When Aerospace Machining Becomes a Family Business | WBM Machines Shop Tour

We're touring Wilson Brothers Machines, a family-operated shop where every tool has a story, and precision is a family tradition! Get ready to be amazed by their extensive collection of gauges, meticulously organized to ensure the highest quality in every job!
Specializing in custom fabricating and prototyping, this CNC machine shop serves the aerospace, oil & gas, and military & defense industries with unmatched quality and dedication.
0:00 Intro - WBM Machines
00:41 Machines and Part Specifics
5:38 Tooling
6:44 Gauges Room
8:23 Leadwell MV-50i
9:06 Kitamura MyCenter HX300iF CNC Horizontal
10:15 Leadwell MCV - 610
11:20 Inspection Room
12:17 Outro
To learn more about WBM Machines, visit wbmcnc.com/
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[@lvxleather]

Texas manufacturing is kicking ass. Reminds me of some of the shops I worked in Orange County, just cranking out aerospace parts. There's a lot of money in thread gages there, very nice.

[@texasermd1]

Great video. Glad you came to Dallas to check it oooooooot!! 👍👍

[@sparkythedogboy397]

Hey, thank you to make it this big video. I’m over here and I also work for. Wbm

[@sparkythedogboy397]

It’s true guys

[@ryebis]

This Ian fella's too excited, go easy on the caffeine :) Great to see a family run job shop doing good work these days.

[@iansandusky417]

Haha can’t fake it when you love what you do!

[@cgcuriosities7828]

@@iansandusky417 He's doing it for the cameras. It's cringe asf

[@iansandusky417]

@@cgcuriosities7828 I’m Ian in the video ya turkey

[@jeffhughes4277]

You should do a shop tour of Trace-a-matic in brookfield wisconsin. or check out IMS cresson texas.

[@250smacks]

I’m not a machinist but couldn’t this long part be cut at an angle with a bandsaw before it ls placed on the cnc and save time and tool wear? If I’m wrong , please explain. Is it because ti is difficult for a saw?

[@Dyna78]

Yes, the part profile could be rough cut on a bandsaw, but this takes a fair amount of time, and I think most machine shops would rather pay the machine time to remove the material than pay another employee. Ideally, the parts could be 'nested' in a large sheet and cut out with a waterjet, but could be a significant expense to get started.

[@jayantadey7150]

Very nice and successful Aerospace components manufacturing facility. Do they have a set-up to carry out all the deburring and finishing work after machining. I am from India and also run a small Aerospace component manufacturing shop.

[@dotcom8555]

Which state?

[@jayantadey7150]

We are located near Calcutta in Eastern India.

[@petersipp5247]

Like they use US Standard measurements. If I could point out…the title needs to have one word changed…gage is needing a “u” after the “a”. Gauge is the way to go here. All the best, 👌

[@Dyna78]

The correct spelling in this case is debatable. I think if you look around, you''ll find that in general, instruments with moving parts are often referred to as gauges, whereas instruments with no moving parts are often referred to as gages. There is a fair amount of overlap between the two spellings, and most people use them interchangably, or at least understand what is being referenced.