Welding Fail! post pics here.

[whtbaron]

Hmmm.... Jimmy Bean and JB.... coincidence? I think not...

[mcspeed]

Not mine. This was on a brand new loader from Kubota.

I have a Kubota zero turn mower with a similar issue. Tab that the deck mounts to the frame broke off. Looks like the robotic welder missed the target by over 1/8”. Was covered under warranty but still a PITA.


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[Willie B]

I have a Kubota zero turn mower with a similar issue. Tab that the deck mounts to the frame broke off. Looks like the robotic welder missed the target by over 1/8”. Was covered under warranty but still a PITA.


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A friend rented a Kubota backhoe. He was digging rocks out of his field, discovered a telephone pole that had been cut down 1' from the ground. It was old & pretty rotten. Telephone poles, unlike power poles are usually only 20' tall. Rather than dig it out, I suggested chaining to it.

He went off to get a chain, I came up with the idea to hook a tooth in the outer softer rotten wood. As I lifted on it something went whizzing past my ear. Where the crowd cylinder pinned to the dipper, the end of the dipper broke & sent half the welded in place bushing. The velocity when it flew past me was sufficient to make me glad it was a miss, not a hit.

Closer inspection, it was a cold weld where the bushing was MIG welded to the 1/4" plate of the upper end of the dipper stick. Weld just separated from the plate.

[mcspeed]

A friend rented a Kubota backhoe. He was digging rocks out of his field, discovered a telephone pole that had been cut down 1' from the ground. It was old & pretty rotten. Telephone poles, unlike power poles are usually only 20' tall. Rather than dig it out, I suggested chaining to it.

He went off to get a chain, I came up with the idea to hook a tooth in the outer softer rotten wood. As I lifted on it something went whizzing past my ear. Where the crowd cylinder pinned to the dipper, the end of the dipper broke & sent half the welded in place bushing. The velocity when it flew past me was sufficient to make me glad it was a miss, not a hit.

Closer inspection, it was a cold weld where the bushing was MIG welded to the 1/4" plate of the upper end of the dipper stick. Weld just separated from the plate.

Scary story……..There are a million ways to get hurt and fortunately you dodged that bullet.


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[smithdoor]

Ok burnt oak barrel extract JB is good too.
I like JB weld for repair work you see the JB weld and know it it going to be a great pay day.

The JB weld is not a replacement for a good weld. But for a welder great for replacing JB weld

Dave

Hmmm.... Jimmy Bean and JB.... coincidence? I think not...

[albrightree]

It's only aluminum, and the fork truck are winning , so far.

[scsmith42]

That looks more like failure due to abuse than a weld failure….

[albrightree]

Was working on a milling machine(programming a VFD speed control) at my friends welding shop today and saw this. It looks like the pre welded parts on the thumb pivot bracket have cracked on the bottom and around the pivot.











Don't know if I'll get back soon enough to see the finished job. This is his bread and butter, and he'll have it done pretty quick. Its a New Holland excavator owned by a local electrician. Its not a huge machine, but it looks pretty stout.

[Willie B]

Scary story……..There are a million ways to get hurt and fortunately you dodged that bullet.


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Yeah, it didn't seem all that terrifying at the time, but flying past my ear at high velocity, you are right, might have gone differently. Truth be known, I didn't dodge it, there wasn't time to dodge it. I just was lucky.

[psacustomcreations]

When you set the mig gun on the handle of the welder and walk away. Doh



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[rhunt]

I can do that! Bob

[Willie B]

When you set the mig gun on the handle of the welder and walk away. Doh



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Been there, done that. Even the identical machine.

[jniolon]

should have heard the feed relay kick in, Pat ????

[psacustomcreations]

should have heard the feed relay kick in, Pat ????

I carried a sculpture outside as soon as I set the gun down plus I wear ear protection so couldn't hear it.

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[California]

Ok that's the 'before' photo. After?

[whtbaron]

I wonder why nobody makes MIGs with a reverse?

[N2 Welding]

I wonder why nobody makes MIGs with a reverse?

it don’t take much to release the drive motor rollers and rewind the spool by hand.

[psacustomcreations]

it don’t take much to release the drive motor rollers and rewind the spool by hand.

That's what I did

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[N2 Welding]

Yeah that wire is not cheap. I do the same thing.

[motolife313]

I wonder why nobody makes MIGs with a reverse?

Loosen the drive rolls and free hand it back

[motolife313]

it don’t take much to release the drive motor rollers and rewind the spool by hand.

Ok you win. I didn’t see it. That’s one of the bad things about wearing ear plugs is you can’t hear the wire feeder going. I’ve been running trigger hold/lock lately and it’s real easy to do that when resting the torch over my leg or it hits the saw horse

[N2 Welding]

It always happens when I lay the gun down on a cluttered table.

[motolife313]

more of a cutting fail. They know how to make my job easy

[mrmikey]

That should warp up real nice.......M

[tapwelder]

You should probably put a dime there for reference. At first glance it doesn’t look that bad, it looks like the tube bevel. At second glance that is a huge gap and it is centered.