Rust Repair and Paint Bobcat 743

Nice work.

hey... you're back with the rust-steer... going for gym right now, will watch after getting back... good to see that you're making progress.
Merry christmas.

i would have liked to see you spray some acid on the rust before priming, like ospho, i use the concrete/metal prep green stuff in a spray bottle, wet it down for twenty minutes then wash it away with water, dry then paint, seems to hold up real good. Gonna be a fine machine when youre finished!

Great job and good videography and sound.

took the time to bevel edges but never layed a root pass then your hot pass then reinforce the weld might have some cracking 🤷‍♂

Awesome repair! Loved the metal template trick—1k subs soon!

you may want to use some lock tite on those bolts. or use a lock nut. not the lock nut with the nylon in it. you dont want to get that thin finished out and the those nuts come loose. ... OR you could have welded the nuts to the frame.

In total, about how many hours until now ? I got a 743 from 1986 with 4900 running hours ..... not really looking forward to renovate it.

Great job, merry Xmas from Australia

Looks great! 😊

That's a lot of fabrication 👍 good work and she looks great

Great job, I enjoyed watching you think through the problems and come up with solutions. I would imagine many more problems that you have not shared. We need more people in the world like you. Keep up the good work and Merry Christmas!

whats with the muting work noises it totally ruins the video we are men who make noise welding grinding kept thinking I was going deaf

Sandblasting would speed things up i think , using a arc welder might of been better to burn the weld in

What a great project, you are literally bringing this one back from the dead.
Good job! Cant’t wait to see this through!

Good job Lads you did bloody well 👍

Looks good, Put some clear coat on top, then will be nice for many years ....

Are those nuts and bolts high tensile? They don't look it.

You’re doing a fantastic job, I look forward to seeing more.

Looking good!

I’m eating wawa.

Hopefully u put something else in there other then butter bolts

I didn’t know you started this build over a year ago! Keep the videos going, I’m just about to starting sanding mine.