Well, as with any heavy construction machinery that is used hard, Things WILL break. And sure enough, thats what happened to this D9 Dozer ripper shank. No biggie, as has been said before,.."Relax Its only metal". We'll glue this up as best as possible. Stick around to see the results.
It's a pleasure watching someone who knows what they are doing work. I also appreciated he showed his mistake and corrected it on camera. thanks for taking the time to do the video and bringing us along. and thanks for sharing it with us.
I love that you showed the mistake and having to cut it apart and start over. I learned a long time ago that the difference between an amateur and a professional is the ability to repair their own mistakes. It happens to everyone but not everyone cares enough to tear it down and re-do their work.
An armature is the rotating mass within an electric motor . Amateur is your word .
@@gusm5128 dumb phone autocorrect
That’s what separates the boys from then men.
Cheers 👍
Curtis, I don't know what you watched but I know that the previous welding job on this ripper wasn't done by this guy. He didn't cut or repair his mistake, he fixed someone else's mistake.
I've been watching your videos for about 6 months now. I'm 62 and just took up welding a couple years ago. Little stuff but I'm amazed at what you do. One thing I will say is that I really appreciate the way you mix the background music in with the welding. I can still hear the grinding or welding but the music is amazing. It's therapeutic to me to watch you work while the music is playing. Thanks for all your videos.
Its so good to see someone that just knows how to weld very well. I too can weld and have done for some 30 years but I still see tips from your work. Thanks for sharing from uk
My grandpa had a track torch kinda like yours. He was a pipeliner, and after he retired he still took side jobs to keep busy. He also had a pattern torch, which was pretty fun. He taught me to weld when I was little, now it’s a fun hobby, and I keep things fixed around the farm, and take on the occasional small fab job. This brings back memories of tinkering in the shop with him.
Mantap brother
I never thought that a ripper could be welded together , but you sir made it look so easy!
Man!!! Those are THE finest cuts I've ever seen done by a gas axe. And it's a portable rig!!!! You, sir, are an artist. All you had to do was sneeze and the slag fell off.
What slag? He is using a mig.
@@paulalston5648 I said cuts, not welds.
The true sight of a master is watching him work and he makes it look so darn easy. !!! Great work again sir !!
A true craftsman... Thanks for taking the time to film so we can go on the journey with you.
There are lots of videos of people welding on KZhead. I am not sure why I am so fascinated by this fellow's work. Fantastic craftsmanship. Having pride in your work is a rare thing these days. Too many people have gotten into the mindset that it is 'good enough'.
Greetings from Canada, Excellent craftsmanship. It is always amazing to see your quiet, humble, and incredible skilled work.
Thank you very much!
It's amazing how much you can learn about how things work and are made by watching someone skilled fixing them and explaining why and how they're doing what they're doing. Thank you
Thanks for watching!
I dig your torch track there ... hands free and super straight. Right on!
I liked seeing the welds run off the sides. That's a nice trick that I gotta try next time! As always, great job and a lot of teaching moments here. You make it look soooo easy, which is a testament to your skill. Many thanks for dropping scholarship on us.
the weld tabs always help with cold starts and stops and things clean up better as well.
We usually use angle line and tack it on to match the V you have setup in the 2 pieces of the shank, allows the weld to be started outside the joint
Not a welder then.
@@sidewaysaction9983 how so?
@@sidewaysaction9983 No shame in a run off tab they are on many test. Smart is taking every advantage you can!
Love watching you and western truck and tractor repair. Love learning new tricks
Hello..I made this same comment on one of your other videos to. It's really cool that you're introducing the trade to possibly hundreds of thousands of people. Your showing perspective welders and some more experienced welders skills and shortcuts that if they're smart they will take with them into there new welding careers. What your showing and teaching is an invaluable skill to the the up and coming welders....Thank you
Man you just saved someone a HUGE chunk of change. And that repair job looks better than new. Its sad how people tell me that there's NO good paying jobs anymore. The trades are DIEING for skilled labor like this. Around here, (NE Ohio) you could practically name your price with mad skills like this. Most construction companies around here would have just tossed this in a scrap pile and spent the $$$ and not even taken the time to have this fixed to use as a spare. (SMH) Well done my friend.
I’m a driller by definition but I do my own welding also so I got a chance to fix a D11s ripper shank that did exactly what your shank did except mine cracked away from weld and then back which was about 6 to 8” and in previous repair they removed probably 10” or so and my boss wanted me to try and not loose anymore length and a 11s ripper is close to 6” maybe a little more so I put a spline or spine down the center of shank and a 2” piece of ardox where the ripper mount hits wish I could remember more but did this repair 15 to 20 year’s ago but shank is still down in our bone yard you do awesome work and love how you explain and for your hating trolls who have never welded on anything that has engaged dirt and rock well can’t say it here but ya know be safe my friend
Man, talk about memories! Back in 1988 I was working for a Cat dealership. One of our customers brought in a ripper that was fubared because the dozer operator decided to make a turn before he lifted the shank out of the ground. Hard to imagine the force it takes to bend something this thick. I cut it across the bend, did the same double bevel you show and welded it back together. I was on second shift and after 10 hours of busting butt had it ready for them to pick up first thing in the morning. For added strength I added two 3/4" "fish plates" to each side. They never bent that sucker again! :) Great video and thanks for the "memory recall"!
Tradespeople who know their stuff always make it look so easy! Keep up the great work putting these videos together!
Glad you like them! Thank you. I'm trying to get better at making them
I always enjoy watching someone who is a master craftsman going about their work.
Here I am,... late at night... drinking my cup of coffee and seeing a master doing in his craft
Me too, 1:20am. In Wyoming
Ok if you like the music, but it has no place in this type of video!
You sir are a professional. I'm pleased to see you don't edit out your mistake. Everybody screws up. It's how you fix it that separates the professional from someone under a good.
A true craftsman, brought back some old memories. I started welding in 1976 image burned many miles of rod/wire. Good job.
Isaac acetylene soot burns off around 550*, of course that is 550* at the surface. Thank you so very much for the videos, I enjoy tbem a lot and learn something new every time...
Sublimation of carbon, is the term I would use.
Da black stuff fall off when it git hot nuff
Bravo sir, Bravo. Very nice repair on such a thick metal part. I like how you made it look like it was never broken... You have a lot of talent and skill. Thumbs Up!
Thank you very much!
This is probably one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. Thanks brother.
I miss watching my Dad do anykind of welding repairs as like this or anything related to repair. He was a very skilled welder for the Shipyard's at Pearl Harbor back in the day. He's been long since gone and I miss him and the things that he did in the Navy. Mahalo for the memories Sir!
I did pipe welding and fitting in refineries back. In the 1970s..it was cool to see the beveling machines for flat work.
Real quality work right there. You’re the man when it comes to oxy cutting.
Iv been welding for around 40 years and i can tell u this guy is a absolute master beautiful job
Thank ya! You got me by 11.haha.
Many videos have music added that messes up the experience. Here its awesome. Great vid. Great repair.
Glad you liked it!
You make this into art! It's wonderfull that you can look at damage and see the resolved repair, must give you pleasure!
I love watching you run a gas axe, I've never seen anyone as good as you.
Welding for 25 years and I can't do that as good as you can. Great job.
Quality job as always. Very therapeutic watching you work, no drama just a craftsman doing his trade 👍
That was a real nice piece of work to have the privilege of watching, Thanks for sharing it with us. Seeing you use the torch on the track brings back memories from over 30 years ago when I had a part time after school and full time job for 2 years after mechanic school working for a blacksmith in Wales U.K where he taught me a few old school tricks that I still use today since moving to Canada. He had one of those machines and called it a Pug now why I don't know, maybe thats the company that made it. The old guy died a few years ago, but I'd bet that machine was 20 years old plus back then and the guys son's still using it. I'm surprised to see one now after all those years with the plasma cutters being all the rage these days. Take care
Beautiful! I'm a hobby welder with a fitter background and really appreciate watching a professional.
Awesome, thank you!
Wow. That was impressive to see such thick steel cut so cleanly with a torch! Awesome!
Perfection Personified! You are a true craftsman! You manual cuts are equally as precise and accurate as your machine cuts, KUDOS!!
Hello from Australia, excellent repair on this ripper tyne. I have repaired quite a few of these over the years and what I do is check out a section on the front edge about 12" long and 1" deep centre wise of the joint and weld in a length of 1" plate the width of the tyne and this overlapping of the joint prevents it from breaking at the single welded section.
I have a welder and dribble a little here and there but nothing compared to you. I love to get schooled very time I watch. You have a very easy going attitude which makes me WANT to stick around and watch till the end so as to not miss a trick. TALENTED !!! Thanks Bill.
Love relaxing after a week of work by watching someone else's day-to-day.
You need a winker hood. That is one hell of alot of welding. You are a great fabricator fitter my good man. I'm a retired rig welder of 35 years and I know what I see. I worked in Calif bay area oil refinnerys Chevron, shell, Tesoro mainly pipe some structural.I loved ag work in the field some times no know it all looking over your shoulder.Great video. Great to watch a pro. No shortcuts THANKS
Thats a awesome torch setup you have, never seen one mounted like that . Learning a lot watching you. Thank You for sharing.
IC..Real quality work as always.. Many yrs ago work with a man who was Talented as you are an i try my best to be better with every fabrication an weld as in memory of him... you are a great guy keep up the skill an trade my friend 👍
The difference between a Master Craftsman, and someone who just fools around? The Master Craftsman not only knows how to correct his mistake? He knows **when** to do so, too. Incredible to watch. :)
Dang, if that isn't a pretty joint -- if you didn't know, you'd never realize there was a repair. As I said: Master Craftsmanship here.
I LOVE watching you do your repairs! glad we met in vegas..... stay safe!
Absolutely great job. I love watching you do your work learn something new every day. Keep them coming.
That was pretty amazing! I'm just a hobby welder so it looked to me that giant thing was fixed similar to welding 1/4" plate. Bevel the edge, square it up, tack it, weld away. Obviously some more cool stuff involved but kinda the same principle. Never would have guessed that! Masterful!!!
yeah, same thoughts here. I never work with such heavy materials, but the general principles are similar. I haven't ever needed to pre-heat something like that before. I can see why it's done though. Always learn something watching these experts do their thing.
I love the music. You are so talented, but you are also modest.
Me to , some other guys need to listen to this , & not play that modern funky junk , nobody wants to listen to rap
You’ll find the same music over on Matt’s Off Road Recoveries guys.
@@robertmintz63 : Yup ! And ‘Rap’ ain’t “Music”, to Boot ! .
@@robertmintz63 rap is crap
@@Slow_Hand_Luke just your opinion, doesnt mean a thing to me
Loved the universal temperature tester you use when telling us it's hot.
with me, ouch means it is almost hot enough, and son of a B...... means it is just right.
@@Excitable101 hahaha
Wow! I love watching your work! I am amazed at how you can repair things to be just like new. You make it look easy too - I know it's not though and what you do takes skill and experience. Thanks.
What's that old saying "If you did a repair right, no one will know anything was done at all"? I think this will pass just fine. Excellent work!
I don't know what's more impressive, your welding that HUGE hunk of metal or to know that there is some machine which can break some ginormous piece of steel!
I thought I had already seen this but I don't remember it and I didn't find my name in the comments. Excellent attention to preheat. Too many welds have been lost for lack of preheat. Best Wishes Isaac.
That's a pretty impressive cutting torch jig. I've never seen anything like that. Very cool!
Thats called a bug-o. You can use it with a torch or a welder.
You are a champion. Been there years ago welding 4” plate for down stackers with stick well lots of smoke lol
I enjoy hearing your thoughts on your projects. As a lesser experienced hand its really insightful. Thanks
As a non-welder I've learned more from your videos than many other channels combined. Thanks for your calm, insightful presentation and willingness to show your real work. Warts and all. Keep 'em coming!
GREAT WORK , thank you for making these videos, This old man can't do things as at one time, brings back some great memories :)
Giving back your best is very good of you. I’m a master plumber what I’ve learned I share. You’ve stepped it up with music also.
John. To each his own. That said, I'm new to this site and really enjoy it. When I was younger I had a chance to learn to weld, but I couldn't get the knack of it, and 50 years later I regret that I didn't try harder. Where am I going with this, you seem to like the music, but I would rather listen to the "music" of an artist at work, and listen to him explain what he's doing. I was going to say something to him, but decided to scan the remarks to see is anyone else had said anything. I saw that you had made this comment only a month ago, so I decided to keep quiet. After all it is his choice and I'll continue to watch. Have a great summer!
I followed this guy over from Instagram. So much knowledge and great craftsmanship.
Man you can’t even tell where you welded it Looked beautiful man!
A good grinder is an essential welding tool 😎
i am thinking that i might have gotten the worn edges welded up to reduce the ripper from rocking in the slot.. spreading the impact surface. but the pocket the ripper fits in is probably equally worn. its just a thought..
Looks like the ones that failed ln the gold fields of Alaska, trying to cut into the permafrost there, great show as always, thanks Phil from the UK
I knew a fantastic welder who once told me there are only two things he couldn't weld...the crack of dawn and broken heart. I'm not a welder, but I do appreciate your skill in the industrial arts! Subbed!
A great video clip 👌. Looking in from Ireland 🇮🇪
Your cutting is almost art, really nice to watch this craftsmanship...
Awesome, thank you for sharing!
I'm watching you lay down a nice clear and deep scribe line and then immediately hide it with that heavy acetylene soot, thinking "Man, that wasn't the best move". And then I watch the soot disappear as you pre-heat the ripper tooth - which triggered an 'AHA!' moment where I'm thinking, 'Boy, this guy is really and truly clever, using that trick to map out where he's applied heat'. Very clever :)
Brilliant work. Watching these videos makes me miss this sort of work so much. Maybe one day I'll be able to do it again
Great job young man. Not so keen on music because l like to hear you talk about the task in hand. Thanks for sharing anyway, it was great to see.
Man I love to watch you work, you are an artist with a cutting torch. I wish you could put out a video Everyday keep up the good work thanks.✌
I appreciate that
Man you have mad welding skills. Love watching you work.
You do good work man!! You and Kurts do the best work on any of these channels. He has the more high dollar tools and toys but you have the most demanding environment to work in. Good job both of you
fantastic work , a person who cares about his work would grind off the welds and leave a finish like you did , great channel
I believe they had to be removed. That is where the shank mounts. No room for a weld bead.
I enjoyed this video. I'd never seen anything so large welded before. Looks lots better after you were done with it than the last guy's repair.
Ge waa the last guy im pretty sure.
I learn so much from your videos... just want to let you know what you do is helping me a bunch. thank you
That Torch cutting set up was very nice save you time welding for sure.14:20 I respect you even more now. I was told when I first got in the Piledrivers union when I was 20 years old from a old timer that it's not how many mistakes you make it's how fast you fix them.👍
good to see you again, thanks for the video.
You bet
these vids are gold
Your torch skills are absolutely second to none.
Was that a sarcasm or what?
You truly are an artist!! Very nice 👍
Looks good enough to call it a thing of beauty, at least in the eyes of this beholder!
Love the thing with the soot. I caught that as I watched. Way back in the '70's when I learned to weld, an instructor taught us that trick. He said, I think, that the soot burns off at 425°. I can't remember hus exact number, that sounds pretty high. But it's a good trick. You know that tge surface is at some predictable heat.
One more example of your amazing skills... Thank you....
Beautiful, Artistic, Craftsmanship, thank you for sharing.
Now THATS my kinda “Etch-A-Sketch! It cut that slab like it was pine wood, awesome! Nice filler too, that should outlive us all! 😉✌🏼
You’re one talented welder. Amazing work
Thank you very much!
It's wonderful to see a master craftsman at work. Amazing skill.
Hope all is good, miss your content, always appreciated.
The only way that would stand a chance of not cracking in the future is with a post heat- stress relieving procedure. With that said, you made a very nice professionally executed repair.
what alloy is it?
Put in a pile of sand and let it cool real slow.
That is some fantastic welding that you do
your finished project was just awesome. your work is absolutely awesome
I welding 12 yers ago and you know the welder is very critical.. But you working very well.... Super video...
very nice . like its been said before always learning , even in retirement .
Give it a paint job and you wouldn't know it was in two pieces. I'm impressed
Man I could’ve done his job with my harbor freight flux 125 welder
@@terrellscaife2411 yes ya got to love those tools from the Chinese Embassy
It was meant to be a joke but that flux 125 is a good welder for around $85 to $110 and I also have a 10 gallon harbor freight air compressor but in all reality there’s not many things made in the USA anymore and for the things that are made in USA they’re extremely overpriced
@@terrellscaife2411 I certainly realized it was a joke .. and it was funny! I do buy some things at Harbor Freight.. they're actually open in one up real soon about 15 miles from my house I live in the country .. I'm sure that store is going to do well out here
You're awesome guy not many folks like to admit mistakes. Rare breed.
That scribe line is a favorite, I will also use a milwaukee m3 3" grinder to make a presise line. It has a real fine cutting disc. Feel like a surgeon with the grinder. However you don't normally use grinders. Still a lot to learn watching your work, maybe more than twice. So here are those extra thumbs up.👍👍👍
Why do you needle the weld before every pass?!