Let the cutting edge hang long about an inch or so off both sides of the bucket, then weld your reinforcing corners to take it down to a half inch overhang on either side, bolt on a whole new edge below that for easy changes in the future
Doing this exact job on my skid steer today, thanks for sharing how you did it. I also picked up a cutting edge from titan as well. Seriously laughed when you took a sledge to it!
Try a gouging tip on your torch to wash those old welds off. Just keep it quite a ways off of base metal ince you hit the jet, and you wont damage the bucket!
Good enough ;) My cutting edge on my little kubota is bent and worn (to many trips into the curb)..... Im just going to replace it before the snow starts flying. The bucket is only 47" wide and I had to order a 60" cutting edge. I will just have to cut it to size with my acetylene torch. Looking at the ammount of grinding you had to do, I better stock up on cutting and grinding disks. Im also thinking of arc welding it on with 6011 rod........ 1/2" steel is a bit much for my mig... not sure what mig your using.
Use 6013 to tack in place and 7018 to through weld everything. Make sure you preheat the blade and bucket some to prevent cracking. And stagger the welds on the blade to prevent warping
Sorry for the late response. It's a good cutting edge. Holding up well. If I did it again, I'd probably just weld the new one on the bottom of the old one.
The fact that you were able to weld the cutting edge on using short-circuit hard-wire mig without pre-heat and it didn’t crack after welding tells me that the cutting edge is junk! A quality cutting edge would have broken at the toes of the weld on the cutting edge within 10 minutes of welding.
You guys aren't planning ahead. ALL cutting edges wear out, so you 1st install a new cutting edge on your new bucket leaving the original in place so that you never wear the original. You get longer life, greater strength, better wear resistance. Watch here: ua-cam.com/video/j1P1-B6wWAc/v-deo.html
Exactly what I’ve been looking for. Thanks!!
I think you done a very superb job repairing that cutting edge on your skid steer bucket! 👍💯
Have to do this on a loader this week. Thanks for the clip!
Let the cutting edge hang long about an inch or so off both sides of the bucket, then weld your reinforcing corners to take it down to a half inch overhang on either side, bolt on a whole new edge below that for easy changes in the future
Doing this exact job on my skid steer today, thanks for sharing how you did it. I also picked up a cutting edge from titan as well. Seriously laughed when you took a sledge to it!
For being a home welder your welds are pretty good!
Thanks!
Hard face that nice new material !!!!
Try a gouging tip on your torch to wash those old welds off. Just keep it quite a ways off of base metal ince you hit the jet, and you wont damage the bucket!
a vary nice neat job i do this type of work too , be proud of your work
Use dual shield fluxcore next it's a lot more ductile than hardwire also gets deeper penetration great repair though
Thanks for the useful feedback
Nice job looks great
Grinder and paint make me the welder I aint. 😉
Good work. Should last a good while.
Nice work!
Good enough ;) My cutting edge on my little kubota is bent and worn (to many trips into the curb)..... Im just going to replace it before the snow starts flying. The bucket is only 47" wide and I had to order a 60" cutting edge. I will just have to cut it to size with my acetylene torch. Looking at the ammount of grinding you had to do, I better stock up on cutting and grinding disks.
Im also thinking of arc welding it on with 6011 rod........ 1/2" steel is a bit much for my mig... not sure what mig your using.
Use 6013 to tack in place and 7018 to through weld everything. Make sure you preheat the blade and bucket some to prevent cracking. And stagger the welds on the blade to prevent warping
nice job did you see the state of his welding shocking !!
.ink as where you bought the cutting edge? Thanks Kevin
www.palletforks.com/search?q=Cutting%20edge
How is it holding up? thinking about getting one from Titan
Sorry for the late response. It's a good cutting edge. Holding up well. If I did it again, I'd probably just weld the new one on the bottom of the old one.
Thanks for the video. Why wire welding, as opposed to stick welding?
It's just what I had at the shop. Stick would work great.
As long as the surface was clean and his Mig welder had sufficient power, Mig works just fine.
Where is guard for grinder
The fact that you were able to weld the cutting edge on using short-circuit hard-wire mig without pre-heat and it didn’t crack after welding tells me that the cutting edge is junk! A quality cutting edge would have broken at the toes of the weld on the cutting edge within 10 minutes of welding.
You guys aren't planning ahead. ALL cutting edges wear out, so you 1st install a new cutting edge on your new bucket leaving the original in place so that you never wear the original. You get longer life, greater strength, better wear resistance. Watch here: ua-cam.com/video/j1P1-B6wWAc/v-deo.html
Good to know. Wish I had thought of it when I did mine.
Great info about to upgrade an excavator blade.
Have the opportunity pop over to mine and see if u like😄👍👌
don;t weld down hill with mig , it is lazy man's weld .
Where are your instructional videos? I’m trying to learn myself.