Reel Repair by Alan Tani

and thought it was too pretty not to share 

I dont know much about the final application other than its basically a grinder that breaks up clumps in product.  Certainly a machine to keep your hands and loose clothing away from though.

Nice welds.

nice set of nickles ... that is a dangerous looking product.

BT

Beautiful work --

We used to call that "stacking dimes".

I never had that kind of skill -- wish I did.

With that SS -- must be something for food processing.

Best,

Fred

Very nice work Adam. I used to Stick Weld [6010, 6011, 7016 & 7018] way back when. I was doing Natural Gas Piping then.

Quote from: foakes on January 31, 2016, 05:04:06 AM
Beautiful work --

We used to call that "stacking dimes".

I never had that kind of skill -- wish I did.

With that SS -- must be something for food processing.

Best,

Fred


Dimes or Nickles, like you said Fred...Beautiful work. I agree - food processing.

BT

No way food processing there is no food on this planet that would require blades like that?  my guess is this is the business end of a commercial shredder of some type.

But back to the welds, very nice looking, but I'd have to see the UT reports to sign off on them.  I'm joking of course I am no welding inspector.  But I did recently stay at a motel 6!

Looks like a tree shredder.

You may be right, David --

But then again, if you have never been to a Chicken Processing plant -- you would be astounded at the things they make from chicken.  

Its all protein, bone bits, fat, and many unmentionables.

As long as USDA signs off on it -- and the equipment is NSF approved -- it winds up at Costco, WalBomb, or wherever finer foods are sold.

Interesting to find out what it is actually for.

Best,

Fred

Quote from: David Hall on January 31, 2016, 06:19:37 AM
No way food processing there is no food on this planet that would require blades like that?  my guess is this is the business end of a commercial shredder of some type.

But back to the welds, very nice looking, but I'd have to see the UT reports to sign off on them.  I'm joking of course I am no welding inspector.  But I did recently stay at a motel 6!

I wont say who the customer is as I dont know if I really can or not.  Id prefer to stay on the safe side.  It is 316l  stainless throughout, but I dont think its for food grade processing.  There was no spec requiring welding reports or any certs.  Im not certified for any welding, as my job is primarily as a cnc machinist/programmer.  But its not much of a secret that I can weld better than nearly every one of the "on call" welders my shop uses.  Typically, I only weld quick stuff, or fabricated parts that have multiple steps of both machining and welding.  This one fell under the latter.  The overall length as well as the machined bores(after welding) were all critical and much attention had to be given during the process to ensure tolerances were held in the final part.  And those are the kind of jobs where I really earn my keep

nice work!  interesting that it it would grab in either direction. 

I spent three months of night classes going to a Maritime Welding school getting certified to weld for some of the local ship yards.
Then the company I was working for offered to more than double my wages for a salaried position, and I never put it to use.
Still dabble but I'm not highly experienced, but enough to say... Fine welds ya did there.

Could be for a garbage/recycling shredding machine?   They have larger ones that will eat a whole couch, or an appliance in minutes.

Quote from: ChileRelleno on January 31, 2016, 08:14:42 AM
I spent three months of night classes going to a Maritime Welding school getting certified to weld for some of the local ship yards.
Then the company I was working for offered to more than double my wages for a salaried position, and I never put it to use.
Still dabble but I'm not highly experienced, but enough to say... Fine welds ya did there.

Funny how that works.  Quick way to determine just how important you are to your company, just tell our boss the competition offered more money...

Thankfully Ive never had to dwell in a position where I felt undervalued.  I work at a jobshop now, so most of the work the work that comes in falls under " We broke this, and the manufacturer has a 6-12 month lead time.  Can you have one for us tomorrow?"  Friday afternoons are never boring, you would not believe what gets broken on friday between lunch time and closing time.  And many of those result in "hey, can you stay late toninght?" 

Quote from: Three se7ens on January 31, 2016, 08:51:28 AM

Quote from: ChileRelleno on January 31, 2016, 08:14:42 AM
I spent three months of night classes going to a Maritime Welding school getting certified to weld for some of the local ship yards.
Then the company I was working for offered to more than double my wages for a salaried position, and I never put it to use.
Still dabble but I'm not highly experienced, but enough to say... Fine welds ya did there.

Funny how that works.  Quick way to determine just how important you are to your company, just tell our boss the competition offered more money...

Thankfully Ive never had to dwell in a position where I felt undervalued.  I work at a jobshop now, so most of the work the work that comes in falls under " We broke this, and the manufacturer has a 6-12 month lead time.  Can you have one for us tomorrow?"  Friday afternoons are never boring, you would not believe what gets broken on friday between lunch time and closing time.  And many of those result in "hey, can you stay late toninght?" 

So, that explains why I need to wait for my order
That is some nice work, it appears to be some type of shredder blade that I don't want anything to do with ...Thanks for sharing.
 
I have seen some cool projects from Adam in the past...non related to fishing. This man is full of talent.

Sal