Repairing ripped out tines on bale spike

[@johnnyr1720]

Seeing the box tipper at work was really interesting. Please says thanks to your customer for the video.

[@daleburrell6273]

...yes, that was very informative...

[@bigalhudson]

Bale spike. Perfect for moving badly parked cars blocking land access 👍 . Keep the posts coming Oliver.

[@djhscorp]

You will never be out of work with the quality you are putting out. Nice one.

[@rupert5390]

I bloody hope your customers appreciate how much over and above the call of duty you go with their jobs, those extra plates was just over the required level of customer service - cheers

[@gusviera3905]

Thanks for letting us follow along, Oliver. Nice work re-engineering that frame for the customer. I almost choked on my coffee when I saw that 40mm bracket welded to the 3mm box frame! I am amazed every time I watch your CNC plasma kit work. Your finished pieces look like they were punched out. And they are finished in minutes, not hours. Impressive. Thanks again and have a good week. Cheers.

[@davetaylor4741]

Another repair that goes out better than original. Good job. Making parts for exhibitions. That is something I spent a while doing. In fact the best job I ever had. I was paid to make things. Paid to take them around Australia. Set up. Pull down. Move on the next. I also did a year of that sort of work in the UK. Which is how I got the job in Australia. The exhibition world is manic. Long hours. Lots of travel. But seasonal. So out here about 9 months of the year. Then a long break. When I took the first job in Australia the guy at my interview said. If you are not prepared to work a 60 hour week there is the door. Some weeks 80 odd hours was more like it. But I loved it.

[@joevalencic5275]

This is the proper use of the phrase "value engineering." The OEM removed material (thin box section) to add value to HIS bottom line, but you’ve ADDED value for your customer with proper box and additional stiffening at the high stress points. This is what we e come to expect from shops like Snowball Engineering and Cutting Edge Engineering. You’re both cut from the same cloth!

[@johnwarwick4105]

Think you will find it a farmer made bale spike. No way would a manufacturer fit those super heavy brackets to a light weight attachment.

[@sjv6598]

Another ‘better than new’ repair. Happy to hear you’re selling plenty of merch, that’s where the big KZbinrs make their money 😊

[@782sirbrian]

Yorkshire engineering at it's best ! belt and braces construction as we say. A simple job which should last the owner many more years. The arch looks grand, an interesting design. Thanks for taking us along as you work. Brian from South Yorkshire.

[@BrucePierson]

Once again, the adjustable workbench (forklift) made the job easier than it would have been without it.

[@stuartmccall5474]

That KUTAVAR X-Y cutting table is absolute magic for your business as much of your business is plate type fabrication. The thought of attempting these repairs with conventional hand/ machine tools must give you nightmares, doable but with what cost in terms of time, which is money.

[@snowballengineering]

I use it for nearly every job

[@fredk.2001]

The original remindes me of a lot of the awful stuff I've worked on. Over-engineered some places, dreadfully under-engineered in others, all parts crammed into such a tight spot that one can't even get a wrench on the fasteners, neccessitating the removal of large, unrelated sections just to get to the broken bits. All designed by evil engineers who've never turned a wrench. So refreshing to see a fabricator build something, with useability/repairability in mind, not to mention proper material sizing.

[@lemmy9996]

That plasma table is certainly earning its keep!👍👍👍 Another quality Snowball job.

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

I appreciate your attention to detail, your prefectionism and your ingenuity. Oh, and thank you for your hard work and time producing these videos.

[@aserta]

0:52 a planter! Noice. Nice of the customer to pass on the finished item.

[@RoyBlumenthal]

You're exceptionally good at this stuff! That arch is superb!

[@richardw3294]

It's always a pleasure watching a craft man at work!

[@whathasxgottodowithit3919.]

Great job on the Bale Spike, The Arch is a fine piece of engineering too, I guess if required they could cover it with some appropriate coloured material. Thank you for posting.

[@robinparkes988]

Again, you go that extra mile to do a great job. I’m sure people come back to you knowing that you won’t skimp or bodge a job. Great to see

[@bchdsailor]

Sunday morning, a cup of coffee and enjoying another video by Snowball Engineering, life is p'fect

[@BrucePierson]

That plasma torch sure made short work of cutting that thin box section off the brackets.

[@jamescrombie2320]

Love your plasma table work. lots of ingenuity involved in making stuff from scratch or remaking other peoples stuff 🙂 I first ran into Anchorlube back in the late 70's when I worked a summer in a local Marine Machine shop. Mostly used on SS boat propeller shafts when cutting the taper and drilling brass and bronze fittings. Keep the videos coning.

[@rogercollins7763]

Great work again they send you what is effectively junk and you send back a new attachment ! Love the videos. Keep up the great work.

[@robburley9494]

Hi Oliver I think its pronounced mit A toy O . Love the little snip jobs you can knock them out all day long, nice work

[@JonDingle]

Another top repair young man and the archway looked grand too.

[@mfc4591]

Very satisfying seeing that plate come off with a few knocks of the hammer , shows how good you cut there. nice job,

[@WestHamBubbleBoy]

Another job well done Oliver. See you next week, fella.👍⚒️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@BruceBoschek]

I never thought a bale spike could be so attractive! 🙂 Very nice work as always, Oliver. Your video artistry is also excellent. Thanks for letting us watch and have a peaceful weekend.

[@vaughanellis7866]

As an Engineer I'd say that the box section that has the sockets for the bale spikes has been designed so that it will fail over time, especially given the way the attachment points have been over built, with round bales that can weigh anywhere from 1,000 to 2,500 pounds (450 to 1,134 kilograms) or even more, and Large rectangular/square bales can weigh 800 to 1500 pounds, that they have use a box section with a 3mm wall highly suggests that it has done as a designed in failure point. I was working for a General Engineering Co when Roller Bales first arrived on the scene and we were asked to scratch build a handler attachment for the Roller Bales, admitted we over engineered it with 120mm square box with 10mm wall and mounts similar to the ones in you video, Our failure point turned out to be the OEM spikes that we had to use at the customers insistence. they were bending long before the attachment frame showed ant distortion at all. Very nice arch design, very adaptable.

[@philhermetic]

Top quality work Ollie, the arch is an amazing feat of plasma cutting and design! Phil

[@Pyrrhic_au]

Just a thought but you could make up a simple jig using a piece of angle and some pins that locates on some of the cutting "fins" of the Kutavar and gives you a nice corner/line reference for cutting odd shapes like SHS/RHS etc without having to measure every time

[@onlyme7939]

Here we go, happy Sunday Oliver

[@BigBoxDodge2020]

Another excellent repair!!! I'm looking forward to seeing more of your tractor project. I'm working on a Ford 8N tractor right now.

[@Barry-s3v]

That archway is brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@charleswelch249]

Nice to see you have something pretty straight forward to do this time. Great job Oliver.

[@janklaas3242]

Really enjoying sunday with another video of Snowball engineering! Nice work as always!

[@BME85]

Nice job again! Box tipper seems to rotate smoothly...

[@peterwright217]

nice little job there Snow👍👍👍👍👍

[@woodyj4946]

Another enjoyable video Olly first class job as always, like the new mill. 😊

[@frfrpr]

I enjoyed the video. Good filming, as always.

[@walterrobbins4470]

I’m glad you showed us that the spikes weren’t worth taking out because they can’t be reused

[@brownmilligan1936]

another great show. there a lot of shows on ut but yours is one of the best.thank you.

[@aserta]

Neat stuff at the end with the vierendeel truss! edit: 31:12 simple. Mitu (as it's read) and then To (like in top of the morning to you) and Yo (like the greeting). Mitu -ToYo. You can also say Toyo like the tires. Good stuff. Most of my calipers are from them. Scriber type, measuring, good, solid quality.

[@simontravis7452]

Ollie, my hoody is fab nice and warm and huge, great fix on the bile tine frame, i cannot wait for4 the other video you teased us with at the start 🙂

[@billblock8090]

Hello from West Texas. Oliver I really love to watch you take on these jobs and get them back to much better than normal. Have a good day Mate.

[@spuderukporter5721]

About time we had something brilliant to watch thanks Oliver x

[@billdoodson4232]

And yet another cracking little job. The verniers are made by Mit You Toy O, Mitutoyo.

[@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441]

Yeah it was a good little video. Nice little job. You get it done and showing us how that other one work that you did last week that tipping bucket. Whatever that was good. Nice job. Your work is interesting. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦

[@christopherforster6555]

You always make things better and stronger good young British boy .

[@DoomViper]

Great looking welds Oliver!

[@gdmonks1959]

Great job again Ollie can’t believe the original construction with 40mm brackets on 3mm box! My hoodie is a great fit and great quality, top job mate 👍🏻👍🏻

[@csnelling4]

Thank you Oliver. 👍

[@davidpearson9808]

A clever chap👌👍

[@Land2020-w6w]

You sir are a very talented guy. Great vid.

[@be007]

nice and easy job today. cheers ben

[@richarddey6793]

Top Repair as always, so talented

[@royflint3551]

Interesting and informative video as always Olly! PS the sign turned up mid week and I am very pleased with it. Thank you! I am going to blue it and hang it in my garage. Cheers 👊

[@stuartlockwood9645]

Hi Oliver 😊, another great repair mate, and beefed up as well, liked the archway, a big mecano set ,lol, would look nice whith flowers round it. Glad the merch is selling well, I'll have to look at your site. Cheers mate ,stay safe, best wishe's to all, Stuart Uk.

[@michaelpage7691]

Another great repair. Thanks. 🇦🇺👏👏

[@johnparkhurst825]

Great seeing that box repair being used 👍

[@gregwarne3252]

well done on the improveing the bailer with the 6mm tube and the little plates .

[@ghilreese3413]

More success stories. Thanks for the videos.

[@mehere6874]

Mit-two-toy-o. :) BTW, those splayed ends on your reenforcing brackets do serve a purpose: it distributes the heat affected area from the weld, (horizontally in this case), rather than it being in a single (vertical) line. It makes it far less likely that the forces (downwards on your tynes), will shear the box section along the weld line. Just angling the ends of the reenforcing plate at 45° one way or other would also work, but wouldn't be as pretty. You're getting very good with your plasma washing; and better at your hated painting :)

[@chrisgregory2269]

Yorkshire car restorations have just got a laser rust remover nice bit of kit.

[@carlsnowball7610]

Eeh That was lucky! Got my order in for the Hoody. Just waiting for arrival! one Snabawl to another. Ta Marra!

[@zacdrilling4554]

Nice job Oliver

[@jamesaustin9882]

You're an appealing guy, Oliver - your honesty and simple (sometimes inventive) solutions are always worthwhile. Also, that farm looks very appealing to visit, although I've never wanted to live on one myself...looks like too much work.

[@carloskawasaki656]

Thank you for sharing, another great project, thank a lot and I learn a lot 👍👍👍👍

[@MadMods4u]

Awesome work as always! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@walterrobbins4470]

I wonder how many miles of weld you have witnessed. And you’re still a young man. By the end of your career you possibly could have welded a bead around the world

[@derekrand8462]

Well done Olly Granb job lad❤

[@kevinmccarthy9780]

Good work Oliver, I’ve worked over a bunch of those I don’t have a CNC torch so my plates don’t look as nice as yours😏. That archway is definitely a work of art, and very practical.

[@aticuss]

Great job as always

[@Cee.Jay.71]

Loving your vids and it's great to see local content .

[@b.malnit8983]

Nice job Ollie.

[@alandawson2813]

Another awesome video Oliver. From kiwi land

[@goboyz8016]

Aways nice work. I was thinking if you used round aluminum pipe for the supports on that display arch next time, you could make sockets that could pin together instead of bolts. That would make it quicker and perhaps more stable. For what it's worth from this arm chair watcher. Love your videos.

[@denniselvy3528]

26:42 Your gussets are the correct shape, as it won't crack or prevent cracking as we use this in the transport industry strengthening chassis. I haven't seen you putting your logo on your finished work

[@alanbrodigan7731]

Hi great video Oliver. Love the farm machinery video jobs. Oliver I would like to see your Lazer cut name plate welded on your finished work jobs as it deserves it . Great workmanship.👍

[@Doitgood52]

Have you seen the laser rust remover doing the rounds? Might be worth a try.. no dust etc and does a great job and quick 😊😊😊

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Nice job on the repair. Better than new. I liked the customer suppled video and the show entrance archway, too. Very cool design. Have you ever seen an old time "Erector Set"? It was a popular boys toy in the 60's. You're design reminded me of the old days. I played with my set for many many hours. A great way for a kid to imagine what could be :) Thank you!

[@78jog89]

Needed upgrade executed with the usual/unusual precision and pride. Thanks for posting.

[@aerialrescuesolutions3277]

Excellent work. Great news about the hoodies, sell them all

[@randytravis3998]

that arch looks like you might have said a few words trying to put it together ..

[@kevineleven5610]

From what I've seen the lazer rust removal process is a two step including the grinder so check it out before you go spending your money. Top quality as per your usual standards 👌

[@walterverlaan1286]

Excellent episode, as usual.

[@TT-qo9dv]

Nice repair! Go Snowball 😊

[@andybrace4983]

Lovely old job

[@peteb3365]

love to see bit more of farm life, animals always good for viewing figures 😜

[@everestyeti]

If anyone out there knows a company that does laser rust removal, it could be a wonderful partnership. If I had the money, I'd buy you one for you, I did think of buying one and setting up my own business, but alas ill health took that option away from me. Really liked the archway, would look really good in someone's garden. That repair is far better than the factory finish, which you always do and should really put out in your advertising. 👍

[@allanfisher8248]

Thanks Oliver 😊

[@alangrant9114]

That old forkie sees some action😂 good work mate cheers for the vid

[@seansysig]

I made something like this and made base weights out of concrete and rebar with a hand grab out of bent rebar.

[@kenhart6330]

If you scrap the tines I would keep them and have a day making three foot pinch bars to sell, another way to reuse instead of sending to the scrap yard. I would make them from an old small combine pre beater in an old Ransoms combine harvester. They made grand pinch bars, they were 1 inch round. Extra money from a day when you don't have any work. The firm I worked for are based in Durham but has another in Northallerton and one in Alnwick. You probably know who they are because I believe that you are near the Northallerton shop. I've just watched this video then as I was looking to watch another video I saw one that might also interest you. From in Poland making pipe end press, it looks like a small punch press.

[@scotthultin7769]

1,806 👍's up SBE thank you for sharing 🤗

[@surindersandhi3924]

Hi My Friend Very Great Job ❤❤❤❤❤

[@carlf8291]

Another great video thanks.

[@John-n9m3t]

The cows looked very disappointed that the tines were bare.

[@TheRossi48]

Good job. Congratulations

[@McNeillWelding]

You the man snowy