Has this ever happened to you? Well, follow along as I attempt to clean up this mess without the use of Patch/Fish plates. The video will help bring to light some of the things to consider when making a repair like this or something of a similar situation. Also, this video is focused more on the step by step process more so than the welding itself. I hope you enjoy it. If this interests you, please follow and let me know what you think. I appreciate the feedback and comments. Thank you for your support.
This excavating company looks like a good client to have.
@Payne Killer No grease makes the machine look cleaner and the welder doesn't have to worry about starting it on fire when he's fixing... :D
@Payne Killer Just bring a kiddie pool and a 55 gallon drum of brake cleaner or degreaser :) And hide from the epa.
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Jesus how long did this take start to finish? Seems like a month
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This gentleman can cut out watch parts with a torch.
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We do what we can man
I dont know why this is in my recommends but I will say this. For people who are watching this and seeing him free hand cut that thick ass plate that smooth and straight. This is not his first day, ok. This guy is a WELDER.Some people wonder what they were in a former life? Well this guy was a welder
Torch cutting is its own craft. You can accidentally weld things back together if you move to slow, and won't cut if you move to fast. Then free hand cutting a straight line is a special kind of talent. So yeah He's very skilled.
Enjoyed your comment Jc!
Correction: This guy is a master FABRICATOR!
Never knew torch cutting was hard until my second time. My first time cutting was a thick plate and I cut it straight as hell... second time and from then on my freehands look like shit 😂 must have been beginners luck
This dude seems to be an artist with a torch man that shit is definitely not as easy as he makes it look
THAT is a real man, a real American working man. So many people, in my opinion, don't know this is how our country runs every day. It's men like this that keep things moving.
If you like him so much, why dont you marry him?
Nice work, I do the same but for military as a contractor........ Great job
He is very skilled,and thorough! I've only seen a couple guys cut like that.I remember a guy on a job,he was the main welder up in Alaska,everything he did looked like a machine did it.Whenever you complimented him,he's smile and say,you should see my father then,he taught me!
You know how to do it? Hold your breath when you cut! Its same for the sniper!
@@Timodon1 you don't hold your breath. Its the pause between a inhale and exhale.
@@aaron5222 Hello sir! I allways do so and its ok for me! Been welding now for about 45 years so its time to be a pensioner! Have a good welding day my friend! :)
@@Timodon1 well you would know better as I don't weld but wish I could. I cam brew great beer though. Cheers
His father was a machine. xD
My youngest brother was a welder and that probably was the thing he liked doing the most in life was to have a stinger in his hand. For a few years he welded in a ship yard repairing damages to about everything that floated. When the yard closed and he came home he welded off and on doing different jobs and really prided his self on doing a good job and I really liked doing projects with him knowing it was done right. Since those days are long ago it's nice to see a welder that takes pride and has excellent workmanship like you. Most of what I've seen in the past years they would have just scabbed something over the top and called it a day. Nice work!!!!!
Thank you. Yes, I try and convince my customers to let me fix it as best as possible. After they let me, they usually dont have any more issues
Scabs create work....unnecessarily and make everyone look bad shitty part is lots of them are "certified " bandits
@@adamtheede2575 Indeed, fish plate on top of broken fish plate, but sometimes if you identify an engineering lacking in something, you can add a doubler to spread the load out in a new way and help prevent stress risers. But gotta do it right. I do say it looks like they're whipping that machine like a rented mule, either running the hammer without it being on something solid or using it as a pile driver.
I have a WW-2 story for you. I visited one of 5 brothers at his ranch and watched him coach his son on a horse. The man pointed with his fingers to guide the son. When I visited the other brother, he asked me if he noticed anything strange about his brother. I said his ears looked a bit deformed. He said "My brother has no fingers". He explained that his brother was working on a ship in San Pedro (Calif) during WW-2 when there was an explosion and subsequent fire in his area. He threw another man over his shoulder and discovered he couldn't grab the ladder. He climbed out and saved the man. The other brothers were called to the hospital and one said that he could have kicked his dad because of the bad condition of his brother. He wanted to remember him how he was. His head was the size of a watermelon and his hands were burnt stumps. Ffwd to today; the brother told me that no one notices his brother's hands because he doesn't try to hide his injury. People will swear that they had a finger pointed in their face when they have spirited arguments. RIP the Ihde brothers of Fresno California. Wally, Wayne, Woody, Warren and W(?) (Sorry...it's been so many years).
believe it or not cat sells a specific H plate to put on top of the crack after you weld it shut to provide structure and loadbalancing so that the steel wont crack next to the welded crack but i have noticed that you dont need those plates if you replace the old steel within the same amount of area as he did in the video though it makes the repair harder and more expensive you dont need to contact cat and buy a plate that exists because the engineers calculated the required thickness of steel plate on that pivot point wrong
That is afrigginmazing! I still work outside on all the junk equipment and dump trucks fixing them and welding them and now at night I go to school again and watch my teacher and learn the right way to repair even the most ugly damage. Thank you Mr. Teacher. I'm glad Scrappy told me to watch and see how the best do it.
I like the part when u panned camera to your truck and said “there’s my baby” the love for the trucks that make our living is great
We need a tour of it tho
It really is enjoyable to watch a skilled craftsman at work.
I do too but would like to see a lot more of the welding close up.
A modest craftsman at that.
Skilled??? Saying this guy is skilled is like saying yoda was a padawan....this dude is a freaking Jedi...did you see how clean his torch cuts were? Dudes surgical with that S.o.B....
@@TheVGphoto ok pls tell me what i can see here: kzhead.info/sun/rKWqlciSfZyYqqs/bejne.html and what I see in THIS video. Sorry, but I just lol'ed
qwertz33 ummm...you see him repairing the other end of the boom that he showed in the last part of this video?
I have never known anyone so clinical with a cutting torch a such a skilllful welder. 5*
The owners of the machine after they got his bill. lol
@Pekka Ylönen What your describing is production line welding on high tolerance equipment. A lot of the equipment you describe using didn't even exist back when I was a ironworker union welder or when I took a college course in welding technologies to read and write blueprints. It's come a long way since then. We did have Magniflux inspection and Xray tech tho. None of that other stuff. For what he was field welding I've absolutely no doubt he didn't need it.
IC, when you put that straight edge up, I was like there's the problem! Any construction or mining outfit should pay you your weight in gold! I've seen so many field techs and shop guys "call it good". You actually do the work! Keep it up brother, God blesses those not lazy in their labors
There is definitely many things to be learned from this man! Amazing work!
This reminds me when I was a millwright in a saw mill. We had to do repairs to our log yard crane grapple all of the time. They would never let us spend the proper time to fix the tines on it. Finally one side ripped in half. We took it off and cut it up for scrap.
A little bit of bondo, some flex tape and yellow paint...good as new
Flex tape? Thats too generous.
the ol' richie bros rebuild
You sound like Andrew Camarata lol
Pretty much!
until it's not
i've never seen anyone cut freehand that clean and straight with a torch..awesome craftsmanship
I've seen cncs do a worse job.
@@deth3021 no kiddin
Very common skill in the oil field
I don’t understand. Why wasn’t there a plate welded to it when there was a first sign of cracks. Obviously weak points on the machine that needed beefed up. Seems like alot of this could’ve been avoided. If the people said just weld the crack then ok but I would’ve insisted putting plates to make it stronger. Unless the welder knows he will be back to make more money with future repairs so throw some glue on it till it completely breaks and brings in more money.
Good field repairs. I’ve repaired many of these booms over the years welding for a Cat dealer. They recommend grade 50 steel for these. You can also buy some of the castings from a Cat dealer if needed. Use 7018 or outer shield flux core equivalent, preheat, and wrap to slow cool. I also cut the crack out with a 1/4” opening clean slag off back, and drill hole in a 1/4 backing strip, put mig wire through it slid in the hole and pull it tight, no doubt you are getting a good 100 percent weld.
I knew a man that was a welder 30 years ago. He had about a 3rd grade education and was a self taught welder. He was the smartest businessman I have ever met. I spent many afternoons working with him in his shop behind his house. Watching your videos bring back so many memories. Awesome vids!!!
Thanks man. Im glad it brought you some nice memories.
You are one skilful guy and the quality of the finished job seems exceptional. Great to see a craftsman at work. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much!
Dam dude!!! Those free hand cuts are friggin champ. Well done sir
I saw a guy cut an inner budd nut on a truck wheel. He split the nut and didn't damage the thread on the stud. He blew a gouge up to the wheel and barely scorched the paint.
Nothing special about his cutting.
100% Texan .......and uh yeah, everything is bigger in Texas including their mouths.
Robert Langley so tell me what’s so special about his torch cuts?
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Watching your video just about brought a tear to my eye, when I was a kid we lived in Conroe Texas. My dad worked for NGPL booster station in New Caney Texas, sometimes on weekends he would have side jobs to do and they would let him bring home the welding rig and I would help the best I could. I could see him in you, I’m about the age he was when he died at about 65, I sure miss him!
Obviously that section has had many "repairs" before seeing the number of weld traces. And I initially thought you were going to do another "patch" repair again. But then you tackled it in the proper way and did it very nicely. If that would have been repaired that way initially, there would be no need for anymore repairs. Odd how we never seem to have the time to repair things properly, but always have the time to redo it again and again... Nice repair and Thumbs Up!
A lot of times, those operations don’t want to take the time to shut the machine down long enough for a proper repair, so they want it patched back together so they can get going. They’ll claim they’ll get it fixed between jobs. That never happens and they end up having to shut it down in the middle of a job, like this one. It’s happened to me hundreds of times.
@@hoffinator88h Yup, the customers are usually the ones that tell you to half ass a repair.
It’s been a while since I seen anything new from you but we appreciate everything that you do , you’re a surgeon with the torch and your real world application of welding on job sites is a nice change to see how it’s really done thank you
I can't wrap my mind around that, how can someone give a thumb down! How can't he appreciate the time and energy spend from this man and a master craftsman! That he is sharing his knowledge and expirience and for free! This talks a lot for the person's heart! If you guys are not liking something or just do not agree, please put it in the comments section, in constructive manner, but thumbs down!? ....Happy to see the young gun being around you mate! Good to have company! Well done job and a very nice looking welds! I wish to have a dad or friend like you, teaching and showing me stuff like this :) You are doing it actually, remotely though. God bless you!
Because they are the ace barn yard mechanic lol And nobody does it better heheheehehe
The thumbs down were from the companies that sell replacement for parts that you welded and fixed. lol
Ain't that the truth!
Right hey dose a awesome job
There aren't any chips in the jIb arm to stop repairs 🤣 "As usual l hope you learned something" Louis Rossmann
I think it’s more - what the fuck kind of clown did this damage
Or people who only use jb weld 😂
Watching these videos are extremely useful for learning what to do or what you want to do. It's extremely time saving for making repairs. I commend anyone making these videos that are so helpful and can be extremely time saving. God bless you all!!
13:00 no worries on repeating your thought process, good insights in multiple wordings
Not a problem repeating yourself...I call it thinking out loud. It helps me decide how to work it all out. Before I even start. Nice job. It is good to see that guys still take pride in their work. Thanks for taking the time to video your work.
I frequently repeat myself when I'm trying to figure something out, each time I say it slightly different and eventually something will trigger. I do much the same when I'm tutoring someone. Repeating it in different ways gets around the problem of everyone learns in different ways. An explanation that makes sense to one person might seem entirely nonsensical to someone else.
Maybe it's time for a new boom and stick????? Seriously though, you are an artist in a craft that is losing young people to fill your shoes. Thank you for sharing
Idk about that. My brother is an 18 year old welder and hes having a heart time finding work
I'm thinking time for a new operator that knows not to put sheer force on the boom.
Yes, you repeat a lot, but you make your point clear enough that even I understand most things you teach.
It is a great pleasure to watch a talented professional apply his skills to save an expensive piece of equipment. Thanks for sharing.
I believe Artist is above craftsman. This man is an artist.
One of the best welders out there. True talent facing miserable repairs that obviously was botched from someone else before.
What are 771 thumbs down for? Beautiful job, professionally done. Period.
809 now and thats the other pro welders griefing him for doing it the way he did. imo it dont matter its customer abuse and will break again any dame way so it don't matter. if it was me id remove the whole dame boom and reinforce the whole dame thing so it can be used with the breaker and not break any more but meh job security why fix the problem just keep repairing it when it breaks. needs some 5/8" plates full reinforcement to cope with that god dame breaker and some dampener pads glued to it after that .
Probably because he was using a red to weld it...talented yet so wrong with his brand choice. 😆
Great looking repair, that is probably better than it was when new . Don't envy you on that repair on the other end of the stick. That things looks like it has been abused for too long.
The machine is working on a rock field so the breakers are in constant heavy use.
@@markfryer9880 Its always the breakers that break the machine.
That is a beautiful repair job , making the best out of the worst .
"Man they tear a chunk out?...no that was me" LOL
Again a super job and the over view sure helps those of us with limited back ground in the art of welding. Thanks so much for sharing what you do so well and make it look easy!!!!!
Excellent job and excellent video. I'm a mechanic that can do a bit if welding but anything structural, I pass, but that was a great idea on gouging past the joint to run a continuous bead across it. Stress riser is the phrase you were looking for. Thanks for sharing! Edit: this is why when I worked at the Deere dealership we wrapped the stick. It covered the entire bottom of the stick then came around to a bit above the H link pin.
That young guy has great teacher. Your work is amazing. Whoever you apprenticed under was a great teacher. It shows in your quality of work & your approach to problems. Thank you for the chance to watch a true professional at work. Have a great day! My dad was the same way. Came to Canada in 1946, got a job running a dozer. 2 months later, he bought the guy out & started his own company. Worked 50 yrs running dozer. Always gave a fair price & always did professional work. Never ever had a unsatisfied customer ever. Died in 1996 & he taught me to give 100% & never ever have a unsatisfied customer. I have tried to live up to his standards. I hope when I retire someday, I can leave a legacy like him.
IC weld Jr looks like he prides himself on being a good hand! thanks for another video
This guy knows steel! Wow! Free hand cutting that steel and it just falls out!?!! Now that’s skill. Thanks for posting repair. I salute your talents, sir.
Guy's like a surgeon with that torch... Sometimes I screw the cuts with a straight edge lol
I thought the first crack was the worst, but when you show us the second crack i was like awwww man,,,nice job...
It never ceases to amaze me how gifted people are.. hats off
I would use the adjective skilled in place of gifted.
just stumbled upon your channel and man do I love it! I did welding/fab work for about 20 years on construction and heavy haul trailers and after watching these videos man do I miss doing it, keep up the great videos!!!
Welcome aboard!
You are a super repair person/welder/fabricator! You are providing great teaching moments on your vids!
I guess some folks prefer letting things just go to hell rather than bother with preventive maintenance. On the plus side, had they actually taken steps to prevent this, we wouldn't have had a chance to witness the Wonderful Wizard of Weld in action.
It's good to see the other side of site work, what the operators do to there machines, and a really good welder to fix it. Great job.
This man is so out there..... In the field ... Spending one day with this man is $$$worth more than a whole year at (college) that thing that people are highly in debt for now days 🤣
You remind me of my grandpa, he was old school with everything. Loved helping him with projects. Really love the videos, keep em coming. 🤙
Well done sir. Looks like an outstanding repair. I would have hit that with a stick welder, grinder and a can of spray paint and had it to Ritchie Brothers tomorrow...lol
love seeing you lil man helping out. kids dont realize these are the moments we live for.
78 years old now but had some of those welding repairs working as heavy equipment welder mechanic fun times miss it
This craftsman is like an oilfield welder friend of mine back in the 80's. He was so good that the production company paid him 24hrs per day so he wouldn't pack up & go work somewhere else. I was the field electrician & worked very closely with him, it was like watching an artist take a pile of mangled crap and build a swiss watch.
Do not worry about repeating yourself, we can feel you strategy on how to tackle the projet getting sharper. Well done and like the quality of work your doing.
Great fabrication and welding, the hammer attachments put a severe beating on any boom, thank u from old dog in nyc
I enjoy watching your videos but one of the best things I've seen so far is that young man looking right of your shoulder.
You are a great welder, never cutting corners.
Great to see your son there! Nice repair, truck sounds mean 💪
I can see several repairs in my future so these videos are really useful to me. Thanks for taking the time to video the work.
was watching and listening so intently i never noticed you where repeting yourself . excellent job !!
those breaking hammers are really hard on a machine, I bet that your repairs are better than factory since you removed all the stressed base metals that would have prone attempting to regain those striated patterns anyhow. nicework! stay safe, keith
Wow, that repair is SO much better than the previous work. It's really heart warming to see someone take so much pride in the final product!
Man! awesome welder. it's good to see a professional at his best and a young helper doing his job . keep up the good job little man(helper).
I can see why it had a bad day , its so minimally designed in this area its almost laughable it held up even a little while with what it was being used for and the stresses it was under. Your repair is the best thing that ever happened to it.
More likely it was ridden hard and put away wet almost daily. A good operator doesn't ask more of his machine then it can give.
These guys are tough on equipment, love the vids! Keep up the good work
You're good. Thinking out loud helps keep things in perspective and proper order.
I am a manufacturing engineer and I never cease to be amazed at the skill level of some people. I could watch this man all day he is very skilled at what he does. I don't know what they are paying him but he's worth every penny of it. He's more that a welder he's also an engineer that understands stresses and strength of materials.
Thank you for the compliment.
Wow, you have a great client in that company. Who ever is running that equipment you better make sure he isn't fire. Although he abuses the hell out of their machinery he keeps you well employeed. Great work!
Brilliant work young man and another really great video. You can straighter with a torch than l draw a line, proper skilled work that. I see you have a helper, that guy is very lucky to work with a craftsman such as you and although l am 54 and stuck in the UK l want his job. Please keep the videos coming because we can all learn from you! Top regards from the novice in the UK!
Thank you for your support.
Content is awesome, I always learn something new. Im a up and coming welder so I need all the help I can get.
*Excellent work there, sir. I worked at reclamation district switching on pumps and opening ditch gates. I also did repairs on equipment that was so old, they should be in museums. Our shop welder was from the 30s or 40s. My high school shop teacher told me about lamp (rectifiers) diodes that were filled with mercury. I actually used one made by Lincoln. Every time I used the stinger a lamp turned on with a bluish color. Yep, a history book welder is what the shop had. Oh, we also had a 1925 Westinghouse 100 horsepower AC motor with a flywheel and belt for the clam shell pump.Cheers*
Nothing like watching a true craftsman at work. Well done Sir.
This gives a whole new meaning to “break time”.
Reinforcement plates were called for on this machines stress points, throw welds at it and IT will return.
That's why his PREVIOUS repair failed in the HAZ.
I'm not a professional or certified welder, but I would think that after he replaced the " original" sheet metal, "fish plates" shaped like diamonds with rounded ends should have been welded over the areas where the "straight" line beads were placed. I have repaired parts of a medium duty tow truck, using the same process, back up plates, to avoid oxides on the back side, replace all the torn and bent material and then fish plates with large plug welds.( about 3" diameter) The tip of the excavator has plenty of room for the fish plates to be added. Anybody that really knows about this matter cares to comment with a logical explanation? I was told by a Miller welding engineer that the work should not be in a straight line because there will "concentrated" stress point that will cause premature failure. His cutting ability puts him in the upper portion of the class.
@@dveloso150 You are correct, the same is done when people want to make a long bed classic truck to a short bed truck this way the torsional load/force is distributed over a larger area.
@@mauricioespinoza5390 so basically you just weld the diamond shaped plate over what he has done in this video?
Man I love watching videos like this. Makes me want to get a real job/skills like you.
Love the nonchalant comment that there is one other thing that needs fixing at the very end. Those guys run their machines hard, that'll keep you busy.
Very good job on the repairs.👍 Now its ready for a Richie Bro. Action lol.
They don't call em Richie for nothing...
I like that you have a apprentice I remember when I was around 14 was mixing and carrying mortar and brick and block for my dad learning how to pore and measure for concrete setting forms learning why I need to know mathematics 😎
Excellent work. You obviously are a very skilled craftsman and take pride in your work. I only dream that I could make cuts with a torch like that! Thank you for sharing.
Most of the welding I did was on tankers but I can appreciate this work. The plate cutting though, top notch. As a side note, who the heck is running those excavators? Someone is over stressing the arms constantly.
you'd think they'd buy a new arm section, but I'm betting the price is way more than your service.
Where has this channel been all my life?! Thumbs up and sub’d! Cheers from NH.
Very impressive work. Like others have said, you have outstanding skill with that torch and your field fabrication is better than most shops. The caliber of your fabrication honestly deserves a dedicated videographer and I can guarantee that many would love to see exactly how you do everything, but we appreciate whatever you can show us.
Thank you very much!
Man, watching you cut that heavy plate is Amazing. Like a hot knife through butter and so smooth! Great job, your very good at what you do.
After 40 + years in the seat, that's the result of prying with the hammer. Nice repair, I'm sure you'll be doing more repairs for these idiot's.
Hammer not prying bar !
@T A I'd guess it wasn't easy.
Hey now. Every hammer is a pry bar. Why else would they put it on the end of a big stick? LOL.
Yes and no, constantly putting down force on the hammer instead of letting the hammer do the work is a big factor. I ran hammer for a few years in a large open pit surface mine. We had one guy who always would lift the machine off the ground while running the hammer, I would just let the machine do the work. My machine had much less downtime every year.
woman who does yoga have joints that last much longer than woman who does MMA. Finess does make equipment last longer!
You, sir, are a National Treasure for the work you do and the skill, persistence and attention to detail you bring to the job. You set the bar very high on what folks can expect on a repair like this. The welding community is greatly enriched by your videos. Thank you for sharing your artistry with all of us. You are an inspiration!
Great video! You should check the nigrogen charge on the "Air Hammer (breaker)", if low it could also lead to broken sticks and booms. The nitrogen helps to dampen the blows and minimizes shocks to the rest of the machine.
This job would be overwhelming to most anybody, but Isaac just sits in the pocket, stays calm and solves the problems one step at at a time.
The way he drops his tools is funny to me for some reason 😂
You are deffinately a gifted welder not bad at all.
Oh boy, that thing was not maintained well at all. Great job putting it back together
Another job well done. Really nice craftsmanship. I really appreciate the fact you're teaching your son the craft.
Superb job as usual, the repair will be as long lasting as the factory welds as he has removed all the damaged steel back to unaffected structure, reengineering it with thicker steel just moves the failure point, if its the same strength the whole arm stretches evenly a stronger piece concentrates the flex in one point, stronger sometimes isn't better.
this dudes tacks probably stronger than my complete welds
Never seen someone so surgical with a torch. Nice job!
That welding looks a lot more fun than "normal" indoor welding
The quality of your work, and your amazing work ethics are why I just subbed to your channel. Although, you did make a lot of extra work for yourself with this job. The stresses on that boom are totally unrelated to whether or not it is straight. I used to be a mechanical engineer for what that's worth. But what you did was the kind of thing which makes this a better world.
What extra work did he make for himself ?
I agree the dipper arm was straight when cat made it. Isaac has done the job right in my book. He has made the plates and welds staggered to release the stresses. The backing plates are a good move so you can plough in the weld nice and hot. A very nice neat bit of fabing and welding. He checks up on his repairs which is a good thing to do. Good customer service. When you are self employed and charging someone. You are taking their money. That's why he is never short of work. Keep the video's coming love them to bits. From jonesy south Wales GB.
I saw from a google search that you are likely working on equipment around Austin. That hoe ram probably hit on too much blue rock! Love your videos, welding so well described.
You're very modest, but that was some fine work carried out 👍
Thanks man. That is a beautyful repair. You saved these guys a pile of cash.