Between Alistair123, IC Weld, C&C Equipment and CEE....You all make brilliant content with jobs that educate, entertain, and highlight problem solving skills. Great video so far Greg, can’t wait for PT 2 to drop
Everyone says the 500-ton shop-built press we have is overkill. But every once in a while we need all she has. Awesome video showing how to make what you have work. Cheers.
Yep, it’s overkill, and “we” don’t need it…, till “ya” need it…, hahaha…! Then…, the space it takes up don’t seem too be so much of an issue, the unit is invaluable.
You mention standing and looking and contemplating your “plans of attack”, in essence… Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night, from a dead sleep, with an idea, and immediately head out to the shop to apply it…? I have found myself doing this very thing on numerous occasions. Great video, Thank you sir.
@@greggb1416 I often ask my employees if they have a problem that needs to be solved or worked on do you think about it when you're not at work?.. The good ones say I cant stop thinking about it till its soled or a work around is made....
I found your channel watching Cutting Edge Engineering it was a suggestion after I watched CEE that was a few months back. Glad I clicked it I like heavy machinery repairs and welding. I served with the USAF for 25 years as a Jet Mechanic with experience on F-4, F-16,AWACS, KC-135R and B-52 aircraft. Now I’m 70% permanently disabled.
Jeez, that sucks Todd! Is your disability related to exposure to jet fuel and from crawling around inside fuel tanks and wet wings? If you don't feel comfortable discussing the matter then just say so. No harm. Did you ever manage to score a deployment to Australia for an Exercise at all? Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 Former Australian Army Reservist
You might want to check out I C Weld, Issac has some of the same working conditions & operators as Gregg, reckless. Payday & quitting time the most important things about work for some people.
I heard stories about my uncle straightening things by running them over with other bigger things like a D7. Back then, not a lot of gear and equipment, so things were done in the field. He was pretty rough, so guys would try everything else before coming to him. Thanks for sharing this challenge. Lot of guys watching and learning.
Flying jig bits remind me of the lengths of talent to work on farm equipment when my Dad and GrandDad farmed. There was always something, and Granddad had a full hearth and blacksmith shop, so heating things up required stoking wood and coal. But I learned to weld and fabricate from GrandDad and watched his passion for old heavy iron. If I could do my dream job, it would be working on equipment while serving the Lord.
Amazing the amount of work you needed to get this to the point you can line bore it. I learn much from watching you Greg, and I am grateful to you for producing your videos. I don’t know if I’ll ever do that heavy duty welding or not, but having a frame of reference to refer to is a good thing. With what you had to work with, your problem solving really shines. I still admire the tonal quality of your voice….you probably have an untapped treasure there! 🙂
I bet your competitors weren’t queuing up to take this one on. The size of that repair was a David and Goliath. I got to thinking about the tool they use to weld railway line together. Loved this one Greg. Great job, thank you.
I enjoy watching your videos. Not a welder myself, but appreciate your skills. Learning much from you, I.C. Weld, and Cutting Edge Engineering. Thank you for sharing.
When I watch not just your channel but the likes of CEE and IC Weld, I get a sense of relief that im not the only one experiencing such difficulties. I run three workshops. Car mechanics were we cary out repairs, servicing, and MOT testing. Next door, i have the bodywork and fabrication shop with a separated, double paint spraying booth. Opposite these two workshops, i have what i call general engineering working with lathes and Mills. These are used for military contracts such as parts needed to build tanks and other armoured vehicles. Sometimes, what seems like the easiest of projects to complete turns out to be a total nightmare. With all the will in the world, you get to a point where nothing goes right, and the light at the end of the tunnel just seems to get further away. Like boys in the playground using their jumpers for goal posts only, they move them further away and closer together, making the task of scoring your goal that much harder. Strange analogy, i know. I guess what im trying to say is. No matter the journey taken to get to where you need to be, difficulties can always be overcome as all three of you guys have proven. Time and time again. The outcome with patience, thought, and dedication is that the projects always end up looking as they should do, perfect. I know, I know, I talk too much. Sorry people I look forward to seeing part two soon.👍⚒️🏴
I was figuring you would partially cut the problem ear off so it would be easier to line up. Weld a "jig" in the yoke so it would close to true when you welded it back up. I have had these types of repairs. Good job on the fix.
I guess that it would come down to being able to supply enough heat and force to the part as to the method of repair actually chosen. Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
@markfryer9880 Supplying heat isn't an issue for me. A rosebud will do the trick. At what point do you wipe out the integrity of the steel. The cooling process affects that, too. I have had to heat things more than I wanted to. I let things like this air cool, but it makes you wonder. Knock on wood. I have had good luck, but I have puckered up doing it.
Love to see so many highly skilled tradesmen produce content. Hopefully this will encourage more people into the trades that are sadly lacking people. Great work!
Nice work.. I found myself stepping back from my phone screen, way over here in Louisiana, when you were pumping the porta power with the ram... I've had them damn things fly, burst internally or actually break the base. My old ass is gun shy of them things... I've been off my tools lately after over 30 years in the fabrication trade and I'm enjoying your content.
You should absolutely go for a shop built press video series. I think following you as you create the "Ultimate" shop press would be the "Ultimate" video experience!!!
Amazing love that plasma,beveling,press and the bud rose torch too! The work you do l love it its my type of work love the challenges! U do a great job making it happen! ✌🏼👍
Excellent decision to cut off the old and weld the new. This is exactly the way I would have done it 50 years ago. Sure, brings back a lot of memories. Pretty impressive welding truck you have also. Be nice to see a short video of a walk around of the truck and the way it is rigged. I will be back for part. #2
That truly was amazing!! Great work, Greg!! By the way, I bought Florin Tractor’s 100 Ton Press, when they went out of business,the frame is massive, that’s what you need!! Keith Fenner built in my opinion, the best press I have ever seen! That might give you some good ideas ( Turn-Rite Machine Shop) I like the way all the press equipment is on top and encapsulated in case of a hydraulic leak!! I believe the series is “Press Talk”,Well thought out, I’ll bet you will do one better!! Thanks, Vic!!
Wow thats a good repair, the manner of that bend in that shaped material made it nearly impossible to to straighten with the tools you have available. Thats a great idea you have to make the start and finish of the welds neat & tidy.
This is the kind of stuff I could have a blast with! Although I did have the thought of cut it off and replace it when I first saw the project. It was kind of cool seeing all the attempts to straighten it and how close you got. The other end of that to the floor might've given you you the leverage needed to finish the bend. But the final solution probably came out better than you could've ever gotten the other way. Really nice work !
I had to do that for the bolt anchors on a D10. They hold down the weights. Tried a propane torch, took to long. Just gonna have to get them glowing cherry orange with a cutting torch and use the press. Once they were back to shape. We wrapped them heat blankets. Let them cool over night. Next day installed them back on. These things were bent beyond repair. There like 2 to 3 inches thick and 2 ft long. Your just gonna have to manipulate that glow and bend slowly to shape.
So far so good. I"m impressed mostly because I would have had the same equipment problem such as a press that could handle something like this. You adapted and overcame the problem. Love it. Keep on keeping on.
@@haydenc2742 Plenty of Pinhead operators around the world in all sorts of industries. The trick is to keep them away from the New equipment no matter what it is because we all know that after they have got hold of it, it will be at the same standard as everything else! F@#$×d Beyond Economic Repair ! Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
Awesome job working tgat big huge arm you spent a lot of time on it and as always the outcome was well worth it I like how you don't rush you work you take time an look things through to make the job right ! 👍👍
You should throw piece of cable /chain on the press with safety hook. Save your rams if they kick out and you know it will only go the length of the cable. We do that for using center hole rams for when you snap 1 1/2 all thread when pulling seized picot pins🙄 . Great video bud 👍
Nice work, and a very interesting job at that. It reflects how costly a new part would be, and if you could get it in reasonable length of time. Enjoyed, cheers!
another nice repair , me personally would have used lincoln MC6 metal core wire no slag to clean up runs hot and fast and lays down nice and flat like that fluxcore and while you had the gouge out those 3/8 flat carbons were perfect to knock off those runoff tabs . i might have tacked a couple 3/4 round or flat to the outside of those ears to keep the spacing when you back gouged and welded the inside since you didnt use the spacer again you wouldnt think she move being that thick it turn out mint excellent job gregg and on to the next one
That was the most challenging project I’ve seen you do. That was bent and warped. Maybe getting it red hot like blacksmith used to do then press straight??? Your method was very good too. Now line bore Really enjoy your channel
Some of us make those castings you keep bringing in the shop. I'd love if you could show the foundry logo on these castings, and part number, because there's a good chance we might have supplied them. We pressed the ears on these all of the time before final machining the castings.
As a non-specialist, since the initial aim was to preserve this "ear" without cutting and re-welding it, I wonder if reforging this "ear" might not be a good solution in this case ? But of course, you'll tell me that you need a forge, which isn't available everywhere for such a piece of metal ! Good job anyway, like nothing happened !! Rocks !!
Lincoln makes the best dual-shield I've ever run,their new machines are not what they once were but I'm good for 2 rolls of 71Elite a week. Cool video man!
I believe those are 4x4 billets used to make rod and wire. These are heated and ran through a dye and roller set up to produce a round shape then drawn out to form rods and wire for cable, nails, etc. I was a metalurgist for Bethlehem Steel and handled rod and wire products. These are formed from ingots in a blooming and slabbing mill. We made 4x4's and 2x2's for this purpose depending on what was intended as the final product. The arm you are repairing was more than likely forged using repeated hammer blows to form the shape and maintain strength. You might need to build a rig and devise a way to rapidly form the metal with quick blows. Heat can be used as well. The press will probably not yield the shape you need and will cause you to find the need to deviate from that effort.
With this temper colors from the heat you brought in, I would think that the metal has lost some flexibility by now... 🤔 These flying parts from the press were scary...wow... Looking forward to part2, thx for showing! 👍👍👍
I kinda miss playing with all the enerpac jacks/rams at my old job. One time we had a guy shear a 2" threaded rod with a 100ton ram trying to pull an insert out of a die bed. That baby shot 30' in the air to the ceiling.
For some good machining, straitening and press vidyas look up Keith Fenner at turnwright machine. He built his press and has some nice touches. Most of his straitening is precision on prop shafts but educational. Also a big oxy/propylene torch is my favorite for things that don’t fit in a gas forge, used to heat shrink to straiten and camber jib and bridge crane beams and tubes on trussed ones.
40 year machinist and welder here. You have to heat that perpendicular to the highest point You could use a Giant threaded rod say about a 2-in through the yolk holes. To pull it while you press. You're really working with the tough ombre there have a good one stay safe
Nice job sir. You'd have enjoyed working in the navy during WW2 fixing up battle damaged battleships and aircraft carriers!. Those guys did amazing work considering they had none of todays modern tools or materials.
That parting is from forging,cast would be a much thinner parting line.And it would have probably broke and not bent even being cast steel not cast iron.
Sleeping on a problem works well for me. I like to spend time thinking about how I’m going to solve it. When I’m pressing something that needs big pressure I will use something softer than the parent material it tends to lessen the part from getting spit out and killing me. lol. Pressing is a very dangerous activity. Love your content
Great video, a head scratcher for sure but the other ear is a question mark for me. Maybe wish you had done two new ears some day! But time will surely tell Nonetheless a great fix, very nice welding.
Give that guy a Gold Star for twisting up that part. That took some doing... L0L. I was curious as to how you were going to un-twist that back into its original shape & location. Bending back is one thing. Twisted is a whole other beast unless you heat that steel to a rosy red color. Then at least you give yours a fighting chance. Looks good man. Well done.
To be able to bend it back without cracking it needs to be red hot. Your weed burner does not have enough juice. In South Texas we use a coil type head for burning the spines off catus so cattle can eat during droughts. Look up a coil pear burner, they still make them, this coil pear burner will put out a lot of heat.
With the stretch tears in the metal of the ear, i wonder if it would be better to have a piece of stock flame cut and graft a new ear onto the link, then line bore to Ensure proper alignment. Edit to add: later in the video i see this is kinda the route you took, that CNC prep was very nice, and with that full bevel, i have no doubts it will hold.
I saw that coming that that bottle jack will pop out. In my mind i said you should have at least welded block around the jack just to secure it from doing exactly that. Luckily you were in the opposite side when it popped out
I wanted to start a pool as to when you'd cut that tab off. But you went down swinging and with that tear and cracking it was the only thing you really could have done. Excellent work. Now, where's part two?
Take this arm to Fire Rite in Detroit they could straighten it and heat treat it when done. Very nice welding. Used to deliver gases and oxygen and argon for Praxair to the welding shops.
23:30 I knew I had seen that track somewhere before, but could not remember what it was or where I had seen.... I think you are right about Kurtis using a Beetle..... but maybe Issac uses one too......
