Dammit, catch something on fire again! Haha, I swear you and I C Weld are the best at this big equipment stuff, and I like how you both do it differently.
Don't waste your time listening to all the negative comments. You're a great welder. If they think they can do it better then they can get their own UA-cam channel. Keep up the great work, I love it.
Hey that lunette job was great. That's real life and you crushed it. I'm hear to learn and watch skill at work. Your apprentice is lucky to have a good mentor.
For the mismatched profile, I would ask the customer to push on it with a dozer or something like that. I've done that with a blade skin that was bent more than it should. Welded the heck of top edge than had the dozer push on a ripper of another. had to move a few times to get it all pretty but turned out really well. Customer was happy because he got his dozer back that day instead of waiting another day or two to get the skin rebent.
Four our rental fleet we replace those 3/8" wear plates and weld on about five 1" X 2" bars going across spaced 2" apart. Its a bit of welding, but the fit up is easy. Don't have to deal with inconsistent castings.
Great video. Looked like the plate fit fairly well. I mean its not a grand piano. Nice that your helper can work independently. Really speeds things up. Thanks for the dialog. look forward to the next one
Store your "rattle cans" up-side-down. That prevents the "solids" in the paint from collecting where the opening to the pick-up tube is. You still want to shake it up really well. Works well for me.
When my youngest son used to be in school and help me on Saturdays, he would whine and complain about having to grind. My reply, “Who do you think does it the other 5 work days of the week”?
Dude thats a great idea to fill that gap. I dont see anything wrong with it. Its just a consumable wear plate. Now I with that I went and helped inspected a blast room built to AWS D1.1 specs. We caught them slugging some double bevel flare groove welds with rebar. We made them cut it out. But for this I see no problem but I also dont have the experience like you to make the judgment call. Rad stuff as usual. Also the video of the one handed overhead weld. Thats like a beer poster right there dude.😅🤣🤣🤣🥲
Hey Paul, at the 7 min mark, you spoke about removing the remaining weld. I have recently been a convert to using flat carbons. I run a Pro Arc torch and they have an accessory button that replaces the original. I’d imagine that red arc have the same. It’s a game changer, try it, you’ll like it.
Hey Brother I always love watching you wield the Gas-Axe. It takes some practice to have the level of expertise you have. I agree that replacing that relatively thin piece of steel with anything thicker gives greater shear resistance and will counter the ETF (engineered to fail) part that Cat used. I found a 50 gallon 5 horsepower compressor along the side of the road and I thought it must be someone's that fell off a truck. I came back six hours later and it was still there so I threw it on the truck and am converting it to a gas compressor. Now I have a suitable compressor for Arc Gouging. My Harrible Freight 30 gallon was too anemic to do the job. I did not realize just what has to be done converting a compressor over to gas but I believe it is worth it.
Ya just gotta love jet arc! I know I do. I describe it to people as being like plasma cutting but being able to control the depth. I have never gouged with a plasma unit, and I'm really not too interested, Anyway, great video. Looks like it was hard to find that perfect position when doing that overhead. Looked like it was just the right amount of too high to be comfortable.LOL Be safe!
Cat makes them thin for a reason first of all to save money!Second of all they want you to buy their expensive replacement plates ! but good people like yourself know how to fix it and fix it right keep up the great work boss.👍🏼🤩🫡
Awesome ! I myself also use 3/4 but I put on corner plates also especially on 51s 57s because sometimes they get pushed around a sweeping corner in the cut and with 9L and 10N even with cushion push dozers they can tear the corners up fast on a stinger especially pushing with a ripper cat with a conventional dozer blade. You have to hook it in the corner to keep from popping the tire with a corner bit.
Man if your wisdoms gave you as much grief as mine it's a wonder you weren't chewing that wear plate! Over here in the U.K. dentists went through a bit of a "who's going to sue me" panic - or their insurance Co did so my regular guy had to refer me to a specialist unit to do extractions and organising that is a pain so I kept putting it off and suffered needless agony. Mind you, my teeth were so impacted I reckon they used a gouge to dig'em out. You did well putting in shift while yours were nagging!
They make them 3/8 thick so they’re have to be replaced often at 500 bucks a pop ! If they made things that lasted forever they would make any money selling replacement parts And I bet those price of those plates have gone way up now hell I’m paying almost $500 for a 4 x 8 sheet of quarter inch mild steel Here in New York Question have you ever tried the flat carbons they’re perfect for Knocking off those old welds you could even get a nice bevel on a piece of plate if you had to with those I use them all the time And another great video
Chrysler invented this made to break tac tic back in the early 60's with the plastic timing gear in their engines. And every U.S. company since has adopted this to their products. It's even been adopted by Japanese companies. So a machine that cost someone $200 thousand really cost them another $200 thousand just to maintain and fix for life of the machine. From cheap low grade materials and short cuts during weld assembly. 😣👍Thanks Alot Chrysler!
Mike k the plastic coated gears were to reduce noise and also as the chain stretches it won't dig into the plastic like it will with steel. At 100 000 miles or so the chain will begin bitting into a steel gear and stuff off small flakes of steel. Eventually the flakes are everywhere in the motor embedded in every bearing. Had this happen is how I learned it. The plastic can usually go 150 000 with no effect to the gear. The upgrade is a true double roller problem solved. Cost more but the alternative is to run standard iron replacement and replace at 70 000 or so.
What if instead of a solid plate, you ran horizontal strips about 4” wide. Then you wouldn’t need to template or get anything bent. I would think it would wear just fine, a bit more welding but a lot of time saved in fit up. Might be worth a shot on the next one
i subbed up.. enjoy your vids, i am down sick and i am going to watch every vid you have on this channel in it's entirety , thanks for the quality entertainment .
Hard to get that curve to match just right. Like plating a dozer blade. I did one once with 9 inch wide plates run horizontal. Pre curving like you did is the way to go. I used one half inch on the dozer. It was pushing single engine allis Chalmers scrapers. They were cool old units
they use them to keep you in service....or the dealer I use to burn 5/8 rod all the time. i loved it but you gotta have the fresh air hood. we used 3M boxes for breathable air when I was working in powerhouses and confined spaces as a pipe fitter. i miss that.
I often put spray paint on top of defroster to heat up on way to job. It sprays much better but shaking it up more is necessary too. Another thing, if your can runs empty, invert it and clear then save tip. Nice job brother.
Always think back to what my buddy the welder said. He worked at a trailer/ dump box manufacturer up here in BC Canada. The air arc or as they affectionately called it the unwelder. When ever the crew heard it every helmet in the place lifted to see who screwed up
I would guess the softer metal might take the initial shock better, like pushing on a pillow on a couch when you sit down. I said it was. A guess! Don’t laugh so hard😂
You have to know that an MBA was involved in the design process to guarantee future sales of replacements for a poor design. That’s what happens when you incentivize cost reductions over reliability. As a retired design engineer in several industries, replacement parts was always factored into new designs and revisions to existing designs. You always want the customer to be spending money with you…happy or not! That’s one of the reasons I left manufacturing and became self employed for my last 20 working years. I could take care of my customers like I wanted to be cared for.
Next time heavy tack the top of the plate and then run that machine up against a dozer blade, tack the middle, at least the top and middle will be solid. Then fill in the bottom how ever you'd like. As it is now your welds could pop when the plate flexes, cool video, nice welds!!!
Hi one of the best welding videos around bye far what wire and gas are you using and is that spray mode your using all the best mate Hoo Roo from Paul from Australia 🇦🇺🍻
You mentioned going to AR400 steel for the west plate and the longevity of the AR400. What kind of wear/increased wear results on its mating wear surface as that too is a factor especially if the other wear surface were not configured for field replacements
Cat is made cheap but costs dearly. A thicker plate costs more. Cat make more on parts than on equipment sales. A cat sales representative once said: we sell at a great price, get customers hooked, then burn them on parts.
Also if you were that company's full-time welder you could have welded the top and most of the sides and let a few days' running massage the bottom into shape then weld it. Either way it isn't going to fall off, and even if it does it isn't safety-critical.
I would guess the thinner and smaller dimension replacement wear plates were like that due to the problem of matching the face profile. By using the smaller, thinner plates you could do something exactly like Robert Palmore indicates to shape the material, as needed, in the field. Every impact area will be different depending upon the shape of the surface that contacts it, causing it to wear attempting to replicate the shape contacting it. The smaller, thinner material can be shaped on sight, whereas, the thicker, larger dimension material needs to be back filled like you are doing, leaving open space between the parent material and the new wear surface. As the plate gets thinner there is a point at which it will begin to flex, due to the open space between the two surfaces, resulting in cracking and possible earlier failure. Just a thought, regarding reasons behind Cat selling the thinner and smaller dimensioned material.
That is a good point but even those 3/8” plates are very difficult to manipulate into shape and will still have a gap under them. Either way it’s a pain.
@@OFW I wouldn't have thought of that until I saw Robert Palmor's post, where he indicates he has done something similar when applying blade skin. Right off it seems logical to apply a thicker wear material, lasts longer, should be stronger, etc.. I began to consider the thinner smaller size may be a factor when faced with application in field conditions. Considering at a very small instant in time while the dozer blades and the wear facing are in contact, nearly all of the force can be applied to an extremely small area, thus unthought of stress my be applied in ways we do not anticipate and metal oil canning might occur. This extreme stress might be applied time and time again throughout a work shift. I didn't mean to suggest your approach is wrong, but after Robert's post I began to consider why the heck would a company like Caterpillar sell the smaller, thinner replacements. Repairs such as this are often best done by old timers that have found things out via the school of hard knocks over many years that defy a persons thinking. I am 80 years old and have discovered ways of accomplishing things I probably would have never considered at age 30 or even 60. You do good work and I enjoy viewing your content immensely. My proposal was submitted for you to consider as a possible explanation as to why Cat might be selling the plates they are. Nick
What would you rather have. A customer pay you $1 a hundred times or a customer pay you $50 one time? That’s the mentality now days..you can guess which one they prefer.
@@jeremyhanna3852 check your polarity, should be using DCEP (reverse polarity) I’d be BSing you if I said I’d never forgotten to set them up correctly.
Why do you suppose Cat put a layer of grease under the wear plates? Nice camera angles in this video. I especially liked the 1st person view as you welded up the left side of the plate. Would be fun to get an angle from beneath a plate when you’re using the plasma cutter. 27:28 strike a pose! 😂
How is your apprentice working out? How Mandy years is the apprenticeship? I learned to weld in my electrical apprenticeship. Thanks for having an apprentice, the trades need more ojt training.
Like your work. New to the trade, afe you mig or flux welding that plate on? I ask because I can hear the wind. As why not stick weld it? Thanks for the insight.
It simple. Just like auto or electronic manufacturers they intentionally use substandard parts knowing they will be a hi failure items to try and force you to use dealer maintenance and parts. In cars Manufacturers charge the dealers more for this. And dealers make it all back in parts and labor. Now with equipment and electronics being sold and fixed buy the same companies it allows them to double dip and void your warranty when you have someone else fix it.
He posted that it’s Lincoln 71A75 dual shield and the gas is 75% argon, 25% CO2🤙🏼 He also mentioned going through about 99 pounds of wire ( on 3 spools) before having to clean/replace a tip, so it’s likely his “go to” at that quantity 😂😎
I have a guess that they use 3/8 plates because it’s easier to bend to get the right radius. Also you talk about porosity is that when you get air pockets in your weld. If so how does it get there.
@@OFWHmmm i thought about bending cardboard but i couldn't figure out how you'd keep the angle once bent and removed (wouldn't it bounce back a bit?). Did you tape it up?
out of curiosity what size machine do you need to run an air gouger I have a primeweld Tig 225x and was wondering if that's enough to run an air gouger?
Grade 90 armor plating it'll stop at 223 to stop mosin degant an AK-47 Is my guess it's really hard it's not brittle it'll take an impact good stuff Maynard very expensive
Dammit, catch something on fire again! Haha, I swear you and I C Weld are the best at this big equipment stuff, and I like how you both do it differently.
Don't waste your time listening to all the negative comments. You're a great welder. If they think they can do it better then they can get their own UA-cam channel. Keep up the great work, I love it.
I gotta agree. Your way above them. Boring is beautiful!
Hey that lunette job was great. That's real life and you crushed it. I'm hear to learn and watch skill at work. Your apprentice is lucky to have a good mentor.
For the mismatched profile, I would ask the customer to push on it with a dozer or something like that. I've done that with a blade skin that was bent more than it should. Welded the heck of top edge than had the dozer push on a ripper of another. had to move a few times to get it all pretty but turned out really well. Customer was happy because he got his dozer back that day instead of waiting another day or two to get the skin rebent.
You could wrap a high strength chain around the unit and place a hydraulic jack under the chain to press the profile down better.
@@TD-rh7ir chain come-a- longs work really well too
thank you for your videos . there is always something to learn. even from the "boring " to you videos.
Four our rental fleet we replace those 3/8" wear plates and weld on about five 1" X 2" bars going across spaced 2" apart. Its a bit of welding, but the fit up is easy. Don't have to deal with inconsistent castings.
beautiful. MIG welding, if it sounds like bacon cooking you're doing it right. if it smells like bacon cooking you're on fire.
*On Fire Welding* New Sub, Bravo well done, thank-you for taking the time to bring us along. God Bless.
Really nice looking job. Overhead had to suck but you did a beautiful job.
Your fix is far better then what was.
I for one really like the smaller less complicated projects, more realistic for less experienced such as myself.
Great video. Looked like the plate fit fairly well. I mean its not a grand piano. Nice that your helper can work independently. Really speeds things up. Thanks for the dialog. look forward to the next one
absolute pleasure to see your work . Alistair and cutting edge out in Australia are your counterparts overseas...woven from the same stellar cloth!
Kurtis is fun and does some strange repairs & makes some interesting stuff don’t forget Issac works on things that I would be afraid of.
O comparison to CEE
I enjoy watching the little simple jobs too
Another great job thank you 👍👍👍👍
Awesome videos dude. The structure of them is perfect.
Store your "rattle cans" up-side-down. That prevents the "solids" in the paint from collecting where the opening to the pick-up tube is. You still want to shake it up really well. Works well for me.
damn good idea i never thought about that
Enjoyed. Lots of work!
I don’t grind, famous last words
Ignorant ppl. Saying another man is to do his job.
It’s meant as a joke. Obviously I will never get out of grinding.
When my youngest son used to be in school and help me on Saturdays, he would whine and complain about having to grind. My reply, “Who do you think does it the other 5 work days of the week”?
Just Bad A.. Fab work once again!!!! Can't wait for the next one!!!!!
Dude thats a great idea to fill that gap. I dont see anything wrong with it. Its just a consumable wear plate. Now I with that I went and helped inspected a blast room built to AWS D1.1 specs. We caught them slugging some double bevel flare groove welds with rebar. We made them cut it out.
But for this I see no problem but I also dont have the experience like you to make the judgment call. Rad stuff as usual. Also the video of the one handed overhead weld. Thats like a beer poster right there dude.😅🤣🤣🤣🥲
To often people go by the book . After you rather book you find problems with the book. You better the repair. Keep on keeping on.
Hey Paul, at the 7 min mark, you spoke about removing the remaining weld. I have recently been a convert to using flat carbons. I run a Pro Arc torch and they have an accessory button that replaces the original. I’d imagine that red arc have the same.
It’s a game changer, try it, you’ll like it.
Hey Brother I always love watching you wield the Gas-Axe. It takes some practice to have the level of expertise you have. I agree that replacing that relatively thin piece of steel with anything thicker gives greater shear resistance and will counter the ETF (engineered to fail) part that Cat used. I found a 50 gallon 5 horsepower compressor along the side of the road and I thought it must be someone's that fell off a truck. I came back six hours later and it was still there so I threw it on the truck and am converting it to a gas compressor. Now I have a suitable compressor for Arc Gouging. My Harrible Freight 30 gallon was too anemic to do the job. I did not realize just what has to be done converting a compressor over to gas but I believe it is worth it.
great job well done.
Somehow when he started spraying the cleaner I expected to hear the South Main Auto brake cleaner sound.
Excellent job sir...send this video to CAT and tell them to double up on the plate and do it right!👍👍💪💪
Cat knows it's designed to fail right at end of warranty
Ya just gotta love jet arc! I know I do. I describe it to people as being like plasma cutting but being able to control the depth. I have never gouged with a plasma unit, and I'm really not too interested, Anyway, great video. Looks like it was hard to find that perfect position when doing that overhead. Looked like it was just the right amount of too high to be comfortable.LOL Be safe!
Nice job young man.
Cat makes them thin for a reason first of all to save money!Second of all they want you to buy their expensive replacement plates ! but good people like yourself know how to fix it and fix it right keep up the great work boss.👍🏼🤩🫡
always great stuff...let's get your channel busting out.......Bravo
Awesome ! I myself also use 3/4 but I put on corner plates also especially on 51s 57s because sometimes they get pushed around a sweeping corner in the cut and with 9L and 10N even with cushion push dozers they can tear the corners up fast on a stinger especially pushing with a ripper cat with a conventional dozer blade. You have to hook it in the corner to keep from popping the tire with a corner bit.
Defiantly a calendar picture pose layin under there Weldin
Because cat wants those juicy service calls that's why they use 3/8.
Man if your wisdoms gave you as much grief as mine it's a wonder you weren't chewing that wear plate! Over here in the U.K. dentists went through a bit of a "who's going to sue me" panic - or their insurance Co did so my regular guy had to refer me to a specialist unit to do extractions and organising that is a pain so I kept putting it off and suffered needless agony. Mind you, my teeth were so impacted I reckon they used a gouge to dig'em out. You did well putting in shift while yours were nagging!
Who cares what other people think it’s your job do it the way you want to 👍👍👍
They make them 3/8 thick so they’re have to be replaced often at 500 bucks a pop ! If they made things that lasted forever they would make any money selling replacement parts And I bet those price of those plates have gone way up now hell I’m paying almost $500 for a 4 x 8 sheet of quarter inch mild steel Here in New York Question have you ever tried the flat carbons they’re perfect for Knocking off those old welds you could even get a nice bevel on a piece of plate if you had to with those I use them all the time And another great video
Enjoy your videos!
Chrysler invented this made to break tac tic back in the early 60's with the plastic timing gear in their engines. And every U.S. company since has adopted this to their products. It's even been adopted by Japanese companies. So a machine that cost someone $200 thousand really cost them another $200 thousand just to maintain and fix for life of the machine. From cheap low grade materials and short cuts during weld assembly. 😣👍Thanks Alot Chrysler!
Planned-obsolescence / bare minimum in engineering/manufacturing
Lightbulbs were the first item built with planned obsolescence on purpose in the 1920's. Look up "phoebus cartel"
Mike k the plastic coated gears were to reduce noise and also as the chain stretches it won't dig into the plastic like it will with steel. At 100 000 miles or so the chain will begin bitting into a steel gear and stuff off small flakes of steel. Eventually the flakes are everywhere in the motor embedded in every bearing. Had this happen is how I learned it. The plastic can usually go 150 000 with no effect to the gear. The upgrade is a true double roller problem solved. Cost more but the alternative is to run standard iron replacement and replace at 70 000 or so.
What if instead of a solid plate, you ran horizontal strips about 4” wide. Then you wouldn’t need to template or get anything bent. I would think it would wear just fine, a bit more welding but a lot of time saved in fit up. Might be worth a shot on the next one
i subbed up.. enjoy your vids, i am down sick and i am going to watch every vid you have on this channel in it's entirety , thanks for the quality entertainment .
Thank you for the support!
Hard to get that curve to match just right. Like plating a dozer blade. I did one once with 9 inch wide plates run horizontal. Pre curving like you did is the way to go. I used one half inch on the dozer. It was pushing single engine allis Chalmers scrapers. They were cool old units
Here's a guy with the beginnings of two decent-sized swords, if he was inclined.
Should have sprayed a bulls eye on the back ,nice clean job.stay safe.
There is nothing worse than the supposed experts questioning your expertise. Sure there are different ways of doing things. Your work is the proof.
they use them to keep you in service....or the dealer
I use to burn 5/8 rod all the time. i loved it but you gotta have the fresh air hood. we used 3M boxes for breathable air when I was working in powerhouses and confined spaces as a pipe fitter. i miss that.
he he "GRINDING is for the apprentice." There ya' go young fella: I hear a consultant and or MASTER INSTRUCTOR speaking. :)
I often put spray paint on top of defroster to heat up on way to job. It sprays much better but shaking it up more is necessary too.
Another thing, if your can runs empty, invert it and clear then save tip. Nice job brother.
What size and type of wire and amp’s were you using to install this push plate please?
@@tomyousch7070 I'm sure you can find that info in the comments. I always read them. Its a good source from all over the world.
Always think back to what my buddy the welder said. He worked at a trailer/ dump box manufacturer up here in BC Canada. The air arc or as they affectionately called it the unwelder. When ever the crew heard it every helmet in the place lifted to see who screwed up
I would guess the softer metal might take the initial shock better, like pushing on a pillow on a couch when you sit down. I said it was. A guess! Don’t laugh so hard😂
Hello you do good work
Thinking that new ejector may be one from an old auger bowl given the interesting clearance in the center.
Cat makes him so thin so you have to buy them every 8 months. Nothing's made like it was in the 50s and 60s and 70's
You have to know that an MBA was involved in the design process to guarantee future sales of replacements for a poor design. That’s what happens when you incentivize cost reductions over reliability. As a retired design engineer in several industries, replacement parts was always factored into new designs and revisions to existing designs. You always want the customer to be spending money with you…happy or not! That’s one of the reasons I left manufacturing and became self employed for my last 20 working years. I could take care of my customers like I wanted to be cared for.
Next time heavy tack the top of the plate and then run that machine up against a dozer blade, tack the middle, at least the top and middle will be solid. Then fill in the bottom how ever you'd like. As it is now your welds could pop when the plate flexes, cool video, nice welds!!!
Looks like manufacturers of all sorts have been scraping and shaving materials off products that "once upon a time" were great and long lasting
@@bkb5668 was thinking the same. I would have filled up that gap with horizontal strips over the entire width of that plate to support it
Yah thanks for the mass production, pollution, and endless amounts of trash.
Hi one of the best welding videos around bye far what wire and gas are you using and is that spray mode your using all the best mate Hoo Roo from Paul from Australia 🇦🇺🍻
The wire is Lincoln 71A75 dual shield gas is 75%argon 25% co2
You mentioned going to AR400 steel for the west plate and the longevity of the AR400. What kind of wear/increased wear results on its mating wear surface as that too is a factor especially if the other wear surface were not configured for field replacements
Great job. Hey, just to give you a heads up Rustolium paint makes the big Turbo cans in cat yellow now.
No way!
Cat is made cheap but costs dearly. A thicker plate costs more. Cat make more on parts than on equipment sales. A cat sales representative once said: we sell at a great price, get customers hooked, then burn them on parts.
Hey man, you can only film what you get. Great job!
At 4 min whags he using to cut it
Good welding then...👌🏻👌🏻
Could you hard surface these plate? Good job👌
Also if you were that company's full-time welder you could have welded the top and most of the sides and let a few days' running massage the bottom into shape then weld it. Either way it isn't going to fall off, and even if it does it isn't safety-critical.
I would guess the thinner and smaller dimension replacement wear plates were like that due to the problem of matching the face profile. By using the smaller, thinner plates you could do something exactly like Robert Palmore indicates to shape the material, as needed, in the field. Every impact area will be different depending upon the shape of the surface that contacts it, causing it to wear attempting to replicate the shape contacting it. The smaller, thinner material can be shaped on sight, whereas, the thicker, larger dimension material needs to be back filled like you are doing, leaving open space between the parent material and the new wear surface. As the plate gets thinner there is a point at which it will begin to flex, due to the open space between the two surfaces, resulting in cracking and possible earlier failure. Just a thought, regarding reasons behind Cat selling the thinner and smaller dimensioned material.
That is a good point but even those 3/8” plates are very difficult to manipulate into shape and will still have a gap under them. Either way it’s a pain.
@@OFW I wouldn't have thought of that until I saw Robert Palmor's post, where he indicates he has done something similar when applying blade skin. Right off it seems logical to apply a thicker wear material, lasts longer, should be stronger, etc.. I began to consider the thinner smaller size may be a factor when faced with application in field conditions. Considering at a very small instant in time while the dozer blades and the wear facing are in contact, nearly all of the force can be applied to an extremely small area, thus unthought of stress my be applied in ways we do not anticipate and metal oil canning might occur. This extreme stress might be applied time and time again throughout a work shift. I didn't mean to suggest your approach is wrong, but after Robert's post I began to consider why the heck would a company like Caterpillar sell the smaller, thinner replacements. Repairs such as this are often best done by old timers that have found things out via the school of hard knocks over many years that defy a persons thinking. I am 80 years old and have discovered ways of accomplishing things I probably would have never considered at age 30 or even 60. You do good work and I enjoy viewing your content immensely. My proposal was submitted for you to consider as a possible explanation as to why Cat might be selling the plates they are. Nick
Anthony said to come over. Just earned new sub
Thank you. I hope you enjoy my content.
you like the round ones better than the rectangle air arc rods
What would you rather have. A customer pay you $1 a hundred times or a customer pay you $50 one time? That’s the mentality now days..you can guess which one they prefer.
Ever thought of cutting a couple of hole in the center section for strength to keep it from calasing
"I can't understand why these plates are so thin" .... and ... "CAT sells these plates for $500". Asked and answered.
Better keep an eyeball skunt back on that apprentice. You never know what they're gonna do. Ha ha
Smart man there.... you account t for the machine not being able to bend to the end... did you figure that out or trail and error? ✊️
Behind every good welder, there is an angle grinder...its a way of life...
New subscriber here and I was wondering who you work for? Or you a mobile welder? Good work 🍻
I am independent. I work for myself.
You make gouging looks so easy almost every time I do it, The rod starts glowing and looks like it’s going to melt
Turn your amps down and your air pressure up I like about 250 amps and 65 psi
@@jeremyhanna3852 check your polarity, should be using DCEP (reverse polarity)
I’d be BSing you if I said I’d never forgotten to set them up correctly.
@@sonofadutchman9315 why would I need to check anything seems to work fine for me
Why do you suppose Cat put a layer of grease under the wear plates?
Nice camera angles in this video. I especially liked the 1st person view as you welded up the left side of the plate. Would be fun to get an angle from beneath a plate when you’re using the plasma cutter.
27:28 strike a pose! 😂
The grease gets there from cracks on the original wear plate. They put grease on the outside to help with wear.
How is your apprentice working out? How Mandy years is the apprenticeship? I learned to weld in my electrical apprenticeship. Thanks for having an apprentice, the trades need more ojt training.
The new apprentice is working out really well. There isn’t a timeframe.
Like your work. New to the trade, afe you mig or flux welding that plate on? I ask because I can hear the wind. As why not stick weld it? Thanks for the insight.
It’s dual shield. I only stick weld when I absolutely have to. Wire feeders are just as strong and twice as fast.
@@OFW copy that thanks for the insight. Keep up the good work 👍🏼
I wonder if you tried flipping the new piece upside down? Might have fit a little different.
I tried everything including that.
That new wear plate you are installing, is that material Hardox 500?
AR 400
It simple. Just like auto or electronic manufacturers they intentionally use substandard parts knowing they will be a hi failure items to try and force you to use dealer maintenance and parts. In cars Manufacturers charge the dealers more for this. And dealers make it all back in parts and labor. Now with equipment and electronics being sold and fixed buy the same companies it allows them to double dip and void your warranty when you have someone else fix it.
I always thought they would arrest you for running a grinder without a guard in California. Lol
Ain't nothing illegal till you get caught....👍
You answered your question. Why? Cause they sell them for $500 ea
Grinding is for you if you're the only one there 😅 but I agree I wash everything off I can and it's a lot faster than all the grinding
Ok, Subed
Hi I would be interested to know what wire you are using and is it your go to for many applications
He posted that it’s Lincoln 71A75 dual shield and the gas is 75% argon, 25% CO2🤙🏼
He also mentioned going through about 99 pounds of wire ( on 3 spools) before having to clean/replace a tip, so it’s likely his “go to” at that quantity 😂😎
It's all good content, we are all learning.
It's pretty simple CAT wants to save 5 bucks on steel.
Did they put grease behind the plates before welding? Is that so it wouldn't rust in the space behind the plates?
The grease behind the plate is not on purpose.
U can add air back to that spray can with air compressor
Nice job but I like to see the plate higher
how is that you never seem to get a blocked tip? happens to me all the time! cig transmig 500i. so frustrating. awesome work by the way
That’s a good question just lucky I guess. I go through about 2-3 spools of wire per tip. 33lb spools
What lead are you using? The stock miller one or something like a tweco?
For welding I use Bernard leads
I have a guess that they use 3/8 plates because it’s easier to bend to get the right radius. Also you talk about porosity is that when you get air pockets in your weld. If so how does it get there.
Porosity is air pockets or contaminants in the weld. Used caused by dirty materials or bad gas/flux coverage.
that fit is good at least your not cobbing a bunch of garbage weld for the next guy (witch mite be you lol)
Where was your apprentice to grind the welds though?
He was grinding on something else lol
why the grease ?
Ahh the smell of dual shield
Im curious how you made a template of the curve to have someone bend up plate for you? Tack some thin strips together along the curve?
Cardboard side profile.
@@OFWHmmm i thought about bending cardboard but i couldn't figure out how you'd keep the angle once bent and removed (wouldn't it bounce back a bit?). Did you tape it up?
out of curiosity what size machine do you need to run an air gouger I have a primeweld Tig 225x and was wondering if that's enough to run an air gouger?
I run 600 amps when I gouge. You can definitely gouge on lower amps just have to run smaller rods. And you need a decent amount of cfm for air.
@@OFW definitely thank you for the information I'm definitely going to look into seeing about getting the gouging whip for my Tig 225x.
could you use a flat arc gouging rod for washing?
Yes.
Grade 90 armor plating it'll stop at 223 to stop mosin degant an AK-47
Is my guess it's really hard it's not brittle it'll take an impact good stuff Maynard very expensive
The ejector plate pushes the material out of the can? Seems like a simple question
Yes.