Factory Tour: Bourn & Koch Revisited! Building HUGE machines!

Bourn & Koch is the epitome of American machine tool manufacturing! Their portfolio of machine tool brands includes the likes of Blanchard, Barber-Colman, DeVlieg, Fellows, Bullard, and more! We had unique chance to re-visit Bourn & Koch after our prior 2022 tour video to see what's new at their factory - including a number of HUGE Blanchard Grinder re-builds and their new MT3 grinding / turning / machining platform!
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[@Rickertt]

Awesome tour, nice to return to B&K. Just one constructive criticism: I noticed, when you are filming yourself you keep the camera on the person explaining things a lot. Don't get me wrong the people showing you around are awesome, but we want to see what you are talking about. Especially if they are pointing something out. Thank you.

[@brettkent9851]

This x100000. It feels like a titans of cnc factory tour.

[@Max_Marz]

Oh hell yes. Unwavering respect for this company. That document room is literally a national treasure, and it makes me so anxious to see it all in one place. Do they have any plans to digitize that collection? Can I help?

[@ethanmye-rs]

I love seeing how some of these low volume specialty machines are made. Very useful!

[@hansnoeldner1861]

This is great! Your first tour of B&K has been my favorite machine tool shop video ever. The sense of history - the deep respect for all the giants who came before, geniuses and master craftsmen who designed and built the machine technologies nearly everyone now takes for granted. Thanks very much for anther peek!

[@geraldwiltfang8679]

I worked at Bourn & Koch from 1980 to 1985, when it moved into that building. Back then we generally rebuilt Sunstrand products as Larry B. and Loyd K. came from that company.

[@chiparooo]

Very cool American manufacturing and ingenuity! Thanks for sharing!

[@raystormont]

Wow what a smart company imagine actually doing what a customer needs and asks for. I still want you to get back to Major and show what machine that is now likely installed on that massive foundation that was being built at time of your visit and the other side of Major that focuses on assembly. Great tour I am spoiled with the quality access you get, Thanks, Ray Stormont

[@timw4561]

My father worked in a tool and die shop when I was growing up. Of all the machines there, the Blanchard grinder was my favorite to see working. It’s really satisfying to see. Really glad to see an old American company keeping the history alive and moving into the future! Awesome!!

[@DarrensWorld120]

So cool to see a tour like this right in my home town!

[@davidschnabel1304]

Awesome video. I started my career at Bullard. The plant was huge and totally vertically integrated including gear making equipment. Then I moved on to Producto Machine, they had many Blanchard grinders, including a 144” machine. Thanks for the trip down memory lane

[@bcbloc02]

I love this shop. Both old school and modern blended together so well!

[@erok268]

When I see these new blanchards I think about how I started in this trade only a couple years ago and I learned how to operate blanchards on a 48 and 96in. The 48 in was beaten up but the table speeds work and it holds a good tolerances if youre careful. The 96in is a dumb beast. The tables gear box has been apparently stuck at 1 speed for like 12 years. We get this job where i have to just rough 2 faces flat and parallel on these 2.5 x 3 x 6 ft 4340 blocks. Since you couldn't change the table speed i'd use 3 different hardness segments at once. You would also have to kick the table out about 12ish inches so you could use the manual dresser while it was cutting so it would get the job done in a reasonable time. So standing on this stool watching the blocks from above the fence with your hand on the dresser and the other on the nut to adjust it the entire time. Then when your like .050 away from your number dress the stones 1 more time. Then bring the table in and finish it. I swear to do just 3 blocks you went through a set of stones. I learned that it was about 4800 in stones we went through in a day and a half for just 6 blocks (11ish hours). I thought that it was wasteful then they told me how much they were paying for 1 finished part. Then I just thought we should really fix it then.

[@stick004]

I work with a Makino A8H everyday. 4 meter x 8 meter grid pallets. The machine itself is as big as a mild 2 story house. It’s pretty amazing! Nice tour!

[@Arthur-ue5vz]

Thanks for the revisit tour! You always deliver the goods! Keep up the great work! 😊

[@Premo815]

❤ awesome to see the hometown doing big things!

[@garyhowe88]

Came to see huge machines, saw baby machines, grinders I installed started at 70tonne for the small ones.

[@aremolund]

Next time your in europe you should visist aarbakke in norway! amazing factory

[@florianbesse8422]

10 min of video, 9 min of mister commercial face, almost no image of the machines.

[@davidluke1747]

Great tour!

[@jamesellis6534]

Do a video on buying a cnc machine and setting it up with fusion 360 to work out off the box. No fluff

[@CAMER_21]

first of all let me appreciate your efforts, Thanks for uploading videos also thanks for replying to my comment, in youtube there is no such channel that make detailed videos of 5 axis setup, programming and post processing. 5 axis machining for beginners videos are rare in youtube.... make tutorials .....make post processor making videos is detail for 5 axis in post configurator.....make videos of different strategies....make more 5 axis part programming. (lets say you hve one part of 5 axis from beginning to end process video is appreciated make 2 3 hours of video ....or lets say when you start programming just turn on screen recording and when you done end it and upload just do nothing no need to explain all no efforts will take just upload ....this also helps)

[@RRaucina]

Where is this beautiful place located?

[@pdxcnc]

I keep hearing the cash register noise from “Money” by Pink Floyd in the background

[@joeselfish]

That's a special machine we couldn't show off in the tour but now I won't be able to not hear that when I walk by it!

[@JP-kk5vw]

That is the actual sound of money being made. Wealth Generation.

[@Bakafish]

Damn, it cut out right when he was going to show us the manual controls 😞

[@95dodgev10]

We have a no18 that needs a good bit of love but it probably wont get prioritized for a while

[@matthewvanlew5891]

I work for a shop retrofitting fellows gear shapers.

[@evanlacava9213]

Sweettttt

[@larrycleeton]

Meh, too much talking heads. More video of the machining and grinding.

[@backho12]

I agree! The interviewer needs to shut up and let the knowledgeable person speak. The interviewer's drivel is useless.

[@JackFilmTube]

First

[@ban80]

Tell the cameraman to concentrate on showing the machines more rather than the guy giving the tour.

[@anthonyalbillar-montez5946]

So I went to the front of the house and waited for a little while then saw the ice cream truck. I purchased hot Cheetos, Batman ice cream, and coca- cola.

[@TheArtificiallyIntelligent]

Instead of just showing him talking, next time you should show what he's talking about. He was usually standing next a machine, looking at it and telling you what they're doing and you would be filming him and not the machine :(

[@bradpayn1839]

Too much vidio of people and not enough of the engineering, total waste of time. You saw it but we didn't

[@luckytoolroomskills]

Super bro #luckytoolroomskills