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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sledesigns" data-source="post: 36184" data-attributes="member: 2358"><p>I'd go with hiring the edge torch cut.  Should be a metal shops minimum one hour rate, $60ish  You can easily grind grade 50.  I finish ground mine to about 30 degrees after lasering to 45.  (You will eat some wheels on the grinder & spend some time)  You might think about having the shop that cuts the old edge off do a rough, torch bevel to the new edge.  It could be accomplished during the same shop hour.  For welding it in, skip around.  Lay an inch bead, go a couple feet, lay another inch.  Weld for 15 minutes or so skipping around, leave it to cool for 15 then weld again.  You don't want the whole edge to get hotter than the rest of the bucket that its attaching to.  The temp difference is what causes warping.  I fully welded mine on, top & bottom (standard overkill) on a 60" bucket.  Straight, sharp & digs easy.  Also lasered the double hole pattern for bolt in teeth before assembly.  Didn't do countersinks, just put the grade 8 heads on the bottom.  The way the current teeth are, they cut a path for the bolt heads through the dirt.</p></blockquote><p></p>