Repair BROKEN Cast Iron Transmission Housing | Flame Spray Welding
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2022
- Can we fix this broken cast iron transmission housing!? This housing is off a Caterpillar 140M Motor Grader which has been badly broken with a big hole in the casting and our customer can’t get their hands on a new transmission housing for months! Repairing cast iron is always a challenge so we will be using our preferred method of metal powder and jet flame spray gun with oxy acetylene to repair the broken housing. Will this method of flame spray welding work or fail?
In this video we are using:
- UTP Variobond flame spray gun
- Metalmaster HPM-150T Hydraulic Press
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Why is the case painted on the inside? 😅
Thanks for the education on spray welding. I was always curious on how that works.
Fucking Homie…….🤣😂 he wants the whole bag of treats. Homie is awesome
With that professional job, if i were the contractor, i would just put that new part on the shelf, and not bother swapping out this "defective" one.
What a masterful piece of work, it will probably last the lifetime of the machine to be honest. Unless someone else does something dumb, like dropping it :)
Ha! I wrote a comment about spray welding some weeks back, thank you for this video!
@@JohnDoe-bd5sz I was thinking exactly the same way, mate! If CEE's patch is holding, why waste time, money and effort to change out the part to no practical benefit? If it was cracking and leaking, fine, have at it, but if it was now covered in dry mud and difficult to find, why bother? Kurtis is way, way good enough.
I love Kurtis' diagnosis: "The machine suffered an extreme case of gravity." Amazing repair.
Failures in gravity management keeps us repair techs in demand. Respect!
Newtons' first law of gravity was , it sucks, before someone changed it.
Lift operator;
Hey, It was Not my Fault, it was that "Gravity" guy. lmao
Did not know you could even try to repair Cast Iron with any torch.
Never even heard of "Flame Spray Welding."
Guess I need to get out more.
Yes quite a nice explanation, reminds me of my first nasty boating experience (broken propellor blades) the mechanic explained to me… “oh yes we get a lot of these type breakages all due to hard water”
@@michaelwellman2079 I know right? I have always brazed to do the repairs on cast but day-am that looked beautiful when he was done. Now I want a puddling torch.
I've been a welder for 153 years. You did an amazing job
ive seen you in a few weird places saying weird things makes me think you where hacked
@@alfonsoalonzo Or maybe he got whacked in the head
@@anonymousarmadillo6589 that would be on brand but its almost like spam bot seriously strange
Bruh
Wow is your name Moses ?
40+ years as a welder/fabricator/repairman…I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve NEVER seen this process.
You can bet that I’ll be researching like mad!
Love your channel mate! Cheers!
YT abom79 he has many videos about flame spray buildups on shafting.
Flame metal spray has been used for decades to repair worn shafts or apply hard metal coatings. The trick is to preheat the parent metal. It’s risky as you can damage the underlying hardness.
Flame spray for shaft repairs has been around at least 50 years. I’ve never seen it used for welding. But the (relatively) diffuse heat makes good sense with cast iron.
I've been welding 59 years and have heard of flame spray welding, but have never had the opportunity to see it done. Thank you so much for the concise explanation of the prep work and of course seeing the flame spray welding. Enjoy watching you work. Thank you from Dallas Texas
Well said. You come here to see some stuff and don't even know that you are learning something new. Great job Curtis.
Being a welder fabricator for the last 39 years, I've got to tell you that was one of the most impressive repairs I've seen. May even be your best video so far. You are pretty damn sharp. Thanks for showing me something I didn't know.
wow thanks mate appreciate you saying so!
Well said. Whole heartedly agree! I don't know that it's the best video because the bar from this channel is so darn high!
Genius!
I did my city guilds back in the 70's and we used to take it in and out of a forge to stop it cracking, but that is waaaay the best I've ever seen ! Thumb's up!
Mike in England
I am not a welder (better with dead trees) but I really enjoyed this learning, thanks Team CEE
*Brilliant repair. We rarely use our hydraulic press as a sheet metal brake for the big stuff but you made that thing look like a ring roller lol. In Alaska a machine being out for a day might be a $20k loss but even parts that are helicoptered in from the closest FedEx station might take ten days to get here. As for the appearance, I've never met a lady yet who cared what the transmission housing on a Ferrari looked like.*
Having performed many cast iron repairs over the years all I can say is "Wow that puddle gun technique is impressive" and exactly what the Dr ordered for this repair. Great job fitting the plate and the follow thru, you are one mighty talented young-un! Want to bet that the owner / operator will just smile, pay your bill, reinstall the part and run the machine without ever replacing the housing? After collecting the insurance $ that is LOL! BTW as talented as you are you probably consider yourself "the talent" of this channel but I hate to tell ya that the dog and the wife are stealing your thunder! Oh well, "this is the way".
Hey mate, the missus and Homey agree with you 🤣 thanks for watching glad you enjoyed this, i'm thinking the new part would just go on the shelf as a spare 🤣👍
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering If it ain't broken don't fix it.
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering - I wouldn't have even ordered the part, but would have given you a bonus for a job well done saving me time and money.
i would still put the new housing. with the steel to cast iron you are asking for trouble long term. if it cracks later from vibration and you lose the transmission fluid is the insurance going to buy you a new transmission. i kind of doubt it.
I agree, the new replacement part will be still gathering dust on the shelf long after the machine has gone for re-cycling !
I have to say, Curtis, from my perspective, you’re a young guy. But your skill and knowledge equals that of people in the business for much longer. I really enjoy watching these. And I thank your wife for doing such a great job with the shooting and editing of these videos.
I'm not positive but I bet he came up in the business learning from someone that cares as much as he does
I know you don't like being on camera but you definitely have a gift for explaining things so the average person understands it. I've never seen any sort of heavy equipment up close but you make it easy to understand what each part does. You truly have a gift.
I really think he needs an apprentice. Not necessarily to help, but to teach. And teach right.
How are we supposed to get any work done with all these bloopers! 😂😂
@@BabyMakR he's said before in his Q&A he has no desire to take on one - he just doesn't have the time.
Apprenticeship lasts for years. Initially just a gofer. Over time they take on more skilled work.
This dude is spray welding powder through a torch! How does he have the knowledge, experience, and established business of a seventy-year-old man at whatever age he happens to be? Curtis from cutting-edge engineering never ceases to amaze me!
haha thanks mate I just like to get in and give everything a go, never let textbooks get in my way of learning!
The skill to do comes from doing .😀😁😂🤣😃😎
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering I was introduced to spray welding in my first year as an apprentice, did quite a lot of different repairs with a eutectic Castolin torch, building up shafts, cast iron repairs and hard facing etc.
Determination and probably some shared knowledge from some old timers along the way.
As with all of us our trade gets better as we get older right up to the point where we forget how to do everything except tell the stories that go along with it. Hopefully young ears will sit and listen to our stories and collect some of the knowledge that we've learned over the years...
Sneaking up to the perfect fit is time consuming, but the results are well worth it. Outstanding work.
Awesome job.
Cheers mate thanks for watching
The level of tools in your workshop is amazing....and the repairs thereafter are wow!!
And he still had to drag out the ol' high-tech ANVIL. Not too old, though, because it didn't have a clip-horn,
I never realized that spray welding was such an elegantly simple process. I love fuel/air torch work. I have a new piece of kit on my wish list. Thanks.
Welding cast iron, such a nasty job that never turns out good in my limited experience. Was very nice to see you do it, really opened my eyes on what someone who knows a thing or two can do.
cast iron is very temperamental!
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering And that is on a good day.
Don't bother welding cast iron. Only lucky, or experienced people can pull it off, even when perfect tools are involved, and since this method ain't for everyone, learn to braze. Braze and cast iron go together like beer and pretzels.
In this instance, for example, brazing a T profile plug, would make the whole area stronger than original (also, same principles apply, you can put a dissimilar metal there, as long as braze can stick to it).
Back in the day, when brazing was part of the bread and butter, they used to braze steel strips over cast iron housings (think banding on a barrel) to make them stronger. I've seen housings from old, old Cats break crushers with this mod at the junk yard.
@@aserta Yeah, I probably would have gone with brazing in this situation. Much less chance of things going wrong and having cracks form later. Still Cutting Edge does good work so I doubt this thing will fail anytime soon.
Homeless is supervising, all good!
I don’t ever want this channel to end. I could watch this for the rest of my life.
Not planning on stopping anytime soon 😎👊
I know right
That's a pretty cool way of doing it. I've had 966 loaders that guys have busted the housing on just like this and always used 99 nickel rod. Takes forever that way but it works, I'm gonna look more into this. You have imo the best machining channel on you tube btw!
I've never seen this application before, it was wonderful seeing you doing it. Hats off to you.
“That will do!” Are you kidding, that was pure brilliance! 👌
Each week I am in total awe at what you are capable of doing, and the fact that you and Karen take so much effort to share this with the RUclips community. 👏👏👍😀
I totally agree, and Karen ain’t no fool- she probably makes a decent bit of cash by filming all this stuff for us appreciative viewers. 👌 I really love these vids, nothing is impossible if you believe you can !🏴
I'm not a welder or fabricator, but i have been around a lot of it in my career. This is the first time I've ever come across powder welding...fascinating!
Well there you go, learning something new every day is what they say!
I first saw Eutectic at a training event in 1974. We had a play with a range of products, and i was fascinated by it.
Im a jouneyman welder and never seen this process before .
Everyday is a school day 👍
Same here! Never heard of a puddle gun in my 43 years.
It's probably one of those tools, not the kind of thing you need every day, but worth it's weight in gold when you do.
I can say, I've had to do quite a few cast iron welds in my time, fixing machinery mostly, and one of those guns would have saved a lot of swearing over the years.
That didn’t even look like it was a challenge for you. You made it look like a very straight forward, common repair.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To the customer, that repair job looks like $$$.
Recently found your channel and subscribed.
As an automotive fabricator for nearly 30 years I can appreciate the knowledge and skill you have. You are also a natural when it comes to explaining repair procedures and the video format works great, well done Mrs Camera person/Producer/Editor.
P.S I live in Staffordshire, home of the Staffy :)
Hey mate welcome to the channel!
Next door to Derbyshire- my home county. We have Rolls Royce. Staffs has JCB.
In my opinion I think this is one of the coolest repairs you've done
thanks Jeff appreciate it mate, it's a fun bit of kit to use
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Yes, never seen that use before. Have done the bronze plate though, to fix up bores that were somewhat less than good, to get them to the point the shafting that ran in them, or at least the new shoulder bolts I used, would be a tight fit. Holes wallowed out, and the original pins were under 5mm diameter at the wear points. No way to get spare parts, seeing as the manufacturer, still in business, no longer supports a machine they made in the 1970's, and have less than a clue, though the parts likely are still on some of the modern versions, seeing as they likely use a similar version of the linkage. But the braze and drill was both faster and cheaper, and the shoulder bolt was $3, off the shelf. Now to get some flexible pneumatic cylinder shaft couplers for it.
I'd never seen spray welding used this way before. Very nice job! And the used-market prices for spray welding equipment just went up 10,000%.
A lost art if not already dead. Usually used for fixing broken things, but in our throw away society, just put a new one on.
@@paulkeys175 take er to the dealers
I've never heard, let alone seen, powder welding and it is a Fascinating process, along with your explanation as for the reason of it's use on this occasion AND the way your "cameragiggle" records it working, was brilliant. Always a joy to watch the videos and repairs by someone with numerous skills and able to explain the whole thing in a simple way. Wait to see and hear the "outtakes" at the end, always a joy
1/4 master craftsman, 1/2 artist, 1/2 teacher, 1/2 magician = 1 Wizard! I especially liked the bit at the end. Thanks from Delaware USA! 🇺🇸
Regardless of what it may be, I will never tire of watching a true artisan apply their trade. With CEE you get it with both barrels, the engineering is first class and the video work is right up there as well.
The customer is lucky to have you available to attempt such repairs. I'm sure it'll hold up and will definitely offset the cost of the parent machine down time. It doesn't look sh1t at all, for a cast repair, it looks amazing.
I'm a diesel Technician and my daughter is 1 year old she loves watching CCE.
An electric and gas welder from Russia is retired. I watched it with great pleasure. Thank you for your work!
I'm a certified welder and retired.. I used to do spray transfer welding on heavy parts for United Steel here in the US.. I'm very happy with the videos you are doing.. Keep up the great work you do.. The big boss Homeless should give you and the Mrs. A raise.. have a great weekend..
awesome mate respect to you, hope you're enjoying retirement 😎👍
This is freaking awesome. Never heard of this type of welding. Love that you don’t limit yourself and are willing to do what it takes to help the customer. Great customer service is so hard to find anymore.
As always, great videography from the boss.
In all my 50 plus years of welding, I have never seen this method of brazing. Absolutely beautiful job on cast. It doesn't matter the looks as long as it works. Thank you for the enlightenment of a way of welding.
If it looks like shit, but works, it ain't shit. Great workmanship and knowledge.
What an absolute Pro !! He ran up, found the problem and then Curtis jumped in to fix it. Great camera work as well. What a fantastic team. Keep up the phenomenal content !
Ditto! Enjoyed watching.
Great repair. Wished I had known of this method 40 years ago when I repaired my 1948 Willys L-134 block from a freeze crack. Cast is such a pain to fix. Seeing that grader hit the ground would have been a reason to kill or cry on the spot. Great repair job. Nice work as always Karen, and Homeless is still trying to steal the show.
Engine blocks are perfect for this sort of technique 😎👍
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering really hum 🤔so a 1970 BBM/iron hemi needs a new/taller 4140 deck/cam/reinforcements/modifying ( making a costume 1-off isn't in the cards for now plus im experimenting/R&D/working with a cheap boat anker aka polish a 💩to gold ) and id like the raze/fix the D-8 cast iron exhaust ports some and i have a investment cast SS shifter part out of a 2014 tr6060 transmission that needs some small tweaks/mods to work with my application and jb-weld isn't enough/cutting it even as a mockup/test fitment on my transmission bench.
so this gas method vs TIG vs stick which is the strongest/perment repair? and im sure pre slowly upto 1500F and after heating slow cooling is needed for both repairs? but i haven't done big cast parts like a block before or cast SS parts but have done small tractor iron junkyard scrap's as practice when i was first learning how to weld 20 ish years ago
and for usa 🇺🇸 localities a local welding supply can get the consumables? or call the place in Texas only for spay welding equipment? as i mostly do tig but have done other AWS welding methods like mig or gas rod it just isn't my favourite
@@richardprice5978 what language are you speaking?
@@cliveramsbotty6077 hah vary funny 😆you have to be trolling for the lol's 😂, that or you didn't see the flag 🇺🇸 or read the hole comment/real question i have
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering to add to the question does this gas spary work better for cast aluminium parts as well vs tig as some cast car parts like older transmission housing's and intake AL manifolds are really dirty/have a lot of junk in them are are hard to weld. and that one i did find out and on one of my per-1990's part's tig worked but look's like crap but my al welding doesn't happen to be the best but it's ok vs my SS steel welding technique's. and is there a replacement method that uses electricity instead of occ's / O2 & asenalene or natural gas?
For a young guy, you sure have an enormous wealth of skill and knowledge in your field. Good on ya!.
Again I say, this guy is the master! Great job!
I freaking love problem solving! I excel with problem solving when it comes to carpentry and rehabbing! It's the best feeling knowing you thought up a way to fix a big problem. Awesome job!
Quality repair. Wouldn't be surprised if that "temp fix" becomes permanent.
Of course you can fix it . Engineers are the real hero’s
YOUR BRIEFING ON SPRAY POWDER IS INCREDIBLE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS !!!!!
You always seem to have a really interesting problem to solve. A lot of thought even before the lot of prep. Awesome skills!
And Karen does a super great job of video and editing - big thanks to her too. All brilliantly supervised by Mr. HBB himself, or course.
Thanks mate we both appreciate the great comment!
In the early 1980's I worked for STRATA welding. I used to sell a hell of a lot of spray powder gun kits and spray powder, mostly for cast iron repais. I notice that HARRIS also have a great kit. Good to see you still using this type of equipment.
I just came upon this channel as I am always watching anything that has good-excellent "Maker" content. This channel by far is the most diverse in terms of both types of work that is being done and also the most heavy-duty work being carried out to mend any broken machine in that part of the world. Additionally, he is a very good communicator with detailed explanations of why and how about everything the does and is just a pleasure to watch and learn
I would love to see some of the customer's reactions to the amazing repairs Kurtis. So professional.
I am totally addicted to this channel, which I have been enjoying for a year or so. My late father was a machinist and toolmaker; our shed at home was full of tools that I got to use during my teenage years. Sadly, I never got to run a lathe, but watching Curtis comes very close!
This brought to mind a funny case from when I worked in a factory. We had state of the art Kemppi welders that could also weld aluminium. One lad thought he'd have a go. Put all the right settings and went to town. We had a good laugh while waiting to tell him that he forgot to change the stainless steel wire for something more suitable. I learned some new bad words.
he thought he was going to nail that repair 😅
now I'm curious what happens when you tried that... explosions on smaller scale??
@@g60force The aluminium just melts away while the steel wire balls on top of it. Makes quite a weird sound.
Another brilliant repair that may serve out the life of the tractor!
Seriously! A magical flame throwing welding wand to stick two metals together. Right oh lol it's why I'm addicted to this Chanel
That was an awesome repair you did on that housing. I’ve never seen it used for such a large fill. Well done Kurtis you are a very talented man, and the videography is second to none, great job Karen I love the videos. Peter😀👍🇦🇺
Cheers Peter glad you enjoyed it 😎👍🇦🇺
Thank you for taking the time to explain how the "Puddle Gun" (is this the spelling?) works. Never heard of it before. A very clever principle, like a paint gun that paints with molten metal. Always see other people on RUclips getting stuck when it comes to welding cast iron, but for CEE, it was just another day and another job well done. Kudos!
yes puddle gun! it's definitely a great way to do cast iron repairs
Mid 20th century 3D printing. Another HAPPY customer I hope. Thank you for sharing 😁👍
You do a great job on everything you do,the way that it should be done, not half ass .Your dog is just amazing man .
The job you did was very good. I never seen sold like this. I solder to in my workshop, but in a diferent way. Congratulations from Portugal 🇵🇹
Cheers mate thanks for watching from over there 😎👍
Ola amigo tudo bem.
Eu nunca tinha visto esse tipo the solda eu gostei ds forma que ele soldou.
Gostava de ver a forma que voce solda esse tipo de fetto fundido.
Um forte abrscao de Londres Inglaterra 🇬🇧
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering that welding technic is used every day in the factory I work here in Portugal. It is used to repair cast iron molds, it is a glass factory...
Love your videos....
That was an interesting repair. Job well done and tad nicer than JB Weld :)
Do love that jb weld has saved my bacon quite a few times.
This guy is strong as hell, a great welder too.
Kurtis, you remind me of my grandfather, he was a machinist, welder, black smith. I helped him in his shop. People would come from all over to get repairs done that on other shop could or would do. I enjoy watching you work, I miss him a lot, he passed 29 years ago.
It was very impressive watching you ‘persuade’ that hefty lump of plate to fit such an awkwardly-shaped hole. I thought at first that you would trim the hole to as near a rectangle as you could get, but no, you went the more difficult route! Nice job!
Wow, this powder gun really deposits some metal. Indeed a real different system from the eutectic I see Abom using sometimes.
nothing makes for better background sounds than this channel while doing my blueprint reading homework, thanks for the content guys keep it up!!
Thanks for the support mate. Cheers!
each episode I watch continues with nothing but quality and experience
Definitely NOT your cut it close and let her rip everyday machine shop! SOO excited I found your channel. You are an ARTISAN in metals. You are so skilled with the work, set up of the lathe and know what to do to get results. I am so impressed and happy to see your videos pop up on my list. Some of the repairs you do well and beautifully make my head hurt looking at the initial damage but when you are done "VIOLA" it looks better than new! Your wife is a jewel (that you already know I am sure) and one heck of a videographer wow what some cool shots. As a photographer of 50+ years her cool use of filters BLOWS me away! WOW! As you can see over here in Mobile, AL in the good ole US of A I am absolutely lovin your videos, your wife's skills in shooting and editing the work. It's like going to class every time but way more fun than school I went to decades ago!
Please keep the videos coming you have fans far away and near too I am sure!!!
Hey mate thanks for the great comment and support we both appreciate it a lot! Always glad to read when a viewer is enjoying the videos, we plan to keep making them for a while yet. Cheers
done lots of cast iron repairs never seen this system before.i always found bronze rods and tig welding the best but this looks miles better.
Artistry in cast iron. You’re a craftsman, for sure. We have a saying. “if it looks like shit, but it works, it’s not shit.”
Great job Curtis. I have used the castalin eutectic system about 35 years ago. Works well. I have not seen anyone use it since. Good to see a great procedure still in use.
Only 2 RUclips fabricators I’ve seen that do this kind of repair, you and abom, it’s a fascinating welding method.
GOOD GOD! What a way to "carefully" handle valuable equipment! Incredible job, Kurtis! And thank you for the flame spray welding lesson.
I worked on buckets and repaired them for 10 years so most of the stuff I see on this channel is my normal day but this is in another level
So glad that the baby with the gray fur has such an awesome family and papa loves them enough to put a blaze yellow jersey on them for safety. Dawwwww was my first words for this video and i love it.
I just knew that I was going to start seeing cracking everywhere and was amazed when I didn't. That was the best cast iron repair I've seen to date. that's why I tell everyone to watch your videos if there wondering how to fix something right. great job and great Video thanks for sharing
I'm a machinist for a Cat dealer in the USA and spray welding is extremely common as part of out process. We spray weld nearly everything that needs material built back up. Even bearing areas and seal bores will get sprayed and machined back to size.
I wish our dealer here that I work for had it in house. Outsourcing is so sketchy
@@stevo450ify being able to do it ourselves is basically a necessity based on how much we do it. Yokes, pistons, brake anchors, duo cones, housings and hubs are the components I specialize in and everyone of them gets sprayed in one way or another to be able to recondition them.
Cutting edge engineering... Pulls out an anvil and a hammer. Love it.
Горелка у тебя чудо чудное, завидую белой завистью
Love the quality manager in his yellow jacket.
Huh.. I thought he was the shop foreman.. 🤔
@@m.e.345 Nah that is the camera woman, her indoors or more like she who must be obeyed.🤣
Dude, that was awesome. I’ve never actually seen that done before. It sucks you even had to do it though. I feel bad for the man whose grader was damaged in transport.
The most beautiful welding I’ve ever seen. Remarkable.
Worked for a Cat dealer in late 90's before removing the engine on these motorgraders the shop foreman insisted on personally checking that all the trans/engine flange bolts were removed. Evidently some mechanics in the past were not very careful in removing ALL the bolts and broke an ear off more than once, to which the dealer had to end up paying for a new housing. Your workmanship is second to none!
This was all about the right welding technique which you were all over like a cheap suit as a result of your experience. You and Israel at IC Weld are both great problem solvers. Every time I watch your videos I learn something.
It's kind of funny I see weld and cutting edge they're 180° apart and I don't mean by the world their personalities but they both can figure out any hard part to fix it hey and they both have a dog we have homeless and we have wylie E.
Isaac , his twin brother's not bad either , duh
@@gottahurt Isaac is a master at what he does, can you imagine what a team these two would make😀
@@rogerdavies6226 Yeah, not much talking, just a nod at each other and then on with the repair.
When other people say "There are lots of ways to do it but I prefer to do it my way", that's when I start to worry.. a lot. But for you, I'll make an exception due to your immense experience and obvious talent.
That shot from the inside of the flame disappearing as the hole filled, just fantastic as always Giggles.
Great video. I've been welding for around 50 years off and on. This is the first time I have seen the puddle gun technique being used. That's quite impressive . I worked for a company that used a flame aluminumizing technique, but that was being used as a protective finish and not a structural repair. I would like to see more of this technique being used. Again , great video.
Fantastic job Kurtis, I’ve never seen a repair undertaken like that before. Why would the owner even bother replacing your repair job with a new housing?
WOWZERS! It might could be "OLD" technology, but this is teh FIRST time I've seen it! AWESOME video!
You are the Penn and Teller of all things heavy repair. A magician
Fascinating job, well done. Your toolbox seems to have infinite capacity with a tool for every job. Great skills.
Simply amazing work, Kurtis!! I'm sure the owner of that machine was elated to save 3 1/2 months of productivity! Even if you charged him triple, he got a BARGAIN!!
of course what you do is amazing, but your camera work and video editing is also excellent. Tks for uploading.
I like the safety hi-viz for the four-legged Shop Supervisor. :)
That has got to be one of the most impressive repairs I have ever seen. Hats off to ya!!
Fantastic repair for the customer, It's clear to see that you have customers who regard CEE as the 'Go-To' when they have an "Oh shit" moment! Your depth of knowledge and problem solving is amazing, even down to simple things which come under the 'work smart' category like lowering/rasing pallet forks to work on a piece. Great job CEE crew! Oh, and Kurtis - Suppose you did OK 😉
It pleases me when I see that a part is being repaired with appropriate means and techniques. The craftsmanship is excellent. In Germany we say: The welder fills everything under an inch. Greetings from Germany!
Curtis’ skill and knowledge is astounding - he fixes things that some would say are unfoxable 👍
Never thought this possible you definitely learn something new everyday really impressive repair well done bud
Enjoying my morning coffee, watching my weekly Cutting Edge Engineering video and damn you every time they're more interesting! Never knew spray welding until I saw Abom79 doing shaft build ups, and now here you are using the same sort of method to actually weld something! Never to old to learn I guess! Great video as always. Take care guys👍🏻🍺
Good morning mate glad you could watch and enjoy 😎👍
What a fascinating repair process. I never knew this was available. Now to find someone near me for a cast iron repair on my tractor. Great content and a nice discreet explanation of damage….
This is amazing. I'm a student welder / fabricator and have never seen this process before! Will have to ask my instructors about it! Looks really good, fast and effective!
I learned this process for engine casting repair for cylinder blocks and heads used a huge thermal cleaning oven for preheat of huge industrial blocks and heads there is good money in being able to do it
Brass has always been my go to for cast iron repair... This appears a bit less time consuming and less stress in the repaired joint due to brass pulling inward... Job well done...
Do you know if the (wet?) brass powder be reconditioned?
I’ve fixed a 250 Hp pump impeller this way!!! Pretty impressive, turn something like that into a functioning part!! Cee crew is awesome!!!
Nice one mate 😎👍
Kurtis. I made my living with a torch for many, many years and I loved it. There is a certain personal satisfaction of taking something that's broken and bringing it back to life and useful again. I'm retired now but still miss working with my torch from time to time. Bill from Linglestown, Pennsylvania, USA.
I have no idea why im watching this, but I cant stop. I've been binge watching these excavator repairs for the past 2 weeks and it's fascinating. lol. cheers