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No pics, my camera takes horrible night time pictures.  Anyway I just completed welding out 2 ten inch diameter by 12 inch deep bores, put two passes in each one, it took right at 12 hours and I burned about 45 pounds of .035 hard wire.  The last pass on the last bore, I switched to ESAB Mig-6 and I have to say that I am NOT impressed with it.  I've used it alot before, but never bore welding.  I don't know if it's a problem with cast or what, but I fought it pretty hard.  I also figured out that it is extremely sensitive to changes in gas flow.  Time for the fun stuff now, I get to cut most of it out!!!It's not a bucket, it's the stick-------the bucket attaches to it.Last edited by ExpatWelder; 10-11-2011 at 10:01 PM.Reason: messed up6 Miller Big Blue 600 Air Paks2 Miller 400D6 Lincoln LN-25's4 Miller Xtreme 12VS2 Miller Dimension 812 4 Climax BW-3000Z bore welders Hypertherm 65 and 85Bug-O Track BugPair of Welpers
Reply:Is this for a front shovel like an O&K 400 or a Komatsu PC 8000?"The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the State, because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government."  Teddy RooseveltAmerican by birth, Union by choice!  Boilermakers # 60America is a Union.
Reply:Liebherr 994B-------This one used to be a face shovel, we converted it to an excavator about a year ago.6 Miller Big Blue 600 Air Paks2 Miller 400D6 Lincoln LN-25's4 Miller Xtreme 12VS2 Miller Dimension 812 4 Climax BW-3000Z bore welders Hypertherm 65 and 85Bug-O Track BugPair of Welpers
Reply:Putting the metal back in is no fun... but cutting it back out, now that really really sucks.
Reply:Even a bad day at work is still a good day compared to a lot of jobs!  I used to work at a strip mine from '76 to the end of '83 in the Midwest.  Great work if you can get it!  Pictures are a requirement, but you know that!"The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the State, because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government."  Teddy RooseveltAmerican by birth, Union by choice!  Boilermakers # 60America is a Union.
Reply:Expat you have the coolest job ever... they have a need for Mech E's out there?
Reply:Lets get some lights or sneak back in during daylight to get some pictures. What kind of bore are you using? Really intersted in line boring and would like to build a small scale one for excavators and back hoes."Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum"Lincoln Idealarc 250 AC/DCMillermatic 251   Syncrowave 300   30A spoolgunLincoln MP210Hypertherm 45(2) LN 25(2) Lincoln Weldanpower 225 CV(4) SA200   1 short hood    SA250    SAM 400
Reply:Originally Posted by kolotLets get some lights or sneak back in during daylight to get some pictures. What kind of bore are you using? Really intersted in line boring and would like to build a small scale one for excavators and back hoes.
Reply:OK you shamed me into pics Attached Images6 Miller Big Blue 600 Air Paks2 Miller 400D6 Lincoln LN-25's4 Miller Xtreme 12VS2 Miller Dimension 812 4 Climax BW-3000Z bore welders Hypertherm 65 and 85Bug-O Track BugPair of Welpers
Reply:At the same time, we are changing the tracks, load rollers, carrier rollers, final drives and sprockets, idlers and track guides.  and the bucket. Attached Images6 Miller Big Blue 600 Air Paks2 Miller 400D6 Lincoln LN-25's4 Miller Xtreme 12VS2 Miller Dimension 812 4 Climax BW-3000Z bore welders Hypertherm 65 and 85Bug-O Track BugPair of Welpers
Reply:You get all the fun jobs......awesome work, I love reading your threads.Lincoln pro mig 180Lincoln Square Wave Tig 300/wp 20/home built water cooler Victor, Purox, Harris, O/A welding/cutting setupsVintage Craftsman drill pressVintage Craftsman/Atlas 12"x 36'' lathe7''x 12'' w/c band saw Everlast 140 st
Reply:Looks good I must agree that boring is for the most part not that fun. Are you using a bore welding set up or hand welding?? I use a boretec welder it works great if the wire is of good quality. I like the way your cutting set up is mounted looks a little easier than my home made ones. But they haven't failed me yet. I have only used the York cutting machine
Reply:Originally Posted by specopswelderLooks good I must agree that boring is for the most part not that fun. Are you using a bore welding set up or hand welding?? I use a boretec welder it works great if the wire is of good quality. I like the way your cutting set up is mounted looks a little easier than my home made ones. But they haven't failed me yet. I have only used the York cutting machine
Reply:Originally Posted by specopswelderLooks good I must agree that boring is for the most part not that fun. Are you using a bore welding set up or hand welding?? I use a boretec welder it works great if the wire is of good quality. I like the way your cutting set up is mounted looks a little easier than my home made ones. But they haven't failed me yet. I have only used the York cutting machine
Reply:Didn't get all the boring done last night so I removed everything but the bearings planning to come in tonite and finish it.  Got here and they had moved the machine and sat the stick on the ground where it sank and moved all my bearings and bent two of them.  Had to pretty much start over on the setup and alignment.6 Miller Big Blue 600 Air Paks2 Miller 400D6 Lincoln LN-25's4 Miller Xtreme 12VS2 Miller Dimension 812 4 Climax BW-3000Z bore welders Hypertherm 65 and 85Bug-O Track BugPair of Welpers
Reply:Originally Posted by ExpatWelderDidn't get all the boring done last night so I removed everything but the bearings planning to come in tonite and finish it.  Got here and they had moved the machine and sat the stick on the ground where it sank and moved all my bearings and bent two of them.  Had to pretty much start over on the setup and alignment.
Reply:Originally Posted by ExpatWelderDidn't get all the boring done last night so I removed everything but the bearings planning to come in tonite and finish it.  Got here and they had moved the machine and sat the stick on the ground where it sank and moved all my bearings and bent two of them.  Had to pretty much start over on the setup and alignment.
Reply:Originally Posted by DemonSpeederYou get all the fun jobs......awesome work, I love reading your threads.
Reply:Nice job!Buy American, or don't whine when you end up on the bread line.
Reply:Originally Posted by ExpatWelderDidn't get all the boring done last night so I removed everything but the bearings planning to come in tonite and finish it.  Got here and they had moved the machine and sat the stick on the ground where it sank and moved all my bearings and bent two of them.  Had to pretty much start over on the setup and alignment.
Reply:Got the boring done, went to the shop to get the bushings and some nitrogen..........no nitrogen, had 60 gallons yesterday????   Earlier today I got a call from a contractor wanting to borrow some nitrogen, he said he seen some in my shop, I told him no because I had a bunch of bushings to install tonite..............I think he "borrowed" it anyway.  The only thing worse than a thief is a lying thief!6 Miller Big Blue 600 Air Paks2 Miller 400D6 Lincoln LN-25's4 Miller Xtreme 12VS2 Miller Dimension 812 4 Climax BW-3000Z bore welders Hypertherm 65 and 85Bug-O Track BugPair of Welpers
Reply:The boys on day shift found some nitrogen and stuck the 4 bushings in the stick as well as 4 that had to be replaced in the power links, they also got one track laced, we have to lace the other track, put on the travel motor guards and hang the bucket tonight and this one is DONE.6 Miller Big Blue 600 Air Paks2 Miller 400D6 Lincoln LN-25's4 Miller Xtreme 12VS2 Miller Dimension 812 4 Climax BW-3000Z bore welders Hypertherm 65 and 85Bug-O Track BugPair of Welpers
Reply:I love using nitrogen for bushing install. Do you ever work on anything small or is everything monsterous? Keep up the good work.Millermatic 252millermatic 175miller 300 Thunderboltlincoln ranger 250smith torcheslots of bfh'sIf it dont fit get a bigger hammer
Reply:Originally Posted by farmshopI love using nitrogen for bushing install. Do you ever work on anything small or is everything monsterous? Keep up the good work.
Reply:Originally Posted by ExpatWelderNope, pretty much all big stuff!----I take that back, I have been piddling around making a raffle ticket barrel, I used about a quarter of a 55 gal drum, built a little stand for it, welded a couple bearings to it, fabbed up a door and threw a crank on it.  We sponsor an orphanage and just started our fundraiser for this year, plan on selling 25-30 thousand raffle tickets for some pretty cool prizes---tv's ipads, computers, ipods....all proceeds go to the orphanage.  Last year we raised enough to actually build them another orphanage.