@@allistairc123 ah I thought for a second you were about to cut up an old steam hammer, fwwwooff, yea you want sharp edges to cut with, but a guillitine was invented in the late 1700's not the medivel period just for the record sir, oh and yea thats one hell of a nasty crack in the frame, thats as thick as a locomotive frame in the steam days, maybe thicker I bet and not easy to get through quickly even with a thermic lance. well good luck and keep at it its going to be a long uphill run under the welding hood. and looks like your scotch or irish, so have a guiness or a nice whisky when your done, or a good tea if your not much for the harder stuff, I have known irish americans that were not big drinkers but loved a hardy tea. I bet that oil burning though had a nice lovely smell though dang heck of a flareup.
I'm a boilermaker from Australia and this is on a whole other level! I watched the whole video, top skills and one hell of an effort you made there mate!
I was a welder in my early days, Stick , tig , mig, gas, did all the burnig nothing like what this gent does but worked on some big stuff.We didn't have compressed air going into our masks, no wonder we ended up with bronchitis and lung damage, I salute this gent in the work he does. He does work what other engineers won't attempt . How the hell do you price something like this up. Forgot to mention we did a lot of low hydrogen pre heated sweating like a trooper , Great video mate takes me back to my younger days
I love my clapped out chairs, I have a stool I picked out of the trash in July of 1971, I have drug it all over the country....and it is still the greatest, it was a Telephone operators stool......Western Electric made if for AT&T.......Cheers...
The new shiny chairs never last. The clapped-out pea soup green and chrome beater from the Carter administration on the other hand will live on forever.
Allister, I was watching a channel here in the USA "IC Weld" and the UA-cam algorithm popped your channel up at the end. I can't tell you how much I enjoy watching such a talented, hard working guy like yourself go about his trade so competently and with so much creativity with your fabrications! I had the privilege of working with a group of Irish fellows back in the late 60's and 70's, when I was a lineman, and I have to tell you that in all of my years working, I have never had such a good time than I had working with these fellows. It was work hard all day, but it seemed like we were always laughing all the time. Such wonderful guys to work with. I look forward to all of your postings and enjoy every minute of them. My compliments! Rich
This is the work that made us great once, coupled with a no nonsense attitude. This is why pensions for 'hard labour jobs' should start at 55, not for the office paper pushing most of us are doing nowadays. I have the utmost respect for what you do Sir, truly. Btw, I'd like to see a woman complain there aren't enough of them on that workfloor ...
Love the Northern Irish vernacular "get this $hit all hacked off"!!! Hahahahaha. I can picture standing next to you and laughing my ass off at that one. What you do is AWESOME. Taking on a job the rest of fab shops just say no to. I'm in awe. Further, your ability to observe and determine needs from an engineering standpoint is SUPERB!!!! Keep 'em coming!!!
First class as usual. That’s the only good thing about Covid. I can binge watch all your videos. Thank you so much for taking the time to make them You are a true tradesman and a gentleman. Regards Raymond 🏴
Loved this video! An unusual and huge piece of equipment that was destroyed and brought back from the dead. Then see it finished and operating. What's not to like? Keep up the great videos!
Hats off to ya, Allistair! FReakin' God awuful job! You do have the perseverance and knowledge. Down to earth , welder comments are truly appreciated, having been in the same position! thanks! from the USA!
My welding instructor back in the 70's came from the ship yards, he showed us dogs and wedges, have used them many times, some times i don't use the wedge but weld a coupling nut to the dog and use a bolt up from the under side, so the head is on the part i'm trying to move, really like your videos.
Absolutely superb video I've watched every minute of it twice and I've learnt a lot from it. Thanks for taking time to film it all. Its very much appreciated. 👍👍👍
Your take Percy Veering to another level Alistair! I reckon everybody who casually mentions "recycling" should be made to watch your videos. Thanks for your dedication.
I love watching welding videos, but this is just next level. The sheer mass of the stuff you're working with and just how on point every one of your joins is, is just amazing!
That was worth the watch . Its surprising how much engineering actually is behind some of these tools . Worth all the hard work and I'd guess many many hours of your time gouging cleaning prepping and eventually welding and seeing it rebuilt and back in to use. Thanks for taking the time to film as much as you did and all the time editing so we get to sit back and watch
allistairc123 now that's what I call heavy duty fabrication. Amazing video bud, really enjoyed watching it. You can really see how much hard work and effort you put into that beast and the time you spend making these videos.for our enjoyment. Many thanks and I look forward to more of your awesome work 😁
I’m grateful to you for taking the time to put it together. I’ve done some heavy fabrication (if inch plate counts as heavy!!) and can appreciate the work here. And the size of that milling machine… WTF?!? Great stuff.
Great welding you did fellahs. Both of you showed real tradesmen skills! I was amazed to see a 120 mm piece of steel cracked, twice.. -New subscription from Melbourne Australia.
Amazing amount of work went into this machine. Thanks for sharing what went into rebuilding it. Hopefully the owner takes care of the sharpness of the shear blade, so as not to have a similar failure in the future! Loved seeing it from beginning to end, with the damage, the repairs, and finally seeing it work again.
Once again another fantastic video, The scale of the equipment you repair is massive, it's such a pleasure to see the other side of the welding industry that I would never see other than your videos, Take a well-deserved break and come back with another one lol. Thank you, Sir.
Dude I love this stuff!!!! Iam a NDT guy. Iam starting to get more advance certs in my career. Dude I watch your stuff and some other folks and it makes me want to switch to this big heavy machinery repair. I taught my self how to weld and various other bits you folks use in the industry. Love the videos dude!
Awesome video 👍👍👍👍 this brought back a lot of memories, I’m now retired heavy duty diesel mechanic working at many employers doing this type of work, but the one employer that I did the most was Atlas Copco Wagner Mining Equipment Co manufacturing Plant in Portland, Oregon, USA. Well we called cutting out plate, scarfing , it’s loud , dirty , hot BUT a lot of fun shooting sparks across the shop. Nice boring mill we had 5 Giddings & Lewis machines. I can almost smell your shop. I can relate to how much work you did👍👍👍, awesome job and as we would say to one another; have a pat on the back and take ; a at , it, boy out of petty cash👍👍👍. I worked the burning tables slinging 2 inch or more in thickness plate , the grind shed , the blaster, fun times. Again awesome work on that job from somebody that’s been their👍👍👍👍🥃🥃🥃👍
This was a great video, The job looked daunting to say the least. I really appreciate you filming this, I know it took a long time to edit. And all the camera work takes time out of an already big job. Thank you for all the hard work.
It never ceases to amaze me, that no matter the tonnage we are able to go grab a piece of lumber (4x4) to set it on. It would not surprise me to find out that there was a couple of 4x4s holding the Saturn5 rocket off the launch pad back in the day.😁
Wow that’s a monster piece of kit. It was dwarfed by the miller though, now that is from a time long gone, pure grunt no cnc or computers there. Excellent video
Kind of amazing to see something similar to the ones i build for rebar. Overall construction is slightly different as we use solid slabs for the front and back plates, but our shears are also about 1/2 the size. Good job bud.
To bust 120 mm thick plate, says to me that this machine was being abused and that the cracks are stress fatigue related. Mark from Melbourne Australia
I saw a couple of these Leforts at a scrap yard in the Bay Area. This seems to be a smaller model… if you can believe that. The machines I saw were probably 40ft long on their own steel crawler tracks with a horizontal folder that fed a cutting head with dual rams. Evil looking machines. Steampunk of gargantuan scale, on steroids and acid! Awesome welding work.
I first learned to weld, in Germany in the US army, back in the mid-sixties, and even though I have never worked as a dedicated welder I have done a lot of welding in my work. I can truly appreciate the heat, sparks, hot slag and flash burn. Furthermore, I would like to see some more of your welding down in the gouged out places. Perhaps a small magnet base for your camera would be helpful.
Alistair that was one hell of a rebuild and it came out looking good. I did make it all of the way to the scrap metal yard. Apparently we are sending you a similar machine all of the way from Australia? That will be interesting to see if and when it arrives. Mark from Melbourne Australia
Out standing this is top notch workmanship You deserve a helper to sweep up and run grinder while you have a cup By all means stay safe and take of your health.
I love the pacing of the shots, the music. you selected is also great......that is a real Monster piece of Kit......I would love to see that old Girl shearing some 125mm stock.....Cheers, Paul
Loved the term 'weld perverts' at about 27:00...and know the type. While we all try to do 'textbook' welds, there's the significance of 'near perfect' when you are working 1/8" sheet, and when you are trying to keep 1", 2" even 4" steel hot enough! You and your shop do good work on such 'giant tools'! Only shop like this in the states that I can think of, which did anything on this scale was Hendershott's, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (near the old Terex manufacturing facility...where they worked comparable plate thicknesses)...whole different type of welding in general, when you're talking about machines that can exert a million pounds of force on plates, angles and joints! Great videos!
What a job! Now we want the car crusher chopper video channel. First time in a long time I've watched an entire hour video without skipping or speeding up... love your content.
that job looks like a walk through hell! It sure looks like it would easier to start over and make a new one, but i don't know what the costs are really. you've got a lot of skill and endurance to tackle it!
Cant say i envy those jobs. Other than the simple fact your inside and dry. But big work and steady work is where you got me. Skills like these will never go unneeded. Cheers.
I appreciate you adding the footage of the big machine in operation! great work what a colossal job! I guess the old shipyard gougers didn't have the respirators to protect their lungs from that fine carbon back in the day huh?
this was awesome, thanks for sharing buddy. you guys did an exelent job. id be interested to see if you repair the one from australia (my home) and where abouts it came out of.
Would be fun to know how many man hours were involved and the cost for the repair. I am so amazed by the enormity of some of your welding jobs. Such a great channel!
What a mammoth undertaking, really impressive! That Adflo/Versaflo really is a lifesaver. Watching this makes me glad I left heavy carbon fab to just do stainless sheet.
Excellent video, and epic! I watched in three parts, at 2x speed while working this morning! A great way to start the day. I mostly work in wood, and miniatures so quite an extreme 'other end of the spectrum' video! Thank you.
Thanks for all your hard work in videoing and editing this, though I guess that was a lot easier than all the gouging and cutting. I'm suprised that repairing is cheaper than replacing, great video.
Even this massive thing has his limits and mayby bad maintenance too.You can see in all those shear video how much they pushing inthe machine day after day,year after year.Anyway a good repair and great welding,greetings from a Belgian welder.Thanks for showing.
You used more gouging rods on one of the large cracks that most guys use in one year! Back Gouges are indeed satisfying when you see no inclusions. Your observation of the magniflux effect on the gouged cracks is spot on, I have noticed that as well. Dogs and wedges is the term I use here. The large HBM is always fun to watch in action. Anyway, well done, I imagine the video production portion was nearly as much work as the repair. I enjoyed this very much. Cheers
Thanks for comment bud, yeah we call them dog and wedge also, as well as scotch and wedge. Don't know where the term came from lol thanks for support bud
I have seen guys put gas bottles into tanks of water to keep them warmer when using large amounts of any gas. It's either that or set up a multiple bottle supply to share the load on the bottles and regulators.
So what kind of challenge shall I give you next lol
A rest 😆
@@allistairc123 ah I thought for a second you were about to cut up an old steam hammer, fwwwooff, yea you want sharp edges to cut with, but a guillitine was invented in the late 1700's not the medivel period just for the record sir, oh and yea thats one hell of a nasty crack in the frame, thats as thick as a locomotive frame in the steam days, maybe thicker I bet and not easy to get through quickly even with a thermic lance. well good luck and keep at it its going to be a long uphill run under the welding hood.
and looks like your scotch or irish, so have a guiness or a nice whisky when your done, or a good tea if your not much for the harder stuff, I have known irish americans that were not big drinkers but loved a hardy tea.
I bet that oil burning though had a nice lovely smell though dang heck of a flareup.
@@allistairc123 If we give you a rest, will you try to cut it into two so you can have twice as much?
Still not broke
I think it's safe to say, the majority here watched the entire video. An insight into a dying breed of heavy engineering.
I'm a boilermaker from Australia and this is on a whole other level! I watched the whole video, top skills and one hell of an effort you made there mate!
Absolutely massive under taking for one guy. You're a hell of a fabricator. Thank you for taking the time to put this video together.
You sir have my complete respect and admiration!
Lesson of the day. Always keep your tools sharp! It doesn't matter how big your scissors are they all need to be kept sharp
As my dad would always say - a sharpe knife is safer than a dull one!
@@miketucker7466 My dad would always say the same Mike.
I was a welder in my early days, Stick , tig , mig, gas, did all the burnig nothing like what this gent does but worked on some big stuff.We didn't have compressed air going into our masks, no wonder we ended up with bronchitis and lung damage, I salute this gent in the work he does.
He does work what other engineers won't attempt .
How the hell do you price something like this up. Forgot to mention we did a lot of low hydrogen pre heated sweating like a trooper , Great video mate takes me back to my younger days
I love how much use you get out of that old clapped out chair. What a trooper that thing is.
I love my clapped out chairs, I have a stool I picked out of the trash in July of 1971, I have drug it all over the country....and it is still the greatest, it was a Telephone operators stool......Western Electric made if for AT&T.......Cheers...
The new shiny chairs never last. The clapped-out pea soup green and chrome beater from the Carter administration on the other hand will live on forever.
@@jimsvideos7201 laughing my rear end off....you are so right.....
@@jimsvideos7201 Still have a green desk and chair from my Father's office from the Nixon administration, still going strong.
Allister, I was watching a channel here in the USA "IC Weld" and the UA-cam algorithm popped your channel up at the end. I can't tell you how much I enjoy watching such a talented, hard working guy like yourself go about his trade so competently and with so much creativity with your fabrications! I had the privilege of working with a group of Irish fellows back in the late 60's and 70's, when I was a lineman, and I have to tell you that in all of my years working, I have never had such a good time than I had working with these fellows. It was work hard all day, but it seemed like we were always laughing all the time. Such wonderful guys to work with. I look forward to all of your postings and enjoy every minute of them. My compliments!
Rich
This is the work that made us great once, coupled with a no nonsense attitude. This is why pensions for 'hard labour jobs' should start at 55, not for the office paper pushing most of us are doing nowadays. I have the utmost respect for what you do Sir, truly.
Btw, I'd like to see a woman complain there aren't enough of them on that workfloor ...
Well said, especially the last frase!
When you're gouging like that, it's more like mining. Good stuff in the pits of hell! Thanks for the great video!
My pleasure
Love the Northern Irish vernacular "get this $hit all hacked off"!!! Hahahahaha. I can picture standing next to you and laughing my ass off at that one. What you do is AWESOME. Taking on a job the rest of fab shops just say no to. I'm in awe. Further, your ability to observe and determine needs from an engineering standpoint is SUPERB!!!! Keep 'em coming!!!
First class as usual. That’s the only good thing about Covid. I can binge watch all your videos. Thank you so much for taking the time to make them You are a true tradesman and a gentleman.
Regards
Raymond 🏴
Thanks for support Raymond
That's one hell of a job to repair! Great work!
Loved this video! An unusual and huge piece of equipment that was destroyed and brought back from the dead. Then see it finished and operating. What's not to like? Keep up the great videos!
Insane amount of work!
Yes, watched to the end of course!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Hats off to ya, Allistair! FReakin' God awuful job! You do have the perseverance and knowledge. Down to earth , welder comments are truly appreciated, having been in the same position! thanks! from the USA!
My welding instructor back in the 70's came from the ship yards, he showed us dogs and wedges, have used them many times, some times i don't use the wedge but weld a coupling nut to the dog and use a bolt up from the under side, so the head is on the part i'm trying to move, really like your videos.
Great video! Loved every minute! It's always awesome to watch someone who is a master at what they do!
You bring a thoughtful, meticulous approach to the repair of what are, frankly, often brutal, ill cared-for machines. Slainte !
11 out of 10 for not going home early. Top work. As a miler I love that beast of a mill
Tha is bud. I hope to get more in depth shots of it working
Absolutely superb video I've watched every minute of it twice and I've learnt a lot from it. Thanks for taking time to film it all. Its very much appreciated. 👍👍👍
Nice work!
I said “holy shit” like 50 times while watching. Your work is far more impressive than the final product in action.
Your take Percy Veering to another level Alistair! I reckon everybody who casually mentions "recycling" should be made to watch your videos. Thanks for your dedication.
I loved watching your video from being to end. My father used to do this 50+ years ago. Thanks
I love watching welding videos, but this is just next level. The sheer mass of the stuff you're working with and just how on point every one of your joins is, is just amazing!
If the shipyard can't do it Cooks can .🔥
Popcorn and drinks are ready!
That was EPIC! Thank you for taking to the time to put it together for us!
I've never seen this type of work before. Massive parts being brought back to life.
That was worth the watch . Its surprising how much engineering actually is behind some of these tools . Worth all the hard work and I'd guess many many hours of your time gouging cleaning prepping and eventually welding and seeing it rebuilt and back in to use. Thanks for taking the time to film as much as you did and all the time editing so we get to sit back and watch
My pleasure when you guys enjoy. Cheers for support
allistairc123 now that's what I call heavy duty fabrication. Amazing video bud, really enjoyed watching it. You can really see how much hard work and effort you put into that beast and the time you spend making these videos.for our enjoyment. Many thanks and I look forward to more of your awesome work 😁
Feedback means a lot bud. Genuinely makes me happy when folk get enjoyment from my efforts tha KS for support
"for you weld perverts" 🤣😂🤣😂 so true!
My new favorite phrase! 😆😆😆
I’m grateful to you for taking the time to put it together.
I’ve done some heavy fabrication (if inch plate counts as heavy!!) and can appreciate the work here. And the size of that milling machine… WTF?!?
Great stuff.
Great welding you did fellahs. Both of you showed real tradesmen skills! I was amazed to see a 120 mm piece of steel cracked, twice.. -New subscription from Melbourne Australia.
Only one of me on this job lol
Amazing amount of work went into this machine. Thanks for sharing what went into rebuilding it. Hopefully the owner takes care of the sharpness of the shear blade, so as not to have a similar failure in the future! Loved seeing it from beginning to end, with the damage, the repairs, and finally seeing it work again.
at 39:05, very useful info on the magnetic effect of gouging and cracks showing up...
..thanks for posting that out...
Great to see the machine at the end working and I love watching you do your work
Once again another fantastic video, The scale of the equipment you repair is massive, it's such a pleasure to see the other side of the welding industry that I would never see other than your videos, Take a well-deserved break and come back with another one lol. Thank you, Sir.
One hell of an undertaking! Beautiful repair sir!
I do not miss these jobs I’m so glad I learned to tig weld! Well done mate that looked like a proper mongrel of a job 👍
Jings that was a marathon! Well done sticking with it , the most important thing was actually to see it work again and how everything came together
Thanks James , it sure was satisfying getting to the end lol
A mammoth job magnificently done and an epic video to watch all the way through. Well done and keep up the great work and videos!
Dude I love this stuff!!!! Iam a NDT guy. Iam starting to get more advance certs in my career. Dude I watch your stuff and some other folks and it makes me want to switch to this big heavy machinery repair. I taught my self how to weld and various other bits you folks use in the industry. Love the videos dude!
Great video. Appreciated the final section too to see what all the work was for.
Your amazing, watching you work and your dedication is bar none. Your skill is off the charts. You really love what you do and it shows
Thankyou bud. Really means a lot
Great content ! The jobs you chaps take on are skilful you should be proud of your work 👏🏻
Thanks for support luke
Great work , I used to help pull one apart in Hastings Australia for repairs . thanks for another great vid.
Thanks for support Ewan, u will understand the forces at work! Insane machines!
Awesome video 👍👍👍👍 this brought back a lot of memories, I’m now retired heavy duty diesel mechanic working at many employers doing this type of work, but the one employer that I did the most was Atlas Copco Wagner Mining Equipment Co manufacturing Plant in Portland, Oregon, USA. Well we called cutting out plate, scarfing , it’s loud , dirty , hot BUT a lot of fun shooting sparks across the shop. Nice boring mill we had 5 Giddings & Lewis machines. I can almost smell your shop. I can relate to how much work you did👍👍👍, awesome job and as we would say to one another; have a pat on the back and take ; a at , it, boy out of petty cash👍👍👍. I worked the burning tables slinging 2 inch or more in thickness plate , the grind shed , the blaster, fun times. Again awesome work on that job from somebody that’s been their👍👍👍👍🥃🥃🥃👍
Minde blowing, your passion and dedication, I. Love your chanel Is a pleasure watching you work
This was a great video, The job looked daunting to say the least.
I really appreciate you filming this, I know it took a long time to edit.
And all the camera work takes time out of an already big job.
Thank you for all the hard work.
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it
It never ceases to amaze me, that no matter the tonnage we are able to go grab a piece of lumber (4x4) to set it on. It would not surprise me to find out that there was a couple of 4x4s holding the Saturn5 rocket off the launch pad back in the day.😁
I watched the entire video. Idk what it is about you and your channel but I love the content you produce
Thanks bud, I will try keep it coming
You did a bloody unreal job . Well done. Looks perfect.
Wow that’s a monster piece of kit. It was dwarfed by the miller though, now that is from a time long gone, pure grunt no cnc or computers there. Excellent video
You are a miracle worker. A client with a massive machine all cracked up that even considers repairing it is just a leap of faith on your superpowers.
Kind of amazing to see something similar to the ones i build for rebar. Overall construction is slightly different as we use solid slabs for the front and back plates, but our shears are also about 1/2 the size. Good job bud.
To bust 120 mm thick plate, says to me that this machine was being abused and that the cracks are stress fatigue related.
Mark from Melbourne Australia
84% 🔋 battery, that's not bad....
Enjoyed every minute of it, thanks again for sharing your brilliant work!
Thanks bud means a lot
Fanbloodytastic work it puts my welding attempts in the bucket 🙈 amazing repair and fabrication a true professional 👍👨🏻🏭
I saw a couple of these Leforts at a scrap yard in the Bay Area. This seems to be a smaller model… if you can believe that. The machines I saw were probably 40ft long on their own steel crawler tracks with a horizontal folder that fed a cutting head with dual rams. Evil looking machines. Steampunk of gargantuan scale, on steroids and acid!
Awesome welding work.
I first learned to weld, in Germany in the US army, back in the mid-sixties, and even though I have never worked as a dedicated welder I have done a lot of welding in my work. I can truly appreciate the heat, sparks, hot slag and flash burn. Furthermore, I would like to see some more of your welding down in the gouged out places. Perhaps a small magnet base for your camera would be helpful.
Alistair that was one hell of a rebuild and it came out looking good. I did make it all of the way to the scrap metal yard. Apparently we are sending you a similar machine all of the way from Australia? That will be interesting to see if and when it arrives.
Mark from Melbourne Australia
Great work Allistair. 😎👍 tremendous skills and a ‘cracking’ video….. 🤣
So cool to see the whole process, thanks mate
Out standing this is top notch workmanship
You deserve a helper to sweep up and run grinder while you have a cup
By all means stay safe and take of your health.
I love the pacing of the shots, the music. you selected is also great......that is a real Monster
piece of Kit......I would love to see that old Girl shearing some 125mm stock.....Cheers, Paul
Best video ever!! Loved seeing the job from start to finish!!
Dude those are nice repair welds man you definitely have to know what your doing on something of this magnitude
Thank you Alistair. Those repairs are art work 😊
T'was my extreme pleasure to watch a maestro at work, stay safe, always.
That was quality mate epic amount of welding and gouging. That's what we love👍👍👍
It's so neat to see machines like this then think of older machines. The difference between cast and fabricated machines.
Loved the term 'weld perverts' at about 27:00...and know the type. While we all try to do 'textbook' welds, there's the significance of 'near perfect' when you are working 1/8" sheet, and when you are trying to keep 1", 2" even 4" steel hot enough! You and your shop do good work on such 'giant tools'! Only shop like this in the states that I can think of, which did anything on this scale was Hendershott's, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (near the old Terex manufacturing facility...where they worked comparable plate thicknesses)...whole different type of welding in general, when you're talking about machines that can exert a million pounds of force on plates, angles and joints! Great videos!
Unbelievable job. I was thinking at the start why are you even trying to fix this. By the end it looks incredible. Credit to you indeed.
Thanks stewart
What a job! Now we want the car crusher chopper video channel. First time in a long time I've watched an entire hour video without skipping or speeding up... love your content.
that job looks like a walk through hell! It sure looks like it would easier to start over and make a new one, but i don't know what the costs are really. you've got a lot of skill and endurance to tackle it!
Once again a excellent video unbelievable work went in to the repairs well done 👏
Means a lot cheers bud
Cant say i envy those jobs. Other than the simple fact your inside and dry. But big work and steady work is where you got me. Skills like these will never go unneeded. Cheers.
Powerful welding. So powerful it messes with the camera.
I appreciate you adding the footage of the big machine in operation! great work what a colossal job!
I guess the old shipyard gougers didn't have the respirators to protect their lungs from that fine carbon back in the day huh?
Awesome journey, thanks for bringing us along. Fantastic video. Love the "welding perverts" comment. Lol
this was awesome, thanks for sharing buddy. you guys did an exelent job.
id be interested to see if you repair the one from australia (my home) and where abouts it came out of.
Would be fun to know how many man hours were involved and the cost for the repair. I am so amazed by the enormity of some of your welding jobs. Such a great channel!
What a mammoth undertaking, really impressive! That Adflo/Versaflo really is a lifesaver.
Watching this makes me glad I left heavy carbon fab to just do stainless sheet.
Bloody hell that was a huge job hard work but satisfying great skill thank you for making & sharing
Regards
Steve UK London
Thanks bud my pleasure
Great story, thank you for posting, repairs on this scale are never easy, I guess the metal suffers from work hardening too.
Yes , moreso on the compression areas. And fatigue in the stretch areas. A mess!!
Another great vid! Keep up the great work, it is very interesting stuff.
Excellent video, and epic! I watched in three parts, at 2x speed while working this morning! A great way to start the day. I mostly work in wood, and miniatures so quite an extreme 'other end of the spectrum' video!
Thank you.
On a cold day with cold steel and cold hands I wish I worked with wood. Thanks for support bud
Thanks for the video this is one awesome job! I like how you use the dogs to get things aligned.
WOW, now that take skill. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for all your hard work in videoing and editing this, though I guess that was a lot easier than all the gouging and cutting.
I'm suprised that repairing is cheaper than replacing, great video.
Surprised me too this couldn't have been cheap!
thats a lot of work. respect
sound track is absolutely bangin
Even this massive thing has his limits and mayby bad maintenance too.You can see in all those shear video how much they pushing inthe machine day after day,year after year.Anyway a good repair and great welding,greetings from a Belgian welder.Thanks for showing.
wow that was a big one for sure , great work sir and thank you for all the hard hard work
You used more gouging rods on one of the large cracks that most guys use in one year! Back Gouges are indeed satisfying when you see no inclusions. Your observation of the magniflux effect on the gouged cracks is spot on, I have noticed that as well. Dogs and wedges is the term I use here. The large HBM is always fun to watch in action. Anyway, well done, I imagine the video production portion was nearly as much work as the repair. I enjoyed this very much. Cheers
Thanks for comment bud, yeah we call them dog and wedge also, as well as scotch and wedge. Don't know where the term came from lol thanks for support bud
I have seen guys put gas bottles into tanks of water to keep them warmer when using large amounts of any gas. It's either that or set up a multiple bottle supply to share the load on the bottles and regulators.
I've seen them wrapped with reptile pad heaters. They only get to about 29c, really helps when you're doing loads of cutting in an already cold shop.
I love your channel so much, I have been sharing with my USA friends, they love it too........Thank You do much, Paul
Great video, such a major undertaking I appreciate you sharing. Cheers from Jacksonville Florida 🌞
Jesus bro....that's a monster.....you got some serious skills!!!
Tha is for support bud
Fantastic job Bud great video. That’s sum very impressive fab work in that beast and that big drilling machine💪🏻💪🏻
Awesome work and video!! Did not notice the time as it flew by.