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jon f mn

jon f mn

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Got these 4 baler needles in the mail this week. They are in rough shape.


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All 4 broken twice and bent and pieces missing from 2. Going to be a fun project.

Started by grinding and cleaning them out.


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Used the Tig welder and 5356 rod to weld them. Ran one pass on the first side, then turned it and welded the other side. With Tig it's easy to get down in there and get full penetration.


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First one done.


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Got the second one welded too, you can see how far out of shape they are before I took the hammer and block of wood and rail road track to them to shape them.

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Eventually I got them to match pretty good.


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That's about it for today, got family over for my birthday. So tomorrow I'll tackle the two hard ones with pieces missing.
 
I probably have welded well over a hundred cast needles in the last 40 + years, but I have never seen an aluminum one. Might I ask what they are from?
 
"you can see how far out of shape they are before I took the hammer and block of wood and rail road track to them to shape them."

Might be a silly question, but how did you know which one, if either, was the right shape to shape them to?
 
He sent a pic from the manual.
Got as close as I could from
that. Also have a measurement
from base to tip.
 
That?s just amazing how you pulled that one off ! Can?t to get em home and put er back to work . Thanks again !!
 
Them ain't CASE needles !!!! Hope you got them rite. Pretty hard to do without having an unbroken needle to make a template from. They not only have to have the correct arc, but also need to be straight from LH to RH. Best of luck to you and the guy you are welding them for.
Years back, Dad made a template from 1/2" plate. It had pins welded to it to set the curvature for the broken pieces to set in, and shims welded to the plate along the arc to support the pieces so they didn't curve to the left or right.
We brazed all the needles that we repaired. We didn't have modern day welders, rods and fluxes.---Loren
 
Jon. When we met last Saturday I don?t recall if you were wearing a plain t-shirt under the flannel or if it was the blue one with the ?S?.
 
Have a wonderful evening and may your birthdays stay the same distance apart for the next 80 years or more. Jim
 
Getting the arch was hard, the side to side is pretty easy. I do have a picture of them from the book and a measurement to get the mount to point length right, so they should be close when done. Getting the straight bar I bought for filler arched and the twine groove cut in back is going to be more of a challenge than these two.
 
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