Using a PL4000 portable lathe to repair a ribbon blender used for mixing asphalt

The bearings seized and caused big grooves in the shaft which had to be welded up then machined to size. Shaft is about 9″ diameter, bearing fit is around 25″ from the end of the shaft. You can see from the photo that there was an obstruction at the opposite end of the blender (which also needed to be machined) that created limited swing clearance (11” swing radius).