Bill Edwards
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Well here's a telehandler grain bucket brought in for a replacement cutting edge and with some cracking. As usual, it's been left too long...
So now it's time to get cutting the old lump off, this is the bit I don't like:
Now to get the new edge in position. This typically involves a bit of grinding here and there to get it dead straight, I won't fit it crooked!
Now I am fitting some flat bar on both sides of each side of the bucket covering up the cracks and welded to the new edge.
Here's a little tip for when you can't get something to go at the angle/twist you want when clamping. Just put something in the gap at one end - a welding rod stub in this case - and get the clamp nice and tight.
Now I can finally begin to weld, but sadly I only had some rather poor Parweld rods available in lo-hi and they don't run that well. But peelers can still be had:
So now it's time to get cutting the old lump off, this is the bit I don't like:
Now to get the new edge in position. This typically involves a bit of grinding here and there to get it dead straight, I won't fit it crooked!
Now I am fitting some flat bar on both sides of each side of the bucket covering up the cracks and welded to the new edge.
Here's a little tip for when you can't get something to go at the angle/twist you want when clamping. Just put something in the gap at one end - a welding rod stub in this case - and get the clamp nice and tight.
Now I can finally begin to weld, but sadly I only had some rather poor Parweld rods available in lo-hi and they don't run that well. But peelers can still be had: