🚨EMERGENCY WELDING REPAIR🚨 He could lose his whole crop! 

great you were able to 'Bail Out' your neighbor on his Baler......

Prime example of how being a welder is way more than welding . Mathematician, Metalologist, Fabricator, Measurementologist, temperatureologist etc..

Surely like the fact that you talk about the undercut and continue to gride and reweld. Most people making these videos won't admit to any mistakes. Kudos for the honesty. Honesty is the best policy and will allow your business to grow rapidly.

that mom joke had me spitting my coffee out!

I like how you showed the baler running at the end, most of these repair channels only show the work they do to the part, not the work that the part does

13:20 I could be wrong.. but I don’t think it was anything in the material. This was bound to happen because you were sealing the air inside and it spit out at you because the oxygen was leaving the inside of the pipe. If there was another hole somewhere else it wouldn’t have happened. Not a bad thing, it’s just the air pressure inside. Probably could’ve let it cool a bit before closing that last bit to prevent it from spitting out at you. I could be wrong, just my two cents. Great job man

3:20 leveling when you should use squares. Always choose squares over levels when you can. Good job!

I just did one of these a month ago! took 3 of us to get it back in,we were all bleeding by the end-lol! lots of sharp edges in a baler. I like how you pay attention to interpass temps-sign of a true professional

Anthony, your videos are much more than just welding. They are about " Problem Solving " with experience & knowledge, also improvisation and using what you have with quality and professionalism. Many others would give up or not even try the challenges you've faced. You inspire all workers to have a positive attitude and never give up. Regardless of their profession. Thank you.

hot air in the closed tube expanded and pressurized the vessel. maybe drill a vent hole next time.

I love the text on the screen about you and my mom. Old school, keep them coming.

He’s lucky he had someone as diligent as you do the repair. Balers have a habit of catching fire when the bearings fail and if you don’t get it unhooked fast enough can lose the tractor too.

I was worried for my mom, until he pullout his screwdriver😂

The moisture you see from heating your rods is likely from the flame itself, and not the rods (assuming you stored them correctly which it looks like you did). Water forms as part of every combustion reaction so when running it over a "cold" surface like the steel on your truck you'll see water condense out of the flame, and then disappear as you re-heat it with your flame. Great work!

Looking good brother, I like seeing pipe fitting skills used for another application. Seems like you always learn more doing a repair then with a perfect fitup. Keep the videos coming.

I’m not a welder yet, but I love watching your vids knowing I’m gonna do things close to this one day soon 😂 love it brother

Bro, I love your positive attitude and confidence, it really shows in your work and in your capabilities. What an example of an expert craftsman in your field. Keep up the good work and videos rolling.

WELL DONE. Doing an "in the field" repair without ending up with a serious shaft wobble is pretty damn good.

Weld a nut to the out rigger . Use a three quarter impact that raises your truck

Love this guy. Be the best best friend anyone could have

I got some ideas for you Anthony. iGaging or Klein Digital Angle Gauges, the iGaging is almost twice as much at 40-50 bucks but its magnetic and can be zeroed, they are the digital calipers of the bubble level world. They will make your life so much easier. That repair is not sound, we typically get these kinds of fabrication/welding jobs in our machine shop and something like this has to be setup and welded in a lathe. The weld is solid it will outlast everything else, but that roller will probably cause a failure in the opposite side, the bearings that hold it, or the axle stubs will break off on either end. I saw a shit ton of runout in that roller it is atleast 1/8" runout. Or the roller could be the strongest part and something gives in the rest of the machine because its forcing around a roller with >.125 runout. Something HAS to give when tolerances are not met mechanically. You can improvise a fixture to approach the precision of a lathe with a few roller head pipe stands, the Ridgid seems the best for its cost with its wide rollers. A turn ground polished bar longer than the piece you are welding would be used to set the stands to get as much accuracy as you can. You want full roller contact on both sides of the bar and you can check this by putting permatex fitting compound on the tgp bar and seeing even blue transferred on all rollers; your rollers are now as accurate as you can get them. You then put both axle stub ends on the rollers making sure they receive blue from the rollers and this ensures they are as coaxial and as straight as you can get them in the field. You use a dial indicator on the roller body close to the repair so the roller surface is running true to the axle stub its being welded to, this is what the 3rd roller head pipe stand is for. With this setup you can approach machine shop precision in the field without the need for dozens of tons of machine. It will not be perfect or possibly even acceptable in a machine shop, but it will be the best anybody in a 300 mile radius can do out in the field without a large lathe. I guessed .125-.250 runout in your repair, if you learned this you could get that down to .01-.03 runout with a robust 3 roller stand setup and the most accurate gauge bar you can use to set everything up.

Prolly the best Weld Repair for a Farm Implenent ever!!

If you put thick rubber washers between the welding machine and your truck bed it’ll take out the vibration. Kinda like Harley Davidson did on their motorcycles .

admitting mistakes is hard and you are very transparent with your audience keep going

Nice work Anthony! I like the way you made adjustments as you went along, tweaking the process as was needed. I especially appreciated the pre-heat and post heat aspects you included in this repair. I have no doubt your repair will last far longer than other areas of that roller! Solid work …well done!

Damn, love your problem solving, and execution… and those “Pop ups” and your sense of humor, always get me laughing! Well done ANTHONY! Keep it up!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⚡️⚡️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Good repair. If your neighbor is gonna keep that baler you will get to do some more. If you took the belts off you would find cracks in most of them.

Bold move Cotton ! Great job figure it out as you go along , I did this work in the 70's and 80's No internet to find answers , Love watching you work , An Montana Background is the vest

You need a digital level! Leave your piece (and truck) like it is, put the thing on top, and just press "zero". You'll be home way earlier. Spam this comment with likes and comments untill he promises to get one. 😄

Old farmers trick i use if driveshafts have vibration is to use hose clamps. Keep adding till it smooths out. Put them on losse but doesn't flop around. Then drive down the street and back and tighten in place

I remember we had a “bale kicker” failure and we actually put square tubing inside the round in hopes of more strength. If I remember right, it worked well after gussets were added to the arms to help with the extra weight

Mad respect Anthony for helping out the farmer. I love it! Haters gonna hate. I dig your stuff ✌️

Love the new ending part 😂 up yours 😂😂😂

Now i cant stop picturing you and my mom...thanks alot

A true master of his craft isn't flawless, he is willing to grind out his mistakes and start over until he is 100% content with the outcome.

I needed this video. I have been grinding and rewelding and beating myself up for it.

Ignore the judgmental pricks - you probably do more by noon than they do in a month - appreciate your content - you are thorough

Mom really enjoying these videos. Wish I was closer would love to work with you.

Very clean field job Anthony!

Dear Mr James . 13:25 or so, that part that spit out at you was probably caused by the pipe not being vented.....a small hole drilled to let out the pressure somewhere on pipe , and then welded up after you finish your welds can prevent this...... best wishes from Florida, Paul 'Paulie' Brown

Love the fact you aren’t afraid of tackling something new! Your job came out great, well done sir!

I love you, dude. You own up to your mistakes. People make it sound like mistakes can't be fixed. And you dont take shit from nobody. 👍 nice repair, and you taught me a few tricks

Very well done, Anthony. You're a pro.

I've fixed more farming equipment than anything else in my lifetime. I've never done one of those before though. Lots of combines, threshers and balers but never that roller. I'm sure he was happy you got it done in a timely manner. Downtime for farmers sucks hard. Nice job on the repair

Great job. Got to keep the crops getting harvested.

Good job and nice follow through with the customer. Thanks for the post!

I did tons of rollers the ends they were machined down by a lathe had to be carefull not to warp the shaft

You have the generator just get like a toster oven for baking your rods

I agree with you. Pre-heated material requires less amperage. Nice pick up on that undercutting issue

For jobs like this one is where a roll out wheel really comes in handy along with a jack stand with a head that allows to roll pipe. Made my own roll out wheel with a 8" lathe chuck. It comes in handy. Great repair

Dude…this is great stuff. Thanks for posting the vid!!!

Dude you killed that weld in my mild opinion!!! That saved that farmer and you should be proud of what you do in everything!!!!

Good repair! You care about your work! Keep at it !!

Looks like you have been working out. Your arms are getting bigger. Good job man

That was a very interesting repair- extremely well-done, especially with the improvisation with the equipment available.

Great video. That blow out can happen because of pressure build up from inside the sealed tube. That air wants to expand as it heats up and has no where to go, thus it can blow out the liquid puddle.

Well done brother ... Nice catch on that preheat

Beautiful job!! Thank you for sharing

Looks great man!

Wtg Anthony!. CHEERS G!

my mom was watching with me she said , your strokes are weak. but your fix is solid for this bailer

Good video. Loved the diligence of adjustments and added heat.

Love you and our American farmers! God bless you Anthony!

Use a square on the pipe and a straight edge on the cap. No need to jack around with leveling everything

Fixing broken farm equipment is fun 😁

Like the different types of repairs and the explanation why you do what you do.

Brilliant job and very well explained. A really interesting video, thank you. I wonder what a new roller would have cost, but not only that is the delay and farmers cannot have delays when harvesting.

Every time he refers to something being level as “dead nuts” I smile bro😂

You tell it like it is. Love it man.

That's 100% mission accomplished. Great repair...

That spit out was pressure build up within the pipe.

Great job, happy to see you using the optrel. So light and comfortable on top of the clarity it’s hard to go back to anything else for me.

Great video always look forward to them great work and a happy customer that’s what it’s all about 👍👍

love that you take passion in your work being in this field i've seen so many shx workers

decent explanation of what you did and why you did it all , not a welder here by any stretch of the ima=gaination expect for some dicking around on my own projects and fully understood why and how you did it all . VERY NICE !! Keep Up The Good Work

If there's truly no seam its DOM tube or a machined part. the preheating of the rods killed me 😂😂

"Preheating" after welding will be the new Black. 😎

Dude you rock. I'm *not* in the trade, but watch a lot of machining and sparky Tubers. You showed many techniques that I did not know about...and I'm talking, This Old Tony, Abom, IC Weld, Classic Weld, etc. Love the attitude!

Nice repair, and a very clean weld. Great job.

Good 👍🏿 job 💯

People just don't realize how much they need us portable guys and yet even though they need us they tell us that won't work all the time don't sweat the small stuff just keep doing the whole 9 you do good stuff remember as a portable guy your obligation is to prove that it does work that's just what we do we make the impossible possible have a good one bud

Awesome attitude!! Great job by the way!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Welding is a fascinating art. Epic man!

Truly enjoy your videos man, and really appreciate the honesty. You do great work but just like the rest of use that do this, somedays we are adjusting and learning as we go, and using our knowledge to know when to grind and fix and how to read the puddle and know when to adjust your machine. You show what its actually like in the field preforming and emergency repair. Great job man!

A welder solving problems....great video

Even heroes need heroes Anthony your mine

By all means I am not a welder but I do my own welding for me. I made a rod heater from a heat lamp and a metal cabinet that was used for boiler water testing reagents. It works very well for me.

Dude…you’re a master

Great job my man! Welders kick ass!!

The blowout was due to air pressure build up in side the pipe from the preheat with the torch. I burn mine out 3/4 the way around and leave a hole that I can fill once the pipe cools

Awesomeness

Good job Meltin 👍

Always keeping it real🤘

Something else I'm gonna sub I like your attitude lol you're a welder through and through

Man who's telling this guy he's not good? 😂 the guys a pro!!

You need a vent on the roller to avoid spitting.

BRAVO !!!!

Love your confidence brother

Welders are the worse critics! Good job my man!!!

Good job bro