Welding..........

That guy is to be allowed to WELD!!!

Wow! He sure does a neat job!

Hi Dewets, He does, top quality. I will post some pictures of a blade repair that we finished yesterday. Will also post other pics but dont want to get too off topic as you know what will happen.
Regards Gordon.

Top welding there,looks better than a factory produced weld.

Thanks for those pictures, that is some impressive work!😎

Nice work....is the fixed pin your preference?? thought most were bushed.

OM, Thankyou. We only use direct mounted buckets.
What you see in the pictures are the pins that are used to mount the bucket, we set up the brackets and bosses all in one go, the pins are left in place until the full welding operation has been completed, and fully cooled. What you are seeing is the pins that have dropped down onto the blocks after the locking bolts have been removed. Thats when we know alignment is spot on. The bucket bosses dont have bushes the pins are fixed, by 22 mil capsdrews that screw into the boss. our own design. The bushes are fitted into the dipper nose boss.
Regards Gordon.

Hi Martyn, Toby, Thankyou for your compliments. Tom, our welder doesn't use the internet much, however i have told him to have a look. He'll have to buy the brekky's tomorrow Ha Ha. I will post a few more pics of other welding jobs we have carried out. I may even post some of my own !!!
Gordon.

Hi Gordon ,With a welder as good as tommy,I would be building him a nice dry welding shed to get him out of that mud . Boilermaker mate of mine says good quality welding is all to do with knowing how to set the welder up.He reckons at smoko and lunch he would change all the setting on his welder,to bugger up all the snoopers who would try and find out what he was doing. ian.

Ian don't you start upsetting my men !! Lol
Yr not wrong about settings our Miller set is infinately variable, best welding plant i ever owned. A miller 310 panther with a Kubota 3 cyl. Tom services it pretty much on the dot too. When we go off to smoko we all go together, now i wonder if that was Toms idea ? The sticks we use are second to none but only EW 7016's We have a workshop,,,,it's in kit form down our other yard. Aja, we do use a workshop round at the farm.
Take care mate Gordon.