Excavator Dingus. Reasons.

Frozen ground in no match for a stiff pecker.
The Magic Harp (Die Zauberharfe), D.644, is the incidental music composed for the play of the same name by F. Schubert. Written in 1819, premiered in 1820 in Vienna, and first published in 1891, the overture to this work has been long asociated with the Rosamunde incidental music, probably because they were first published together. Public Domain
Recording: Skidmore College Orchestra, CC 2.0 License. Public Domain

[@ThisOldTony]

has anyone ever told you what pretty welds you have? now I'm blushing... I gotta go.

[@devanzoshift7298]

“Weld Red Nation” isn’t just for Lincoln Electric anymore.

[@DC_DC_DC_DC]

Eyyyyyy Tonyyyyyyyy!

[@RipRoaringGarage]

Arent you supposed to be turning cubes? Stop turning red.

[@roodolph2077]

@@RipRoaringGarage dude, his video friday was the most informative machinists video Ive seen. Who knew the lathe was the PERFECT way to turn a cube?

[@RipRoaringGarage]

@@roodolph2077 I know. I had to watch twice, and boy did I take notes, let me tell you. I think I may even stop saying turning around, and say turning acube from now on. Might even give credence to flat Earth...although I do feel bad for the people on the other 5 sides lol.

[@Lamarvelous08]

ahh yes, the gas line locater attachment...a must have!

[@codypalm]

that was my first thought😂 glad im not the only one

[@772tsweet77]

I must be good, never needed a special attachment to find those.

[@josephpadula2283]

If you have this gas line locator attachment you can get an App that will Allow it to locate water and electric underground cables as well.

[@greasemonkey060]

For some reason my model has been only pluck 5 cat and water mains, did you pay extra?

[@tylerp5839]

CaLl BeFoRe YoU dig!!!@1@111

[@mundanestuff]

A 16 minute and 38 second prelude to a dirty joke punch line. A better evening I couldn't have asked for if it were my birthday.

[@gunner4544]

Just remember if the dingus end stays hard for more than 4 hours, you’ll have to visit a doctor. Don’t want your rod to get priapism.

[@TheNextGreatApe]

When I was working for an open pit granite mining operation back in the '90s I built a tool fairly similar to this for a backhoe-mounted hydraulic hammer used to bust boulders in the pit. We couldn't get the operators to quit raking the rocks with those expensive manganese hammer bits. I came up with a large metal spike welded to a bolt-on plate that fit on the front side of the hammer assembly perpendicular to the bit. If the operator needed to rake rocks around to set himself up he just curled the hammer in and used the spike. If he snapped it we just welded it back on. They were still using it when I left.

[@them2545]

Simple solution to an expensive problem

[@ctdieselnut]

As you know, those hammer bits aren't designed for side load. Doesn't stop operators I see bury them into concrete/rock and then use them as a pry bar. I never seen one snap, but I have seen them at auction broke flush to the hammer. I wonder how many people know they're not supposed to and still do and how many are just oblivious.

[@Mengmoshu]

I've seen a setup like this in some random heavy equipment video. I guess other people had the same good idea. Or the video was taken at the place you worked.

[@ZE0XE0]

a perfect example of keep it simple stupid. Simple solutions are so valuable.

[@emacantsaoir]

As someone who operated a rock breaker / crusher setup in a mine - that sounds like a great solution. something like that really should come as standard from the manufacturer. I mean how the hell else are you supposed manipulate a 5 tonne boulder that's stuck in the pocket over a crusher? (Other than explosives I mean :) )

[@seamonsterco7570]

Can we take a minute to appreciate the level of production here? The angles, the matched musical intensity, the nonchalant background imagery. Add in some excellent editing and "makin a hole because there ain't one" to finish it off. In 9 months, the earth will give birth to a baby Deere. Well done sir.

[@frollard]

the using of a manual cnc as an instrument in one of the movements...

[@glennllewellyn7369]

Paperweights are getting bigger these days.

[@threadtapwhisperer5136]

Tis a beautiful thing marrying musical prowess, digital media edits and recording and real world fucking off in the shop. The universe redresses balance every time AvE presents his newborn video beauties upon us unwashed masses

[@ihcr100]

@@threadtapwhisperer5136 This was a god damn masterpiece.

[@Codyjknight]

Pokem’ if you got to!

[@Avram42]

The bit with the log was a mechanical dramatization of someone using chop sticks for the first time.

[@melvin_0bviously]

So, Learn how to think Learn CAD Procure CNC machine Learn CNC Learn metallurgy Learn to Mig weld Learn to stick weld Procure mig welder Procure stick welder Get tractor Learn tractor things Mount thingy Dig holes On it, sensei!

[@axelmilan4292]

I like that plan. Simple and easy to remember.

[@willdejong7763]

I’m stuck on step 1. Can I skip it and get on with the rest of it?

[@melvin_0bviously]

@@willdejong7763 amen, brother. Amen!

[@jughead8988]

I always wanted to learn how to do CNC milling. Who know it was as easy as throwing broken end mills at it till you get the part you want!

[@thefekete]

Getting those end mills machined down is an art in and of itself

[@HappyHax0r]

What the fuck, it’s only money anyway.

[@christianmeeks4430]

I can tell you as a professional machinist, sometimes that is actually true.

[@jughead8988]

@@christianmeeks4430 lol

[@emeltea33]

@@thefekete was curious if that was possible; would make it not sting so bad, lol.

[@erikabrownfield174]

That finale was about as clumsy and anti-climactic as so many of my make out sessions with my boyfriends in Junior High! For all the noise and effort, I'm sure they thought they did a great job! Seriously tho, it's a wondrous thing when you need a thing and can make said thing with the skills and materials you have. I do love your cinematic brilliance! Visual inuendo and all.

[@michiganmoto7687]

I like your sense of humor. Lol. More likely than not inspired by the truth. Haha

[@TomasJknOnYT]

I am sure this thing is better-endowed than those boyfriends...

[@luJoSkirata]

Lmao. I turned on this video and my wife saw the milling machine, heard the classical music and said “Is this that crazy Canadian machinist guy?” Love your videos bud.

[@harrywalker5836]

have you watched his early tool pull downs..

[@squigtonianmayhem4602]

Just like my teens. Made it long and hard one day, played with it all afternoon, and tried to stick it wherever I could! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[@budgetbuilds5722]

I'm disappointed, the old AvE would have bought a hydraulic hammer to bust through the frost, taken it apart, broke it beyond repair, and then had shop beers and pushed the fence off till summer.

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

Step ahead of you, buddy.

[@JuryDutySummons]

See, this is last-years project already...

[@glennllewellyn7369]

Time is an illusion, overtime - doubly so.

[@nothanks9050]

"To fabricate a special dialing wand, mash the control panel now"

[@brendenbowers]

that was a strong finish, solid 10-15 pump

[@JN.0_o]

It's the little shake at the end that shows you this isn't his first rodeo

[@thegoodson2000]

Went in awfully dry…

[@devinmahoney3777]

“The Lonesome Cowboy” by Dalton Wilcox A cowboy is a lonesome man There's none more lonesome in the land, He rides atop his only friend His horse, a companion on whom he can depend. His woman may be miles behind him Sadness and desperation may find him, But a cowboy who's wise will turn to the earth To lend him solace and even mirth. The earth from which all beauty springs Such bounty, forth she always brings He'll dig a hole with cracked, scorched hands Pour in all the water that hole demands. Until that earth is moist, just right The earth'll never put up any kind of a fight. His cries of joy no one will hear In case I am not being clear, I'm saying that cowboy is going to f*** a hole in the ground. We all do it, that's what I have found. Any cowboy that knows that lonesome hell Can fashion a land virginy well, If a cowboy's seed worked like other seeds There'd be cowboys growing across the plains like weeds.

[@JayFude]

Poem that brought a tear to my eye...

[@smartmoose]

Dalton Wilcox is a legend

[@bryangibson4090]

This is one of my favorite come-from-behind endings to any youtube video. I was so invested in the functions it could do that I forgot about any peckers most important function.

[@Bradimus1]

A man who takes pride in his welding is wise enough to grind off the bead so nobody can argue with him about why it broke.

[@MattLitkeRacing]

It never ends! Every mechanical contrivance is always broken!

[@_r.t-]

@@PurpleNovember fix it till it's broke

[@MattLitkeRacing]

@Evi1 M4chine I appreciate the Ralph reference

[@paulolson734]

If it ain't broke fix it 'til it is.

[@nobodypersonsomeone]

For those times when you run out of gas or wire, you really appreciate the old farmer welder sitting on the shelf collecting dust.

[@tylerblubaugh5549]

Is the farmer welder the stick?

[@tylerblubaugh5549]

Is the farmer welder the stick?

[@howdrums909]

Remember. If it sounds like bacon, you're welding. If it smells like bacon, you're on fire!

[@mattbrown4895]

Thought you were never going to get that dingus strapped on.

[@stevenboyd5044]

back a bit... a bit more... more.... then the way it just slid on.... filth.

[@cornrichard]

The 2nd half was like watching lets dig 18. I mean if he had a severe head injury and partial blindness. Not saying that I would do better.

[@somethingelsehere8089]

LOL!!

[@Linusgump]

What kind of dirt do you grow on your dirt farm?

[@RadDadisRad]

As any good safety department goes you’re going to need a pecker inspector to maintain adequate tool safety.

[@kevinwalker4623]

Way back when that is what we called em in the sea going services!

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

💡🤯 And _that_ answers my question of "WTF did I just watch?!" Thank you, Leland! (sincerely, I hadn't pieced it together that he'd made a "rock detector"! lol)

[@wotnoturbo]

Legitimate excavator attachment, professionally referred to as a "Pin Head" Not to be confused with the operator.

[@connorjohnson4402]

Well unfortunately in this ever increasing levels of sensitivity that name is no long P.C. The correct term would be "dingus end."

[@robertduncan8801]

I've gotten so used to your wonderful turns of phrase, it honestly never occurred to me how much I'd enjoy the pixies dancing to a full orchestra. Thank you.

[@ca444]

I suppose it could be done this way if you didn't have any J-B weld.

[@mulletjocks]

I’ve been off work for 10 months due to COVID lockdowns, and this video is the perfect way to get back into the right frame of mind. Just sit there and don’t swear as the job gets done so badly in front of you!

[@steinwey]

I love these wordless procedures with classical symphonic music - so 2001-ish.

[@adamdejesus4017]

AvE is the modern-day Kubrick, if Kubrick were a KZbinist.

[@Emcipio]

Who even needs Jog Lock? Just buzz through your part, .010” at a time! Also, from a machinist who has no idea how to weld, nice welds!

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

Wait, there's a jog *lock*?! I've been needlessly busting my endmills manually?!

[@NeverMetTheGuy]

BAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA! This is why comments.

[@peterwill3699]

Did you weld on the machines table?

[@indycoltssbxli]

I don’t think we give AVE enough credit for truly artistic video of extremely satisfying CNC work… and shenanigans. Good stuff. Definitely skookum.

[@justanothercanuckian]

That's the 2nd strangest dingus I've seen today

[@bradleyford987]

Why is it so calming to listen to that kind of music and watch a Canadian master at work?

[@500dollarjapanesetoaster8]

Kubrick himself would be proud of this camera work. Masterful.

[@CameronOgilvie1]

This is the best ballet I've watched in years!

[@harperjmichael]

The cinematic performance of the Haas was absolutely breathtaking.

[@jeremyronson9140]

This one is a masterpiece. The score and the cinematography definitely in the running for a slap to the face. Just loving your sense of humour.

[@SgtDanny2142]

Always a treat starting Sunday even tide with new(to me) AvE. Can we just take a second to appreciate the fact that you put more effort into finding reflection obscuring camera angles than most KZbinrs attribute to a full film? Love the stabila by the way, as a mason I trust nothing else! Keep on keeping on!

[@whitey129]

As a former labourer for your type, I still remember singing the song "running with the level!" every time my boss hollered for his stabilas.

[@SgtDanny2142]

@@whitey129 That's absolute gold! Nothing beats that early morning scramble to get set up when no-one has had enough coffee yet!

[@espenschjelderup426]

I remember a video a few years ago where you could se his reflection.

[@Schnozwangler]

Espen Schjelderup, and the size of his hammer!

[@dexter2811]

@@espenschjelderup426 which one?

[@mo0seboy]

I enjoyed watching this way more than I should have.

[@TheLazyComet]

You know it's a good weld when you use one material to tack it, one to weld it, and another to finish

[@connorjohnson4402]

Yes also the carbide bit was intentional to add strength to the weld!

[@mybuickskill6979]

If there isn't a TIG bead added at the end of this, I'm going to be very disappointed mister!

[@smartgorilla]

Might use a hex instead of bolt.

[@ants114]

Got dam 1/2 aa batteries, I thought renishaw was playing a cruel joke on me.

[@MrRatkilr]

At 6:05 after first tack watch it pull it over as it cools. Love these vids. Been welding over 30 years. i tell people something will warp and pull one way when it cools. I use it to my advantage when repairing and straightening truck frames. When compensating for warpage from welding. sometimes its a crap shoot when guesing how far it will move. But after a decade or so of welding experience. You can usually get it in the ballpark where you need it.

[@bdsipos]

Glad I watched till the end and got to learn how baby backhoes are made.

[@LonersGuide]

Nice of you to throw a little angle grinder action in to make the rest of us feel at home. I was half expecting you to CNC mill your welding dingleberries off.

[@orangedream267]

That's not something you should really do. You'd grind them (mostly) off, and then mill flat in most cases. Those little dingleberries are random surfaces (which most carbide, HSS and, ceramic are not fond of), and will devour your endmills. Material dependent of course, aluminium will get shredded, some nutty higher end steel will shred you.

[@forrest225]

@@orangedream267 yeah but he’s got us buying the end mills so who gives a fuck? I want CNC dingleberry removal and I want it now!

[@tissuepaper9962]

@@orangedream267 joke: n: a statement which subverts a listener's expectations to humorous effect v: the act of making humorous statements

[@LonersGuide]

@@orangedream267 Yeah, I wouldn't do it. I just use my slag hammer unless necessary to break a grinder or wire wheel out. But just because it isn't a good idea doesn't mean I wouldn't expect AvE to do it.

[@trainwrecker22]

Thought you had to switch polarity for flux-core?

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

Next time eh.

[@mickleblade]

Nah, it works fine, just use the grinder to disguise the end result

[@FrontSideBus]

If it makes slag, you drag it also?

[@mickleblade]

@@FrontSideBus yup

[@AnthonySKoeninger]

He's evolving! Let us all bear witness to the progression which is opposable digits. May the Missus be forever blessed.

[@petehartnett2634]

I’m so invested at this point that I get anxiety over the possibility of an accidental reflection of Uncle Bumblefuck making it into a vijeo. Some secrets must be protected at all costs!

[@joshvanhyfte6376]

Its the game we are playing...

[@freedumbsquirts4809]

It's like watching my infant use utensils.

[@Fix_It_Again_Tony]

The comments are at least as funny as the videos.

[@kkampy4052]

Really digging the classical accompaniment.

[@JoeCubicle]

Nice finishing move, the wife was watching with me, thanks buddy!

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

Gotta catch 'em when they're feeling frisky!

[@thesickhorseranch1930]

The urge to play Shave and a Haircut with that manual feed wheel would be too great for me to resist.

[@merseyviking]

I'm impressed you didn't shear your weld instantly at the end there. That soil looked super loamy and moist. I'm glad you triple welded for protection. You should have kept some of those welding spots on though; you know, for her pleasure.

[@afxfpv]

When in doubt about what welding process would work best for an application, just fucking use all of them.

[@TheSinzia]

You know it's a good AvE video when the classical music starts playing.

[@niklar55]

Your closeups of mig welding were extremely useful. I've not learned how to mig weld before this. Now I know the basic technique. Thanks. 😊👍

[@jerrygaber6150]

Nice implement. One of those rock breaking vibrators for your excavator works very well for what you're doing. A little welding and you can drive t-posts and small well casing fence posts, but takes another hydraulic circuit.

[@connorjohnson4402]

And with just a few more welds after that you got yourself the makings of a unique and niche Onlyfans channel!

[@bryang.9450]

That hook up reminds me of prom night.

[@PapaWheelie1]

My dad always said when your unsure, poke it with a stick. I never knew what he was talking about, maybe it was this.

[@JETJOOBOY]

Honestly I do not recall this type of movie being played at my school... Only NOW do I understand what education and Hard Hard Hard Work could give...and Give And GIVE!

[@jakedaly7906]

Mig, duel shield, and stick? What can’t you do! Oh… Tig…

[@TwoToneTuna]

This is just "look at the size of my flute" crack on - made me look

[@rnreajr9184]

It's a good thing my mother doesn't know I watch this channel. Another fine classic video!

[@gypsydildopunks7083]

I would greatly enjoy witnessing the Dewclaw performing a pirouette to this epic soundtrack.

[@GREATLORDPOOH]

Yeah but can you turn a cube on the lathe

[@willgallatin2802]

NOICE! I have one question though. Did you remember to reverse the polarity on the welder when you installed that flux core wire? Most times forgetting that makes mad spatter.

[@WorldsOkayestWelder]

I'd bet a cup of coffee the polarity wasn't swapped. Might be the reason he switched to stick.

[@willgallatin2802]

@@WorldsOkayestWelder Not saying Cousin chowderhead did such a thing, but yea I use some flux core .035 in the morning. Maybe some in the afternoon too. :P

[@stevenboyd5044]

Dewclaaaawwww!!

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

But... then, praytell, how *_else_* will I get those cool little black dotted, skittering burn marks all over my garage floor??? 😁 (although, *just to make sure,* as I'm not too proud to ask when not certain... I should file this 'reversal of polarity' along with 1960s Beetle water pumps, muffler bearings, and blinker fluid... right?)

[@johnjosephson9277]

Nah mate, solid vs flux core the polarity should be swapped. I always forget which is which, and doesn't bother me anyway as I don't use flux cored wire.

[@MrGofarkyself]

Well Gunga Din, you’re a better welder than I.

[@kevinm5564]

i always thought I was the only one who didnt know how to operate an excavator

[@davidwalker6887]

I was quite impressed by the thrusting at the end. Well done Sir. 👍

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

Hell, *_I_* was impressed to see the needle scaler hadn't gotten requisitioned for bedroom duty, seeing as some of the bedroom accoutrements had become CNC attachments in older vids! 😏

[@boatworkstoday]

some bad ass (awesome) welds... all I'm gonna say ;-)

[@littleblue4x4]

Proof a bunch of boring video can be made great with awesome music. Well done!

[@mprobison]

For flux core, big globs of spatter mean too much wire - lots of little ones means too much voltage. A modicum of spatter in your elbow crease means just right.

[@RickDominick69]

Sometimes I wish my Dingus had a full-time shaft holder

[@FrontSideBus]

I must have missed the bit where you checked it with a big square after tacking it...

[@LordFokas]

it was square for aall of 5 seconds. As soon as the first weld bead was placed you could see it pulling the corner of the shaft out of square on both axis.

[@rakman88]

Lol! You can watch it move when the first tack cools.

[@FrontSideBus]

@@rakman88 Indeed. For what it has to do though it's perfectly fine I suppose lol. 😂😂

[@mkultra4542]

He is not a Freemason . . .

[@HiDeguild]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who mangles or removes those PTO shaft covers.

[@Corn_Curls]

Man, they always make those claw games at the arcade harder than it should be.

[@ipodjulator]

And to think I was about to start working on a Sunday....

[@SeeDMT]

its poetic, it really brings forth this idea of working on different scales. you got machining on one hand, dealing in tolerances in the fraction of a c hair, and in your other hand you have your stiff dirty pecker..

[@jerrygaber6150]

Now you understand those effing machines!

[@a.azazagoth5413]

The drama, the power, the passion. Oh wait…I’m watching a machinist vijeo!

[@caseyhill7419]

I'll never get back those 16.5 minutes. Thanks..

[@jockmchaggis6797]

A claw hammer?!? The grief I got from my old boss for bringing a claw hammer to work on machines 🤣 Was an estwing too

[@jerrygaber6150]

You get funny looks using ball peins up on a ladder as well. Gotta have both to be industrial looking.

[@jockmchaggis6797]

One of the best tools in my box for hooking seals out tbf

[@ross302ci]

He's broken ground on the Kola Superdeep Bunghole

[@thisoldjeepcj5]

Poetic. Good music choice. Climactic. Justly titled. You scored!

[@herrpauk]

That shake in the end though. Giggling like a little girl here.

[@nineridesshotgun]

i always feel like i have no business watching these videos because of how smart your content is, but then a gem like this gets uploaded and I just lethargically watch the entire thing.

[@tree_carcass_mangler]

Bravo! 6:45 to 7:25 may be some of the most beautiful video I've seen on KZbin.

[@melvin_0bviously]

Agreed!

[@Leroys_Stuff]

You are correct

[@WafflesASAP]

I couldn't weld my way out of a room made of butter, so I'm obviously a total layman when it comes to this stuff, but even to my completely untrained eye those welds do look pretty as hell.

[@tree_carcass_mangler]

@@WafflesASAP Yep, I'm in the same camp.

[@allancollins1937]

Time to start the discussion “The artistry of AvE, the videographer”?

[@hfdzl]

Thank the heavens- civilized music track for background! Kudos.

[@Syltibob]

"Strange canadien bushman has mental breakdown and spends all his money on welding wire"

[@danehart2740]

I was certain those welds failing was fait accompli.

[@greasemonkey060]

Easier to read the RPMs from the always busted pto collar if you let it get wrapped in some pink or blue baling twine first 15:28

[@3goop]

I can't believe I watched the whole thing. Beautiful, that's art.

[@hightechstuff2]

I knew EXACTLY where this was going at the end... Brilliant!

[@donbandurski7389]

And why wouldn’t the excavator bucket have worked for the same purpose 🤷🏻

[@AtlasReburdened]

Amateur mistake, ripping her up on the way out like that. There's always another hole to run to, but sometimes you find yourself in one you wallowed out yourself, and that's just extra work and less fun.

[@chargerguy1973]

The level of fuckery I just beheld was of the highest, most-distinguished order. Bravo, sir. Bravo.

[@HamiltonSRink]

Excellent! One of your best yet!

[@ronpalmer1371]

Ya gotta love this guy 😂

[@LAZARUSL0NG]

Yay. A pokey thing. 👍🏼

[@scottforan]

Honestly some of the nicest welds. Great work!