Keyway repair on grinder shaft

My dad was a machinist. He passed away last August. I recently stumbled on your videos and they remind me of him. Thanks

I like the way you guys mention things you have learned from other channels. I learned the soot thing when bending 1" aluminum torsion arms for Sprint Cars years ago . Yourself, I C and CEE are all nice to learn from.

I can’t tell you how many key ways I’ve had to weld up. My company had a very well stocked machine shop with great machinists. Most of the time we welded the entire key way up with weld and re-machined it. But there were times when I did what you just did, especially on shafts that were not real critical. I’ve also had to weld the entire shaft from one end to the other so that it could be machined back to its true size. This was done with rotators and submerged arc welding. I don’t comment much but do enjoy your videos. Keep them coming because it brings back memories of my welding for 40 years as I have retired.

I am 61 years old. Been a pipeline welder my whole career. But I would give it up to work alongside you. You are a great mechanic.

When I was watching, I said out loud 'darn it' when you announced that you weren't going to turn it in the lathe. 😂 In all seriousness, I really enjoyed watching your repair job. You really hit the nail on the head with this one! Not only were you able to efficiently repair the shaft, but you were also able to communicate your process effectively through a concise video! 👍🎉🎉🎉❤

On Fire Welding Bravo well done. always a pleasure to watch. Thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless.

Nice to hear you support Izac from I.C. Weld. I also subscribe to his channel and apart from the vast amount of old school knowledge he has in that brain of his, not to mention his sense of humour, teaching his son to follow in the old man's footsteps is a wonderful thing. How you dealt with welding up the keyway was epic. Personally, I would have used stick weld, but hey, each to their own right. Mind you, I would have cleaned everything up as you did considering the spindle is not micro precise. A job well done, thanks, mate.🤘🇬🇧🇺🇦🇮🇱

I think it's best for you to repair the damaged area and then change the position to process this keyway. The damaged area has undergone thermal deformation, and its strength will decrease.

You make the repair to the keyway look easy, thats just your skill bro keep the videos rolling

I'm looking at the carnage, all that comes to mind is, 'someone wanted time off to go hunting!' Best wishes from the far North.

Very creative/ innovative milling. I watched about 10 of your videos to understand that your variety of skills is “next level “. And your finished product is as close to original as anyone can possibly get, especially in the field. True professional.

Always enjoy your videos. You are the ONLY Californian I've ever liked or respected, but I'm from Montana.

I'm not in your industry. I just do some hobby welding but your channel is fascinating to me. Great work and I love watching how you tackle different problems

You follow Issac too…he’s cool, funny and a good welder. His weld beads are not as good as yours, but close. You have talent!

Filling the torn keyway is fine, but after welding up the keyway, I would have rotated the shaft 180 deg. and cut a new keyway. That's how we used to do it, no issues regarding shaft integrity.

Nice job That’s why I love your videos, you don’t know what’s coming through the door next

I use the smoke trick as well, I heard that once it burns off it’s about a 400° preheat. I have one of them arccaptain welders for small road jobs and it welds pretty nice for a cheap welder.

Great approach, Greg!!

Another solid repair, Greg!

I see why machinest are a dying breed. Y'all always end up with the "saving money" jobs. Good job man.