Fixing hole in side of block

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Joe get yourself a 110 volt wire feed flux core welder from HF, Im sure after a couple hrs of playing with it you will be able to produce a much stronger weld then the brazing your doing.
Agree with the MIG or he could get a Lincoln stick. He should also get an old sink and electric fuel pump for a parts washer.
Where have you two been during the past 1K posts? I'm sure joe would have put your advice to use.
 
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Well, at least he attracts good neighbors! Credit given where credit due...

Anyone else notice that this thread is gradually catching up with the daily chuckle thread? At least in effect.

Aside from being persistent, which is likely a common trait here, can anyone think of anything Joe has done that they would do the same way?

Have to admit that the predictions that the tractor would never run again did not hit the target...
 
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Who is Joe talking to?
Have you never experienced a little man 👺 sitting on your shoulder whispering in your ear? Joe has them on both shoulders and top of his head literally screaming at him. Thats why he hasn't been able to hear one word of what people have been saying here.
 
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Have you never experienced a little man 👺 sitting on your shoulder whispering in your ear? Joe has them on both shoulders and top of his head literally screaming at him. Thats why he hasn't been able to hear one word of what people have been saying here.
I hate that little ba$tard!
 
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Last post until more funding available for next build

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The diesel engine making so much power, it is ripping apart all the brackets that hold the loader to the tractor

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Can you believe this tire still holding air and working fine? You'll never believe it until you see it, and there it is

This thread represent a complete education that will allow the average joe to get the gold/cash/reward

There might be some shop building content in january, but next L295 build scheduled for February/March once funding come in

Truthful statement: this thread fixing to get printed out and put into a solid gold binder to represent the REAL EDUCATION that was stolen from "joesmith"/yourself/whoever believe

This thead will go into hibernation until the next L295 backhoe build

The L295 with the loader that was built has given back more the $2500 that was invested in the entire robot complex (loader/tractor) and is still producing cash/gold for "joesmith"




Have to admit that the predictions that the tractor would never run again did not hit the target...
You gave joesmith the knod early on to GO AHEAD, and told him that joesmith is correct

There was certainly more positive statement than negative statements in this thread

In the beginning, I remeber you saying "go joe go" even before I knew or believed in this

I dont remember any detractor saying it was not going to run/work

Maybe yall can pull statements that wer explicitly incorrect

Most statements were: "its probably not going to work"

not, "it will DEFINITELY not work"

This thread fixing to hibernate until more funding for next L295 build, or shop building content mid january

And yes, when I talk about "your" it is that voice in my head being shared with yall, talking to joesmith

In an attempt to IGNITE that voice in your head, to talk to you and get you the GOLD
 
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Wait WHAT?

There is going to be a son of Godzilla build?

Good on you OP…you are relentless.👍
 
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Hey Joe. If you saved that piece of tire it may make a nice pair of sandals that could go in the fabrication thread :unsure:.
 
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Hey Joe. If you saved that piece of tire it may make a nice pair of sandals that could go in the fabrication thread :unsure:.
I remember seeing those in Thailand and Malaysia. Heavy duty flip flops.
 
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Hey Joe. If you saved that piece of tire it may make a nice pair of sandals that could go in the fabrication thread :unsure:.
I remember seeing those in Thailand and Malaysia. Heavy duty flip flops.
As kids roaming the outdoors in the 50s my friends and I were befuddled by tire prints on creek banks and other places inaccessible to motor vehicles. One of these days I'll share some theories we had for what made the tracks. 👾🎃 Finally figured out they were made by hoers brought up from Mexico to chop cotton on a nearby plantation.
 
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Start new year with 2 massive magic trick

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Bracket that attaches loader to tractor completely busted

It's flexing enough to bust all other bolts that hold robot together

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Your other busted magic trick flexing hard

Goal for 2025: become magician enough to make those hold enough to carve earth 🌎

Plan: put tractor on block, take the big wheel off, don't do it properly, simply melt ton of steel and have it all become one piece, maybe use some brackets laying around for more integrity

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Update on the tire holding for dear life: nobody can explain how it is still holding air

what you fixing to do differently to make metal hold together:

grind everything down to bare metal,

ton of heat before introducing the bronze rod,

dont forget to sprinkle ton of flux on the area you want metal to hold together

goal: efficient way to hold together machine tight so it can do its job and not bother you

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up close of busted bracket that hold back left of robot complex

first hit the whole area with grinding wheel,

use jacks and big clamp to get them close together

if you have some 90 degree bracket that will fit good, melt that into the area for more integrity

I know I am doing something wrong when trying to make big structural steel hold together, but

try it with the new methods allowing nature to reveal answer to you, and if it dont work, then

there are some massive bolts laying around, and you can rig something up and melt bronze on the bolts so they do not come apart

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Plan with other smaller magic tricks: implement thick steel/bracket into the situation,

summary: use magic tricks and metal laying around to make big structural steel hold together

hillbilly language: whip you out that big flame, make your robot one piece again

Ok yes I listen: "Bronze will not hold steel, it will always be weaker in this situation"

maybe: there is some big brackets I can put holes in, put massive bolts in, melts bronze on those to add more integrity

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cook you those bolts that had on permanent lock, start you a fire trying to loosen them

take you off that big bracket, put it on stone, get you ready for big magic trick

@hagrid

yes yes i listen

you said use a coat hanger before and I thought you were kidding,

after rereading thread few times, you werent kidding

@hagrid saying use an actual coat hanger and get your temperature way higher, so that

you make the steel reconnect to itself, as opposed to a bronze connecting 2 steel entities, causing the weak point @russellking is narrating

ok yes let me look around for coat hanger, i dont think i have one, but we might just melt a steel bracket into a puddle and would maybe do the same thing

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grind you down all area you want metal to stick together

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bring you random metal to try to make it all stick together, 2 little steel plates, brackets, random metal wire, also thicker wire than coat hanger, even experimenting with an actual nail that you hold using plier

gas is flowing, you got your starter and your glasses,

first, make the bracket hold together with crazy heat and melt you the actual nail into the area, then

melt you brackets/plates/whatever on top and make new bolt holes
 
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Brazing is not going to do it.

But I got to admit that tire is stylin'. :)
 
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The braze joint will fail no matter how you apply it. Think about the Iron Age taking over the Bronze Age. The strength of bronze is low compared to steel or iron.

You can weld with the acetylene torch but you would be much better off with an electric arc welder.

You can do what you want to but if you braze it, you will be doing it over again soon.

You can hire (or barter with) a welder to get it properly repaired once. Many welders will have mobile rigs and can repair it in place.
 
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Even a cheap buzzbox stick welder would be better than brazing, but the Hazard Fraught multiprocess welders are pretty damn good these days for a bit more money.
 
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Instead of bronze use a clean coat hanger(s). Use cutting goggles or dark sunglasses so you can see the puddle. Keep the flame facing the direction of travel along the joint. Start with acetylene only, light the torch, and add oxygen until the blue cone just becomes sharp edged.
 
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might've done a successful magic trick

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you focus on one section until success

hit it super hard with flame, used an actual nail as filler holding with plier, hit it super hard pointing into the crevice/crack until

the molten puddle got big enough to encompass both entity, hit it for about 30 minute very close flame, even

the cinderblock snapped in half from the heat you apply to your weld, the cinderblock snapping in half concern me at first but it shouldnt be a big deal,

do the same procedure on the rest of the torn steel

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give it insane heat until entire area start errupting up, molten rising

until the molten puddle encompass the two entities

woah, the magic trick revealed to you when temperature of steel rise enough to connect the entire tear

big time give it flame: 30-45 minute just to do a small portion

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Did magic trick, insane heat, takes long time, play you with some molten

No way it will hold as is, melt you on some thick steel to give it more integrity, or a thick bracket if you can find one

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try to make big molten puddle to encompass your steel plates into the bracket

thousand something post into the thread, you sit on the cold dirt playing with molten
 
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This is my current favorite thread on OTT. I missed it when you took your break for a week.
 
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