HTS Drilling At 750 RPM (The Chips Literally EXPLODE off!)

In this week's video we're machining up non-return valves for the exploration and water well rigs. An essential part of the drill stem, these valves make sure that drilling fluid can't come back up the hole.
We'll be using a brand new 63mm Kennametal HTS Drill, as the holes needed are deeper than our Udrills can reach. There's three of them to machine, so I'll be using this as an opportunity to work out the best speed and feed settings on the Colchester 1760 lathe for this tool.
These HTS Drills produce BALLISTIC chips, so it's always fun to watch!
And of course... we'll also head over and check out all the other odd jobs happening in the shop too.
About HAL Heavy Duty:
We're a real life machine shop for a 60 year old drilling company located in Central Queensland, Australia. Our job is to keep rigs running in the field, fixing all the stuff drillers break, and creating all the custom gear they need to get the job done!
We run three CNC's, manual repair lathes, a few mills and a big green Megabore Lathe we call "THE HULK"... and are constantly having to make weird and wonderful tools for odd (usually oversize) jobs.
We're a little shop that takes on big projects, and the latest is our MEGADRILL project where we're manufacturing a 3.0m (10 foot!) drill bit that'll weigh upward of 20 tonnes and we're getting ready to send it 250m (800+ feet) deep.
Here's the latest on the project.
The Megadrill Project • The Megadrill Project ...
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Mega Drill Rods • Mega Drill Rods Gettin...
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#australianmachinist #heavydutyequipment #australiandrilling #machinist #machineshop

[@Rustinox]

You're right. You guys are making cool parts. And to answer your question, I'm from Belgium. Just a small hobby shop on KZbin.

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers my friend! I can’t wait to come see Belgium & the rest of Europe once Teddy is about 4 or 5 So much to do in Europe!

[@benfranz5812]

75, retired builder, outside Albuquerque, New Mexico. The several Aussie machining channels are the most interesting on YT. Well done Matt.

[@medic593]

I know CEE and this one. Any other recommendations?

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate, glad you like the content! There are some great channels out there. Glad to see Aussie ones representing 👊🇺🇸🇦🇺

[@benfranz5812]

@@medic593 Mark Presling, Matty's Workshop, Swan Valley Machine Shop, Aaron Engineering

[@myronnisiewicz5448]

Your channel is one of the few that I can watch the whole video. I don't want to say it too soon, but we might have another CEE over here! I am tuning in from Wisconsin. I have been a machinist for over 20 years. Keep up the good videos

[@halheavyduty]

Wow. Cheers mate! 🇺🇸

[@felixjames5732]

Love your videos Matt, you and CEE is my Friday evening entertainment. I’m a young farmer from Tassie. Keep up the wonderful work.

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! Glad you enjoy the show 👊🇦🇺

[@paulgar8]

Thank you from Nashville, TN, US. I am a Mechanical Engineer, not a machinist, but I appreciate quality work with heavy-duty machines. I have been to Australia (and NZ) three times. It is an excellent place with better people.

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate!

[@paulgar8]

@@halheavyduty What are the drillers drilling for? Thanks.

[@willgallatin2802]

Greetings from Ohio. Nutty as it sounds you may need to add some lead, or rubber to that drill to help with harmonic vibration. It works a treat on long boring bars.

[@halheavyduty]

I’m gonna give that a try

[@joelwarthen1135]

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.

[@halheavyduty]

Couldn’t agree more! Thanks for the suggestion, and for tuning in. Much appreciated mate 👊🇺🇸

[@MachiningandMicrowaves]

@@joelwarthen1135 I use lead sheet held in place with rubber strips. That takes the whistle out pretty well. No use on 8mm carbide boring bars though!

[@gregprevis34]

I love how you have the kids in there and have fun!

[@halheavyduty]

It’s a riot act

[@MachiningandMicrowaves]

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!!

[@halheavyduty]

Definitely look into getting one of the Colchester Alphas. Highly recommend. They’re just so versatile and reliable! Thanks for tuning in mate 👊

[@MachiningandMicrowaves]

@ I have some ebay searches for Harrison and Colchester Alphas and a few others with Fanuc controls, but I need to move a wall in the machine shop to fit one in unless I sell my manual Colchester, and I'm much too attached to the old cast-iron lump to do that.

[@toddhazell925]

Chips ahoy To add more, with todays work environment where the 38 hour week is in the past, you've got to release the work demons occassionally especially after a hard slog on the machines by having a bit of fun like what you have done. I remember when all retail shops closed at 1730 on the weekdays, Saturday shopping finished at 1230 and nothing was open on Sundays.

[@halheavyduty]

Those were the days. I preferred it honestly. Gave everyone a break!

[@toddhazell925]

@halheavyduty absolutely. Today, a lot of people are trying to spend quality time with their family and to unwind.

[@kaelin000]

Hi Matt, Scottish electronics test engineer, who moved to Italy with my wife during the pandemic to assist in the care of a disabled sibling, have since become a part time (wait for it) carer, builder, plumber, electrician, mechanic - most recently changed the clutch on a Hyundai Tucson in a car park with hand tools and a 2T jack, an experience I would not reccommend. Just a guy who knows a little bit about a whole lot of things and prefers to get stuck in and his hands dirty rather than 'discuss the problem'. I tend to gravitate towards channels who's content centers around 'getting things done' ~ I find it pretty motivational.

[@halheavyduty]

Love it! You and my dad would get along great. By the time everyone else has finished discussing how to do it… he’s already finished and onto the next job 🤣🤣

[@troykitchens9924]

I am from middle Tennessee. I am a centrifuge engineer in the vegetable oil industry. Love seeing the different machining of drilling components as well as the max tooling. Great seeing kids in your life!!!

[@markfryer9880]

Centrifuge engineer! Now that is class of engineer that I had never heard of before. You would be big on fluid dynamics, is my guess. My father was a civil engineer. Mark from Melbourne Australia Maintenance Carpenter

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! Love it 🇺🇸

[@ulisesmramirez8380]

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!

[@halheavyduty]

Fantástico! Como me encanta Argentina. En 2000 vivía en Jujuy por un año. Ustedes tienen lo mejor carne del mundo. Como extraño asado y fernet!!! 🇦🇺❤️🇦🇷

[@davekarch5668]

Just discovered this channel! You and Kurtis at CEE are my favorite videos can't wait to see mega drill in action! My name is Dave, been working at Rand machine works for almost 30 years now. We're located in Fresno, California (central California) please keep the videos coming! got a woody watching that kennametal drill just blow thru that 4140!

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers Dave, awesome to have you on board! 👊 The chips bloody explode out of that thing. Just ordered at 120mm (2.5x bigger than this one) Can’t wait to run it soon.

[@wgm-en2gx]

58, retired software developer from Philadelphia Pennsylvania, US. My father was a tool and die maker before switching to software development where he worked on CAM software in the '80s. I enjoy watching these videos and appreciate what someone with knowledge can do. Often, things look more like works of art instead of machined parts.

[@peilethan]

That's why we call any one who builds stuff industrial artists. thats exactly what it is. every hand made item has personality to it. just like a painting. That guy made that thing. Its art, but has a useful function.

[@halheavyduty]

They really do. It’s so nice to turn a drawing into a physical product. That said… all mine go out the door and get instantly wrecked by drillers 🤣🤣🤣

[@danoneal5624]

Enjoy your videos have worked in drilling off and on , Union Crane operator by trade, Tennessee ,USA.

[@4GSR]

I'm fixing to be 68 years old and still working, not in the shop, strictly on the computer now days. I do have a small machine shop in my garage I play in. I grew up in the oilfield machine shops my dad worked in, been around this kind of stuff all my life. Spent 4 years dealing with trepanners drilling holes in drilling tools. The squealing noise reminds me of the trepanners running. I know I've lost some of my hearing from that. Just love the content you guys bring to the tube each week. I'm located in Victoria, Texas USA. Spent most of my earlier days in the Houston, Texas area. Keep up the great work! Ken

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers Ken! Great work mate 🇺🇸🇦🇺👊

[@Andrew-so3vj]

Greetings from Toowoomba. QUEENSLANDER!!!

[@halheavyduty]

👊👊👊🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@spawn2228]

Upstate New York. Love what you do. I'm a machinist that does alot of heavy turning. You and CEE are my entertainment for Fridays

[@halheavyduty]

Awesome. Glad you enjoy the content! I love it that other machinists get a kick out of it all too 👊

[@Alan_Hans__]

Adding young Teddy to more videos will make me happy in Central Vic. Dogs, babies and kids will get me each time.

[@halheavyduty]

👊👊

[@roycehartman325]

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!

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers brother! Love it 👊🇺🇸💯

[@cammurray-v6f]

Retired Drilling and Completions engineer from Alberta, Canada here. I'm a farmboy trained as Mechanical Engineer turned oilfield engineer. I've worked on projects in 8 countries on 4 continents over 35 years. I've worked on wells from 200 m to 4500 m. FYI, the PDC abbreviation stands for Polycrystaline Diamond Compact, while PCD is, as you've said is Poly Crystalline Diamond. Looks like the small bits you show replacing the compacts on are Tungsten Carbide Matrix body bits. Some years ago, we started using steel body bits. The bits were cut out of solid blocks of steel in 5 axis machines with live milling spindles. Very economical to build and far easier to change designs. The machining centers were as fascinating to watch as the big stuff you do. Thanks for sharing! I am playing with some far more modest machines in my home shop now. Some of your stuff won't fit in my 1440 to machine up the tooling, much less the work pieces, LOL.

[@halheavyduty]

Love it, and thanks for clarification re the PCD stuff. Much appreciated good sir 👊👊

[@pilot4them2010]

The way you have the videos set up and laid out (edited) is great. Keep the the parts in with some of the laughs and funny stuff in the video. Things like that, is what sets your videos apart from a lot of other channels. Like CEE channel and the out takes they do at the end of the video are awesome. The information and process is awesome as well. Keep it up and the channel will go. Your channel and CEE are my 2 most anticipated videos of the week. I am a Captain of a towing vessel on the waterways along the gulf coast in the United States. Awesome watching Tradesman from other country’s and putting out content to show how important these trades are for our world and infrastructure. Cheers Mate.

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! Thanks so much for the thoughtful comment. It’s really helpful, and I appreciate it 🇺🇸👊🙏

[@brucehodsdon4310]

Engineer and hobby machinist from down in Sydney. Love to see content from professionals in things I only know a little about. I always enjoy seeing you guys running machines that could turn my entire lathe between centres. Keep it up.😁

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate 👊👊

[@pst3615]

Hi Matt, my name is Pieter, 66 years of age and I'm from the Netherlands. I started out in a boiler shop way back in 1974 and switched to the oilfield in 1981. I've been drilling holes until 2001 and switched to maintenance and repairs in the heavy machine industry. Nowadays I may call myself an mechanical, electrical and proces engineer and love to watch video's of all kinds of machining. I think you're doing great and I'm always looking forward for the next one. Keep em coming 👍👍

[@halheavyduty]

Thanks mate! Wow. You’ve got some seriously solid background in the industry there good sir. Thanks for tuning in 👊

[@arnaudl9368]

Bonjour Matt, Perthes en gâtinais (France), Je vous regarde depuis peu et franchement j'adore ce que vous faites Merci. Je suis prototypiste dans l'industrie automobile dans un bureau d'études,je travaille avec des anciennes machines outils (à l'ancienne comme on dit ici),je vous voir faire ces usinages cela me paraît énorme. Bravo à vous et très bonne continuation. Hello Matt, Perthes in Gâtinais (France), I've been watching you recently and frankly I love what you do. Thank you. I am a prototypist in the automotive industry in a design office, I work with old machine tools (old-fashioned as they say here), seeing you doing this machining seems enormous to me. Congratulations to you and very good luck.

[@halheavyduty]

Thank you very much! I visited France as a young boy with my Grandma. We absolutely loved it.

[@krl9747]

Retired ironworker and welder from Denver Colorado. Love the content and can't wait to see the "Big Rig" in action.

[@halheavyduty]

Me too!

[@GuyFawkes911]

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

[@halheavyduty]

Thank you 🇩🇪👊🙏

[@tfsupp]

Melbourne, 69 retired, ex marine fitter turner, 9 years deep sea marine engineer, in charge of all operations, maintenance, projects for a major Australian bank critical infrastructure then my own business specilising in critical inferstructure like data centres ect. Enjoy watching the channel reminds me of the heavy works as apprentice, marine fitter & marine engineer. P.s still have a small hobby only machine shop at home for my hobbies.

[@halheavyduty]

Wow. Great to have you tuned into the channel mate 👊

[@jmazoso]

I've been seeing the Kennemetal bullets on foundation stuff alot lately. The shot down the length of the udrill in the lathe was a great. SW Utah, geotechnical engineer.

[@halheavyduty]

I absolutely love Utah. My wife and I were there in Dec 2019 just as it started snowing. Such a beautiful place with some of the nicest most genuine people I’ve ever met.

[@gerardlochmans589]

72 years young, retired ophthalmic optician from the Netherlands. Blessed with an unstilleble interest in machining of ALL sorts🤓 ....keep them vids coming ..i love them all!

[@halheavyduty]

🇳🇱 Thank you for tuning in 👊🙏

[@edvinolsson3401]

Hi from Sweden. I'm a marine Engineer and during my free time I have a small machine shop with i Harrison Alpha 400s plus lathe. Teach in lathe doesn't seem to be so popular but for me they are worth it. Enyoing your channel and the work you do. Keep it up.

[@halheavyduty]

Thanks mate! That’s a good solid lathe. Personally I love working on them. Very versatile and reliable.

[@thelamb288]

Hi, I love the quick change drill, and yes, you will never get rid of the harmonic squeal purely because of its length, the tiny bits of backlash of the cross slide plus it is in a tool post rather than the tailstock. Even the saddle itself will add to the problem 😄. I am a retired "time served skilled centre lathe turner" and I'm in the UK. All the best to you and yours, and I wish you all a very merry Christmas. Cheers.

[@halheavyduty]

Thank you good sir 🇬🇧👊

[@locusf2]

I have nothing to do with machining professionally but my dad was a welder and I have come to appreciate his work through watching all sorts of machining channels! Yours is a new and very wecolme edition! Cheers from Finland!

[@halheavyduty]

Awesome 🇫🇮👊👊

[@jeetenzhurlollz8387]

software developer here. learned a lot. thanks a lot mate.

[@halheavyduty]

Awesome! Cheers mate! 👍

[@terrywhite5240]

Just a welder from Abbotsford British Columbia Canada. Love the show cheers

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers Terry!

[@halheavyduty]

Thanks mate! From the land of Hal himself 🇨🇦❤️

[@kawazukisoddbits2717]

Hi - A Brit here (based in the motherland) who loves the video's. You and CEE's output are always anticipated each week, so keep doing what your doing. One issue though, I'm not a driller or any kind of exportation worker so although I've a grasp of the basics, when taking a tour of the yard and looking at all the fabrications, I don't necessarily understand what I'm looking at, how its used or how it goes together . . . . . so maybe a bit more explanation could help . . . . . pretty please!

[@halheavyduty]

Will do for sure. That’s a great idea!

[@geoffmason5973]

Hi Matt, I totally agree with your comment about being happy at work,If you or your staff are not happy in the workplace then they are in the wrong one,I myself work in a smaller family run workshop and could not be more happy Keep up the great work

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate, that’s what it’s all about.

[@Berglin72]

Tuning in from Europe, Sweden, Stockholm and i have 0 experience with this kind of work. But it’s very interesting to watch, follow and learn how all this works.

[@halheavyduty]

🇸🇪👊

[@4n2earth22]

Very much enjoy watching! Matt, you and guys like you are what make the world go 'round for the rest. If it weren't for the callouses, there would be no easy chairs. I be retired from the construction industry, working my way up from hand built log cabins to the cutting edge medical, educational, energy and petroleum projects in remote locations. I retired after a lifetime of fun and frustrations, and grateful for the experience. Life long Alaskan, presently in South Central Alaska. Keep up the good you are doing!

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! Amazing that you’ve built log cabins by hand. Unreal 🇺🇸👊

[@thomassherbert7572]

Mey Matt, Love your channel. I'm a frustrated amature machinist and have learned so much by watching channels like yours and Curtis's crom Cutting Edge Engineering; Im from Wilmington Delaware in the US. Keep up the good work.

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! Glad it’s helpful. You never stop learning when it comes to machining 💯 🇺🇸👊

[@nigelallen1500]

I’m in the UK, a 58 year old retired (from own business) pipefitter / welder / fabricator, specialised in stainless steel pharmaceutical work, especially orbital welding. Set up my home workshop to learn machining. Learning so much from the likes of yourself, Kurtis, Max Grant, Joe Pie etc. Keep up the unique content, great to see proper heavy engineering, as I spent 5 years at a sugar beet processing plant, and my father worked on making walking draglines in the 60’s.

[@halheavyduty]

Oh wow! That’s great mate. Yeah there are some excellent channels out there. KZbin seems to have opened so many windows to worlds that no one got to see before. Sounds like you’ve got some solid experience yourself good sir. Thanks so much for tuning in. Much appreciated

[@miles32323]

I'm a machinist here in Albuquerque new mexico. I really dig your large scale work. I run a 5 axis mazak mill so most of my parts don't require forklifts and cranes to move around so it's really awesome to see what you guys do! Keep up the good work guys.

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate. Love it. The Mazak machines are top notch gear 👊🇺🇸

[@pjvenda]

Bit scary - the kids running around, but oh my god the privilege of hanging out in that place as a kid! Keep having fun! (UK)

[@halheavyduty]

We literally get the shop wide “scooter alert” so everyone knows to look out for the dynamic duo. It’s makes the workplace much more fun and they’re always supervised. Some of my best memories as a little kid were hanging around the real men working. I love it

[@martybollinger1960]

I am in Maryland USA and I am disabled . I find your channel very entertaining and informative

[@halheavyduty]

Thanks mate! 🙏🇺🇸

[@lachlantr5589]

I’m 21 working at a family company called “NoDig Equipment”, we also specialise in machining parts and tools for the drilling industry but in Perth WA. I spend 40 hours a week pretty much doing the exact same thing as you, yet I still happily spend my unpaid free time watching your videos about things I do at work. Ahaha. Your filming and editing has improved greatly btw. Cheers

[@halheavyduty]

Thanks mate! It’s been a steep learning curve. Haha yeah I hear you. I machine all day… then watch it again at night making videos. But I love it 🤣 Obsessed with machining.

[@xXTheGattXx]

I’m in scotland, a 25 year old neep That is a welder / fabricator / ex machinist at my old job. Its always good to see the chips flying out the chuck like that miss doing all the wild and lets say wonderful jobs that came thorugh the doors. Anyway good luck with the Big Rig hopefully all goes as planned.

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers brother! I think we’ll need every finger crossed when we hit the “SEND IT” button

[@Damoinion]

I'm just over the ditch in Auckland, NZ. Original trade training was as Fitter/Turner/Machinist in the RNZN. Moved around a few branches of engineering maintenance including cryo machinery and slowly drifted into automotive. Done a bunch of other stuff over the years in a lot of different trades. Now a senior automotive diagnostic tech and general Mr Fixit in the shop. I do have a cheap basic 6" lathe in the shop which is really handy for fixing all sorts of problems that most automotive shops here in NZ can't even think about trying inhouse. I'm really enjoying your channel along with CEE. It does make me wish I could've stayed with the machine shop trade but I still pick up some ideas from watching you guys.

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! Sounds like you've got some great experience! 🇳🇿👊

[@the_belschnikel5985]

Tuning in from Mesa, Arizona

[@halheavyduty]

Awesome. The only place that’s dryer than the outback I reckon 👊🤣🇦🇺🇺🇸

[@brendan3430]

Consulting structural engineer, 50, from Sunshine Coast, Qld. My father was a fitter and turner which led to my interest in machining and the metal lathe, mill and other goodies in my garage.

[@halheavyduty]

Nice! 🇦🇺👊

[@gabriellongworth]

POV tool teaching is definitely something awesome about this channel.

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate.

[@neosenshi]

I watch from Massachusetts, USA. It's fun to see the different kind of work that different shops have.

[@halheavyduty]

🇺🇸👊 Agreed. There is so much variety out there hey

[@theodekkers821]

your video's are reaching at least the snowy Netherlands, wish you and yours a nice weekend and lots of fun, and fun is indeed a part of your work haha :)

[@halheavyduty]

🇳🇱🙏👊

[@norbertoverbeek2369]

Go on please, very good stuff! You are on the list every friday morning! Looking from the Netherlands.

[@halheavyduty]

Awesome! Thank you! 🇳🇱

[@robyoung1890]

71 Retired tool and die maker in Adelaide. Spent the last 25 odd years working in IT and now have a very modest workshop at home. Of all the channels I watch, CEE, HAL and Swan Valley Machine Shop rate the highest for me. Go the Aussies!! Matt, I like your natural approach to videos, I don't really think there is much you could do to improve, being yourself is always best. The mix of you talking and the action on the machines seems about right to me. I have always been fascinated by API threads (dunno why and never had to cut one) but I always think they just look awesome so i love watching them being made albeit by CNC. Have you ever machined one manually? Keep up the great work mate!

[@halheavyduty]

Grandad did them all by hand. We repair them manually, but it’s just so much faster in the CNC. I’ll probably do a video cutting one by hand (just for the fun of it!)

[@mishmash4891]

I'm a welder fabricator/machinist for 26 years love yur vids huge fan of big steel and this is from Connecticut USA

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! 👊🇺🇸

[@highpointsights]

This my first visit with you guys!! I watch a lot of CEE because though I've retired as a machinist I never got to run bigger tools. You all provide that other side of the coin!!! Thanks!!

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate!

[@11DAVIDKO11]

Hello I am 26 old machinist from Slovakia :D :D keep up the great work :D :D

[@halheavyduty]

Awesome! Slovakia 🇸🇰

[@williamsnyder740]

Retired AT&T, Nicholasville, KY. Love the videos great work.

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! 🇺🇸👊

[@DrDungaz]

Cool is an understatement Frankston Victoria entertaining

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers brother 🇦🇺👊

[@1ginner1]

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

[@halheavyduty]

Wonderful! Cheers mate 🇬🇧How do you find the Colchester machines?

[@1ginner1]

@@halheavyduty They are a bit flakey ( over 10 years old) but we have a great mech guy who knows them inside out. Spares for the older machines are a real problem, I have had to make some parts myself as Colchester no longer make some spares for these machines. All in all they function, but need a bit of TLC.

[@halheavyduty]

Good to know! Cheers mate

[@StevenStyczinski-sy8cj]

Hello Matt; I’m 66, retired, always enjoyed going to work. You’re absolutely right if you can’t have fun at work why are you here? I’ve worked around plenty of dude’s that were hating life and didn’t know how to smile. I know 66 isn’t that old but it’s not the age its the mileage. And I’ve got a lot of miles, enjoyed miles.

[@halheavyduty]

🙏🙏🙏

[@robertgoldsworthy5481]

43 years young, prototype machinist in Fort Lupton, Colorado, United States. It’s nice to see conversational programming on the lathes! I love the bigger stuff you do on the channel! I. I miss doing the larger stuff in my day to day. I love you channel, thank you!!

[@halheavyduty]

🇺🇸👊🙏

[@robertginther9248]

79, retired grand master marine tech in Lansing, Michigan U S A. Built my own little machine shop, (lathe,mill, Fronius tig, bender, shear, 6-12 surface grinder & an original 1950 Delta Milwaukee 7 inch shaper). Make race car parts for the local boys. Enjoyed your vids.

[@halheavyduty]

That’s awesome good sir! One heck of a home shop. 👊🇺🇸

[@davidcashin9194]

Hi Matt I am in Canberra and no I am not a public servant I am now retired but worked all my life in the private sector. I really like the content well done.

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! 🇦🇺👊

[@JamesMurray-lq6np]

Hi I'm Jim from north east Scotland keep up the good work going

[@halheavyduty]

Thank you good sir 👊🇫🇮

[@bhein67]

Brand new sub here. Really enjoying watching you make some very interesting tooling. I have no experience with any kind of drilling so its cool to see the equipment you use. Thanks for explaining how everything works. Great to see a family working together and passing knowledge and skills to the next generation. I'm a self taught hobby machinist so I appreciate when you include all your feeds and speeds and what you watch for when you select and set up your tooling. Joining you from Saskatchewan Canada Keep up the great videos Matt

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! Much appreciated. Yeah; I’m the same. I love watching machining videos like @chrismaj where he gives the feeds and speeds etc. @titansofcnc are really good like that too.

[@philmurray1359]

From NZ. I love watching you and CEE, for the size of the work you do. I have a small machine like Mattys workshop. I can5 believe the depth of cut and the speeds you get out of your machines. As for the weight of the chuck. A quarter of the weight of my entire lathe.

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! Yeah when that machine rocked up it was bloody intimidating. Feels normal now though. Cleary time for an upgrade 🤣

[@beyondmiddleagedman7240]

Sonoran Desert in the SW USA. Technical Trainer at a railroad shop. Have had a hobby machine shop since the 80's and designed and built large scale industrial automation and developed a CNC plasma system before they were easy and commercially available. Love watching how other people develop methods to solve problems. You guys, Curtis, Josh Topper and Oliver at Snowball Engineering are favorites.

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! Wow. I watch those guys too. Humbling to be put in the same league. They do some bloody fantastic work 👊

[@alwaysbearded1]

I've been enjoying your channel from Oakland California.

[@halheavyduty]

Awesome! 🇺🇸👊

[@TheVillageIdiotUk]

I’m a former IT network engineer, then manger (much of my career in the upstream petrochemical world) from Dorset, a rural county in the south west of England. I considered myself a plumber of IP packets. A couple of years ago I became disabled, having lost use of a leg, lost a kidney due to cancer plus a whole load of other issues and can no longer work. I know diddly squat about machining but love watching how real pros work and how both big and small lumps of metal are crafted into tools essential for our existence. Your channel is a highlight of my week, as is Cutting Edge Engineering and Matty’s Workshop and I’m starting to learn a little. I admire the precision, the innovation and seeing how you tackle and solve problems. I absolutely agree with your philosophy that work should be fun. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to produce your videos and look forward to seeing how the end products are put to use. Thanks again. Uroo !

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! Much appreciated.

[@Aidan1150]

I served my apprenticeship in fitting and machining in the early eighties in Ireland Matt and when I was qualified we were in a deep recession so I went into the thing I knew next best, trucking, all over Europe. A very different career but I still have a great love of engineering to this day. Thank you for taking us along with you, your work is fascinating. 🇦🇺 🇮🇪

[@halheavyduty]

🇮🇪👊👊🙏

[@garypullinger1604]

True Aussie workplace. Love it mate,keep doing what your doing your doing great.

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate, appreciate the support! 🇦🇺👊

[@chrisstephens6673]

London England here. I like your work philosophy, i have always, well almost always, worked where you could goof around as long as the work got done. Why be miserable for no good reason? I love watching machining videos, it saves me having to go into the shop to get my fix and risk getting splinters into my fingers.😉

[@halheavyduty]

🤣🤣👊 Love it 🇬🇧

[@chrisstephens6673]

@halheavyduty I try to amuse, so much better than being boring😉

[@ronaldsavoie4221]

Did a bit of machining in the military.Love the content and can't wait to see the big drill in operation.Keep up the good work from New Brunswick Canada.

[@halheavyduty]

👊🇨🇦🙏

[@L2002kas]

Your videos go around the globe, I'm watching from Germany and watching this its the best thing to do to get in the weekend

[@halheavyduty]

That's awesome! Thank you 🇩🇪

[@larrymorrisal]

I’m a retired machinist from alabama love your videos

[@halheavyduty]

Thank you!

[@ianturnbull266]

Watching from small town near Hamilton Ontario Canada. I'm a farmer/Electro-Optical Technician and enjoy watching machining/welding/fabricating videos. You and CEE are awesome channels to watch. Can't wait to see the big drill setup.

[@halheavyduty]

It’s gonna be a bloody interesting vid I reckon

[@derekhartley4480]

I can totally see why you would enjoy replacing the buttons on those drill heads. Really seems like a thing you could disappear in to. Totally agree with buying tools from machinists, they know what works and tend to be able to help find a solution for odd projects. Thanks for the video from Canada.

[@halheavyduty]

💯 it’s so relaxing! 🇨🇦👊🙏

[@shaunkeating9989]

Watching from the other side of this great land I.e. Perth. I really enjoyed the way you explain what you are doing and the details without being over technical. 😂

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! It’s hard to strike the right balance.

[@vincenzoromanello9739]

Hi Vinny here I am from south of Italy leaving in Shelby, North Carolina you are a good man!

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers Vinny! 🇺🇸🇮🇹

[@williampugh6699]

Reno, Nevada, USA . I just found your channel a couple weeks ago. Love machining channels I’m a retired auto mechanic of thirty years. I’ve been watching GEE for a while and love his channel. Keep up the good work.

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! 🇺🇸👊

[@johnmcdonnell6109]

Hello Matt, I think it is great that you are showing us what your little (yeah right 😂) business is doing! I am a hobby machinist and fabricator located in Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA. I also love watching what Kurtis does at CEE! State side my big three are Abom79, Keith Rucker, and Keith Fenner but there are also quite a few others I watch depending on their project. Take care! Cheers, John McDonnell

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers John!

[@bootzylla]

Originally from Michigan and live in New Hampshire USA. Love the vids. My dad was a machinist for 37 years. Loved working in his shop growing up.

[@halheavyduty]

Nice!! Yeah, it’s fun as a kid being in a shop hey.

[@bryanperkins1522]

From Big Banana, NSW. Dad was a boily, always loved jumping on his lathe, belt drive on a 4 speed gearbox, bit of a hack job when a boily tries to be a machinist 😂 but she gets the job done! Loving the content mate, keep it up 🇦🇺🍻

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers brother! 👊🇦🇺🍻

[@arieteeuw237]

hello i am from the Netherlands, and i look forward to watching your video every friday

[@halheavyduty]

Awesome! Thank you! 🙏🙏

[@jaybailey3518]

Don't worry, you have a very respectable channel !!!

[@halheavyduty]

Thanks mate 👊

[@ghdeel]

Watching from Minnesota, USA

[@halheavyduty]

🇺🇸👊

[@machinewrangler4682]

Cheers Matt, thanks for taking the leap and starting your channel. Always enjoy seeing what is going on in someone else M/C shop. Located on the other side of OZ in Karratha. Profiling rail wagon wheel sets on CNC portal lathes today. Not often I get on manual machines now. Toolmaker by trade. I agree about your 3 tip milling cutter, used to operate a small toz universal with a 3 tip cutter, it was way faster than the machine next to it that was 3x bigger. I recon you’d like my garden ornament, it’s a PA35 mega bore, in the front yard of course. Take care mate 👍

[@halheavyduty]

Awesome, thanks mate! 👍 Yep, I’d love your ornament. Big old machines are the bomb 👊👊

[@hansmuller9121]

Hey, I'm from Berlin, Germany. I used to work in metalworking in the eastern part of Germany, but our machines were much smaller and much older. Our oldest lathe was from 1950, but it was a great machine and it was a lot of fun to make things with my hands that will be around for a long time. Greetings from Berlin

[@halheavyduty]

And a big hello back to you mate! Thanks for tuning in.

[@nicodesmidt4034]

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

[@halheavyduty]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@USMC71]

Evansville Indiana USA. Retired electronics engineer. Grew up in my Grandfather’s tool and die/ fabrication business. One of my favorite smells is hot cutting oil.

[@halheavyduty]

💯💯💯

[@55ATA3]

From retired PLC programmer Windsor Ontario Canada, always fun to see what you guys are working on....

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate!

[@Sam2-ex8ty]

Watching from Pittsworth, Queensland. Cant wait to see the big girl on the channel!

[@halheavyduty]

Me too bro, me too 👊🇦🇺💯

[@scania357]

Hi Matt I’m from Bedford, UK. Really enjoy your videos. Retired from heavy equipment repair but have my own small machine shop at home. Thanks for taking me along with you.

[@halheavyduty]

Most welcome good sir. Thanks for tuning in 👊🇬🇧

[@richardcorwin1828]

This is your best video to date Matt. Love seeing what you all do. Good on you for making a positive work environment. I'm here in rural Central Virginia in what they call God's Country and I'm a retired, beat up and bruised plumber. Thank you Matt!

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! You're welcome. 🇺🇸👊🙏

[@jeffreylynch3203]

Jeff from the eastern Shore of Virginia, USA. I just want to say that the best part of your videos is your attitude. You are a perfect presenter. Your audience I’m sure runs from the real pros to the people who feel they could, and we are all comfortable here. I’m an instructor and the only thing I would add is maybe an ongoing few minutes on showing, what the wheels do, which axis is what, how to know how fast to run the feed and how much you can take off. I was thrilled to see the torch being used to repair the lost cutting teeth. Everything today is automatic. I love to braze, solder, silver solder, etc. no need to go too deep on a subject, maybe a couple of minutes on how things were done and what got us here. I talk too much!

[@halheavyduty]

Awesome suggestions Jeff. Will do some of those. Great ideas mate 👊👊👊

[@80spodcastchannel]

chips flying is always fun to watch

[@halheavyduty]

Flying 💯

[@petecross9470]

Hi Matt, Essex, UK. 57, clueless but love watching and learning about this kind of stuff! Glad I found your channel!

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers mate! 🇬🇧

[@CesarDuosonic]

Proud of your accomplishments from San Jose, California. Foundation driller.

[@halheavyduty]

Thanks man!👊🇺🇸

[@kimgreen6140]

Across the ditch in NZ. I'm a hobby machinist, but getting a little bit of paid machining through my handyman business. I appreciate you telling us what you're doing. There are so many channels where you just watch some ego run a machine, and it's hard to learn anything. Keep up the good work 👍

[@halheavyduty]

Cheers bro. Happy to help 👍