BONUS VIDEO! This video is a throwback from back in March when we got the lathe and you might have already seen a few of these "surprise finds" being used in our videos 😎👍 Subscribe and hit the bell icon to turn on notifications so you don't miss our weekly uploads. 👇 🤳 Follow us online here: Instagram instagram.com/cutting_edge_engineering Facebook facebook.com/cuttingedgeengineeringaustralia/ Official CEE Merch shop: www.ceeshop.com.au
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 now you will have to start to use a dial indicator . boy emagin you working to the nearest micron . insteed of to the nearest inch . keep the vids comeing . now get lost . 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶
Still.. It's heartbreaking seeing all those precision tools is such condition! But if they're salvageable, Kurtis is just the guy to get it done. Anyone who loves tools hates seeing even a speck of rust on one.
Great haul, I had similar luck when I bought a used mini lathe in 2016, from someone who was selling it after his grandfather had passed, and when I'd put it in the car, he asked if I needed some tooling to go along with it. I told him I was a broke student, and he told me to not worry, they didn't need any of it, and it was just taking up space. Ended up with at least fifty new Gühring taps and thread formers,, with just a little bit of rust on them, a Mahr dial indicator, and a bunch of other stuff. I paid 250€ for a machine and got at least 300€ worth of tooling for free to go with it.
Bought a Kennedy toolbox off Craigslist for $100. When I went to pick it up from the seller, the drawers were stuffed full of files, broaches, miscellaneous bits of metal, and at least three Starrett micrometers (ironically, just after I'd shipped my micrometer off to Starrett for repairs). SCORE :D
My father was a tool and die maker for NASA. Growing up, I loved to watch him create such cool things from metal just as I love watching your video's and how you explaine every step. Now in my older age, been searching for a lathe for several years I can afford. Keep up the wonderful work...Oh, love the bloopers....It's made of the stuff that keeps us all humble and human.
I have heard of people who were lucky at auctions, but this is the first time that what the lucky auction winner got unseen was worth so much and in such great shape. Congratulations on both the Lathe and the unbelievably extra finds. BTW: The wheeled crane that you used to unload the Lathe is one that I have never seen before, what is the brand name. Love your channel, in my opinion, for such a young man, you are an experienced machinist extraordinaire.
Awesome mate we've probably got a pallet load of stuff we could send you 😂 Thanks for commenting this made our year! Big fans of BigStackD + Ingot & Bullion 😎👊
i cant believe they just left it in the rain. i was going to pay $2200 just for a mini metal lathe that canfit on my pc desk. its so small and shtty that i decided against it, i wanted to make tiny parts fpr a hobby and a bigger one was just too much to move
I didn't think of an ultrasonic cleaner before because I only see items size of a house, big boy toys! just big and heavy. But after seeing this clip and all the parts that came in the lathe with rust or just locked up. I see you can easily fit those in an ultrasonic cleaner. I think will be a great investment if you don't already own one. You can also build one to fit your needs. I really doesn't cost much if you compare it to what it can do in a shop. Easy to build and lots of DIY content online. You can add temp. control, for the heavy stuff, and a timer. Mine is a 20gal. one, perhaps a little too small for you shop but I can only imagine if you built one to fit hydraulic motors or an engine block. lol getting a little carryaway, lol im just thinking out loud :). or you can start with a small one and see what it can do. you wont be disappointed. Happy New Year to you both ! Wishing you and family good health and prosperity. Thank you for all the content. Respectfully, Teddy
For freeing seized items due to rust try using a 50/50 mix of acetone and transmission fluid (non-synthetic). I have used this in various items that are frozen and after a while they come free and after a little while longer they are like new. I recently had four needle nose pliers and linesman pliers that I thought were scrap. They are now like brand new.
I will definately try that, thanks. I actually quite like the smell of transmission fluid (yes, strange I know), but that cocktail sounds like it could be quite aromatic :)
@@lofiRob I've loathed that smell for years now, ever since I was under my car pulling the pan off the trans and it slipped out of my fingers and dumped a load of ATF right in my mouth. BLECH. 😀
I found this channel recently. I watch every episode with pleasure. In Poland, in scrap yards, such tools can also be found and bought for the price of steel scrap. There may be fewer of these things now, but real treasures were once thrown away. In the company where I used to work there was a school workshop for locksmiths, turners and mechanics. The school was closed and tons of tools and equipment were scrapped. Greetings from Poland ! Jack
Very nice. I picked up a lightly used 1980's Austrian Emco Maximat many years ago for not much. It had been in a technical college. It has 2 cupboards underneath, I managed to get one door open and it was empty so left the other alone. Several years later I opened the door to find bunch of new old stock parts a new 4 jaw chuck, new change gear set, spare bearings etc..all wrapped in their wax paper and boxes. Was a good day.
Nice when things go your way. Looks like you have put plenty of money back into the workshop over the years. Your shop is really well equipped and you're a pretty versatile tradie, good to see. Plenty to learn from watching you do what you obviously like doing.
What a bonus, really good find all of that for the price of 5 large drills, that is such a bargain. I worked on the JP233 runway denial bomblet system. Once the contract was complete all tooling and tools that were purchased by the MoD were destroyed. For us skilled guys on the job it was heart breaking to see perfectly good kit being scrapped. They did not even offer them to us for sale, we were not expecting them for nothing.
@@evilbrat5376 Don't know if it's the same in other countries, but that's very common in the USA. It actually has nothing to do with preventing reuse or the like; it's because units and organizations _need_ to use up their entire budget every year to prevent it from being reduced the following year. The ideal resulting from that sort of budget practice is to actually exceed their allocated budget and tap into "emergency" funding, because that proves that they're "under-funded" and can't survive any cuts at all without compromising the mission. It's idiotically wasteful, but effectively mandated by laws and regulations that were, ironically, intended to _reduce_ budget abuse. So you end up with things like military units refurnishing their brand-new barracks every year to preserve their budget allocation for an upcoming equipment maintenance/replacement cycle.
Love these videos, a real machinist at work. Just proves there is still a need for manual machinists and jobbing shops like this, CNC is not the be all and end all. Keep up the superb work.
Totally agree. I’m a machinist with 21 years experience and everything leads back to manual machine with rebuilding hydraulic cylinders. Manual machinist are a dying breed and customers would have to pay a pretty penny for rebuilds.
"Good traction in the mud", so f'ing funny. Happy New Year Kurtis, Karen and Homeless. Thank you for entertaining, educating and sharing. Outstanding content and videos. Cheers!
When I read the title I was thinking mouse nest, or wasp nest or something nasty. So when those goodies kept on coming and coming, you were right. I _couldn't_ believe it! If I understood your five large twist drill comparison, that was about AU$5000 which is astonishing. I bet there will be people watching this video who were at the same auction, and who are no kicking themselves for passing on that lot. I am impressed with the job the Evaporust does. I bought a box of rusty drills home from my Menz Shed a few days ago and bathed them in white vinegar (thanks to a Googled tip) and they probably ended up MORE rusty, but maybe a little easier to clean rust. Right now I'm wishing I'd never started.
My dad was a fitter n turner waaay back in the day and I grew up around lathes milling machines etc. Always had a passionate interest in engineering so I really enjoy your posts. I Could happily spend my retirement in a machine shop! Love the funnies at the end 😂
In all of my life and my profession(not related to yours), I have committed myself, to never make rubbish. It has been a blessing to watch your work, and your commitment to quality, while still developing the smartest solutions to get there, and use that saving to go above and beyond, to your customers satisfaction. Merry Christamas and a happy New Year! Its a bliss to watch people take pride in their work. Looking forward to 2022. Much love and respect ya all.
I got a similar auction buy (minus the lathe & machine tools) some years back. Metal boxes full of grease zerks, freeze plugs, electrical connectors, sockets, tools - on and on. I’m still trying to sort it all out. I love auctions. 👍
Evaporust is useful stuff. A German bloke I know protects his cleaned up recovered tools with Balistoil. I didn't realise those big drills were so expensive. That has to be the happiest dog for miles, He's great fun.
Back in the 90s a friend scored at at MOD auction. A old Bedford truck. Non runner and back doors stuck shut. Paid £75. Once he got the rear doors open found 4 100hp Honda outboards still in their transport crates.
Év végén had köszönjem meg az egész éves munkátokat, rengeteget tanultam a látottakból. Nagyon komoly szakmai tudással rendelkezel nem beszélve a szép gépekről. Ha esetleg kérhetném bekapcsolnátok a Magyar fordítót mivel a világ másik végéből Magyarországról írok. Boldog új évet kívánok!
I love videos like this, but what makes yours stand out more than others in the world? It because you show not only the knowledge about your craft, but the bloopers doing the video with your family. Shows you are a standout person. Thank you for your content.
What a windfall! That is an amazing amount of tooling. Were you able to turn the lathe over at a bit of a profit? It looks quite nice, really. Congratulations on that haul! As always, we enjoyed the video. Thanks for letting us take a look.
Grats on tools! Nice haul! Dial indicators can be rebuilt. Bsp British standard thread is a tapered witworth pipe thread. Uses a rounded thread instead of normal thread. Advantage is it’s easier to undo. Disadvantage doesn’t self seal as well as npt and requires tooling to cut…..sort of an international thread. Npt national pipe thread is a standard v groove pipe thread and is easy to cut on lathes. Self seals very well but can be a real pain to undo. This is also a sort of international thread. While more common in North America it is used else where because of equipment manufactured in the us or Canada shipped internationally. If you buy a tap a die set there is usually a 1/8 npt tap in kit. This one is overlooked because there is a “soft conversion” to metric sizes on npt. I have never seen a bsp thread myself but have heard of them before and how easy it is to undo the threads. Npt sometimes requires cutting and extracting before retapping holes as pipes destroy themselves before letting go.
@@markfryer9880 yes it is except for some of the caterpillar equipment which would have not It’s not usually an issue except when it comes to hydraulic fittings. How often do you have to change pipe fittings on engines?
There are 2 types of BSP -straight (g markings) and BSPT tapered one (R marking)! Tapered one is common in europe for water pipes . Profile is different than npt ,angle is 55° rounded instead of 60°npt.Taper is the same in both threads thou.
@@jacilynns6330 Well not being a diesel mechanic but using logic, I would expect caterpillar to use USA NPT fittings. I would also expect a Japanese machine to be Metric.
Hello from Alabama, USA. Just came across your channel today and very happy I did. I watched your Q&A vedio from several months ago and enjoyed hearing a little history on how you got started. It was also very nice meeting Karen and hearing about Homeless. Y'all have a great channel.
Wow, it looks like you really lucked out! Usually, in the machinery sales, you end up with the stuff left after all the employees pick thru it and took all the good stuff and you end up with the junk. I would say this lathe was packaged up by someone on the inside that hand plans to buy that lathe.
The explanations of what you're doing are awesome. I took a machining course in high school and have always been fascinate. Being self-taught, do you ever need to pick up a book or any other text to help you understand? It is a true privilege to watch the professionalism in all you do. WOOF WOOF!
sounds like you scored pretty good. i got to applaud you for having the patience to go through the tools and cleaning up some of the rusty one. i got bins full of rusty or old tools that are still good but i really can't justify spending the time cleaning them up if i am not using them regularly.
Sometimes it pays to be in the right place at the right time with a pocket full of money. You did very well. This is one of the beauties of some auctions. Sometimes there are hidden bonus goodies among the things we purchase. If you win a bid that is already a good deal (or even a steal) and later find out there are extra bonus items, it can really make your day .. or even month.
Excellent traction in the mud- so funny, I’m still smiling, and yet totally innocuous when it might otherwise have at least been rated “R”. The Aussie turn of phrase combined with your quick wit are just two elements that make your videos so much fun, at least for this Yank.
OMG what a score. Happy? I'd say over the moon. The real excitement is coming soon with the 300,000 subscriber mark. What an amazing journey. How about a leg shaving as a show of thnx lmao. Thnx for the video.... cheers to all.
Wow! Good going! When you sell that lathe you'll be way ahead of the game! Congrats! I like to see hard workers do well and get blessed with windfalls like this! :)
Nice score. Amazing what you find in the bottom of a machine. Found a really rare part in a coolant sump once. Machine cost me $100, part was sold for $10,000.00. Unfortunately, I am honest and split it with the previous owner. Thanks for sharing.
That was definitely the score of the year. The Evap o Rust is a very good product for what it does. Some things have to soak longer than others but will get the job done
I am a big fan of Evap o Rust. Been using it forever. Does the job and can be reused, even if it's so dirty I have to filter it. It always does a good job given the proper amount of time.
Mate you have absolutely smashed it with your purchased, love all the old imperial gear you picked up. This is coming from a old fitter and turner for 47 years. Love your program and cant believe some of the new technique you are using. Watched your home made boring bar and was wondering if you ever placed a dial indicator on the saddle with the indicator on the bed to see if the rear off the saddle was lifting up with all that cutting overhang . Keep up the great work. Peter
Me at the beginning of the video: How many lathes does Kurtis need? He can only run so many at any one time. Me after seeing the massive tool haul that came with the lathe: Wow that looks like that was a pretty good buy!
As many as he can get provided they can either replace an existing machine to improve the shop's capabilities OR be broken down and sold for parts (motor, gears, controls etc.) for FAR more than Kurtis paid for it in the first place...
@@richardchioccola5179 In cycling there's a rule where the right number of bikes to own is "n + 1", where "n" is the number that you currently own. Apparently that applies to lathes as well.
@@EagerSpace that is THE universal constant, Having bought the +1 you then revert back to "n", and are therefore susceptible to the whiles of that +1 again, life can be so harsh!!☺.
Great to see you taking the machine - Nothing better of knowing it’s life usage is in caring meticulous hands ! As we’d say look after it and it will outlast you . Great score . Trent
Hope you still have the "dentist tool" I think it's a pick for removing o rings. Great video as usual. Would be interesting to know how much you made after renovations to the lathe itself Cheers
Hello Curtis, you made a great deal. Congratulations on the parts. It is always a pleasure for me to watch you at work. It's very interesting what you do because it proves that you don't always need everything new and that a good mechanic can fix almost everything. I look forward to more videos. Happy New Years greetings Jürgen
Good score sometimes you are just at the right place at the right time . Some TLC on the lathe and fix the gremlins and a big profit coming your way and we'll deserved. Like to see hard working younger business couples do well thru hard work attention to detail . Luv your vids especially when you explain the machine they come from . Your no nonsense straight to the point explanations are spot on and your videos are never boring ( no pun instended).
looks like an auction I had won here a few yrs back(~20yrs), paid 300.00 for a tool box was locked and couldn't open it, had a friend who was a lock smith open it for me and well i pulled out about 20k worth of snapon tools.
Apparently, dear friend, you've acquired a bunch of extremely useful tools, thousands of other essentials, and an old lathe as a gift ;-). Congratulations
Well thats a good score on the tooling alone . Money in that alone will cover the investment, be good to see a renovation video however shame that your not going to keep it but I guess at 3 metre it's only a hobby lathe for you .. cheers for sharing
I've got a smaller set of those Japanese made internal micrometers in the plywood box you showed towards the beginning of the presentation, they may be circa 1960's I think, but seem to be very good quality, good score!
Appreciate the price reference, any chance it can be scaled by banana value? I was gonna mention something about the dremel bits being little grenades now they've been wet, good to see you already know. Very few people are aware silicon carbide/carborundum grit products are very dangerous to spin up once they've been wet or even out too long in very humid conditions. Silicon carbide begins to rapidly surface oxidize on contact with water, losing bond.
Have you ever considered using an ULTRASONIC CLEANING UNIT with the Evapo Rust? It might make a huge impact in cleaning off that rust easier.... food for thought
Evaporust themselves recommend this. I have tired it and it does seem to help. Also mine is heated which helps when doing it out in the shed in winter.
Great content and you got yourself a new subscriber, I just love watching machine work because I wish I could do it myself but I'm to old now to start a new career. And your explanations when doing something making me better understand how it's done, I will in the future buy myself a smaller combination lathe / mill to play around with on my car stuff. Keep up the excellent work, cheers from Sweden :-)
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering there is a auction place next state over from me they leave every thing outside ,, on line auction ,, pictures of some items covered in snow ,, yes all they want is there money for selling ,, they don't tarp anything ..
@@randytravis3998 Talk about a great way to ruin good stock. How lazy can you get? I don't think that you should bother them with your good money Randy. They don't deserve it.
You actually said you were very happy with a straight face! 😆 good for you. Surprise like that is very welcome and I’m super glad to see YOU get it. Keep up the great work
Mate, that's a good score! Christmas came early. Dang it.. All these huge lathes for peanuts - and my little garage can't fit them. I need a bigger shed! Love this channel. Great work Karen. Kurtis and Homeless are film stars due to your producer/director skill. BTW, $900 for a drill bit. Ouch. I never imagined they'd be that much.
The dog sounds so funny when he has the piggy toy in his mouth. Sounds like he's snoring.... Someone must have sent you a "small" Christmas present. The milling cutter or the turner's heart is really looking forward to a "small" tool extension.
man I want a lathe so bad. Shoot I would take a table top one at this point. I want to learn. ANd man what a great score on the extra loot. I bet the cost of that stuff almost covered what you paid for the whole mill. I love all the hardware too. I am a sucker for hardware. I collect all I can get.
You need the big lathe, so you can work on the smaller lathe, and the smaller lathe still to handle the stuff the big lathe cannot grip. Then the tiny lathe, that only goes up to a half metre in length, and which cannot do more than a quarter metre diameter object. For Kurtis, lathe sizes are from 2 bananas, up to the whole plantation size.
One definitely has to have good traction, and I'll leave the mud part up to everyone's imaginations. Looks like y'all made a major score on this adventure into the bidding at auctions, but as I'm sure you know. It typically goes the other way around, and we're the one's that get the short end of the stick, and the auction house makes the profits. So F__king good for you, top shelf tooling you got there, and probably just made the year end profits jump up 20%!! Best of all, the slimy money grabbers, won't be around taking they're pound of flesh for the profits made off this here. Homeless gets a promotion with this extra bonus savings ya'll made. Definitely calls for finding him a date to celebrate his promotion to department supervisor, and equal shares in company stocks. Plus a doggie door of his own to his own private facilities as his new status entitles him to. Can I get a second on this recommendation for Homeless to get equal share of company ownership, and the top position in safety department head.
Love the videos, outtakes, & of course Homeless (and occasionally Goerge). When you open the videos, it sounds like you are saying "Hello young guys" - just saying it is funny. Out of every video I get tooling info, info of the machines and great technique and your attention to detail. Thank For all the video and if you can, keep them coming, very informative and your camera woman is great, she does a wonderful job at letting us see the machines and work you are doing from different angles. Thank You all...!!
Downvote for the clickbait-style title. Please do not do that. I avoid such videos such that my feed is clean and not filled with shit. If I "have" to click on such a video because I know the content is good, like with you, the algorithm things I like this stuff.
I picked up a lathe and bridge port along with a lot of tools my father left me . Let me say rigging up on the lathe you need to know how to do that lol . I finally got mine rigged like you did . I cleaned all of the drill bits and mills ect in diesel . I cleaned the lathe and oiled up every thing . Hell of a deal on your buy
Seeing this should be a reminder to all of us that at some point our lifetime accumulation of "junk" will be sold off to someone for the price of hauling it away. New subscriber to my now favorite channel.
When you run the dual shield wire feed on pipe or tubing and you have it on your rolling machine (we call it a positioner, not sure what you call it), you should try rolling the pipe away from you. I have noticed u roll it towards yourself. When rolling away u can run a heavier pass cuz your pointing at the puddle and you can watch the toes of the weld better. Thats just how I was taught. Cheers and happy new years from Los Angeles
BONUS VIDEO! This video is a throwback from back in March when we got the lathe and you might have already seen a few of these "surprise finds" being used in our videos 😎👍
Subscribe and hit the bell icon to turn on notifications so you don't miss our weekly uploads. 👇 🤳
Follow us online here:
Instagram instagram.com/cutting_edge_engineering
Facebook facebook.com/cuttingedgeengineeringaustralia/
Official CEE Merch shop: www.ceeshop.com.au
let me guess 50 thousand dollars LOL wish that was true ..
@@randytravis3998 that would have been nice 🤣👍
nice one ozey boy
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Hi Kurtis greetings from Holland! Love your vids !
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 now you will have to start to use a dial indicator . boy emagin you working to the nearest micron . insteed of to the nearest inch . keep the vids comeing . now get lost . 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶
Theres literally thousands of dollars of tooling there - a good win, Kurtis!
Yeah was very nice surprise. Thanks for watching mate
Well you just ruined the surprise before the ads were even over😂
*Kurtis, you've set a high bar mate and the missus wants to know how you keep your hands so clean?*
Still.. It's heartbreaking seeing all those precision tools is such condition! But if they're salvageable, Kurtis is just the guy to get it done. Anyone who loves tools hates seeing even a speck of rust on one.
@@1nvisible1 Evaporust? :)
Excellent score! It's not unusual to find big tooling at an auction---what's unusual is that you actually use that giant sized stuff!
Great haul, I had similar luck when I bought a used mini lathe in 2016, from someone who was selling it after his grandfather had passed, and when I'd put it in the car, he asked if I needed some tooling to go along with it.
I told him I was a broke student, and he told me to not worry, they didn't need any of it, and it was just taking up space.
Ended up with at least fifty new Gühring taps and thread formers,, with just a little bit of rust on them, a Mahr dial indicator, and a bunch of other stuff.
I paid 250€ for a machine and got at least 300€ worth of tooling for free to go with it.
The only way you can repay that is to pay it forward..
Bought a Kennedy toolbox off Craigslist for $100. When I went to pick it up from the seller, the drawers were stuffed full of files, broaches, miscellaneous bits of metal, and at least three Starrett micrometers (ironically, just after I'd shipped my micrometer off to Starrett for repairs). SCORE :D
My father was a tool and die maker for NASA. Growing up, I loved to
watch him create such cool things from metal just as I love watching
your video's and how you explaine every step. Now in my older age, been
searching for a lathe for several years I can afford. Keep up the
wonderful work...Oh, love the bloopers....It's made of the stuff that
keeps us all humble and human.
I have heard of people who were lucky at auctions, but this is the first time that what the lucky auction winner got unseen was worth so much and in such great shape. Congratulations on both the Lathe and the unbelievably extra finds. BTW: The wheeled crane that you used to unload the Lathe is one that I have never seen before, what is the brand name. Love your channel, in my opinion, for such a young man, you are an experienced machinist extraordinaire.
😅😅😊
i'm glad
lol
p bbb m o😅😅❤😊 o😊 no😊p😂❤
I do believe he said the crane is an international harvester in one of his other videos
Yeah I’m sure BigStack will melt those brass fittings down👊🏻😁
@@SpectreEH 2000kg ........😀😀
@bigstackD Casting did you already melt those down?
@@SpectreEH I’ll move the goalposts mate and keep goin for a higher amount I reckon👌🏻
Dude. I watch your channel too. You would probably melt down the whole lathe if you had bigger crucibles !!!
Awesome mate we've probably got a pallet load of stuff we could send you 😂 Thanks for commenting this made our year! Big fans of BigStackD + Ingot & Bullion 😎👊
“They were Goodyear, go traction in the mud..” 10 minutes later I’m still in tears laughing!! Great vid as always mate, all the very best for 2022.
🤣👍 thanks for watching til the end. Happy new year
😂🤣😂🤣
Oh this bit was terrible... I can't stop laughing 😂
They've probably al got punctures in them now. Best see if they hold air before using!!
Yep that last had me in tears too.
Love the outtakes.
The fact that you bought the lathe from an auction and nobody took these stuff away it's a miracle
i cant believe they just left it in the rain. i was going to pay $2200 just for a mini metal lathe that canfit on my pc desk. its so small and shtty that i decided against it, i wanted to make tiny parts fpr a hobby and a bigger one was just too much to move
I didn't think of an ultrasonic cleaner before because I only see items size of a house, big boy toys! just big and heavy.
But after seeing this clip and all the parts that came in the lathe with rust or just locked up. I see you can easily fit those in an ultrasonic cleaner. I think will be a great investment if you don't already own one. You can also build one to fit your needs. I really doesn't cost much if you compare it to what it can do in a shop. Easy to build and lots of DIY content online. You can add temp. control, for the heavy stuff, and a timer. Mine is a 20gal. one, perhaps a little too small for you shop but I can only imagine if you built one to fit hydraulic motors or an engine block. lol getting a little carryaway, lol im just thinking out loud :). or you can start with a small one and see what it can do. you wont be disappointed.
Happy New Year to you both ! Wishing you and family good health and prosperity.
Thank you for all the content.
Respectfully,
Teddy
For freeing seized items due to rust try using a 50/50 mix of acetone and transmission fluid (non-synthetic). I have used this in various items that are frozen and after a while they come free and after a little while longer they are like new. I recently had four needle nose pliers and linesman pliers that I thought were scrap. They are now like brand new.
Good comment. One of my go to methods and it works quite well. Plus it's inexpensive. Hope some one gets to try out your tip.
@@mooglemy3813 I'll give it a spin.
I will definately try that, thanks. I actually quite like the smell of transmission fluid (yes, strange I know), but that cocktail sounds like it could be quite aromatic :)
@@lofiRob I've loathed that smell for years now, ever since I was under my car pulling the pan off the trans and it slipped out of my fingers and dumped a load of ATF right in my mouth. BLECH. 😀
@@mrz80 yuk!!! 😂
I found this channel recently. I watch every episode with pleasure. In Poland, in scrap yards, such tools can also be found and bought for the price of steel scrap. There may be fewer of these things now, but real treasures were once thrown away. In the company where I used to work there was a school workshop for locksmiths, turners and mechanics. The school was closed and tons of tools and equipment were scrapped. Greetings from Poland ! Jack
Same story across all former USSR.
It looks like a nice Christmas present 🤣👍 Nice tools 😊
Was like Christmas morning looking through it all 🤣👍🎄
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering I can fully imagine that feeling of surprise 🤣🤣
@@MarekTabi bwahaha yeh .... uuh, whats this... wait.. woaaah... omg! what the??! .... jeeeesus.... and it keeps going and going
@@the.n00bish. No! I rather think Kurtis must have said, "what the 'fuck' is it?" 😂😂😂😂
Why buy it , if you not keeping it ?
Very nice. I picked up a lightly used 1980's Austrian Emco Maximat many years ago for not much. It had been in a technical college. It has 2 cupboards underneath, I managed to get one door open and it was empty so left the other alone. Several years later I opened the door to find bunch of new old stock parts a new 4 jaw chuck, new change gear set, spare bearings etc..all wrapped in their wax paper and boxes. Was a good day.
They are a great lathe... 😎👍🏻
Nice when things go your way. Looks like you have put plenty of money back into the workshop over the years. Your shop is really well equipped and you're a pretty versatile tradie, good to see. Plenty to learn from watching you do what you obviously like doing.
man ive been working on lathes since i was 16 and this videos just brights my passion for the fitting community
What a bonus, really good find all of that for the price of 5 large drills, that is such a bargain. I worked on the JP233 runway denial bomblet system. Once the contract was complete all tooling and tools that were purchased by the MoD were destroyed. For us skilled guys on the job it was heart breaking to see perfectly good kit being scrapped. They did not even offer them to us for sale, we were not expecting them for nothing.
wow that's a sad situation!
That the government - use once and destroy so no one else can get use out of them. Just stupid people in charge.
@@evilbrat5376 Don't know if it's the same in other countries, but that's very common in the USA. It actually has nothing to do with preventing reuse or the like; it's because units and organizations _need_ to use up their entire budget every year to prevent it from being reduced the following year. The ideal resulting from that sort of budget practice is to actually exceed their allocated budget and tap into "emergency" funding, because that proves that they're "under-funded" and can't survive any cuts at all without compromising the mission.
It's idiotically wasteful, but effectively mandated by laws and regulations that were, ironically, intended to _reduce_ budget abuse. So you end up with things like military units refurnishing their brand-new barracks every year to preserve their budget allocation for an upcoming equipment maintenance/replacement cycle.
@@Azlehria what a waste
@@Azlehria It's the same in Germany (and I assume in most countries), such an awful system.
Every once in a blue moon the stars align and good things happen to people who actually deserve it.
Nice find, mate!
Thanks mate! Very rare to have an auction buy like this one so was happy days
Heck of a way to close out the year...hopefully a good sign of things to come in the future as well. I enjoy watching your channel
Thanks for watching mate 😎👍
Such a terrific haul of new and used tools. A virtual treasure chest. Good for you guys, you deserve this! From Colorado in the States.
Love these videos, a real machinist at work. Just proves there is still a need for manual machinists and jobbing shops like this, CNC is not the be all and end all. Keep up the superb work.
Totally agree. I’m a machinist with 21 years experience and everything leads back to manual machine with rebuilding hydraulic cylinders. Manual machinist are a dying breed and customers would have to pay a pretty penny for rebuilds.
"Good traction in the mud", so f'ing funny. Happy New Year Kurtis, Karen and Homeless. Thank you for entertaining, educating and sharing. Outstanding content and videos. Cheers!
Hey mate thanks for watching to the end. Have a great New Year 😎👍
When I read the title I was thinking mouse nest, or wasp nest or something nasty. So when those goodies kept on coming and coming, you were right. I _couldn't_ believe it! If I understood your five large twist drill comparison, that was about AU$5000 which is astonishing. I bet there will be people watching this video who were at the same auction, and who are no kicking themselves for passing on that lot. I am impressed with the job the Evaporust does. I bought a box of rusty drills home from my Menz Shed a few days ago and bathed them in white vinegar (thanks to a Googled tip) and they probably ended up MORE rusty, but maybe a little easier to clean rust. Right now I'm wishing I'd never started.
buys used 30k usd lathe for 5k. Gets ~15-20k in free tools, id definally say that it was a good buy :D
I remember Evaporust from Hand Tool Rescue, it does seem to do a good job.
My dad was a fitter n turner waaay back in the day and I grew up around lathes milling machines etc. Always had a passionate interest in engineering so I really enjoy your posts. I Could happily spend my retirement in a machine shop!
Love the funnies at the end 😂
In all of my life and my profession(not related to yours), I have committed myself, to never make rubbish. It has been a blessing to watch your work, and your commitment to quality, while still developing the smartest solutions to get there, and use that saving to go above and beyond, to your customers satisfaction. Merry Christamas and a happy New Year! Its a bliss to watch people take pride in their work. Looking forward to 2022. Much love and respect ya all.
I got a similar auction buy (minus the lathe & machine tools) some years back. Metal boxes full of grease zerks, freeze plugs, electrical connectors, sockets, tools - on and on. I’m still trying to sort it all out. I love auctions. 👍
Evaporust is useful stuff. A German bloke I know protects his cleaned up recovered tools with Balistoil.
I didn't realise those big drills were so expensive. That has to be the happiest dog for miles, He's great fun.
Ballistol is really good!!
Yes indeed!
I also use balistol. Complete non toxic an even good for your skin
@@markusfischhaber8178 Some people even use it as a sex lube. Lol.
@@williammatthews2948 WTF! Maybe if you haven't had a good go for ages and the tooling has gotten rusty.
Back in the 90s a friend scored at at MOD auction. A old Bedford truck. Non runner and back doors stuck shut. Paid £75. Once he got the rear doors open found 4 100hp Honda outboards still in their transport crates.
Nice! Good score there
Év végén had köszönjem meg az egész éves munkátokat, rengeteget tanultam a látottakból. Nagyon komoly szakmai tudással rendelkezel nem beszélve a szép gépekről. Ha esetleg kérhetném bekapcsolnátok a Magyar fordítót mivel a világ másik végéből Magyarországról írok. Boldog új évet kívánok!
I love videos like this, but what makes yours stand out more than others in the world? It because you show not only the knowledge about your craft, but the bloopers doing the video with your family. Shows you are a standout person. Thank you for your content.
that is an absolute gem of an auction buy
Yeah was bit like Christmas day 🤣
What a windfall! That is an amazing amount of tooling. Were you able to turn the lathe over at a bit of a profit? It looks quite nice, really. Congratulations on that haul! As always, we enjoyed the video. Thanks for letting us take a look.
Hey Bruce, we did sell it on for a profit so all in all was definitely the best buy of 2021. Have a great New Year mate
Grats on tools! Nice haul! Dial indicators can be rebuilt.
Bsp British standard thread is a tapered witworth pipe thread. Uses a rounded thread instead of normal thread. Advantage is it’s easier to undo. Disadvantage doesn’t self seal as well as npt and requires tooling to cut…..sort of an international thread.
Npt national pipe thread is a standard v groove pipe thread and is easy to cut on lathes. Self seals very well but can be a real pain to undo. This is also a sort of international thread. While more common in North America it is used else where because of equipment manufactured in the us or Canada shipped internationally. If you buy a tap a die set there is usually a 1/8 npt tap in kit. This one is overlooked because there is a “soft conversion” to metric sizes on npt.
I have never seen a bsp thread myself but have heard of them before and how easy it is to undo the threads. Npt sometimes requires cutting and extracting before retapping holes as pipes destroy themselves before letting go.
BSP or British Standard Pipe is fairly common here in Australia.
@@markfryer9880 yes it is except for some of the caterpillar equipment which would have not It’s not usually an issue except when it comes to hydraulic fittings. How often do you have to change pipe fittings on engines?
Not equals npt
There are 2 types of BSP -straight (g markings) and BSPT tapered one (R marking)! Tapered one is common in europe for water pipes .
Profile is different than npt ,angle is 55° rounded instead of 60°npt.Taper is the same in both threads thou.
@@jacilynns6330 Well not being a diesel mechanic but using logic, I would expect caterpillar to use USA NPT fittings. I would also expect a Japanese machine to be Metric.
Hello from Alabama, USA.
Just came across your channel today and very happy I did. I watched your Q&A vedio from several months ago and enjoyed hearing a little history on how you got started. It was also very nice meeting Karen and hearing about Homeless. Y'all have a great channel.
Wow, it looks like you really lucked out! Usually, in the machinery sales, you end up with the stuff left after all the employees pick thru it and took all the good stuff and you end up with the junk. I would say this lathe was packaged up by someone on the inside that hand plans to buy that lathe.
The explanations of what you're doing are awesome. I took a machining course in high school and have always been fascinate. Being self-taught, do you ever need to pick up a book or any other text to help you understand? It is a true privilege to watch the professionalism in all you do. WOOF WOOF!
sounds like you scored pretty good. i got to applaud you for having the patience to go through the tools and cleaning up some of the rusty one. i got bins full of rusty or old tools that are still good but i really can't justify spending the time cleaning them up if i am not using them regularly.
Sometimes it pays to be in the right place at the right time with a pocket full of money.
You did very well. This is one of the beauties of some auctions. Sometimes there are hidden bonus goodies among the things we purchase. If you win a bid that is already a good deal (or even a steal) and later find out there are extra bonus items, it can really make your day .. or even month.
Excellent traction in the mud- so funny, I’m still smiling, and yet totally innocuous when it might otherwise have at least been rated “R”. The Aussie turn of phrase combined with your quick wit are just two elements that make your videos so much fun, at least for this Yank.
Merry Christmas Guys 🥰😍 looking forward to seeing you in the new year 🥰😍❤️
Merry Christmas and have a great start to 2022 😎👍
OMG what a score. Happy? I'd say over the moon. The real excitement is coming soon with the 300,000 subscriber mark. What an amazing journey. How about a leg shaving as a show of thnx lmao. Thnx for the video.... cheers to all.
🤣🤣🤣 don't want to lose all our subscribers
God, please NO!
Wow!
Good going!
When you sell that lathe you'll be way ahead of the game! Congrats!
I like to see hard workers do well and get blessed with windfalls like this!
:)
Nice score. Amazing what you find in the bottom of a machine. Found a really rare part in a coolant sump once. Machine cost me $100, part was sold for $10,000.00. Unfortunately, I am honest and split it with the previous owner. Thanks for sharing.
Anyone else choking back tears at all the rust ??? Mannnnn..... Glad ya were able to save most of it!!!
HEY HOMEY!!!!! 🐕🦺
That was definitely the score of the year. The Evap o Rust is a very good product for what it does. Some things have to soak longer than others but will get the job done
I am a big fan of Evap o Rust. Been using it forever. Does the job and can be reused, even if it's so dirty I have to filter it. It always does a good job given the proper amount of time.
Mate you have absolutely smashed it with your purchased, love all the old imperial gear you picked up. This is coming from a old fitter and turner for 47 years. Love your program and cant believe some of the new technique you are using.
Watched your home made boring bar and was wondering if you ever placed a dial indicator on the saddle with the indicator on the bed to see if the rear off the saddle was lifting up with all that cutting overhang .
Keep up the great work.
Peter
Me at the beginning of the video: How many lathes does Kurtis need? He can only run so many at any one time.
Me after seeing the massive tool haul that came with the lathe: Wow that looks like that was a pretty good buy!
As many as he can get provided they can either replace an existing machine to improve the shop's capabilities OR be broken down and sold for parts (motor, gears, controls etc.) for FAR more than Kurtis paid for it in the first place...
LOL.......I have 11, and I'm just a one man shop......YES...that's 11 lathes.
@@richardchioccola5179 step 1 is admitting you have a problem. LOL
@@richardchioccola5179 In cycling there's a rule where the right number of bikes to own is "n + 1", where "n" is the number that you currently own. Apparently that applies to lathes as well.
@@EagerSpace that is THE universal constant,
Having bought the +1 you then revert back to "n", and are therefore susceptible to the whiles of that +1 again, life can be so harsh!!☺.
Great to see you taking the machine - Nothing better of knowing it’s life usage is in caring meticulous hands !
As we’d say look after it and it will outlast you . Great score .
Trent
Somebody in the business was trying to prevent waste hook you up that’s awesome!
Hope you still have the "dentist tool" I think it's a pick for removing o rings.
Great video as usual. Would be interesting to know how much you made after renovations to the lathe itself
Cheers
Wonder how Curtis has been getting his "O" rings out. 🙃
Yep, definitely! I have a special tool draw just for those kinds of picks and similar tools!
I was an aircraft mechanic in the US Navy. We used to fight over dental tools that we would use for o-ring tools.
Wow, great stuff, what a score! Excellent camera work as well. Can't wait to see whats in store for 2022. Happy new year!
Thanks! You too!
Hello Curtis, you made a great deal. Congratulations on the parts. It is always a pleasure for me to watch you at work. It's very interesting what you do because it proves that you don't always need everything new and that a good mechanic can fix almost everything. I look forward to more videos. Happy New Years greetings
Jürgen
Lot of older products were made of better quality & long lasting alongside proper usage
Good score sometimes you are just at the right place at the right time . Some TLC on the lathe and fix the gremlins and a big profit coming your way and we'll deserved. Like to see hard working younger business couples do well thru hard work attention to detail . Luv your vids especially when you explain the machine they come from . Your no nonsense straight to the point explanations are spot on and your videos are never boring ( no pun instended).
MAN!!!! That's the gift that keeps on giving!!
looks like an auction I had won here a few yrs back(~20yrs), paid 300.00 for a tool box was locked and couldn't open it, had a friend who was a lock smith open it for me and well i pulled out about 20k worth of snapon tools.
which i hope you sold and bought decent ones with the profits? 😊
awesome mate!
@@TheSudsy yeap I did sold them since i all ready had most all of them, and i bought a truck with the profits.
That was crazy! Can't believe the amount of stuff you got with it! It almost feels like you won a sh!t ton of tooling with a bonus free lathe :D
Apparently, dear friend, you've acquired a bunch of extremely useful tools, thousands of other essentials, and an old lathe as a gift ;-). Congratulations
yeah that sounds about right, happy days!
You Are The Best Engineer in the Whole World!
I watch this channel because I’m a Milwright and love Pitt bulls/ staffies. Great work nice dog.
Well thats a good score on the tooling alone . Money in that alone will cover the investment, be good to see a renovation video however shame that your not going to keep it but I guess at 3 metre it's only a hobby lathe for you .. cheers for sharing
You'd think they could at least throw a tarp over their auction items. 😑
I've got a smaller set of those Japanese made internal micrometers in the plywood box you showed towards the beginning of the presentation, they may be circa 1960's I think, but seem to be very good quality, good score!
Love that Evaporust! Non toxic and very effective. Great buy. Who would have thought you could flip a lathe?
A great buy guys - love Homie!
Christmas is here with new video from CEE :D
Merry Christmas and happy new year
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering For You too, keep it going, You are doing great job. Lot of health and luck to You for incoming year and beyond.
Appreciate the price reference, any chance it can be scaled by banana value?
I was gonna mention something about the dremel bits being little grenades now they've been wet, good to see you already know. Very few people are aware silicon carbide/carborundum grit products are very dangerous to spin up once they've been wet or even out too long in very humid conditions. Silicon carbide begins to rapidly surface oxidize on contact with water, losing bond.
Most of the Dremel stuff can be used. The diamond stuff, arbors, etc are all perfectly fine.
Thanks for the info, mate.
Have you ever considered using an ULTRASONIC CLEANING UNIT with the Evapo Rust? It might make a huge impact in cleaning off that rust easier.... food for thought
Evaporust themselves recommend this. I have tired it and it does seem to help. Also mine is heated which helps when doing it out in the shed in winter.
The stuff is phosphorus acid and heating it up speed up the process too. I wouldn't put my hands in there though...
Kurtis you deserved to own this machine and score big in the auction.
What a great find, that's enough to warm the cockles of any mechanics heart
Great content and you got yourself a new subscriber, I just love watching machine work because I wish I could do it myself but I'm to old now to start a new career. And your explanations when doing something making me better understand how it's done, I will in the future buy myself a smaller combination lathe / mill to play around with on my car stuff. Keep up the excellent work, cheers from Sweden :-)
Just wondering. Why would anyone leave this lathe and tools outside unprotected against weather conditions ?
The same people who don't wear condoms?
Useless auction people who just care about getting their money 😒
Good question.
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering there is a auction place next state over from me they leave every thing outside ,, on line auction ,, pictures of some items covered in snow ,, yes all they want is there money for selling ,, they don't tarp anything ..
@@randytravis3998 Talk about a great way to ruin good stock. How lazy can you get? I don't think that you should bother them with your good money Randy. They don't deserve it.
Wow an unexpected video, nice! happy holidays Kurtis and family. And a really good deal on that lathe machine with extra parts :)
Enjoy mate have a great end of year
A REAL Bargain, especially liked the Classic Blooper ending. Well done!
You actually said you were very happy with a straight face! 😆 good for you. Surprise like that is very welcome and I’m super glad to see YOU get it. Keep up the great work
Mate, that's a good score! Christmas came early. Dang it.. All these huge lathes for peanuts - and my little garage can't fit them. I need a bigger shed!
Love this channel. Great work Karen. Kurtis and Homeless are film stars due to your producer/director skill.
BTW, $900 for a drill bit. Ouch. I never imagined they'd be that much.
5:22 using bananas brings a tear to my eye.
The Spindle of a lathe is no lifting point, there’s a very high chance to bend it or damage the bearings.
He is not keeping it at the end Not his Problem
@@legacygarage7785 Had a guy moving my milling machine drop it off his fork lift onto the ground. Not his problem, he was just moving it.
That dog is one happy fella, you see those only in the caring hands of the owner!
It's always SO MUCH FUN finding cool stuff stashed away!
Right on! What a score.
BigstackD will appreciate the brass fittings 👍🏻👍🏻
Need to look back through Bigstacks videos as this was in March. Pretty sure he's done them already.
We never heard back from him if he wanted any of it 😭
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Remember him doing a subs melt of brass fittings but after checking wasn't within the time line.
The dog sounds so funny when he has the piggy toy in his mouth. Sounds like he's snoring....
Someone must have sent you a "small" Christmas present. The milling cutter or the turner's heart is really looking forward to a "small" tool extension.
man I want a lathe so bad. Shoot I would take a table top one at this point. I want to learn. ANd man what a great score on the extra loot. I bet the cost of that stuff almost covered what you paid for the whole mill. I love all the hardware too. I am a sucker for hardware. I collect all I can get.
thats a history of a man right there... a life worth of gathering tools to come to all this
Good luck! All the equipment needed for the workshop
I hope, i am allowed to ask that question. 😊
Is that amount of metal lathes necessary for a one man workshop or can i call you "the collecter" 😂
We didn't keep this lathe 😎👍
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering wait until "the collector" is gaining more workshop space.😂😂😂
More of them to come, i guess.
You need the big lathe, so you can work on the smaller lathe, and the smaller lathe still to handle the stuff the big lathe cannot grip. Then the tiny lathe, that only goes up to a half metre in length, and which cannot do more than a quarter metre diameter object.
For Kurtis, lathe sizes are from 2 bananas, up to the whole plantation size.
Metric snap gages, I knew someone had to make them.
I'll use them with my metric adjustable wrench 🍌
🤣👍🍌
Also Your metric level.
One definitely has to have good traction, and I'll leave the mud part up to everyone's imaginations.
Looks like y'all made a major score on this adventure into the bidding at auctions, but as I'm sure you know.
It typically goes the other way around, and we're the one's that get the short end of the stick, and the auction house makes the profits.
So F__king good for you, top shelf tooling you got there, and probably just made the year end profits jump up 20%!!
Best of all, the slimy money grabbers, won't be around taking they're pound of flesh for the profits made off this here.
Homeless gets a promotion with this extra bonus savings ya'll made.
Definitely calls for finding him a date to celebrate his promotion to department supervisor, and equal shares in company stocks.
Plus a doggie door of his own to his own private facilities as his new status entitles him to.
Can I get a second on this recommendation for Homeless to get equal share of company ownership, and the top position in safety department head.
Love the videos, outtakes, & of course Homeless (and occasionally Goerge). When you open the videos, it sounds like you are saying "Hello young guys" - just saying it is funny. Out of every video I get tooling info, info of the machines and great technique and your attention to detail. Thank For all the video and if you can, keep them coming, very informative and your camera woman is great, she does a wonderful job at letting us see the machines and work you are doing from different angles. Thank You all...!!
That's awesome! You stole that! Well done and I'm happy for you. Greetings from Arizona.
Homeless is so cute.
Downvote for the clickbait-style title. Please do not do that. I avoid such videos such that my feed is clean and not filled with shit. If I "have" to click on such a video because I know the content is good, like with you, the algorithm things I like this stuff.
I picked up a lathe and bridge port along with a lot of tools my father left me . Let me say rigging up on the lathe you need to know how to do that lol . I finally got mine rigged like you did . I cleaned all of the drill bits and mills ect in diesel . I cleaned the lathe and oiled up every thing . Hell of a deal on your buy
Cool, good to see someone having a win.
Seeing this should be a reminder to all of us that at some point our lifetime accumulation of "junk" will be sold off to someone for the price of hauling it away.
New subscriber to my now favorite channel.
Goes to show when you work hard and do the best you can when you can the tool Gods smile on you.
Uff , me asombras y te admiro joven ,veo tu gran capacidad mental, enhorabuena, no dejes de ilustrarnos y gracias
When you run the dual shield wire feed on pipe or tubing and you have it on your rolling machine (we call it a positioner, not sure what you call it), you should try rolling the pipe away from you. I have noticed u roll it towards yourself. When rolling away u can run a heavier pass cuz your pointing at the puddle and you can watch the toes of the weld better. Thats just how I was taught. Cheers and happy new years from Los Angeles
What a starter kit for the shop on the build up.. still deals to be had for sure
Holy moly, that’s a nice starter set for a guy who is just starting to do this kind of work.