Line Boring and Facing a 349 Quick Coupler

[@TennSeven]

I don't know why these videos are so fascinating to me but I cannot stop watching them.

[@johnschmidt2964]

This channel, and the comments in here, are really awesome. Super professional, no ego, great channel. I was a Boilermaker for ten years, switched unions, but I love watching these repairs. Great presentation, great info, and you’re clearly very good at what you do. Thanks for sharing.

[@susansu-p5o]

I am from China Seals Factory. Our company produces many types of hydraulic oil seals. If you are interested in our products, we can send you free samples so that you can learn more about our products.

[@aliasaila8818]

I like your videos, there is no annoying music. Very interesting and educational to see how difficult such a repaircan be.

[@adamsherm29]

Love watching Curtis at CEE. Now I have stumbled upon you!! Keep up the great work! You two should get together sometime!!!! It's amazing what you guys are able to accomplish

[@OFW]

I am good at what I do, but Curtis is on the next level when it comes to machining.

[@adamsherm29]

@@OFW I hope to see many more interesting videos in the future!!!!

[@mariomuz8]

@@OFW ur alright just different methed

[@MrKotBonifacy]

_"Love watching Curtis at CEE. Now I have stumbled upon you!!"_ - blame YT algorithms... ;-) But seriously, it's just insane - you watch a couple of machining videos and few hour latter virtually ALL recommendations are about machining. Steam locos, historical movies - same. Couple of days ago I searched for some obscure (even in his own country) singer, or lower class bard, who died in '60s - for the next three days his name was on recommendations. Right now virtually the ENTIRE recommendations section consists of On Fire Welding, CEE Australia, and IC Weld.

[@MrKotBonifacy]

@@OFW You probably seen Curtis doing it, but "just in case" - he uses die grinder to remove as much of the embedded bushing material as possible, just to be on a safe side - i.e to lower the risk of breaking the insert on it while cleaning the bore.

[@jakemccann2790]

Being able to admit mistakes......true tradesman , quality human being .

[@nedudki]

This!

[@ypaulbrown]

Bravo, when that pin slide in , I about jumped up and applauded. ......the sound of it hitting home was like music.....Greg, you are the Man......cheerts, PB

[@pmgordon2786]

oh it was nearly orgasmic when she dropped home 😆

[@susansu-p5o]

I am from China Seals Factory. Our company produces many types of hydraulic oil seals. If you are interested in our products, we can send you free samples so that you can learn more about our products.

[@jeffvansickle5168]

I don’t know crap about welding and I can’t stop watching your channel, amazing to me how many patience and how much knowledge you have with everything you work on. I just found your channel by the way

[@OFW]

Thank you for the support!

[@skipjack5964]

I am new to your channel, but I have seen multiple of your jobs I been a welder and fabricator since I was 17, retired at 55, and hands down, you do awesome work, and you are a good teacher thanks for sharing your professional skills

[@peterantonic6923]

Good job buddy but you definitely need Karen to do the videography, it’s too hard doing things one handed. Curtis and Karen have got it down to a fine art at CEE. Keep the videos coming. 👍👍😁😁🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@raulrubio2862]

Lmao dude kurtis and karen literally are the perfect power couple lol

[@mikefromflorida8357]

This is a nice long video which certainly took a lot of your time to film and edit - all for the benefit of people like me with the most basic welding ability (only MIG of course) but with knowledge of what you are doing, why you are doing it, and what a good finished product is. Your work ethic, diligence, and no-compromise methods are a superior example. I am a retired Airframe and Powerplant mechanic, and I appreciate the decal on the back of your truck with the word MECHANIC very visible. I am proud be a mechanic, and don’t wish to be called an engineer as other countries call their mechanics. Rigging landing gear, overhauling turbine engines, and working inside wet-wing fuel tanks, if attempted by engineers………….you get the picture. Honestly, respect to anyone working in any kind of service or maintenance these days.

[@shaunolinger964]

My father was a lifelong A&P, lifetime member of EAA and AOPA, combat fighter pilot, and experimental pilot in a couple of NASA projects. I totally understand and respect what you're saying about "no compromises" and "commitment to quality." That's one of the things that drew me to this guy's channel... he does it right, or if he has to, he makes it work for the moment, then goes back and does it right ASAP.

[@AK2I47]

Bruh, he got the level of skill

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

@@shaunolinger964 Well said! (1 year later as I just discovered this guy)

[@susansu-p5o]

I am from China Seals Factory. Our company produces many types of hydraulic oil seals. If you are interested in our products, we can send you free samples so that you can learn more about our products.

[@elmeromero1794]

Never saw your channel before. I started watching this video and got hooked on it! That’s true craftsmanship right here!!!!

[@LoBeau53]

Heat it and clean it like you did John, then put a cutting disk on your pencil grinder and cut a groove into the grease lines then whip in a cold pass with 3/32 6010 to seal it off. You likely won’t get 100% satisfaction but it will certainly minimize the pain the grease can cause you.

[@dennissitter2242]

Loren Sounds like you are a little old school. That is what I would have done. After I built up the boss faces.

[@richardcarrara6078]

Cool! Good tip thanks

[@vicferrari9380]

That's what I was thinking. Weld up the face to cook out the grease before welding the bore. I don't see where it could hurt to try.

[@MadmanJimbo]

Why use a grinder? Use the line borer to cut a small groove. Then run a cold Bead. 4 grooves. Much quicker

[@uglysteve1]

Looks like you went for Cadillac boring tool. Money in the bank. Steve

[@bertanaya90]

My 1 year old is enjoying your videos as much as I am . Keep up the great work ! Great execution!

[@jackdawg4579]

A marathon effort on that one. First time I have seen the ears done as well, usually only the centres that are rebuilt. Thank you for sharing!

[@camaxtlichimalma759]

My grandson is in welding school and I referred your channel because you are so informative

[@donniceblakely1075]

I do these same repairs on my own equipment and have been doing so for 30 years. You did an outstanding job sir!

[@rapturebound197]

Again the word that comes to mind as I watch your videos is - Fascinating! 👍

[@eddscott4234]

Amazing work Greg and very educational. As someone that doesn't know a lot about welding your videos are easy to understand and are very enjoyable to watch. I was really interested in the line boring tools and the different features it has to offer. Workshop and service truck tour at some points?

[@tomivy1052]

honesty /quality work you do really showes here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thanks much!!!

[@samuelspencer9194]

My friend I know things have changed but believe it or not I have seen my dad weld those holes with a stick welder but you need to know that I am 70 years old but I have seen him burn 150 pounds of rods in a day to build up rollers for dozers love your videos be safe and have a great day Sam

[@jonah.h169]

At 5:25 my best guess would be that it is welded using submerged arc welding with a 3 wire feed system welding in tandem, so those 3 passes are the 3 different wires starting their own individual arcs before they generate enough heat to become one large puddle

[@susansu-p5o]

I am from China Seals Factory. Our company produces many types of hydraulic oil seals. If you are interested in our products, we can send you free samples so that you can learn more about our products.

[@25vrd48]

I know you probably won't read this comment but I'm going to take the time to make my statement . When you first said the pin's were big I thought you were kidding , my bad , but then you stuck your hand the holes while cleaning them and that really got my attention . Extremely good job and I too watch Kurtis down yonder in CEE Australia country . Your work is very high quality . Great video .

[@OFW]

I read every single comment on every video. Thank you for your comment!

[@hmrody]

Seeing your Weimaraners reminded me of my teen years. My parents had four, three (at different times) were named Otto, and one JR (son of an Otto). Good dogs. I was in Mississippi, and on the farm, there were armadillos. One Otto was a digger. He would literally dig underground after one. Nice memories.

[@thomasjones613]

I'm a retired welder, (44 years) and I worked in a shipyard for 14 and the cranes would always flip over a 50 ton, (or whatever the weight) of the segment of the ship we were welding on and put it in the flat position as you will always be more productive as a welder when you weld in the flat position. I would have welded the outside, or inside of those "ears" in the flat position. I have welded the inside of those bores with stick with great success and have done it many times.

[@terryperson817]

Just recently found your channel, I hope your a independent contractor. A guy like you is worth a lot money, welding and machining. I really liked your video

[@jeremyabshire4875]

Excellent work!! Anyone with experience using various tooling manufacturers can appreciate Climax tools and Services. Thanks for the content Sir!!

[@DatBoiOrly]

man i really enjoyed this video, and learnt a hell of a lot from it keep up the great work i love these niche welding videos

[@montimitchell5931]

I’ve been looking for something like CEE I really enjoy his work and I’m glad I found you Thank you for sharing

[@adrievanbeek6114]

Thank you for the very well explaining! We have just got a bigger cutter machine. Wilton Fijenoord was in the early days famous all over the world with their cutter machine, with where it was possible cuttering propeller bearings at any place. The Wilton Fijenoord Museum the Netherlands. 👍🏻

[@garymucher4082]

Obviously a ton of quality work involved. It looks great to me, but than I have no idea about such things and measurements. But Thumbs Up!

[@JonDingle]

Great work young man. I follow CEE and I C Weld, brilliant channels like yours. I got a job earlier this year to reduce the pin distances and sizes on a 13ton general digging bucket to suit a 10ton machine. The original pins were welded in and needed gauging out. I don't have a line bore so had to use a digital square to set the new pins up as best l could. Needless to say l was a bit nervous when l delivered the machine to site for the customer who immediately picked the bucket up off my pickup with his machine. Thankfully and to my relief it fitted perfectly. I had more of a struggle getting paid off the customer than it took to do the job. Top stuff to you young man!

[@deepwinter77]

I hope you got your money in the end.

[@JonDingle]

@@deepwinter77 l did indeed. But only after sending a seven day notice of intention to open court proceedings. I politely decline work from that customer. You do a customer a good turn because they are stuck and just every now and then, you get a bad one.

[@dirtfarmer7472]

When I was farming I made sure that my suppliers were paid 1st of the month. Money talks & that Brown Stuff walks & your reputation follows

[@deepwinter77]

@@JonDingle yea it can be extremely frustrating trying to get paid sometimes, I have a couple customers who are consistently late payers I do always get payed but it's nearly always a process of sending reminders and calling to get payed.

[@augienajera642]

Just awesome!!!! Your attention to detail is the best.

[@SuperSecretSquirell]

I just got done watching this weeks CEE and hopped over here. Great way to wind down the week.

[@olwabhsecu4737]

Great job bro. Can't stop watching your videos. Love welding

[@zme1936]

Such a hell of a job i can see the passion and the intent to making sure is fix properly. Every sec of your time is greatly appreciated your upload are education for those who consider them like i do you have such a great talent and knowledge it makes me want to learn more and more i thank you for your time. I will like and olso subscribe i cant miss another one of your uploads again thank you so much

[@bobanppvc]

You take so much pride in your work...Very good

[@joseGonzalez-og9pd]

What's up Greg. Let me thank you for taking the time take this videos and not being stingy with your knowledge. You were asking about the 3 weld passes at the beginning of the welds connecting the ears with frame. I believe the big nice passes are made with sub arc. And the 3 small passes are just to fill the low volume at the end. I think I'm not sure. But I do the same work you do. And I've seen the same procedure in some of the CAT parts I repair. Excuse my had grammar😅

[@Stormingviking]

I was gonna say 3 wire/head sub arc🤔

[@lukeskywalker2116]

I had no idea that so much Grease could hide in there. Thank you so much for the education

[@0dbm]

Metallurgists / fabricator / welder , all in the day of the Blend Master , you are good sir. 👍

[@johnowen3569]

Now that was a learning experience for me, thanks for the presentation!!

[@rossome3043]

I was literally about to tell you about CEE when I saw you weren't using "sacrificial" bolts to weld your mounts on like CEE and then you mentioned them lol. Kurtis n Karen are awesome. Great vid sir, have a great day 👍

[@donnelson2087]

Welding over imbedded broken bushings pieces made the same mistake myself some years ago, you are correct in was a nightmare to try to cut it out! Always cut the bore clean before welding!

[@kaydog2008]

Tip MIY! Make your own simple adjustable camera crane for above the work table. 😎👍👍Works like the dentist light. Or find an old over head surgical light and adapt it to the camera fixture.

[@OFW]

Good idea!

[@ragnabob]

Great video, as always! And man, that's a kick ass hat on day 2!

[@SgtGoogleDad]

Way better job setting it than most I've seen for what it's worth nice job. Mad skills

[@stevenakn1]

Great work man I enjoyed the hell out of seeing that piece come back to life🙂

[@isaacenns729]

I've never line bored but I am a machinist by trade. if your bearings are relatively rigid the bar size/stickout ratio shouldn't be causing your vibration in this setup. Slow your rpm, replace your insert with a smaller tip radius, or even take a slightly deeper cut/faster feed. The edge geometry of your insert also makes a difference.

[@JP-vs1ys]

that thumbnail says alot. i don't even need to see the whole video to appreciate the skill.

[@rogerkaday3973]

Awesome job, I've learned a lot. Thanks for the videos

[@rondobondo6600]

You have amazing skills

[@jason0870]

Seing this from start to finish was pretty epic. Thanks

[@petermccuskey1832]

I think that that the corners are tacked by human to hold the bearing plates on the arm and then a robot finishes the weld. You are doing very meticulous work. I love it. Back in 1973 the girl I was dating her dad was a pilot for Cat dealership jet and got to see some of the first robotic equipment. Love to listen to your explanations .

[@micmike]

Hey, very nice. I wasn't sure about that linebore machine but, it is true sometimes a spool of wire just won't work. Once you get comfortable with that machine you'll know it's strengths and limitations. Those grease lines are impossible to work with. Short of gouging the plates off there is no solution accept to know when porosity is OK and when it isn't. Thanks for the video.

[@zoltannagy1813]

Your new facing attachment works good. You're doing very well to film this with one hand without a "Karen" to take the video.

[@davidsnyder2000]

I hope they pay you well for all the labor, materials and hard work🙂👍 Seems like a time consuming process. I love the look of freshly machined surfaces😊

[@cisuris]

Absolutely enjoying watching you work, learning lots as well. Quality of recording is great imo, especially since you do it all yourself and … you’re working lol. Take care eh 👍

[@harveystephens6115]

Lots of great tedious work! Enjoyed.

[@farmshoffman8475]

Great awesome video, hi I’m Jeffery from eastern Ontario Canada 🇨🇦, new subscriber

[@jamiebuckley1769]

watch curtis from cutting edge technology in austrailia to learn how to line bore and welding. from watching your videos compared to his you have alot to learn and pick up major info from him. dont get me wrong you are a major craftsman and you are very good at what you do and i am also in the feild as what you do. ive been a rig welder for 45 years. im 63 years old fixing stuff and im still doing it everyday. thumbs up bud.

[@OFW]

I watch him all the time. He is definitely a better machinist than I am.

[@jheissjr]

Looked fine to me. What should Greg have done differently that Curtis does?

[@longcaster]

Great job lighting and getting all the angle views.

[@interesting7906]

Look at it this way, you can do it in one take. Kurtis needs to have a Karen.🤣

[@deanl2427]

Great video! Thanks for explaining the whole boring process. I find it very interesting. I was wanting to get into it, but back in chitcago I never seen a market for it. A lot of equipment leasing there, and also a ton of small hack outfits that let their equipment go to shit. Now I'm in Tennessee trying to get my welding side business going, but I'm new so starting from scratch for customers. Anyway, thanks and work safe!

[@g.w.stegall]

Bro! I just found your channel, and it’s amazing and very knowledgeable! Keep up the great work!

[@richardmondor1360]

That's quite the tool, very neat...thanks for showing it.

[@lespratt1930]

Used the same equipment for over 25 years in the field. Best and most versatile one can buy, not cheap by any means.

[@rudyrivera7426]

Awesome! True craftsmanship ! But , we all make then! Thanks! For sharing with us! You’re world! 👌👍

[@legion2k988]

How you watch the weld going down is how I watch the first layers of my 3d prints.. lol Neat stuff. Keep up the good work.

[@baar6892]

lol. Those sneezes in fast forward at 12:30 are adorable.😂

[@jondavidmcnabb]

Wow that was pretty cool Greg. I was worried about the line boring machine keeping centered, but it all worked out.

[@rajendrakumar8419]

Nice workmanship Greg I like it

[@BandannaLynn]

@OFW Its hard for me to tell from the video but those passes you were talking about on the inside of the coupler very well could be tig passes. I just did a CAT brand cutting edge install on a bucket for a Sany 50 ton machine and in the Cat procedure for weld out on this cutting edge they mentioned multiple times about post weld dressing the the toes with a tig torch. Just wanted you to float the toes and blend with no -to minimal filler. Kind of a neat way to post dress and an effective one for sure.

[@nicksimpson7735]

thats a fantastic tool , to be able to do the whole job , looks very good , its obviously still cost efficient , to do all that , over buying a new quick hitch, of that size

[@THEREALISTICWELDER]

Nice job man that turned out really good.

[@davidpotter3777]

You always remember your first time. God bless you and your family amen and aloha PS grade video

[@davidvann5642]

Man I'd love to pick your brain on some of this stuff awesome work brother LFG

[@9Antonian]

I learned something today, thank you.

[@somegeezer4840]

As the great Bob Ross once said, we do not make mistakes, we have happy accidents 😁😄

[@high1voltage1rules]

that grease certainly makes your work difficult welding, it astonishes me the pressure it takes to force grease into floors of the steel or tiny hair line cracks it finds to work itself through the steel incredible.. i wonder if there's a way the illuminate this?, maybe a bigger enough bath maybe hot bubble bath🛀 haha one word: commitment to quality'' and that sound as you slid that cantuas pin into the rings was so satisfying.... thank you once again for sharing another awesome video. 👍👍👍👍👍THUMBS UP👍👍👍👍👍 Anthony, UK

[@robertclery4484]

Nice piece of work, good job sweeting out the grease.😉

[@rzbusa2641]

Well, the flexing of the boring bar is because you are making an interrupted cut. Tool penetration will deflect the bar and then when you are not cutting (interrupted from the wallowed part of the bore) there is no deflection. It's not a big deal. Just have to cut all the way around to get even deflection. The first time you cut all the way around, some of the cut will be less deep, so, it is best to cut all the way around twice.

[@ahwootton5]

Kurtis' Karen is the only type of Karen you would want! Great work.

[@dangroce82]

Time lapse sneezes make me chuckle!

[@horstszibulski19]

Great video, like it should be, like being with you at work! Thx a lot! 👍👍👍

[@ypaulbrown]

looks like a good episode Greg..., just catching up to you ....cheers, Paul down in Florida....

[@daylegibson4367]

Very critical of your own work. That's a rare quality

[@andrewcosta3165]

Bro this is amazing that machine is bad a love your work Mann I know at the end of the day sleep good lol all the work be doing my family all work in air craft machining parts I love in Wichita KS so I know a little bit about it but idk if you've seen those indian guys fixing the huge parts but this is the right what if doing it soon enough youl have millions of views keep it up

[@lodollar23]

This was a very interesting video. Thank you

[@mikeslayer5926]

AWW ya dont need NO "giggler ",...they always want HALF ! Mike

[@toreaustad]

Very nice job done there. Would love to have a Line Boring set like that! :)

[@yerrie1908]

Great video, I have seen a lot from your Australian colleague here on YT the last few years and it's going to be interesting to see if you guys use different techniques. I have no expertise whatsoever in this field myself still very interesting to watch. So far I hear and see the same process

[@cg8469]

I'm definitely late to the party here (10 month old video), but you are talking about weld procedures from the OEM. I used to service the SAW machines that perform most of these welds. Typically, they will have a fixture plate with humans that get fit-up, tacks, and QAQC done before final weld out. Most of the time if you see a fat stringer bead that is 1/2" wide or larger, it was SAW machine.

[@rosshall641]

every time the spool goes down you wonder what is wrong, and then replace the spool. We all have left over wire in our cabnets! I'll use that up some day.LOL!

[@quinnyp1658]

By far my favorite video of yours so far, I only recently found your channel. But I enjoyed this the most just because you really explained the setup process of the line boring measurements, the line welding and dealing with perosity and some hiccups along the way. I really want to get into line boring as a service, I am heavy duty mechanic with no machining or previous line boring experience what would you recommend? keep up the good work, thanks.

[@russellsmith3825]

The proper term for Kurtis' camera assistant is the "giggler"

[@jeffo881]

"there's a little piece of "U" that likes to make it perfect, that's just the way I am" true CRAFSTMAN, PRIDE IN WORKMANSHIP.

[@scottyelder8351]

The piece of you that likes to make things perfect is the thing that makes you a Master Tradesman. God bless the righteous 💫✝️✨

[@blazbohinc4964]

“If you don’t schedule maintenance for your equipment, it’s going to do it for you”

[@dennissitter2242]

Do you think if you had done the face buildup first. That it would have burnt out the grease that was in between the two plates. It might have helped to reduce the amount of porosity that was sucked into the final weld. The line boring and welding is fascinating to watch.

[@tommussington8330]

I've only been with our millright he set our line bore a few times he always set welder up at 90 degrees to head to cut friction on liner in stead of the U you have on the lead it gives you a slower arch on wire feed.

[@mjm7187]

Interapid indicator shows you spent some time in a toolroom. Good editing and videography sans a Karen. Nice reference to the CEE channel. Interesting channel, thanks for sharing!