Great job. I enjoy when repaired equipment is painted before returning to the customer. To me, it shows pride in workmanship. When I had work done, it impressed me so that I'd be a returning customer. BTW, honesty is still the best policy.
Repainting THIS type (piece) of equipment seems to me like waste of time and utter frills - most of the paint will be stripped the moment the bucket is put back to use. I'm not against painting repaired stuff "as such", it's this particular instance when it is, from practical point of view, a total waste of time and money. But then this might be done cuz the customer is, erm, "tad peculiar" in his choices and preferences - "no, don't replace cracked ears" (although it would be the best choice in this case), so maybe he enjoys freshly painted buckets too, who knows...
yeah its great owning the company. Everyone thinks things are easy for the boss. Guess they dont see you out at 10 Pm still working. Then you need to go home and do the real hard work. Thats the office work for a couple of hours. Keep it up.
The boss takes the risks; if he makes money, just like those employees who take no risks he’s taxed on income. His company profits are taxed, with no benefit to him or the company. And then you pay the government payroll tax, you’re taxed to employ people in a capitalist country (I’m speaking for UK, not sure if the USA does.
I do not know Greg , if anybody has mentioned it, but the stereophonic sound on your videos is really cool.... I use ear buds to watch, so I hear compressors on one side and hammering on another.....it is just like being in the shop with you guys.......Bravo on the paint job.......Midnight Auto Paint......PB
I grew up in So.Cal 60s-90s. I miss it. I go back, and In 3 days I want to leave? The vibe is gone? San Diego was the best city in the world to live 40 years ago.
I've never seen the weld and cut at the same time with the Climax, very cool. You have one badass operation, all the big boy toys 😁. I wanna be just like you when I grow up😂. Thanks for taking us along! ✌️
Great finished product. It takes a better man to admit that he made a mistake than one who covers his mistakes up, and they haunt him later on. I believe Wess should stick around, his work ethic is exactly what America needs today. We older people are beginning to retire, and so many people today have no work ethics, and it's not going to be good for anyone. I'm working with Maleneals and Younger today that don't care about anything but getting out of work. Great to see someone stepping up today. Hope Wess is around for a long time.
Greg thank you for another great video! Hey your first mistake you ever made and RU-vidrs are privy to it, wow thank you! Jk/jk! Greg would you make a video on your marketing and pricing tactics! How you’ve developed them over the years! I’m not asking for your exact pricing just a sort of direction or a model others could utilize as a stepping stone of sorts! I’m here in Santa Teresa, NM on the border of El Paso, TX and Juarez, MX! Take care and God bless you sir! P.S. All these videos and your valuable time that you commit to making them is greatly appreciated!
A tremendous amount of quality work! I enjoyed this video as I do every one you post. Couple questions come to mind: 1) How many people do you currently have working for you? And 2) What do you guess are your personal total number of hours spent working in all aspects of your business per week. I’m guessing it’s a huge number given that you’re out when the sun’s coming up and still out way past when it sets not to mention the weekends that you’re working. And, owning a much smaller mobile welding business myself, I know there’s a ton of hours spent in getting the work, parts and materials lined up as well as all the associated paperwork that nobody (except your family) will ever see.
Currently I have 3 employees. I personally work about 80 hours a week. Including phone calls and networking with customers. It’s far better to manage a couple good guys than to do all the work yourself.
Great job Greg!! You certainly are first to admit your mistakes! That is the mark of an Honest Man!! I would trust you , and recommend you to anyone, that’s how much I trust in you!! That goes a long way in life toward success!!
The perspective shows how diminutive the pin bosses are on the bucket despite looking beefy on the bench. That's an enormous amount of leverage. It's remarkable they lasted as long as they did.
You boys do get some interesting and challenging 'Can Do' repairs to somehow accomplish. As always, great video and dialogue. It's great to see your channel grow up!
Thanks for close up on of the CLIMAX. Although it’s almost normal to see, it’s absolutely crazy how you can maximize man & machine without compromising the workmanship.
You have integrity brother. Thanks for sharing your mistakes with us too. I wouldnt call this a mistake tho... having a gastank go up & starting a wildfire, or having a machine fall on you are mistakes. If it's not measured in days or limbs lost, it's not really a mistake. It's just part of not being absolutely perfect. Thanks for pointing out that you're not, or we wouldnt have known or learned... I learn so much from your videos. I'm hoping to get certified soon & take more shop classes & CAD. Ive used so much of what you've shared. Charge more tho, please Greg. God bless 🙌
As a 40 year skilled carpenter. I absolutely hate when that 1" gets me. We all make mistakes once in a while. What makes a skilled craftsman is to be able to fix our mistakes.
Hi Greg it's good to see you hide nothing none of us are perfect and some of us are not afraid to show when we miss judge or calculate something wrongly, I have heard you say this before and that you make mistakes and its great to know your not a deva unlike some RU-vidrs, thank's for another great and interesting video and I can't wait to see the video on how you armor a bucket of this size.
This is so Weird Mr Greg..., I was thinking of the time I overshot a bore, rushing on the lathe, 2" plate by 24" diameter, and had to do a bore weld on our converted 30" lathe we only used for welding, we could slow down to 1/4 rpm.....anyway, I was wondering if you ever had that happen and 2 minutes later, Boom 31:00, you had the same issue.....thanks for sharing that, we are all human, we try and not do this, it makes us better in the future......onward and upward......great rebuild..... all that gouging of cracks was insane and the amount of filler it took.... Best Wises, Paul..
Great vision, and yes you are totally correct. Complete replacement required. Customer will be sorry for his choice, too thin on outter ends. In Australia, he is known as a tight arse fool.😂
as a fabricator my philosophy was, the only people that don't make mistakes, don't do anything. NASA makes mistakes. another thing i went by was, a good fabricator will build on his/her mistakes and the end result will be better than the original attempt would have been.
You shouldn't tighten the chuck the way you do with a jerk of your body; you'll hurt your back. Use an extension and position the handle of your sliding T-handle wrench so that you can extend it by sliding it into the hole of the wrench.
Beautiful work ..... as always. Thank you for noting that the customer made certain decisions as to how the work was executed. Saves a lot of "Why" questions. I had a few. Some you answered. Others I could assume the made the decision. Pin bosses are always a tricky thing. May I ask what material was used, and were they flame cut by your supplier, or ??? Thanks
3 comments 1, the little mistake, you put your pants on 1 leg at a time 2, the customer is always right even when he’s wrong 3, it’d be fun to bring a machinist from Pakistan over here to help you for 3-4 days, steel toe boots, not a hand held face shield etc the culture shock would be interesting
I agree that a total mounting bracket delete was the way to go on this project, but I'm not the customer. Nice welder/borer. Amazing work from everyone involved, even with the little overbore hick-up. Thanks for keeping it honest. Thomas, Mississippi!
if you pull the tool through when boring rather than push you have less need for a centre bearing anyway and should get a cleaner result as the bar is under tension and not potentially bending slightly under compression.
I knew what line boring was but never had seen it done and didn’t think about building up the worn metal inside of the bore. I’m curious as to how long line or align boring has been around and how were the bores built up before wire feed or if they even were or were new pin bosses just manufactured or did the welder fill it up with stick and then bore? Regardless I enjoyed watching thank you.
That’s a great question. I wonder that all the time. I imagine the cutting came first then bore welding some time later. I have seen bores welded by hand with stick. It can be done. It’s slow and probably irritating to do.
G'day Mate, Could the pin boss have been made bigger OD to cover the crack repair to the ear? Or would clearance become an issue. That area seems like a problem in the future. Thanks for all the effort you put into these vidios. cheers, Butch
Yes, they could have but there is a dust seal that goes around them to prevent dirt getting in between the faces and the stick. It’s basically a big o-ring so you could go a little bigger. I already had the new ones before the cracks were discovered.
I enjoy your videos. I wonder about the line boring/welding everytime the bore wears out. Could you greatly oversize the bore and insert a sacrificial sleeve that could be replaced when it wears. Thanks for the videos.
Yes you can, but it’s not a good practice with commercial equipment. If that fails they have to have something custom made. If they stay on top of it they can just replace factory bushings if they are available.
Looks like, or rather "my guess is", that considering the cost of labour versus cost of material it would be cheaper to replace these ears - with so much cracking, gouging and subsequent re-welding why not to go the whole way? And even if that would turn out bit more expensive, there might still be more cracks "in spe" there (i.e. developing - not yet there, but "slowly yet surely" growing in fatigued material). To me it looks just like a classical case of penny wise pound foolish equipment owner, but maybe I'm missing something here...?
