Why We Bought a MEGABORE Lathe (… and 5 Things We Use It For!)

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  • Опубликовано: 31 дек 2024

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  • @onemoredeadman
    @onemoredeadman Месяц назад +91

    Kurtis has one thing you'll never have, a yard crane in pieces

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +27

      Bahahaha. You’re gonna LOVE next week bro 🤣🤣🤣

    • @bill4639
      @bill4639 Месяц назад

      @@halheavydutyyou’ve never met Kurtis because he’s a prick. Your shop is better.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +8

      Oh really? That's surprising. He's been really helpful and good to me (at least on the phone). I guess I'll never know until I meet him in person.

    • @iandalton3839
      @iandalton3839 24 дня назад +3

      He's rebuilding the Franna from the ground up to suit his needs.

    • @GeneralSulla
      @GeneralSulla 22 дня назад +1

      The Franna will rise again better than before. It's like Harry Potter!

  • @dmark65
    @dmark65 Месяц назад +37

    G'day from Perth Matt. I did my apprenticeship as a machinist 1981 - 1984, best years of my life. I was with George Moss & Co., now known as GEMCO, making flameproof underground electric locomotives, rail wheels & tyres, drilling rigs (nowhere near your size), and other sundry bits & pieces. Come 1984-5 Australia had a massive economic downturn-home loan interest rates went to 18% and people were losing their homes left, right and centre, nearly all of us got laid off, so I followed my dad, his dad and his uncle and joined the WA Police, and still with it coming up 40 years now but I'd go back to machining in a heartbeat. With retirement looming (policing today is a young person's job, not the best fit for a 59 year-old!), a part-time gig in a machine shop, even just cleaning/maintaining machine tools, sharpening twist drills (are they still used?), basic turning/drilling and emptying swarf trays would suit me just fine. One thing - I've been a huge fan of C.E.E. for some time now, agree with you that Karen & Kurtis produce some of the best machining content I've found, and I've seen plenty, BUT - your channel is as slick as any I've seen, and I wait with bated breath for their and your new videos each week. Your production and editing quality are second to none, you should be rightly bloody proud of not only the work HHD is doing but also your YT video content, it's absolutely first class. Please keep it coming, and can't wait to see the megadrill at work!

    • @donfinch862
      @donfinch862 Месяц назад +3

      Hi, like your comment. I was with Gemco for a while, '09 to '21. For a few years I was in the machine shop maintaining their lathes etc. All they do now is wheelsets, axles etc and maintaining SCT wagons. Also locomotive servicing and repairs, which I did as well. You would have known Kevin Brice, nice bloke. He retired a few years ago and is now "hunting gold" in his van mostly. Cheers

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +11

      Mark thanks so much mate for the lovely comment. Yeah, I was just a little kid when that recession happened, but it nearly destroyed the company here too. We barely survived. I think we've weathered three full blown recessions now...
      You might want to do what Grandad did mate... he retired from being a driller at 60, then became a machinist! Not even joking. He just loved it so much. He was super old school and just love (and i mean LOVED) working. The idea of retiring never even entered his mind.
      I'd be very surprised if some place in WA wasn't willing to take you on. You're not even an apprentice - you're fully qualified.
      Just my two cents good sir. Age is just a number. Grandad ran the big lathe until he was 87!

    • @TomokosEnterprize
      @TomokosEnterprize Месяц назад +1

      @@halheavyduty Here's to you. Getting by each and every day means getting more done with fewer resorses now. Gooder on you bud.

    • @samrodian919
      @samrodian919 26 дней назад +1

      I second that. For a relatively new channel they're doing bloody well !

    • @TomokosEnterprize
      @TomokosEnterprize 26 дней назад +1

      @@samrodian919 The beard fella sure is having a bubch of fun making these videos and loving what he does. That will have me coming back and forth eh.

  • @pradeepchopra7919
    @pradeepchopra7919 8 дней назад +3

    Way back in 1977, I designed an oil country lathe having 10 meters ABC and 15" spindle bore. These lathes were sold to oil pipeline industry for large dia pipes machining and threading. I designed other heavy machine tools for the company I worked in.

  • @danoksen4054
    @danoksen4054 Месяц назад +25

    From California. I've been watching Kurtis Engineering for several years.
    Your content is also amazing.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +2

      Thanks very much mate.

    • @daveghil
      @daveghil 21 день назад

      Also from California. Agree that CEE is tops as is your channel. Would love to see Adam Savage (from my neck of the woods) make a surprise visit to you too!

    • @asw19B100
      @asw19B100 5 дней назад

      @@halheavydutyK & K of CEE are indeed the gold standard. Karen’s editing and timing is consistently top notch. Enjoyed your video but kept thinking how Karen might’ve incrementally improved it. The two of them are a wonderful team, and like so many, I actively anticipate Friday’s and CEE. The US and its (dis)content creators simply don’t compare with their incessant product placement BS.

  • @georgeroig9849
    @georgeroig9849 7 дней назад +4

    Hi from Las Vegas I am a retired tool and die maker and have been a fan of Kurtis and Karen since they started the channel and now I found you! I am sure that I will be an avid watcher, I already subscribed.

  • @number1trucker
    @number1trucker 8 дней назад +1

    I love the fact that you've named all you machines and tools. I can't wait to see the drill go vertical.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  8 дней назад

      It all started with Kong. Little sucker just looked like an angry little gorilla arm 🤣👊
      Me too man. I just want to see that big MEGADRILL turn out chips

  • @stephenmeeks684
    @stephenmeeks684 Месяц назад +10

    The ZZ Top of machine work.

  • @dougankrum3328
    @dougankrum3328 День назад

    No problem with your limited 'commentary'....those of us familiar with any machine shop can see from your excellent video exactly what's going on. !
    I'm here in Northern California and have seen ads selling old shipyard machines...lathes with 300 inches swing and 60 feet of carriage travel.
    Nice deal on that 'Hulk'...not a bunch of broken parts you gotta' fix before you can use it.
    I just found your channel today, but definitely the same quality as CCE...!

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  18 часов назад

      Cheers mate. Appreciate the kind words 👊🇺🇸

  • @ianwebster4329
    @ianwebster4329 3 дня назад +1

    Hi mate - I'm new to your channel, but really enjoying it. Are you sure you didn't buy a tunnel boring machine, lol. That's some bit of kit!. Fair play for giving Kurt & Karen such a nice shout out. You are all doing Australia proud. Well done & good luck!

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  2 дня назад

      Haha. It’s a wild setup. Thanks for the kind words mate. Much appreciated 👊

  • @rs2024-s4u
    @rs2024-s4u Месяц назад +10

    In the oil business if you get machines twice as big as you currently require they will shortly be half the size you need. I recommend you start looking at a new larger (taller heavier floor) shed/building or enlarging the one you have! You are already at capacity on your largest lath. Also the shop crane at 20T seems too small for the jobs you already take on. Nice to see security well taken care of. Ray

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +8

      You clearly know your stuff (or you've got a crystal ball haha)
      We have maxxed everything out. Everything.
      We need a bigger shed, lathe, mill... way thicker concrete.
      I'm pretty confident we'll end up moving locations next time there's a downturn. Building a massive shed with meter thick concrete for the machines. We just cant really expand any more here.
      And we need (NEED) a 40t crane ASAP.
      That 20t franna and our two 8t wobbly's just cant do it properly.

    • @rs2024-s4u
      @rs2024-s4u Месяц назад +2

      @@halheavyduty Thanks for taking time to respond. Suggest if you build that you pitch the floor under your laths to a drain on operator side so you can recycle the collant and minimize the mess from using collant on giant parts and save money on coolant trays and splash guards and recover the most coolant possible while keeping work area spotless. Love your videos, I also watch and enjoy CEE.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +3

      Cheers mate. Yeah, my plan is to go on a 'holiday' to Europe and the USA next year and check out a bunch of shops that are already on the level I want to be.
      I reckon that's the best place to find good ideas! No point in re-inventing the wheel.
      CEE is great. Endlessly watchable.

  • @youwillike
    @youwillike Месяц назад +9

    Greetings from Alaska USA. Started watching Curtis at CEE
    and found your page. Awesome.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +3

      Cheers mate! I'd love to visit Alaska one day. Grandad worked up there in the 50s drilling for GSI. Coldest place on earth he reckoned!

  • @bobbourke1039
    @bobbourke1039 Месяц назад +9

    Fitter machinist for 40 yrs now, heavy stuff too, building ships and I reckon you might do alright by looking at some vertical lathes and maybe a horizontal borer. When the work gets that big, its often easier to move the tooling in relationship to the work as opposed to moving the work with a stationary tool.
    Other than that, good operation there champ, I like a well oiled workshop, and the videos are a bloody good watch too - good formula.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +3

      Cheers brother. Yeah we are definitely looking at a horizontal borer. Stuff is getting too big to throw into a lathe

  • @samrodian919
    @samrodian919 26 дней назад +6

    The Hulk is a bloody brilliant machine!!

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  26 дней назад

      We love the big boy. No idea how we survive without it.

  • @bostedtap8399
    @bostedtap8399 Месяц назад +10

    First, congratulations on 20K, well earned and deserved, no gimmicks, just great engineering, all engineering is great in my humble opinion 👍.
    "A Mouthful", love it, yes, CEE with Kurtis and Karen are YT gold, plus Max Grant, definitely Aussie rules in YT machining.
    Thanks again Matt for great content and editing, best regards John, from the Black Country in the UK 🇬🇧.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +3

      Cheers John. I totally agree re Max Grant. He's such a natural at teaching and endlessly enjoyable to watch.

  • @ColinLennard
    @ColinLennard Месяц назад +5

    You are the first view on Friday morning (UK time). It is 1 of the few that I look forward to. Thanks Matt for the great content. Please remember that what is boring to you is of great interest to a lot of us. Have a good week & thanks.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +1

      Cheers Colin. That's lovely to hear.

    • @samrodian919
      @samrodian919 26 дней назад

      I second that! Cheers from the UK

  • @thelamb288
    @thelamb288 Месяц назад +4

    I'm a retired "Time Served Skilled Centre Lathe turner"; wow, what a mouth full 🤣. I used to have the pleasure of working on a Binns & Berry 35' lg lathe with TWIN saddles. Made turning steady bands so much easier. There was a total of 6 machines of the same length, but all different makes. I don't think the one I used hade the same headstock bore as yours, but we didn't need it purely because of the length of the bed and our steady rests 😀. If we did encounter chatter, we had long strips of rubber that we would wind along the tubes!
    Wishing you and yours all the very best. Cheers.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +1

      That's awesome. I would have loved to see that workshop! Cheers mate

    • @samrodian919
      @samrodian919 26 дней назад +1

      Where was your shop, in the UK or the US? Binns and Berry is a very English pair of names lol

    • @thelamb288
      @thelamb288 26 дней назад

      @@samrodian919 I was working in the UK. Sadly, both factories are gone 😢. Cheers.

  • @prsearls
    @prsearls Месяц назад +3

    Matt, you do all the hard work; I just get to sit here and enjoy it. I really look forward to seeing the progress of the mega-drill and your machines. If you and Kurtis ever teamed up, you could take over the world (the machining world).

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +3

      I hope we get to do a collaboration at some stage. It'd be heaps of fun. I reckon he'd have a blast on the hulk... and I reckon he'd enjoy seeing the MEGADRILL up close before it goes for a trip down to the center of the earth!

  • @paulthebaker
    @paulthebaker Месяц назад +4

    Finding your channel just after watching crazy Uri make a rose engine for his jewelers lathe. The scale is simply awesome!

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +2

      Its nuts how the size differences are in machining hey

  • @drakepassage4255
    @drakepassage4255 27 дней назад +1

    From Los Angeles. Did my share of machining (little stuff) working my way through school. Great to see you give a shout out to Curtis. Too many people in this world that try to convince everyone that they are the only ones who know how to slice bread.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  27 дней назад

      Credit where credit is due man.
      CEE do a great job. I learn from all the different channels out there, but I find his particularly interesting.
      Man is a master of his craft.
      It’s relaxing to watch

  • @bando404
    @bando404 2 дня назад

    Another CEE sub here, happy to see you’re not in competition.
    Some 20 years ago I delivered stainless steel to various workshops and I was especially fascinated with the gigantic lathes some of them had - one was literally the size of my Scania truck and sometimes I delivered single billets of stainless so huge that I couldn’t believe it when they would throw it in the lathe. I can’t remember how heavy they were, could it be possible that they were more than 1,5 metric tonnes? And the chips on the floor in that place, they were the size of my hand.
    Still love that smell.
    Keep up the good work

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  День назад

      Cheers mate.
      Yeah, I definitely don't see us in any form of competition with Kurtis and Karen. They have the cutting edge side of it totally nailed. We are pretty old school by comparison... just straight up heavy duty shit for drillers to destroy lol.

  • @garyyorke1080
    @garyyorke1080 9 дней назад +1

    Greetings from the UK Matt . Yup that's some toy you got in the hulk I reckon my little southbend 9 would fit in the bore lol .. found you a couple of days back I'm liking what I see . Great to hear you compliment kurtis and Karen at CEE been glued to them for a couple of years . Really enjoy watching the repairs on the big lathes so I guess I'll be binge watching your previous videos

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  8 дней назад +1

      Cheers mate. Yeah those two are great. Top quality content from top quality people.
      Welcome to the channel good sir

    • @randyruppel6727
      @randyruppel6727 8 дней назад +1

      Fellow southbend owner, I know the struggle haha.

  • @raykaufman7156
    @raykaufman7156 Месяц назад +4

    That chuck on the outer end is a nice feature!
    Lots of times I wish I'd had that on a smaller lathe!

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +2

      It's so useful for the kind of work we do. Same thing on HAL (the big CNC). Makes a huge difference.

    • @petermichaelgreen
      @petermichaelgreen 4 дня назад +1

      Curtis has a video where he makes adapters to fit lathe chucks to the tailstock of one of his lathes. It's the first episode in his "shop made tools" playlist.

  • @rionstretton8133
    @rionstretton8133 Месяц назад +5

    I'm a retired automotive machinist i did crankshaft grinding in one of the biggest grinders .grinding cat crankshaft and tug crankshafts. I had extremely interesting career. Love your Chanel and kertis Chanel one after the other today. High regards to the both of you. ❤

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks mate. Yeah wow. Tug crankshafts would be pretty bloody big to grind!

    • @rionstretton8133
      @rionstretton8133 Месяц назад +1

      @@halheavyduty yes the grinder is as big
      Your lathe it was in Perth .I was one of 2 that run it .very close tolerance.

    • @rionstretton8133
      @rionstretton8133 Месяц назад +1

      I would love to visit your work shop on day it's amazing.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +3

      I reckon we'll have to throw a 100k subscriber party. It'd be lit.

    • @chrisforgan731
      @chrisforgan731 9 дней назад

      @@halheavyduty most big ships they grind em in place. there is a company in Singapore that does it. they come to you.

  • @gt1man931
    @gt1man931 Месяц назад +3

    That is a big ass lathe, and while there are much bigger ones in the world, the general youtube audience doesn't have a lot of access. You have given us close up access to the workings of one in a daily shop environment. You are bordering on pretty unique in the machine shop world on youtube.
    Because of that the channel has a lot of potential for growth.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад

      Thanks for that mate. I think we do some pretty unique stuff in the ship, so it’s really quite humbling how many other people seem to get a kick out of it too!

  • @markjurkovich7814
    @markjurkovich7814 11 дней назад +1

    Hello Matt, Mark from the U.S.
    I just found your channel and was glad to hear you give a shout out to CEE. I've been following them for a while now, and enjoy their channel.
    I've subscribed to yours, and can't wait to see your videos.
    Have a great Holiday!

  • @Tezza120
    @Tezza120 Месяц назад +8

    Congrats on 20k. You earned it mate.

  • @JamesZellmer-h4h
    @JamesZellmer-h4h 11 дней назад +1

    Great Beard Mate !!!! Mine is more of a Santa Beard, white and long at 74.

  • @Randysshop
    @Randysshop Месяц назад +4

    Hi from Michigan USA, Fell in love with machining about 5 years ago. big or small when a person can take a raw steel and turn it into a usable part is the best. just a hobby for me Thanks Cheers P.s. Every shop needs a good shop dog.👍

  • @johnandersen6364
    @johnandersen6364 11 дней назад +1

    Hello from Winnipeg Canada, you are a very humble person I must say. I subscribe to Cutting Edge and this is how I got onto your channel after seeing his latest video. All the very best on your endeavors in the coming new year, and now I have a new channel that I have subscribed to.

  • @charlestosi5199
    @charlestosi5199 Месяц назад +4

    High praise to the videographer. Fascinating work. Thanks

  • @garydotson2277
    @garydotson2277 11 дней назад +1

    I’m viewing from Ohio, the Buckeye State! I’m a huge follower of Kurtis and Karen and I’m sure I’ll be one of your followers, as well. I’m not a machinist, I just tinker on my little lathe. I am a retired auto diesel tech, working on research vehicles.

  • @classicrocker7440
    @classicrocker7440 19 дней назад +2

    First time here, when you said you liked CEE, I went straight to the subscribe button. You have some awesome equipment in your shop. Now I have two channels from my extreme south of the border buddies. Hello from Virginia (a California refugee) USA.

  • @sky173
    @sky173 Месяц назад +5

    So glad I've found your channel. There are a handful channels on my favorites list and yours is right up there. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us, and I wish you continued success on this channel. It's definitely worth watching! Cheers!

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks heaps, appreciate the kind words mate! 👊

  • @linmal2242
    @linmal2242 2 дня назад

    'Cutting Edge' competitor? Yes but more the better ! Go , HAL .

    • @linmal2242
      @linmal2242 2 дня назад

      What a monster! Makes my little woodworking lathes look like toys !

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  День назад

      Cheers mate. Haha. We are anything but cutting edge in what we do. Just Heavy Duty and get'r done! Plenty of room on YT for all the different stuff out there. Kurtis & Karen have a bloody fantastic channel - love their work.

  • @streetfighter1966
    @streetfighter1966 26 дней назад +1

    Came from CEE and was not disappointed, I love watching any and all types of machining and i have a feeling this new monster machine is going to great to watch.

    • @TomokosEnterprize
      @TomokosEnterprize 26 дней назад

      Kurtis and Karen would love to have this big bore lathe.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  26 дней назад

      Cheers mate! Glad you enjoyed it 👊

  • @RamblerMan68
    @RamblerMan68 6 дней назад

    Great vid Matt! Would love to come visit your part of the world someday...nice of you to give the props to Karen and Kurtis too...they are why I watch you too! Merry Christmas from Illinois, USA!

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  5 дней назад

      Cheers mate! Thanks for watching 🇺🇸👊

  • @robertmatthews4285
    @robertmatthews4285 18 дней назад

    I’ve run a really big lathe in paper mill that you climbed a ladder about 8 feet up onto the carriage. The operator station (with a chair) was on the carriage and you road it back and forth up and down the bed. Was used to resurface huge rollers for paper making machines.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  18 дней назад

      I’ve got a friend in Melbourne who runs machines like that! Absolutely unreal.
      One of these days I’d love to visit the USA & Europe and see some of the Super HD gear in really big shops.
      It’s astounding to me the vast range of sizes within the machining profession.

  • @trevort4286
    @trevort4286 8 дней назад

    Here from Canada glad i found your videos

  • @joshhaeg5173
    @joshhaeg5173 Месяц назад +2

    You are nailing it on the sounds, the speeds and the turning shots! Oh and the quality of work!

  • @alexsteel8167
    @alexsteel8167 Месяц назад +2

    Cheers from Malaysia, CNC machinist in the Oil & Gas industry since 2016 🤘

  • @stevenslater2669
    @stevenslater2669 Месяц назад +24

    During WWII my father ran a huge lathe that machined 16 inch naval cannon barrels. Designated as 50 caliber, that meant the barrel was 50 x 16”, or almost 67 feet long! I don’t know if that includes the free bore space for the projectile and multiple 200 pound bags of propellant plus the breech locking mechanism, as well. He said it took 2 large overhead cranes to position a raw forging on the lathe. He said the work wasn’t too hard except for the nights (he worked afternoon and midnight shifts) when they were putting a barrel on or taking it off the machine. Or when the engineers were trying out a variation on the steel formula. They told the operators very little, but the steel let them know when it didn’t like the established feeds & speeds and cutting tool geometry.
    My twin brother and I were two years old, and I clearly remember when our daddy came home in the morning because he would sit at the top of the stairs, we’d hear him and run from our bedroom, hug & kiss him and grab the package of Campfire Marshmallows he had for us in the breast pocket of his shirt. He told the details of his job when we got older.

    • @margarita8442
      @margarita8442 Месяц назад +1

      is bs

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +6

      That’s so cool. Thanks for sharing good sir. Sounds like he was one hell of a guy

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +2

      You know you've made it when a troll appears. Love it.

    • @darrenconway8117
      @darrenconway8117 Месяц назад +2

      I worked in a Naval Dockyard which had a lathe with a 12' (3.6m) face plate and the bed was about 15m. It was intended to repair main shafts of ships. I never saw it run in 20 years.

  • @craigspicer4296
    @craigspicer4296 Месяц назад +3

    Love the the content Hal and you are a very clear precise presenter of interesting shop stuff.

  • @keithgrimshaw9781
    @keithgrimshaw9781 24 дня назад

    Just found your channel watching you all the way from the uk, I am a massive fan of cutting edge engineering and hope to be a fan of yours as time goes on keep up the amazing work, the dialogue is also great.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  23 дня назад

      Thanks heaps mate! Much appreciated

  • @glennbrown1961
    @glennbrown1961 Месяц назад +4

    Love the content, Matt. You need a large gantry crane over that monster. Have a look at some old railway engineering photos. Wheel lathes were monsters! How they made the castings used in some of the old works is mind boggling. Colchesters rule in my book. A colchester student will take a 10mm cut with a good sharp tool of the right geometery. There is a video on u-tube of them testing one in the factory doing just that. Congrats on 20k. Keep the chips flying! G'day from Tasmania

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +2

      You're not wrong there! We did look at getting a big gantry, but the shed is too low. I'll have to check out that video on the Colchester. Personally, I really like them. All machines have pros and cons, but for me the pros well outweigh the cons with the Colchesters.

  • @John-gt5fm
    @John-gt5fm 6 дней назад

    Like your trepan . Looks like what we use at my place of employment. Ours screws onto a tube of various sizes from 6-18” also it’s about 16 feet long. Used to make the rough barrels of cannons during WW2.

  • @TheVillageIdiotUk
    @TheVillageIdiotUk Месяц назад +2

    Cracking video ! The Hulk is a stunning piece of kit. The energy when that thing is rotating at 400 RPM with its jaws full must be something else. Love the hound as well. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to create these videos. 😊

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks for tuning in mate. Very much appreciated. Having a blast catching all the fun stuff we get up to 👊🤣

  • @TheMrMavman
    @TheMrMavman 15 дней назад

    That’s just rock “n” roll mate. Second vid in & your showing off the big stuff. I can see this is gonna be an exciting channel to be at. 👌👍😎

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  14 дней назад +1

      Cheers mate. Glad you’re enjoying it all.

  • @thylacine1962
    @thylacine1962 Месяц назад +3

    So many great engineering shops on youtube now. From Here in Oz to the USA, Canada, NZ, the UK even Pakistan. We are spoilt for choice. Im glad youtube recommended this channel. Im subscribing & looking forward to your content. Damn this was interesting. Rock on Bro.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +1

      Cheers brother!

    • @samrodian919
      @samrodian919 26 дней назад

      The only Pakistani ones I've seen are those ones where safety boots are sandals with three strips of leather over the foot instead of a big toe loop and ankle strap! lol and mud floors

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  19 дней назад

      Same 🤣

  • @markkemila1321
    @markkemila1321 10 дней назад

    Just found your channel....what awesome content!!

  • @wk7060
    @wk7060 16 дней назад

    Just found your channel and really like it as a 40 year retired machinist, manual and CNC.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  16 дней назад

      Thank you good sir! Means a lot when someone with your level of experience tunes in and finds it enjoyable.

  • @jbillo488
    @jbillo488 11 дней назад +1

    Love this stuff. Also a Kurtis fan. Sunshine Coast Qld.

  • @RayOsburn
    @RayOsburn 8 дней назад

    Watching from Seattle, USA. I love watching how operators figure out how to get the job done. I watch CEE, too, and I wonder how something is going to get done, because of the oddball requirements of the jobs. Keep up the good work, and I will continue to watch.

  • @gordonagent7037
    @gordonagent7037 5 дней назад

    Great vlog, really enjoy your work scope. I used to watch a channel, El Raymond, fantastic machinist, he was on a Horizontal Boring machine and from the work he did I would say they serviced a lot of mining gear too and he could do really small stuff on it too just to change up his content.

  • @Wyllie38
    @Wyllie38 Месяц назад +1

    Machine tools are amazing bits of kit, nothing beats new machine day. Like a kids a Christmas

  • @daviddogruel7851
    @daviddogruel7851 26 дней назад

    Taking a coffee break from machining small (10 mm) copper holders for thermocouples and watching this video really puts things in perspective. Great to find and subscribe to your channel!

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  26 дней назад

      Welcome aboard! Thanks for subscribing mate 👊

  • @stanlewis9189
    @stanlewis9189 Месяц назад +1

    Truly enjoy watching you work on such large parts. I'm a Gunsmith in Texas and regularly turn parts in the .050 to .060 range. I doubt you have a hard time finding a part out of the lathe that you've dropped. Keep up the good work.

  • @medp5636
    @medp5636 Месяц назад +6

    Congratulations on 20K Mate!

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks for watching mate! Appreciate the support 👊

  • @ronpatterson5483
    @ronpatterson5483 9 дней назад

    Great channel, always interesting & learn so much. Keep up great videos.

  • @jackstanton8212
    @jackstanton8212 12 дней назад

    Like your tool holder racks - great to see the tools neat & tidy -- those items are the bits of kit that cost a fortune & are often neglected . Interesting to see your set up , but after 45 years of it I don't get excited any more

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  12 дней назад +1

      Cheers mate. Yeah, I try and keep it all as organised as possible. Just makes the jobs so much quicker (and enjoyable)
      I can imagine that after 45 years it loses its excitement. I still enjoy it all… mostly because they keep dragging big stuff in the door.

  • @iandalton3839
    @iandalton3839 25 дней назад

    When I was an apprentice, some 50 years ago, we mixed cutting oil and water up in a bucket and poured that into the Colchester lathes we used. It smelt lovely.

  • @franktyphoon98
    @franktyphoon98 20 дней назад

    you guys are CRAZY!!! 😂when I saw your tooling and your depths of cut I was smiling like a kid in a candy store. That machine is glorious! All the best from Italy

  • @neilspencer1072
    @neilspencer1072 Месяц назад +2

    Im in Darwin and found you thru Chris and Curtis. Not a machinist just enjoy watching people with the skills to work metal

  • @damionparson247
    @damionparson247 24 дня назад

    Very informative and great machining demonstrations. Great job!

  • @tord9707
    @tord9707 Месяц назад +4

    Nice to hear about the hulk. Known problem with buying machines in any size, when they arrive its just a matter of months before 'dam we should have bought the next size up'. I work in different machines,manual horizontal borer is my main. Also lathe Ø1000x8000 and cnc lathe Ø1300x4500 XYZC

    • @TheVillageIdiotUk
      @TheVillageIdiotUk Месяц назад +1

      You should start a RUclips channel ! 😊

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +2

      Sounds like some bloody big equipment. I like it already.

    • @tord9707
      @tord9707 Месяц назад

      @@halheavyduty Shure big enough for a couple of months..😄

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  27 дней назад

      Hahahaha 100%

    • @chrisforgan731
      @chrisforgan731 9 дней назад

      yeah like sheds. the collection of "stuff" grows to suit the shed.

  • @berthaduniverse
    @berthaduniverse 9 дней назад

    TY algo got it right (for once). S&L, only my second video here, but its been great. From the mountains outside Los Angeles. Good on ya!

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  8 дней назад +1

      Cheers mate! Glad you’re enjoying the channel. 👊
      🇺🇸🙏

  • @pisotones2348
    @pisotones2348 10 дней назад

    Hi, Matt. One spaniard here, like The Hulk, also owning a lathe made in Spain (FERVAL, two foot between points) only that it weighs less that one of Hulk's chucks 😁
    Also an avid follower of Curtis and Karen (and Homey), I've just discovered and suscribed your channel. Good job!

  • @reeley
    @reeley 8 дней назад

    just found your channel, hoping i enjoy your work as much as CEE. So far, so good 👍

  • @wk7060
    @wk7060 16 дней назад

    That new machine looks like a very good rebuild.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  16 дней назад

      It’s in really good condition and machines beautifully

  • @donfinch862
    @donfinch862 Месяц назад +2

    Great video Matt. The Hulk is a bit of gear for sure. I used to work in the Midland Workshops in WA. You would have loved a stroll thru the machine shop and the Flanging shop - some big presses in there. Cheers mate

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +2

      Youre not wrong there! I just find big equipment so fascinating. As I kid I got to head over to NASA and check out the crawlers for the Saturn V. Couldn't drag me away haha

  • @tbohtwentyone
    @tbohtwentyone 12 дней назад

    My green Grizzly tools 7x14" with the chucks, steady rest, follow rest, face plate and all the tooling I have for it don't weigh as much as that 'tiny' boring bar. I have a new respect for change gears, the SIEG 7x lathe designer must have seen this Hulk prior.. Great Video.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  12 дней назад +1

      Cheers mate!
      That’s gold 🤣 yeah, the hulk is a mad bit of gear. Still small by “big lathe” standards… but bloody big enough for us.
      The 40t crane barely got it in the shed… there were warning sirens blaring 🤣🤣
      I think the Chuck weighs 400kg.

  • @KevinPlemons64
    @KevinPlemons64 Месяц назад +1

    Congratulations on the Hulk purchase and reaching 20K subscribers! Great job on the camera angles and commentary. Seeing you wrestle around with "Mad Dog" put a smile on my face. Great stuff!! Cheers from Tennessee, USA.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад

      Cheers mate! Yeah old Murray needs a bloody bath 💩 🤣

  • @markdavis2475
    @markdavis2475 Месяц назад +1

    Just found your channel 🙂 First thought was, bloody hell now I'm never gonna leave for work on a Friday😂 Really like your positive friendly demeanour 😃 Looking forward to catching up on your past vids 😃

  • @larrycornelia4228
    @larrycornelia4228 27 дней назад

    From Montana enjoying your work and the skills you have

  • @bluikkso
    @bluikkso 26 дней назад

    Really appreciated the story, nice.

  • @prinz10ga
    @prinz10ga 26 дней назад +1

    Wowzers…that boring bar is incredible.

  • @jimzivny1554
    @jimzivny1554 29 дней назад

    Very creative crew you have. Beautiful work
    I'm in Georgia USA, I'm retired/disabled from the automotive industry and a lifelong hot rodder and fabricator. In my home shop I have a South Bend heavy 10 lathe which would be lost in your shop 😁 and I'm looking for a mill but I'm glad I can still work on my cars.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  29 дней назад

      Wonderful that you have a home shop. It’s so good when you can tinker with stuff and keep busy on projects.
      Every man needs a shed

  • @robjaimiehickford4559
    @robjaimiehickford4559 Месяц назад +1

    I know of ESP Pty Ltd , they used to be on Frances St Brooklyn. Company I once worked for called Andritz in Geelong had an old Chinese universal mill sold to Andritz by esp. they were kind enough to supply some detailed electrical info they still had from the 90’s in their data base. I had to repair the mag clutches and get feed running again. Love your work, keep it coming Matt.
    I also worked for Godfrey hurst in Geelong as a fitter, they had one of those large bore lathes with forward and rear chucks. We would machine the journals on large carpet pinch & idler rollers. The name of it I’ve forgotten but it was made in India.
    Currently retired to my hobby shed where I have an old Aussie made lathe, a 3 phase Nuttell made by Kirby NSW 1975. And various other small metal machines where I’m making 2 wombat steam locomotives, 5” & 7 1/4” gauges.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +1

      I just love that they're called Wombats! Sounds like you've got a great little setup there good sir!

  • @thepowerof9b
    @thepowerof9b Месяц назад

    Hello from Sweden. Since you asked for some input on what kind of machinery you should look more in to I tought that I might mention Mazak lathes. I run a "mazak super quick turn 18 mark 2" at work that I program in mazatrol T-plus. Their own dialog programming. For one off parts and low volume its really great. I do both programming and simulations on the machine itself and its fairly inuative. Thanks for the videos!

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you very much. Those Mazak machines are super impressive. I haven’t used one yet, but I’ve seen them in action. About as good as it gets in my opinion!

  • @seanmarr6029
    @seanmarr6029 Месяц назад

    Hi Matt, CCE , Curtis, Karen and homey are great. I just started watching you .Lethbridge AB.🇨🇦

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад

      Cheers mate! Welcome aboard 🇨🇦

  • @rogerhutchings5811
    @rogerhutchings5811 Месяц назад +1

    Many years ago as a young lad I started at an engineering company and the first machine I saw was a lathe that I couldn't even see over the ways and you needed a step ladder to get to the chuck it was massive

  • @Srcannibalbmw
    @Srcannibalbmw Месяц назад

    Un torno Gurztpe fabricado aquí en España....y siguiendo trabajando en Australia.
    Me alegro mucho de que valoréis estás máquinas.
    Yo en concreto las he reparado y conozco bien si durabilidad y robustez.
    Me alegro por vosotros

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад

      It’s such a solid and reliable machine. We see really happy with The Hulk.
      Employee of the year 💯

  • @pablostark1665
    @pablostark1665 25 дней назад

    First Abom 79, then CEE and now HAL, excellent. I did my time back in the 80's at the Water Board (WA) and I'm sure we had one of these Gurutzpe lathes. It was also green and the largest in the machine shop.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  25 дней назад

      They’re awesome bits of gear! We love the Hulk.

  • @Gyppor
    @Gyppor 7 дней назад

    That thing is downright terrifying when you're spooling it up to the max speed!! Wow it's big.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  5 дней назад

      400rpm is wild. A full on air raid siren 🤣

  • @jeffsmith5084
    @jeffsmith5084 25 дней назад

    Just found you guys. Enjoyed the video. I'll be back.

  • @shanerorko8076
    @shanerorko8076 Месяц назад

    At 20:45 ish, you could maybe make a disc to lock the back spider jaws onto when there is a short work piece in the main chuck.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад

      We usually have one sitting beside the lathe. Cheers mate. Clearly you know your stuff bro.

  • @ianlangley987
    @ianlangley987 27 дней назад

    Hi Matt, another good video. Change wheels for threads and feed rates. I cut my teeth on these during my apprenticeship back in the 60's so not new to me. I now own a small Myford lathe and it is all change wheels. I had to make a 21 tooth gear for a special thread recently so that was fun as I didn't have a mill so cut the teeth by drilling and filing the teeth to shape. The gear was only 35 mm odd in dia so all very small work but it did the job just fine. Cheers Ian

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  27 дней назад

      Love it! A true machinist. Well done good sir.

  • @charles-iii6759
    @charles-iii6759 26 дней назад

    That lathe is a beauty! The only thing missing in that monster is a rapid travelling.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  26 дней назад +1

      Fortunately it does have rapid travel - but when we load parts the lathe is locked out (for safety)
      👊

    • @Gottenhimfella
      @Gottenhimfella 26 дней назад

      @@halheavyduty Can you fit the second 4 jaw at the left end of the headstock spindle? This is usual practice on "oil country" lathes in other parts of the world, and something I plan to do on my biggest lathe. Apologies if you answer this later on, I decided to post now as I'd forget by the time I'd watched thru...

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  26 дней назад

      We can indeed.

    • @charles-iii6759
      @charles-iii6759 7 дней назад

      @@halheavyduty Oh ok. makes sense.

  • @EnricoMarangonJunior
    @EnricoMarangonJunior Месяц назад

    & your videos are improving every new episode, and getting better! Congrats.

  • @matthewharrington2431
    @matthewharrington2431 Месяц назад +1

    I really wanna come to Australia and work with you guys absolute masterpieces of machining

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +2

      Cheers man. We're really lucky to be doing this crazy project. It's fairly standard otherwise - but never boring (unless we are literally boring haha)

  • @petergay2971
    @petergay2971 Месяц назад

    Thank you Matt, I really look forward to seeing your work every week, kind regards.

  • @robertcowger1329
    @robertcowger1329 27 дней назад

    Hello from California USA, just subscribed can't wait for more videos. Also a CEE subscriber

  • @gyrogearloose1345
    @gyrogearloose1345 29 дней назад

    Hobby machinist here. I enjoyed the video very much, subscribed today! Wishing you good fortune in all your endeavors!

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  29 дней назад +1

      Thanks so much for the subscription. Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed the video mate

  • @connahjones8178
    @connahjones8178 Месяц назад +1

    Congrats on 20k!! Love the content 🇬🇧

  • @simsapot
    @simsapot 29 дней назад +1

    What a Sweet Machine!

  • @USMFabrication
    @USMFabrication Месяц назад

    a real video of making large parts like I did before opening my manufacturing company. I really miss this kind of work! now I make medium-sized parts and I miss it 😊 but you have to know how to adapt to the customer's needs! I hope to return to this kind of manufacturing one day!

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад

      So true. We only do stuff this big because it’s gotta be done. I’m enjoying it though.
      I’ve really fallen in love with the big stuff on the MEGADRILL project

  • @craigspicer4296
    @craigspicer4296 Месяц назад

    I like to give a shout out to Hare and Forbes, great machine shop. I brought a second hand tool room lathe and i got a gem without knowing it at first. Love hare and Forbes at Sydney and the friendly staff are so helpful.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад

      We bought a lot of stuff for the fab shop from them. Really good to deal with.

  • @carltauber2939
    @carltauber2939 Месяц назад

    Congratulations on 20k, and the steadily improving videos.

  • @scroungasworkshop4663
    @scroungasworkshop4663 Месяц назад

    Hi Matt, first time watching your channel and I’m so glad to have found it. Now I have two favourite machining channels to watch and the fact that they’re both Australian is awesome. I’m in Canberra ACT and wanted to be a machinist when I left school but life took me in another direction. Now I’m retired I have been able to set myself up a nice workshop and do some machining as a hobby. I find channels like yours are really good for learning so a big thank you. Cheers, Stuart. 👍

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад

      Great stuff Stuart. Well done on the home shop mate. Love it!

  • @charlescoxall6038
    @charlescoxall6038 4 дня назад

    Large engineering is still alive and well, but most important it is Jobbing work and not a CNC. So from Chartridge in the county of Buckinghamshire England, well done.

  •  Месяц назад

    Great to do a shout-out to Karen and Curtis. I've been watching them for years!

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  Месяц назад +1

      They’re great. I love their videos

    • @edhilton1623
      @edhilton1623 Месяц назад +1

      Definitely a nice touch. Shows respect, and a class act.

    • @halheavyduty
      @halheavyduty  27 дней назад +1

      Cheers mate.