Good question! It covers the ways. Think of it like a suit of armor for the machine. It protects the important expensive stuff it needs to actually move and work. It's the most important part of the machine IMO.
You can play hockey without a cup but only because ice is so cold. You take a puck to the jewels and you'll know why then. Sometimes you just need protection.
It's a condom that helps to prevent a milling machine from reproducing. Unfortunately they are effective only 98% of the time, so it's likely you'll end up with more than one in your shop.
Like 70% of viewers of Wes video's r not subscribers! which means guys that do auto repairs use his videos to get there RUclips ASE Certified......😂😂😂😂😂..!! Great job Wes!!!
@@kyleknott1097AntsPants is another. There’s a small group of unaffiliated/unrelated guys who do youtube videos and always refer back to eachother because us guys like all their videos, camerata, dirt perfect, letsdig18, jesse muller, AntsPants, dieselcreek, scrappyindustries, etc
Because as awesome as the videos are, he doesn’t put videos out regularly. It’s the only thing i can think of, as the man is highly skilled, well spoken, his videos are perfectly edited, and he has interesting content. I’ve been a regular viewer since his subs were in the 13k range. He has never failed to produce very interesting content. And he frequently comments on many of my replies.
I believe he would make an awesome shop teacher, especially back in the day. I don’t know about this generation, but I do believe they are making it come back turn around turns out they’re not all gay turns out they all don’t hate America the kids before these kids oh yeah.
Call me odd, but I actually love the fact you go over the different standards for bolts and threads. If you don't know these things it would be very easy to use the wrong parts and not only wonder why it doesn't fit together right, but also create a very dangerous situation. Keep up the good work!
@@andrewnajarian5994 Both Whitworth and SAE have a lot of threads that have the exact same specs, like 1/4-20. The only difference is the angle that the threads are cut, Whitworth threads are sharper at 55°, SAE threads are cut at 60° So, you can spin an SAE nut onto a Whitworth bolt, it'll be loose but it will thread on. A Whitworth nut, however, will jam on an SAE bolt.
@@seanwieland9763 Yup. There's mains plug types A through M. Let's design a universal standard to replace all of them! Oops, now there's types A through N and only one country kind of adopted the new universal standard and another one modified it enough to be only kind of compatible (and happily uses it for a voltage it wasn't designed for). And then wait for another country to come and invent type O.
Wes has the uncanny ability to make any mechanical subject matter interesting. I challenge all you would-be mechanic RUclipsrs to watch this man and takes notes!
Hey if if wasn't for cheap rusty shit, neither you or Diesel Creek Matt would have any content! All of us out here love watching you guys resurrect some clapped out old piece of junk that should have been scrapped 10 years ago. Thanks for the video.
@@alanharney5278 Nothing gets you good at fixing things like being too broke to afford the new and shiny version! I learned how to fix cars initially because I could only afford $500 auction ones.
36 minutes of pure visual joy! Wes your videos never fail to impress us all with your ability to explain complex problems with ease or in this case a cardboard model, can’t wait to see the Hurco in action!
I'm going on 2 years of working as a HAAS factory outlet tech. You're explanation of leveling the table for twist and the table sweep almost perfectly lined up with how I was trained on doing installs.
@@WatchWesWork I have yet to use a granite square outside of a post-crash alignment. Lathes are what I've been aligning the most since starting as a tech and that mainly involves a ground test bar bolted to the spindle face to run indicators along. The c-frame mills seem to rarely get knocked out of alignment unless its a really hard crash, or at least thats how it seems with the customers in our HFO territory. Haven't seen many Hurcos in the shops I visit.
A cliffhanger? What is this magic! As for that truck at the end - I'm glad to see we've gone back to the normal content of the brake lines holding a vehicle together.
Is it really a cliffhanger? From the phone conversation it's pretty clear - Wes' home for clapped out, abused, and cast off CNC machines is getting another resident! It's a story all too familiar to me - I'm working on fixing up a VMC as well, and then someone gave me a CNC lathe that no one else could fix that threw a monkey wrench in all my plans. Only difference is I only have a 2 car garage, and he has lots of room!
Some day explain why a guy with your CNC and Manufacturing knowledge makes a living repairing rusted out pick-up trucks? Loved this video. I am a retired president of a 60,000 square foot machine shop in the San Francisco Bay Area....keeping way covers functioning properly was a never ending chore and unbelievably expensive. Every thing related to CNC machines is expensive. Our sister company was a foundry located in Rockford, been there many times.
Wes said previously he did not like the travel associated with past positions repairing CNC machines. He certainly has made it clear multiple times he is also tired of working on rusty trucks. There must be some compromise opportunity to utilize his unique skills within a reasonable commute. Even if he just bought and sold machines from his shop. My son makes a good living with CNC machines in a shop ¼ the size of Wes's...and he never spends a night away from home.
Im outside the US🙌 and im sure all of us what gets us together is love for your channel and the love for tinkering. You are a great mentor Wes thank you for what you do.
It's not like I'm scouring RUclips for machine tool content, but I'm pretty sure you'd be hard pressed to find another "clapped out machine tool rescue". Thanks for the upload. I'm enthralled!
This is what I did for 35 years, hauled, rigged and moved every kind of machine made and before that I was a machinist. I used to haul Hurcos out of Indianapolis, they had a distribution center there.
That was a great lesson on the inner-workings of a CNC machine, I actually enjoyed learning about it. Watching this work on AVE's channel looks like magic happening I don't think I could get past entering the data on the keyboard. Thanks for taking us along.
That Toyota is sweet!!! Oh wait you showed the frame!! As a person that has never lived in the Rust belt or Salted roads every year I had no idea, You and South Main Auto and Andrew Camarata, have showed me the perils of living in these areas. Why the Auto industry can sell so many new cars every 10 years. Thanks for the education and entertainment. I like seeing rebuilding and refurbishing, up until you can’t or not worth it. Marty T in New Zealand has showed us that engines can run but sometimes the rest is just junk. Thanks again for all you do and nice shop. Glad watching you helps with the revenue.
There has been an fing frame recall for at least a decade... But hey you're still working on mastering capitalization.... Blame the auto industry. Not the clowns that insist their government have every inch of roadway dry year round.
Did Wes buy a Cricut machine to make a cardboard model of his CNC machine? It's amazing the level of commitment Wes has when explaining things. Wes is a mad scientist that works on machines instead of animals. It's ALIVE!!!
I am not a machinist nor do I understand the the "inner workings" of that piece of equipment but I sure love to watch the problem solving and mechanics of getting it working!👍
I'm a student machinist, beginning my career very soon. Your videos are perfect for filling out the level of knowledge that instructors have, but just lack the time to show. Appreciate your time showing things in clear and concise ways.
Today I learned Wes knows machining. The Hurco is a good choice for for a small shop because of the super easy programming. We have the VMX24. I wasn't sure about it at first but I love it now. BTW that oil cup.. fill it up and check it often until it stops going down. If it continues to need refilled more than once every few months or so, you have bad seals. There's also an oil cup for the spindle clamp. Check it too.
I think you mentioned at one point how you got burned out on the CNC videos, but I sure do love you beating these machines into submission. Can't wait until you pull the boards on this one and start replacing transistors.
@@WatchWesWork Is the cardboard unit for sale? It is already leveled which would be a great time saver. How much for the optional tool changer? Is there a work light option as well?
Hi Wes, Your videos are getting better and better! The Whitworth saga: In the late sixties we played around with British bikes: Triumphs, Nortons, Velocettes, you get the idea. The talk of the town was British Standard Whitworth and British Standard Fine. But then there was British Standard Handful, which had nothing to do with bikes..... Yeah, those were the days. Thanks once again. One of the 40%-ers from Cape Town.
I'm watching the CNC rehab because I know nothing about them and learning something from watching Wes is a lot more satisfying than watching drivel on network TV. Regarding the Tacoma...there's a lesson in paying attention to recall notices. My 2000 Tundra failed that corrosion inspection recall. Body looked perfect from the outside. Got under it and look at the frame...well...ick. Got a new frame put under it on Toyota's dime. The window on that recall fix closed long ago.
That cardboard model though. Wow. Most channels would be content with a loose description, or maybe a sketch, but none of that half-assed nonsense for our man Wes. He's gonna build us a model. Wes you're one of a kind. Never change.
You know Wes, im sure it annoys/bores some people, but i kinda enjoy your rants / tangents about stuff like metric vs standard imperial, but that said, I'm technical like you so i guess that stuff is naturally interesting to me
You know the scary part? I'm so used to working with both back and forth all day that I switch them out ad hock without even thinking. You can hear it in the video. I mix "tenths" and "hundreds", which are inches and mm.
Standard ended Imperial. They're not quite the same. But the difference is so slight you cannot actually see it. The old Imperial inch was two millions shorter than a Standard inch is. The fact that the difference isn't perceptible has lead to a lot of confusion. Like thinking that the US uses Imperial. The old US inch was 3 millionths longer than a Standard inch is. You still can't see the difference between Imperial and archaic US Customary. But there really are or were 3 different inches. We all use the same inch today but we didn't always.
@@WatchWesWork What gets a bit more of the twist when you add in the British and US National pipe threads both have tapered and straight threads. Finding taps and dies just in general can get interesting based on how common or uncommon the thread was used. And that applies to both SAE as well as metric. Old carburetor inlet fittings....those really should not exist, but do so for a narrow single purpose.
Love watching you explain complicated problems of those CNC machines. Even the factory final assembly and testing on some of the models I used to haul would have the engineers pulling their hair out when at the end of a 24 straight hour performance test would fail and they couldnt figure it out quickly. You should have been a votech school machinist instructor.
You make an important point David. The same applies to inch dimensions UNC and UNF. But let us not dwell on these details for too long, there are standards so much like mr. Wes said. He does a wonderful job doesn't he.
Wes never and I mean ever looks at project as impossible,He just contemplaints it as is presented and then makes the best plan and goes for it,Very admirable trait in a person.
Yep. As an engineer, I deal with NPT and BSP threads often. Your explanation was clear and concise, as usual. Unfortunately, the reality is more complex since both thread systems are available in tapered thread and straight thread. Where we have full control of the design, it's fine. But when you source purchased pneumatic components from multiple places, you have to deal with mismatches. As always, great content, Wes.
I still do not regret subscribing to your channel quite a few years ago, always waiting on your posting one of your shop adventures! ... Greetings from Amsterdam The Netherlands.
@@WatchWesWork Do you watch Clough42? James does a lot of 3D printing with a variety of materials. Recently, he made a little camera lens dust blower. Maybe hit him up for some ideas. Just a thought...
@@Hey_Its_That_Guy a camera lens dust blower isn't in constant contact with coolant and way oil though - those chemicals are pretty hard on a lot of materials, including the paint on the machine - to paint a machine properly, you need to use 2 part polyurethane paint, or powder coat, as they are the only coatings that will stand up to long term coolant exposure.
I’ve wanted to pick up a cheap used CNC. Nice to see it can be done. This helps me see how much work there is to it. Always enjoy seeing the way you work and solve problems
Used to install main reduction gear in ships. They were about the size of a garage. It's hard to believe that by shimming something that heavy and rigid that you can effect all kinds of internal gear alignment. Great videos.
When you gave us the choice of knowing the Good or the Bad first, we just had to wait a little before you exposed the Ugly. [ just knew it had to follow ] lol. Your skills are boundless Wes!
CNC - Content Not Complete Machine 😭 Looking forward to binging this series. Super cool! 👌🏼 Love the explanation on fitting types as well! Here in Australia, it's a mess if you need air or hydraulic fittings for our trucks. Near impossible to get factory fittings for my old Iveco/International, at least in my limited experience :c
@WatchWesWork Yeap, couldn't have said it any better! Never time to get it right the first time, always time to get it right the second. Love the videos! C:
The problem is Australia gets stuff from everywhere. So we get both BSPs, all the various US fittings, JIS, metric -- you name it, it's here 😵💫. There's a reason I have so many try-boards (I think about 20 🤯) for different types of hydraulic fittings. And a shelf full of catalogues listing different fittings/adaptors.
That Tacoma is bound for an auto salvager. I've watched you fix heavy equipment, army surplus trucks, farm equipment, cars, robots, and now an industrial CNC machine! Pretty impressive! I haven't seen you fix aircraft yet, but I bet a cropduster will land by your shop and need a repair some day.
Meh I could fix it for myself. I can't fix it for anyone else though. The beauty of pickup trucks is the bed comes off easily. There is some pretty extensive damage there though. It'd take a while to patch it all up. A good solid week at least I'd say.
@@brianburgess5158 I saw that recall when Toyota Maintenance did a walkaround of the same vintage Tacoma and when you looked in the wheelwell, it was like brand spanking new. It looked like they did a full frame off restoration. Except they took everything off the frame and stuck everything that was on the cab just on a totally new chassis. That's fairly generous. And the time period was ridiculous too. I was shocked to see this because that was a pretty substantial recall. And wondered why they wouldn't have opted for it. Unless the wheels and mods excluded them..
Wes, all your videos and the content I find them very educative. I can learn a lot about all the stuff you share with your viewers. It is a true tutorial. I learned/refreshed today about Imperial and the metric system. Thank you for the detailed camera work and you detailed voice over.
Here in New Zealand that Toyota would have been put off the road years ago. Our vehicle yearly inspections are very strict on rust and nearly every one you work on would fail. There are a lot of people that don't understand all the different threads out there and you are lucky you don't work on old British stuff with all there different threads too. I am restoring an old British tractor at the moment which has BSF threads. My toolbox has tools for four types of nuts and bolts and and seven sets of taps and dies for the different threads I have to deal with.
Wes, you are a master of engineering comedy 😅 I was cracking up as you described your cardboard model. You would easily win an award in the not so subtle Australian art of self depreciation. 😅
I always wondered when I worked for the machine shop as a gopher what the lathe mechanic had to deal with. Working on vehicles must be a joke for you. Love the machine repair stuff. You're a genius.
Great to see old kit being given a new lease of life. I do this quite often with smaller kit. It may not be cheaper than buying new sometimes but the initial outlay is less, you often end up with better quality and you learn a lot about what you end up with.
This is why your channel is my favorite. Consistent, educational, straight forward and humorous. Never been into cnc machines but this was really cool. Also poor taco😭 much as i love toyota trucks and suvs, I cant push myself to own another after repairing and replacing frames on them.
The amount of time you must've spent making that model merely for the sake of attempting to explain what you're doing did not go unnoticed. It made a lot more sense of it to a simpleton like myself. Thank you.
Your a wise man for your age, not wanting to be responsible for another's death from welding spent frames is very wise. This Hurco part 1 video is very interesting, looking forward to the next parts!
Wes, I applaud you! You have managed to overcome defeat and resignation. The vast majority of my projects start out as “fix this”. Before we can fix this we need to fix D, J, L, P, Q etc. The Phrase “what did I get myself into,”springs to mind. But the old phrase, “how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” That gets us thru these projects! God speed!
I've seen a few frames on trucks that look like that in Iowa. They always want it welded and I'm like "weld it to what?" There's nothing left to weeks it too!
Hey Wes, I want to tell you I’m 50 plus…raised on a farm, 25 years a mechanic/welder and ten years of that was spent on a giant rental yard. I feel like a know something about machines, but you always amaze me and manage to teach me something!!
So, a couple of points, 1. I vote thumbs up for this type of content- it reminded me of the brake lathe restoration. 2. This new machine, what would it be used for in a full production machine shop vs. what you intend to use it for. 3. Could you resell it for a profit after refurbishment - including your time investment? Would machine tool flipping be something you might move into ? 4. Toyota’s have a reputation of being nearly bulletproof- apparently even the mighty Toyota isn’t immune to the destructive power of road salt. You could probably find a rust free frame down here in the south, a frame swap would be a very cool video series . Maybe you could work a deal with the owner to either do the swap for him, or buy the truck from him and do the swap.
Glad you pointed out not to use 4 machine skates. We've moved several heavy pieces of equivalent with them. We had to use 4 due to the size and shape of the machine, but it was very challenging. The key if slow and steady with lots of people watching.
I don't know about the other standards, but this channel is the standard of cool. Here in PA there's state inspection for vehicles - brake and tire measurements are still in 32nds of an inch. No 1/4", 6.35mm, or .250". It's 8/32 here.
Of all the internet welders out there.... If that was your Tacoma, I am sure you could weld that frame. I've had that same model truck and they are cool so don't be afraid of grabbing one from a southern auction and getting it shipped to you. Great work on the CNC man!
10:00 I'm not trying to be the typical metric system defender here, but this example is _extremely_ specific. If the torque wrench had a slightly different length, like 10 or 14 inches, the ease of conversion immediately completely vanishes. I agree that PSI is easier to visualize than bar (until you realize that 1 bar is roughly 1kg/cm²), and I agree that lbft is easier to visualize than Nm (until you realize that 10Nm is roughly 1kgm), but those really are the only two situations that I can think of where the imperial unit makes more sense. So basically, in metric you have to remember two very basic ratios (1:1 and 10:1) to convert a unit into something you can guestimate. I don't even wanna know how many weird and random ratios there are to convert between various imperial units.
I get it. You should try cooking in the US. It's such a nightmare. Ounces are unit of both weight and volume, but you have to figure out which to use by context. Teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, pints, quarts, gallons. I have to look it up every time. Or I just convert to metric...
@@1pcfredcooking generally doesn’t have to be precise, baking however is a lot more science/chemistry. (This I learned from my talented wife, who is very brave to tolerate her Engineer partner)
@@WatchWesWorktotally agree, especially since US liquid measures are different from the Imperial used in Canada. Going metric just removes the ambiguity (and seems to make it less stressful for Engineers cooking and baking)
what the hell is a "Way Cover" and why do we care so much?
Good question! It covers the ways. Think of it like a suit of armor for the machine. It protects the important expensive stuff it needs to actually move and work. It's the most important part of the machine IMO.
You can play hockey without a cup but only because ice is so cold. You take a puck to the jewels and you'll know why then. Sometimes you just need protection.
It's a condom that helps to prevent a milling machine from reproducing. Unfortunately they are effective only 98% of the time, so it's likely you'll end up with more than one in your shop.
@@dale436 Oh... that is just sublime! Best explanation ever! :))) Oh, i'm totally "borrowing" that.
There is nothing worse than getting shavings in the ways of any machine.
This brings a whole new level of Cardboard Aided Design.
@@johnh8268 I loved the creativity and time put into that.
@@curtisroberts9137 Surprised he did not 3D print it!
Must be old school!
@@robertbrewer2190 oh he is old school! 3d printing is great but I appreciate his creativity in his diagrams and crafted displays.
Project Binky fan spotted
You have to just love this guy - never a dull moment 😊🇬🇧
No one brings the level of commitment to Cardboard Aided Design that Mr. Wes does! I love this channel!!
Professor Wes did a great job.
When you get to old to work, you need to be a shop teacher.
We need more Wes's
Thanks!
You bet, that was an amazing master class
+ 1! My thought too ... Learned a lot just watching him do his thing.
Wes could never be a teacher, he has too much brains & common sense, 2 things sadly lacking in most teachers
How does Wes not have millions of subs already? Every other RUclipsr mentions Wes at some point in at least one of their videos. This man is a legend.
Really? That’s pretty sweet!
Who are some of those other YT?
@@kyleknott1097 Diesel Creek for one. In his most recent video, he said Wes' "It's temporary unless it works" was one of his favorite lines.
Like 70% of viewers of Wes video's r not subscribers! which means guys that do auto repairs use his videos to get there RUclips ASE Certified......😂😂😂😂😂..!! Great job Wes!!!
@@kyleknott1097AntsPants is another. There’s a small group of unaffiliated/unrelated guys who do youtube videos and always refer back to eachother because us guys like all their videos, camerata, dirt perfect, letsdig18, jesse muller, AntsPants, dieselcreek, scrappyindustries, etc
Because as awesome as the videos are, he doesn’t put videos out regularly. It’s the only thing i can think of, as the man is highly skilled, well spoken, his videos are perfectly edited, and he has interesting content. I’ve been a regular viewer since his subs were in the 13k range. He has never failed to produce very interesting content. And he frequently comments on many of my replies.
10/10 scale model
I believe he would make an awesome shop teacher, especially back in the day. I don’t know about this generation, but I do believe they are making it come back turn around turns out they’re not all gay turns out they all don’t hate America the kids before these kids oh yeah.
It was brilliant! It helped me understand what was happening.
It looks more like 18 to 1 scale .. but who's counting
Call me odd, but I actually love the fact you go over the different standards for bolts and threads. If you don't know these things it would be very easy to use the wrong parts and not only wonder why it doesn't fit together right, but also create a very dangerous situation. Keep up the good work!
I've worked on all kinds and have got a couple of drawers of various leftover fasteners. This makes sense why some of them seem loose
Just weld them together. LoL.
rarely does it create a very dangerous situation... just a lot of frustration.
Whitworth is the worst. Some sizes are incredibly close and easily confuse people.
@@andrewnajarian5994 Both Whitworth and SAE have a lot of threads that have the exact same specs, like 1/4-20. The only difference is the angle that the threads are cut, Whitworth threads are sharper at 55°, SAE threads are cut at 60° So, you can spin an SAE nut onto a Whitworth bolt, it'll be loose but it will thread on. A Whitworth nut, however, will jam on an SAE bolt.
I've heard this saying before: "The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from."
and if you don't like it ie says this doesn't works... Let's create another standard.
@@TheStefanskoglund1 “There are 36 different standards. There should be one universal standard! You now have 37 different standards.”
I hadn’t heard it before, but it’s hilarious and true!
It sounds like something Mark Twain would have said.
@@seanwieland9763 Yup. There's mains plug types A through M. Let's design a universal standard to replace all of them! Oops, now there's types A through N and only one country kind of adopted the new universal standard and another one modified it enough to be only kind of compatible (and happily uses it for a voltage it wasn't designed for). And then wait for another country to come and invent type O.
Wes has the uncanny ability to make any mechanical subject matter interesting.
I challenge all you would-be mechanic RUclipsrs to watch this man and takes notes!
Hey if if wasn't for cheap rusty shit, neither you or Diesel Creek Matt would have any content! All of us out here love watching you guys resurrect some clapped out old piece of junk that should have been scrapped 10 years ago. Thanks for the video.
@@alanharney5278 Nothing gets you good at fixing things like being too broke to afford the new and shiny version! I learned how to fix cars initially because I could only afford $500 auction ones.
36 minutes of pure visual joy! Wes your videos never fail to impress us all with your ability to explain complex problems with ease or in this case a cardboard model, can’t wait to see the Hurco in action!
*Daaang!* 👀 Went from drawing diagrams to building models outta cardboard! Nice touch Wes! 🔧
Thanks man!
I'm going on 2 years of working as a HAAS factory outlet tech. You're explanation of leveling the table for twist and the table sweep almost perfectly lined up with how I was trained on doing installs.
I do have a granite square as well, but it's kinda overkill for this baby machine.
@@WatchWesWork I have yet to use a granite square outside of a post-crash alignment. Lathes are what I've been aligning the most since starting as a tech and that mainly involves a ground test bar bolted to the spindle face to run indicators along. The c-frame mills seem to rarely get knocked out of alignment unless its a really hard crash, or at least thats how it seems with the customers in our HFO territory. Haven't seen many Hurcos in the shops I visit.
A cliffhanger? What is this magic! As for that truck at the end - I'm glad to see we've gone back to the normal content of the brake lines holding a vehicle together.
Is it really a cliffhanger? From the phone conversation it's pretty clear - Wes' home for clapped out, abused, and cast off CNC machines is getting another resident! It's a story all too familiar to me - I'm working on fixing up a VMC as well, and then someone gave me a CNC lathe that no one else could fix that threw a monkey wrench in all my plans. Only difference is I only have a 2 car garage, and he has lots of room!
Some day explain why a guy with your CNC and Manufacturing knowledge makes a living repairing rusted out pick-up trucks? Loved this video. I am a retired president of a 60,000 square foot machine shop in the San Francisco Bay Area....keeping way covers functioning properly was a never ending chore and unbelievably expensive. Every thing related to CNC machines is expensive. Our sister company was a foundry located in Rockford, been there many times.
Pretty sure that's been explained before.
He actually did explain that some Vids ago. Sadly can't remember which one tho.
Wes said previously he did not like the travel associated with past positions repairing CNC machines. He certainly has made it clear multiple times he is also tired of working on rusty trucks. There must be some compromise opportunity to utilize his unique skills within a reasonable commute. Even if he just bought and sold machines from his shop. My son makes a good living with CNC machines in a shop ¼ the size of Wes's...and he never spends a night away from home.
@@Bunk599@Bunk599 I get the feeling he's the type to get tired of almost anything. Pretty cynical, it seems. Not unlike me lol.
Im outside the US🙌 and im sure all of us what gets us together is love for your channel and the love for tinkering. You are a great mentor Wes thank you for what you do.
It's not like I'm scouring RUclips for machine tool content, but I'm pretty sure you'd be hard pressed to find another "clapped out machine tool rescue". Thanks for the upload. I'm enthralled!
This is what I did for 35 years, hauled, rigged and moved every kind of machine made and before that I was a machinist.
I used to haul Hurcos out of Indianapolis, they had a distribution center there.
You earned your money, that's for sure.
The amount of work he put into that cardboard model is crazy enough.
Wes Thanks for your explanation on the process that your are doing and not talking down to the viewer.
That was a great lesson on the inner-workings of a CNC machine, I actually enjoyed learning about it. Watching this work on AVE's channel looks like magic happening I don't think I could get past entering the data on the keyboard. Thanks for taking us along.
That Toyota is sweet!!! Oh wait you showed the frame!! As a person that has never lived in the Rust belt or Salted roads every year I had no idea,
You and South Main Auto and Andrew Camarata, have showed me the perils of living in these areas. Why the Auto industry can sell so many new cars every 10 years.
Thanks for the education and entertainment. I like seeing rebuilding and refurbishing, up until you can’t or not worth it. Marty T in New Zealand has showed us that engines can run but sometimes the rest is just junk. Thanks again for all you do and nice shop. Glad watching you helps with the revenue.
There has been an fing frame recall for at least a decade... But hey you're still working on mastering capitalization.... Blame the auto industry. Not the clowns that insist their government have every inch of roadway dry year round.
It's a big contributing factor I'm sure, but I think they would still be selling alot of new cars.
The end was a real cliffhanger. I have really been waiting for this project.
Is it though? From the phone conversation, Wes' home for clapped out machines is getting another resident
Your skill set is overwhelming. Only you could rescue this machine. Can’t wait for part 2.🇺🇸👍🏻
One of the most educational videos i watched in a while, great content
Videos like this is the reason why i'm a patreon.
Edutainment at high level.
Thanks Wes.
Did Wes buy a Cricut machine to make a cardboard model of his CNC machine?
It's amazing the level of commitment Wes has when explaining things.
Wes is a mad scientist that works on machines instead of animals.
It's ALIVE!!!
I am not a machinist nor do I understand the the "inner workings" of that piece of equipment but I sure love to watch the problem solving and mechanics of getting it working!👍
Your scale model was awesome! When I worked for Toyota I replaced countless frames on Tacoma's and tundras
Imagine the warranty costs they could have saved by galvanizing the frames?
I'm a student machinist, beginning my career very soon. Your videos are perfect for filling out the level of knowledge that instructors have, but just lack the time to show. Appreciate your time showing things in clear and concise ways.
I have a “pancake jack”. Owned for several years, had no idea what it was called. You inspired me. Now I have to figure out to to make it jack
Pancake jack. Is that where the term ''flapjacks'' might have originated?
Today I learned Wes knows machining. The Hurco is a good choice for for a small shop because of the super easy programming. We have the VMX24. I wasn't sure about it at first but I love it now. BTW that oil cup.. fill it up and check it often until it stops going down. If it continues to need refilled more than once every few months or so, you have bad seals. There's also an oil cup for the spindle clamp. Check it too.
Only the finest CAD modeling on this channel! Love your persistence
I've always wanted a milling machine to do little projects here and there....after this video I have changed my mind.
what a fantastic video! Loved the cardboard model and the explanations.
I think you mentioned at one point how you got burned out on the CNC videos, but I sure do love you beating these machines into submission. Can't wait until you pull the boards on this one and start replacing transistors.
I'm really disappointed that the cardboard scale model didn't have a functioning tool changer
It's an optional upgrade.
That's Wes for you, always trying to keep production costs down without thinking about his audience...
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Is the cardboard unit for sale? It is already leveled which would be a great time saver. How much for the optional tool changer? Is there a work light option as well?
@@leonardhaskins8892 Yeah, there's a work light option, but I hear it's quite a chore using the onscreen menu to toggle it on or off.
Hi Wes, Your videos are getting better and better! The Whitworth saga: In the late sixties we played around with British bikes: Triumphs, Nortons, Velocettes, you get the idea. The talk of the town was British Standard Whitworth and British Standard Fine. But then there was British Standard Handful, which had nothing to do with bikes.....
Yeah, those were the days.
Thanks once again.
One of the 40%-ers from Cape Town.
Really enjoy this type of content, thanks for sharing.
I'm watching the CNC rehab because I know nothing about them and learning something from watching Wes is a lot more satisfying than watching drivel on network TV. Regarding the Tacoma...there's a lesson in paying attention to recall notices. My 2000 Tundra failed that corrosion inspection recall. Body looked perfect from the outside. Got under it and look at the frame...well...ick. Got a new frame put under it on Toyota's dime. The window on that recall fix closed long ago.
Glad to see someone who wants to repair instead of replace. Scrap the pickup!
Hi Wes,
I'm from India, we use metric system) and I enjoy watching your videos! Been subscribed to your channel since ~3 years.
Ik this video is about a multi thousand dollar cnc machine but i cant get over that badass cardboard model
You did what I do a lot. You bought some work.
Every day's a schoolday! Thanks for reminding me of things I've forgotten over the last 50 years.
again you made an interesting video.
I like what you do but I think you would make a great teacher. You go the extra mile.
I like how you explain with sketches and models. Thank you
That cardboard model is LIT!
That cardboard model though. Wow. Most channels would be content with a loose description, or maybe a sketch, but none of that half-assed nonsense for our man Wes. He's gonna build us a model.
Wes you're one of a kind. Never change.
You know Wes, im sure it annoys/bores some people, but i kinda enjoy your rants / tangents about stuff like metric vs standard imperial, but that said, I'm technical like you so i guess that stuff is naturally interesting to me
You know the scary part? I'm so used to working with both back and forth all day that I switch them out ad hock without even thinking. You can hear it in the video. I mix "tenths" and "hundreds", which are inches and mm.
Standard ended Imperial. They're not quite the same. But the difference is so slight you cannot actually see it. The old Imperial inch was two millions shorter than a Standard inch is. The fact that the difference isn't perceptible has lead to a lot of confusion. Like thinking that the US uses Imperial. The old US inch was 3 millionths longer than a Standard inch is. You still can't see the difference between Imperial and archaic US Customary. But there really are or were 3 different inches. We all use the same inch today but we didn't always.
@@1pcfred damn learn something every day
@@WatchWesWork What gets a bit more of the twist when you add in the British and US National pipe threads both have tapered and straight threads. Finding taps and dies just in general can get interesting based on how common or uncommon the thread was used. And that applies to both SAE as well as metric. Old carburetor inlet fittings....those really should not exist, but do so for a narrow single purpose.
@@WatchWesWorkLike me, I learned my machine work in South Africa as a 35 year old. Small mesurments are easer in metric.
Love watching you explain complicated problems of those CNC machines. Even the factory final assembly and testing on some of the models I used to haul would have the engineers pulling their hair out when at the end of a 24 straight hour performance test would fail and they couldnt figure it out quickly. You should have been a votech school machinist instructor.
"The great thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from." I love Wes' sense of humor!
I was restoring my vintage bench vice and thought that was a fair bit of work, this is next level...
The metric bolts are two parts of the SAME standard which has two thread pitches, which in Britain we call metric coarse and metric fine.
You make an important point David. The same applies to inch dimensions UNC and UNF. But let us not dwell on these details for too long, there are standards so much like mr. Wes said. He does a wonderful job doesn't he.
Your level of patience is well above average. Love your teaching skills. Can't wait to see this CNC uo and running.😊
I absolutely adore the little card model. ❤
Wes never and I mean ever looks at project as impossible,He just contemplaints it as is presented and then makes the best plan and goes for it,Very admirable trait in a person.
Yep. As an engineer, I deal with NPT and BSP threads often. Your explanation was clear and concise, as usual. Unfortunately, the reality is more complex since both thread systems are available in tapered thread and straight thread. Where we have full control of the design, it's fine. But when you source purchased pneumatic components from multiple places, you have to deal with mismatches. As always, great content, Wes.
I didn't even get into the weird ones like Komatsu fittings or the many non-interchangeable compression fittings.
Pipe threads are a complete nightmare, it's better if you can avoid learning too much about them
I still do not regret subscribing to your channel quite a few years ago, always waiting on your posting one of your shop adventures! ... Greetings from Amsterdam The Netherlands.
The second I seen that model you got 👍🏻. Awesome.
Wes Thanks For Explaining Leveling With The Cardboard Model Learned Something New Today Thanks From Aurora, Ohio
Well done 👏 I absolutely LOVE it when we get VISUALS with the videos 😅
TPU and a 3D printer and Bobs your Uncle. A learning opportunity. Thanks for the video Wes.
That was my first though. I don't think TPU will hold up.
@@WatchWesWork There are some more exotic rubber like filaments out there that are chemical resistant and have a fairly high abrasion resistance.
@@WatchWesWork Do you watch Clough42? James does a lot of 3D printing with a variety of materials. Recently, he made a little camera lens dust blower. Maybe hit him up for some ideas. Just a thought...
@@Hey_Its_That_Guy a camera lens dust blower isn't in constant contact with coolant and way oil though - those chemicals are pretty hard on a lot of materials, including the paint on the machine - to paint a machine properly, you need to use 2 part polyurethane paint, or powder coat, as they are the only coatings that will stand up to long term coolant exposure.
@@WatchWesWork Why not use your fresh CNC mill to cut that stuff out of rubber
I’ve wanted to pick up a cheap used CNC. Nice to see it can be done. This helps me see how much work there is to it. Always enjoy seeing the way you work and solve problems
Texas Here!!!!!
Love the drawings and cardboard models helps out this old dummy here!!! Great job sir!!
Taiwanese machines are great :) I love my YCM !
Used to install main reduction gear in ships. They were about the size of a garage. It's hard to believe that by shimming something that heavy and rigid that you can effect all kinds of internal gear alignment. Great videos.
Absolutely loved your cardboard demo! Don't ever stop dumbing stuff down for us laymen!
When you gave us the choice of knowing the Good or the Bad first, we just had to wait a little before you exposed the Ugly. [ just knew it had to follow ] lol. Your skills are boundless Wes!
CNC - Content Not Complete Machine 😭
Looking forward to binging this series. Super cool! 👌🏼
Love the explanation on fitting types as well! Here in Australia, it's a mess if you need air or hydraulic fittings for our trucks. Near impossible to get factory fittings for my old Iveco/International, at least in my limited experience :c
It's a mess here too. No one knows there are differences until everything is cross threaded and leaking everywhere.
@WatchWesWork Yeap, couldn't have said it any better! Never time to get it right the first time, always time to get it right the second.
Love the videos! C:
The problem is Australia gets stuff from everywhere. So we get both BSPs, all the various US fittings, JIS, metric -- you name it, it's here 😵💫.
There's a reason I have so many try-boards (I think about 20 🤯) for different types of hydraulic fittings. And a shelf full of catalogues listing different fittings/adaptors.
Never ceases to amaze me the breadth of knowledge that you possess, Wes. Your videos are always so interesting. Can't wait for part 2!
That Tacoma is bound for an auto salvager. I've watched you fix heavy equipment, army surplus trucks, farm equipment, cars, robots, and now an industrial CNC machine! Pretty impressive! I haven't seen you fix aircraft yet, but I bet a cropduster will land by your shop and need a repair some day.
It would be fun. I don't have the proper license to do it legally though.
Meh I could fix it for myself. I can't fix it for anyone else though. The beauty of pickup trucks is the bed comes off easily. There is some pretty extensive damage there though. It'd take a while to patch it all up. A good solid week at least I'd say.
Most of those Tacoma frames are covered under a recall. My Tacoma got a new frame free of charge.
@@WatchWesWorkOne experimental class crop duster coming up.
@@brianburgess5158 I saw that recall when Toyota Maintenance did a walkaround of the same vintage Tacoma and when you looked in the wheelwell, it was like brand spanking new. It looked like they did a full frame off restoration. Except they took everything off the frame and stuck everything that was on the cab just on a totally new chassis. That's fairly generous. And the time period was ridiculous too. I was shocked to see this because that was a pretty substantial recall. And wondered why they wouldn't have opted for it. Unless the wheels and mods excluded them..
Congrats on 300k. Would gladly watch anything you put out.
Wes, all your videos and the content I find them very educative. I can learn a lot about all the stuff you share with your viewers. It is a true tutorial. I learned/refreshed today about Imperial and the metric system. Thank you for the detailed camera work and you detailed voice over.
Wes you are off the charts! I love the cardboard model.
Here in New Zealand that Toyota would have been put off the road years ago. Our vehicle yearly inspections are very strict on rust and nearly every one you work on would fail. There are a lot of people that don't understand all the different threads out there and you are lucky you don't work on old British stuff with all there different threads too. I am restoring an old British tractor at the moment which has BSF threads. My toolbox has tools for four types of nuts and bolts and and seven sets of taps and dies for the different threads I have to deal with.
Start playing with the carburettor and discover the joys of BA threads!
Wes, you are a master of engineering comedy 😅 I was cracking up as you described your cardboard model. You would easily win an award in the not so subtle Australian art of self depreciation. 😅
Great stuff! Thanks Wes!!
I always wondered when I worked for the machine shop as a gopher what the lathe mechanic had to deal with. Working on vehicles must be a joke for you. Love the machine repair stuff. You're a genius.
Yup, Greetings from Hungary. Proud subscriber from the land of metric system,newtonmeters and pipe threads in inch.
Keep up the good work!
Great to see old kit being given a new lease of life. I do this quite often with smaller kit. It may not be cheaper than buying new sometimes but the initial outlay is less, you often end up with better quality and you learn a lot about what you end up with.
This is why your channel is my favorite. Consistent, educational, straight forward and humorous. Never been into cnc machines but this was really cool. Also poor taco😭 much as i love toyota trucks and suvs, I cant push myself to own another after repairing and replacing frames on them.
Imagine the Toyota trucks coming with hot dip galvanized frames from the factory?
That scale model is the coolest thing I have seen in a minute! I love your Ingenuity. I aspire to think like that!
-your automotive industry brother
As a daily Mechanical Engineer, I am constantly learning from your channel. I had no idea about all the thread types like JIC. Excellent video.
Liar. You are not a mechanical engineer. You don't even have a bachelors degree. Possibly not even a high school degree.
The amount of time you must've spent making that model merely for the sake of attempting to explain what you're doing did not go unnoticed. It made a lot more sense of it to a simpleton like myself. Thank you.
Extra points for the cardboard model!
yeah the cardboard model is a show-stealer
Your a wise man for your age, not wanting to be responsible for another's death from welding spent frames is very wise. This Hurco part 1 video is very interesting, looking forward to the next parts!
VIS from Poland! That is cool that you use level from my country ;)
They were very good quality tools IMO. I have a full set of micrometers from 25-300mm as well. Too bad they are no longer in business.
@@WatchWesWork Greetings from Poland :)
There was a time lots of Polish tools were exported to North America. I have a couple of Lathe chucks. Pretty good tools, pretty good price.
Wes, I applaud you! You have managed to overcome defeat and resignation. The vast majority of my projects start out as “fix this”. Before we can fix this we need to fix D, J, L, P, Q etc. The Phrase “what did I get myself into,”springs to mind. But the old phrase, “how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” That gets us thru these projects! God speed!
I've seen a few frames on trucks that look like that in Iowa. They always want it welded and I'm like "weld it to what?" There's nothing left to weeks it too!
Hey! I resemble that! 😊
Yes. I get this all the time with running boards. "Weld it back on". I have to tell them that there's no rocker left to weld it to.
Don't you have a _sky hook_ you an attach it to? 😁
Find me a bluetooth welding machine was our running joke to people who want it fixed.
Ahahaaa nice!
Hey Wes, I want to tell you I’m 50 plus…raised on a farm, 25 years a mechanic/welder and ten years of that was spent on a giant rental yard. I feel like a know something about machines, but you always amaze me and manage to teach me something!!
Eric O. and now Wes on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Doesn't get any better.
Wish it would rain here. I think it forgot how.
Plus Keith Fenner, Mustie1, Snowball Engineering,
So, a couple of points, 1. I vote thumbs up for this type of content- it reminded me of the brake lathe restoration.
2. This new machine, what would it be used for in a full production machine shop vs. what you intend to use it for.
3. Could you resell it for a profit after refurbishment - including your time investment? Would machine tool flipping be something you might move into ?
4. Toyota’s have a reputation of being nearly bulletproof- apparently even the mighty Toyota isn’t immune to the destructive power of road salt. You could probably find a rust free frame down here in the south, a frame swap would be a very cool video series . Maybe you could work a deal with the owner to either do the swap for him, or buy the truck from him and do the swap.
33:30 - He bought another one for cheaper than what he has now, didn't he?? 😂
I think he may have gotten one cheap for free even. A lot of old CNC machines go that way when they're just taking up floor space.
That's what it sounds like.
Glad you pointed out not to use 4 machine skates. We've moved several heavy pieces of equivalent with them. We had to use 4 due to the size and shape of the machine, but it was very challenging. The key if slow and steady with lots of people watching.
I don't know about the other standards, but this channel is the standard of cool.
Here in PA there's state inspection for vehicles - brake and tire measurements are still in 32nds of an inch. No 1/4", 6.35mm, or .250". It's 8/32 here.
Well this is a heck of a cliff hanger. Tune in tomorrow-same Bat-time, same Bat-channel! 👍👍👍
Of all the internet welders out there.... If that was your Tacoma, I am sure you could weld that frame. I've had that same model truck and they are cool so don't be afraid of grabbing one from a southern auction and getting it shipped to you. Great work on the CNC man!
10:00 I'm not trying to be the typical metric system defender here, but this example is _extremely_ specific. If the torque wrench had a slightly different length, like 10 or 14 inches, the ease of conversion immediately completely vanishes.
I agree that PSI is easier to visualize than bar (until you realize that 1 bar is roughly 1kg/cm²), and I agree that lbft is easier to visualize than Nm (until you realize that 10Nm is roughly 1kgm), but those really are the only two situations that I can think of where the imperial unit makes more sense. So basically, in metric you have to remember two very basic ratios (1:1 and 10:1) to convert a unit into something you can guestimate. I don't even wanna know how many weird and random ratios there are to convert between various imperial units.
I get it. You should try cooking in the US. It's such a nightmare. Ounces are unit of both weight and volume, but you have to figure out which to use by context. Teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, pints, quarts, gallons. I have to look it up every time. Or I just convert to metric...
@@WatchWesWork then there's Dry Measures and Liquid Measures and it *just keeps getting worse*
@@Hyratel a cup is close enough to a cup to me. Cooking ain't rocket surgery.
@@1pcfredcooking generally doesn’t have to be precise, baking however is a lot more science/chemistry. (This I learned from my talented wife, who is very brave to tolerate her Engineer partner)
@@WatchWesWorktotally agree, especially since US liquid measures are different from the Imperial used in Canada. Going metric just removes the ambiguity (and seems to make it less stressful for Engineers cooking and baking)
Great explanation on threads and fittings! Loved your cardboard reproduction of your machine.
Missed opportunity: pointing under the table and with a solemn voice, "This is the ways"