Odd jobbing. Trailer drawbar ring, rolling plate and fabricating a frame.

[@robharper1020]

You explain things in very well in a humble way , no nonsense , nobody likes a smart ass, so keep doing what you 😊

[@stephenmeeks684]

His bum is too small to have a brain, much less a smart one.

[@Paddington60]

Well done, three jobs completed! Thanks for bringing us along!

[@snowballengineering]

Thanks for watching!

[@JonesMetalCraft]

As usual, thanks for taking us along. My sunday would be so boring without having your videos.

[@ronbuckner8179]

Same here! You motivated me enough to get off my butt and take out the garbage! I just did it and now I’m sitting here watching the rest of your vid.

[@darrylwagar4144]

Nice easy jobs, bread and butter. Thanks for sharing Oliver.

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

The folks in your area are sure fortunate to have you to keep them going! Great work as always!

[@RossiDeakin0406]

No "farmwelds" on your farm, best son a farming dad could wish for👏👍🍻

[@steveg4iwr]

I like the way you explain your logic for doing stuff. As a non engineer it makes so much more sense. Cheers and stay warm

[@wromzick9457]

I like the odd-jobbing and the variety it brings. As always, a well put together video.

[@davidmosscrop2374]

Morning Oliver. Paying the bills, getting the jobs out the door! Amazing the wear on those drawbars! Lots of use. Be Well Cheers

[@SepticWhelk]

An agri machine company that knows what it's doing . That's a novel idea , in 40 years I have seen no evidence that they do !

[@royflint3551]

That bench certainly saves of chalk and string! Nice one 👊

[@thepagan5432]

Good jobs, well made. I'm so glad you cleared off the assembly/welding table it triggered my OCD 😂😂😂. We made gears for Mercedes trucks and the same 3 engineers came, from Mannheim to check our systems for material traceability and manufacturing methods. They were pleased with all aspects of manufacturing, but they were very strict on a tidy and clean workshop. We got rid of so much "Historical Junk", and painted floors etc. Obviously you don't need that at all, but years of working in that clean and clear environment has made me that way. Good post, hope you are well 👍, see you next week.

[@billdoodson4232]

When I started as Chief Engineer in a new company, one of the first things to do was sort out the Engineers workshops. Big clean, tidy and scrap. Then I'd have them in on overtime on a Saturday to paint the workshop floors, decent 2 pack epoxy in a CREAM colour. The technicians would complain that it would show the dirt more than the red or dark green. "Exactly you have got it." Just painting the floor a nice light colour would make all the difference, within a week everyone would be saying it looks so much better. The added benefit, was that the guys could see the floor was dirty and would clean it without being told to do it.

[@thepagan5432]

@billdoodson4232 The main walkway was painted green with yellow edging, nothing was allowed to be left in the walkway. The areas where machines and stillages were painted grey. Same as your paint, this was expensive 2 pack epoxy. We had contracts with several top tier motor manufacturers in the UK, EU and US, so when we were assessed by them it was impressive. The clearing, cleaning and painting was fairly easy, it was harder keeping it clear and clean, but the staff soon began to have pride on the factory floor.

[@billdoodson4232]

@@thepagan5432 Yep, it's easy isn't it, not rocket science, but so few seem to practice it. Cheers.

[@jasonhovey815]

Nice job on the inserts but what a pain to paint. Have a good week and see you next Sunday

[@1moregarden]

Great to see you overcoming your AIP condition (angle iron phobia). You are a top notch Agri Engineer ! LOL

[@b.malnit8983]

Thanks for the video Oliver. Great little jobs.

[@davewebb5737]

Hi Ollie nice to watch you working again pleased to see the welding table clear of junk and being used good content as usual

[@lrdisco2005]

The most honest channel on KZbin.

[@snowballengineering]

Thanks! I like to keep it real.

[@petecross9470]

Love the variety of jobs and the quality way do them! 👍🏻

[@782sirbrian]

A varied selection of jobs this week, all completed to your high quality standard. Thanks for sharing this weeks work jobs. Brian from South Yorkshire.

[@leehotspur9679]

Job well done Welds in shear better than welds in Tension Thanks for sharing

[@mikedolman7056]

Ollie nice work well done, I was impressed the gouged out drawbar jumped out just like a broad bean with just one blow with sledge, I have long held the view that once you have got shape and dimension when using rollers not to reverse it out just keep going forward to take out, cheers Somerset mike.

[@walterrobbins4470]

So much music and applause and things get fabricated.

[@RalfyCustoms]

Happy days Oliver mate, proper work, done right, in the real world, I got my first fabrication job at 16 in 1983, and notched out thousands of angle iron joints, we used a step nozzle on the gas axe, great fun for the first hour lol, I dont envy welding inside a slurry tanker mind you 😂 thanks for sharing, have a great week ahead, and best wishes to you and yours Ralfy 👍

[@derekrand8462]

Three more little jobs off the list well done Olly

[@voltairegoethe]

better than factory is always welcome...

[@billdoodson4232]

Really nice to see that welding bench coming into full use Ollie. I wish I had A) The money to buy one, B) The room to put one in.😢

[@art1muz13]

A well put together video.

[@robertstewart7744]

You do very nice work. Great video.

[@Parastorm.]

I like your 390, I remember back when I was 16/17 I use to fight to drive the one on the farm I worked at, it was the pride of the fleet back then. I also see you have what looks like a 128 baler, We still have one, but not been used in a couple of years. Great video as always.

[@snowballengineering]

The baler is a customers come in for repair.

[@SB-dv8ih]

Awesome table….so jealous 😊

[@gdmonks1959]

Great work again Ollie, nice to see a varied array of jobs covered

[@stephenheyes4324]

Another interesting video of your work thanks Oliver

[@peterwright217]

ah, -1 a warm 33 down under. top jobs there Snow

[@jimlong527]

Many important jobs well done and explained, hello from SW Florida USA on the Gulf.

[@MarkDurbin]

Thanks for another great video!

[@gregwarne3252]

well done actually finishing 3 jobs . yes i use to makethe arched windows so we went by mesuring from the bottom to the center of arch i found it quiet enjoyable doing it all so noone else was involved

[@michaelpage7691]

You’d make a mint of money making those grids in Australia. They’re all over the country. Great work. 👏👏🇦🇺

[@scotthultin7769]

1,530 👍's up SBE thank you for sharing 🤗

[@Crusher9mil]

I watched intently as you picked that assembly up with the fork lift to load it on the trailer and I don't think it saged much more than a ¼". Very stout build 👍🏻

[@chrisradford6796]

The Siegmund table's are great until your work colleagues get greedy/lazy with the attachments by leaving them on their table unused not returning them to the rack. Oliver's lucky to work on his own. When I started welding I always wondered why the older guys were so damn grumpy now I know why!.

[@markh5433]

Keep up the great work.. Oliver. 🎅🏻

[@petegraham1458]

Nice work all round!

[@gerardcallan5655]

Baling twine, the vice grip and angle iron,,,,, the farmers best friends.

[@allanfisher8248]

Thanks again for a great video Oliver. 👌👌

[@TonyFromSydney]

Three jobs well done Mate..

[@alshore6168]

Nice one. 👍

[@frodestock1676]

Nine seconds after posting, i'm here!

[@billforrest4205]

Aye, so ye are 😏

[@DavoShed]

Congratulations 🤠

[@SimonCoates]

That's what she said.

[@mingthemerciless6855]

I like the semi gloss red primer. Now you have two options: flat or semi gloss primer. Cheers.

[@juliusmilo5959]

Nice job...

[@michaelminers2612]

Thanks for the reply 👍

[@chrisbailey4254]

Hi mate as far as the tow bar tongue painting and other bits and pieces never underestimate the dollar value that a few tins of paint on your shelf can add to a well engineered work that you produce,if you get my drift. Regards Chris Bailey

[@hl8256]

Fine job !

[@stefankaufmann8257]

Great work! Once again, get a variable frequenzy drive for the roler, so you can stop spot on and you can run it faster, if you want. Installation is far from beeing complicated, just some wires, start/stop button and a potentiometer for speed adjustment.

[@snowballengineering]

It’s not often I use the rollers but it’s definitely a job I need to do.

[@m00nscaping76]

Excellent Job 👏👏 👍

[@gusviera3905]

Good morning, Oliver. Done and dusted. Time to hit the recliner with a hot toddy. It's 4 degrees C here this morning in Northern Florida USA...but I have my Snowball Engineering hoodie to keep me warm. Cheers, mate.

[@snowballengineering]

That’s must be unusually cold for Florida?

[@gusviera3905]

@@snowballengineering Yea, just a little cold snap.

[@surindersandhi3924]

Hi My Dear Friend Very Very Great Job Sir ❤❤❤❤❤

[@ragnarironspear1791]

Brilliant as always 👍🏻🇬🇧

[@yenerm114]

👌🏼👌🏼🤘🏼 getting colder here to (MI) 30s at night 40s maybe low 50 during the day

[@walkingwithdogs8547]

Hay Oliver, what Mig do you prefer, Tecark or the Jasic? Keep up the good work.😊

[@snowballengineering]

They’re both very good. The Jasic is more advanced so it’s much easier to set for vertical welding or bore welding.

[@eppot1]

Nice work.. winter temps .. is not nice..

[@chrislucy1812]

Just a comment Oliver, if you cut the long lengths 16mm short, when you position the short pieces to the correct outside dimension you'll have ready made 8mm vertical corner fillets ready to weld.

[@georgewalton-e6c]

another great video young fellow keep it up

[@alanremington8500]

I like it !!

[@user-xy2ff9sv2t]

When TriffittTrailers replace a hitch ring , they cut the old one straight off and weld the new one underneath the drawbar. I've done 2 like that without problems.

[@rossnolan2883]

Fantastic 😊

[@charlietabone6162]

You always keep yourself busy

[@michaellynskey7124]

Gull trailers Cambridgeshire, Use to weld all sides with multi runs of fillet welds on the sides and one across the top edge🇬🇧🇮🇪.

[@stevesutton6093]

Nice job as always, how come the customer didn’t have them hot dip galvanised as whilst it isn’t a cheap process it is probably good for 20 to 30 years and the paint will be gone in a year. I guess the up side is more ongoing work for you!

[@BrucePierson]

The ideal treatment for the grids and frame would have been if you could have got them hot dip galvanised, but that might have been expensive or impractical.

[@TheUltimate65]

Do you use solid core or gasshelded Flux core , im see go up hild on vertikale

[@snowballengineering]

I use solid wire mostly.

[@marcustait79]

Interesting all the different opinions about how draw bars should/shouldn't be welded. I know you said you're not necessarily an expert but might be fun to draw that in onshape and see what the stress analysis has to say on the subject.....? I remember you did that for something else a while back and thinking it was pretty cool!🤓

[@michaelminers2612]

Any preference, arc, plasma or gas? Or just horses for courses ?

[@snowballengineering]

Plasma gouging is the easiest. Arc air gouging can remove a lot more metal. I never really have to do much with gas so my skills aren’t great with that.

[@yp77738yp77739]

For my breakfast viewing do I watch politicians come up with their latest lies wearing their fancy suits paid for by corruption, or a decent bloke with a mullet making sparks and swinging big hammers around whilst squatting in farmyard muck? An easy choice, an honest professional doing things that I would loose my fingers doing wins every time.

[@billdoodson4232]

😅👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@SimonCoates]

Ironically there's less bullshit on a farm.

[@yp77738yp77739]

@ I didn’t agree with all of his politics, but about in 2018 there was a very insightful book written by LSE academic David Graeber called “bullsh1t jobs, a theory”. Examining the anthropological and psychological impact of the vast swathes of the population performing jobs that they know are completely pointless and add no value to society or even direct commercial output, he described it as managerial feudalism. It’s refreshing for us whom find ourselves in that unfortunate position to view someone actually providing an objective output. David, still a youngish man died soon after in somewhat unusual circumstances.

[@DavidSellars-b8l]

I'd rather shake the grime stained, work worn hands of a hard-working mechanic than the soft, wimpy hand of a politician type. If a person doesn't have a firm, positive handshake, you best turn and run. Better to die with a wrench in your hand than a lie in your mouth.

[@malliz1]

Thanks Oliver

[@ChristianFeldmann-h8s]

Pleas more from tis job cutting grinding welding goughing i like it My gandpa and me have that maket too like this jobs

[@paulusmarc]

Bon Boulo 😆😆👍👍

[@Harry-ll2xm]

Oliver be careful putting the grinder on your brilliant table with it still rotating just a bit

[@kailuagarage]

Yet another use for the forklift as a multi-tool ... Paint booth! 😂

[@colinevans9303]

👌

[@peterparsons7141]

New pop song, “Angle Iron Nightmares”

[@alandawson2813]

Oliver an awesome job, well done. Keep up the great work. Hi from kiwi land. 😂

[@stephenmeeks684]

Material displacement moves more metal from the inside.

[@walterverlaan1286]

Thumbs up.

[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼

[@BrucePierson]

With a job like those long strips, is it possible to set the plasma table to take one cut on the sides instead of two cuts, like make it three times wider and then take cuts to split it into three instead of making three individual strips? That would save a lot of time. Maybe the software won't let you do that?

[@snowballengineering]

There is an add on to the software to do common line cutting but I don’t have it installed on mine.

[@BrucePierson]

You'd think they would have had a grommet in that hole in the top of the draw-bar to keep the water out.

[@jtg2737]

09:20 what is the reasoning for the preheating please? Hello from San Antonio, TEXAS too!

[@johnpope4464]

All you needed to weld was the sides

[@6480hi]

How much of a preheat does a drawbar eye need before welding ?

[@edwardhuff4727]

What's a gouging rod made of that sheds small pieces that continue burning?

[@snowballengineering]

They’re made out of carbon.

[@GameBacardi]

1:37 Just for note, keep in mind what is gonna burn behind you after 5min - 2 hours :D

[@SimonCoates]

4:45 was more dangerous. He nearly had a sledgehammer boyfriend😂

[@theessexhunter1305]

Left handed like you, I like a 9" grinder...Makita is my choice

[@bruceandersen3803]

question - why do you leave a border between two pieces when cutting them on the plasma cutter ?

[@oliverelliott4453]

I believe it's todo with the programming from the manufacturer. They will not let you cut part shapes out. Seems very wasteful, but every cnc plasma does it

[@michaelbright9162]

Thanks for asking that question. It had occurred to me to be wasteful. How close can you get two parts together?

[@hermannwissemberg9192]

Hi, The use of the shared cut line may reduce plate waste and shorten total cut length and thus time. It may however compromise part quality, especially with processes like plasma where there is a “good” side and a “scrap” side to the cut. It is important that Primecut has correct kerf data, or that the operator knows and enters the kerf, as common line cutting involves Primecut explicitly offsetting the geometry based on kerf. This makes kerf adjustment at the machine impossible.

[@snowballengineering]

My kutavar doesn’t have the common line cutting add on installed.

[@selfsufficientsandy977]

I do tend to take on welderfabbers advice when it comes to welding on the top of drawbar rings and he's proven why you shouldn't

[@ronbuckner8179]

Not to be a problem, but I think you might’ve installed that lunette eye to far down into the tongue. Jack knifing could be an issue.

[@snowballengineering]

No, It’ll be fine.

[@normesmonde5332]

Just had three days of 38°C that paint would have dried here in my workshop as it left the spray gun. 🇦🇺

[@stephenpeacgey5480]

Hi really enjoy your content, is that a bessy ratchet clamp? What do you think of them.

[@snowballengineering]

Yes, it is. They’re great.

[@stephenpeacgey5480]

@ thanks, good to know been thinking of getting some and they look the business, this will help me make up my mind 👍

[@Jacktheflex]

You need a laser cleaner Oliver.😀

[@snowballengineering]

That would be nice!

[@Rigoknow]

👍

[@sergegonalons9010]

Bonjour mon ami j'ai une question bête, pourquoi vous ne placez pas de l'eau dans votre table Plasma? Thank you for your videos, which I watch from Nîmes in the Gard region of France.

[@snowballengineering]

It’s a down draft table so the smoke gets sucked out underneath. However my fan isn’t quite big enough.