nice to see someone cleaning up a brass repair properly, so many people cant be arsed making it look good, most leave the rough brazed surface behind where ever they can.
Nice job! I’m aluminum bronze tig brazing a missing corner on a old 8” Reed vise. Same shrinkage thing happened to me where I put a piece of 7/8 cold rolled steel in the hole. Was thinking of heating it up to remove. Hope that works, otherwise I might be drilling like you did. Thanks for the great videos.
You and many other creators often thank the audience profusely. My understanding is that RU-vid does not pay significantly. So I don't understand this? You bring a camera along with the work you do, go to all this extra labor to film everything and then turn around and edit it all. You are quite literally entertaining us. So why are you thanking us? Shouldn't it be the other way?
I'm a bit of a technology history buff. Part of that is to see what was then and what is the equivalent today. There's a lot of fluctuation, but still, there is industry which has not changed in importance for the last few eons. What I see you are doing is the equivalent of this during the time the first ones happened: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Gq41lsw_GLY.html
Ralfy, always great to have you stop by the channel. I apologize that I have not had time to keep up with your channel. I have just been crazy busy. Hope you’re doing good. Gary
Ronald, in my experience in that situation I don’t think anything really would’ve helped. I do have some other ideas I want to try in the future that I think would work well.
Tom, My favorite primer. Kimball-Midwest Ultra Pro Max Red Iron Oxide Primer. Looks like you guys had a very productive weekend. Always great to hear from you. Gary
I'm surprised that the bolthole lined up well enough after that shrinkage and rethreading. Nice job! I’m aluminum bronze TIG brazing a missing corner on an old 8” Reed vise. Absolutely fascinating as usual! And as always, nice work, and thanks for the bridge pix! Appreciate the finished, seamless appearance of the weld. AS PER USUAL, I LUV COPY AND PASTE, AND GOOGLE AUTO CORRECT!!!!!!!
Nice one Gary . I see we have the same snap ring pliers ! If you ever come across one of the old Eutalloy model B torches , they are great for that type of work . 👍
Thank you Max. I remember in one of your videos you using the torch you mentioned, it would be interesting to get my hands on one and play around with it. I hope you’re doing. Always looking forward to your next video that you put out. Gary
I can tell that You made a waterpump to be much more exiting that it probably is. Thanks for the nice presentation. Speial thanks for the time and effort You put into editing the video and especially the audio. Workshop sound landscape is not the easiest ones to deal with.
Okay -- dude! Here's the thing. If you want to make some assumptions about some of your viewers, or at least one... :) Assume... I've never done anything like this. I might not even have seen your other vids. All this is brand new, and it's interesting, because I like to learn about things I don't know! I think it would be pretty hard for you to say anything that would be "too much detail." You seem to be a man of few words, but... I could use more! Tell me what's up, what you're thinking, why you're doing it, the thread size of the tap, the nature of the paint, whatever you can think of! If you're worried about them being too long, just keep doing what you're doing -- looking for which bits are going to be the most interesting, and which bits might be a little redundant and can be trimmed out. There's got to be a feeling somewhere inside you "I like doing this part," and I probably have the same feeling. Trust your instincts, Luke! And finally... in recent vids... Ain't freshly brass pretty? And don't the chips flying all over in the work light look all wonderful sparkly? That's ART. :-)
@@OldIronMachineWorks no chance of being retired by the time it need’s serviced. The way the economy is heading folk will be working until they taken out in a pine box. 👍🏴
17:56 There might be a crack at the right side of the casing here. Love the finish you get with your blaster. The ear repair turned out looking great as well.
Paul, Normally these pumps are pretty straightforward but being this one needed the brazing repair I think it was probably a full day on it from start to finish if I remember correctly.
Thanks, Gary! Nice Job... I that it was only me that had the bad luck of the bolt twisting off.... Well I turn 79 Years Old next week. It ain't gettijn no easier. Yoru friend Gary In the Beautiful Ozark Mountains of North West Arkansas
Honestly I wouldn't worry too much about video length if I was you. I'd rather take the time to see more of the work done and learn from watching than a bunch of sped-up or time lapse footage and stock background music. Keep up the good work, pal!
Gary, I'm curious about how strong a brazed joint like that is. For example, if it were necessary could a helicoil be put in a hole like that? Would the dissimilar metals hold it tight enough? I've never brazed anything so I have no clue. As always, nice work and thanks for the bridge pix!
Alan, in this situation the brazed repair should be as strong as the original ear. Adding a Heli coil would only be required if the threads were damaged, but it would not give much extra straight to the ear itself. I appreciate you watching. Gary
I have never seen anybody use nickel rod as a brazing rod, it’s normally a stick rod that you apply with an arc welder. I see more failures in the welds with nickel rod than I do with a proper brazing job.
What a repair! I'm surprised that the bolt hole lined up well enough after that shrinkage and rethreading. Glad it worked out. I really like those ratcheting retainer ring pliers. Thanks for sharing this repair and rebuild.
Bruce, thank goodness these hole placements aren’t super critical. They give you a little extra wiggle room in those bolt holes for mounting. I always appreciate you stopping by the channel. Gary
Together with "another water-pump rebuild," in your words, it was an excellent class in brazing repair of cast iron ! Didn't take much to freeze-in that thread insert . I like the way you leave in those problems that can occur instead of editing them out -- everybody learns much more that way . Now you got me interested in seeing more about those big gearboxes . Is that something you have coming-up in the future ?
Ken, what looked like a threaded insert was what was left of the bolt. After drilling and die grinding you just peal out what’s left of the threads. And when I get time I want to show more about the big gearbox rebuilds. I appreciate you stopping by the channel and leaving a comment. Gary
@@OldIronMachineWorks Oh yeah, I recognized it as the broken bolt -- I got my fair-share of them to deal with at the time -- I just chose to call it an insert 'cause of it's intended use .
