4shorts
Elite Member
Today we had a customer come in the shop dragging a 6 foot roller asking if I could repair it and right away. Seeing he is one of our best customers I said sure and dropped what I was doing and started in at it.
The end piece was completely off and it looked as if something jammed it up because it was blue with heat. The bearing didn't seize so it must have been something else that I wasn't sure of.
Problem number one was, My lathe was to short to swing this thing so I used a die grinder with a carbide rasp and removed the old welding on the side of the roller.
Problem number two was. How am I going to get the new shaft welded straight coming out from that pipe without a lathe? Well I got a brain fart and came up with what you see below.
I made the new shaft on the lathe. Then I machined two large washers. The inside one was 1/4" thick and the outside one was 1/2 " thick. Once I had all the machining done I put the machined items in the welding postioner and used the Millermatic 350P:cool2: on pulse for most of the welding.
I then took the part and fit it tightly into the pipe and welded it again. It took all morning to do it but the customer was sure pleased when he came back to pick it up.
I know. It's boring but I just wanted to post something
:laughing:
The end piece was completely off and it looked as if something jammed it up because it was blue with heat. The bearing didn't seize so it must have been something else that I wasn't sure of.
Problem number one was, My lathe was to short to swing this thing so I used a die grinder with a carbide rasp and removed the old welding on the side of the roller.
Problem number two was. How am I going to get the new shaft welded straight coming out from that pipe without a lathe? Well I got a brain fart and came up with what you see below.
I made the new shaft on the lathe. Then I machined two large washers. The inside one was 1/4" thick and the outside one was 1/2 " thick. Once I had all the machining done I put the machined items in the welding postioner and used the Millermatic 350P:cool2: on pulse for most of the welding.
I then took the part and fit it tightly into the pipe and welded it again. It took all morning to do it but the customer was sure pleased when he came back to pick it up.
I know. It's boring but I just wanted to post something
:laughing:
