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This is not My machining job.. It belongs to wog820..However at the end I will be doing the welding... Grapple from a scrapyard excavator..There are 3 of these that need attention..And yes the dime is there..Looks like a very uncomfortable seat!Wog calls it the "Klingon Battle Chair".. Boring for new bushing sleeves..Check out the hardfacing job!(Not done by us) See the dime?Wog820 gets all the fun jobs.....zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:I know nothing about hard facing Zap,What don't you like about it?BrettA good guess is better than a bad measurement
Reply:Originally Posted by BrettI know nothing about hard facing Zap,What don't you like about it?Brett
Reply:Oh, I see you like it...CheersBrettA good guess is better than a bad measurement
Reply:Originally Posted by BrettOh, I see you like it...CheersBrett
Reply:zap. hardfacing does take a while to do, and it's smokie as heck when burnin. you come up face all covered in soot. but don't try to machine it, or take little tee tiny bites. it will ruin some carbide inserts."Retreat hell, were just fighting in the other direction"Miller Trailblazer 302, Extreme 12 VS, Dimension 400, Spectrum 375, HF 251D-1, Milermatic 251 w/ spoolgun  Hypertherm 1000Lincoln sp 1702000 F-450 to haul it
Reply:Dont want to hijack your thread Zap but in a related Question:What makes a good Hard facing job as opposed to a poor one?A good guess is better than a bad measurement
Reply:Originally Posted by BrettDont want to hijack your thread Zap but in a related Question:What makes a good Hard facing job as opposed to a poor one?
Reply:Originally Posted by BrettDont want to hijack your thread Zap but in a related Question:What makes a good Hard facing job as opposed to a poor one?
Reply:I don't know from hardfacing, but laying ordinary, straight beads down in an "open field" is hard for me! Maybe if I drew it out in soapstone first, I'ld have straighter looking beads!! Whut-everrrrrrrr!City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:At least you admit it and show the results.. No worries..You will get it..You need a pencil line or soapstone line drawn where the next weld is going on the piece..Draw the whole pattern out before you begin..After a while you will not need them..You will see them even if they are not there..You will see it when runnin your bead..Look and stay in line with the next line thats drawn out at the same time  ....Repeat..And one more time...I have often stated you need to look at what your doing..And everything in front..behind..and off to the sides on occasion...All that is what you need to do now to get more even space between beads now..You see.. ...zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:I hate using soapstone to make a mark to follow, the smoke from welding covers it up instantly.My favorite method is either using a paint marker which shows through better, or my favorite of all is using a cutoff wheel to carve a groove/mark into the steel following your soapstone/marker mark.Another method I like is a piece of aluminum flat bar with some magnets on it.  Then I stick it about 1" away from where i'm welding, then follow it.  When stick welding I follow by sight keeping a mental distance from it, if welding wire I walk the cup on the side of the bar.  Works perfect!
Reply:I have done more than a few buckets and such, I do the "checkerboard" so that it traps dirt. Then the dirt wears against dirt, not the metal. As far as keepins your squares evenlyspaced, practice, practice, practice.Disclaimer; "I am just an a$$hole welder, don't take it personally ."
Reply:we did that to our backhoe bucket.On a side note, we are just now going through the process of boring out the bushing holes in a front end loader.  What a PITA.  We also are replacing all the ram seals, all the pins, fixing cracked welds, ect.I hope we never take a job like this again.Have we all gone mad?