There are some magicians out there. I weld like shit to be perfectly honest. In the 90s I had my local welder (back when you had a local welder!) repair a broken chrome trim piece for the nose of my '70 Buick's hood. He mostly did industrial and fleet heavy duty welding. He just had the trim I didn't leave the car. He brazed it. When I got it back in a few days, the repair was almost visually perfect and the damn thing did fit perfectly. He polished it so the repair looked much like chrome. I used it as-is for a couple of years while I found an undamaged one which were hen's teeth back then, I can't imagine it now. That guy might even be dead now, he retired in the early 2000s. An artist. I suppose he found my job challenging and interesting as a nice change of pace so he really went above and beyond. Cost? 50 bucks. Of course, me and 50 bucks were not well acquainted back then LOL.
Great video! once you started grinding the broken piece and manifold I was thinking to myself how are they going to make sure the bolt hole is in the right place?? Then you bolted it down before welding to make sure it's in correct placement. I also liked how you used the gasket to ensure the port was sized correctly, Good thinking!
I used to run a mobile welding shop in the carribbean for 11 years. Had a call one day to water island. Had to take a people ferry over and walk tue equipment to the job. The lady had a cracked engine block on a little suv. The bolt bosses were ripped off. I didn't have a portable AC tig just DC tig. I offered aluminum welding rods but refused to back the work. I promised to do my best but assured her it probably wouldn't work. I ordered in a huge box of rods and welded the block up. The ground with a 4inch grinder and made it mostly flat on the 3 pads. Drilled amd tapped, but only with 5/16 grade 8 bolts as per the client. That car lasted another 6 years without issues. I still don't know how it held. She paid me well and fed me. Said it was cheaper than a replacement by far. Happy customer happy life..
Thats great, and they have lower peak pressures/temps vs performance/modified vehicles so they can get away with a lot more. Just means you did really solid work.
@tireballastserviceofflorid7771 hey man im thinking of moving to the carribbean and doing a mobile welding shop as well what was your experience like and would you recommend it?
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Question: I have a broken casting on my sewing machine... Can I Hard solder that with aluminum Rods? I appreciate any input. Cant find anything about sewing machines castings to be repaired, other than gluing.( Which I do not prefer) The sewing Machine on the other hand is totally fine, just needed a cleaning service. I got it for free, and its a nice one too. I guess the Lady had an accident where it fell to the ground and hit one Corner, unfortunately..
I’ve never tried soldering with aluminium rods, there are some impressive products on the market that look as tho they work well but I have no experience with that’s just tig welding and mig welding. Anything can be repaired so it’s worth a try for sure.
In many of you haven’t noticed, one of the preparations was to die grind with the carbide burr all of the broken surface down to ‘new metal’. Even after tig welding the top, he opened up the gasket surface to ‘new metal’. All in all, a very nice job.
Most people rely on JB weld too much, don't get me wrong though as JB weld is good but for jobs like this no, you are better off taking the time to do it right, great work 👍
Really good fix, done professionally and carefully, it will probably work great in this case. I know from experience that there can be major factory imperfections in these castings as well as the inlet ports to the cylinders - big bits of steel just sticking up and messing up the airflow. But you can't really fix it without removing the cylinder head at a minimum, even the smallest chip is likely to stay in the cylinder and wear away at the engine.
I’m not an experienced welder but I must say, the way in which you grind out all the voids is the same technique as when welding high pressure pipe. Your attention to detail is inspiringly impressive.
Probably could have got a used manifold for cheaper. But what if that was an antique or your nowhere near a good source of junk vehicles. The fact that you can make a repair like that is nice. Wish I had his skills
These manifolds are quite expensive used, I saved about £200 doing this and made a video about how to do it. Appreciate your comment, and thanks for watching.
Beautiful TIG work; you are a true artist. I just wonder if the cost, in terms of your labor, was worth not just replacing it with a used, reman, or even new manifold.
Thanks, these particular manifolds cost £450 for a new replacement or £350 for used. I picked this one up for £150 and therefore saved myself about £200. Worth it to save an intake manifold like this.
Heating the whole piece in an oven is preferable rather just heating the localised area. Also avoid using a sanding belt linisher to re flatten a skimmed face if possible as they tend to shave a lot more off each end than in the centre and you may end up with a poorly sealing face. (Best re-skim if you can afford it).
@@Smffab well done ,full respect for showing us that it can be done for all us fixer uppers out there. Excellent job, phenomenal result at the end. Kudos to you. 👍👍🇮🇪
Tres intéressant comme réparation. Évidemment, il ne sert a rien de le faire sur des pièces bon marché ou facile a trouver a petit prix, mais sur des pièces qui se font rare et précieuse. Ici ce n'est qu'une démonstration que cela est réalisable.
It wasn’t really absolutely necessary, but because I have lower powered machine (max 160amps) it helped me get going with the initial weld, rather than waiting for the welder to do all the heating up before starting to add filler
Great video, I wish it had some voice over like what you think a good pre-heat temp should be or what kind of filler rods work best in your opinion. Belt sanding the mating surface flat works with something like this because there is no real pressure and small warping of a few thousands does not really matter. I wouldn’t attempt that without a proper face mill on a block or head though, the ruler won’t show the very slight defects that just cause leaks almost immediately.
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate the comments and thanks for watching. The belt sander is never going to be as good as something being machines but I checking my belt sander table it flat and I also check the part is flat with a square. The surface I get it actually really quite good, and once the gasket is on and everything tightened down to the correct torque, I don’t have any leaks and it’s running about 12-14 PSI boost pressure with no problems
Apparently, some of the aluminium van engines (eg vw and others), their heads can develop cracks around the injectors esp if they are not common rail injection systems (so each injector generates its pressure and creates a hammering action where they are seated on the head creating metal hardening / cracking). I've seen someone add shims around them . Are those kind of cracks something that can be welded ? I've always heard that aluminium welding is much tougher to do (from the cycle frame world). Cheers and thanks for the video, very impressive.
I wonder if the reduced strength of welded aluminum which is roughly 1/2 also effects its durability under high temperatures & fatigue. Solid job regardless
No need. You can use devcon or weicon alüminium compatible steel putty. I ve used for my crv side mirror aluminium cast base due to crack with that and never fail again.
Yes youre right a little bit more than I would have liked but it’s not a problem. I could have used a smaller carbide burr tool but didn’t have one. Thanks.
Great skills, should have mounted it up in a mill to resurface it like a cylinder head. Rather than run it across the belt sander. Finished product seemed fine tho.
I seen this father son mechanic down here the road from me other year everyday they would pick apples on the side of the road. I would always wonder what they done with a them apples that they were picking every day. So I seened them at the mechanic store and asked em.
It’s ok to weld repair a manifold it’s probably stronger than new now. Also this has been on my 400bhp turbo AWD civic for the last 6 months with 12 psi which is not a lot of pressure, and it could take a lot more.
I had a b series ITR one like this welded locally, it looked good but cracked again, same place…I may try it again now that I have a tig. I cracked it over-torquing trying to stop a coolant leak….with one of those stupid plastic “thermal” gaskets…too much flex, I don’t think they are worth it.
Thanks. It wasn’t dropped or damaged like that. They can break when they are installed with a thermal gasket and not a OEM gasket. The thermal gasket is used to try reduce heat transfer from cylinder head to manifold and therefore have cooler intake temps, but the thermal gaskets have a lot more “give” in them as they are thicker than OEM. This means manifold flanges aren’t properly supported or if not all torqued up correctly can lead to flanges cracking and breaking. You see it on these manifold and more commonly the aftermarket intakes.
@@Smffab Thank you! I was trained as a welding engineer at OSU in the 80's. I still remember, and live metallurgy. 5053 for marine, 1100 for Pure, and there are a few more.
2:47 now there’s a good example of carefully using tools in an expert hand to achieve great results.A linisher making good a mating surface. May not replace a fly cutter, but would definitely clean up a surface.
you could have used the aluminum rods they sell at the flea market. If they can stuck two soda cans together with a propane torch, they should work just fine here😂😂😂😂😂😂
Not necessary at all, it’s not like it’s been installed into an engine it just needs to be tight enough to hold in place for welding and it worked perfectly.
@@Smffab ... Got one in my garage right now, with a broken upper intake plenum. Because I was dumb, and believed harbor freight, had good tools. Now I have a $500.00 repair sitting there. But, thank God the torque wrench only cost me $19.99.. plus tax. 15 to 18 inch pounds, was all it was supposed to be...
It's a great repair. After that, you should have each runner flow tested and cc'd to make sure each runner matches, or it could cause problems in performance.
Hi, thanks. To be honest the blow torch not really necessary, but because my machine is only 160 amps it helped warm up the part. So just as you say it helps warm up the spot I’m welding and remove the moisture. 👍🏼
You could break it in the morning and fix it the same day , at no real cost . Avoiding having to wait for one to be shipped. And also keeping your welding skills up to scratch. And a sense of achievement mending recycling stuff, like a bit of a hobby. It's not always about the money.
I thought he was about to reuse the aluminium shavings
😂
Ive been a certified welder for almost 50 years and always found prep on aluminum is key. Clean material and preheat. Nice job
Totally agree, and thank you for watching and commenting.
Used manifold $100, welding job: $200
This manifold cost me £100 and they are worth £350. Welding job was free to me as this manifold is going on my own car.
Would you say about $200 for a repair like this?
How much would you charge for a customer?
@arsalan101 being that you could pay $2,000 for a port job.. that could easily be $500 with a blend and resurface.
*We'd get $350 min for that but we'd mill the mating surface flat after we opened up the ports.*
Wow, that turned out great. Tons of ways that one could have gone south in a hurry.
Thanks. 🙏
That reminds me , I need a check up at the dentist 😫 .
😂😂😂
There are some magicians out there. I weld like shit to be perfectly honest. In the 90s I had my local welder (back when you had a local welder!) repair a broken chrome trim piece for the nose of my '70 Buick's hood. He mostly did industrial and fleet heavy duty welding. He just had the trim I didn't leave the car. He brazed it. When I got it back in a few days, the repair was almost visually perfect and the damn thing did fit perfectly. He polished it so the repair looked much like chrome. I used it as-is for a couple of years while I found an undamaged one which were hen's teeth back then, I can't imagine it now. That guy might even be dead now, he retired in the early 2000s. An artist. I suppose he found my job challenging and interesting as a nice change of pace so he really went above and beyond. Cost? 50 bucks. Of course, me and 50 bucks were not well acquainted back then LOL.
That’s cool man, interesting to hear about the hood trim repair.
Great video! once you started grinding the broken piece and manifold I was thinking to myself how are they going to make sure the bolt hole is in the right place?? Then you bolted it down before welding to make sure it's in correct placement. I also liked how you used the gasket to ensure the port was sized correctly, Good thinking!
Thank you! I keep a scrap cylinder head for for things like this and mocking up turbo manifolds too 👍🏼
I used to run a mobile welding shop in the carribbean for 11 years. Had a call one day to water island. Had to take a people ferry over and walk tue equipment to the job. The lady had a cracked engine block on a little suv. The bolt bosses were ripped off. I didn't have a portable AC tig just DC tig. I offered aluminum welding rods but refused to back the work. I promised to do my best but assured her it probably wouldn't work. I ordered in a huge box of rods and welded the block up. The ground with a 4inch grinder and made it mostly flat on the 3 pads. Drilled amd tapped, but only with 5/16 grade 8 bolts as per the client. That car lasted another 6 years without issues. I still don't know how it held. She paid me well and fed me. Said it was cheaper than a replacement by far. Happy customer happy life..
Nice job 👍🏼
Thats great, and they have lower peak pressures/temps vs performance/modified vehicles so they can get away with a lot more. Just means you did really solid work.
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hey man im thinking of moving to the carribbean and doing a mobile welding shop as well
what was your experience like and would you recommend it?
I am this women😊
I came here in equal measure to admire the artestry and to enjoy the Einsteinian levels of knowledge in the comments. Both were found to be present 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
Once I saw the ports getting feathered in, I knew it was going to be a job well done.
Thanks
Nice! Also the cast aluminium seemed pretty clean, normally, you need to smelt with TIG to let dirt out prior to welding it😊
Thanks. It was very clean, Honda parts are good quality thankfully.
This guys doing is sick . It's apiece of art for him
Thank you. Very kind. Thanks for watching.
A very nice finishing job. Keep up the good job😊
Thanks, appreciate the comment. Thanks for watching.
Not gunna lie, the end result was better than new. Hats off!!
Thanks 🙏
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@@PeterParker-df6ce because the hole bigger and can move air with less restriction.
Question: I have a broken casting on my sewing machine... Can I Hard solder that with aluminum Rods? I appreciate any input. Cant find anything about sewing machines castings to be repaired, other than gluing.( Which I do not prefer) The sewing Machine on the other hand is totally fine, just needed a cleaning service. I got it for free, and its a nice one too. I guess the Lady had an accident where it fell to the ground and hit one Corner, unfortunately..
I’ve never tried soldering with aluminium rods, there are some impressive products on the market that look as tho they work well but I have no experience with that’s just tig welding and mig welding. Anything can be repaired so it’s worth a try for sure.
That'll be $1k ...
Haha not quite 😂
Top quality repair very professional 👍👍
Thanks 🙏
2:46 i would probably send this to the engineer shop to skim it flat. You definitely can't tell if the surface is flat with a ruler. 😂
Yes but then I wouldn’t have done it all myself. I check my linisher is flat with a straight edge.
In many of you haven’t noticed, one of the preparations was to die grind with the carbide burr all of the broken surface down to ‘new metal’. Even after tig welding the top, he opened up the gasket surface to ‘new metal’.
All in all, a very nice job.
In case, sorry.
Thanks, I appreciate it.
Thank you for repairing this manifold, great job, keep it up
Anytime
Most people rely on JB weld too much, don't get me wrong though as JB weld is good but for jobs like this no, you are better off taking the time to do it right, great work 👍
Yes I certainly think so too, thanks
Really good fix, done professionally and carefully, it will probably work great in this case.
I know from experience that there can be major factory imperfections in these castings as well as the inlet ports to the cylinders - big bits of steel just sticking up and messing up the airflow. But you can't really fix it without removing the cylinder head at a minimum, even the smallest chip is likely to stay in the cylinder and wear away at the engine.
Thanks
I’m not an experienced welder but I must say, the way in which you grind out all the voids is the same technique as when welding high pressure pipe. Your attention to detail is inspiringly impressive.
Thanks, appreciate that. Wanted to ensure it was as strong as possible. It’s going on my 450bhp AWD Honda Civic.
Probably could have got a used manifold for cheaper. But what if that was an antique or your nowhere near a good source of junk vehicles. The fact that you can make a repair like that is nice. Wish I had his skills
These manifolds are quite expensive used, I saved about £200 doing this and made a video about how to do it. Appreciate your comment, and thanks for watching.
Beautiful TIG work; you are a true artist. I just wonder if the cost, in terms of your labor, was worth not just replacing it with a used, reman, or even new manifold.
Thanks. Definitely worth fixing in my opinion.
Beautiful, restored and enhanced
Thank you very much!
Good job ! But , why didnt you simply changed manifold ?)
Thanks, these particular manifolds cost £450 for a new replacement or £350 for used. I picked this one up for £150 and therefore saved myself about £200. Worth it to save an intake manifold like this.
Great work...
Great video.
Really appreciate the skill.
Glad you liked it!
It's always brilliant when you see a professional working. This guy is an artist. Well done. Simply awesome. 🇬🇧
Thanks mate, appreciate it.
You just got grounds inside manifold its ruined ...great job genius
Yep totally ruined. I didn’t even wash it and blow it out before fitting either, so my engine is ruined too.
U R a pro sir, well done, top job..!!
Thanks a lot!
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こういった補修技術を持っている職人さんは素晴らしいと思います👍
Thanks, and thanks for watching.
Heating the whole piece in an oven is preferable rather just heating the localised area. Also avoid using a sanding belt linisher to re flatten a skimmed face if possible as they tend to shave a lot more off each end than in the centre and you may end up with a poorly sealing face. (Best re-skim if you can afford it).
Thanks
How fast does aluminum cool down once out of the oven? Was the surface flat and did it appear to be functional?
I miss doing stuff like this. Now I just order a new one because people don't want to pay for it and I don't have to time any more :(
Yeah I know what you mean. This was for my personal car and I bought it with a throttle body for a good price.
So true. People don't understand the talent it takes to do this or the cost to buy quality equipment
defenitly great work. but you just turned a $20 honda intake manifold into a $300 piece
Yeah, I paid about £100 and they are worth about £350.
@@Smffab well done ,full respect for showing us that it can be done for all us fixer uppers out there. Excellent job, phenomenal result at the end. Kudos to you.
👍👍🇮🇪
@@johnmurphy9688 thanks, appreciate it
His time and skill is worth more than that intake. Just go to junk yard and get another one and be done! Holy cow!
If only these were actually $20 lol
This technique could save a lot of money for anyone working with aluminum parts. Well done!
Thanks, it saved me about £200 minus my time, and welding gas.
Tres intéressant comme réparation. Évidemment, il ne sert a rien de le faire sur des pièces bon marché ou facile a trouver a petit prix, mais sur des pièces qui se font rare et précieuse. Ici ce n'est qu'une démonstration que cela est réalisable.
Thank you. Thanks for watching and commenting. This part is a quite expensive one, they sell for about £350, so well worth the repair 👍🏼
Great work better than new, it's really enjoyable watching somebody at the top of their game doing work like this. These skills are dying out.
thanks, thats very kind.
Why is preheating necessary before the welding job?
It wasn’t really absolutely necessary, but because I have lower powered machine (max 160amps) it helped me get going with the initial weld, rather than waiting for the welder to do all the heating up before starting to add filler
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Great video, I wish it had some voice over like what you think a good pre-heat temp should be or what kind of filler rods work best in your opinion. Belt sanding the mating surface flat works with something like this because there is no real pressure and small warping of a few thousands does not really matter. I wouldn’t attempt that without a proper face mill on a block or head though, the ruler won’t show the very slight defects that just cause leaks almost immediately.
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate the comments and thanks for watching. The belt sander is never going to be as good as something being machines but I checking my belt sander table it flat and I also check the part is flat with a square. The surface I get it actually really quite good, and once the gasket is on and everything tightened down to the correct torque, I don’t have any leaks and it’s running about 12-14 PSI boost pressure with no problems
Apparently, some of the aluminium van engines (eg vw and others), their heads can develop cracks around the injectors esp if they are not common rail injection systems (so each injector generates its pressure and creates a hammering action where they are seated on the head creating metal hardening / cracking). I've seen someone add shims around them . Are those kind of cracks something that can be welded ? I've always heard that aluminium welding is much tougher to do (from the cycle frame world).
Cheers and thanks for the video, very impressive.
Thanks for watching!
I wonder if the reduced strength of welded aluminum which is roughly 1/2 also effects its durability under high temperatures & fatigue. Solid job regardless
Thanks, yeah I wonder. But It’s been on my 400bhp AWD civic for a couple of months now and still going strong!
No need. You can use devcon or weicon alüminium compatible steel putty. I ve used for my crv side mirror aluminium cast base due to crack with that and never fail again.
I’ve never used that stuff as I can just tig weld it.
I've never welded aluminium so I haven't a clue, but that looked like a lot of material taken off for the weld bead. Great job, looks like new.
Yes youre right a little bit more than I would have liked but it’s not a problem. I could have used a smaller carbide burr tool but didn’t have one. Thanks.
You almost lost me when I saw your crappy vise but I made it to the end. Good job. Now, go buy a vintage American made vise and you will be set free.
Hahaha you are so right, it is crap and cheap! Vintage vice needed for sure, they don’t make them like they used to.
Yepper go to one of them U-Pull-It junk yards it's a lot better and cheaper.
👍🏼
Great skills, should have mounted it up in a mill to resurface it like a cylinder head. Rather than run it across the belt sander. Finished product seemed fine tho.
Thanks, appreciate your point. I wish I had a milling machine as you say that’s the best way to do it.
I think it is awesome that someone decides to fix it, instead of just chucking it in the bin. With a lot of expertise to boot.
Thanks. Saved me a few quid as these are not cheap to buy.
The issue is finding someone that KNOWS how to do this in your city or have to ship it out states away
I seen this father son mechanic down here the road from me other year everyday they would pick apples on the side of the road. I would always wonder what they done with a them apples that they were picking every day. So I seened them at the mechanic store and asked em.
😂 interesting…
Use a casting alloy filler metal instead of common welding rods. Usually these will match base metal better and hold up long term.
Thanks. I just used 4043 on this which is intended for casting.
Nice job mate!!
Thanks!
Welding it with a nice TIG welder and even able to bolt it onto the things it bolts to.
Man, thats way too easy.
How can you miss?
Super easy!
sadly the cost of a master welder to do this job exceeds the cost of the replacement......It is beautiful work buttttttttttttttttttt........
Thanks. You’re probably right but this was my own manifold for my own car so it was definitely worth it for me.
even if i was a master welder i would never do this job on a car that's turbo charged since there is a lot of pressure on the manifolds
It’s ok to weld repair a manifold it’s probably stronger than new now. Also this has been on my 400bhp turbo AWD civic for the last 6 months with 12 psi which is not a lot of pressure, and it could take a lot more.
I had a b series ITR one like this welded locally, it looked good but cracked again, same place…I may try it again now that I have a tig.
I cracked it over-torquing trying to stop a coolant leak….with one of those stupid plastic “thermal” gaskets…too much flex, I don’t think they are worth it.
They are not worth it. That’s what caused this one to crack.
@@Smffab I'm pretty sure my guy didn't remove as much material as you did, probly why it failed....just one pretty bead...wide, but just one.
watching you dump all those aluminum shavings right into the cylinder head... yikes
What, the scrap cylinder head that used for mocking up manifolds and clamp the intake manifold.
Very well done.
Question is, how did it break? Dropped on the floor?!?!
Thanks. It wasn’t dropped or damaged like that. They can break when they are installed with a thermal gasket and not a OEM gasket. The thermal gasket is used to try reduce heat transfer from cylinder head to manifold and therefore have cooler intake temps, but the thermal gaskets have a lot more “give” in them as they are thicker than OEM. This means manifold flanges aren’t properly supported or if not all torqued up correctly can lead to flanges cracking and breaking. You see it on these manifold and more commonly the aftermarket intakes.
The difference between a professional and the others....fantastic job!
Thanks, much appreciated. 👍🏼
As a final step on restorations where the repair must be undetectable I've seen an engraver used to replicate texture.
Yeah would have been ideal! I just don’t have an engraver unfortunately
I can't stand him using that dremel with gloves, hello cut and broken fingers if the glove strangles around the spinning tip.. 😢
Haha fair point. Normally I wouldnt use gloves on a pillar drill for example, but also didn’t want sharp aluminium shavings all over my hands.
I think you are nuts.
Garented tko breac again 😮 GOOD WORK THOUGH! 😂
It’s not broken yet
I have repaired a couple of manifolds with JB weld... lol
I’ve never used it but fair enough if it worked
@@Smffab As much as I like JB weld , it certainly wouldn't have anywhere this much strength , very nice job :) .
Thanks 🙏. This intake manifold is now installed on my AWD Honda civic turbo.
I can't imagine those lasted more than 5 engine cycles.
Good job.
Did you use Helium or Argon?
I used argon for this.
Yes, can be repaired easily.
Easy for those who know how to
@@Smffab those who don't, now won't be conned. Good video..
AWESOME job. I need to bring my transfercase support to you to fix...lol MOPAR 4 EVER.
Looks perfect and clean........but how reliable is..........🤔🤔
Thanks. I’m confident that it is a solid repair, and so far it’s just fine on my 400bhp AWD civic
4043 filler? High silicon, bright finish, looks wet, need that "flow".
Yes that’s right, 4043 for castings
@@Smffab Thank you! I was trained as a welding engineer at OSU in the 80's. I still remember, and live metallurgy. 5053 for marine, 1100 for Pure, and there are a few more.
Yes braze. Or pin. Preheat for tig
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Thank you
Nice logical process. Quality repair
Glad you liked it! Thanks
Very nice repair! What specification welding rod is used for the cast ally?
I used 4043 filler rod for this. It has worked well. Thanks
@@Smffab Thank you!!
2:47 now there’s a good example of carefully using tools in an expert hand to achieve great results.A linisher making good a mating surface. May not replace a fly cutter, but would definitely clean up a surface.
Thanks man! Appreciate it. Would be nice to have a milling machine in the shop. The linisher is good enough for now.
@@Smffab Yes I never thought of it. I have a belt sander I can use for smaller jobs.
This is why some of us use jb weld lol 😆
Very nice job !
What brand of milling cutter do you use for aluminum ?
I’m not sure on the brand, I found it on eBay. Just search for carbide burr for aluminium
@@Smffab OK, thanks !
isto ai que eu chamo de proficional. serviço perfeito.
Thank you
you could have used the aluminum rods they sell at the flea market. If they can stuck two soda cans together with a propane torch, they should work just fine here😂😂😂😂😂😂
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@@Smffab I was too busy trying to be funny and forgot to say, Awesome job! I wish I could weld like that!
Thanks! I’m self taught from RUclips, so anyone can do it if they want to.
@@Smffab thats good to know. I am also self taught, getting into mig is my next step. thanks for the video!
Ya i mean I guess you could do that if you ran out of duct tape.
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All he had to do was apply alittle gorilla glue. Tweeker.
Haha 🤣
Nice Job, greetings from South America, Santiago de Chile.
Hi 👋 and welcome to the channel, thanks.
Next time use torque wrench with proper specs😂
Not necessary at all, it’s not like it’s been installed into an engine it just needs to be tight enough to hold in place for welding and it worked perfectly.
This is your daily reminder, to not use, harbor freight torque wrenches!
Great point! 😂😂
@@Smffab ... Got one in my garage right now, with a broken upper intake plenum. Because I was dumb, and believed harbor freight, had good tools. Now I have a $500.00 repair sitting there. But, thank God the torque wrench only cost me $19.99.. plus tax.
15 to 18 inch pounds, was all it was supposed to be...
That’s like weeny hand tight no torque wrench needed
It's a great repair. After that, you should have each runner flow tested and cc'd to make sure each runner matches, or it could cause problems in performance.
Thanks. It would be interesting to see what it flows.
Looks great, nicely done 👍🏻
Thanks
J.B. Weld.
It worked on my David Bradley walk behind. Lasted years! until I sold it to a fellow out of D.C.
Awesome, I’ve never tried it
More importantly what kind of tool is that and where can I get one
Which tool? The carbide burr tool on the Mikita die grinder ?
@@Smffab that’s carbide? Good to know
Hi man good job I don't know alu. You pass the blowtorch to warm the spot before welding or to remove water condensation or for else reason ?
Hi, thanks. To be honest the blow torch not really necessary, but because my machine is only 160 amps it helped warm up the part. So just as you say it helps warm up the spot I’m welding and remove the moisture. 👍🏼
9/10. The only thing I would add would be a thermal cycle before the grinding.
Thanks, appreciate the he feedback
Beautiful job. In Pakistan, they preheat it first by setting it on top of a pile of burning Yak shit.
Hahahaha
@@Smffab 👍
AWESOME damn work you do!
Thanks, appreciate it.
Fabulous Work! Great Hands! True Craftsmen...
Thank you very much!
Nice video, thanks :)
Glad you liked it!
Expert pray tell: cast aluminaium ok to weld, but cast iron not ok?
Both can be welded.
Good job , those R tech welders are awesome I have the 170 digital, stay lucky, stay safe!😉
Thanks mate. They are great value for money, I’ve never had a problem with mine, and I’ve managed to do all kinds of jobs.
I liked that hawk tuah you did there too
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Excellent work
Many thanks
Looks worse than ive ever imagined
Thanks, have a nice day
Slick stuff.
Thanks 🙏
You could break it in the morning and fix it the same day , at no real cost . Avoiding having to wait for one to be shipped. And also keeping your welding skills up to scratch. And a sense of achievement mending recycling stuff, like a bit of a hobby. It's not always about the money.
Very true
It's much more practical to not break it to begin with. 😉
@@rootbeer666No shit.
Bro could have been a dentist
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Vollkommen falsch gemacht!!! Nicht nachmachen!!!
Ok then 👍🏼😂