Handy Machining

Reclaiming a couple of axles for a skid steer that had torn the keyways out
It’s an older machine so hard to find new or good axles
Welded up all the damaged sections and a bit more then machine back to correct diameters for both the sprocket and the bearing journal’s then cut in the two new keyways at 135 degrees separation
These jobs are always more time consuming than clients can appreciate but that’s all just part and parcel of the dark magic of getting it done

An old school bloke using old school methods to cut in a hole into a 25mm road plate prior to welding in a lifting insert
64 years old and still got trainer wheels on the gas axe 😂😂

A bit of time spent mostly on the mill today at 600
A bus suspension part with badly stripped out threads required repair
Drilled out the damaged 18 mm thread remains and tapped a 22mm thread 50mm deep
Then make new thread inserts to suit and install them now it’s back to OEM spec and ready to go back into service