Machining Rocket Engines at Blue Origin's 550,000 sq/ft Machine Shop 

I'm a Tooling Engineer at Blue Origin and I totally agree with your statement. I tell engineers all the time to take their prints to the machinists, welders, and inspectors for feedback. These people have a depth of understanding of their processes that we as engineers almost never get, and their experience is hugely valuable. Also, it is huge to see this on RU-vid! I've been in Aerospace for 22 years, and I can't show or talk about most of the things I've worked on. Super pumped to see excitment about American manufacturing!

@@bennymech I worked at Lockheed for several years, oftentimes working directly with tooling engineers to help them redesign tools from the 70s and 80s. My input as a welder was definitely invaluable. I totally agree.

I wonder what it’s like engineering presumably great stuff that goes nowhere. 23 years, billions of dollars, nothing to orbit yet and nothing to orbit for probably another year or two. Can’t help but feel bad for the engineers doing all this work for nothing.

@@qwerty112311 this is kinda engineering dream. Shit ton of money, no close deadline, building a culture.

@@qwerty112311 you know not everyone is as big as space x. they had less than 1/10th the workforce, engineering and produciton crew. now they're just ramping up.

It's actually very common in my area. We have alot of large companies in the area

My mother 90 yrs old i help take care have house next door so can be there for here and own house on other side paid off rent out but have 33yrars ran largest dmg in indiana have skunk works top secret if was not for caring for mother i sell and finish out career at blue origin can see many set up that can be added as 5 axis set up is most important for 3+2 machining and shortest tool shrink fit holders for none run out issues laser measure set tools and kinematics check each week or if slammed light out faults as set tool pressure to save spindle tearing up dmg spindle high end best machine ran 33years no wonder germans bout won war

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Spectacular comment Kylie!

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@@BinaryBlueBull videos about large mil and gov adjacent companies are full of comments like these. go read the comments on some smarter every day videos. i can't explain why on this site because certain key words causes your comment to vanish lol

just because companies buy fancy machines doesnt mean they have the right people to hit those tight tolerances

Can't forget about the signature chatter pattern😅

@@markdavis304 shut yer face 😆

embrace the turtle. that is cool. slow and steady is how nasa got...

I can tell you that they have no problem paying $40 an hour plus for the right people!

@@barrysetzer Nice that's good money especially for Alabama and Florida. The thing that is frustrating that companies aren't catching up to states like Colorado is people don't even know if it's worth looking in to if they are out of state. Once you have the pay transparency, it makes the searching much more fruitful for companies and the employees. Soon the days of playing this salary game will be over nationwide and people will just know what positions pay. I'm sure they pay well considering they have millions of dollars worth of high end machines. It's just something that stood out when clicking on the links. Also worth noting even on those listings they say apply if you still don't meet 100% of the "requirements". This is something that is frustrating for highly skilled younger machinists. My analogy is this; take two people with machining experience. 1 has 20 years of experience operating machines in a bottle opener factory. Yes that's right they simply load parts for making bottle openers. No programming, maybe some setup just high volume production. Then take another person with 2 years of high end prototyping + programming + setup experience with aerospace parts or similar. On paper the first person is "more qualified" and will make much more money but anyone who knows anything about manufacturing knows the second person is more capable. Machining is weird at the high end it's this cross between engineering and manufacturing. You have to know so much to make these crazy parts yet engineers with 2 years of experience make more than most machinists. I worked at a prototype casting shop and they actually had the engineers design the fixturing, if you wanted to so much as chamfer a sharp edge an engineering change order needed to be submitted. So it shouldn't be a big deal to pay highly skilled machinists with clever fixturing designing like the part shown on that big horizontal mill @ 2:00, engineering salaries. There is this disconnect between pay and skill. One of my ex co workers put it best. He left the industry and got a degree in data science. He told me that over the years the machinist had to wear more hats. When he first started as a machinist all you had to do was make parts. Then companies got cheap. Then the machinists had to advise the draftsmen on how to make prints. Then they had to correct the 3d models. Then they had to advise on inspection. Then they have to tell engineers that their designs are too hard to make because of x or y reason. The modern day prototype machinist is heavily under rated and I predict a huge pay spike for the top tier prototype machinists. Lots of retirements coming up soon. O yea I'm impressed you guys toured this facility before @smartereveryday since it's in his backyard haha. Keep on keepin on you guys have a good thing going with the sponsorships and the academy and whatnot.

@@TritonTv69420 ask. They shouldn't have to post salaries. It leads to drama within the company.

Great hope wearher dont get crazy there build basement protect family

I just took a new job as the only programmer at a small shop 2 weeks ago. I would’ve seriously considered moving had I seen this video a month ago.

How much you earn in in Jobs Like that? Im from Germany and im interested how much a CNC machinist can earn in the usa. Thank you

@@markuss.5125 Same question but from the Netherlands :-) I'm curious how it would compare to wages over here, relative to cost of living of course

Yea kids are indoctrinated to believe that college is the only way to be successful in life, so many go there without a clue what they want to do. Many go in arrogant, and come out more arrogant. And tens of thousands in debt. And with a minimum wage service job because they got a useless degree.

Love it man!!!! You are getting an early start, and I have no doubt that you are going to be an absolutely amazing machinist in NO time!!!

Thank you Barry!

Wow that’s impressive young man! Go big and go all in! Shoot for the moon 🚀

Thank you! I have made a cople video's of making some stuff too!

Now gonna have ai program with world wide web

Dmg installed largest 5 axis in indiana was 2 year special machine all germans that set it up where going to china next job they ordered hundreds dmg so china getting ready for real world

I’d like to see some behind the scenes in Raptor production or booster refurbishment.

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Yep

Yeah that doesn't bode well for the rest of the video tbh...

Who does in your opinion and what is the criteria?

Agree I thought Pratt & whitey was the GOAT of making jet engines. And are the biggest and produce more than any other company in the world.

If I was a machinist, I'd want to work there!😳😁

​@@markdavis304she was a dental hygienist now in Q/A.

No that is a total coincidence.

I’m guessing it’s not a coincidence that they chose a thrust rating of 550,000, because that last digit is how many rockets Blue Origin has sent to orbit.

Hahaha nice visual. LMAO

Just out of curiosity, now that it has flown and performed without problems (too bad payload had some problems), what do you think of the engine?

​@@Puj0It's a good engine. But GOAT is a bit much. Raptor is on top right now.

​@mr.g937 the raptor is overworked consistently running at 100 percent which is why they have constant engine failures. Meanwhile BE4 runs at like 75 80 percent of what it's capable of

@@YoureTodaysWinnersource on that because we know that’s not true

​@@NextGen48lol the raptor operates at 100% cause it's under powered. Which is also why it has failures on every launch. I mean 4 failed on the most recent starship launch. Do some reading cause unlike you I actually understand what I'm talking about

Make it a coffee drinking game!

she still is a dental assistant in some sense

If I had to guess I would say it's a combination of both

Just set numbers but lot more deslexia happens mm much less because less numbers to calculate calculate

Most shops in the US use both, depends on the customer. Why would inches scare you? It's simple math. Inches × 25.4 = MM MM ÷ 25.4 = Inches.

Inches add dialect mm less numbers all set worked inches 33years mm 3years much simpler less inverting of n8mbers when hung over

Too late