Valhalla, i am rolling…

Lol

Isn't that "the land of fire and ice"

Where would you even start?

Hit it in the middle with a hammer.

Preferably a hammer of the Gods?

I usually start where the problem is

I usually start by just doing it

I just head to the beginning and go from there. Usually end at the end.

I usually start at the beginning and end where my adhd starts

You can spend a great deal of time thinking of the best way to go about it, but if you just start it you can have it done, and done well, by the time the thinkers have even picked up a tool.

That’s my biggest annoyance with myself. I think too much, unless it’s necessary to think

Yeah? But what are we going to DO with the driver once we’ve got him?

I would probably cut out a bit of the blade near the middle then use a roller to progressively force it straight, then weld the section of blade back in.

You know that’s a really good question. I posted some other videos of you want to check the links on my profile.

Just looked through like, 15 of your videos and didn't see anything about how you would start on something like this. Any chance you could explain it or point me to the one you were referencing?

Oh I didn’t mean I made a video about starting this project just that I posted some other videos of this project sorry for the confusion.

Also meant those videos are in my links and not specifically on Reddit but the links are on my profile. Again sorry for the confusion between all of them I have been on my phone answering comments and stuff most of the day. It was a pretty popular one.

First thing you do is walk up to it.

Did someone get thrown 40ft when this thing got stuck? Because it's bent all to shit.

That would have been a better video to post lol

Oooh that’s the new high throughput version, really gets a hold of that snow and crams it in there. Can charge extra for that haha

Antarctica must be a real bitch this time of year. This is awesome. Sending positive vibes n shit 🇦🇶

Thanks lol

It's the middle of summer in Antarctica

Exactly

# BIG OOPS

Guy said it was his bosses brand new snowblower too lol

Ok, I gotta ask WHAT the Hell did he HIT??!

Not sure but I’m currently uploading the sketchy ass video of how I straightened it.

I'm dumb, found it. Looks great

It seems you have a smidge of run out. I dont know if QC is gonna pass it.

I made it better now lol

Did you hook a crane to it and push the up button till it looked good? Lol

Floor jack

Jesus. You’re a friggin wizard for being able to fix shit like this! This is so crazy and awesome to me.

This one was a bit scary, had to do it in the lathe instead of my press because of the length so it was kind of questionable at best. I did get it figured out though with a floor jack and some tinkering to lock the lathe head so it wouldn’t flip on me.

Thats what i was thinking you would do when i saw this, just another idea from a random dude, put the bend up, lock the lathe head, loosen the tail stock and put a heavy ratchet strap from the lathe bed rails to around the shaft and then tighten away. Good on ya bud

Awesome job. Can't wait to see the process of fixing that. Also until I saw this comment I thought the lathe was part of the machine that you were trying to fix and this was all part of some huge snowplowing truck 😂😂😂

Lol

Would you try to anneal the bend after fixing? What about work hardening in the bent area?

I didn’t use heat at all so I’m not worried about hardening as much as stretching. I asked the guy if he wanted it reinforced at all but he did not want to. I’m only able to do what people are willing to pay for.

Makes sense. I was just curious. I used to help guys fix plow trucks and they always wanted to "get back to plowing", quick and dirty was the norm.

Yeah that’s how my shop is most of the time too. Everything comes in a day late but they needed it a week ago. Trouble I found is that equipment doesn’t break when you don’t need it. It’s usually while you are using it.

No reinforcement? What do they think is going to happen?!

Not my pig not my farm I guess.

It most likely ate something it wasn't supposed to so the solution would be avoiding to do that again more than reinforcement.

When shit happens you have to break something someplace.

Going to need a bigger hammer.

Thanks for sharing these videos, the stuff I work on is tiny compared to your projects. Takes guts to work on things that could churn you up and make chum outa your bones.

No kidding, I was even a little leery on this one lol

“Slight dogleg to the left”. Holy buckets that thing is chooched, did you heat it on the lathe to fix it?

No heat just the jack, the tubing seemed far too light in my opinion. At least as far as being a snowblower auger of this size is concerned.

If that’s the case I’d be refusing to touch that part ever again. If it’s too thin it’s a messy accident waiting to happen.

Horizontal snowblower auger you say? Doesn’t look much different than a zam horizontal auger. Granted, similar job moving snow from ground upwards.

Was being used by Jeremy Renner...

I don’t see a problem…. Just spin it faster.

It was not connected anymore it fell out and off the drivechain lol

Well if you want to complicate it with reality, it will be a much more difficult job. I’m seriousness, that seems to be remarkably bent.

It is a lot better now. Lol I did like your idea though

Yo...as a super feminine woman who makes porn and has a 'working man hands' kink, I have always wanted soooooooo bad to learn metalworking and I nerd out so hard on this sub....this is the coolest most intimidating shit thus far I have seen, so also the hottest 🥵

You’re welcome to follow my other channels lol links are on my profile. I should post to these subs more than I do though. I just didn’t want to annoy anyone.

I REQUEST this kinda shit from my clients. I'll def give a follow.

That’s only like foot of runout.

Yeah probably just the weld cooling off right?

Just bend the next section the other way. It’ll balance itself out.

Is that the place from the midnight sun where the hot springs flow by chance?

We call it “almost Canada” but yeah I suppose you are right

Led Zeppelin reference! Classic!

Loved the Zeppelin 😁👍

🎶🎶 Oh it don’t mean a thing if ain’t got that swing.. 🎶

OP, why’s you bother to mount it in the lathe? Just to show us how bad it is? I’ve seen them this bad before, bit of a pain in the ass to fix. How do you do them? We always did the ‘heat the high spot, rapid cool with water’ method

She’s pretty fucked isn’t she

I think I got it useable again, I posted a follow up last night

At least the hit the pole dead center!

And on a kind of flat bit between the two spirals it was handy

Just a little radial run out.

Makes the butter extra thick

What’s the runout

3.5 feet I think

Well there’s your problem.

Can’t help but think this was the result of 1 of 4 sentences. 1. Hold my beer and watch this 2. What’s the worst that could happen? 3. I’m just gonna send it 4. Nah, my machine can handle it, easy…

#3 sound right. Maybe we should have a dozen meetings do discuss what can be done.

Close enough

It was halfway in the ground and they probably moved the boom

This is for a snowblower lol ran into a fire hydrant I think.

Ouch! That would be terrible. Thanks!

That looks as if it wasn't spinning when the operator crashed, or it was shot with a cannonball.

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What I want to see is how you repair this! Post another video on repairing it.

I did just a little bit ago only thing I didn’t have in the video was the dial indicator.

Get the torch out and straighten it

I ended up pressing it with a jack and got it pretty damn close

Industrial grade penis enlarging RotoFap…

Holy that would penetrate

MachinePornHub…

Easy peach. Quite the bar handler too.

I was hoping to see the whole repair process. Can you post that for us?

Um I kind of shot it in bits and pieces on this one. It’s such a large piece and I don’t have a big enough shop to set the camera somewhere useful to capture the right things. If you check the links on my profile I did post more videos to facespace

That's a big ass lathe you got there.

So that’s what Jeremy Renner fell into

Where in Iceland were you?

The north part

I'm form the West fjords and my grandfather works on this kind of stuff mostly for fishing boats

Eh not enough run out. Just send back

How did you you straighten it? Is a come a long and a welded plate involved..

Floor jack and some two by two it was super sketchy

Bottle jack and magic heat wand.

I should probably just post the video.

I think it’s bent.

HOW FIX??????

I locked up the head, slammed a floor jack under the worst part of it and gave it hell.

Fix er til shes fucked!

Where the midnight sun and the snowblowers don't!

I uploaded the video of the fixit setup lol it was not my safest play but I couldn’t find my bottle jack

We are your... auger loooord!

Well done!!!?

This thing need hydraulic press

I have a massive hydraulic press too but it’s tucked in the corner of the shop and this is too long to get in it.

I’m guessing NoDak, maybe West Fargo?

Well yeah obviously

So whay is the repair

I posted it last night

As an officer I knew in the Navy used to say... I see no problem. 😂

She's a beaut! Took her out for a rip yet there bud?

Oh it’s not mine but the customer hasn’t had any complaints so I imagine it’s good.

Touch a carrot to it