Hard Facing Excavator Bucket Teeth with Stick Welding

[@runifuceeme406]

dude is like, "hey man, you are touching me a little tooo much! that's not in the script!"

[@deankay4434]

I was MMAW welding hard facing to plow shears at age 11. (I grew 6" that year) My stepfather couldn't weld as he ran a fork lift at his day job. It was up to me at the oldest to cut gussets to weld in broken farm equipment. Using a coffin hoist to pull bent disc frames together and weld them. When raised into air, blocks underneath, I welded the bottom side. My worst experience was red hot slag burning into my tennis shoes between my big toe on the web. Scooting & screaming I kicked the shoe off, sticking into a mud puddle holding water. That god it was there. Retired, self taught auto tech. ASE Master since 78. I have a 1984 MIG by "DECA" and works great and a true 150 Amps! Thanks for the video, it brings back memories...

[@Welddotcom]

Glad we could help “spark” some memories. I could literally feel the burning in my foot when I read that part!

[@Fogyt121]

Hardfacing rods leave a bead that's chock-full of carbon. It creates the chromium/molybdenum/vanadium/tungsten carbides that give it the extreme wear resistance. The reason it doesn't really spark is because of the high alloy content. Mild steel sparks because the disc shears off tiny slivers, which get superheated and burn in air.

[@Welddotcom]

Great info thanks for sharing!

[@ManVsOven]

Another informative video… I hope I remember all that if & when I need to apply it… thanks guys!!!

[@Welddotcom]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tomfromstthomas]

The 309 mixes with 7018 and the HF rod. 309 and 312 are awesome dissimilar metals. My vise stand is a manhole cover with a 6 x6 3/8" wall.

[@cumhuray1005]

Great weld guys☄️🔥

[@Welddotcom]

Thank you!🙏

[@MrJeepty]

On the job, I used a bronze backing plate to pad things like this out. Well worth it.

[@ypaulbrown]

8:13 interesting that Bob mentions there is little to no carbon in the hard facing rods, but the weld deposit they put down is usually 2.5 to 3 % Carbon in the weld deposit... where a normal Lincoln Excalibur 7018 rod is only .04 to .07% Carbon in the weld deposit.... Carbon is what makes steel hard.....hmmmm.......just wondering maybe it is the 27 to 30% chrome in the weld deposit that is keeping the sparks down......

[@Welddotcom]

Very interesting indeed we need to do some digging now!

[@ypaulbrown]

@@Welddotcom you bet......Cast Iron is iron with 1.7 to 4 % carbon.....lower concentrations of carbon are called steel.....

[@chandlerkeef3566]

He’s the Bob Ross of welding

[@vendetta1306]

That would be Bob Moffat or Jody my son

[@toomuchthinkin]

Heat got you. Lol.

[@justinteal495]

He sounded like bob ross while drawing the scales on 😂

[@Welddotcom]

Happy little scales

[@matthewdaigle7302]

I dont think I have seen a bucket tooth left to rebuild by the time the operator stops using it

[@ktmturbo5836]

Price for rod’s and labour? Insteed of new parts

[@VortekXtiik]

Teeth you usually replace, how ever on buckets you should always have hard facing, work it for a week and break it in then send it off to the welder. I did some buckets about a year ago and they get used constantly, the ripples on my beads have barely started to wear off. And the grid I laid down holds dirt very nicely. Hard facing works very well in my area where it’s raining all the time, so dirt packs into my grid and sticks to the bucket and provides constant wear resistance.

[@Welddotcom]

Hard facing before tearing them up will definitely make them last a lot longer, but more to show people how to get the most out of their equipment.

[@ktmturbo5836]

@@VortekXtiik we did This in norway in the 80’s Now everyone uses hardox steel plate and no hardfacing welds.

[@ktmturbo5836]

@@Welddotcom what steel do they use on buckets in usa?

[@J.T.33]

No pre heat ??

[@andrerossi5010]

Excelent!

[@Welddotcom]

Thank you for watching!

[@JonDingle]

ABC - Always Be Comfortable. When you started hard facing you didn't look comfortable welding at that angle because the bucket tooth was in the wrong position. Interesting video though.

[@Welddotcom]

Very good advice! If you are not comfortable your welds will tell you every time.

[@mrarcman1414]

Tubular electrodes are much easier to adjust the chemistry to what you need for your application .😎👨‍🏭

[@Welddotcom]

Great advice!

[@deanl2427]

Nice info, but I doubt any company would pay to do this to a replaceable tooth, let alone all of them. I think it would be less expensive to just replace.

[@jamesretired5979]

long arc and spray it on

[@johnpope4464]

Surprised there was no perheat

[@napsac4816]

Nice idea but completely unnecessary. I can understand filling thr leading edge, it'll keep your trench bottom neat and tidy. But the rest is just a waste. Skip the 7018 and stainless rod. Get a proper buttering rod for the parent material/hardfacing material. Finally use AC it'll help a lot

[@soundslikebstome]

From Bob Moffatt to what the channel is now.......

[@zachvellekamp1796]

Bob Moffatt was great, very informative, but these are pretty entertaining too. And bob pretty much covered all the serious education vids already

[@patrickharden9012]

Austin has brought life back to the channel since Redbeard left. Still provides all the knowledge and tips, but with a fun energy. I mean, who else snowmobiles/snowboards to a job?

[@jheissjr]

Where did Bob Moffatt go?

[@LibertyDankmeme]

@@jheissjr back to the shop where he can teach welders how to hard face

[@toomuchthinkin]

Bob Ross much!! Lol

[@tomfromstthomas]

Why are you breathing that smoke? Bet it had nickel in it

[@Welddotcom]

Definitely need to keep your head out of that stuff

[@LibertyDankmeme]

ya boy been watching too much bob ross or ASMR videos ... make it stop

[@Welddotcom]

We hear ya and are gonna dial it back on the Ross