orville
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I am trying to do a little work on an old Bantam bucket and there seems to be some different metal on the cutting edge of the bucket. About a foot back from the cutting edge there seems to be a thicker piece of metal than on the rest of the bucket 1 foot X 3 foot. And on that foot wide piece about three inches back from the cutting edge there seems to be another piece of metal built in to the foot wide piece, 3 inches X 36 Inches. That three inch wide strip could have been the original cutting edge. What I just wrote sounds kind of confusing but it is the best I can do without a picture.
The question is what kind of metal is on the cutting edge of a bucket and what do you weld it with?
I have been using 1/8 7018 out of the oven and it runs real nice but the metal on the bucket does not seem to like it. Any suggestions?
And the bucket has been welded on before so who knows what anyone else could have put on for electrode or metal that has been replaced.
The question is what kind of metal is on the cutting edge of a bucket and what do you weld it with?
I have been using 1/8 7018 out of the oven and it runs real nice but the metal on the bucket does not seem to like it. Any suggestions?
And the bucket has been welded on before so who knows what anyone else could have put on for electrode or metal that has been replaced.