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A customer brought this one in.  It had a nail in the machine.  It cut a slice right around the drum.  Here it is set up in the positioner.I bought this perforated stuff at NAPA.  It wasn't cheap , but sure fit the bill.Real world weldin.  When I grow up I want to be a tig weldor.
Reply:One piece inside and one piece outside.  I plug welded every 4th hole on both sides.This is as far as I got with the TIG.  The new stuff is galvanized. I did the rest with the SP100 .023 wire, C/25 on E4 or something like that.Outside of drum.The customer saw it today, he was happy with the job.  I'm going to hit it with a wire wheel to smooth out any sharp  edges.Real world weldin.  When I grow up I want to be a tig weldor.
Reply:Good repair work David, I don't think I would've thought to use the seat creeper!Bruce The Welding ChefLincoln Weld-Pack 3200 NORWELD StickStanford Hill Farm
Reply:I like the stool Dave Yup
Reply:Nice work Most folks wouldn't have spent the time or money to fix it.Co-Own CNC shop:Miller :1251 plasma cutter, MaxStar 700 TIG/Stick, & XMT 456 Multiprocess Welder.&  2 Hypertherm HPR260's Plasma CutterSorry I had a bad stroke but now I am back.
Reply:yeah what did that cost ?
Reply:that is awesome!!! great job!-NateMiller Trailblazer 302gMiller Spoolmatic 30aLN-25 x 2Idealarc SP200Hypertherm Powermax 600
Reply:Nice job David R,Good ingenuity with the rolling wheel support system you came up with. I would think to cut through the drum like that would have taken more that a few loads of clothes and would have made a lot of racket.I however, would keep an eye out for an irate housewife.  You may have foiled her scheme to get a new dryer!
Reply:Great repair job!    Cooler still was the use of the shop seat as support!  How many ton/hours of tumbling clothes would you guess it takes to wear the zinc coating off the inside of the drum??- MondoMember, AWSLincoln ProMIG 140Lincoln AC TombstoneCraftsman Lathe 12 x 24 c1935Atlas MFC Horizontal MillCraftsman Commercial Lathe 12 x 36 c1970- - - I'll just keep on keepin' on.
Reply:I had a dryer drum do the exact same thing looked the same too BUT! it was where the belt road around the drum and wore it out, hope he gave u the true story cause if it is where the belt wore it through can't see the belt staying on that spot now. could be different tho. good luck.
Reply:Real World Weldin'  Clever set-up.I can't imagine how a nail stayed aligned like that; long enough to wear through. Something would have to keep feeding the nail (like a motor brush), or it would have worn off before the drum cut through.  I like the belt theory. 9-11-2001......We Will Never ForgetRetired desk jockey. Hobby weldor with a little training. Craftsman O/A---Flat, Vert, Ovhd, Horz. Miller Syncrowave 250
Reply:I figure it's probably an industrial dryer and drive will be on the shaft that was in the positioner.Great repair David, good idea on the punched strip too. An ideal material for the repair.If it is an industrial dryer, that might explain no-one "noticing" the grinding noise as it wore itself to death."One of the things we have to be thankful for is that we don't get as much government as we pay for." (Charles Kettering)Mitch 180 (NZ)Lincoln SAM-400-220 + ?-400 Fordson Major + 2 x Tractapac Humber 80 + Procut 40 PlasmaMiller Spectrum 375
Reply:Now thats using your noodle Dave. Great job.Miller DVI2Lincoln Precision Tig 225Thermodynamics Cutmaster 38Everything else needed.
Reply:The job took just over an hour.I looked at the job last year and the owner of the laundry mat wanted me to fix it in the machine.  I said no thank you.  I needed to access both sides and I really didn't want to burn the place down.It was a nail, I saw it wedged into the machine.  Now that I look at it here, I could have got more for the job, how much do you think a new drum costs?  Thanks for the compliments.Got some bigger more glamorous jobs coming up....David Real world weldin.  When I grow up I want to be a tig weldor.
Reply:Just another great use for 'plumbers tape' (that perforated stuff from NAPA).  Joe the Plumber would be proud!And your use of the mechanic's seat as support rollers is another example of how your ingenuity never ceases to impress.MM200 w/Spoolmatic 1Syncrowave 180SDBobcat 225G Plus - LP/NGMUTT Suitcase WirefeederWC-1S/Spoolmatic 1HF-251D-1PakMaster 100XL '68 Red Face Code #6633 projectStar Jet 21-110Save Second Base!
Reply:Nice job david
Reply:That perforated strap looks just like perforated plumber or HVAC pipe/duct hanger strap.  Last I remember it's kind of soft and thin, flexible but fatigues pretty easily (you can break the strap by bending it back and forth on itself a dozen or so times) and has a thin galvanized coating (thicker than the typical 'bright' zinc on a plain zinc-coated screw/bolt/nail but nowhere as thick as a hot-dipped galvanized coating).  NAPA probably has it as muffler-hanger strap.Ingenious use of the caster on the upside-down shop creeper as roller supports for the drum as you spun it with the positioner.  I guess you and/or the laundramat owner will have to see how the strap and the welds hold up to the heat and wet regarding rusting.  Rust stains on clothes would not be good.  And yes on smoothing out the edges/welds/etc.  Not everything that goes in the dryer would be heavy/stiff cotton canvas/duck/denim.  Some thinner cloth could more easily snag or catch on things.  The best laid schemes ... Gang oft agley ...
Reply:Hello All.            Nice job David,  Class act,Cheers  Gordon.
Reply:Nice job, very ingenious!Miller 140 w A/SHF Flux Core WelderDewalt Chop SawSmith O/A TorchHarley Electra Glide Classic
Reply:Originally Posted by David RIt was a nail, I saw it wedged into the machine.  David
Reply:A really sharp innovative solution.That strapping is handy stuff, right up there with duct tape."Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:Now thats a good repair... nothing like good ole American engineering in the real world.  Real world welding weld it like you own it
Reply:Nice job David.  Good solution with the plumbers tape inside and out.  Very cleaver fixturing to alighn and rotate the drum.  I think the repair should hold up just fine.  Maybe a strap of stainless on the outside would have been more robust.  Thanks for sharing.
Reply:Concrete nail I assume?Miller Thunderbolt 225Millermatic 130 XPLincoln HD 100 Forney C-5bt Arc welderPlasma Cutter Gianteach Cut40ACent Machinery Bandsaw Cent Machinery 16Speed Drill PressChicago Electric 130amp tig/90 ArcHobart 190 Mig spoolgun ready
Reply:Originally Posted by STwelderConcrete nail I assume?I love your "positioner".Ever work on a cotton picker? I'll throw this story in because it's funny. I worked at a local welding shop for a year before going out on my own long, long ago and late one afternoon a customer brought in a Farmall cotton picker and wanted some wore out guards cut out so he could replace them. I got picked for the job. Asked the boss, "What about the lint"? 'It will be OK" was the reply. The thing was packed with lint. I have asthma so I went back and told the boss he would have to send me to the hospital for help after I worked on the machine because I wouldn't be able to breathe. He sent another welder. In a few minutes the other welder came back and the conservation went like this. "Boss, give me five dollars. What do you want five dollars for? Well, I want to go buy some wienies so we can have a weinie roast while that picker burns up". The fire dept. got the fire out but it cost $10,000 to repair the machine. This was in 1968. The shop's insurance did pay the bill.
Reply:Nice job. Good use of material. Good method as well.I think this just goes to show how creative this sector of people really is. We all have to come up with best case solutions to worst case scenarios. Another fine example show here!!!Lincoln Power Mig 210MP MIGLincoln Power Mig 350MP - MIG and Push-PullLincoln TIG 300-300Lincoln Hobby-Weld 110v  Thanks JLAMESCK TIG TORCH, gas diffuser, pyrex cupThermal Dynamics Cutmaster 101My brain
Reply:Another fine example of "Real world welding"