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Being officially ancient, I am amazed at the progress of machining in my lifetime. I saw overhead belt driven machines being used, everyday, in a small Oregon coast town in my teens, & have watched how dramatically our entire world has changed because of the advancement of CNC. And that is only in my relatively short lifespan. It boggles the mind to think what today's teens will see when they're officially ancient. Thanks for taking us along to your friends' place, Steve. GeoD
I agree 100% but at the same time I’m even more impressed when I learn of the marvelous work that was achieved decades before the advancements. Such things as WW2 aircraft engines with precision machined surfaces that didn’t use sealing gaskets or any goop to seal components or covers.
Whats realty insane is the fact that they are achieving 1 thousands or so tolerance on the blower impeller, on a 4 axis operation with "god" knows how many gear sets and 5 motors (1 drives the tool head rotation) Now that is mind blowing. Thanks Steve and crew from TorqStorm.
Ya, it really doesn't make sense that it can be done to that level with so many moving parts. Obviously it can be done, but it seems more like magic than anything else.
@@--_DJ_-- Precision engineering. zero lash gear sets Extremely flat tables and what about the motors that rotate the 3, 4 axis? The position control WOW mind boggling This level of Automated precision was never thought to be possible in the early 70s (50 years ago)
The first thing I noticed when they walked inside was how clean that shop was, it’s a machine shop and you could probably eat off the floor. Nice place they keep up up there.
Steve kills me!! He has to Touch Everything!! 😂 Lol. The look on them guys face were like.. “ Don’t Touch That, Don’t Ask That”. Secret 😂 Great Stuff Tho!!
This was right in our lane which most people don't get to see. GD&T entered the chat when Chris started talking about uniformity in the impeller wheel. Pallet changers and tombstones o' plenty! Was fun to see the jovial digs back and forth amongst friends. Cheers!
I want to thank these guys for allowing us to see what they do and just a part if there process. This stuff to me is absolutely amazing and I know, not just anyone gets an eye into their processes. Amazing F’N work gentlemen and THANK YOU!!! THIS SHIT IS BAD ASS!!!
Hey Steve, Tim here, i stayed for the whole thing....i was mesmorized as a machinist dude, (Non CNC mind you) at everything u were allowed to show......i was SO proud of these dudes, and they OBVIOUSLY got their shi% together......i genuinely enjoyed the whole thing!!!.....i'm gonna promote Torque Storm cent. Blowers as much as i can!!!....TY sir for a VERY informative, and (as much as u were allowed) in depth look at their blowers.... TY SIR!!!..PEACE to you!!
Great video, very informative. I am very impressed with Torque Storm, especially now knowing it’s American made 5:50 I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many serpentine belts in one place at one time. 37:33 I have never seen anything but an exhaust manifold/header run into a Flowmaster muffler tell now. 43:07 You know it’s legit workhorse when it has a ratchet strap or two on it. 47:26 It’s amazing what CNC machines can do, but what really amazes me is how the CNC machine is built. It can repeatedly be that precise over and over again through millions of different movements reliably, stays exact and doesn’t skip a beat.
Steve and Blower Guys. We/I really appreciate your love and understanding for "What is Cool". Don't ever change. Only good machinist appreciate what 5 Tenths TIR really means. Impressive..
Man, I love these videos where Steve or Kyle goes to a specialty shop and does an in depth video tour of the facility. It’s so cool to have a glimpse into their world and learn a little about how they do stuff.
2 mins in and I already know this gonna be a good video. I like the tours of people's shops seeing the cool stuff people have and do 🇺🇸 hell yeah. Take back our country and start manufacturing more stuff back here
Great vid. I've been extremely pleased with my Torqstorm blower on my SS sedan. Great to see the faces behind a stout product and their future developments!
28:37 its like framing & roofing a house if you are off everytime you add another board by the time you get to the end absolutely nothing is square "lines up".
I worked at a shop that had a cleaner, they would manage the floors, garbage, chips, coolant including changes and more. I think you would be surprised how much this increases productivity in a shop.
I wonder how they get the ceramic ball bearings between the races without the cage, the continuous bearings? I can’t figure that one out. That was an impressive machine shop / manufacturing facility. I see why there is processes we can’t see, they have spent a lot of money and made a bunch of scrap figuring everything out. Thanks for the tour Steve. I know Turbo design is very much evolving, searching for every horsepower or pound of boost. I know on Turbos, at least the Pulling Sport, they watch the drive pressure and boost pressure and can see if the Turbo is properly balanced and selected. I don’t understand everything. There is plenty of Rabbit Holes to get lost in, as far as learning and knowledge.
Thanks Steve I always thought this was a cheap Chinese company. I was way wrong very impressed with there stuff now I know there a U.S.A company. Definitely interested in what there offering
The part you kept calling the landing is technically the diffuser. Both it’s length and width have a great deal to do with how the compressor performs at a certain boost level. The biggest problem with optimizing those areas is it’s only valid for a particular flow and boost level. Alter one or the other and now it may need a change to the diffuser to again be optimized for efficiency.
Very interesting. Was surprised the speed increaser was not running helical gears. The transmission of motion is perfect much like a cv versus a universal joint. That's what the noise is on a straight cut gear set. Folks seem to think that the thrust a helical generates is an issue. On that set up the thrust would be countered by the thrust the impeller generates. In the high speed application paired angular contact ball race bearings are the go. Never the less very impressive work and great video
Those DOOSAN machines are 10 times better than hass machines! If you've ever watched the RU-vid channel Titans of machine out of Texas They have a bunch of DOOSAN machines they're some of the best in the world!
They want you do buy their made in the USA parts ..but they buy all offshore machines to make them would they could be using made in the USA machines..kind of hypocritical .
It looks like they U drill the hole on the lathe, bore, ream or roller burnished it, then od expansion clamp the part in the mill. As far as rotating axis labels, typically if it rotates around the x centerline it's A axis, y centerline=B axis, z center line =c axis. Interesting stuff to see 🙂👍
No BDE to see here, folks! Move along! Keep moving! Nothing to see, here! 😂 I do have to say, it's amazing seeing how all of this works. Impressive facility!
Good video. They haven't advertised the pluses of their unit enough that buyers can relate to them. For what ever reason, very few know about them. Room to grow. :)
I’ve looked into Torqstorm a few years ago. Love the quality,American made (not just assembled), price, etc. I just went turbo because it was still a bit cheaper and I can simply put a bigger turbo on when/if I want more power, but the Torqstorms you basically max out unless you go with their twin kit. Again I think Torqstorm is awesome in every way, but I wanted the ability to get more power and not have two superchargers. I’m probably going to be LS swapping my daily Chevy Colorado and I think a Torqstorm will be perfect since I want a lot of power, but not all the power😂 Love this vid because it’s more info on a company that I think is already awesome. Their underrated in the community and hopefully this changes that some.
@@jaridboylan7244 I’m planning another project once the one I’m on is done. A Torqstorm is definitely one of the first purchases for it. I’ll do that so I don’t change my mind on which direction I might want to go. The build usually starts with a power adder or pistons so I can’t change my mind.😂
As I recall from my trk eng service days-compressor wheels are made by lost pattern casting. Cost of billet vs cast wheels would be interesting to know.
You boys and girls finishing school watching this should know fancy facilities like this eventuate from going to university, where steve's facility is more trade certificate which is better i wonder? i reckon doing steve's job is better as its more relaxed with not as much theory. places like this would keep you thinking in overdrive allot of the time
Machine the OD of the impeller and cut the bore in the same grab. The bore has to be finished with a single point tool, so runout isn't possible. I bet they tried finish reaming them and learned that lesson the hard (expensive) way. Pro Tip: Set up a boring bar that only takes a few thousandths for finishing and you don't have to chase tool wear much. I've been a CNC machinist and tooling designer/programmer for more than 35 years, 18 years of that was at a major racing parts manufacturer.
