I thought the Edison motors analysis was gonna be a trend, that was a great breakdown. Why did the video get taken down? Was Wes threatened by the Canadian mob?
@@WatchWesWork after a while, we learn to enjoy the process rather than focus on the objective, the world would be such a boring place if things always went smoothly ...and lets face it, we do this kind of jobs because we love the challenge, otherwise we'd be pushing papers behind a desk with the air conditioning on and a hot cup of coffee
Customers come and go to my shop with no straps, or poorly tied down loads all the time. Always tie down your loads strong and tight. Cool CNC machine.
Sketchy is when you have to put your finger in a light socket to start the machine! love the fascinating videos that you produce. The family included trip was nice to see as well!
"Executive program" is what the older PC based CNC machines called the main program that ran under DOS or Windows to provide the GUI, act as the PLC for machine side interface, run the motion control and feedback, etc. I highly suggest exporting all the parameters out via serial to backup, then removing the decades old hard drive and image it to your PC! If that hard drive poops out you are cooked unless you have that executive backup and parameters. Also recommend replacing the PC BIOS battery as well. I love "gamble" machines, half the fun is the logistics and tracing down the issues. When people ask me what I make with my CNC machines, my usual answer is "scrap"!
I just got a Chevalier teach lathe and it has similar PC control. Came with 3.5" floppies but I don't know if I could even put my hands on a drive anymore, threw so many of them out from old PC's. @@WatchWesWork
@@WatchWesWork Two things you should never hear in the same sentence: "I think" and "backup". That advice from CrawfordMethod is worth more than the rest of the comments you are going to get. (I used to work in IT Security, ad it gladdens my heart to hear there are people who also understand that a secure system has to be a RECOVERABLE system).
You should try to get into the bios setup too and take pictures of the settings. Many times they are not documented. Floppy disks don't seem very reliable anymore, but you can get an emulator that uses the floppy disk interface and allows use of a USB flash stick. Makes it a lot easier to transfer files from PC to CNC if you are using a CAD program and post processor. Amazon has a couple listed.
As a cnc tech, who specifically works on older machines I can tell you “I don’t have time to check it” and “It’s in my price range” is a great formula for a very expensive cnc machine.
Trailer service company owner here. The little rubber cap is designed for axles that have a grease nipple inside. Normally you use a solid cap if you don’t have a Zerk fitting.
This video might be peak WWW. Sketchy trailer, sketchy fork lift, old school machine tool video that harkens back to the dawn of WWW, and a family road trip!!! The only thing this video lacked was either a rusted out plow truck or a garbage truck.
I could watch you explain how paint dries and I know it would be an interesting video. I hope your son will realize how amazing his dad is when he gets older. Thanks for your videos.
You just did my heart good by using a proper driving tool on those races and seal! I have not seen any other YT fixer-upper use one in a loooong time! I ALWAYS use, or try to use, the proper tools. When I was in HS back in the 60s, my shop teacher had a sign on the wall above his desk "If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over". I'll never forget it.
I run my own mobile mechanic business and that's my motto If you're going to do it, Do it Right, or Don't do it at all! Probably why I have and get so many customers.
Random Taiwanese viewer here. The Hurco factories are about an hour away from where I live. Passed by a few times but never have thought they make CNC machines. Wonder if getting parts directly from them would be cheaper than buying from the US. Would really like to see this old girl back to work, looking forward for part 2.
I strapped a 55gallon drum to the back of my forklift and filled it with water so I could move my HAAS VF0. I had a Clark 6k lift that was really built as an 8k lift with a smaller counterweight.
I have seen these axles called "Uni-lube" Axles. I really like them and have drilled conventional axles to add this feature. Without using this system you would be better off with solid caps rather than ones with the plugs because I also have the same issue of the rubber plugs rotting.
Round things turn into flat things Isn't that how bearings are supposed to work?. OMG NO cotter pin install complaints Mom has to go, she has the chec k book
Every one of Wes's productions where the star of the show DOES not have a steering wheel is always a great video. This CNC purchase is one of them. FYI Wes... I think you used up a lot of Karma unloading the machine at the limits of your little forklift 🤣🤣🤣 You made it look easy but I know the pucker factor was high. Its always a treat when your videos include the family. Looking forward to Part II
WE had a couple VM1s in our shop, reliable enough that I never learned much about them. I do know that low tool changer oil often caused issues in one of ours. The other sort-of problem was that the way it stores tools confused the operators, and by the time they called me their table was full of tool holders that they had no idea where they belonged. The machine doesn't use dedicated tool pockets, so tool #1 is not always in pocket #1. If you started with tool #1 then went to #5 it then stored #1 in pocket #5 and so on till they were all in somewhat random positions. The machine knew what it was doing, and would be fine as long as you didn't try to correct it. I spent a lot of time reloading tools whenever someone new ran the machine. Seems like the tool changer was persnickity, if anything was done out of sequence it wouldn't do anything till you got it back where it wanted to be.
Seems to me that the clamp/unclamp happening at the same time was a common issue, don't remember for sure what caused it. I know there were a couple situations that had me manually manipulating the tool changer valves in sequence to reset something. I'll see if i can find anything in my notes.
Yeah, floating tool changers can be confusing. It's actually what I learned on. When I got a carousel that always put the tool in the same spot I didn't know how to act.
14:17 you can tell how much she loves you when you hear this compared to, “Honey are you sure all our insurance’s are up to date” or “ Honey let me just check our wills first”
I wish you were my dad. I never had a dad to teach me about things like this, but I love this kind of stuff. Now I'm your age, and way behind on learning... Your son is very lucky to grow up with a cool, smart guy like you as his father. Love the channel, Wes.
I always look forward to Watching Wes Work. Since I can't work right now due to a health issue, Watching you and all of your other buddies on youtube is excellent. Glad you brought the family along. Happy Easter Sunday ! From the PNW.
Wes, I hauled quite a few big CNC machines from a manufacturer in NY State called Fryer Machine,and laughed out loud watching you handle yours with that small towmotor. A lot of times, I would arrive at a customer with a 30 ft long or more machine that was overheight also, and they would come driving out with a couple towmotors like yours to think they could do the job. It was hillarious. Love your content, Bill
One thing I learned with forklifts....and I drove them for about 15 years... always drive forward when you have a load on the limit... that way you force the weight onto the rear wheels which allows a certain amount of steering...
Wes your new RUclips content is great! It’s like you retired and this is your hobby. You may soon need a larger shop! Wonderful seeing Mrs Wes and Kiddo joining you on the road trip.
I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of this series. I loved the trip to the Zoo with you and Mrs. Wes and Little Wes. I always loved taking my boys to the Zoo's. My oldest is now 54 years old. I still have his first pair of glasses he wore in the 1st grade. Enjoy Little Wes and Mrs. Wes because time doesn't fly it travels at the speed of light.
You must have telegraphed this video to the algorithm, because your old alignment videos that brought me to the channel originally started popping up in my feed. yay, machine content!
Thanks for the ride Wes. I've never been exposed to any machine shop stuff much less CNC. I look forward to seeing how you make this machine work and hope you will take it easy on those of us who aren't hip to all the terminology and what everything does. GO SLOW! Thanks again.
Wow, I was pretty clenched up just watching you move that machine off the trailer! Your wife is a very understanding woman! I can't wait to see this machine in action.
Looks like you are moving towards Becoming a machine shop for the farmers around and an occasional mechanic. You’re a man of many trades Wes! The one stop shop indeed! I like it👍
@@WatchWesWork oh sorry , but you would definitely be welcome here as we don’t have any machine shops within 100 or so miles plus you work on just about anything and everything, you prove this with each new video. Great talent you have!
Wes, you have gone over (Back Over?) the edge. You must be making some home brew with all the corn crops up there. I have a few machines, analog as I refer to them. Don't know how to fully operate, but seriously enjoy them. I do not understand how your every day family can get by with out a mill, lathe, welders, etc....Thanks for the video!
Yesssss!😊 👌 It couldn‘t get any better! Wes do Metal-CNC…i‘m not surprised! That‘s as logical as it can be. I wish you and all of you the great success you deserve! All the best and stay healthy!😃
What a great video, the sketchiness reached extreme on the gauge when unloading but it worked and it looks like another content generator has arrived at the shop. I was with you until you opened the control cabinet and then my eyes just glazed over. I find I get a lot of satisfaction and pleasure from picking up something for a cheap price and getting it fixed up and using it, but sometimes it’s a very, very fine line between satisfaction and frustration. I loved the road trip and seeing your family so thanks for including them. Cheers Wes, Stuart 🇦🇺
love your videos man! by far my most favorite mechanic youtuber. Your dam lucky to have the extra cash to buy some new toys, Most Canadians are living paycheck to paycheck these days... Hopefully we get a government change soon so us small business owners can finally make some money again.
It's late I'm old and past my bedtime. When you were strapping the fork lift to the backhoe I said what is he doing. Then you pulled the trailer out and I said I knew that is what he was doing. Drove rough terrain fork lifts in Vietnam. We had fun when we were between convoy loadings. Wasn't supposed to, but we moved one gigantic boulder that took two lifts to carry. It looked good in front of the Ammo companies break shack with it painted and logoed. Those Anthony and Pettibone lifts were beasts and worked day and night for I don't know how many tours. Luckily I was only there for my one year and got to come back home.
There is a switch behind the spindle guard, they get sticky. Plenty of wd-40 and cycle it should free up. As far as the tool changer, open the cover in front of the gear box and make sure there is oil in the cup. If not, fill with dte light. The seal on the tool changer arm likes to fail and all the oil leaks out.
Your spindle clamp “on” input and spindle unclamped “on” inputs are on at the same time so you have a sensor discrepancy error. You will have problem finding the sensors and figuring out how to fix the discrepancy, cuz you’re the man, Wes.
Love it!!!! The VM-1 is a REALLY good machine. Arguably a more budget friendly version of the HAAS or Brother small formfactor VMC's of the early 2000's. You're going to love that thing. It sounds like its in great shape.
I used to work on very high precision money making machines. Repeatability within microns. People that worry about the suspension on trucks delivering machine tools should see how some of those machines got delivered! Why yes, your multi million dollar machine has just been delivered on the back of a decades old truck held together with hopes and dreams and driven for miles down unpaved roads. It's then been unloaded with the world's jankiest forklift driven by someone that can't read the "don't lift here with a forklift" sign, swung through the side of the factory by a crane and extracted from the crate by a couple of apes with a sledge hammer (if I had a friend!). I'm sure that's great for precision! The machines were sensitive enough once set up you could tell if the floor was settling by the change in their output quality, and they were chunky beasts.
During some high school and early college years I worked in varoius departments of a factory, eventually doing prototyping and engineering work for some new products, including cnc sheet metal work (amada pega) and writing programs for and running their Hurco VM1. Been shopping for one as well to eventually have in the home shop, neat to see one show up here
1:25 - That sound brings back memories of my clothespinning baseball cards to my bicycle forks so the cards would make flapping sounds in the spokes. Do kids today know what clothespins and or baseball cards are?
Did something like this years ago at work, with a much less delicate load though. It weighed 5 metric tonnes and the fork lift maxed out at 4,5. A little sketch but I was able to steer every time the back wheels touched the ground. Great vid as always. Cheers 🍻😁
I've been watching since the last era of WJ CNC videos. Those old ones were bangers! Good to see you back to it, though I like all of your videos and have learned a ton all the way through.
As a mechanic that owns rotted plow trucks, works on tractors, and machine operator that runs fanuc machines daily. This channel has it all. Next thing that would encompass all my interested would be a boat, but that’s just a hole in the water.
I’m no expert! That is usually followed by some jacked up advice. So here we go… It could be that the tool changer won’t work unless there is a tool in that slot. Just trying to help. Agree with others, so much cool stuff. Can’t wait to see where this all goes. I’m definitely on team Wes
Wes, you remind me of my dads calm & calculated demeanor along with the humor...lol...that cnc is a beaut and I look forward to you getting into the innards, fixing, tuning and calibrating. Dad was a ham radio freak, taught me how to get around anything "vacuum tube"...he could take a junk military Hallicrafters shortwave receiver and transmitter and turn it into a work of art...
I used to be a fse for a major cnc laser tool. I remember we had a customer in Erie PA that had riggers moving a new $750k machine in place. You know you can't tell a rigger how to do their job. Well theyre lifting our epoxy granite frame machine incorrectly and as soon as the other on-site service engineer told them they can't lift it that way and they said they know what they are doing - they crack the machine in the middle.
I had a rigger run into the side of my machine because his forklift had no brakes. Dented in the sheet metal and broke the door hinge. He "discounted" the bill. Funny though, with the discount it was still more than he quoted me...
Love the confidence of the wife. Give me your phone so I can call 911. I once had a similar clamp unclamped alarm. It was a faulty switch on the ATC arm so it sounds like you are headed in the right area to fix it.
the rubber plug on the trailer hub cap is for access to the grease fitting on most modern Dexter axles, feeds grease through the spindle to both bearings instead of needing to repack them
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CNC machines, forestry robots, shop overhaul, we are in an unprecedented era of Wes doing cool shit. 2024 is shaping up great so far.
I hope so.
You should watch his early videos when he was a wee lad.
@@RPike-bq3xm Before he started turning gray!
@@MikeyMack303 I'm gray too it happens
I thought the Edison motors analysis was gonna be a trend, that was a great breakdown. Why did the video get taken down? Was Wes threatened by the Canadian mob?
Wes I love how your wife is holding the camera while asking for your phone in case someone has to call 911 during the peak sketchiness. She’s a keeper
she is that.
Then when he's pulling it across the barn threshold she tells him to floor it. 🤣
It’s not her first rodeo.
Yup, I smiled at that one too!
She is smart for sure
"I gotta fix the thing so I can pick up the thing I gotta fix."
Me too, Wes... me, too.
There's never a straight line from A to B.
@@WatchWesWork after a while, we learn to enjoy the process rather than focus on the objective, the world would be such a boring place if things always went smoothly
...and lets face it, we do this kind of jobs because we love the challenge, otherwise we'd be pushing papers behind a desk with the air conditioning on and a hot cup of coffee
@@WatchWesWorkViagra lol
Ha Ha, The island of Misfit Toys, it's an early Christmas, ho ho ho. 🎉
@@WatchWesWork Pretzel Logic? Me too!
"I swore I'd never touch a cnc machine again"- Wes.
Also Wes...
Never say never.
@@WatchWesWork swore is past tense, I'm sure you know that. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it.
Used to work on Cnc machines for American axels here in Scotland are they still going
Been driving a truck for 25+ years... I've never regretted throwing an extra strap or chain.
And when stopping for fuel or whatever always check that the chains and straps are still tight.
Customers come and go to my shop with no straps, or poorly tied down loads all the time. Always tie down your loads strong and tight. Cool CNC machine.
I used handcuffs with Pauliina.
Someone who's a Hurco VM1 legend is gonna show up in your comments and tell you exactly what you need to hear. I can feel it.
Sketchy is when you have to put your finger in a light socket to start the machine! love the fascinating videos that you produce. The family included trip was nice to see as well!
Yeah I don't enjoy that part!
i was wondering if that was bare metal int hat switch
I thought they were like this as standard.
Usually 24V lamps, nothing to be concerned with unless you have metal fingers, or there is a sharp bit of broken glass in the socket.
You just about went passed my house on your way to the Zoo. Nice trip with your family. Thanks for another interesting video.
"Executive program" is what the older PC based CNC machines called the main program that ran under DOS or Windows to provide the GUI, act as the PLC for machine side interface, run the motion control and feedback, etc. I highly suggest exporting all the parameters out via serial to backup, then removing the decades old hard drive and image it to your PC! If that hard drive poops out you are cooked unless you have that executive backup and parameters. Also recommend replacing the PC BIOS battery as well.
I love "gamble" machines, half the fun is the logistics and tracing down the issues.
When people ask me what I make with my CNC machines, my usual answer is "scrap"!
I think I have a backup on floppy disk.
I just got a Chevalier teach lathe and it has similar PC control. Came with 3.5" floppies but I don't know if I could even put my hands on a drive anymore, threw so many of them out from old PC's.
@@WatchWesWork
@@WatchWesWork Two things you should never hear in the same sentence: "I think" and "backup".
That advice from CrawfordMethod is worth more than the rest of the comments you are going to get.
(I used to work in IT Security, ad it gladdens my heart to hear there are people who also understand that a secure system has to be a RECOVERABLE system).
@@CrawfordMethodI think I have an old MFM hard drive around still. Big one, maybe 20 meg?
You should try to get into the bios setup too and take pictures of the settings. Many times they are not documented.
Floppy disks don't seem very reliable anymore, but you can get an emulator that uses the floppy disk interface and allows use of a USB flash stick. Makes it a lot easier to transfer files from PC to CNC if you are using a CAD program and post processor. Amazon has a couple listed.
As a cnc tech, who specifically works on older machines I can tell you “I don’t have time to check it” and “It’s in my price range” is a great formula for a very expensive cnc machine.
Heh. Not just for CNC machines!
Atleast it's not a wooden boat
@@hannahranga Yeah, I'm sure he didn't buy it for "the price of one dollar".
Well it's a way to split the cost over a longer period buying spare parts 😂
@@MortenBulskov the O'Reilly's method of car finance
Every man's wet dream that loves doing 'stuff' is having his own CNC, hats off.
Trailer service company owner here. The little rubber cap is designed for axles that have a grease nipple inside. Normally you use a solid cap if you don’t have a Zerk fitting.
Hearing that classic PC POST beep amongst the unfolding chaos and overwhelming electrical hum is very cute.
This video might be peak WWW. Sketchy trailer, sketchy fork lift, old school machine tool video that harkens back to the dawn of WWW, and a family road trip!!! The only thing this video lacked was either a rusted out plow truck or a garbage truck.
No wiring repairs.
Or max doing the rodent check.
yet@@WatchWesWork
Need Max to find some critters in it!
Oh man, I love the trash truck video. It’s my fav!!!
I could watch you explain how paint dries and I know it would be an interesting video. I hope your son will realize how amazing his dad is when he gets older. Thanks for your videos.
Can't tell you how happy I am to get some machine tool content after so long! You the Man Wes!
Coming in strong!
I wouldn't know a milling machine from refrigerator, (and I have no idea what he is gabbling on about), but Wes's enthusiasm is infectious.
You just did my heart good by using a proper driving tool on those races and seal! I have not seen any other YT fixer-upper use one in a loooong time! I ALWAYS use, or try to use, the proper tools. When I was in HS back in the 60s, my shop teacher had a sign on the wall above his desk "If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over". I'll never forget it.
Well I still do a lot of things over.
INteresting how those things we were exposed to in High School have stuck with us !
I run my own mobile mechanic business and that's my motto If you're going to do it, Do it Right, or Don't do it at all! Probably why I have and get so many customers.
2nd corollory, if you can't afford to do it properly, you can't afford to do it twice.
@@jacobrobinson175 me too I won't touch a job unless I know I can do it but some jobs will still catch you by surprise
"One bad bulb, otherwise all the lights work". Wow! No one has ever said those words about a trailer that's more than 30 days old.
This video had it all: Bearings, a road trip, a zoo, an old machine, and, of course, the reason we all came for, Peak Sketchiness!
Random Taiwanese viewer here. The Hurco factories are about an hour away from where I live. Passed by a few times but never have thought they make CNC machines.
Wonder if getting parts directly from them would be cheaper than buying from the US.
Would really like to see this old girl back to work, looking forward for part 2.
As you were ratchet strapping the forklift to the back-ho - that was the definition of ratcheting up the sketch
Nah, sketchy is when you have someone stand on the back of the fork truck for more counter weight.
@@alanflor703 I was saying it while watching the video! :)
That made it a lot less sketchy
when your part of the counter weight its fun, i did stuff like that
@@alanflor703 Been there and done that -Pluss times
Clearly the best kind of "Serious Work Environment."
Good job @Mrs Wes
I strapped a 55gallon drum to the back of my forklift and filled it with water so I could move my HAAS VF0. I had a Clark 6k lift that was really built as an 8k lift with a smaller counterweight.
Buddy of mine and I did that to pull a Caterpillar diesel out of a dump truck, we called it the Variable Ballast System haha
unloading got you a solid 8.5 on the sketchometer.
Well done! Strapping to the hoe to get it down out of the danger zone was a nice move.
It finally pulled it's weight.
Your family is beautiful, Wes! Enjoy every minute you can with them!
OK, at 16:50 when the rear wheels lifted I heard Mrs. Wes chuckle, kudos Mrs. Wes, that was earned and delivered, right on time.
That was Wes :D
The rubber cap is for trailers with the quick grease bearings pull the cap and hook up the grease gun to grease the wheel bearings
Yep! Take the cap off mine and I'm looking at the end of a grease fitting. Handy!
I have seen these axles called "Uni-lube" Axles. I really like them and have drilled conventional axles to add this feature. Without using this system you would be better off with solid caps rather than ones with the plugs because I also have the same issue of the rubber plugs rotting.
They are correct. For some reason someone put EZ- lube caps on standard axles. No point whatsoever.
Round things turn into flat things
Isn't that how bearings are supposed to work?.
OMG NO cotter pin install complaints
Mom has to go, she has the chec k book
My brand new dump trailer came with these bearing caps with the rubber plugs. They must be a penny or two cheaper or something. 🤷🏽♂️
Every one of Wes's productions where the star of the show DOES not have a steering wheel is always a great video. This CNC purchase is one of them.
FYI Wes... I think you used up a lot of Karma unloading the machine at the limits of your little forklift 🤣🤣🤣 You made it look easy but I know the pucker factor was high.
Its always a treat when your videos include the family.
Looking forward to Part II
WE had a couple VM1s in our shop, reliable enough that I never learned much about them. I do know that low tool changer oil often caused issues in one of ours. The other sort-of problem was that the way it stores tools confused the operators, and by the time they called me their table was full of tool holders that they had no idea where they belonged. The machine doesn't use dedicated tool pockets, so tool #1 is not always in pocket #1. If you started with tool #1 then went to #5 it then stored #1 in pocket #5 and so on till they were all in somewhat random positions. The machine knew what it was doing, and would be fine as long as you didn't try to correct it. I spent a lot of time reloading tools whenever someone new ran the machine. Seems like the tool changer was persnickity, if anything was done out of sequence it wouldn't do anything till you got it back where it wanted to be.
Seems to me that the clamp/unclamp happening at the same time was a common issue, don't remember for sure what caused it. I know there were a couple situations that had me manually manipulating the tool changer valves in sequence to reset something. I'll see if i can find anything in my notes.
Yeah, floating tool changers can be confusing. It's actually what I learned on. When I got a carousel that always put the tool in the same spot I didn't know how to act.
It's a 3 axis content generator 1- fixing it, 2 - programming it, 3 - making stuff, like it.
14:17 you can tell how much she loves you when you hear this compared to, “Honey are you sure all our insurance’s are up to date” or “ Honey let me just check our wills first”
Very happy to see you're stretching out your wings with the channel. You're a very smart dude that has a lot to show and teach.
and he isnt a jerk, which is a plus.
Wes definitely is a good guy always look forward to seeing his videos and learning something
The fork lift steals the show for me. How in the world is it doing that?! What an incredible machine.
Love the fact that you named your new machine after your dog, Max.
I love that your wife supports your endeavors, makes things easier. Can't wait see this thing running and machining !!
Everything on the channel is her idea! 😂
I wish you were my dad. I never had a dad to teach me about things like this, but I love this kind of stuff. Now I'm your age, and way behind on learning... Your son is very lucky to grow up with a cool, smart guy like you as his father. Love the channel, Wes.
Just blows me away how knowledgeable you are on so many different topics, Wes.
I always look forward to Watching Wes Work. Since I can't work right now due to a health issue, Watching you and all of your other buddies on youtube is excellent. Glad you brought the family along. Happy Easter Sunday ! From the PNW.
Resurrection Day, brother... ✝
Family is beautiful brother, you deserve it❤
Good thing you rebuild that cylinder on the Clark!
Small world. At about the 8:15 mark you captured my granddaughter and my daughter.
Wes, I hauled quite a few big CNC machines from a manufacturer in NY State called Fryer Machine,and laughed out loud watching you handle yours with that small towmotor. A lot of times, I would arrive at a customer with a 30 ft long or more machine that was overheight also, and they would come driving out with a couple towmotors like yours to think they could do the job. It was hillarious. Love your content, Bill
I guess they have to try.
@@WatchWesWork The running gear on your new machine sure sounds quiet, doesn't it? Happy Easter, Bill
Please oh Please keep these video's coming. You are the highlight of an old mans day!!
One thing I learned with forklifts....and I drove them for about 15 years... always drive forward when you have a load on the limit... that way you force the weight onto the rear wheels which allows a certain amount of steering...
Load goes uphill, too.
@@TheOneWhoMightBe Also use full tilt back
Wes your new RUclips content is great! It’s like you retired and this is your hobby. You may soon need a larger shop! Wonderful seeing Mrs Wes and Kiddo joining you on the road trip.
I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of this series. I loved the trip to the Zoo with you and Mrs. Wes and Little Wes. I always loved taking my boys to the Zoo's. My oldest is now 54 years old. I still have his first pair of glasses he wore in the 1st grade. Enjoy Little Wes and Mrs. Wes because time doesn't fly it travels at the speed of light.
And sometimes they're gone like mine.
I am 99.9% sure you will have that CNC running like a well oiled machine in no time. Loved the family road trip. looking forward to the video's.
You must have telegraphed this video to the algorithm, because your old alignment videos that brought me to the channel originally started popping up in my feed. yay, machine content!
Your forklift adventure reminds me of every workplace I've been with a forklift.
anyone that hasn't done something sketchy with a forklift hasn't worked a day in their life.
I forgot all my training from the forklift safety class.
Amen brother
@@WatchWesWorkI never got those classes but have used a forklift several times
I just flipped my forklift last week a little bit scared to operate it again because it was very old machine everything is wobbly 😅
If you haven’t used a bigger forklift to get your smaller forklift unstuck from the mud/snow, you haven’t worked a day in your life either 😂
Thanks for the ride Wes. I've never been exposed to any machine shop stuff much less CNC. I look forward to seeing how you make this machine work and hope you will take it easy on those of us who aren't hip to all the terminology and what everything does. GO SLOW! Thanks again.
Wow, I was pretty clenched up just watching you move that machine off the trailer! Your wife is a very understanding woman! I can't wait to see this machine in action.
GREAT FIELD TRIP... you can do things FOR kids but better when WITH kids!❤
I know nothing about CNC machines, other than it’s spelled with all capital letters, but I still love your videos! Keep them coming Wes.
You really know how to make an interesting video Wes. Everything from trailer bearings, a roadtrip, the family and a clapped out old CNC machine.
Looks like you are moving towards Becoming a machine shop for the farmers around and an occasional mechanic. You’re a man of many trades Wes! The one stop shop indeed! I like it👍
No. I had a machine shop.
@@WatchWesWork oh sorry , but you would definitely be welcome here as we don’t have any machine shops within 100 or so miles plus you work on just about anything and everything, you prove this with each new video. Great talent you have!
Never expected my car repair video guys to get into CNC milling machines! Take that Eric O and Ivan!
Wes, you have gone over (Back Over?) the edge. You must be making some home brew with all the corn crops up there. I have a few machines, analog as I refer to them. Don't know how to fully operate, but seriously enjoy them. I do not understand how your every day family can get by with out a mill, lathe, welders, etc....Thanks for the video!
Yesssss!😊 👌 It couldn‘t get any better! Wes do Metal-CNC…i‘m not surprised! That‘s as logical as it can be. I wish you and all of you the great success you deserve! All the best and stay healthy!😃
Yaskawa drives are no joke we have a ton of them at work they are BULLETPROOF
Back to humble beginnings. Good to see a big boy cnc machine again
What a great video, the sketchiness reached extreme on the gauge when unloading but it worked and it looks like another content generator has arrived at the shop. I was with you until you opened the control cabinet and then my eyes just glazed over. I find I get a lot of satisfaction and pleasure from picking up something for a cheap price and getting it fixed up and using it, but sometimes it’s a very, very fine line between satisfaction and frustration. I loved the road trip and seeing your family so thanks for including them. Cheers Wes, Stuart 🇦🇺
Thanks for the trip down memory Lane, machine tech for 47 years, I still have dreams about a machine not working and can't go home till it's fixed
love your videos man! by far my most favorite mechanic youtuber. Your dam lucky to have the extra cash to buy some new toys, Most Canadians are living paycheck to paycheck these days... Hopefully we get a government change soon so us small business owners can finally make some money again.
It's late I'm old and past my bedtime. When you were strapping the fork lift to the backhoe I said what is he doing. Then you pulled the trailer out and I said I knew that is what he was doing. Drove rough terrain fork lifts in Vietnam. We had fun when we were between convoy loadings. Wasn't supposed to, but we moved one gigantic boulder that took two lifts to carry. It looked good in front of the Ammo companies break shack with it painted and logoed. Those Anthony and Pettibone lifts were beasts and worked day and night for I don't know how many tours. Luckily I was only there for my one year and got to come back home.
There is a switch behind the spindle guard, they get sticky.
Plenty of wd-40 and cycle it should free up.
As far as the tool changer, open the cover in front of the gear box and make sure there is oil in the cup.
If not, fill with dte light.
The seal on the tool changer arm likes to fail and all the oil leaks out.
OK. I'll check it. I noticed the spindle motor needs a cleaning anyway.
Your spindle clamp “on” input and spindle unclamped “on” inputs are on at the same time so you have a sensor discrepancy error. You will have problem finding the sensors and figuring out how to fix the discrepancy, cuz you’re the man, Wes.
Love it!!!! The VM-1 is a REALLY good machine. Arguably a more budget friendly version of the HAAS or Brother small formfactor VMC's of the early 2000's. You're going to love that thing. It sounds like its in great shape.
I hope so!
@@WatchWesWork Could we get a rough price range you got this thing for, so we can plan for budgeting our own machine like this...? Cheers!
I used to work on very high precision money making machines.
Repeatability within microns.
People that worry about the suspension on trucks delivering machine tools should see how some of those machines got delivered!
Why yes, your multi million dollar machine has just been delivered on the back of a decades old truck held together with hopes and dreams and driven for miles down unpaved roads. It's then been unloaded with the world's jankiest forklift driven by someone that can't read the "don't lift here with a forklift" sign, swung through the side of the factory by a crane and extracted from the crate by a couple of apes with a sledge hammer (if I had a friend!). I'm sure that's great for precision!
The machines were sensitive enough once set up you could tell if the floor was settling by the change in their output quality, and they were chunky beasts.
Thanks for the video Wes. Good to see the whole Family.
Wes is the only RUclipsr I support on Patreon and it’s worth every penny. My favorite. Need to up my monthly amount.
That machinery lift would make the fellas in Pakistan proud.
9:11 wholesome family moments. love it. and also that your wife is having a wheat beer with you...
During some high school and early college years I worked in varoius departments of a factory, eventually doing prototyping and engineering work for some new products, including cnc sheet metal work (amada pega) and writing programs for and running their Hurco VM1. Been shopping for one as well to eventually have in the home shop, neat to see one show up here
Too bad. They had two machines. A matched pair. But one was already sold by the time I got there.
Hi folks, what a wonderful ,happy family. Many thanks from UK.
Love it Wes.
Nice to see the family went on the road trip. Your boy is getting bigger by the minute 💯.
Glad to be part of your RUclips family 💓
Finally! Something I work on! I work on Motoman robots, every day. I recognize all the drivers and the inverter
1:25 - That sound brings back memories of my clothespinning baseball cards to my bicycle forks so the cards would make flapping sounds in the spokes. Do kids today know what clothespins and or baseball cards are?
Not sure. Do they even have bikes?
Did something like this years ago at work, with a much less delicate load though. It weighed 5 metric tonnes and the fork lift maxed out at 4,5.
A little sketch but I was able to steer every time the back wheels touched the ground.
Great vid as always. Cheers 🍻😁
Glad to see you bought a Hurco. She’s rough but she’ll get the job done. I’ve been running them for 26 years and I wouldn’t buy anything else.
Wes, i love your content, and have learned so, so much from you.
However, i really do Miss your diagnostic and repair videos.
Good to see quality family time, your boy has taken a stretch
Brings me back to my manufacturing roots. Fortunately we bought new so just spent time programming and troubleshooting. Have fun!
Wow - Kiddo is really stretching up!
I've been watching since the last era of WJ CNC videos. Those old ones were bangers! Good to see you back to it, though I like all of your videos and have learned a ton all the way through.
Nice machine, looking forward to next video 👍
As a mechanic that owns rotted plow trucks, works on tractors, and machine operator that runs fanuc machines daily. This channel has it all. Next thing that would encompass all my interested would be a boat, but that’s just a hole in the water.
Ugh. No boats!
The sign also said no RVs
But how did that go for you? ;)
Awesome Wes. (and family including doggy)
LOL. Luddite Technology...
I’ve never ran a Hurco before but as a Machinist this is cool to see!!
the little forklift that could!😊
I was huffing and puffing like a little choo choo train that could 😊...chugga chugga chugga...😊😊
I’m no expert!
That is usually followed by some jacked up advice. So here we go…
It could be that the tool changer won’t work unless there is a tool in that slot. Just trying to help.
Agree with others, so much cool stuff. Can’t wait to see where this all goes. I’m definitely on team Wes
Where's the Edison video? Did you get in trouble?
I started watching it when, came back and it was gone..
What a smart guy and a very capable shop. You mid-west, central America guys are off the charts man.
Looking forward to you diagnosing the Hurco
Wes, you remind me of my dads calm & calculated demeanor along with the humor...lol...that cnc is a beaut and I look forward to you getting into the innards, fixing, tuning and calibrating. Dad was a ham radio freak, taught me how to get around anything "vacuum tube"...he could take a junk military Hallicrafters shortwave receiver and transmitter and turn it into a work of art...
I used to be a fse for a major cnc laser tool. I remember we had a customer in Erie PA that had riggers moving a new $750k machine in place. You know you can't tell a rigger how to do their job. Well theyre lifting our epoxy granite frame machine incorrectly and as soon as the other on-site service engineer told them they can't lift it that way and they said they know what they are doing - they crack the machine in the middle.
I had a rigger run into the side of my machine because his forklift had no brakes. Dented in the sheet metal and broke the door hinge. He "discounted" the bill. Funny though, with the discount it was still more than he quoted me...
@@WatchWesWork Oy vey. Ever accidentally call a millwright a rigger? Wow its like you spit on their mother's grave.
Love the confidence of the wife. Give me your phone so I can call 911.
I once had a similar clamp unclamped alarm. It was a faulty switch on the ATC arm so it sounds like you are headed in the right area to fix it.
Nothing wrong with a Hurco. Good machine. Where I used to work at, we had two of the same model. You must have 3 phase in your shop.
the rubber plug on the trailer hub cap is for access to the grease fitting on most modern Dexter axles, feeds grease through the spindle to both bearings instead of needing to repack them
On the next episode of WWW, making things on my new toy the government doesn’t need to know about. Keep up the videos Wes!