Repair & Upgrade DAMAGED Bucket for 30T Excavator | Gouging & Welding

This video is a job we did to repair a damaged tilt bucket for a 30 Tonne Hitachi ZAxis Excavator. The mouldboard (mouth piece) and side cutters are extremely worn out and need to be replaced. This shows the step by step process to air arc gouge (carbon arc gouging) the worn mouldboard and side cutters off the bucket before fitting and welding on the new plates. We also upgrade the bucket with a wear package and weld on chocky bars before hard facing and also install a new cutting edge.

In this video we are using:
- Lincoln Electric DC-400 Welder
- WIA Weldmatic 500i Welder

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[CuttingEdgeEngineering]

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[chrisjohnson]

The Wizard of Aus kicks off our weekend!

[rik]

I can't believe how clean and straight your free hand torch cuts are. I've free hand cut similar gauge metal over that distance with a much more ragged line. Just wow.

[daviddundas]

Im picking the reason you got this job, is cos of the bloody good job you did 5yrs ago, nice work mate

[hashgeek]

The combination of Karen’s and Kurtis’ skills and the clear, concise explanations are what make this channel stand out from so many others.

Mixing in behind-the-scenes clips of Homey, George, and outtakes is what gets CEE an immediate view every week instead of saving it for later. Even when it is “just” welding.

[danhard]

that got to make you feel really good that the one designed by the Manufacturer didn't even last one year BUT the one you made is STILL good after 5 years and still going strong !!!

[pauljoseph]

8-10 hours?! For a one man shop?! My god, I would have thought at least 2 weeks. You and your wife are amazing.

[MartinMcMartin]

Cutting edge engineering, doing some actual cutting edge engineering 👌👌

[matthewsykes]

I love how your mod lasted longer than the OEM part did and now it basically needs a complete rebuild around your mod. Fantastic work as always, your customers are really lucky to have such a skilled and dedicated fabricator/genius.

[JohnBare]

All those needed repairs, even if the customer overlooked them, adds up to quite a Bucket List.

[beezo]

9:36 That's the cleanest, straightest torch cut ever seen. Love the channel.

[giles]

can't believe i'm about to sit and watch someone do exactly what i do for a living 🙄 goes to show how good the production values are 👍

[descent]

I love that you’re not afraid to call your clients out for overlooking scheduled maintenance or regular maintenance. That should happen. That bucket is borderline of not even being usable because of how thin that skin is on the bottom.

[mazevx]

Using the torch like a scalpel, impressive

[KarenTookTheKids]

Imagine the amount of money these companies could save if they just spent a little bit extra on the prevention rather than the cure. And found operators that used the equipment properly. As always, good help is hard to find.

[sadmule]

Nice steady hand with that cutting torch. Good lines

[ironkling]

Swedish engineering in the beginning, no hitachi BS. Rototilt for the win.

[Daniel.B_]

Perfect timing... Just sat down with my tea.

You two are the best fabrication and engineering company on the internet... You actually show real jobs, not made up rubbish.

It always looks like Kurtis cares about his work... definitely a contrast to many other engineering companies.

Karen's close-up and cinematic filming makes all the difference... Very entertaining to watch.

Is there any type of job that you guys won't accept?

For me, I hate cast iron repair work... Takes too long, and doesn't always pay well.

[TomokosEnterprize]

Oh my, I have rebuilt so many buckets over the last years of my former years and there was Arctec hard rod by the ton associated with these every year during our break-up when the roads thaw every spring. I never complained about operator abuse as it kept myself and two other talented fellas in a job that lasted for over 25 years eh. I can smell the air arc working away as we/I watch this. Sure do miss it. Retirement sucks eh, LOL. Thanks a bunch and take care my southern friends. Most of my low hydrogen filler rod was ArcTec 223. One had to be careful to burn off that soft start tip though. I didn't have that much knowledge about wire feeds. I found them to deteriorate a welders skills. Your knowledge about the various wires I could have really appreciated back in the day.

[barrell]

I always enjoy watching your repairs. Your skillset is amazing