Manganal-Steve
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New to the forum and wanted to say hello before getting to the purpose of this thread.
I've been welding on scrapers, loaders, dozers etc. for several years now, but a few days ago I was surprised with a jaw die (manganese) that needs to be re-pointed. Now, the company I work for has been selling manganese steel for a long time for jobs such as this, but I've yet to successfully re-point one here at the shop. My welder and I worked on one a few months ago, and we managed to warp it. The customer was still able to bolt it on and use it, but I was disappointed at the result. After this initial jaw die, I had hoped that we wouldn't get involved in the repointing of one of these again.
This new jaw die is a lot smaller and thinner than the previous one, so naturally I'm going into this project with extreme caution.
Do any of you have any experience re pointing jaw dies with manganese bars/plate etc.?
If so, what method do you suggest?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I've been welding on scrapers, loaders, dozers etc. for several years now, but a few days ago I was surprised with a jaw die (manganese) that needs to be re-pointed. Now, the company I work for has been selling manganese steel for a long time for jobs such as this, but I've yet to successfully re-point one here at the shop. My welder and I worked on one a few months ago, and we managed to warp it. The customer was still able to bolt it on and use it, but I was disappointed at the result. After this initial jaw die, I had hoped that we wouldn't get involved in the repointing of one of these again.
This new jaw die is a lot smaller and thinner than the previous one, so naturally I'm going into this project with extreme caution.
Do any of you have any experience re pointing jaw dies with manganese bars/plate etc.?
If so, what method do you suggest?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.