet back then. I also see you have what looks like a 128 baler, We still have one, but not been used in a couple of years. Great video as always.
The baler is a customers come in for repair.
Ollie nice work well done, I was impressed the gouged out drawbar jumped out just like a broad bean with just one blow with sledge, I have long held the view that once you have got shape and dimension when using rollers not to reverse it out just keep going forward to take out, cheers Somerset mike.
Great work again Ollie, nice to see a varied array of jobs covered
Awesome table….so jealous 😊
Many important jobs well done and explained, hello from SW Florida USA on the Gulf.
Another interesting video of your work thanks Oliver
Hi mate as far as the tow bar tongue painting and other bits and pieces never underestimate the dollar value that a few tins of paint on your shelf can add to a well engineered work that you produce,if you get my drift. Regards Chris Bailey
A well put together video.
Good morning, Oliver. Done and dusted. Time to hit the recliner with a hot toddy. It's 4 degrees C here this morning in Northern Florida USA...but I have my Snowball Engineering hoodie to keep me warm. Cheers, mate.
That’s must be unusually cold for Florida?
@@snowballengineering Yea, just a little cold snap.
Very tidy work, great job
Love the variety of jobs and the quality way do them! 👍🏻
Keep up the great work.. Oliver. 🎅🏻
Thanks again for a great video Oliver. 👌👌
You do very nice work. Great video.
You’d make a mint of money making those grids in Australia. They’re all over the country. Great work. 👏👏🇦🇺
Excellent Job 👏👏 👍
ah, -1 a warm 33 down under. top jobs there Snow
Ah it’s a minus 17c and 25cm on the road, ah the joy of first day’s snow drama 😂
@@harryjones8952 23 and raining today in bendigo Victoria
Nice one. 👍
👌🏼👌🏼🤘🏼 getting colder here to (MI) 30s at night 40s maybe low 50 during the day
Great work.
Thanks for another great video!
Three jobs well done Mate..
So much music and applause and things get fabricated.
Baling twine, the vice grip and angle iron,,,,, the farmers best friends.
well done actually finishing 3 jobs . yes i use to makethe arched windows so we went by mesuring from the bottom to the center of arch i found it quiet enjoyable doing it all so noone else was involved
Nice work all round!
Love the vids keep them comin amazing work
Nice jobs , would have been nice to see the grids hot diped but I am sure you already know this
Nine seconds after posting, i'm here!
Aye, so ye are 😏
Congratulations 🤠
That's what she said.
Gull trailers Cambridgeshire, Use to weld all sides with multi runs of fillet welds on the sides and one across the top edge🇬🇧🇮🇪.
Fine job !
1,530 👍's up SBE thank you for sharing 🤗
Nice job...
Brilliant as always 👍🏻🇬🇧
I watched intently as you picked that assembly up with the fork lift to load it on the trailer and I don't think it saged much more than a ¼". Very stout build 👍🏻
Olá amigo trabalho perfeito!!!
Boa sorte sempre!!!
Hi My Dear Friend Very Very Great Job Sir ❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for the video.
another great video young fellow keep it up
Great work!
Once again, get a variable frequenzy drive for the roler, so you can stop spot on and you can run it faster, if you want. Installation is far from beeing complicated, just some wires, start/stop button and a potentiometer for speed adjustment.
It’s not often I use the rollers but it’s definitely a job I need to do.
@snowballengineering let me know, if you need further informations. VFD i recommend Danfoss FC280 or 302 Series, buy a used one.
Are you still running on 240V in the workshop? Three phase would be helpful, not only for the roller, but in general.
I like the semi gloss red primer. Now you have two options: flat or semi gloss primer. Cheers.
You explain things well . Dont be so hard on your self .
If that drawbar has been in there for so long, the welds did their job well
Oliver an awesome job, well done. Keep up the great work.
Hi from kiwi land. 😂
Fantastic 😊
I feel your pain with the angle iron, it belongs in the age of rivets and steam engines.
Interesting all the different opinions about how draw bars should/shouldn't be welded. I know you said you're not necessarily an expert but might be fun to draw that in onshape and see what the stress analysis has to say on the subject.....? I remember you did that for something else a while back and thinking it was pretty cool!🤓
Thanks for the reply 👍
I like it !!
Just a comment Oliver, if you cut the long lengths 16mm short, when you position the short pieces to the correct outside dimension you'll have ready made 8mm vertical corner fillets ready to weld.
Thanks for the videos, where did you get those clamps? they seem good and you use seem to use them a lot.
The Siegmund table's are great until your work colleagues get greedy/lazy with the attachments by leaving them on their table unused not returning them to the rack. Oliver's lucky to work on his own. When I started welding I always wondered why the older guys were so damn grumpy now I know why!.
Bon Boulo 😆😆👍👍
Use fast dry red oxide, game changer
You always keep yourself busy
Nice work.. winter temps .. is not nice..
MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼
Hay Oliver, what Mig do you prefer, Tecark or the Jasic?
Keep up the good work.😊
They’re both very good. The Jasic is more advanced so it’s much easier to set for vertical welding or bore welding.
When TriffittTrailers replace a hitch ring , they cut the old one straight off and weld the new one underneath the drawbar. I've done 2 like that without problems.
Do you use solid core or gasshelded Flux core , im see go up hild on vertikale
I use solid wire mostly.
Any preference, arc, plasma or gas?
Or just horses for courses ?
Plasma gouging is the easiest. Arc air gouging can remove a lot more metal. I never really have to do much with gas so my skills aren’t great with that.
Nice job as always, how come the customer didn’t have them hot dip galvanised as whilst it isn’t a cheap process it is probably good for 20 to 30 years and the paint will be gone in a year. I guess the up side is more ongoing work for you!
Oliver be careful putting the grinder on your brilliant table with it still rotating just a bit
09:20 what is the reasoning for the preheating please? Hello from San Antonio, TEXAS too!
How much of a preheat does a drawbar eye need before welding ?
The ideal treatment for the grids and frame would have been if you could have got them hot dip galvanised, but that might have been expensive or impractical.
Nice job, just curious, what brand are the work pants you're wearing in this video. I'm kind of a geek for a good rugged cargo pocket work pant.
Bonjour mon ami j'ai une question bête, pourquoi vous ne placez pas de l'eau dans votre table Plasma?
Thank you for your videos, which I watch from Nîmes in the Gard region of France.
It’s a down draft table so the smoke gets sucked out underneath. However my fan isn’t quite big enough.
question - why do you leave a border between two pieces when cutting them on the plasma cutter ?
I believe it's todo with the programming from the manufacturer. They will not let you cut part shapes out. Seems very wasteful, but every cnc plasma does it
Thanks for asking that question. It had occurred to me to be wasteful. How close can you get two parts together?
Hi,
The use of the shared cut line may reduce plate waste and shorten total cut length and thus time. It may however compromise part quality, especially with processes like plasma where there is a “good” side and a “scrap” side to the cut. It is important that Primecut has correct kerf data, or that the operator knows and enters the kerf, as common line cutting involves Primecut explicitly offsetting the geometry based on kerf. This makes kerf adjustment at the machine impossible.
My kutavar doesn’t have the common line cutting add on installed.
Material displacement moves more metal from the inside.
Pleas more from tis job cutting grinding welding goughing i like it
My gandpa and me have that maket too like this jobs
👌
What's a gouging rod made of that sheds small pieces that continue burning?
They’re made out of carbon.
Thumbs up.
With a job like those long strips, is it possible to set the plasma table to take one cut on the sides instead of two cuts, like make it three times wider and then take cuts to split it into three instead of making three individual strips? That would save a lot of time. Maybe the software won't let you do that?
There is an add on to the software to do common line cutting but I don’t have it installed on mine.