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Forklift axle and Sumo Mixidisc frame repair
In this video i rebuild a forklift axle after continually being run with not enough grease, oil lite bushes were put in instead of the standard needle roller bearings in hope they might be more resilient to lack of grease. The holes in the steering arms were also reamed out to take a more standard size rose joint.
I also repair the frame on a Sumo mixidisc packer roller that had torn out the mounting bracket. I cut out the damaged area, cut out a new plate and pressed to shape. The new plate was then welded into the frame and a new mounting bracket was cnc plasma cut out and welded back on, an extra gusset was also added to help strengthen and take out any sideways flex.
Hope you enjoyed the video.
Thanks for watching!
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Advice, place a wooden pallet under the welding table. Always throw the metal scraps on there, then you can remove them with a forklift every few days to clean them up without having to bend down. Greetings from the Netherlands.
@IvyMike.
Ай бұрын
Good idea, but a steel stillage would be less of a fire hazard ;)
@JonDingle
Ай бұрын
@@IvyMike. The risk of fire under a welding table is so miniscule it isn't worth a worry. The biggest risk of fire in a welding workshop is from nearby chemicals like acetone used for cleaning a metal surface prior to welding, paint, thinners, grinding sparks on rags, welding sparks on rags, underseal on chassis or vehicles if welding them and paperwork. The chances of setting fire to a pallet under a welding table will millions to one against.
@IvyMike.
Ай бұрын
@@JonDingle I'm not suggesting what I did as somebody with no experience, been doing fabrication and fitting for the last 42 years and had my wooden blocks that you use about the workshop catch fire that I used to store under a welding table, after popping out the workshop for about 20 mins, came back to a fire. The risk might be small but still not worth taking.
@ronbuckner8179
Ай бұрын
Fire hazard isn’t the plus to this idea. Access to what’s on the pallet is the win here guys!
@dwjr5129
Ай бұрын
It’s the simplest things some times.
Your video was a great reminder that when I get back to work from my vacation, I need to grease the masts and axles of the forklifts to avoid similar repairs. And I am always amazed at how customers who bring devices for repair to both you and us never clean the machines. It's not very pleasant to start a repair when there's an inch of mud and dirt around the item.
@Frank-Thoresen
Ай бұрын
Typical for farmers and construction companies. They don't bother cleaning before repairs. Charge them for the cleaning might change their bad habits
@user-dn4iv2ne6r
Ай бұрын
@@Frank-Thoresen Perhaps a $50 cleaning fee. The customer could at least scrape the worst muck off.
@Frank-Thoresen
Ай бұрын
@@user-dn4iv2ne6rFor sure. In his case 50£ in UK
@jeandupont9140
Ай бұрын
c'est partout , j'ai travaillé dans une concession automobile comme mécanicien et je peut dire que c'est tous les jours que tu reçois un " tas de merde " et des fois c'est vraiment de la vraie merde , ( bouse de vache ) perso je lavait la voiture avant de la rentrer et mettais l'heure sur la facture ça en à calmé quelques uns mais pas tous, les gens en ont rien à foutre même un ma dit c'est ton problème mec moi je l'aime comme ça et si sa te plait pas tu à qu'à la laver
It seems that farming offers wonderful opportunities for creative, artistic solutions. Your fabrications are always informative, interesting and a pleasure to watch. Thanks for posting.
I so agree with a lot of the team, when people send you equipment charge them for cleaning! I know I had one job where our pressure steam cleaner had broken down, and I had to work on a Zetor Crystal whit dirt so thick you could not see the air compressor and tanks on the underside. Repair was to separate m/c for new clutch. Took 6Hrs to clean before I could begin to do repair! Would have taken several JCB cig buckets to clean out workshop floor after it was ready to work on. That said, your usual work ethic kicked in as soon as you saw the standard of (lack) design thinking, looked like the accountants were setting the quality of work there. You, however did a superb job. If the customer wants the other brace straightened, someone else here recommended ; drive over it with a F/lift or JCB. You won't get anywhere with a sledge. Thanks again Ollie. Best wishes from rural w.berks.
As usual you designed and made a repair that was stronger than when new. What I find particularly interesting about your channel is the number of different agricultural implements that we get to see.😀🇬🇧
I knew you'd put that extra gusset on! Nothing too strong ever broke 😎 I never thought of contamination from bringing machinery on to your farm.
Another excellent video. I loved the ending! It made a very valid point in a relatively understated way.
Never stops surprise me how companys let the machines go with out proper maintenance and take care of assets Very interesting jobs as normal oliver great video look forward to you next one Cheers thank you for your content ❤
How I wish I could tidy up at the fast forward speed 😁 Thank you for another fab video, it genuinely is a highlight of the weekend 🙏
if we engineer things, they would never break. Great job Snowball
Just found time to watch this today and really enjoyed it. Adding that gusset was a good idea and should add a good amount of strength. Our local guy here (in Germany) won't accept any machinery on his property that has not been power washed. Some animal pathogens can also be unintentionally introduced into the shop and surrounding. Thanks very much for another excellent video.
Excellent video, excellent repair, you never know giving the customer their dirt back may eventually provoke them to clean their broken kit before it contaminates your farm!
Absolutely love the way you over engineer some projects, well done Oliver.
that work bench is a serious bit of kit, very versatile, great addition to your workshop, love the videos,
Ollie you forgot one crucial item for that fork lift part, a label saying this way up you plonker. 😂 Nice work on that repair for the roller, I'm with you why do they expect small bits of steel to carry that much weight. I was watching Tom Pemberton and he was using a roller that must have come out of the arc, even the hitch was original. Since finding your channel Sunday mornings have become a joy. 👍
Another job sent back better than factory👍.
Good morning ☀️ you gifted professional. 2-3 red color spray cans in your portfolio would be the icing on the cake. That would then be the completed completion. Red keeps coming back 💁♂️ I’ve always been on the perfection’s trip... 😊
Thanks for making videos. Another perfick repair. Great editing. Greetings from Norway 😊
Nice couple of small jobs first up well done then clean up time get welding bench in the right spot As for the Plow thingy I Charge the customer the same HOURLY RATE for cleaning things they soon learn to either clean it off before or cop the charge as work shop time is workshop time regardless as I say they soon learn Yet another repair job done stronger than the manufacturer nice job Cheers
Your work shop and your work are looking very professional and it's a pleasure to watch thanks
Just a home owner here. Some how I acquired a flat nose shovel with a broken handle 40+ years ago, still use it as a heavy duty dust pan.
I follow your channel for a time now, and I really like it. You re design the construction to make it better then the original design. Real good work in my opinion
You do such good work. It's a pity your customers don't respect you and your work enough to clean the items they've broken before they bring it to you.
Yeah it was a good video. The guy that owns that forklift axle. It's obvious he's got more money than brains if he doesn't like grease and stuff. As long as he pays you, you'll keep on fixing it. One little tip that I your forklift. I watch another guy out of the states and he has a forklift and they work on heavy equipment. What they did was they drilled a hole in each fork and then they put a bolt in it when they're using straps or chains so it doesn't slide off the end like you had happen there. The strap slid off the end and you dropped the equipment so they put a bolt in the end of it temporary but when they're done they take it out and they put it away. But something you might want to think about because you could break some of your equipment and their equipment. Just a thought. Other than that good stuff 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
You need to start putting on a charge/cost for cleaning Ollie then they’ll either be happy to pay you for cleaning it prior to work or they’ll bring it in clean! Great work as usual 👍🏻👍🏻
The magician waves his wand and the machine lives to fight another day. Well done Ollie.
Well done Sir! Another piece of tillage equipment back in action, better than before. Good work on the idler wheels also, and big thanks to the chinese forklift operator for keeping you occupied as well !!
Its Sunday and it's another quality Snowball job!! Nice one Ollie 👍👍
Some nice repairs there Ollie. Lack of correct maintenance kept me in pretty full, well-paid employment for 50 years. Frustrating to see the same jobs come back again, but you can only do so much. The new welding bench is looking good, I can see some big drawers doing well under there. Vevor have some decent'ish big drawer slides at the moment. I got some of the smaller ones for a project for my shop.
Watching your videos from the isle of tiree, Scotland. Always learning something new every week, thanks.
Excellent video. When you said you were unsure how it would work out, I knew it would be a great watch. The recap on last week was nice too. The table is useful right away. Cheers
Another quality repair, well thought out, neat and stronger then original. I agree customers should show consideration and pressure wash the muck off items before bringing them in for repair. I didn't think also of cross contamination of soil. Thanks for sharing your repair. Brian from South Yorkshire.
When it fell from the tynes I could hear you all the way out here in Australia... LOL Good onya
9:50i waited one year to see you cleaning that mess under the welding table...i am very glad you are doing well,you deserve it,great videos,great talent..keep going!!!
Sunday evening (7.00) in Tasmania Australia, enjoying your video as always 🤙🤙🤙
Awesome job Oliver. One way I have straightened plate with out a press is a piece of chain and a bottle jack, I made some hooks up to go over edge of plate and a piece of pipe and a piece cut in half to go over ram on jack and chain sits in curve of pipe and doesn't slip off, and put a shortening hook into chain loop to shorten up chain if needed, works a treat, Couldn't afford a press so this works a treat, even used it to press in and out bushes and other crazy kiwi things.
Good job again , good to see you’re looking after your breathing with filters. I would get you to do work if I was near.
Ollie you are one of the most talented blokes on KZread no ifs or buts !!!!!! but as regard to keeping things tidy you would make a Saville Row suit look shit !! We can't all be perfect eh buddy 😮😅😂 keep up the great work 👍I bet you was born with grease and oil on ya hands 😅😂
Your cutting table looks much better than the ones I see on other channels, the software looks much more legit than FastCut which I see elsewhere. The torch/plasma/engraver interchangeability is awesome. I'm not sure I have seen that elsewhere.
Scott from Vermont USA. That table is a beauty to behold.
Thank you for sharing, always a pleasure start my sunday morning with you and your project, i learn a lot, from Quebec,Canada👍👍👍👍
Now we see why the leg on the bracket was so thin. So they could weld the end piece on after welding the bracket on! Proper repair as always! The new table will be a game changer . Be Safe!
Yet another great video Oliver, I was almost shouting "Watch the vise" as you were revering out with it on the forklift after completion, I ought to have known better, you got the big hammer though.
Another excellent video Oliver, thanks again for posting. It must take a lot of time to arrange filming and editing. I hope you get as much out of recording and posting as we get out of watching you solving problems and carrying out these excellent repairs.
Great vid and loads to choose from. That was a big effort reaming 10% off the bore for those rose joints Ollie. That gusset will add a lot more strength. They probably stick welded that difficult to reach area. Ingenious way of removing the dirt at 1:04. Ha.
Another job well done. At least this one was straight forward. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.
Great work with the soil return 😂
It was a pleasure to meet you at the Yorkshire Show, the channel is looking great...keep 'em coming. Kind regards, Tim @ Forme.
Great work great video, with a what’s that about right at the end? Never heard of black grass but some googling throws it up as an increasing problem. Maybe you should include a demand to wash off before arrival of these items on your clean farm. Foot and mouth like restrictions, your agri clients should understand better than most. Keep up the informative Sunday entertainment provision, many thousands obviously look forward to it, add an excellent laid back presentation format, add a coffee and it’s a special part of many people’s Sundays, it certainly is for me.
Oliver. Nice welding on the gusset! Looks good and strong. Have a great week. Thnx for the video! cheers
Up early this Sunday morning in New Jersey USA, coffee and Snowball Engineering! I really love to see 1+ hour videos from you, I know your videos are always entertaining and educational for the full hour! Keep it up
Great channel Ollie, love watching what you do. Just a thought….if you don’t need the small plasma, why not get it sorted and do a give-away. I’m sure there’s a young fabricator out there that could make use of it 👍🏻
Nice job well done,that cutting table is brilliant !
Nice repairs, good re-engineering on the cultipacker you may want to dye penetrant check the other end and advise the owner the other side needs inspection as well. I as a retired engineer I enjoy watching your channel! Nice to see your Dad , I bet he is proud of your expertise and capabilities!
That was a good proper job for sure. looking forward to the next one.
That repair on the roller looked great! Have a line item on your invoice for Dirt Money. People will clean stuff from then on or you will simply get paid to clean up 🤠 (Charge them for the bucket)
Good job, and the extra putting strength into the area was well thought out. I used to keep offcuts and pieces that I thought would be useful but at the end of the day it just sat there gathering dust and being an eyesore, have a box and empty it every 6 months. Keep safe and well 👍
I am of the opinion that if someone wants me to clean up their gear, I should be paid for my time. I don't work for free, and my time spend on cleaning their crap is as expensive as me doing other work. And disposal of non recyclables isn't free either.
As always better than new. Well done
@dwjr5129
Ай бұрын
That’s Oliver’s jobs in a nutshell.
Another great Sunday morning video Olly
I also know this problem with storing things from which I mean they could be usefull some day😐 and in deed there are some items you need after years but till this happens, you have alway to fight with too few place in the workshop; in my case that was (or still is) a big problem😣 ~ 44:28 Where are these two mm difference of thickness? You should have to weld the little sheets 2mm deeper to not get a step joint? I admire you for your diligence, I'm even jealous because in my life (now a 71 old bone), I had not enough of this virtue😫. Keep sane and stay safe, Oliver!
Another great video while having my 3 doses of caffeine. I don’t know how you price your jobs but I would include cleaning charge in the price. Then it’s up to customer wether to clean equipment themselves or pay you to do it. At the end of the day you’re running a workshop and bills have to be paid.
@snowballengineering
Ай бұрын
Hourly rate. I charge the same for cleaning as I do for welding
@Dalbayob69
Ай бұрын
@@snowballengineering that’s the way to do it👍
That plate gusset looks nice, just what it needed. It must get some hammer when it’s in transport mode with a load of wet soil/mud on it and then going through rough field gateways.
Enjoy my Sunday mornings watching your videos. Great way to start the day
good too see that you moved the new table Snow. top show
Great work and great video. A bit of advice: At the end of a job, clean off the fixture table. It only takes a few minutes and keeps it from becoming a big mess. Thanks for the videos!
@bertjetolberg103
Ай бұрын
You should have told me this earlier😂😂
1:05:53 In the future you should tell them not to bring their equipment to you with all that mud and crud on it! You do good work and going the extra bit to make it better than original is not common in our time...
Great work and design.
Another excellent piece of work. Well done !
Good morning fea Perthshire Scotland Oli. Cracking jobs again! Thanks. Take care & stay safe.
As a suggestion, you could have made the backer plates thicker and longer to start with, weld them in for the strength to the end plate. Then the cover plate could have been made with 1/4 or 6 mil plate. Because of the inherent design, the end gusset could have been added to the other end. The arm that was bent, could have easily been removed and heated with a torch and pressed flat on your press. A gusset could be added to one side for extra strength . As always another excellent repair 👍
Excellent repair as usual.
Brilliant keep up the good work
That forklift axle needs a big “This side up” sign etched onto it! Great job, as always.
Thanks for sharing, nice to sit with a coffee on Sunday morning watching your work, the cnc plasma cutter is a great tool
That new table is awesome 🤩 Loving your content and videos - Michael
Yourself and Welderfabber would be close enough to eachother could be a good idea for content and contacts 👍🏻
Great repair as usual! 👍
Nice Little Drill Press
I know with the perspective I have the bent brace (sic) appears to be removable and if so could your brake be used to manually straighten "brace" that is bent? This is a high quality repair your customer is getting their money's worth using your firm for this repair, Great Job. I recommend that you get an air brush gun and spray any bare metal repairs with etching primer before the rattle can spray paint finish or you coudl also use the airbrush for top coat paint for these small area repaints w/o needing a booth. Ray Stormont
My father once taught me the coolest trick to packing bearings. (mostly wheel bearings) but im sure it will work on most types. its the same principle. i put a blob of grease in my left hand, slide the bearing sideways holding it in other hand, wrist parallel with bearing, right middle fingers in the center of bearing, pressing the grease in through the bearing, into palm, and turning the bearing on my middle fingers as i go. He said your going to get the grease all over your hands anyway. May as well control it.
If you charge people for cleaning their equipment (and cleaning up your shop), maybe they'll choose to do it before bringing it it. Otherwise it's additional revenue, and you could actually hire a helper do to it for you. I've turned away stuff that was too dirty or stinky. I know it can seem a bit confrontational, but you deserve the respect, and your time as an engineer/fabricator is worth more than as a maintenance guy.
Very handy keeping off-cuts that are left over from jobs. Never know when you'll need a small bit of something for another job. I do the same, but my off-cuts are way smaller than yours, because I only do small jobs,
Oliver, put in the contract before taking a job. You're charging x amount of money for excessive dirt and grease clean-up in the repair area. The repair was definitely stronger than the factory and should last as long as the unit. Love watching your videos, Oliver.
Start adding a cleaning charge to the bill. That'll encourage people to get the jet wash out before they bring you stuff to fix 😂
@harkbelial
Ай бұрын
Everything is properly charged
@oldcarpenter2372
Ай бұрын
A wash station outside = cleaner workspace inside.
@djhscorp
Ай бұрын
He's a Yorkshireman, if ya do owt for nowt,do it for thysen
@ThePottingShedWorkshop
Ай бұрын
Charge the same rate for welding, line boring or jetwashing or sweeping up mud! Your customers will soon get the idea that clean parts are cheaper to fix!
That was a big cut for a reamer.
Yesss , first comment ! Cheers Ollie, all helps the algorithm 👍
@snowballengineering
Ай бұрын
4th comment 😉 but yes, definitely helps the algorithm 👍🏻
Nice work as usual 👍
Very neat job you made of that Oliver.
Nice fixture table 😍
I really like your radial drill
A couple of dollys with sides on them would be handy for storing the pieces of metal
black grass can reduce wheat yield by 16%. Something new I've learned today!
Great video Oliver!
58:09 arc welding Oliver ! Nice long welding rod can get into narrow places.
That is a great welding table. The wings are more substantial then i thought.
Excellent job man,
Oliver, I bet the farmer will ask you to reinforce the other side. Cheers.
Wow Super job good and strong.
Maybe tell them in future. If not cleaned, then it'll be refused. Don't know what chemicals could be left on them. Especially animal fesus. Gives other farmers a bad name. Keep up the brilliant work and always