What does the hole do exactly as I still have to fill it, I was thinking of grinding past the end of crack?
Puzzled.
Adrian
OK time for an update and bring this more into the welding area.
There are two cracks in the webs top of the main boom, found after a clean up. I think they should be easy enough to sort, here they are for a general view:
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Want to get these done before they go down to the actual boom it self. They seem to be following the edge of the weld on the other side where the collars are welded in, they are a larger diameter on the inside.
So my plan at present is to grind out a 'V' though to just the other side, clean out with Acetone then fill with Stick weld. The webs are 6mm thick and working out side I think stick would be better to use.
Now I have a few different makes of rods in 3.2 mm dia but generally all 6013's Murex and ESAB.
So to ask the general collective, does that sound a reasonable plan?
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Bucket ram seal's replaced, tracks fitted, new filters fitted and a new 9 inch bucket, a bit narrower for the trench I will be doing.
Cheers
Adrian
It is something that has puzzled me before. Drilling a hole stops a crack from spreading as a temp measure, it gives a radius rather than a point, but is it needed if welding up passed the crack?
Adrian
It's only a little machine, get it welded, if your really worried you could V it, weld it, grind flat and then plate across the crack, but I only really bother plating when it's a big machine and I know the owner is going to really abuse it (then he can break it somewhere else but he can't come back to me complaining I've done a poor repair)
When I'm plating one I usually make a new plate that completely covers the original but about 1/2" smaller all the way around. First I weld up the crack and grind flush then tack my new plate onto the original and then fully weld all the way around. If it's a big plate drill a few holes and plug weld it for good measure. Never had a repair fail, but I've seen other people's repairs that have failed.Of a machine is getting hard use The best way to do it is to make a whole new ear and replace the lot.
as soon as you use a digger your shovel becomes totally obsolete..
Spot the council worker ^^^ ahemI suppose you can lean on a digger too.........
Spot the council worker ^^^ ahem
could have done with the digger today, digging out a tree and dropping a garden level...as it was I was using a pick and a retro concrete shovel (its gotta be at LEAST 35 years old, probably a lot lot more from the design...
Shifted 8 bags yesterday and 21 today...got 16 waiting still to go to the tip, plus branches etc...along with more soil..
Yep, greenhouse is going where the tree was, then paving the area between the greenhouse and shed, AND flooring the garage, would have been done apart from mishaps, injuries and the rain :P