Hey everyone thanks for watching todays video, always good to get another project off the list! Now that you've seen how these are made, who would have a go at making a set?! 😎👍 🛍Official CEE Merch shop: www.ceeshop.com.au 📲Follow us online here: linktr.ee/CEEAUS
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Can we just all take a minute and applaud Karen. That opening monologue was seamless! I'd like to think Kurtis did it all in one, but you know, this ain't my first rodeo 😅😅😅
haha thank you! Every now and then I like to go back and watch the revolving tailstock video when Kurtis first started talking just to see how far we've both come with making videos 😂👍
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering A long way. A long way for sure and in a very short amount of time. All three of you are getting better at it by the episode. Karen at making videos, Kurtis at not paying the swear jar every two other sentences and Homey at tearing open packages like a professional unboxer on his tenth year of video making. Chef's kiss.
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering HaHa I watched that yesterday while looking for when u let Curtis have his first lines, and he’s ballsed them up ever since 🤣😂. Makes for a bloody good viewing Karen 👍✌️❤️&🍀 too u both from the land of the Pom 😂👍🇬🇧
Karen is a true gem! She's exceptionally talented with the video camera, knows how to hold the audience's attention and to keep the whole process moving ahead and consistent. BRAVA!
Any service provider that is concerned with saving his customers money (shop time) should be rewarded with their business. Over time Kurtis has demonstrated that he’s all about making that customer’s job move through his shop faster and therefore with less expense. If I had any machinery is Australia I’d make it a priority to bring my equipment to Kurtis and hope he’d have time to work it in. Kurtis is a rare individual in a sea of operators that are more prone to pad the bill than to be honest with their customers. Australia is fortunate to have him. He shines a positive light on Australia.
"You either have a wallet or you have talent." Words my mentor told me. Most of his shop was self made tools. All of them were above grade, some far better than swiss made equivalent (which at the time when he'd made them, were the top of the world, nowadays, you can find good quality just about everywhere, if you look carefully enough).
@@markfryer9880 I don't know about Pakistan, but China is a really big place, you can find just about anything there if you look long enough. Sure they make the cheap crap, but they also make a whole lot of high-quality stuff.
Your house-made tool videos have been my favorites! Although I am no machinist, my father taught me 40-ish years ago that "if you don't have the right tool - make it!" My mechanic's tool box has an entire drawer dedicated to Frankenstine tools. Some of them only got used once - but they got the job done!
Amen...like a throw out spring depression lever for the fingers to open and remove short trans axle . SAAB 900TURBO clutch plate replacement job... No tool, no job. No joke.
We had to put our dog down today so it was a bit tough watching the old safety officer doing his thing, saddest bloody day of my life and Im 67. Curtis, I'm pleased you have to make a lot of your tools as it always gives me ideas for my own shop and your comment about not machining surfaces is so practical, I think I need to take notice as so much time can be lost doing the unnecessary. Karen, your video quality is really awesome. Have a good weekend
Sorry to hear about you pup I put my forth one down a couple of years ago and decided not to get another hurts to much and I did not want to outlive it.
So satisfying watching a good machinist do great work. I always appreciate seeing Kurtis take the time to break every sharp edge and corner, knowing that these parts will be put to good use and sharp edges / corners are nothing but a liability. I still have the scar on my wrist that reminds me frequently what happens when a machinist doesn't take the time to do this.
Thanks Kurtis for accidently giving me a great idea. As a handyman that needs to make a lot of precision cuts on different materials I've started using the metric system to measure and cut my materials. The best part is that it's incredible accurate and amazingly simpler to use than the imperial system. Thank You.
Hi Curtis. This shop made tool is pretty cook. I don't do what you do, but something like this would really help me my small shop. I just do light machining when I'm home from the Ekati Diamond mine. We have one of your mates working with us that. He's are drill doctor and I have to say he is the best drill doctor I have ever had work on are drill at site. Tell your wife, great job on all the behind seen work too. Take care and be safe. Thomas, All the way from Canada EH! lol
20-30 years ago to be a good machinist you went to school, and if you got really lucky you ended up working under an old greybeard who had been doing it for most of their life. you learn a lot of little tricks and practices they just dont/cant teach you in school. now adays we just come on youtube and watch masters at work and pick up those cool little tricks. it really is incredible.
Hi Kurtis and Karen 😊 great result mate, v blocks for life, so heavy duty, the through bolts to T nuts solid as a rock, and they need to be for those heavy pins. Loved the outakes Karen, I'm sure your pulling faces behind the camera to put him off, priceless,lol. Cheers guys, stay safe, enjoy your wkend, best wishe's, Stuart Uk.
Kurtis is amazing. No bullshit, no talking too much. Sensible ideas and common sense. A recipe for success and it shows. P.S. Karen is super amazing :D
I would suggest you drill and tap a couple of holes on each of the V blocks, so you can use it for a positioning end-stop when you're doing repeating parts. Use a piece of scrap and a couple of bolts to cap off the end of one v-block. I was amazed by the surface finish left by the boring head, never expected that! Great Job!
75 years old now, taught fabrication & welding in NSW TAFE during the 80’s and 90’s. Love your work, and a credit to your partner for her visual skills.
Great V Blocks! Love the Bloopers & Outakes at the end .. takes me back to my childhood in the 70's when it was usually worth staying past the credits at the movie theater! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Gday Kurtis and Karen, these vee blocks will pay for themselves in no time, i don’t have any so this is something I should look at making for the Cincinnati, you got me thinking now, the boring head fly cutter worked a treat as well, super smooth finish, awesome job as always mate, have a great weekend, cheers
Hey mate, yeah now i'm actually looking forward to the next batch of big pins I need to make 😂 That fly cutter was actually taking a decent cut, handled it well! Chat soon, enjoy your weekend Matty 👍
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Right in the intro. "You think that's a fly cutter? That's not a fly cutter. THIS is a fly cutter. And today we'll show you how, and why we made it"
Loved it.. So awesome.. You should make more and market them.. I am a master carpenter by trade (retired) I used to make lots of reusable jigs for the table saw and miter saw, I made several and marked them for other wood workers and I sold hundreds of them and made lots of extra cash, enough so that I built a second shop where I had 4 skilled carpenters just building those jigs.. Like you know, the more work you do in your profession the more you know what will work and what won't, also you learn lots of tricks and make tons of jigs to make it easier to do setups and do your job better.. Sorry about rambling on.. Thank you for sharing...
Curtis, been a viewer for a while. I actually started working in a CNC shop in June. You're a big inspiration to me and I hope to be as good as you are. 33:45 For fellow American machinists, .01 of a mm is .0004 of an inch. The set ups I run are within .0005 inch, as that is the scale on the dial indicator I use. A human hair is, according to a quick google search, .001 inch. The accuracy on display is awesome.
Best engineering/machining channel on UA-cam. It's real world stuff, done to the best standards, and the videos are awesomely produced. Loved this one, if you can't tell!
Definitely telling when their YT Channel is posted in remarks of others to go and learn from him. And, I'm starting to see his channel more and more, so people ARE coming over to learn and watch!! I think it's great!!!!
When I started my apprenticeship as a Jig Borer and Spark Eroder back in 1979, one of the first things, we did was make our own V Blocks and custom clamps... I still have them today... Doesn't matter what's in the tool catalogue you still can't beat making your own tools. Fantastic video... Greetings from the UK.
Fit for purpose are words to live by in a machine shop or just about any other situation you care to mention. Well done, Kurtis! Retired computer programmer here who appreciates proper work and FROWNS upon crappy efforts.
While your work machining the v-blocks is outstanding as usual I am very impressed with the shop that cut the blocks. The fact that you were able to match both parts with 'clean-up cuts" rather than needing to hog away 1/2" or more is a great supplier indeed.
That's how us creative folks roll. When you don't have a tool for the current ones are junk, sometimes it's just easier to make your own. Most of the time it's a lot cheaper and better quality also. I have my grandfather's toolbox and there is one drawer with modified wrenches. Regular wrenches that have been bent, shortened or lengthened, or had a piece cut out and bent around and welded back together so they are the right angle to reach around somewhere.
The fact that I just watched a pair of v-blocks being made beginning to end is a credit to both the master craftspeople responsible for this vid. Yeah, I said it - people
"Check the spacing of the T-slots on your table - if you don't you may have a job that doesn't fit..." I bet that was a lesson hard-learned! Amazing tools - amazing skills - amazings videos - I've never worked in a machine shop in my life and yet I find this channel endlessly fascinating. Cheers from a fan from Canada!
To watch you work on these home made tools shows there’s more to it than just tool skill, could go so far as to say there’s a artistic talent here, and the way you could only just hide your grin at the end when the gauge didn’t move , you knew you’d done well, pleasure to watch a craftsman at his work
Your technique looks excellent, I was always something of a natural at metalwork at school, (my dad was a toolmaker, genetics?) but since they didn't have the facilities to educate all of us my name was drawn out of a hat and I never got to progress past the 2nd year. I later learned a load of engineering theory at college but have never learned anything worth mentioning about actually using machines. Now at the age of 60 I've obtained a few machines, (just cheap Chinese, 'crap') and am making some stuff and enjoying it greatly. Your videos have been an absolute boon. Thanks for taking the trouble to make them, it's truly appreciated. Best wishes to you and your, 'Sheila', and of course the Mutt!
The way you take time to read and reply to so many comments is nothing short of astonishing nobody does that. You have my full respect if that means anything to you. Cheers.
hey mate, we enjoy reading the comments it's definitely motivating and good to see feedback or suggestions from viewer and we reckon if our viewers are taking time to watch & comment we can do the same 😁👍
Every single video I learn something new. Thank you Kurtis for showing us the CORRECT way of doing a project and thank you Kurtis and Karen for all that you do. You guys make a great team. Love watching your videos !!! Andrew 🥳
Have a great weekend Kurtis, Karen and Homless you make Friday night that much better, never gets old and really appreciate the in-depth explanations and details 🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I found this incredibly therapeutic. The cuts between the machining steps were seamless. I have no exposure to heavy machining in my life, but these are really enjoyable videos.
Morning Kurtis, I'm sitting in a wood, in the dark, waiting to fix a truck based cherry picker, you are the thing to watch Have a great weekend. Richard 🇬🇧
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering could be worse i suppose, I left at 3am to get here and they have just turned up, i have an idea for a puller you might like, when i get a minute I'll draw it out and if it's an idea that will work, it's yours. Regards Richard
good morning CEE, It's funny. Vblocks are so common in the shop that you normally don't give them a lot of thought, but then, most of us are not working with material of the size and weight you are! Interesting and as usual superbly shot and edited. Great way to spend an hour at 4AM. Have a great weekend.
Found this very informative ..For those of us that don't have a lot of knowledge within your field of expertise im sure this will make your work life a lot easier.
You guys just feel more like family every video!! To be so far away you guys just create such a warm friendly environment it's like stopping by for an educational, fun, entertaining quality visit. Love you guys tell Machinist Dundee I said hello! Gday Mates!
Problem is, most firms would just go out and purchase the tool then pop the cost of the tool onto the customer, then end up with the tool for free. I admire Kurtis's honesty.
Kurtis,you must be very proud when you look at some of the objects that you make,I have been watching quite a few of your videos,you are a true craftsman !
For locating keys, I like a simpler method- I drill and tap the part for a socket head cap screw and then turn the diameter of the head to match the width of the T slot on my table. The round locator has some advantages- by removing one locator you can rotate the part around and set angles. With a little geometry, by measuring the center distance between the table slots, you can drill and tap a series of holes in your part so that by moving one of the cap screws to different locations the part will set to some common angles- 15-30-45-60 etc.
K,K &H, sensational effort as always and the outcome - I'd say better than a bought one! 'Little things' like Kurtis using the mill to mark the cutting lines always catch my attention - what a smart use of the information that you have already put into the machine. Thank you 👍
The precision of this blocks blow my mind, well like I said before having the right tool for any given job makes all the difference, and if you do not have it, make it....Javi G.
As a professional woodworker of over 40 years. I could make them out of wood. There is a big difference in making them out of steel and to the tolerance you work to. I have always wanted to try turning wood. And now I would like to try using a lathe after watching your videos. A good friend used to be a tool maker. He was good on a lathe. He used to make the patterns, or whatever you call them, from which they produced Hornby model trains. He used to do a lot of spark erosion jobs. Haven't seen you do any of them yet. You can create some interesting shapes. Probably all done by CNC machines these days. Enjoying your videos a lot.
Your SMT videos are great. I especially like how you explain how the tool is different than industry standard and why something different is necessary for you. Keep em coming !
With out using Google I am going to give it a shot ( Hello Kurtis three wonderful and interesting videos you are a master of ... good week end. Tell me how I did?
@@emiliosolis5056 Wish youtube had a "translate this" button. I can muddle through the french, but the polish comment earlier, and sometimes other languages, just make me pull up translate myself.
Very nice V-Blocks you have there Mate! And, of course, it's always best when YOU made them - feels good inside, don't it? Of those I follow on YT, there is only one that can keep up with you and he's here in Texas, but he works in a different environment and is an exceptional welder /fabricator. Thus, watching you work is apples and he is oranges, but the outcome for me is invigorating, refreshing and sometimes surprising, but always entertaining. Just love you all's interactions with Homey - he is wonderful and so happy. He enjoys being with you and Karen - and it shows. Of course, we all enjoy his antics as well, at least I do. Karen, another perfect job behind the camera and editing it on computer. Kurtis is a very lucky man, Blessed in so many ways, and you are too! Keep 'em coming folks, we love living vicariously through your content and wish we could visit before our time is up. Take care!
That milling machine sure is useful. You can even use it as a precision drill press! Those spiral machine taps are interesting the way they work, not needing to be turned backwards to break the waste like hand taps. Those vee blocks are so much better than the junk you can spend a fortune on that take ages to set up. You'll save so much time with the efficiency of your shop made vee blocks that you'll be able to do work so much faster. Excellent idea and implementation.
Inspirational work once again from the Engineering Master. I'm now trying to make a plan how to fashion V blocks from MDF in a kitchen installation environment in case I need them.... emulation at it's best !!!
I've been waiting all week for the CEE team. I have probably re watched 30+ of your vids this week. ( That's the ups side of not being able to sleep ). Keep the great content coming, I hope you gett a couple of days R and R during the festive session.
I so agree with having the key in the bottom, everything I do for my home mill I put a key on the bottom. Last thing I made was a tail stock for my indexer and having keys on both makes so much difference in setup, its almost a pleasure to swap over tooling. A key on the bottom of the mill vice would be nice but I dont think I am capable of getting it good enough so maybe I'll leave that. Always enjoy your videos making stuff so far outside the stuff I do, You work on a digger and I work on Dinky toys :)
Hey everyone thanks for watching todays video, always good to get another project off the list! Now that you've seen how these are made, who would have a go at making a set?! 😎👍
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I would give making any tool a go. Selfmade tools rock 😁
Being a ex-toolmaker, been there done a hole lot more, nothing better than doing " foreign orders " 😆😆😆
Must have been 2 weeks since you greased that drill press. Bearings are screaming for that 10 cents worth of grease.
@@stevenliberadzki9160 been about 3 days since I greased it 😂
DONT FORGET KURTIS SLIDE IT ON SLIDE IT OF . LOOK ARFTER YOUR BED ON YOUR MACHINE. HI OZEY GIRL AND HOMELESS. KURTIS GET YOUR ARSE BACK TO WORK. AND ENTERTAIN ME . 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣⚘⚘⚘
Can we just all take a minute and applaud Karen. That opening monologue was seamless! I'd like to think Kurtis did it all in one, but you know, this ain't my first rodeo 😅😅😅
haha thank you! Every now and then I like to go back and watch the revolving tailstock video when Kurtis first started talking just to see how far we've both come with making videos 😂👍
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering A long way. A long way for sure and in a very short amount of time. All three of you are getting better at it by the episode. Karen at making videos, Kurtis at not paying the swear jar every two other sentences and Homey at tearing open packages like a professional unboxer on his tenth year of video making. Chef's kiss.
The old saying, “if you want something done right…” definitely applies here. Nice job, Kurtis. And nice job, Karen, too!
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering
HaHa I watched that yesterday while looking for when u let Curtis have his first lines, and he’s ballsed them up ever since 🤣😂. Makes for a bloody good viewing Karen 👍✌️❤️&🍀 too u both from the land of the Pom 😂👍🇬🇧
Karen is a true gem! She's exceptionally talented with the video camera, knows how to hold the audience's attention and to keep the whole process moving ahead and consistent. BRAVA!
I love watching a flycutter work
Any service provider that is concerned with saving his customers money (shop time) should be rewarded with their business. Over time Kurtis has demonstrated that he’s all about making that customer’s job move through his shop faster and therefore with less expense. If I had any machinery is Australia I’d make it a priority to bring my equipment to Kurtis and hope he’d have time to work it in. Kurtis is a rare individual in a sea of operators that are more prone to pad the bill than to be honest with their customers. Australia is fortunate to have him. He shines a positive light on Australia.
This is the most wholesome channel on the internet.... and also big machines go brrrr.
I love how kurtis makes his own tools which turn out too be far superior and cheaper than the stuff you can buy in shop. Very smart guy!!
thanks mate, some of the best tools have definitely been shop made
"You either have a wallet or you have talent." Words my mentor told me. Most of his shop was self made tools. All of them were above grade, some far better than swiss made equivalent (which at the time when he'd made them, were the top of the world, nowadays, you can find good quality just about everywhere, if you look carefully enough).
@@aserta Except for China and Pakistan.
@@markfryer9880 I don't know about Pakistan, but China is a really big place, you can find just about anything there if you look long enough. Sure they make the cheap crap, but they also make a whole lot of high-quality stuff.
i mean yeah, anything you can custom make is probably gonna be better then the mass produced stuff
Aaaah yeah. The satisfaction of NOT seeing the dial move makes being a machinist worth it EVERY time. Nice job mate
As soon as I saw homey running in that field I felt a smile spread across my face.
This channel is brilliant…..!
Big shoutout to the amazing cinematography in these videos, which is part of what makes them mesmerising
Thank you very much
Her audio work is great now too.
Absolutely the best!
Just love it Kurtis when you make shop made tooling, always "go big or go home".
Watching Kurtis make a straighter cut with an angle grinder than I could make with a CAD/CAM... priceless💯
@robbfisher2876 - agreed. Kurtis drinks that "calming" coffee.
How straight and flat he made them effortlessly is just ridiculous. 😮
@@joso5554 - agreed.
... and stopping each time at the exact spot that prevents falling while enables just picking it off as a cherry ....
I was pretty impressed by using a center drill as a scriber. Gonna have to put that trick in my playbook.
All I can say is all of you, Kurtis, Karen and Homeless are awesome!!! Each very, very, skilled in each respective profession!!
That cut groove with a starter drill was golden❤️👍
Your house-made tool videos have been my favorites! Although I am no machinist, my father taught me 40-ish years ago that "if you don't have the right tool - make it!" My mechanic's tool box has an entire drawer dedicated to Frankenstine tools. Some of them only got used once - but they got the job done!
Cheers mate! Glad you're enjoying our videos! Thanks so much for the support 😊👍
Amen...like a throw out spring depression lever for the fingers to open and remove short trans axle . SAAB 900TURBO clutch plate replacement job...
No tool, no job. No joke.
We had to put our dog down today so it was a bit tough watching the old safety officer doing his thing, saddest bloody day of my life and Im 67. Curtis, I'm pleased you have to make a lot of your tools as it always gives me ideas for my own shop and your comment about not machining surfaces is so practical, I think I need to take notice as so much time can be lost doing the unnecessary. Karen, your video quality is really awesome. Have a good weekend
Sorry to hear about you pup I put my forth one down a couple of years ago and decided not to get another hurts to much and I did not want to outlive it.
Sorry for your loss 😪
Thanks for this; it's always good to watch a bloke who knows what he's doing.
So satisfying watching a good machinist do great work. I always appreciate seeing Kurtis take the time to break every sharp edge and corner, knowing that these parts will be put to good use and sharp edges / corners are nothing but a liability. I still have the scar on my wrist that reminds me frequently what happens when a machinist doesn't take the time to do this.
Thanks Kurtis for accidently giving me a great idea. As a handyman that needs to make a lot of precision cuts on different materials I've started using the metric system to measure and cut my materials. The best part is that it's incredible accurate and amazingly simpler to use than the imperial system. Thank You.
Hey mate, great to see our videos getting the ideas rolling! Cheers for watching! 😀👍
There are still 3 developing countries in the world using imperials. Libera, Myanmar and USA.
Nothing makes you happier than CEE Friday and seeing Homey just being, well Homey. 2 Huskies and 1 fan watching from the US.
Hey mate! Thanks for watching over there with your doggos 🐾😍
@Bijiont same here from nw Ohio, US, with my 2 Black Mouth Cur.
Hi Curtis. This shop made tool is pretty cook. I don't do what you do, but something like this would really help me my small shop. I just do light machining when I'm home from the Ekati Diamond mine. We have one of your mates working with us that. He's are drill doctor and I have to say he is the best drill doctor I have ever had work on are drill at site. Tell your wife, great job on all the behind seen work too. Take care and be safe. Thomas, All the way from Canada EH! lol
20-30 years ago to be a good machinist you went to school, and if you got really lucky you ended up working under an old greybeard who had been doing it for most of their life. you learn a lot of little tricks and practices they just dont/cant teach you in school.
now adays we just come on youtube and watch masters at work and pick up those cool little tricks. it really is incredible.
Hi Kurtis and Karen 😊 great result mate, v blocks for life, so heavy duty, the through bolts to T nuts solid as a rock, and they need to be for those heavy pins. Loved the outakes Karen, I'm sure your pulling faces behind the camera to put him off, priceless,lol. Cheers guys, stay safe, enjoy your wkend, best wishe's, Stuart Uk.
Said it before and I'll say it again, Kurtis is one machine shop genius and Karen is a fantastic camera woman, editor as well as supremely patient. 🤣🤣
Mother Teresa couldn't hold a candle to Karen. 👍
Well said, sir!
I always wonder how many chips she’s picking out of her clothes doing all the filming, mostly handheld.
Kurtis is amazing.
No bullshit, no talking too much.
Sensible ideas and common sense.
A recipe for success and it shows.
P.S. Karen is super amazing :D
Hey Daniel, thanks so much for the support mate! Cheers, Kurtis & Karen 😊
I would suggest you drill and tap a couple of holes on each of the V blocks, so you can use it for a positioning end-stop when you're doing repeating parts. Use a piece of scrap and a couple of bolts to cap off the end of one v-block. I was amazed by the surface finish left by the boring head, never expected that! Great Job!
75 years old now, taught fabrication & welding in NSW TAFE during the 80’s and 90’s. Love your work, and a credit to your partner for her visual skills.
I think Karen made these blocks and Curtis is taking the credit. Love, health and respect from Scotland UK.
Good video to watch while getting a 2:00am chemo treatment. Thanks for posting. Never miss a video
Hey mate we hope your treatment goes well and you are back to full health soon!
2008 I spent 15 days in the hospital, all that I could do was sleep & hurt. Didn’t take very long to get real boring. Thank y’all. Have a good day
Great V Blocks!
Love the Bloopers & Outakes at the end .. takes me back to my childhood in the 70's when it was usually worth staying past the credits at the movie theater!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Hey Paul, glad the videos provide a bit of nostalgia for ya! Cheers for watching!
Gday Kurtis and Karen, these vee blocks will pay for themselves in no time, i don’t have any so this is something I should look at making for the Cincinnati, you got me thinking now, the boring head fly cutter worked a treat as well, super smooth finish, awesome job as always mate, have a great weekend, cheers
Hey mate, yeah now i'm actually looking forward to the next batch of big pins I need to make 😂 That fly cutter was actually taking a decent cut, handled it well! Chat soon, enjoy your weekend Matty 👍
Adapt, improvise and make things better. This is a very good example :)
Cheers mate! Glad you're enjoying our videos! Thanks so much for the support 😊👍
Somehow you guys always manage to pull a Crocodile Dundee when making your own tools. „Thats not a V-block, THIS is a V-block!“
Machinist Dundee 😂 I will have to get Kurtis to use that saying in a video.
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Right in the intro. "You think that's a fly cutter? That's not a fly cutter. THIS is a fly cutter. And today we'll show you how, and why we made it"
They are bigger up in Queensland!
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering mach dundee at your service :P
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering He needs to wear some snakeskin boots and a few croc teeth round his hat too. Fair dinkum?
Loved it.. So awesome.. You should make more and market them.. I am a master carpenter by trade (retired) I used to make lots of reusable jigs for the table saw and miter saw, I made several and marked them for other wood workers and I sold hundreds of them and made lots of extra cash, enough so that I built a second shop where I had 4 skilled carpenters just building those jigs..
Like you know, the more work you do in your profession the more you know what will work and what won't, also you learn lots of tricks and make tons of jigs to make it easier to do setups and do your job better.. Sorry about rambling on.. Thank you for sharing...
The best part was watching the dial indicator hardly move at all as it slid down the test cylinder. is precision work. Well done.
Curtis, been a viewer for a while. I actually started working in a CNC shop in June. You're a big inspiration to me and I hope to be as good as you are.
33:45 For fellow American machinists, .01 of a mm is .0004 of an inch. The set ups I run are within .0005 inch, as that is the scale on the dial indicator I use. A human hair is, according to a quick google search, .001 inch. The accuracy on display is awesome.
Hey mate, wow that is awesome! congrats on the new job! I know you'll crush it.
Best engineering/machining channel on UA-cam. It's real world stuff, done to the best standards, and the videos are awesomely produced. Loved this one, if you can't tell!
Totally agree
Man, I dunno... Jason at Fireball Tool engineers some bada$$ stuff. And he would have made V blocks that Kurtis would have loved, I bet.
Definitely telling when their YT Channel is posted in remarks of others to go and learn from him. And, I'm starting to see his channel more and more, so people ARE coming over to learn and watch!! I think it's great!!!!
Kurtis I like the Sound of the rain in the background...and your bloopers are always funny....Thanks. 😅🤣😂
Cheers mate! Glad you're enjoying our videos! Thanks so much for the support 😊👍
Most excellent. Making your own custom tools is far better than store bought. Stay safe and we'll see you next week.
Agreed mate, and very satisfying being able to use tooling that you've made
When I started my apprenticeship as a Jig Borer and Spark Eroder back in 1979, one of the first things, we did was make our own V Blocks and custom clamps... I still have them today...
Doesn't matter what's in the tool catalogue you still can't beat making your own tools.
Fantastic video... Greetings from the UK.
Fit for purpose are words to live by in a machine shop or just about any other situation you care to mention. Well done, Kurtis! Retired computer programmer here who appreciates proper work and FROWNS upon crappy efforts.
We’ve got 3 sets of v blocks for my machine at work. I’ve had a 9ton bar on the biggest set. Fun stuff. 😂
Hey mate! Nice one 😎 Thanks so much for watching!
While your work machining the v-blocks is outstanding as usual I am very impressed with the shop that cut the blocks. The fact that you were able to match both parts with 'clean-up cuts" rather than needing to hog away 1/2" or more is a great supplier indeed.
That's how us creative folks roll. When you don't have a tool for the current ones are junk, sometimes it's just easier to make your own. Most of the time it's a lot cheaper and better quality also. I have my grandfather's toolbox and there is one drawer with modified wrenches. Regular wrenches that have been bent, shortened or lengthened, or had a piece cut out and bent around and welded back together so they are the right angle to reach around somewhere.
The fact that I just watched a pair of v-blocks being made beginning to end is a credit to both the master craftspeople responsible for this vid. Yeah, I said it - people
Thank you! We both appreciate it 👍
"Check the spacing of the T-slots on your table - if you don't you may have a job that doesn't fit..."
I bet that was a lesson hard-learned!
Amazing tools - amazing skills - amazings videos - I've never worked in a machine shop in my life and yet I find this channel endlessly fascinating. Cheers from a fan from Canada!
Greeting vom Germany
Love your skills
Nicely done
thanks for watching you say I Say Thanks For Shearing cos from this i wen and made a set for my mill but on a much smaller scale Cheers
To watch you work on these home made tools shows there’s more to it than just tool skill, could go so far as to say there’s a artistic talent here, and the way you could only just hide your grin at the end when the gauge didn’t move , you knew you’d done well, pleasure to watch a craftsman at his work
Your technique looks excellent, I was always something of a natural at metalwork at school, (my dad was a toolmaker, genetics?) but since they didn't have the facilities to educate all of us my name was drawn out of a hat and I never got to progress past the 2nd year.
I later learned a load of engineering theory at college but have never learned anything worth mentioning about actually using machines.
Now at the age of 60 I've obtained a few machines, (just cheap Chinese, 'crap') and am making some stuff and enjoying it greatly.
Your videos have been an absolute boon.
Thanks for taking the trouble to make them, it's truly appreciated.
Best wishes to you and your, 'Sheila', and of course the Mutt!
Love the split screen bits, don’t recall seeing that much before.
Thanks for the feedback! Glad you liked it 😁
The way you take time to read and reply to so many comments is nothing short of astonishing nobody does that. You have my full respect if that means anything to you. Cheers.
hey mate, we enjoy reading the comments it's definitely motivating and good to see feedback or suggestions from viewer and we reckon if our viewers are taking time to watch & comment we can do the same 😁👍
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering you are both awesome people. And homie is one majestic pooch.
Always nice to see you investing in your business via new tooling to make the work better, more convenient and time saving. Good business practice.
Absolutely! Thanks so much for watching mate appreciate it! 😎
Every single video I learn something new. Thank you Kurtis for showing us the CORRECT way of doing a project and thank you Kurtis and Karen for all that you do. You guys make a great team. Love watching your videos !!! Andrew 🥳
I really like how you stop the power tapping and do it manually. I don't know how many taps I had to burn out back in the day!!
Have a great weekend Kurtis, Karen and Homless you make Friday night that much better, never gets old and really appreciate the in-depth explanations and details 🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hey mate thanks for taking time to watch and give a comment we apprecite it!
You mean Friday morning (in England).
Biggest perk of this work is the satisfaction. Making things that last is very fulfilling.
I found this incredibly therapeutic. The cuts between the machining steps were seamless. I have no exposure to heavy machining in my life, but these are really enjoyable videos.
I love the sound of loosening and tightening nuts and bolts
Morning Kurtis, I'm sitting in a wood, in the dark, waiting to fix a truck based cherry picker, you are the thing to watch
Have a great weekend.
Richard 🇬🇧
hey mate sounds like a good way to spend time waiting 😂👍
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering could be worse i suppose, I left at 3am to get here and they have just turned up, i have an idea for a puller you might like, when i get a minute I'll draw it out and if it's an idea that will work, it's yours. Regards Richard
Sometimes I watch past viewed videos just to relax. This randomly selected one is perfect, Great videography, well spoken, and wonderful design.
And thanks Karen too for his great job at filming, always good angles, no shaking, etc...Gratz to both of you !
Thank you team . Perfect videography and machining. That milling machine is a dream .wow. Homeless is such a handsome boy.❤❤❤
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morning CEE, It's funny. Vblocks are so common in the shop that you normally don't give them a lot of thought, but then, most of us are not working with material of the size and weight you are! Interesting and as usual superbly shot and edited. Great way to spend an hour at 4AM. Have a great weekend.
Found this very informative ..For those of us that don't have a lot of knowledge within your field of expertise im sure this will make your work life a lot easier.
Nice setup. Well done and thought out. Should give you a lifetime of quick setups!
cheers mate, i'm looking forward to the next batch of pins now 😂👍
Kurtis Is the best machinist I have come across and has given me some great ideas! Thanks for all the videos you, Karen and Homeless do!
You guys just feel more like family every video!! To be so far away you guys just create such a warm friendly environment it's like stopping by for an educational, fun, entertaining quality visit. Love you guys tell Machinist Dundee I said hello! Gday Mates!
A first class machinists and businessman we used to have lots like him in the UK but not any more
Great to see that you are making your own tools for your work i think that the more business do this makes more sense to me
some of the best tools are shop made!
Problem is, most firms would just go out and purchase the tool then pop the cost of the tool onto the customer, then end up with the tool for free. I admire Kurtis's honesty.
@@chattonlad9382 The cost of tools may be covered in the overhead. Not sure how this is handled.
Kurtis,you must be very proud when you look at some of the objects that you make,I have been watching quite a few of your videos,you are a true craftsman !
I had to stop watching a live stream to watch these awesome vee blocks get made. Well done guys this was a phenomenol episode
I very much enjoy your videos of making the special tools for the work others might find too challenging. Make your shop special.
Love your attitude, of If I can't buy what I need, I'm gonna make it myself.
some of the best tools are shop made 👍
For locating keys, I like a simpler method- I drill and tap the part for a socket head cap screw and then turn the diameter of the head to match the width of the T slot on my table. The round locator has some advantages- by removing one locator you can rotate the part around and set angles. With a little geometry, by measuring the center distance between the table slots, you can drill and tap a series of holes in your part so that by moving one of the cap screws to different locations the part will set to some common angles- 15-30-45-60 etc.
K,K &H, sensational effort as always and the outcome - I'd say better than a bought one! 'Little things' like Kurtis using the mill to mark the cutting lines always catch my attention - what a smart use of the information that you have already put into the machine. Thank you 👍
The precision of this blocks blow my mind, well like I said before having the right tool for any given job makes all the difference, and if you do not have it, make it....Javi G.
Every good episode starts a with a good pup, err.. i mean, shop supervisor!
i really enjoy watching true craftsmen/women at work !!!!!
I love how you can make what you need. no one makes what I'm looking for fine I will just make it....
As a professional woodworker of over 40 years. I could make them out of wood. There is a big difference in making them out of steel and to the tolerance you work to. I have always wanted to try turning wood. And now I would like to try using a lathe after watching your videos. A good friend used to be a tool maker. He was good on a lathe. He used to make the patterns, or whatever you call them, from which they produced Hornby model trains. He used to do a lot of spark erosion jobs. Haven't seen you do any of them yet. You can create some interesting shapes. Probably all done by CNC machines these days. Enjoying your videos a lot.
Your SMT videos are great. I especially like how you explain how the tool is different than industry standard and why something different is necessary for you. Keep em coming !
cheers mate thanks for watching & commenting
The outtakes are pure gold!
Merci Kurtis toujours de très belles vidéos intéressantes tu es un maître dans ton travail. Bon WE à tous
With out using Google I am going to give it a shot ( Hello Kurtis three wonderful and interesting videos you are a master of ... good week end. Tell me how I did?
@@emiliosolis5056 Wish youtube had a "translate this" button. I can muddle through the french, but the polish comment earlier, and sometimes other languages, just make me pull up translate myself.
There is something extremely satisfying about making your own tools and fixtures. It's the reason I got into the tool & and die business 40 years ago.
Sometimes you just can't buy off the shelf, and at least they are custom made to suit your application. Nice work and well worth the time amd effort.
Cheers mate I'm looking forward to the next batch of big pins now 😂👍
Very nice V-Blocks you have there Mate! And, of course, it's always best when YOU made them - feels good inside, don't it? Of those I follow on YT, there is only one that can keep up with you and he's here in Texas, but he works in a different environment and is an exceptional welder /fabricator. Thus, watching you work is apples and he is oranges, but the outcome for me is invigorating, refreshing and sometimes surprising, but always entertaining. Just love you all's interactions with Homey - he is wonderful and so happy. He enjoys being with you and Karen - and it shows. Of course, we all enjoy his antics as well, at least I do.
Karen, another perfect job behind the camera and editing it on computer. Kurtis is a very lucky man, Blessed in so many ways, and you are too!
Keep 'em coming folks, we love living vicariously through your content and wish we could visit before our time is up. Take care!
Thanks for the idea. This will scale down nicely for my Sherline.
Hey mate, great to see our videos getting the ideas rolling! Cheers for watching! 😀👍
That's the way to go, "custom" made for your liking! Hello from the State of Texas too!
Yes! Always satisfying to make and use your own tools 👍
That milling machine sure is useful. You can even use it as a precision drill press! Those spiral machine taps are interesting the way they work, not needing to be turned backwards to break the waste like hand taps.
Those vee blocks are so much better than the junk you can spend a fortune on that take ages to set up. You'll save so much time with the efficiency of your shop made vee blocks that you'll be able to do work so much faster. Excellent idea and implementation.
Inspirational work once again from the Engineering Master. I'm now trying to make a plan how to fashion V blocks from MDF in a kitchen installation environment in case I need them.... emulation at it's best !!!
I was glad to see you avoided the "age old process of cuttin air" to kill some time.... Nice work Kurtis!!!!~
Cheers mate! Glad you're enjoying our videos! Thanks so much for the support 😊👍
Shop made tools and fixtures! Got my sweet tea and pork rinds. Let the good times run.
Nice one mate, enjoy!
I enjoy watching your repairs ,Making new tools is enjoyable too , THANK YOU SIR …..
.01mm is equivalent to .00039in over here in Banana Land 😁🤓 Awsome job Feller and Fellett
thanks for the conversion 😂👍
29:00 can we all just take a minute and look at the finish he got with a makeshift setup? This is amazing to watch. Cheers!
Cheers mate! Glad you're enjoying our videos! Thanks so much for the support 😊👍
I've been waiting all week for the CEE team. I have probably re watched 30+ of your vids this week. ( That's the ups side of not being able to sleep ). Keep the great content coming, I hope you gett a couple of days R and R during the festive session.
hey mate thanks for taking time to re-watch our vids! We're looking forward to a good few days of downtime!
ABSOLUTELY love when shop tool are made
I so agree with having the key in the bottom, everything I do for my home mill I put a key on the bottom. Last thing I made was a tail stock for my indexer and having keys on both makes so much difference in setup, its almost a pleasure to swap over tooling. A key on the bottom of the mill vice would be nice but I dont think I am capable of getting it good enough so maybe I'll leave that. Always enjoy your videos making stuff so far outside the stuff I do, You work on a digger and I work on Dinky toys :)
the key on these v-blocks is definitely a winner!
Try putting the key in the jaws and then machining , just make sure to align the key to one side of the slot if it’s a soppy fit.
Rance here. Karen & Kurtis….A true matched pair! What wonderful enjoyable videos. Both of you are experts in the making of the videos !
Cheers mate! Glad you're enjoying our videos! Thanks so much for the support 😊👍