Hydraulic hammer repair

[@LoBeau53]

That’s the good thing about cracks. If you ignore them and let them develop, they get easier to find.

[@jtg2737]

Damn! I am very impressed. When a welder takes it to the level of an artist as to what can be done with repairs you have my attention!

[@2xKTfc]

The plate blowing out of the hammer bottom makes me wonder if the operator runs the hammer "dry", meaning without pressing the tip onto the rock they want to break. Rock or not, all the energy/impulse has to go somewhere, so the case eats it--until it can't, and fails in short order because it's never been meant to take that abuse. Expensive operator habit that'll get someone chewed out real good, but I guess it's job security for you!

[@aaronperysian9413]

Let’s see that service truck and shop tour!!

[@OFW]

I will do one of those videos soon.

[@dwarnermg]

On Fire Welding I bet your neighbors love you, mine love me, they love me so much they leave when I start doing anything outside😎😎😎😎

[@Jimmy-Legs]

I always try to think of a way to do it when you show us what’s needed. It’s never the way you end up doing it and it’s never better than the way you do it. Another job well done.

[@KW-ei3pi]

Excellent repair. Far better than OEM. Would it be worth Hard Facing the edges if the customer was willing to pay for it, or better just to replace the parts you made when they wear out? I always notice that you don't use side handles on your angle grinders. I know there are times that it gets in the way, but I would recommend using one the rest of the time. I'm old and suffering from a lot of pain and problems from years of hard work and using my body for a tractor, crane, and forklift. Save yourself.

[@andrewcosta3165]

As a 23 year old fab welder I try my best to learn from the older guys around me since I was 18 but I have a freind that's 30 has a nice shop and I help him on the weekend I love the work you do man keep on posting just found your Chanel and have a watched a few videos keep it up my friend

[@deconteesawyer5758]

He says: "That ain't goin nowhere" ... operator just laughs at him.

[@claytondort4515]

Keep them coming! Awesome work!!

[@StefanBachman]

Good to see you i learn a lot thx from the Netherlands

[@petermccuskey1832]

Doing the weekend rush. Been there and kind of miss it in my older age. It is the challenge of fix it from the scrap bin. Beautiful job sir!

[@deathvalleyalex9485]

That kind of damage is from firing the hammer before the pecker is engaged . Saw that happen 35 years ago on a job at Dolomite , California. Operator fired on third day.

[@Waiakalulu1]

It's good work if you can get it, but there's a lot of weekend hours keeping these machines productive in the field. You got some really lucky customers!

[@BruceBoschek]

Your customer certainly should consider himself lucky! Weekend jobs can wear you out. Nice repair job and undoubtedly a big improvement in regard to wear and tear. Thanks for the video!

[@Dudemieser]

Being a otr truck driver I was starting to feel for you and the amount of hours you work, until I realized that you are making conservatively 8 times what I make lol❤ I used to have a small excavation co in Tennessee until I lost it

[@johnkelly6942]

You can’t possibly charge your customers enough for the incredible repairs you do on them (on short notice!)

[@d.jensen5153]

Did you ever see this hammer again? I'd _love_ to see what a year of action did to your very strong repair.

[@OFW]

Yes. They destroyed it in about 7 months. I rebuilt it again but about 3 times as much material this time.

[@HanginInSF]

​@@OFW 7 months is SO respectable. What a tank u built in a weekend solo!

[@GusCowMiller]

@@HanginInSF yeah not bad considering how thunderfucked the box was on this first repair. Those assholes beat the ever living fuck out of that hammer, no greasing or fuck all lol

[@mikeengstrom8260]

I think I would have laid your wear pieces flat and more of them to protect the integrity of the case. Just my own thought. Nice welding

[@zalandarr]

Nice to fix up the hydraulic shovel 😂

[@louistrapizona7254]

Excellent work ! Do you work for a company or work for yourself ? As good as you are, the time you invest shows the perfectionist you are !!

[@OFW]

I work for myself.

[@devinmanderson]

If I have ever seen a perfect example of having equipment in highly abrasive environments hard face this is it....pay the money people and be on top of your maintenance and repair. Loving the vids bud between you and IC weld I don't watch much else these days.

[@Biokemist-o3k]

Yea that may last a week or two the way they beat them up..Haha Beautiful my friend!! If that only lasts a year then the original piece only lasted a day...Your upgrade looks like the structural embodiment of bridgework...

[@donsmith9081]

I enjoy watching you work. Thanks.

[@Apollo-333]

I really enjoy your videos 👍

[@bpedoniquott7971]

Hey you got very interesting skills..enjoy your vlogs 😊😊

[@guygfm4243]

Good work hope you got paid well for all your efforts. Don’t work too hard thanks for sharing

[@jeffo881]

He's not just repairing, he's almost saying "oh, ok, here, break this"

[@navigatorx1013]

😅

[@lpaulson1964]

Nice job on hammer. How long did it take them to destroy it again. I helped a welder at a friend's company repair one a dozen times

[@OFW]

About 4 months and it was destroyed

[@danielpullum1907]

Would it have enhanced the bottom plate if you had 45'd the corners of the plate vs the square corners which are going wear pretty quick?

[@OFW]

I don’t think so, they wore this one out in about 4 months.

[@davidsnyder2000]

That came out so nice. I just read in the comments they wore that one out in just 7 short months. What shame. I can’t believe how hard they are on equipment. Jeeze😐 You spent so much time fixing it up for them…..

[@robertpeters9438]

Great work improving the design. I might suggest tapering the end of the gussets to avoid stress concentration. Perhaps last 4 inches.

[@OFW]

They destroyed it about 2 months after the video. Maybe next time.

[@harveystephens6115]

Another good one. I’m watching your stuff from new to old since I’m new. Wanna see build assembly of this But may not exist

[@mariomuz8]

not only do u get the job done u make it better

[@robertengster5643]

Would be nice to see it back in action. PLenty of wear space now.. Maybe shoot some video of it back together and operating..even short clips.

[@ypaulbrown]

I am addicted to your channel.....Bravo....

[@ypaulbrown]

5:45....it might have been better with oxy/fuel, but that plasma torch of yours has some serious power......I used to cut 1" with a 100 amp and it struggled.....looking good....

[@roguecnc788]

Hypertherm 105 will eat 2" no problem

[@chascarpenter5006]

@@roguecnc788 ,,,I have a hypertherm 45xp, 240v mains, good to 3/4''.

[@cat637d]

Looks mighty fine to me, good work👍

[@angeldr6657]

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. Great job!

[@user-tsaritsynskii34]

Brother, do a review of your truck.We don't have one in Russia

[@Harry-ll2xm]

Would have liked to see it back together

[@jaymarshall7632]

Thank you for your Videos!! Learn something everytime.

[@sackvilleweldingservices]

Great repair and video young man!

[@Nitrodr1]

Wore the end off dragging material. $$$ for you!

[@ragnabob]

Very nice job man!

[@petermccuskey1832]

Very nice freehand plasma work. What size of plasma cutter did you use?

[@OFW]

Hypertherm 105

[@petermccuskey1832]

@@OFW thank you sir. Am 67 years old and have been learning to use my plasma. It doesn't cut as good as what you were doing. Going to look into another purchase. Been welding since 1972 and trying to learn the inverter technology.

[@OFW]

@@petermccuskey1832 I have owned several name brand plasma cutters. Hypertherm is hands down the best brand made.

[@donsmith9081]

Hypertherm 45XP are rated for 5/8 @ 20 inches per minute. That might be a good one to start with-if you have enough dry air.

[@middleway1885]

Yum! Looks like lots of fun creating useful tricks in fixing broken things... lol

[@samuelspencer9194]

You think if the customer had stop and fixed the crack it might have been a little easier to fix LOL be safe and have a great day Sam

[@randomschittz9461]

Is that dual shield flux core?

[@OFW]

Dual shield.

[@Harpo379]

I think you're undervaluing your own work. This video is now 2 yrs. old. I'd love to know if that unit is still working and don't doubt that it is. That repair was FAR superior to OEM.

[@OFW]

Funny you ask. I have rebuilt this 2 more times since this video and it was almost as bad. They will never learn.

[@brucebonkowski9568]

You might want to get a Stainless steel grinding disks it cost a little more I have one on my 4 1/2 & 6" disk grinder

[@tempura7690]

7:40 is that a flap disk?

[@OFW]

No, it’s a 3m cubitron sanding disc with the rubber arbor.

[@ropo772]

What does it look like today?

[@jamespayne8781]

Considering it was probably time to spring for a new breaker/ basher/ dozer etc there shouldn’t be any complaints.

[@trep53]

How is this rebuild holding up? You have a tough job.

[@OFW]

It got completely destroyed in about 5 months. I rebuilt it again with more wear plates.

[@andrewrobinson2869]

Love your work

[@emiliosolis5056]

Really enjoyed your Vid.

[@carloskawasaki656]

Thank you 👍👍👍👍

[@robertoobregon3750]

That looked like a Cruise Industrial brass straight edge from a magnetic square. It looks like they closed up there shop. Bought one a few years back.

[@brucebonkowski9568]

Nice cutting I still not even close to good I wear many grinding disk to make it round

[@juanvaladez3796]

What plasma cutter are u using

[@OFW]

Hypertherm 105

[@ophirb25]

So I guess the phrase - do you think you know better then the engineers that design the part - might be true, unless something else made them design this specific design....what I found - sometimes - is that making one part stronger then designed, makes another, more expensive more difficult to fix part brake....just saying ...

[@bif24701]

Lots of wear on the structure of that hammer, a huge number of cycles.

[@tdm8817]

Curious as to why ya used plasma as opposed to oxy fuel?

[@OFW]

No particular reason. Just chose plasma

[@tdm8817]

@@OFW fair enough Love the videos keep it up Think I watched all your videos in 2 days. Cool to see the kinda work you do

[@brucebonkowski9568]

I might use the torch and slightly round those square edges as it might snag something or some one

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

SWEET... great job, some of those guys beat equipment .

[@Deadwindshadow]

which is good for us!

[@admirmujkanovic8159]

Bro 😎 can repair anything but a space station!

[@mariomuz8]

ur a legend i dont think they realize u get the job done

[@wastedShaman]

Well, they hired him, so they witnessed it.

[@teddbrown4262]

That was awesome by hand

[@mark_Hershey]

What grade was the 1 5/8” plate?

[@OFW]

I believe it was T-1 but that doesn’t really help with wear. They have already destroyed it again. There will be another video showing what I do.

[@ItiscalledaMANDATE]

Nice upgrade

[@brucebonkowski9568]

I don't think they stoping before the end of the hammer then use it as a prying bar

[@Juzzy520]

Why drag your torch??? I was taught to push it, coz you can see where you going n you get more penetration!!👍👍

[@OFW]

I have tried both ways and I feel like I get better gas coverage when I drag. I will push it in some circumstances.

[@irishlad8797]

Class job man

[@21lt]

Awesome video!

[@curtisharlan9230]

Could you weld that up

[@ropo772]

Just my opinion but should soften those corners some. Operators sometimes think there surgeons and try to get that point right in the correct spot before they operate. AND THAN THERES THE OTHERS THAT JUST BEAT THAT SHIT TO DEATH ....MACHINE TOO..... AND THEIR BOSS THINKS THEIR A GOOD WORKER???? KOOL VIDEO. KEEP IT UP

[@OFW]

It was destroyed in about 4 months. I rebuilt it again with thicker material. Haven’t heard anything yet.

[@lefty1999]

I see that you changed from Cubitron to a flap disc in a hurry, I canst say I blame you , unless you wanted to get the hole more than "cleaned up" :)

[@ggcutter4098]

they let it go to far as usual , nice work

[@pieterlagemaat611]

Guess it is too windy outside your workshop, as it might blow away your flux!

[@mowafab]

whats your dual shield settings

[@OFW]

I think they were 25v and 225ipm

[@isaacsims6203]

Wow thats some thick metal🙂

[@tahinfelipemirandallanos942]

Good job friend!!!

[@DFRDRIFTPIG]

You need to throw the plasma away and go to oxyacetylene on the thick plate.

[@1waukesha]

Man, thats crazy how much abuse those things take. Would it have Helped to “fish plate” a bunch of hard facing rod in a criss cross pattern to help with abrasion? (I see from comments its already been worn out since this video). Good job security I guess? Lol

[@OFW]

In this application I’m not sure how much hard facing would help meaning I’m not sure it would be worth the extra labor. They just have to realize if they are going to use it in this manner then it needs to be rebuilt every 6 months.

[@johnpope4464]

Not meant to be a pry bar

[@curtisharlan9230]

Looks good

[@interesting7906]

I hope you centered that hole and you don't run into surprises when trying to put the hammer back in the frame.

[@OFW]

It fit perfectly and they already wore it out again.

[@interesting7906]

@@OFW damn :)

[@micmike]

That's a monster now, should last 18 months give or take 2 or 3.

[@gogoubai]

You should have round off the corners of the plate

[@LoBeau53]

The rock will take care of that in no time.

[@jamesadams893]

One thing I've noticed in your videos is you don't do near enough explanation of the work to be done and spend too much time showing the work being done in slow methodical closeups and concise wide shots

[@brucebonkowski9568]

I think I would have washed it first you might find other cracks

[@pyrog.c.c89]

Awesome job.🇺🇲

[@brucebonkowski9568]

Why not use a piece of C Channel cut the hole pointing the c down to build as a guide not to go past it

[@samuelspencer9194]

At 30 feet and 30 mph you will never know lol

[@donnykiofetzis5775]

for free hand that perfect

[@Deadwindshadow]

Why do you sound annoyed that your customers are rough on their equipment? It just means work for you = more money...

[@thomaskoshinsky7768]

need some hard facing on there all so

[@nealk6387]

Nice job

[@MarioMartinez-os5ch]

My price in California $3.000

[@jameswarren423]

Amazing work sir. Would have loved to see this thing in action after you fixed it and some follow up after they abused it but as always great video and great work, keep them coming boss.👍🏼🤩🫡

[@HanginInSF]

I wanna use it 😂❤

[@gfmikols]

Sucks when you accidentally cut through those forks, doesn’t it! LOL. New subscriber. Great Videos Greg. Keep it up.