MIG Welding Job Repairing a Broken Blade Assembly on a Commercial Mower

[@BrandonLund]

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[@jimpritz4169]

Nice tip with the angle iron with the flat on it. Looks very handy. Thanks for the video.

[@BrandonLund]

You bet! Thank you!

[@petermccuskey1832]

Great job Sir!

[@BrandonLund]

Thank you kindly!

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Thanks for sharing with us Brandon. Keep up the great videos and stay safe around there. Fred.

[@BrandonLund]

Thanks, you too Fred!

[@Xpyburnt_ndz]

YOU the man Brandon!!!

[@BrandonLund]

I appreciate it!

[@Tubeagrutis]

Nice work, Brandon! Thanks for sharing you tips and tricks.

[@BrandonLund]

You bet! Thanks for watching!

[@davestewart9146]

Nicely done Brandon 👍😁

[@BrandonLund]

Thanks Dave!

[@marcelknippers9591]

A beautiful fix Brandon. Each vid offers so much info, you can't imagine, out of which we're able to distilate know-how for our own projects. Enjoyed it very much. Many thanks for that and greetz from Holland, Marcel Knippers.😀💯💯👌

[@BrandonLund]

As always Marcel, I appreciate you being a long time participant on the channel.

[@davidbegor8709]

Its funny how many little jigs and helpers get built to assist then collect all over the shop. After finding one, you scratch your head what the heck was this for? 🤔. Nice job.👍

[@BrandonLund]

They collect quickly!

[@garthland]

there's money to be made out there doing repairs like this! I do a fair amount on my nights and weekends for the local Massey dealer-it's amazing how much comes out of the factory either totally wrong or breaks too fast. We had a bunch of loader frames earlier this year with bushings just off enough to not work. Going to weld up a hay baler in the morning-I don't have a spare minute. Great job knocking this one out and doing it right!

[@BrandonLund]

Thanks man I appreciate it and good luck on your repair in the morning 👍

[@rudyrivera7426]

Nice work! Brandon! Keep it up! 👌👍Thanks for sharing!

[@BrandonLund]

Thanks for watching Rudy!

[@donaldhalls2189]

Great tips, good repair, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

[@BrandonLund]

Thanks Donald!

[@rogertaylor8615]

Nice job looks awesome

[@BrandonLund]

Thanks 👍

[@MinionsSmithy]

As always, thanks for another great video!

[@BrandonLund]

My pleasure!

[@jimmacsuga2592]

Is there simply anything having to do with welding metals that you don't know how to do??? Great instructions so that we too can perform better and make repairs and fabrications to the best of our abilities!!! Thanks so much for your time and efforts!!! Be well, be safe, be Blessed!!!

[@BrandonLund]

I appreciate that Jim, thank you!

[@johnwoody4905]

good video and job much better job than factory. old steam rad. will be fun to weld. take care, be safe and well.

[@BrandonLund]

Thanks 👍

[@HardwayRanch]

I divide my shop 'rags' between two metal 'fire-safe' bins. One bin if for washable shop rags and the other bin is for disposable shop towels. I make it a practice to never toss a wet rag into those bins if I can avoid it - I will just toss them onto the floor to air out a while and pick them up later when I am cleaning up after the project. This allows plenty of time for the more volatile chemicals to evaporate before going into the bin. BTW - the used shop towels make an excellent fire starter for the stove! To expand on this practice, I also use multiple trash cans in the workshop to divide up the items - not really recycling but more like weight management. I use a 5 gallon bucket for metal trash and this keeps the weight down. And I use a chest-high wheeled trash can for plastic jugs, styrofoam, etc. which will never get heavy with those items.

[@BrandonLund]

I like it! Thats a great tip! Thank you for sharing!

[@joelsheffield9583]

Thanks Brandon! Learned a few more things on this video! Really enjoy your videos. Great explanations on everything. Going to make a couple of the angle iron round pipe clamp helpers.

[@BrandonLund]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you

[@kylejans8160]

Another awesome repair video love seeing them. Pls keep them coming!! I see you’re using Milwaukee tools? What do you think of them? Been using them for like 4-5 years and love them. Have a great day thanks again god bless!!

[@BrandonLund]

This just started because i just bought a Milwaukee weed wacker and blower, so ive been building up that M18 platform. I've always been a huge fan of Milwaukee. Back when the Dewalt 12 volt came out, I bought a kit. Paid close to $500, that was 20 years ago. The kit was toast in 2 years. I've owned a bunch of Milwaikee over the years and never had even one problem.

[@LightningFabrication]

Hey Brandon, Nice repair. Would like to have seen how that piece fit into the mower.

[@BrandonLund]

Same here. This was brought to me like this so im not really sure.

[@LightningFabrication]

@@BrandonLund I guess it's the mechanic in me that also enjoys the equipment these welding jobs come from.

[@johnjabster2247]

The angle tool is a great idea brandon also how much did you charge for this ?

[@BrandonLund]

This was a freeby for a friend of mine. This repair would be $120

[@rebuilderinabox]

Try Dawn to clean up instead of acetone. Safer for skin and lungs, no disposal worries, waaay cheaper.

[@BrandonLund]

Good tip!

[@gordonabrahamson5907]

What about all that welding heat on the bearings and inside the bearing shaft

[@daniele3275]

@@gordonabrahamson5907 the bearings are probably still fine . The housing itself can have got deformed cause of the welding shrinking

[@BrandonLund]

It's filled with grease. The bearings are out far enough to not be affected.

[@daniele3275]

Hi Brandon It would have been better to put a machined pin threaded inside the bearing housing. Because I think the weld you added on would avoid the other part to slide all the way through and come to a stop at the roll pin. Which is more likely a locating pin for alignment and the then you put the bolt for securing it in place. I've reverse engineered the part while watching the video cause I was thinking a way to reinforce the thing. As it's an engineer fault.

[@shootgp]

You engineers think too highly of yourselves. It was an engineer that designed a part that couldn't be welded on the bottom side to begin with....

[@daniele3275]

@@shootgp I'm not an engineer I'm a machinist

[@BrandonLund]

That roll pin and bolt do nothing according to the owner. Nothing slides up to it. I thought the same thing too until i checked with him. Maybe it's a universal part or something.

[@BrandonLund]

🤣🤣🤣

[@BrandonLund]

👍

[@Brad26843]

Brandon, do you by chance have a way and willing to receive a picture and offer a bit of advice for a metal repair?

[@BrandonLund]

I do. You can email me at [e-mail]

[@Brad26843]

​@@BrandonLund Hello, i sent you a email with all the information. Thank you again

[@michaelc9507]

The degreaser can be deadly when welding be careful

[@daniele3275]

@@michaelc9507 I wasn't aware till yesterday when I've discovered that residues can contain a substance that when reaches a certain temperature start a chemical reaction developing phosphagen gas or something like that. Anyway a gas used as a chemical weapon during WW1 and I kinda remember during the holocaust too

[@michaelc9507]

@@daniele3275 wear a respirator, I’ve gotten in habit now wearing one even outside cutting steel to. Be careful keep burning them rods

[@BrandonLund]

It's really chlorinated products that are the issue because it creates phosgene gas when heated. Acetone is a common cleaner for welding. The degreaser is a flammable solvent. All of them are carcinogens if heated and inhaled.

[@senosroweretaked9221]

is it true that mig stands for anyone can weld?

[@BrandonLund]

I've never heard that, but judging from some of the exhaust system repairs I've seen over the years, it's highly doubtful.

[@jasnapon]

Why non chrounated

[@BrandonLund]

When heated, it turns to phosgene gas (mustard gas) and is deadly. The red can of brake clean is chlorinated. You want the green can which is non chlorinated.