Southern california native, none woke, completely politically incorrect blue collar guy here! Just wanted to say that I love the fun and family oriented working atmosphere! If you love what you do and have fun doing it, you never really have to work and there is no better job to have!

I am near to the channel. You guys do a nice job and welding on here. I live in Moriarty, New Mexico, just east of Albuquerque.

Scotland.

mate, just found your channel and I think your doing it 'just right'. Keep up the good work and thanks for the content.

good stuff matt, 👍 from uk. are those drills liable to wander like a std twist drill or does the design stuff that. awsome seeing the family involved, i totally agree have fun, have a laugh enjoy work, of course be safe but quit all this woke overboard safety stuff. use your brain! by growing up in an environment like that you will naturally become an expert in your own safety

What, no indexer for the flats?

Was really enjoying the video up until you said 'woke' and 'politically incorrect' please tell me this channel isn't filled with political garbage just like every other channel. I love watching machining videos but that political shit really takes me out of it.

Denmark

Such an interesting project. Thanks for bringing us along.

Byford Western Australia. Boilermaker/welder by trade worked at Tasman oil tools years ago, worse job I had there was tungsten hard facing the stabilisers, then machining them back to spec in lathe with a grinding wheel head instead of a tool post. It looked like a cross between a lathe and a surface grinder

Hi Mat. Not too hot, not too cold...just perfect. Saying that i used to be a lathe operator/machinist so i understand almost everything about turning metal... In my opinion i think your explanation can make it understandable to people who are not into metal working. CEE Karen and Kurtis are my favorit watching them for many years. I enjoy Your videos too they are realy spot on.. Sorry for my english if i made any mistake. Im hungarian :)

I have seen "heavy duty" but this? Nah its giga heavy duty -.-' Its bloody massive and I know for a fact this isn't done in few days... Welding all that stuff takes long time and welders there are dang good at their job.... For the record I've been welding since early 90ies....

Are there guidelines published as to how fast you drill or mill specific materials or are these decisions based upon experience, common sense and knowledge of the tools vs the stock? Thanks. Fascinating. Ohio, USA.

Whats your favorite drill inserts for stainless 304 and 17-4 ph

Gidday, Like your channel, content, attitude and presentation. First time viewing and I've subbed and belled. I'm from WA. I'm a (retired) sparky bastard and have done work on locos, and electrical/fitting maintenance on large rail machinery - CNC and manual lathes, mills, borers and wheel lathes. Loved that work. Have you seen Abom on youtube? He's just doing some work with one of those big drills, 3 1/4". First time for him. He's restricted by his lathe, I think 160 revs and 8 thou feed. Cheers

Thanks for sharing!, watching from México.

Boa noite! Falo da cidade de São Leopoldo -RS, Brasil. Gosto muito dos seus vídeos, sou um estudante de mecânica industrial, já terminei o curso e pretendo me inserir no mercado, sou militar e estou perto de me aposentar , pretendo entrar no ramo de manutenção industrial. Parabéns pelo canal e muito sucesso

Question: @6:25 What is that 4 tooth little ring for?

How does it remove material where there are tiny gaps in between the inserts and the pilot?

Interesting. I was lucky enough to see a big drill head at a machine shop near me (north Brisbane area). It was more than 1.5m across,about 2.5m high and looked like it had at least half a tonne of welding in it😄. It was kind of cone shaped with spike teeth all over.I'm guessing it was made for soft rock.Wish i had asked more about it

Dutch IT guy over here in Europe. Great channel, keep up the good work, have fun

Hi Matt, Mal from the UK ( Darlington, home of the railways), Reverse Engineering specialist, and currently CNC cell programmer and machinist ( 2 Colchester 8TM and I Colchester Multiturn). Loving the way you experiment with your tooling and don't necessarily rely on the manufacturers recommendations. Every machine is different as is every job, you gotta find the happy spot. Keep up the good work, and get some helmets for those kiddies. lol

Hi Matt have you ever used those old PCD inserts to make up lathe tooling?

im a 30plus year concrete finisher and dont quite know why i enjoy these machinist channels but im tuned in hard.....greetings from upstate NY

Hi from Berlin, Germany. Very nice to see a heavy duty machinist :)

hello i see you from fance🤗

Hello I would like to ask you what coolant do you use? Thank you

Hello from Bellingham, Washington, USA

electronics engineer from Brisbane but now near Nashville, Tennessee

Neil from East Yorkshire UK, semi-retired IT Security Architect, former network engineer and now designing and making microwave radio system components on KZbin. Working 70+ hours a week at 66 years old and having a fantastic amount of fun. I use a baby Colchester 1800 lathe. Most parts I make are a few millimetres diameter, but I recently started using insert drills to make some 36 mm holes for some specialist filters, and it's been a revelation. I run a SYIL X5 CNC mill (largest CNC mill I could fit through my ancient barn's door) and of course a Bridgeport knee mill. I watched this video specifically to see how you managed feeds and speeds with the big drill. I get excellent chip formation in steels and brass, but I don't have it dialled in for aluminium yet. Main takeaway for me is that I NEED a CNC lathe!!

Hello comment section /wave. Not a machinist from NL.

Chicago IL Cool stuff you’re doing 👍 Hauled gravel out of the quarry for 20+ years & seen different machines in action but never been on the working end of them.

Nice job! I am from Middelburg, The Netherlands

Thank you for a bit of normality, greetings from Poland.

Greetings from the Pacific North West(USA). Glad I found your channel always interesting. One of the ways that I have found to stop or decrease the squeal on boring bars is to wrap some rubber around the shank and clamp it in place. It will disrupt the harmonics that create the squeal and usually improves the finish. Don't worry about not being the most experienced, we are all learning more everyday, that's the best part of the trade. No one knows it all but everyone has a great idea.

Hi Matt! My name is Ulises, 24 years old and I'm from Argentina. I've been following your videos from the first ones you've posted. I'm of course very new in this whole machining world, and lathes aren't even my thing, I'm a mill guy, but still the videos are amazing. Great wishes from all the way over here!

J’aime Beaucoup vos vidéos j’ai aussi une société d usinage familiale en France et je fais aussi des vidéos KZbin 😄 continuez comme ça , c’est toujours très agréable à regarder 😊

Greetings from Poland, I found your channel because I am interested in engineering and metal processing.

Hi, watching from NRW Germany 🇩🇪

Hi Matt, I’m from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in the UK 🇬🇧. Great vlog as always. How far are you from Kurt?

New to the channel, watching from the UK. Great content and banter 👏👏👏

God bless from Tennessee USA

Great work ever thought to move to Coober Pedy we need decent machinery and skilled operators

You do a great job at this video thing!

Just found your channel. I'm impressed. I'm not a machinest but I love watching the work. I also watch Cutting Edge Engineering there in Australia.