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@tony king you say you're from the UK, so you spawned the English language but I can not understand a bloody word you type... Back to school cobber...
It’s clear that Karen has more than a really good eye for a shot but she also understands what makes a good engineering story (no surprises considering who she lives with). Her skill at editing is also very apparent. The engineering is not bad either. 🤪
I have an debate in my head about which one of them is better at what they do... I go back and forth about it. I have sort of settled on the conclusion that he and she are an awesome team.
Absolutely. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Karen is the best camera operator/editor I've seen on youtube and I spent 15 years working in commercial television. She has a great eye for a shot and a good director's brain.
Funny how economies work. Step one: everybody does their own repairs with local machinists. Step two: manufacturers optimize and centralize, manufacture everything by CNC. Step three: manufacturers charge too much money & take too long for repairs. Step four: smart companies does their own repairs with local machinists. Great to see you out-competing the big guys!
I live in central IL, I did welding and fab repair for a number of years. I was amazing the lack of spare parts the OEMs kept on hand. Oh yeah that $1500 and eight weeks out. They'd come to me, yeah give me a couple days and $500. I was very busy. Kurtis, well done mate!
@@shadetreewelding yeah it is funny. Sometimes its all in effort to get you to go to either a brand new cylinder or even as time goes a new machine because see how much to fix the old machine vs you could have a new machine. And also its how far out channels reach and then you hear someone is near by as im GR michigan area
@@shadetreewelding the "decision makers" at the large companies only understand the accounting and financial interests that can be quantified by their limited metrics. Many of those metrics are driven by books and training about "lean, just-in-time, (choose a buzzword)" nonsense that demands rigid adherence to policy no matter how silly it seems. Maddening things like throwing away spares that can't be bought again because 3 square feet on a shelf has a monetary value today, where 3 months downtime after you throw out the parts is only theoretical. 🤔 "Oh, you say this will damage our company long term? Impossible, I don't have a column in my accounting for that."
Things don’t cost what they cost to produce. They will sell it for as much as they can squeeze out of someone. Of course, the death of local machinists shops makes them able to charge such prices..
1am on the West coast of the USA and am I going to bed? No!.. I'm up drooling over a lathe with a 4 banana spindle bore and a 50mm twist drill! Nice job as always..:)
I aspire to your level of confidence. It’s inspiring to watch a skilled craftsman like yourself know exactly how to approach a job, or at a minimum, figure out a creative solution without compromising his work or values.
Lars! You visit here too! You definitely get around 🙂 glad you are better after that hospital visit. Edit: leave some bloopers in your videos like this man does, it's priceless stuff. Oh and their dog 🐕 😁
Honestly i like the old school way of work you do. Most new Machinists these days making a part without CNC Machines, and they need longer to draw the part in Solid Work to generate the G-code. Only working with a DRO and "simple" tools is so underrated, but you see the difference when you see someone work in an unknown shop somewere out in the sticks with only basic machines. No CNC means only that there is less stuff that can break.
Thank you Curtis and family! It is utterly fascinating to me to watch a skilled machinist create something useful out of raw materials. Love your repair videos too, but these videos are my favorite. Thank you for taking the time to create and share this content. Watching new parts come to life is like chicken soup to sooth a weary soul.
Nicely done 👍. In my day we only had HSS parting tools and they were a real mungril compared to these modern insert type parting tools. Would have taken a lot longer, with plenty of stops for resharpening, with HSS. Enjoyed the video, top job.
I really needed cheered up this week and you guys delivered as usual. The precision of the lathe work absolutely brilliant but the smiles, giggles and effort of Marcus explaining the job, beyond funny. Please don't ever script the vids... And thanks for distracting me.
Your videos are my favorite of the week! Between your machining skills, "giggles" camera work, and probably both of yours editing, they are awesome! Than you for taking the time to make these while running a customer-driven machine shop.
The disappointment of the video ending is always eased by Homey’s appearance. I marvel at the amount of time (we never see) spent on sharpening, cleaning, preparation, organizing, and caring for the tools and machinery. I only work with wood, and the hand made precision I see on these videos is incredible. Well done, sir
It's so entertaining to watch someone with so much deep expertise practice their craft - no less one that takes decades to master. I can't help but think you'd be nuts not to want this guy to do your critical work. I wonder how much the social media has driven his business.
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Well that is a great result for all of the hard work by the team. I include Homie because it takes work to look as cool and buff as he does!
Those barrels were absolutely wrecked! I'm surprised they held any kind of pressure for long enough for them to get gouged so much! Great effect on that giant nut, you got me thinking that it was for this machine in particular at first.
Love watching you work, it’s so satisfying seeing the metal take shape. And I love your channel because there is no music playing, just the raw sound of the machines working.
That twist drill at 3:50 is just epic. The amount of force needed to force that size bit into a chunk of hard steel is incredible. And the grind was perfect, no chatter, 2 perfect spirals out the flutes! Great stuff, thanks!
You sure did not waste anytime getting the piston bored out. Your wife pictured on the beach. Homeless tackles his new toy but the look of disappointment when you open the package of stones. Was priceless. As always a top notch video from down under. Aussie engineering at its finest 👍🦘💯
Beautiful job making the pistons. When I was young in my career I remember being the guy who had to clean out the hydraulic systems that were contaminated, I hated those days, covered in hydraulic oil, solvent and whatever we used in the pressure washer.
Some of your absolute best film work yet Karen, well done! Pistons turned out very slick Kurtis, honestly could watch you machine all day! Great work and an absolute credit to the hard work you both put in!! Keep them coming!
I was pretty anxious with how close you got to cutting into your chuck jaws. I guess you must really trust your digital readout and measuring by now to get as close as possible.
Before DROs it was a micrometer stop on the bed to stop the carriage. You started off by touching the jaw with the machine stopped, that was your zero. You dialed the stop out about ten thousanths of an inch and let the chips fly. Problem was most of those old machines had a few miles on them, that stop had a nasty habit of scooting just a fraction on every cut. You learned your lesson when you heard that.. thunk.....thunk....thunk..... of the tool hitting the side of the chuck jaws. Time to stop and sharpen the friggin bit! You learned to have a tender touch with those stops! DROs sure make things a lot simpler, I was glad to get them especially when cutting threads. Terry from South Carolina USA
I love watching you work Kurtis. Your attention to detail is amazing. Those pistons look like they must have taken the better part of 2 days to complete. Headed to part 2 to see you finish up the cylinders.
Haha always such a pleasure to see a video from you guys. Perfect chemistry! Also let us congratulate the parting tool insert for agreeing to work without coolant for our entertainment!
I love everything about these videos. I really appreciate the video/pictures of where the piece is from. i don't know a huge amount about construction or machines, so it is nice to see what exactly it is. Cheers!
That was Amazing. I bought myself an old 90cm metal lathe last year to practice on . Since i am only ever did wood working with a lathe. I Still got to get a drill bit holder for it. But unfortunately i fell ill at the beginning of the year. ( HEART ATTACK )Coming good now so i cannot wait untill i start to use it and make things. Blows me away to see what you can do. Your a extremely talented young man. Thankyou to all 3 of you for taking the time to share what you do. Many regards Andy
Yes, good to hear that you are recovering well. Just remember to take small steps to ensure that you recover properly. You will have an excellent distraction in all of these CEE videos to watch and learn from.
@@JerroldKrenek karl is kurtis ,his alter ego if you like,the guy who sneeks around making mistakes ,and drinking beer ,then measuring things in bananas,not mill mtrs. Karl is mega cool .
Nice camera work Karen, Kurtis it has been a few years since I ran a machine shop. I was a millwright at Red Dog Mine in Alaska, and was a machinist as well, in the first 22 years, there were only four of us “qualified”, people that could operate all the machines. It started as COMINCO and after a friendly merger with TECK, the plant was bought by TECK. I must admit that I have learned a few things by watching you, thanks Kurtis.
I just wanted to say that yours is currently my favorite CZcams channel! Kurtis, you are an incredibly professional and knowledgeable person, and I love watching you work.
Amazing vid. Between the two of you, y’all do amazing work! Great video editing, perfect timing on cuts and sound, and Kurtis, well he’s Kurtis being Kurtis. Give homeless a scratch for me, much respect, Rob.
Instead of breakfast, we watched this during dinner (salmon and curry rice) and really enjoyed it. Seeing those pistons emerge from those chunks of raw steel looks like magic. I have a question: When you chamfer the walls of the grooves, do you do it free-hand or do you set a specific "depth?" Thanks to Tristan from all of us viewers for the gift of those precision stones. We all profit from things that help Kurtis' work. Finally, thanks to the three of you from Bruce, Karin and Halgrim in Germany.
hey mate glad you enjoyed this one with a delicious dinner! The chamfering is free hand, on the groove edges it's really just to take the sharp edge off so not depth is not critical
Nice work. I recently had to make some large pistons out of bronze for a rotator. Internal threads and o-rings. You made this look easy. I can attest that it is not. The closer you get to the final step, the more nerve-wracking it gets. Once again, nice work.
All around excellent stuff! This man knows his trade and it’s a treat to look over his shoulder and watch a master at work. The video is done well too, obviously a lot of effort put in. Much respect and admiration to you both and that good natured pup! 💪🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
Hi Kurtis, good work, I hope the right cylinder tube becomes available. Those were FUBAR for sure. I'm not certain you understand what Tristan Hali gifted you with. They are not conventional stones any more. They are as discribed Precision Stones. They do not scratch/grind surfaces any more. They decapitate dings and scratches and POLLISH the rest of any flat surface you choose to fix. Go and rub down the top of your mill table or the ways of a lathe. I kid you not, it will amaze you. I grind, and also grind these occasionally, and if you rub freshly ground surfaces you can See how well balanced your wheel is, as an example. A seriously good present of tooling, if you use them.. Just sayn'.
Duuuude, that ring toy is the BEST for dogs that love tugging! You can get em really riled up by giving doggo the middle ring and yanking em around with both hands on the outer rings :D Curious to see how long it takes for their safety to be fully tested (destructively, of course).
It's fun to give them a toy they can shake. We gave our dog a floppy toy that looked like an animal. She would grab it by the end, shake it and smack herself up side her head. She would get mad and shake it harder...and harder...finally stop and look at it as if she was thinking... THIS TOY IS WHOOPING MY BUTT! LOL! A while later she would try to win again...... Terry from South Carolina USA
I think it is time to pre-record all of Kutis's lines, then have Homie step in and explain what will happen in each phase of the project. I'm betting it will be the same about of bloopers afterwards! 🤣🤣🤣
I hope Curtis does a video of how he runs the business, talks with the client, goes through their needs and delivers. A video covering all the human aspects of the business.
So it goes something like this... Customer: I've got a job for you Kurtis: let me take a look...yeah it's fucked I can fix that Customer: great thanks 🤣👍
I just replaced the outer barrel of a compound cylinder for an old forklift last week. I got a good price on a tube with a slightly smaller bore so I had to turn the piston down a little. Now I'm watching you do it.
RPM information is a neat touch Kurtis, thank you. I guess they just do not have filters in that hydraulic system, huummm! Homey seems to be trying to compete with the lathe in swarf production! Poor lad did not believe those oil stones were not for him! Thank you Kurtis, Giggler and Homeless.
Wow you learn really fast. It took you about 23 minutes to make the first one but after practicing you did the second one in just over 2 minutes. That's remarkable!
That was a great shot thru the headstock looking at the boring bar!!!!! It is amazing what the insert parting tools can do. The geometry of those tools is interesting. The price ref for the piston was spot on info for us amateurs!!!!! Keep up the great work.
Whatever it was that destroyed these cylinders, possibly took out the entire hydraulic system, could be a full replacement of barrels, pistons, pipes and pumps. That cannot be cheap
@@artmckay6704 All it takes is not cleaning the hose end if they have gotten dirt in them. I've seen damage like this before. I work on trash compactors some of witch the compactor and box are one unit. And the hydraulic power unit stays in place while the box is dumped. All it takes is not cleaning the couplers before reconnecting the hoses.
Could be lack of maint - if the HP filter was not changed, and the bypass opens - add a failed component - and you have your debris migrating to the actuators - and fubar'ing them up good and proper. Great work Curtis, nice to see someone with your skills just going about his job in a very able and competent manner. Hat off to Karen too for great video and editing.
Outstanding teamwork! I can’t believe how close you got to the jaws on the chuck with the parting tool. It may be everyday stuff for machinists but I was sure disaster was about to happen. Well done!
Great start ! What a happy boy ! ! ! That is one r0ugh piston. Overheated like I have never seen and I have seen more than my share eh. Back flushing that system is going to be a real bear. The need for Paul/high pressure filters can never be shown better eh. I sure love the footage and editing that comes from your partner. Never a moment or important view is missed. You two just present us with great video's and fine work. It all takes me back to when I worked big in my youth. WOOHOO, Precision bench stones are just so nice to have for dressing mill and drill tables and so much more. I never had a set like these but used a single for many years. You know how much I LOVE big. This is another post that gives me a taste of those wonderful days long ago. Taking a rusty blob of steel and transforming it into a working piece integral to a big machine's operations like this is just so rewarding eh. The two of you sure do great on the out takes. I don't know who laughs harder on them, me or your Mrs. You two are just way funny.
Love the content. As a machinist myself for a big defence company, I work with a general tolerance of 0.1 to 0.2. What tolerances do you have to work with when it come to machining the bigger items that you manufacture? So nice to see manual machining at its best.
That seems like an enormous tolerance but I suppose its for non critical parts. I work in a hydraulics manufacturing company and anywhere from 0.02 to 0.005 mm tolerance
Oh My Giddy Aunt! That has skedaddled way past FUBAR. It begs the question of just how long the hydraulic fluid was contaminated.Y'all have got an interesting job ahead of you. Is the shortage also going to affect your consumables too?
Very nice gift there from the viewer... Kurtis your work, as always is excellent, but I wanted to give a “shout-out” to the camera operator (Karen), in particular the shot (early in the video) beginning of the piston fab..., her steady control of the camera, as she came around the end of the machine, and then slowly & precisely peered into the open end... She probably didn’t think twice about it, but on the viewer side, it was pretty cool... Great video, Thank you folks.
Boss: Are you watching that dude from Australia again? Me: Yeah, he's pretty good. Boss: How about getting your ass to work, maybe you be as good as him 😎 Me: I feel offended.
Gday Kurtis and Karen, the owners got a job and a half cleaning out the entire hydraulic system, I didn’t realise the cost of a oem piston, certainly cheaper to machine one up, the precision ground stones are awesome, I brought a set from shark river machinery and use them a lot more then I thought I would have, they make a difference, have a great weekend mate, Cheers
Already I'm smirking because Karl got a 6 pack of Beers. Maybe he'll stop drinking Kurtis' beers now..... I'm of course joking, we all know Karl will still drink all of Kurtis' beers....
Being an owner and P Eng Mech you my friend are one of the best machines that I have seen in a long time .Good job. Tour customers are lucky to have you !
Another fantastic video guys I can’t wait for part 2. I have a very old small lathe and milling machine in my repair shop in the Uk and I’m always amazed by what you guys turn out every week. I only use my lathe for making spacers and bushes etc and I’m self taught except for doing metalwork at school about 40 years ago - yes I am an old bloke but still a teenager at heart 😀 Keep up the great work and I just love your Dog 👍🏻👍🏻
good thing you post videos the time you do, when I get up to get ready for work at 3 AM and I have nothing to watch with my coffee you are always there
Hey Curtis, Love watching your videos. I work for a company here in the states that produces after market hydraulic kits for excavators and we supply parts for machines that big, so its cool for me to see you working on parts for an excavator. Keep up the awesome job.
No job for me today, rainy morning in France, great time to watch this video. It's always a pleasure to see someone with solutions rather than problems. Thank you.
Always a pleasure watching your work. I wish someone would have told me when I was young that a Fabrication Engineer was a thing. I definitely would have gone down that route.
Great job. Whatever ruined the piston assembly was not shy about causing such carnage. 4140 alloy steel is similar to S154 but without the nickel content. I worked on the JP233 project which used S96/S154 steel ( 2.5% Nickel Chromium-Molybdenum ). That material was one of the most awkward steels I've ever machined. The surface finish was always affected, but was acceptable as there were no mechanical bearing surfaces involved.
Kurtis, I love the machining tasks that you start and complete to the specified requirements, but I am completely blown away with your verbal bloopers, they are absolutely hilarious and show that yes, you are definitely human. The only suggestion I can make is for you guys to purchase a teleprompter, like the big television stations use! Have a great day and keep up what you are doing, you have a great product! Myron Knight, Trenton Ontario, Canada
Kurtis, I think I asked if you used precision stones in your work and now you've got a pair! That is so cool. If you've never used em then Google them. They're NOT for sharpening stuff. I'm not meaning to be insulting but not every millwright is going to know about them...... Love your vids! Please keep em coming! :)
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@tony king you say you're from the UK, so you spawned the English language but I can not understand a bloody word you type... Back to school cobber...
always enjoy watching and learning, thanks Karl.
i liked the piston no2 montas , it good to show kids ,or pepepole learning this, how to start with the base material.
It’s clear that Karen has more than a really good eye for a shot but she also understands what makes a good engineering story (no surprises considering who she lives with). Her skill at editing is also very apparent. The engineering is not bad either. 🤪
Thank you very much!
I have an debate in my head about which one of them is better at what they do... I go back and forth about it. I have sort of settled on the conclusion that he and she are an awesome team.
@@mattarnold6229 The four legged member will be pleased at the complement.
Absolutely. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Karen is the best camera operator/editor I've seen on youtube and I spent 15 years working in commercial television. She has a great eye for a shot and a good director's brain.
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I wanted Kurtis to say "That's not a twist drill. THAT's a twist drill!", in his best Crocodile Dundee style.
🤣 will have to use the Dundee quote someday
And it had a very nice grind on it - very satisfying to see those two even spirals of swarf coming from it.
Only 2” gonna need to do that with a 4” banana drill
@@Sicktrickintuner Can we get mesurments in non-banana unit standard?
He should save that one for the big boring bar.
Funny how economies work.
Step one: everybody does their own repairs with local machinists.
Step two: manufacturers optimize and centralize, manufacture everything by CNC.
Step three: manufacturers charge too much money & take too long for repairs.
Step four: smart companies does their own repairs with local machinists.
Great to see you out-competing the big guys!
I live in central IL, I did welding and fab repair for a number of years. I was amazing the lack of spare parts the OEMs kept on hand. Oh yeah that $1500 and eight weeks out. They'd come to me, yeah give me a couple days and $500. I was very busy.
Kurtis, well done mate!
It all about selling parts that are marked up several times. Well it s really about Money 💰
@@shadetreewelding yeah it is funny. Sometimes its all in effort to get you to go to either a brand new cylinder or even as time goes a new machine because see how much to fix the old machine vs you could have a new machine. And also its how far out channels reach and then you hear someone is near by as im GR michigan area
@@shadetreewelding the "decision makers" at the large companies only understand the accounting and financial interests that can be quantified by their limited metrics. Many of those metrics are driven by books and training about "lean, just-in-time, (choose a buzzword)" nonsense that demands rigid adherence to policy no matter how silly it seems. Maddening things like throwing away spares that can't be bought again because 3 square feet on a shelf has a monetary value today, where 3 months downtime after you throw out the parts is only theoretical. 🤔
"Oh, you say this will damage our company long term? Impossible, I don't have a column in my accounting for that."
Things don’t cost what they cost to produce. They will sell it for as much as they can squeeze out of someone. Of course, the death of local machinists shops makes them able to charge such prices..
Without fail, everytime I see you cut a chamfer, one thing pops into my head. "When it comes chamfers, there's no cutting corners." - This Old Tony.
Hope he someday gets back to doing his videos
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Your wish was granted!
Lol...
1am on the West coast of the USA and am I going to bed? No!.. I'm up drooling over a lathe with a 4 banana spindle bore and a 50mm twist drill! Nice job as always..:)
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Karen that was brill, 'One word at a time!'. You laughing at Kurtis sets me off every time.
😂 I do have fun editing the outtakes
Karen is like a female Alfred Hitchcock of machining cinematography. Great job CEE team
wow thank you so much!
I aspire to your level of confidence. It’s inspiring to watch a skilled craftsman like yourself know exactly how to approach a job, or at a minimum, figure out a creative solution without compromising his work or values.
Cheers mate I appreciate that
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That is just beautiful work mate! Attention to detail right there.
Thank you! Cheers!
Lars! You visit here too!
You definitely get around 🙂 glad you are better after that hospital visit.
Edit: leave some bloopers in your videos like this man does, it's priceless stuff.
Oh and their dog 🐕 😁
Wow - awesome to see Lars here!. Just a better CEE party
31:26..."CRIKEYS!!"
Honestly i like the old school way of work you do. Most new Machinists these days making a part without CNC Machines, and they need longer to draw the part in Solid Work to generate the G-code.
Only working with a DRO and "simple" tools is so underrated, but you see the difference when you see someone work in an unknown shop somewere out in the sticks with only basic machines. No CNC means only that there is less stuff that can break.
Thank you Curtis and family!
It is utterly fascinating to me to watch a skilled machinist create something useful out of raw materials. Love your repair videos too, but these videos are my favorite.
Thank you for taking the time to create and share this content. Watching new parts come to life is like chicken soup to sooth a weary soul.
Amazing comment thanks for saying so glad it is enjoyed
Nicely done 👍. In my day we only had HSS parting tools and they were a real mungril compared to these modern insert type parting tools. Would have taken a lot longer, with plenty of stops for resharpening, with HSS. Enjoyed the video, top job.
yeah i don't envy that! amazing what tooling these days is capable of
I really needed cheered up this week and you guys delivered as usual. The precision of the lathe work absolutely brilliant but the smiles, giggles and effort of Marcus explaining the job, beyond funny. Please don't ever script the vids... And thanks for distracting me.
hey mate hope your next week is a better one, go watch a few of the video outtakes if you need a laugh 😂👍
Your videos are my favorite of the week! Between your machining skills, "giggles" camera work, and probably both of yours editing, they are awesome! Than you for taking the time to make these while running a customer-driven machine shop.
Hey mate really glad you enjoy the videos! Giggles does all the editing I can't hardly work my way around a computer 🤣
The disappointment of the video ending is always eased by Homey’s appearance. I marvel at the amount of time (we never see) spent on sharpening, cleaning, preparation, organizing, and caring for the tools and machinery. I only work with wood, and the hand made precision I see on these videos is incredible. Well done, sir
It's so entertaining to watch someone with so much deep expertise practice their craft - no less one that takes decades to master. I can't help but think you'd be nuts not to want this guy to do your critical work. I wonder how much the social media has driven his business.
Hey mate! We've had some new customers because of CZcams which we did not expect
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Well that is a great result for all of the hard work by the team. I include Homie because it takes work to look as cool and buff as he does!
Those barrels were absolutely wrecked! I'm surprised they held any kind of pressure for long enough for them to get gouged so much!
Great effect on that giant nut, you got me thinking that it was for this machine in particular at first.
Love watching you work, it’s so satisfying seeing the metal take shape.
And I love your channel because there is no music playing, just the raw sound of the machines working.
Occasional musical/artistic interlude or swearing, but you're right, mainly just the machines!!!
That twist drill at 3:50 is just epic. The amount of force needed to force that size bit into a chunk of hard steel is incredible. And the grind was perfect, no chatter, 2 perfect spirals out the flutes! Great stuff, thanks!
You got that right!
You sure did not waste anytime getting the piston bored out.
Your wife pictured on the beach.
Homeless tackles his new toy but the look of disappointment when you open the package of stones. Was priceless.
As always a top notch video from down under.
Aussie engineering at its finest 👍🦘💯
Friday, a day off work and 8am in the UK, perfect time for a bit of CEE.
Enjoy the day off mate 😎👍
Nice to have the RDO, enjoy a leisurely breakfast.
Beautiful job making the pistons. When I was young in my career I remember being the guy who had to clean out the hydraulic systems that were contaminated, I hated those days, covered in hydraulic oil, solvent and whatever we used in the pressure washer.
Yeah diesel fitters and mechanics get some shit work
You had to go there. Diesel smell is hard to rid of. Ask my clothes!
@@stevenr8606 Out of the hair? Never! Ugh, don't miss that, no.
Some of your absolute best film work yet Karen, well done! Pistons turned out very slick Kurtis, honestly could watch you machine all day! Great work and an absolute credit to the hard work you both put in!! Keep them coming!
I operated a manual lathe 20 years ago for my job. Seeing that swarf brings back memories. Bloody hot stuff!!!
I was pretty anxious with how close you got to cutting into your chuck jaws. I guess you must really trust your digital readout and measuring by now to get as close as possible.
That kind of close quarters work has got to be nail biting when you're on the sharp end
Before DROs it was a micrometer stop on the bed to stop the carriage. You started off by touching the jaw with the machine stopped, that was your zero. You dialed the stop out about ten thousanths of an inch and let the chips fly. Problem was most of those old machines had a few miles on them, that stop had a nasty habit of scooting just a fraction on every cut. You learned your lesson when you heard that..
thunk.....thunk....thunk.....
of the tool hitting the side of the chuck jaws. Time to stop and sharpen the friggin bit!
You learned to have a tender touch with those stops!
DROs sure make things a lot simpler, I was glad to get them especially when cutting threads.
Terry from South Carolina USA
I click for the doggo, I stay for the machining 👌
haha love these priorities! 😂👍
I love watching you work Kurtis. Your attention to detail is amazing. Those pistons look like they must have taken the better part of 2 days to complete. Headed to part 2 to see you finish up the cylinders.
a little jJB weld and sand paper those pistons would be good as new
The man, the myth, the legend. Top work bloke!
Thanks mate!
Haha always such a pleasure to see a video from you guys. Perfect chemistry!
Also let us congratulate the parting tool insert for agreeing to work without coolant for our entertainment!
thanks #1 fan! 🤣👍 always good to see your comment mate thanks for the support
Shout out to HOMELESS, he has such a gentle nature, and that says everything about you two.
I'm so glad I've found this channel, all killer-no filler long-form and well-edited and produced videos of watching a professional work.
I love everything about these videos. I really appreciate the video/pictures of where the piece is from. i don't know a huge amount about construction or machines, so it is nice to see what exactly it is. Cheers!
Nice thanks for the feedback
That was Amazing. I bought myself an old 90cm metal lathe last year to practice on . Since i am only ever did wood working with a lathe. I Still got to get a drill bit holder for it. But unfortunately i fell ill at the beginning of the year. ( HEART ATTACK )Coming good now so i cannot wait untill i start to use it and make things. Blows me away to see what you can do. Your a extremely talented young man. Thankyou to all 3 of you for taking the time to share what you do. Many regards Andy
hey mate glad you are on the road to recovery!
Yes, good to hear that you are recovering well. Just remember to take small steps to ensure that you recover properly. You will have an excellent distraction in all of these CEE videos to watch and learn from.
ok i have been watching these videos for quite a while, this is the first time i have heard the name Karl mentioned. who is he????
@@JerroldKrenek karl is kurtis ,his alter ego if you like,the guy who sneeks around making mistakes ,and drinking beer ,then measuring things in bananas,not mill mtrs. Karl is mega cool .
@@markfryer9880
yessir, I “second” that sentiment, to Andrew... take care.
Nice camera work Karen, Kurtis it has been a few years since I ran a machine shop. I was a millwright at Red Dog Mine in Alaska, and was a machinist as well, in the first 22 years, there were only four of us “qualified”, people that could operate all the machines. It started as COMINCO and after a friendly merger with TECK, the plant was bought by TECK. I must admit that I have learned a few things by watching you, thanks Kurtis.
cheers mate respect to you!
I just wanted to say that yours is currently my favorite CZcams channel! Kurtis, you are an incredibly professional and knowledgeable person, and I love watching you work.
Hey David that's awesome mate thanks for the comment
Amazing vid. Between the two of you, y’all do amazing work! Great video editing, perfect timing on cuts and sound, and Kurtis, well he’s Kurtis being Kurtis. Give homeless a scratch for me, much respect, Rob.
Hey Rob that's a great comment to read thanks from us both!
Sheer artistry! And the camera-work made it look almost balletic. I thoroughly enjoyed that. Thank you.
you're welcome thanks for watching
It's interesting how relaxing it is to watch you work your magic while it might be a bit tedious for you! Thank you! Homeless always brings a smile:)
Knowing the videos are enjoyed so much does make it worthwhile
respect to dude who gave him some precision stones!...now, _that's_ a noble gift.
Instead of breakfast, we watched this during dinner (salmon and curry rice) and really enjoyed it. Seeing those pistons emerge from those chunks of raw steel looks like magic. I have a question: When you chamfer the walls of the grooves, do you do it free-hand or do you set a specific "depth?"
Thanks to Tristan from all of us viewers for the gift of those precision stones. We all profit from things that help Kurtis' work. Finally, thanks to the three of you from Bruce, Karin and Halgrim in Germany.
hey mate glad you enjoyed this one with a delicious dinner! The chamfering is free hand, on the groove edges it's really just to take the sharp edge off so not depth is not critical
Nice work. I recently had to make some large pistons out of bronze for a rotator. Internal threads and o-rings. You made this look easy. I can attest that it is not. The closer you get to the final step, the more nerve-wracking it gets. Once again, nice work.
All around excellent stuff! This man knows his trade and it’s a treat to look over his shoulder and watch a master at work. The video is done well too, obviously a lot of effort put in. Much respect and admiration to you both and that good natured pup! 💪🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
That drill bit near the start was bananas man! Possibly even 8 bananas, well at least that's what I tell my misses..
Hi Kurtis, good work, I hope the right cylinder tube becomes available.
Those were FUBAR for sure.
I'm not certain you understand what Tristan Hali gifted you with.
They are not conventional stones any more.
They are as discribed Precision Stones.
They do not scratch/grind surfaces any more.
They decapitate dings and scratches and POLLISH the rest of any flat surface you choose to fix.
Go and rub down the top of your mill table or the ways of a lathe.
I kid you not, it will amaze you.
I grind, and also grind these occasionally, and if you rub freshly ground surfaces you can See how well balanced your wheel is, as an example.
A seriously good present of tooling, if you use them..
Just sayn'.
And today's out takes were pharquing hilarious!
You are a wonderful machinist. Your wife is a wonderful photographer. And your dog is just, well, wonderful.
Pure artistry. Before and after photos really set it off.
Duuuude, that ring toy is the BEST for dogs that love tugging! You can get em really riled up by giving doggo the middle ring and yanking em around with both hands on the outer rings :D
Curious to see how long it takes for their safety to be fully tested (destructively, of course).
Hahaa I was doing that exact thing with him this arvo! He loved it will have to put a shot in the next video
It's fun to give them a toy they can shake. We gave our dog a floppy toy that looked like an animal. She would grab it by the end, shake it and smack herself up side her head. She would get mad and shake it harder...and harder...finally stop and look at it as if she was thinking...
THIS TOY IS WHOOPING MY BUTT!
LOL!
A while later she would try to win again......
Terry from South Carolina USA
So much for getting to sleep at a decent time. I blame you Kurtis for posting awesome content at 12:00am west coast USA time.
😂 sorry mate blame the missus!
At least it was midnight for you. I’d have to wait till 2am in Chicago
3am here in the East!
Love that precision machining.
Unbelievable transformation. Really fun to watch. The precision is head ache making, can’t imagine a full day of having to be that accurate. Nice job.
Glad you enjoyed it
I think it is time to pre-record all of Kutis's lines, then have Homie step in and explain what will happen in each phase of the project. I'm betting it will be the same about of bloopers afterwards! 🤣🤣🤣
It's amazing to see you hand feeding for a completely consistent chip, like a machine feed. Practice makes perfect 👍
I am a machine 💪😎😂
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering better 😁
I'm always amazed at how easy you make it look, to take a paper weight and turn it into a gem.
Every time I watch this I enjoy it more and more great camera work.
Editing and camera work on turning was fantastic, especially the second one......well done Karen....cheers, Paul
Hi Paul! Thank you I thought it was a good chance to time lapse making a part start to finish 😁
I hope Curtis does a video of how he runs the business, talks with the client, goes through their needs and delivers. A video covering all the human aspects of the business.
So it goes something like this...
Customer: I've got a job for you
Kurtis: let me take a look...yeah it's fucked I can fix that
Customer: great thanks
🤣👍
I just replaced the outer barrel of a compound cylinder for an old forklift last week. I got a good price on a tube with a slightly smaller bore so I had to turn the piston down a little. Now I'm watching you do it.
RPM information is a neat touch Kurtis, thank you. I guess they just do not have filters in that hydraulic system, huummm! Homey seems to be trying to compete with the lathe in swarf production! Poor lad did not believe those oil stones were not for him! Thank you Kurtis, Giggler and Homeless.
You guys seem to turn out great videos every week. And the addition of the dog makes them even better too. Thumbs Up!
Thanks Gary we want to keep the content quality high so they continue to be enjoyed
Kurtis looking forward to 2nd part well done mate :)
Cheers mate thanks for watching
Wow you learn really fast. It took you about 23 minutes to make the first one but after practicing you did the second one in just over 2 minutes. That's remarkable!
That was a great shot thru the headstock looking at the boring bar!!!!! It is amazing what the insert parting tools can do. The geometry of those tools is interesting. The price ref for the piston was spot on info for us amateurs!!!!!
Keep up the great work.
thanks for watching
Whatever it was that destroyed these cylinders, possibly took out the entire hydraulic system, could be a full replacement of barrels, pistons, pipes and pumps.
That cannot be cheap
Customer said the pumps are being done and everything thoroughly cleaned and looked over
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering I gotta wonder if it was vandalism from a disgruntled employee......
@@artmckay6704 All it takes is not cleaning the hose end if they have gotten dirt in them. I've seen damage like this before. I work on trash compactors some of witch the compactor and box are one unit. And the hydraulic power unit stays in place while the box is dumped. All it takes is not cleaning the couplers before reconnecting the hoses.
Could be lack of maint - if the HP filter was not changed, and the bypass opens - add a failed component - and you have your debris migrating to the actuators - and fubar'ing them up good and proper. Great work Curtis, nice to see someone with your skills just going about his job in a very able and competent manner. Hat off to Karen too for great video and editing.
@@steveb6103 thanks :)
It is an absolute joy to watch an expert in his field in full flow.
Nice, a 33min job!
You are one hell of a machinist. I specialize in hydraulic maintenance and Machining, this watch felt really good.
25:47 When using emery paper on a part like this, would a drop or 2 of cutting oil help improve the finish or just clog up the paper making it worse?
C'est du grand ART passer l'outil si prés des morts du plateau !!!!
Outstanding teamwork!
I can’t believe how close you got to the jaws on the chuck with the parting tool. It may be everyday stuff for machinists but I was sure disaster was about to happen. Well done!
Great start ! What a happy boy ! ! ! That is one r0ugh piston. Overheated like I have never seen and I have seen more than my share eh. Back flushing that system is going to be a real bear. The need for Paul/high pressure filters can never be shown better eh. I sure love the footage and editing that comes from your partner. Never a moment or important view is missed. You two just present us with great video's and fine work. It all takes me back to when I worked big in my youth. WOOHOO, Precision bench stones are just so nice to have for dressing mill and drill tables and so much more. I never had a set like these but used a single for many years. You know how much I LOVE big. This is another post that gives me a taste of those wonderful days long ago. Taking a rusty blob of steel and transforming it into a working piece integral to a big machine's operations like this is just so rewarding eh. The two of you sure do great on the out takes. I don't know who laughs harder on them, me or your Mrs. You two are just way funny.
Love the content. As a machinist myself for a big defence company, I work with a general tolerance of 0.1 to 0.2. What tolerances do you have to work with when it come to machining the bigger items that you manufacture? So nice to see manual machining at its best.
That seems like an enormous tolerance but I suppose its for non critical parts. I work in a hydraulics manufacturing company and anywhere from 0.02 to 0.005 mm tolerance
hey mate as Toby has mentioned we're working within those same tolerances
Oh My Giddy Aunt! That has skedaddled way past FUBAR. It begs the question of just how long the hydraulic fluid was contaminated.Y'all have got an interesting job ahead of you.
Is the shortage also going to affect your consumables too?
No consumables issue at this stage just a few minor delays with deliveries but no big deal there
Very talented Staffie, Engineer and Producer. Great team.
Very nice gift there from the viewer...
Kurtis your work, as always is excellent, but I wanted to give a “shout-out” to the camera operator (Karen), in particular the shot (early in the video) beginning of the piston fab..., her steady control of the camera, as she came around the end of the machine, and then slowly & precisely peered into the open end...
She probably didn’t think twice about it, but on the viewer side, it was pretty cool...
Great video,
Thank you folks.
Hi Gregg thank you for the wonderful feedback it's always great to know what the viewers are thinking when they watch the video! 😁 Karen
Boss: Are you watching that dude from Australia again?
Me: Yeah, he's pretty good.
Boss: How about getting your ass to work, maybe you be as good as him 😎
Me: I feel offended.
hahaha this comment made my day 😂😂😂 did you convince the boss to get you one of those bluetooth dial indicators?
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Well, he doesn't think I need one.
First this time - Zero views - an incredible rare sight on this channel 😎
Yeeewww nice
congratulations 👏👏👏
Such a nice community this has grown into, I can scroll down for days and never see a negative comment.
we really appreciate the support we have from our subscribers!
Gday Kurtis and Karen, the owners got a job and a half cleaning out the entire hydraulic system, I didn’t realise the cost of a oem piston, certainly cheaper to machine one up, the precision ground stones are awesome, I brought a set from shark river machinery and use them a lot more then I thought I would have, they make a difference, have a great weekend mate, Cheers
Already I'm smirking because Karl got a 6 pack of Beers.
Maybe he'll stop drinking Kurtis' beers now.....
I'm of course joking, we all know Karl will still drink all of Kurtis' beers....
Fucken Karl's at it again 🤣
😍😍👍👍😂😂
I’m hopeful that the cry is going international....”Let’s go Brandon!”
Oh no i’m so triggered🙄
This is not a political video, let’s keep it that way please…
@@eviethekiwi7178 Don’t be triggered...be proud of him if he’s your guy!
Badass precision Kurtis!! 25:02 still got tons of space ....
Being an owner and P Eng Mech you my friend are one of the best machines that I have seen in a long time .Good job.
Tour customers are lucky to have you !
Thank you very much!
Another fantastic video guys I can’t wait for part 2. I have a very old small lathe and milling machine in my repair shop in the Uk and I’m always amazed by what you guys turn out every week. I only use my lathe for making spacers and bushes etc and I’m self taught except for doing metalwork at school about 40 years ago - yes I am an old bloke but still a teenager at heart 😀 Keep up the great work and I just love your Dog 👍🏻👍🏻
hey Chris that's awesome mate, thanks for taking time to watch and comment
good thing you post videos the time you do, when I get up to get ready for work at 3 AM and I have nothing to watch with my coffee you are always there
nice thanks for watching
Love your videos Kurtis. I am no machinist but you work is so fascinating.....
Hey Curtis, Love watching your videos. I work for a company here in the states that produces after market hydraulic kits for excavators and we supply parts for machines that big, so its cool for me to see you working on parts for an excavator. Keep up the awesome job.
No job for me today, rainy morning in France, great time to watch this video. It's always a pleasure to see someone with solutions rather than problems. Thank you.
enjoy the day off mate!
Always a pleasure watching your work. I wish someone would have told me when I was young that a Fabrication Engineer was a thing. I definitely would have gone down that route.
it's a very rewarding and fulfilling job to do
My late grandfather would talk about thou. of an inch while I was at school and it really messed with my mind.
Seriously incredible engineering thanks for sharing Kurtis great work as usual.
You have a lot of talent that you don't see anymore, not many people like you
Nice work on the lathe. I love how rigid that machine is..
Great job. Whatever ruined the piston assembly was not shy about causing such carnage. 4140 alloy steel is similar to S154 but without the nickel content. I worked on the JP233 project which used S96/S154 steel ( 2.5% Nickel Chromium-Molybdenum ). That material was one of the most awkward steels I've ever machined. The surface finish was always affected, but was acceptable as there were no mechanical bearing surfaces involved.
You are certainly a great Craftsman. Looks like you can make anything
6am here best way to start my work day
Excellent work! Enjoyed watching. Thanks.
Kurtis,
I love the machining tasks that you start and complete to the specified requirements, but I am completely blown away with your verbal bloopers, they are absolutely hilarious and show that yes, you are definitely human. The only suggestion I can make is for you guys to purchase a teleprompter, like the big television stations use! Have a great day and keep up what you are doing, you have a great product!
Myron Knight,
Trenton Ontario, Canada
Kurtis, I think I asked if you used precision stones in your work and now you've got a pair!
That is so cool.
If you've never used em then Google them. They're NOT for sharpening stuff.
I'm not meaning to be insulting but not every millwright is going to know about them......
Love your vids! Please keep em coming! :)
That's some really nice machine work. I'm a disabled machinist and enjoy watching. Keep up the good work and videos.