Digger bucket refurb

[F.J.]

Not sure where to put this so mods please feel free to move it.

A friend of mine has a demolition firm and gave me a bucket to refurb for him which needed a new cutting edge, shanks and teeth along with 2 wear strips, he also wanted some hard facing done. He likes his machines to stand out so got me to paint the bucket once repaired.

I removed the old cutting edge in one piece using a 9" grinder. I went through a few discs but it keeps the edges clean for welding to. The new one was slightly different and was also too long but a quick turn of the gas axe saw it fit nicely. It is 50mm think so needed a few multi passes inside and out and around the new shanks either end.

Each shank also had around 12-15 passes each side top and bottom so the job got quite hot.

Once the bucket looked like a bucket again I set about hard facing the sides and inside of the bucket. A friend on my mates who has a welding business down in Leister says that swirls wear slower than straight lines so I came up with this pattern for him.

His attachments are either purple or white and blue and he wanted the bucket going purple like the other one he bought from Northern Track.

Hope you like

 

[F.J.]

A few more, I have started to put my logo onto the gear I make/repair. I was told to by one customer so thought I'd carry it on and have recieved some good reviews so far

 

[F.J.]

And finally, all painted and set for delivery this afternoon

 

[Hitch]

Thats some pretty artistic hard facing going on there

 

[Spark plug]

That is an awesome job, I love real heavy raptor work like that.

Was the hard facing mig or mma?

 

[F.J.]

That is an awesome job, I love real heavy raptor work like that.

Was the hard facing mig or mma?

Thanks, the hard facing was done with mig purely for speed. I am looking at investing in a bigger set so I can lay thicker wire. I'm wanting to put 1.6mm down next time instead of 1.2mm hence my other thread about Jasic machines

 

[blenkie1]

Good job. Are you related to anyone from New Zeland?

 

[Woody.v8]

You tattooed your bucket!!.......Hang on that dosent sound right

 

[gordon stephenson]

Excellent FJ, First class job, and interesting too, What with the swirls and the colour very eye catching.

 

[zzr1200]

Shame to get it dirty...Folk Art Bucket Welding......

 

[Spark plug]

Should be a wile before you see that one again.

 

[Richard.]

I've replaced a few wear kits on similar (but smaller) buckets. It's a lovely job you've done. The hard face needs to be a full clad in between the bucket points where you've done the XXX patern. Your friend is right in the respect that high wear from an abrasive works better with a pattern so that the abrasive compound becomes compacted in the pattern and aids against wear. For impact resistance and wear resistance when an abrasive compound isn't always going to help you need a full clad. Not so important to clad the whole inside but I would inbetween the points

 

[stormin]

Almost tempted to say it's to nice to use, but when the paint gets taken off the high spots with use the swirls will stand out better with a shine on them. For a while until all the paint has gone with heavy use.
Is the AWD logo yours as well or the plant companies?

 

[F.J.]

Good job. Are you related to anyone from New Zeland?

Haha no but i do like polynesian designs

 

[F.J.]

You tattooed your bucket!!.......Hang on that dosent sound right

I have had to watch how i describe it myself a few times too!

 

[F.J.]

Should be a wile before you see that one again.

Hopefully, fingers crossed though i may have my foot in the door with a nationwide company with thousands of machines now

 

[F.J.]

Almost tempted to say it's to nice to use, but when the paint gets taken off the high spots with use the swirls will stand out better with a shine on them. For a while until all the paint has gone with heavy use.
Is the AWD logo yours as well or the plant companies?

Ive told him if i see it in use im going to have him!! But the AWD is his logo (austin wilkinson demolition). The TranZweld Fabrications logo is mine

 

[Tigman]

is the plate Hardox ? and if so is it more expensive than mild steel ?

 

[F.J.]

is the plate Hardox ? and if so is it more expensive than mild steel ?

Yes it's Hardox 600 and would imagine it is more money than mild steel. Having never bought mild steel in the same size I can't say how much it is but this cutting edge was £460 plus vat

 

[wyn]

Looks good ..but isn't hardfacing hardox a bit of a waste.