Fixing hole in side of block

[hagrid]

In fuedal Japan, assassins were anathema. The bushido code of honor expressly forbade action against one's enemy without notice or forewarning. Doesn't mean ninja weren't cultivated and deployed.

Sun Tsu disagreed, I'm sure.

 

[Hugo Habicht]

The bushido code of honor expressly forbade action against one's enemy without notice or forewarning.

Hmmm... did not know that, but using a Japanese tractor probably requires following this code of honour, so thank you very much for pointing this out !

I trust that internet is permissible nowadays.

So I herewith give notice to my lawn that I will attack it with my Kubota (without hole in the side of the block) in the next few days (weather permitting).



p.s.: in fairness, I think Joe always gives notice to his poor tractor before he attacks it with a blow torch or sledge hammer ...

 

[Russell King]

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this is factory image of your loader, you can see they do have a beam connecting those 2 point

problem: if you put a beam there, you won't be able to open up your hood, it block it

maybe: forget the hood, do you a big ol magic trick putting a beam there, let it marinate

@joesmith123 - note that bar across the front is ”easily“ removable so the hood can open. I think you could at least install something similar and see if it helps your loader.

And I still say that you should spend money on an electric welder or hiring someone instead of on oxygen and acetylene.

But you should look at this site and watch #18 “welding the big ring” for another method of welding that you can adjust to your needs. Watch all of them really- they are a good look back at early industrial days. I am amazed at how long these people can swing a sledgehammer and not get at all winded! They were fit for the work!

Westinghouse Works, 1904 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Henro]

@joesmith123

And I still say that you should spend money on an electric welder or hiring someone instead of on oxygen and acetylene.

So very true. BUT I get the impression that Joe is off the grid and relies on solar or something for his electrical power. Could be wrong here, not sure. Actually don't even know what planet Joe resides on, to be honest.

Pretty sure though, if Joe had an stick welder, he couldn't make welds worse than what he is doing with gas! And the welds would improve over time, and it would take one minute to do what he is doing in 30 minutes now.

BUT, and it is a BIG BUT, if you don't have the power to run a stick welder, you are not going to run a stick welder.

Just the way it appears to me after following this thread from the beginning.

 

[Workerbee]

Get a gas driven welder, of course thats worth more than all of his tractors, but he could run it.

 

[Chanceywd]

So very true. BUT I get the impression that Joe is off the grid and relies on solar or something for his electrical power. Could be wrong here, not sure. Actually don't even know what planet Joe resides on, to be honest.

Pretty sure though, if Joe had an stick welder, he couldn't make welds worse than what he is doing with gas! And the welds would improve over time, and it would take one minute to do what he is doing in 30 minutes now.

BUT, and it is a BIG BUT, if you don't have the power to run a stick welder, you are not going to run a stick welder.

Just the way it appears to me after following this thread from the beginning.

I had a wire welder I bought years ago from I think maybe from tractor supply.It was a 110vac or with cables that came with it you could run off grid on 24 dc , 2- 12 volt batteries in series. I think it just just bypassed the whole internal ac power supply. I would think that there must be something like it still out their. I gave it to a relative when I bought my Hobart 210 Ironman .I remember also seeing kits to use an alternator for welding too.
So there is ways besides ox/ac.

Bill

 

[Donystoy]

Does Joe have access to electric power to run a welder? I would look through previous posts but that would take a year. Even a basic A/C welder would work better. I have nightmares if I read his posts before bedtime. Otherwise, I commend him for staying with it with limited resources.

 

[Henro]

Does Joe have access to electric power to run a welder? I would look through previous posts but that would take a year. Even a basic A/C welder would work better. I have nightmares if I read his posts before bedtime. Otherwise, I commend him for staying with it with limited resources.

Good luck getting Joe to answer that question. I believe in previous posts he indicated he was off grid...

C'mon Joe! Help us out here!

 

[PoTreeBoy]

Does Joe have access to electric power to run a welder? I would look through previous posts but that would take a year. Even a basic A/C welder would work better. I have nightmares if I read his posts before bedtime. Otherwise, I commend him for staying with it with limited resources.

We don't know, but he has enough power from somewhere to run a grinder so I think he could run one of the new IGBT? welders.

 

[joesmith123]

note that bar across the front is ”easily“ removable so the hood can open.

yes, what might happen: put you a beam across with big bolt holding it, then when you want to play with your hood, take out the bolt instead of magic trick

Actually don't even know what planet Joe resides on, to be honest.

hahahaha, right?

C'mon Joe! Help us out here!

yes, off grid, there is solar, but there is a dinky inverter that won't handle running more than a small air compressor

everything you've seen has been done off grid (no electric, no water, no sewer, barely any internet)

I have nightmares if I read his posts before bedtime.

woah, I would pay big $ to get the complete comprehensive reasoning behind this statement, because

I know what I feel, and I can barely bend down to do anything from the burden/thinking/task/whatever

woah, witness you old footage from the steel capital of world, notice you the people are way different acting/being than they are today

study you them, who were they? And why are we not like them?

using a Japanese tractor probably requires following this code of honour,

too funny, you musta heard your Japan robot mumbling something about fixing you that puddle, but you were lost in boxcar and didn't hear her

yes, according to @hagrid , she aint no assassin, she a ninja

Your best friend, acetylene, call you screaming earlier about something

he say: why is your thread telling you to not use me when I hold your robot tight and nothing is breaking?

Your response: I tried to tell them that you are my only friend, but they insist to go with another method

woah, your best friend mad at your thread for doubting his power/result

unbelieveable

more ninja talk you forgot to add:

you can even put it in low gear, turn the wheel completely one way, reverse with the bucket down, and she will do a 12 foot circle, cutting DEEP in your earth, boring that high point down, zero input from you

your mind always wondering about this new found/rediscovered trick, and what it mean for your earth shaping

you find your mind wondering which way it is pushing dirt, most of the time, you do not even have to think, your Japan ninja will do the thinking for you

you tried to "think" about solving that puddle for 2 week, then your Japan ninja do the reverse spin trick on that puddle area and solved it without you understanding how

woah, 60 page into your thread, and narrative telling you to stop thinking,

that's actually unbelievable

 

[Donystoy]

woah, witness you old footage from the steel capital of world, notice you the people are way different acting/being than they are today

study you them, who were they? And why are we not like them?

Because of what you are going through to get this tractor repaired. If you have diesel to run the tractor it is too bad that there is no diesel driven electric welder available. The cost of the gas for the torch must be expensive as well.

 

[In Utopia]

So very true. BUT I get the impression that Joe is off the grid and relies on solar or something for his electrical power. Could be wrong here, not sure. Actually don't even know what planet Joe resides on, to be honest.

Pretty sure though, if Joe had an stick welder, he couldn't make welds worse than what he is doing with gas! And the welds would improve over time, and it would take one minute to do what he is doing in 30 minutes now.

BUT, and it is a BIG BUT, if you don't have the power to run a stick welder, you are not going to run a stick welder.

Just the way it appears to me after following this thread from the beginning.

He's used an angle grinder before, don't know if it's corded or battery powered. If battery maybe he uses solar to charge it up.

 

[Henro]

Perhaps a set up like this would be workable for Joe? Could be fabricated at home, and a serviceable welding helmet purchased from Harbor Freight perhaps? Need full face and skin covering if you don't llke serious sunburns...

 

[joesmith123]

busted fel valve magic trick

this is the 6-7 time now that your fel valve magic trick bust

bring you out the big gun, learn you from the busted front support (where you used a wheel spacer)

plan you out to weld a big ol steel bracket (not household)

you see the shear in your double household bracket

prop it up, weld it together, lower the high point, then

melt your big bracket on its end to spread the stress area

first, melt you everything together, then melt the big bracket spanning across to spread stress

for those wondering about the budget so far in magic trick:

total spent on gas so far about $280 on two fill up of magic gas, list all the magic trick you remember:

6-8 time on the busted fel valve

2-3 time on the busted front support (wheel spacer)

1 magic trick on a big cracked support

8 hours of magic trick on your bracket/fender bracket

all the plumbing magic tricks (to fix the leaky hydraulic line 20-25 pages ago)

other magic tricks not on this thread: fixed a gate, fixed your busted exhaust, on and on)

meaning: the cash value of all that magic if you woulda hired someone would be around $3000

there is more magic that you forgot about

what about the magic of your heart reconnecting to your mind? how much cash is that worth?

get back to your magic enough with the small talk

plop your bracket where you want it

melt you one side of your bracket to your fel valve

use a block to hold hydraulic lines away from weld area

try your best to make it stick on its ends, most importantly

feel your magic gas running out, then point you that flame even closer with your heart

out of magic gas, that might be the best you got it

on today episode of hillbilly science, will your 1/4 inch steel bracket hold your

busted up fel valve that have you melted: big bolt, 2 bracket, etc

that have tried to make it hold now for the 7th time

unbelieveable

yes, your quarter inch steel bracket held your busted fel valve while you shape your realm

more molten-land leveling connection:

woah, they really are synonymous, the land leveling and the molten control

spend hour and hour playing with the molten,

hop on your tractor and level your realm

the same way that you swing that big ol steel blade planing out your existence,

similar tactic used when you melt steel into one entity

two wing of the same bird

 

[Chanceywd]

Perhaps a set up like this would be workable for Joe? Could be fabricated at home, and a serviceable welding helmet purchased from Harbor Freight perhaps? Need full face and skin covering if you don't llke serious sunburns...

They make a spool gun type that works off batteries that way to but a bit pricey over $1,000 new.
Some on ebay used for $400-500.

 

[Jim L.]

Using gas for heat is essentially what is shown in the video. Note that besides the hand hammers, the ring is moved under a drop hammer.

Since the tractor welds seem to be breaking at the weld line maybe try using a ball peen hammer when still hot. It would compress the material for strength. Used to be known as blacksmithing.

 

[jaxs]

Using gas for heat is essentially what is shown in the video. Note that besides the hand hammers, the ring is moved under a drop hammer.

Since the tractor welds seem to be breaking at the weld line maybe try using a ball peen hammer when still hot. It would compress the material for strength. Used to be known as blacksmithing.

Not to be confused with joesmithing.

 

[lynnmor]

Joe has all kinds of power available. From an earlier post:

 

[joesmith123]

japan ninja shaping earth

woah, reverse tricking working great, got you rid of puddle pretty much

keep you studying why that reverse trick work so good, imaging the motion of the dirt

soon make diagram about why it plane your realm so well

electrical situation: this is your dinky chinese inverter that ran your whole shop that fixed your robot, all powered by the sun

it has a mind of its own, turn off randomly, turn on somewhat reliably

it has to be rebuild once with a new motherboard, they're junk

it really is true: when that reverse trick plane out your realm, with zero input from you

in that state you heart is healing, the comfort of zero input from you and actual result/cash/gold

witness you the result of:

low gear, steering cut one way entirely, about a 20 foot diameter of your crop circle leveling target

February 9, 2025

youtube.com

here's a receipt of you:

doing your ninja reverse leveling trick, with no hand on the steering

enjoy your realm being shaped with free hand to do whatever

you check on it once in a while just to make sure you aint gonna hit nothin

you can do this in high gear with about a 30 foot diameter leveling area

icing on the cake: you were playing with your device, not looking at your realm,

5 minute later: you look at your realm and say,

woah, it leveled out my realm with me looking at it i was doing something else

there is nothing more hillbilly than what you just witness

woah, show you what you did:

high gear, 2 wheel drive, cut it pretty tight, 75% throttle

maniacal ninja spinning big steel blade lugging crazy amount of earth,

do this for 30 minute, and your dizzy coming off your japan ninja robot,

your about to fall from dizzy, but no, your ninja robot make the realm so plane, that you dont fall

February 9, 2025

youtube.com

this clip singlehandely just RIPed the modern skid loader:

here you are in high gear 2 wheel drive, spinning your ninja with about a 24 foot diameter

the clip is in real time, witness your realm being planed, and both hand free

rip skid loader

(this lesson sponsored by hillbilly trust fund)

in the diagram you have a low point surrounded by high point

the blue arrow is your big steel blade swinging direction

this is why your realm plane out with no effort from you

no matter what, doing these strides push dirt into the low point eventually because gravity

woah, with gravity and your japan ninja trick, solve you major puddle problem while your hand are free to do whatever

zero thinking, barely looking at it

more hillbilly science:

imagine that the dirt is water, your blade swinging it in this drain like fashion,

how water go down a drain, in that circular motion,

you are using this hillbilly logic to get rid of your puddles from on

woah: your blade swing dirt like water down into the drain/low point

 

[Tarmy]

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