Bush Hog repair

[@dunebuggymike]

I've always been impressed by machinists. People don't appreciate the amount of knowledge and skill it takes to do things like this.

[@charlescartwright6367]

Dry ice works well for cooling, much better than the freezer.... If available. Good Job you can't argue with success. Bush Hogs lead a hard life and are most always in need of something.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Charles. Unfortunately living out in the country I really don't have any close access to dry ice. But I agree that would help with the shrink.

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Hello Tom, Great to see some customer work is coming into your workshop... Take care. Paul,,

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Me too. I have not had a decent paying job in a while so it was nice.

[@HaxbyShed]

Hi Tom, it never occurred to me that you would be able to buy a new 12 spline taper sleeve like that. Nice meaty farm implements. Thanks for sharing. Cheers

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

It took some internet searching but I finally found it. It would have been way too expensive for me to fabricate one from scratch. I think it was 60 bucks .

[@roylucas4414]

Great video. I really enjoyed following along from beginning to end. Thank you.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Roy.

[@houseofbrokendobbsthings5537]

Hey Tom! Good to see the full shop view! Looks great! Farmers are some of my favorite people. They get stuff done to the point of complete collapse! Good project !

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

I guess I need to do a walk around soon and show the lay out. So far half my work has been farmers so heck yeah keep it coming.

[@JourneymanRandy]

I broke the blade bar on my Bush Hog. That exact part. That was years ago. Brings back memories Tom. Nice repair.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Oh wow.

[@JourneymanRandy]

I didn't say good memories. Good stuff Tom 🔩⚒🔧

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

@@JourneymanRandy LOL!

[@DudleyToolwright]

That was a really neat fix, Tom. You get some really interesting projects.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Robert. Finally some stuff coming in the door.

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday Tom, nice repair, Great to see jobs coming in the door, Cheers

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Matty. A little cash in the pocket is a good thing!

[@dennisbjones]

I'm not sure why you didn't support the blade in the middle under the bush but I wonder if the bush might have gone in further with each pump if it was deflecting each time.

[@DJako89]

Interesting repair Tom, I enjoyed the video.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Yep. You never know what will show up to get fixed around here.

[@AaronEngineering]

G'day Tom. That was an excellent repair buddy, nicely done. I'm sure the customer will be very happy with the repair. Cheers, Aaron.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Hey Aaron. Thanks buddy! I hope your doing well and your new job is going well. Shoulder is healing up nicely, but I am bored to death and ready to get back in the shop.

[@metalworksmachineshop]

looks good.. that's a little big for grass lol. Id say corn stocks and junk in the fence lines, thicket , small trees. my family farms, so I've been stuck running the bush-hog . I believe the offset in the shaft and bushing is for the factory balance. they don't spin very fast. 250 to 300 rips

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Doug. Good to know.

[@eyuptony]

Nice one Tom, enjoyed watching the machining. Tony

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Tony!

[@CraigLYoung]

Bush hogs, ha ha. Yep been their. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Good one , the pins pressed in nice . Might be time for a larger hydraulic press build ! 👍

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

I just bought a 50 tonner. :)

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

Great job there Tom. You turned a boring job into a pressing affair.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Ha Ha! Thanks Harold.

[@flatheadronsgarage7345]

Talk about a work out on your shoulder. You need to a pneumatic cylinder on your press. Repair turned out very nice Tom. Enjoyed watching, cheers 👍👍👍🍻

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Hey Ron. I just bought a 50 ton pneumatic press to take care of that. :)

[@RalfyCustoms]

Howdy Tom, great job there buddy, really enjoyed this one, stay cool, best wishes to you and yours Ralfy

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Ralfy. Love your new business cards.

[@floridaflywheelersantiquee7578]

Had my share of broken bush hog parts good job thanks for sharing

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

I Appreciate you watching.

[@JamesDedmon]

Awesome job, looks like you seen my use of the green locktite

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Hey Jim. Yep green locktite for the win!

[@smalltownmachineshop6860]

Having fixed many many of these that’s a good solid repair. As small shops people always seem to ask why we don’t use processes that larger shops do like nitrogen and stuff like that but it’s hard to profit off something we might use a few times a year Mayby. As far as the height difference they adjust that with the 3 point and rear caster so no worries there

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Adam. If I had your press it would have sent it home no problem.

[@frankmora8336]

great job Tom, new to your channel thanks to rough cut 2022

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Awesome Frank. Thanks for subbing. Hopefully you will enjoy the projects.

[@TrPrecisionMachining]

Very good job..thanks for your time

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thank you sir! I appreciate your support.

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

nice work tom , will cut many more fields.. love the jeep shirt 0lllllll0 .. enjoyed

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

I appreciate it. Yeah I'm jeeper too!

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

@@hilltopmachineworks2131 I sure Enjoy our 2 jeeps .. You have a great channel and love the new shop ! Life time sub here ..

[@dannywilsher4165]

Good job Tom. I am no expert at heating metal. But it seems to me I have seen videos and heard others talking about how heating will swell metal a lot more than cooling will shrink it. Maybe someone else can chime in and explain if I am right or wrong. I guess it would be easy to mic a chunk of metal and then heat it and see how much it swells. I'm sure this has been done before but I am interested in knowing if there is a set of rules or scales to say how much a certain size of metal swells compared to other sizes. I'm wondering if the machinist handbook has something like this.....

[@RJMachine62]

I've found this before where a bore was off center from the boss, but when I measured from the outboard holes, the middle bore was actually in the center. IOW, the big round boss was welded off center some but the bore was machined centered. So, if you were to move the hole to the center of the hub without measuring, your new bore could be off center causing a pretty bad vibration. It almost caught me once then I started measuring after that. Old farm equipment might not even notice an 1/8" tho.

[@bcbloc02]

If you had used a welding torch tip to heat a vertical line on one side while still pressing I think you could have gotten it to where you wanted.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Okay thanks Brian. On another note finally found the source of that audio noise you have been hearing. I had a bad adapter cable. So hopefully the next video I make it won't be there.

[@bcbloc02]

@@hilltopmachineworks2131 Cool. I will let you know if it quits the next video. It barely shows up on my desktop computer but is very noticeable on my phone. Keep those farmers in the fields! 🙂

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

@@bcbloc02 I have 3 videos using the old cable to post, so it will be after that then the new videos will have the new cable.

[@kimber1958]

nice job

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thank you Kimber.

[@MyLilMule]

Maybe dry ice would have helped? That'd be like -100 degrees Freedomheight.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Yeah probably would have. Too bad I don't have a source for it out here in the country.

[@TheRobertralph]

Very impressive. I have a similar situation. Is this something I can ship to you to fix? For reference, the part # for the stump jumper pan is #50057117

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks. Can you send me an email so we can discuss further?