You and one of your fellow ‘Aussie’ channels (CEE) have one thing in common, the sheer enthusiasm and passion behind what you do. For a non machinist it brings a little known subject in my world to enjoyable light 👏👏👏
Thanks mate. I genuinely love what I do, and am eternally fascinated by it. Kurtis is a great guy with incredible knowledge of manual machining. One of the people I’ve called when I’m stuck. True pro and a great guy
"We make stuff so that they can't break stuff! " That sounds like a challenge for those 20 drill rig crews if you ask me! Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
I can't believe you have one of those awful mill/drills in that nice shop. There is a copy of it sitting in my garage and I hate it.........use it all the time now, but hate it. My dad and brother bought it and while I was into welding and fabricating, I didn't get into doing heavier drilling and basic milling until later. This machine is clapped out so it is about like using a grinder where you just keep checking to see if enough material is removed. The round column is what really kills it........I could understand a small square column mill in a bigger shop. My grandfather was a tool and die maker for the aerospace industry in SoCal. My brother now has a tormach 1100 and I have my eye on a PM-833 and all the stuff to go CNC with it. My dad and I built a 4x8 plasma table. It will be fun to see what you guys work on. Thanks for sharing!
Oh man I hear you. It’s horrible… my second least favourite piece of equipment in the shop. The worst is an old drill that they bought back in 1982. Bloody thing needs to get scrapped… but I suspect they both hold a little sentimental value. Mind you, the little mill drill still gets a bit of work here and there… but I much prefer the Bridgeport style little white mill we have. It’s a little workhorse.
Cheers my friend! We are just getting started. If there’s ever anything you’d like to see in particular, or you have any feedback on the videos - always open to suggestions to make it better 👊
Nice! Yeah, the CNCs are brilliant. We were so impressed with the first one (Jean) that we got it’s bigger brother (Hal)… They actually have a mode that lets you switch them to manual mode as well. So you can use them like a normal lathe. Really really versatile.
a lot of money on display, CNCs aren't cheap, the tooling prices are astronomical, and the market for nice to haves has a billion toys to suck up cash. looks like you guys are doing it right though, may the chips fall your way.
It’s crazy how expensive they are. Agreed 100% brother. We chose to stick to mid range Taiwanese machines for that reason. They’re good heavy duty machines, but by no means top end. The Mazaks and DMG are literally twice the price… and we just can’t justify it. I’d love to have a DMG in the future with a turret & y axis milling for bigger runs of parts. Thanks for the comment. Really appreciate it.
