Well, This repair seems to have taken longer than expected so there is actually going to be an additional video after this one. Thank you for the support and I hope you learn something from this one. Enjoy.
Well, This repair seems to have taken longer than expected so there is actually going to be an additional video after this one. Thank you for the support and I hope you learn something from this one. Enjoy.
If there was a Zen school of welding, IC would be the humble, laughing and busy Sensei.....
Bob Ross of welding!
Who needs a plasma when Isaac is on the torch, holy smokes those are some amazingly clean cuts. Whoever "fixed" the boom previously made a mess. Can't wait for the next installment.
Whoever built it made a mess... You don't do square corners like that. It's one thing to make do and make the piece you have fit but if they just clipped the corner into a bit of a 45 it would have spread the stress out and probably wouldn't have cracked there. Great job with the torch!
@@cobra02411 if the backing plate near the end of the vid was factory, I'd agree, sloppy work. But I was specifically talking about the poor quality of the welds, per Isaac, no grinding and raw weld puddle visible.
@@mmerdmann I get that, but if that piece was done better originally it might not have cracked there. The repair was garbage so it failed again...
He's an old jedi. His lightsaber is disguised as a torch
The torchman!!!
"Thats why they call it stick welding... it STICKS" LOL!
Been there done that more than once lol.
seems these days no matter what brand rod I buy, they have a lot of glue in them
@@ypaulbrown that's funny.
That’s funny
@@scruffy6151 Yes it is
Friday made boom for sure. Kids you're lucky to see content like this. This is years of experience in a 30 minute video.
That's probably a Saturday morning half day of OT after closing the bars down Friday night boom.
@Elliot Thorne I worked for a redi-mix concrete company at their sand and gravel plant. Repairs like these are all I ever got! Or maybe building dragline fairlead rollers up so they didn’t have an hourglass figure any more. Burnt a lot of hard surface rods on dragline and front end loader buckets too.
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I truly appreciate your approach to situations, close enough and it’ll work. I have 100 % confidence seeing your work ethic that it means it’ll be perfect when you are done. Watching a Master at his craft work is a privilege. Bevel cut free hand was insane. Thank you so much for inviting us into your world.
Father son teaching is great! The best welder I have known personally was from Glasgow, Scotland. After moving to the United States he was getting certified by a union examiner. The examiner looked at his welds and asked; "Who taught you to weld?" My friend answered; "My father." Examiner replied: "He taught you right!" and certified him for the union.
Very cool!
It’s always enjoyable to see a pro with a torch freehand cutting and making it look like a machine made cut. That’s an amazing talent 👍
this is the comment which I've been looking for 👍🏼
I'd have a hard time drawing a pencil line that straight.. lol
Came here to post this.
Exactly what I was thinking! This man’s torch skills are next level!
Yeah, Isaac is a true old school professional that's for sure. I've personally not seen anyone better with a torch. Not even my welding instructor from welding school. I'm sure there's folks out there. But I've not met them, and I'm almost 50.
Knew you were kidding about the “37.8 degree angle”. It was so obvious it was just over 39 degrees. Lol. Love your videos
Better get your eyes checked because actually the bevel he cut was 38.175 degrees but whats a degree or two between KZhead armchair experts. 😁😅😂🤣
@@gullreefclub Actually you are both wrong, l paused the video, put my angle finder on my screen and got a perfect 38degree cut! 😂😂😂😂
Close enough for government work.
He measured with his EYE-crometer
great video. It showed me one thing...I'm a better "stick welder" than you are. I can get 'em to stick 99 out of a hundred times! lol! Can't get the welds to pool & ripple, but can get the rods to stick! Great show Isaac!!
It's like watching an orthopedic surgeon fixing a complex fracture. Compliments for the music!
Hmmm. Never saw I C using stainless bailing wire and a fist full of screws.
I noticed that when you made that first long cut on the top plate, you didn't clamp down the guide block. It took me a moment to realize this and was amazed, again. It shows what a soft touch you have with that torch.
Also that guide block is steel bet it wieghts 50 lbs or more
@@jeremyhanna3852 nah thats definitely just a 4x4 lol look how easily he moves it around with one hand
@@BillyBigRiggin359 i will agree it aint steel but maybe aluminum
@@jeremyhanna3852 I thought it looked like wood but it didn't burn.
@@jeremyhanna3852 its wood lol you can see the grain. The only reason it didnt burn is because the flame doesnt actually touch it. I use 2x4s and 4x4s as guides all the time. The flame is about a 1/4 inch away which with the flame being concemtrated straight out from the tip keeps it from burning.
Your cut with a dirty tip is what mine looks like with a clean tip.
Did you notice how curvy his cuts were? I wish my cuts with a guide were that straight.
@@timothyball3144 Oh trust me I envy his skill on a torch. Everything else I can match, but his torch skills makes a job even easier and faster. Hell most of the time he has less dross than guys running a plasma.
Exactly. lol I was going to post this.
His worst work looks better than my best work! lol
All truth. The man knows how to run a torch.
Peeling a giant broken banana. Part Deuce. Been welding for ten years. I learn some new torch trick every time I watch these.
Partway thru this video i realized a major flaw in Isaac's work, we will never get a bloopers video from this perfectionist! Canadian humour folks, again, put your guns down.
Your analysis of the grain flow in the steel is right on. CAT had to replace the box between the frame rails on six 793 trucks. The original box was made with two pieces of 2.5" steel formed into "u" and welded together. The steel was bent such that the grain was parallel to the rails. They cracked from the twisting. We cut out the old boxes and replaced them with 3" thick steel castings. We have 50 degree Vees on both ends. It took two of us 6-7 hrs to tack fixturing to hold the rails. It took another 8 hrs to cut and prep the cutout and 7-9hrs to weld in the new with backing plates inside. Fun job.
Good paycheck
Used to work for emeco We hired out a fleet of 793Bs while westrac (West Australia cat dealer) was fixing the 793Fs They'd take the customers trucks back to Perth and ship our trucks out while they did the month long recall list Was a real big paycheck for us and emeco in a bit of a downtime in the local mining sector Saved some jobs for a year
@@fowletm1992 I enjoyed your email. I'm not sure how we hooked up, I didn't remember "reply" that eneded up being you. However, I worked for CAT 33 yrs in Decatur, IL. Decatur plant used to build the motor graders, they added tractor scrapers some time in the 60's, and the first two trucks 35 and 50 ton(I used to remember all the model numbers but now my brain is numb. They added the 777 then the 785 and 787 then the 793 and then the 797. they had a problem with the spacer box between the frame rails along about 1997 on a few of the 793's. The box had been fabbed out of 2.5" steel, bent into t\wo "u's", welded together-a box, then welded into the frame. One batch of steel got turned 90 degrees in forming, thus placing the grain in a compromising situation. Our weld engineers invest-d, created two fixtures, to hold the rails in alignment to remove the box and fit a new 2.5" steel casting box. We had six trucks in house at the time and two of us were assigned to repair those. This was during the UAW strike in 1997 and we were both CAT mgrs. reassigned to welding. I had welded on the 100 ton truck frame for 18 months and Mike had welded on motor grader parts. It took us a month to repair all six trucks. One day to set the fixtures, one day to cut out the old box, trim and fit the new box, one day to weld the new box, and one day to remove the fixtures and clean everything. Heck of an experience. The CAT Truck Mgr offered his first born to us but she was ugly and fortunely we were both married "but not to each other"!!!!!! Hope all is well with you. I'm a big follower of "Kurtis" at Cutting Edge Engineering "CEE" on KZhead. He does some amazing work like Issac. My email is 4570.delta@gmail.com if you'd like to converse. Daniel in Decatur, IL.
Outstanding, glad I caught part 2....cheers from Florida, Paul
Your son has a great father for including him in what you do.
That interior baffle is nice work.Thinking that was a Friday install.Enjoyed the comic relief.
I love it when KZheadrs talk about other KZheadrs. VGG is one of the best. A guy needs to hook his peepers on IC weld.
An absolute MACHINE with that torch sir.......
Awesome Craftsmanship, and Dam Good Welding ! Kudos from the Mountains of Western Pennsylvania 🇺🇸
You are a great fabricator & welder. You are a TORCH MASTER!!
Love your work sir! Nice to see "real world" issues and how that are handled. Watching welding video's in a controlled shop is good to learn basics. What you demonstrate are what one has to expect in the field. Thank You, your channel is a treasure everyone to see.
I grew up in my dad's fabrication shop ...He had a muli.million dollar business doing air pollution control for factories around Detroit.. mostly black metal work....in the 70s ...You are a artist with a cutting torch...I worked with some talented,hard working people...You have an awesome touch with that torch....who needs a plasma cutter...you don't...Really enjoy your show....
Thanks bud. I appreciate that.
39👍's up IC WELD thanks for taking us all along with you and the great knowledge that you share with us all may help us well better in the future
I love Tradesman humor... That's how we survived the day on a construction. "That's a 37.5° angle....I calculated it" I started laughing before you said "kidding'
LOL @ the 37.8 degree angle... I would have believed you! Your torch work is amazing. Great video!
His torch cutting is awesome. His hands don't shake. But of course that is just one of the many things that impresses me about IC Weld.
Man, you have a great presentation in your videos. Right balance of explanation, music & examples. Watching all the videos I can see. Thank you
Glad you like them!
What you are finding is not so unbelievable. Components are build all over the world and too often they cut corners on the requirements as no one is going to be able to know once it is all closed up. Your attention to detail is highly commendable. Once this is done, it will be stronger than the original and will most likely outlive the rest of the machine. Thanks for sharing.
Great sense of humor. 37.8° angle Made me chuckle out loud. Then came "Stick Welding"..
Issac, you do amazing work. Thank you for sharing with us 😊
Your very correct on your assumption of grain and strength, All grain in metal should run the long length of a sheet, not as critical with steel, but very critical with Aluminium that I work with a lot in the aircraft industry. Grain direction is set in the mill in the rolling process. Love your work and wish I was 1/10 as good with a torch as you are. Love the vids.
Thanks Brent, I didn't know that.
I was a printer (pressman) for many years. Paper has a grain you had to pay attention to. Makes sense metal would also have a grain. Good info.
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Always love watching your work Isaac. Thanks again for posting!
I’ve been a plumber for 25 yrs. nothing I enjoy more than watching someone that is a master at their craft. Really awesome to behold. Keep up the great work and vids!!
Wow. I hadn't realized how much artistry goes into these metal repairs. You're like a surgeon with a torch.
Mr IC weld , if you calculated a 37.8 degree angle you cut a 37.8 degree angle, you cut that steel like a machine 😀 . You da man on that torch . 100% .
This is some Yoda level shit. It is an absolute pleasure watching a professional at work.
This will be better when done than when it was made!
37.8 degrees & stick welding comment LOL. Great video. Thank you.
Love the Vice Grip Garage reference! Lol. Keep on keeping on my friend.
You were not kidding about the rain. You have a great skill with the hot knife. With so many major repairs, you will changing bottles lots😉 Hope the customer is easier on the excavator. After all the work involved with repairing the boom.
There's always something to learn in your videos. Now I know the definition of "stick welding." That's a good one. Thanks for the video.
Isaac is a walking plasma table, it never gets old watching this guy use a torch.
🎵You want a man with a slow hand, you want a welder with an easy touch...🎵 I'm always amazed at how accurately you can do freehand what it would take me a jig and a dozen clamps to do.
My wife and I watch all of your videos. If you ever retire you would be a great welding instructor a lot of the younger generation could learn a lot from you. Talents and the skills and knowledge you have would be a gold mine for someone wanting to learn how to weld. God bless Amigo stay safe and well...all of you :o)
Your videos are more interesting than anything that Discovery Channel has to offer..
I was kinda surprised to see how much old material you were replacing. Then it occurred to me that most of the material close to the old cracks was probably work hardened because of all the flexing before it broke. Probably wouldn’t have been that long before it cracked again.
That it also get fatigued and will crack again
@@jeremyhanna3852 tired iron you can't horse that old eguipment somebody gave it some new stretch marks poor old gal
I bet when cutting pipe freehand, it's damn near a perfect 37.5 bevel, with a 3/32 landing......who needs a grinder when you are this skilled? Real nice work in every video I have seen!
Shades of Vice Grip Garage... "That's a 37.8* angle". Lol Thnx Isaac!
degree symbol is alt+0176 do not ask me why I still know this.
Not computer savy... only cell phone, and barely that! I don't know alt+0176 , but thnx for trying!
Man, you've got your torch work dialed!
I'm impressed with your steady hands. I'm just a weekend warrior who has a small gas rig and does minor repairs/fabrication around the house. I loved the way you located the end of the boom by setting your data points and then tack welding the barrel to establish its final position. Great video, thumbs up.
Enjoy watching this come together. Really liked watching your patient coaching and praise of your son in Part 1. I learned so much from days spent working on equipment with my dad. All of those little offhand nuggets of wisdom that get passed along and it seems so insignificant at the time but then when we get older it becomes our "common sense".
Smashed the "thumbs up" button on account of the VGG reference. Great vid once again... been saving on it a bit so as to have part three on the roster for a quick snap.
Absorbing as much knowledge as I can 👍thx
Isaac , I find it interesting how you use wood as a guide, early in my career I always used steel....but 7 years ago, I started working in a shop where we did wood fabrication and steel....I found it was very helpful to use wood for spacers, guides and what not......just kept a chop saw close, and wah lal.....lot easier and cheaper that steel or aluminum ......Best Regards.....
It looked like he was using the block as a height gauge as well. Very clever.
@@keithprince5129 I agree....
It’s also a whole lot lighter and until recently much cheaper also
How come the wood doesn't go on fire 🤔
I am pretty sure the bar he was using as a torch guide is aluminum.
You, sir, are an artist with that cutting torch! Great work, great videos! Thanks for bringing us along.
You more than an amazing craftsman. You are a true artist. I appreciate you and the information you offer. Really disappointing following someone else's shabby work.
love the tip of using that wood block.its always nice to watch an artist at work.i could watch you weld all day long
been waiting for part two. Love watching these repair videos. im used to welding body metal so its cool to see the process of how your repair these machines!
You've got some serious touch skills, damn man I'm learning just watching you work with the torch
So awesome that you include the investigation and explanation in your videos. Factory built-in breaking point! Who knew. Thank you so much for the great work you do! :)
I think 11:24 has to be one of the most reassuring things I've seen on the show. I did an hour of stick welding in an "introduce the engineering students to making things" class back in college, and that kept happening to me. After seeing that it happens even to people who are really good at this, I figure maybe I wasn't as bad at it as I thought! And I love the "I guess that's why they call it stick welding!" comment.
I have alot of time behind a torch. When I was 13 my dad bought me a set of tanks gauges and most importantly...a torch. That week I went to work with him. Got to the job site and he pointed a bunch of rebar and said " ok boy go play with your new toy"... watching this brings me back to a simpler time... but the 4x4 as a guide so simple and works. Wished I knew that trick back then
My favorite notification....IC WELD! Isaac you are the man, I am always amazed at your skill and abilities! Thanks as always for teaching and sharing your expertise!
I totally agree with you on grain structure, I do a fair amount of aluminum sheet bending and I see it all the time and I too use it to my advantage where necessary!
My two favorite things, watching and learning from a practical, humble, and humorist master of his craft and airplanes! Thank you for sharing both the thought process and the workflow in these videos.
Watched the first and second episode with much interest and brings back a lot of memories watching my Dad weld... he was a HD mechanic, but also worked in a tank fab shop. Cant wait to see the final outcome.
Love the VGG reference. You both have good common sense to your repairs.
I love this channel! I'm a hobbyist welder at the very best. But I picked up more tip and tricks here since I started following the channel than I ever did before.
I have moved, "transported" heavy equiptment for over 25yrs , and I have been around some of the best welders, fabricators in the industry ,, You are up there in the top ones and you share your knowledge which makes you better , thank you for doing what you do :)
Dude, you are a CNC machine with that torch. They should call you Megatron because your hands and arms work like they are mechanically hinged. I suppose it's years and years of muscle memory but I know many people with many years of experience that don't have the control and or smoothness as you do with that touch. Pure magic to watch brother. Truly a blessing you have. Great work as always. Love watching your show. Thanks for being transparent also ( unlike other videos) because in showing any mistakes you might infrequently make we all get to learn more than watching someone do things perfectly every video. Keep on fixin..........
You are an absolute artist with that torch!
Thank YOU - I C Weld - I have been making pigeon tracks for 40 yrs. I worked on projects for myself. Your videos in the last couple weeks pointed me in the direction of How to fix my problem. I was running a flux mig - and switched to stick - to finish. I would not have trusted myself to follow thru - but with the repairs, you have done, in my mind, I forged ahead. Took me a few days to make the repair.. I am retired, so I don't need production results. Kind Regards!
Thanks, I always like to see what failed. Maybe I can learn to build stuff better. Your sharing is much appreciated.
I learn more from this channel than probably any other on KZhead! So easy to watch, good simple filming, good instruction, just how I like it. We’ll done sir! God Bless
I liked your "Fac-tree" Comment!! I watch Vice Grip Garage also!
Thank you man. Watching you is a college course. You always have so many better ways of doing the job.
Dude! I've seen CNC machines cut with less precision! You have the steady hands of a surgeon! Thank you for sharing these projects!
I agree! His free hand angled cuts are great!
It's always such a pleasure watching you perform miracles with steel. This is quite a tedious repair.
Hi Isaac, great hand with that cutting torch. Like a knife through butter 😊
Wow! That is a lot of damage and a lot of work to fix. Great for us to watch! Was great seeing your son help you in the first one, hope to see more of him learning and you teaching.
Love to watch a professional at work , you are very precise at what you are doing and strive so hard to make it look factory. It is a joy to watch you work and explain your methods, keep the videos coming they are very interesting and informative.
Your lines are cut straighter than I can get with my CNC table. Nice work as usual!!
Very nice touch with your cutting torch. Excellent video.
Dude. Amazing torch skills. And you're right, when you're done, it looks factree.
Half off my life i workt in shiprepair yard and i willsay youre steady handcutting is amzing,(also youre weldings) great repair....greetings from Antwerp Belguim
You are right about steel having a grain direction. This if from a google search...."Yes, steel has a grain direction, which is determined by the mill's rolling process. The grains run parallel to the rolling direction".
Man,you are an artist with a cutting torch! Can’t wait to watch the rest of the repair.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Man that is some decent rain. Awesome work as always.
You are a Maestro with a torch. Your entire skill set is impressive. Looking forward to next video.
Outstanding video, Soum of your best! Still learning stuff on every one!
Fascinating to see how you do these amazing repairs.
You’ve got the hands of a steel surgeon, love the videos.
Love that touch when cutting those bevels. I’m going to have to practice that next time I do some flame work.
Love seeing you cut with the torch. Steady like a surgeon 👍😀
Thank you for the lesson. And bringing us along ! It is quite soothing to watch you work the heavy steel. You are like a surgeon with your torch your free hand cuts are straiter than my cuts with a straight edge. Where did you get those steady hands ? You are a master of your craft !!! Thank you for the movies ! Don't stop making them
Jippii and wow. Awesome work. Awesome video again. Greetings from Finland.
Nothing can substitute experience, great work.
Keep breaking those excavators and Isaac will keep fixin em !