Enjoyed the tour. You are absolutely correct on skills building with manual machines. True and fully skilled journeyman machinists are becoming hard to find. You seem to have a great approach to your business. Keep them coming
Really nice shop . Im like you , I have a 1994 Tree 425 . It is paid for and still holds close tolerance. I also have a 2015 HAAS TL-2 does great for what I do . My newest is a Haas TM-2 P . Great machine and last a few manual lathes and mill . Keep up the great work . Kinnda slow here hoping things pick up after the first of the year. Machine on my friend .
I would like to how many started out to be a real machinist when I did that went on to other things (Thank God). I knew I was going to be working on a Bridgeport by the time I was 4. If someone offered me a wish to be anyone, have anything, do anything. I would have to say no thanks, I am a machinist. I have been in some small shops, had the best time in my life in small shops, highly talented people and crazy as a shit house rats, not exactly running on the rails, my kind of folks. Good luck, God Bless and don't forget to go fishing.
Great job 👍.Its been an year in Canada for me but this is something Extensively motivating to chase my dream and keeping me up. Wish if I could join and work with you guys by any chance to set new limits.
I can't agree with you more on the manual machining! I don't have a lathe in the shop I'm at but a bit of tool work and bam, Bridgeport quill feed lathe holding +/-.001 on an OD.
Nice shop tour. Yep. Tool and Die work took a dump for Gen X, Y, Z, Millennial and who ever else. It is good to hear you were able to transition the shop into other work.
I like the story of you taking over from your Dad. I would like if my son takes over from me, but in the back of my mind i do not want him to do what i do. I want him to make his own path in his life. But can not stop my wishing for him to pick up where i left off if that is possible. The only problem i see is us working together ?????? Not Sure ?????? Another problem is i already have a plan of working till i cannot do it anymore ?? Retiring for me is not a good reality. Retire and do what? Wait to die?? Thank You for the tour it was great, wish you all the best. Regards Peter.
Thanks for watching, Peter! It's definitely a bit of a difficult situation - as working with family is a bit of a difficult reality and there's a lot on the line. It has definitely been rough on the relationship between my father and I - but we're here now so we make the best of it. He has the same issue you bring up though - he's 68 and he still comes in most days because although he often voices that he'd like to retire - he can't bring himself to fully do it. He's too much of an active individual to just sit and watch TV so we will see where it goes!
Dude, nice shop. it looks like you're mainly mill shop. which is nice. do you have a toolroom lathe? Haas machines are ok for aluminum but once you get to more serious steel they wear out quickly. great shop otherwise.
Thanks man! I've never had a problem running steel in my Haas mills, but then again we've never done much Inconel or anything really terribly hard - that said they run 1018 and 303 pretty much 24/7 in some capacity without issue! I have heard about spindle rigidity issues with the real tough stuff though, you're right. We do have a toolroom lathe - we have a Haas ST20, and a pair of big manual lathes hidden in the back. Thanks for taking a peek!
Time is money and money is time. with my VMC i can take deeper cuts make parts faster without loading my spindle. cycle time is money and the more you save on that the more efficient you are. you have old machines that are paid for so ride them until they die. the day you get a new Mori or OKK or Matsuura is the day you realise holy shit what have i been doing until now. My VMC's are almost 20 years old and still original spindle, once a year we give them a deep maintenance and they purr like a kitten the whole year no problems. i called the tech guy one time in the past 5 years, that's pretty good. we do all our maintenance on the machines in house that keeps the cost down. i would like to see what you guys make.
Well, once your Matsuura or Mori brakes down, then for the repair cost you can buy a new Haas. We machine hardened steels on our Haas machines, but I've only had 40-taper machine for 6 months and that just broke down alltough I bought it brand new. After switching to 50-taper machines no problems - we cut as mutch and fast the spindels can take and they do perform nice. 2 weeks ago just ordered one new VF-3/50 from Haas.
Do you think that Haas spindle is cheaper then a Mori or Matsuura? with Haas machines you cant source parts to fix things and haas controls all the supply chain (haas are control freaks) i can buy parts for my machines from many different vendors and i can shop around with haas is more complicated. now if you want to get in to why Mori or Matsuura are more expensive that's a whole level of a conversation which doesn't mean much. My shop is ISO9100 we have both Haas and DMU's, Mori's and Grob and the Haas's dont even come close to the performance and reliability and repeatability and cycle time.
Yes, Haas spindle is way cheaper. Just one example from my experience - Haas 50T 10 000rpm spindle - 8500.- eur, Mazak 50T similar spindle - 46 000.- eur. No offence and I do agree with you - Haas isn't definetly the fastest and most performing machine tool maker but they're way over any other producer with price and what you get for it. TSC 1000 bar system for Haas costs approx. 7500.- eur, do you know what Mori charges for that? They do offer 1000 bar system, I just wonder if you know the price for it. 1000 bar on a Haas is still the same 1000 bar as on Mori. In short - anyone is free to shop it's own machine tools but I've just seen so many workshops (beside ours) that only keep and buy Haas machines because they're cheap, good performing and no problem with parts or service even for a 94 year machines like in this video. This just isn't the same with japanese imho...
@@LetsMachine my family owns a small job shop in East TN we have been in business 37 years we have Autodesk cad but are looking into some new cam software I've heard a lot of ppl talk about fusion 360 we used to be a die shop as well but have gotten away from that and mainly make tooling for fordging companies now
I've watched a bunch of your videos and just now finding out that your basically a neighbour, I'm in Alliston! Great to see the shop 👍
Enjoyed the tour. You are absolutely correct on skills building with manual machines. True and fully skilled journeyman machinists are becoming hard to find. You seem to have a great approach to your business. Keep them coming
Really nice shop . Im like you , I have a 1994 Tree 425 . It is paid for and still holds close tolerance. I also have a 2015 HAAS TL-2 does great for what I do . My newest is a Haas TM-2 P . Great machine and last a few manual lathes and mill . Keep up the great work . Kinnda slow here hoping things pick up after the first of the year. Machine on my friend .
I would like to how many started out to be a real machinist when I did that went on to other things (Thank God). I knew I was going to be working on a Bridgeport by the time I was 4. If someone offered me a wish to be anyone, have anything, do anything. I would have to say no thanks, I am a machinist. I have been in some small shops, had the best time in my life in small shops, highly talented people and crazy as a shit house rats, not exactly running on the rails, my kind of folks. Good luck, God Bless and don't forget to go fishing.
Bad ass dude! Making it happen!
Wow! Awesome shop and capability!
I thought I recognized that accent hello Fellow 🇨🇦👍
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Your videos are great but they're a bit quiet
Great job 👍.Its been an year in Canada for me but this is something Extensively motivating to chase my dream and keeping me up. Wish if I could join and work with you guys by any chance to set new limits.
I can't agree with you more on the manual machining! I don't have a lathe in the shop I'm at but a bit of tool work and bam, Bridgeport quill feed lathe holding +/-.001 on an OD.
Keep up the great vids, there are lots of hobby cnc channels on youtube but I really like hearing from the real deal.
Thank you, and thanks for watching!
Nice shop tour. Yep. Tool and Die work took a dump for Gen X, Y, Z, Millennial and who ever else. It is good to hear you were able to transition the shop into other work.
Awesome shop, thanks for the tour. Great content!
thanks pal! I really enjoyed the tour of your pretty machine shop. I would really appreciate, If you make much more visual controls for your shop.
and all i want is to buy me a 2016L fadal 2000 model... ugh
respect from Ottawa Ontario! the other part that is good to know is the house power to cut metal by hand.
Thank you for all the great videos! Good job!
I'm sure that You have Your made by You car
I like the story of you taking over from your Dad.
I would like if my son takes over from me, but in the back of my mind i do not want him to do what i do.
I want him to make his own path in his life.
But can not stop my wishing for him to pick up where i left off if that is possible.
The only problem i see is us working together ?????? Not Sure ??????
Another problem is i already have a plan of working till i cannot do it anymore ??
Retiring for me is not a good reality.
Retire and do what? Wait to die??
Thank You for the tour it was great, wish you all the best.
Regards Peter.
Thanks for watching, Peter! It's definitely a bit of a difficult situation - as working with family is a bit of a difficult reality and there's a lot on the line. It has definitely been rough on the relationship between my father and I - but we're here now so we make the best of it. He has the same issue you bring up though - he's 68 and he still comes in most days because although he often voices that he'd like to retire - he can't bring himself to fully do it. He's too much of an active individual to just sit and watch TV so we will see where it goes!
Dont let him retire keep his experience in the business
CNC cut and create
great shop!!! thanks for the tour!!
Nice
Thanks for the tour! Looks like a great place to work.
Dude, nice shop. it looks like you're mainly mill shop. which is nice. do you have a toolroom lathe? Haas machines are ok for aluminum but once you get to more serious steel they wear out quickly. great shop otherwise.
Thanks man! I've never had a problem running steel in my Haas mills, but then again we've never done much Inconel or anything really terribly hard - that said they run 1018 and 303 pretty much 24/7 in some capacity without issue! I have heard about spindle rigidity issues with the real tough stuff though, you're right. We do have a toolroom lathe - we have a Haas ST20, and a pair of big manual lathes hidden in the back. Thanks for taking a peek!
Time is money and money is time. with my VMC i can take deeper cuts make parts faster without loading my spindle. cycle time is money and the more you save on that the more efficient you are. you have old machines that are paid for so ride them until they die. the day you get a new Mori or OKK or Matsuura is the day you realise holy shit what have i been doing until now. My VMC's are almost 20 years old and still original spindle, once a year we give them a deep maintenance and they purr like a kitten the whole year no problems. i called the tech guy one time in the past 5 years, that's pretty good. we do all our maintenance on the machines in house that keeps the cost down. i would like to see what you guys make.
Well, once your Matsuura or Mori brakes down, then for the repair cost you can buy a new Haas. We machine hardened steels on our Haas machines, but I've only had 40-taper machine for 6 months and that just broke down alltough I bought it brand new. After switching to 50-taper machines no problems - we cut as mutch and fast the spindels can take and they do perform nice. 2 weeks ago just ordered one new VF-3/50 from Haas.
Do you think that Haas spindle is cheaper then a Mori or Matsuura? with Haas machines you cant source parts to fix things and haas controls all the supply chain (haas are control freaks) i can buy parts for my machines from many different vendors and i can shop around with haas is more complicated. now if you want to get in to why Mori or Matsuura are more expensive that's a whole level of a conversation which doesn't mean much. My shop is ISO9100 we have both Haas and DMU's, Mori's and Grob and the Haas's dont even come close to the performance and reliability and repeatability and cycle time.
Yes, Haas spindle is way cheaper. Just one example from my experience - Haas 50T 10 000rpm spindle - 8500.- eur, Mazak 50T similar spindle - 46 000.- eur. No offence and I do agree with you - Haas isn't definetly the fastest and most performing machine tool maker but they're way over any other producer with price and what you get for it. TSC 1000 bar system for Haas costs approx. 7500.- eur, do you know what Mori charges for that? They do offer 1000 bar system, I just wonder if you know the price for it. 1000 bar on a Haas is still the same 1000 bar as on Mori.
In short - anyone is free to shop it's own machine tools but I've just seen so many workshops (beside ours) that only keep and buy Haas machines because they're cheap, good performing and no problem with parts or service even for a 94 year machines like in this video. This just isn't the same with japanese imho...
kickass shop man!
Thank you sir!
What cad/cam do you all use
I’m using Mastercam 2019 for wire and some mill work, and have been transitioning into Fusion 360 for a bit now
@@LetsMachine my family owns a small job shop in East TN we have been in business 37 years we have Autodesk cad but are looking into some new cam software I've heard a lot of ppl talk about fusion 360 we used to be a die shop as well but have gotten away from that and mainly make tooling for fordging companies now
don't you have any lathe?