I watch those guys from*****stan fixing stuff quite often. Amazing what they put back together and how they do it all in sandals/flipflops. here we scrap cracked blocks over there they dig a hole in the ground build a fire on it and then pour the new liquid metal down the cracks. Or you have guys, i mean kids heating and bending truck frames back together square with big clamps or if you are in the rich area, those guys have a big press.
NFW , guys that weld with flip flops, no gloves or helmet probably ain’t worried about the weld. Me I’m just glad it’s half a world away. Dan
I ain’t skeered. I’d trust that over some modified ford twin I beans I’ve seen. These guys getting things done with the little they have. Crap, I welded in flip flops with a card board face shield. I could hang out with these guys and probably learn a lot
Sometimes they just leave the hino truck right in the middle of the busy road and fix the ripped out suspension/axle right there and if they have to they work thru the nite to get it done. or i have seen them take a smashed cab that would be just junked in this country and push them back into shape with turnbukcles or whatever you want to call them or pull an engine out of a vehicle without a hoist, 4 guys with a bent pole. or they have like 6 of them working on a rolled bus and it is amazing how they work so well together, they each know what their job is and the guy hanging onto the prybar has to have a lot of faith in the guy swinging that sledge hammer. Yes, i learn quite a bit from them what to do and what not to do. i also like watching some of the videos of them cutting up scrap with just hand tools and/or when they build something from scratch how many guys are involved down the line. You got the guys that cut the scrap up, they guys that haul and throw it in the smelter, the guys that pour it, the guys that make the initial shape, the next guy to bend it, the next guy to trim it to exact size, the next guy to****emble it, next guy to smooth it and so forth down the line all by hand no fancy machines or conveyor belts
We are way too pampered here. But there are billions of them there, taking out a few hundred by failed things that had been deemed as fixed isn't such a big deal there. No one there is going to jail for things like that. Their attitude is "We got X number of months use out of it before it broke again, send the next one to those guys too."
I click on those*****stan videos often just to see what they're working on. Always end up watching the whole thing.
I watch them all the time on Instagram. I just saw one with a decimated axle tube that went blooey in the exact middle of nowhere. Damn... they never give up. Measuring tools, they use those old calipers to transfer measurements. India is the world's biggest clearing house for scrap steel. Ships, I mean big cargo ships and tankers are being salvaged. Of course free-balling it in a flimsy robe, barefoot and using a torch with sunglasses...
They are addicting. Big truck axle shafts, snapped in half cranks.... nothing keeps them down for too long. No CNC equipment, ancient lathes that are probably one-step from scrap themselves.
I particularly liked the way he stopped to show us which welding rod he was using, just in case we need to do this ourselves one day……………
I give them immense credit for thinking way outside the box. Some of the rods look like 1/4" 6011.. snap, crackle and pop the whole way. I have yet to see a bad weld once they chip it. 90% of the repairs look impossible in nature.
The realm of YouTube, is indeed, a true rabbit hole, that a person can be dragged down, and entertained for hours on end. I often watch those videos that are mentioned here. I was blown away by the tenacity, of the repair of the big loaded truck along the side of the road. Those guys ripped out the entire rear end housing and then drove it to the shop and reconstructed the housing. Nothing stops these people from getting it done! My personal favorite is the series of repair and fabrication by Jim Engels of "ENGELS COACH SHOP" This man is a true master of a variety of ancient trades and skills. The current project of the ancient Smith manufacturing manure spreader, is nothing short of pure, driven, well focused skill and patience, go check it out, you wont be disappointed. Thanks from Dennis.
LOL! Doing it the old way! With the most modern "electronics" available. Yes, they do some amazing things. I like that we grew out of "those" ways long ago. Ben
I don't think there is even 1 torque wrench in*****stan let alone a certain sequence in tightening objects.
Unfortunately*****stan has nuclear devices so I'm sure some know how to use a torque wrench as well as other more sophisticated devices and proper tightening sequences. Just saying.
Those guys are using very old machine equipment, welders, homemade tools and getting***** done. That’s traditional
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