Hey everyone, I had a terrible time with editing this video and wasn't able to put any extra info captions (tooling, feeds, speeds etc) 😩🥴 so if you want to know anything just drop us a comment and we will do our best to answer! Cheers, Karen 😄 Grab your CEE merch from our shop: www.ceeshop.com.au Follow us online here 👇🤳 TikTok: vt.tiktok.com/ZSdax3gNQ/ Instagram: instagram.com/cutting_edge_engineering Facebook: facebook.com/cuttingedgeengineeringaustralia/
Awesome craftsmanship and design. Love your custom made parts. They remind me of giant BMC British Leyland flywheel pullers. I see your sporting some new work boots Kurtis Would love to see a video on Karen's brief hints tips and filming techniques to produce a CEE video Been waiting for a Friday video and this lifts the mood. We lost our head of state HRH Queen Elizabeth II 🇬🇧🇦🇺
By the way I have a 13-year-old daughter that has taken a huge interest in your channel instead of watching art channels on UA-cam she's watching cutting edge engineering win-win for me
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering indeed entirely my pleasure after 20 years in fleet maintenance as a mechanic working on construction and forestry equipment it took your channel to have her start asking me questions about my experience
Keep in mind this is a common shop tool. A tool that will see years of work doing pretty mundane but accurate cuts and boring. Yet despite all that it looks like a piece of art. Absolutely brilliant workmanship Kurtis. Also a smashingly great job by the videographer and editor. Brilliant work Ms. Karen as well. Lets not forget the safety officers presentation on how to properly destroy rubber pigs and move dog beds. Short and to the point and no on the job injuries or OSHA violations. Everyone on the payroll at this company deserves a raise. Keep these great videos coming folks.......Cheers from Texas
10 correct ways to do a job ------- choose one! Just get it done 👍 Always someone thinks they know best,,,, they don't, just saying. George from Indiana. USA
One thing came to mind when I saw this video, a piece of advice from the owner of a machine shop: keep it simple. It is so easy to overthink and over complicate things so it takes longer to set up than necesary. Time that could be used to be productive. Nice work Kurtis. You made what you need not what everybody else thinks you need.
Kurtis, Karen and Homey...WE REALLY APPRECIATE AND LOVE YOU GUYS!!! Thank you for all you do. This channel is the epitome of what UA-cam should be! This is true brain food, seeing a Master at work, on point content delivery and structure. You know the videos are excellent when a 40+ minute video finishes too fast with your eyes glued to the screen throughout. Your videos even evoke emotions: satisfying feeling of knowing a job is done properly to quell the OCD by a person who is a perfectionist and that feeling of accomplishment and joy.
I concur 100% with all positive comments below. Please don't ever think there is a comment you want to make but feel it is not necessary for whatever reason. We all would like to hear it. Thanks for it all. Side Note: I get a big kick watching Homey destroy his toys. Excellent strengthening exercise for him.
By far my favorite videos are the shop upgrade and shop made tools. It's really a glimpse into your experience and thought process. You are definitely a genius when it comes to improvising solutions to make your life and work easier.
I’ve learned just enough about video editing to recognize and appreciate the effort to clip together time lapse and every segment into a logical progression and tell the story to educate and entertain. Good on ya Karen !
That was amazing. People running multi-million dollar companies oftentimes have trouble changing light bulbs. Whatever you're getting paid, it isn't enough. You have to think of SO MANY different variables all at the same time to accomplish just one portion of that job. The entire job with all of the different machines & tools...WOW!!! Also, the video editing was spectacular...thanks for shortening each iteration of each part.
Quality craftsmanship, should serve you well for years. My Grandfather was a "Toolmaker" by profession and your videos remind me how beautiful engineering and machining can be. Thanks. 😀
My dad spent many years as a tool maker, tool and dye maker and eventually became a pattern designer. My early years were spent saying hi to a man who smelled like cutting oil lol. As I watch you work, I often remember that distinctive smell of cutting oil. Great work Kurtis, Karen and Homeless on that squeaky toy. Bell well. 🥰
I watch your UA-cam channel religiously and I am also a machinist (Haas VF-6 currently). I work for my families business here in Florida. All I wanted to say is your truly an inspiration to everyone to go out and start making chips of their own! I hope all your wishes and dreams come true for you and your family, you are truly one of a kind!!
I love the "My money, My workshop" comment. Practical and purposeful tool that makes your life easier. Thanks again for sharing and inspiring me and the rest of your followers.
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering I think it’s time to play Sean Money’s The Man Song. If you haven’t heard it, I highly encourage it! And he made The Woman Song as well 😉
I’m late to your channel & I’m aware this vid is a couple of years old now. But despite the cost saved & the practical applications of all the tooling you build. Your eye for detail & the shear quality of your workmanship is simply outstanding & such a pleasure to watch. I’m not in the trade myself, but I do understand what you do & admire your skills & ethic. Thanks to you & Karen for all the work you both put in to posting these for us. My respect & admiration to you both. P.s. thanks to you too Homie. You’re one cool ombré.
Karen, your story telling and editing skills keep improving (great to amazing to professional). Kurtis, you are given a piece of stock and in your mind, you visualize what it will look like and each of the steps and Machining required to make it happen. Few people have that kind of mind. It is enjoyable to watch and Karen is great at telling your story. Thanks for the videos.
Your engineering acumen is astounding Curtis! Almost every video, I find myself asking "I wonder why he's doing it that way?" at least once. Every single time I quickly come to the realization why your way would work 10x better than whatever first came to my mind. Keep up the great work, I can't begin to describe how much I've learned and continue to learn from you!
What a joy to watch! I found a definition of a craftsman "is an artist or someone who is extremely skilled at a trade or an art or craft" - You nailed it Kurtis. Thank you Karen for your hard work and Homey for just being Homey. Cheers 👍
I have not been on or near a lathe or mill since I left school 42 yrs ago. I just really enjoy watching your vids all them, when you make something it adds a different dimension to the vids, keep up the great work, it's all excellent.
I was watching away, interested and comprehending what kurtis was doing and saying. Then you cut away to homey and i felt a smile spread across my face.
On a dark day, it was good to watch an engineer at work. You have the rare talents of being able to problem solve, design and build a solution, and then explain what you are doing to the rest of us. Thanks Kurtis and Karen.
After the first video I saw from this channel : Wow. What a lot of toys he's got ! I wish I had even half as many ! Now : Wow ! What a lot of skills, knowledge, commitment & planning he's got ! I wish I had another beer !
What I found most fascinating in watching this was the education about reference surfaces and the order in which they are created while manufacturing a tool. It was fun having my preconceived notions of when to do what, "corrected".
You are a perfectionist! A rare find in a day of "can't see it from my house". It is no wonder that you are buried in work. I look forward every week to your videos. Kudos to Karen for her fantastic skills in putting these videos together.
Hallo Curtis es macht soviel Spaß Deine Videos zu sehen , sie sind sehr Lehrreich und einfach nur gut gemacht vielen Dank dafür und liebe Grüße aus Berlin.😎💪👍
Love the Kurtis Zen moments at the end, Karen is really excelling at the video and editing. Thank you guys, have a great weekend and open a tinny for us cold, wet and soon to be bankrupt pommies.
I was just thinking it when you said there are 10 different ways of making these. But, none would have looked or functioned as well. Absolute perfection. You are a Master.
Thanks guys.. Kurtis cares enough about the final product to make these machines work perfect for the jobs. The outtakes are great and the neckbeard is coming in nice.
Once again, a very vivid description of the problem and your approach to a solution. Somehow you always manage to dumb it down to a certain level where people without any mechanical background understand what's going on - and you do that without being condescending or "lecturing" in the slightest. The new mounts look great, I am curious as to how they fare in the future. As usual, a great weekend to gang here!
Seeing you stick the nozzle for the flood coolant wand into the back of the boring bar reminded me of a setup a good friend of mine uses. He has treaded the back end of all his boring bars that he uses internal flood cooling and installed a male quick disconnect fitting. On his flood cooling pipe stand he installed a T fitting and a female quick disconnect fitting and a cutoff valve to the flood cooling wand. Lastly he has a couple feet of flexible hose with a male and female quick disconnect fitting on it. When he uses his boring bars and wants to use the internal flood cooling he hooks up the flexible hose and shuts the valve to the food cooling wand. One last thing he has done on his largest boring bar is taped the holes at the cutting tool end of the bar and installed large carburetor jets from a Holley carburetor so to spay the coolant in a more controlled pattern.
JUST LOVE SHOP TOOL DAYS get so much out of these days thanks and if you did miss out on a bit with editing i was over it before it began great work guys
It's always awesome to watch Kurtis make things for the shop. Shows how great of an engineer he really is. I would pay to take up an hour of his time and gain any knowledge I could! And Karen, the video was great! Keep up the great work to both of you!
God might actually offer her a seat on his gambling table somewhere between Jimi and the Duke of Edinburgh, after her doing so extremely well all these decades in a row .....
I have been watching a guy build a big ol' barn and he shows installing just about every piece of tin. It really makes me appreciate that you didn't show every step in make all 12 of those stand-offs.
Making custom mounts or tooling is part of the deal and one of the enjoyable parts of the job. I have built many custom mounts for my Climax boring rig in the past 25 years. Many of those mounts were to accommodate the facing operations or attaching to weird shapes. As always Kurtis, well done and well thought out tooling. Cheers
There appears to be plenty of flexibility in the mounting capability built in without compromising the rigidity required for the machine to function correctly!
Karen, no worries about editing--the vid was fine without captions, and after last week's video, I was more interested in how many hours the job took. It must be a rare day when you can carve out time for a project! Really great work Kurtis, the parts look like OEM! It is always nice to see you guys have a laugh while you work. Homey had a good time tearing that pig up, EPIC!
@@daveschroedersworkshop4479 - OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer. So, since these were not made by the factory that made the line borer, they are not OEM.
Also: Kurtis, thank you for sharing the way you deal with some of your more challenging work, I admire your resilience and persistence. I know I would have been close to tears, if not giving completely into being a mess, from several of those obstacles. Good job and kudos for dealing with it the way you do.
Shop-made tools are worth every penny of cost and second of time it takes to make them well. You can make them to suit what you're seeing for problems, and they'll serve for years. I'm not a machinist, and never will be, but I've made plenty of special tools for jobs we were seeing all the time. Never regretted a second of the time it cost me, because the jobs went quicker and more efficiently with the tools, than without. Thanks for this!
Wish you were around when I was building motorcycle, but now I'm an old fart, but love seeing good work, and simple tool upgrades are the best ,and yours look better than factory products, keep up your standards 👍👍
Homey, I don’t know if you understand what a an amazing engineer and machinist your dad is! Also, what a great director and editor your Mum is. Either way you need to give both of them lots and Hugs, licks and Love. Take it easy on the toys. At the rate you tear them apart your eating into the profits. Love the outtakes, it adds the reality of how hard it its to do the job and make these fantastic videos. Thanks Dave
Might be a centre line defect, ref refractory material stuck in the first bar, also known as a "Piping defect", but only a guess?. Nice design and build, "Built, not Bought". Great work and video both. Thanks for sharing. Best regards John from the Black Country UK 🇬🇧. God bless the Queen.
Hey John, yeah not too sure what was the issue with the bar maybe a hard spot in that section or bad batch. God bless the Queen and now God save the King!
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Hi Kurtis, probably a hundred tonne of that batch in the country, only gets noticed you drill on its centre maybe?. Tara a bit. John
If I remember correctly 4140 is known as a air harden metal. Meaning if you get it slightly to hot in the process if hardens to the point of being impossible. Now don't quote me as I don't know for sure.
I like and agree 100% with the statement that it is my money my shop so I made it my way. That is the sign of experience showing through. Super job well done.
Watching the versatility and usefulness of a lathe never fails to amaze. They say a tool is only as good as its operator, and a good tool with a good operator is a beautiful thing to behold.
The quality and finish of your tooling and repair work is outstanding, Kurtis! I may not be a machinist or engineer, but when a tool is built with quality of form and function, anyone can see it. When a repair is done with "good as factory" as the standard, it's instantly recognizable. Fabulous work ethic! Will be nice to see this tool when it's done and in action. Oh, and Karen ... the video is extremely well put together! All the best to you all from Newfoundland, Canada. Love your content!
I really enjoyed watching that, I'm glad you showed every piece being done. Most people cut that out but it's always great to see esp. when you showed different angles. It's always great when the end user improves something and that was a great improvement.
I've missed CEE fix for the last couple of weeks for being poorly and ending up in hospital. I'm on the mend and back at home now and having fun running though a treasure trove missed videos of my favourite engineering videos. This one is a bonus as it have a bit of everything. Thanks Kurtis and Karen, hope Homey is doing well Best Regard Ian
I really enjoy your explanations and when you are fabricating new tools, the earth connection for welding is a true masterpiece and these extensions I have seen you make before but there is absolutely no reason why I can’t watch it again! A real joy to watch.👍😎😀
Thanks for the vid - my CEE addiction is satisfied for another week ☺ Wow! 4.5 hours to make them - that is to quote another YT channel "Very Impressive" 👍 All the best from the UK Paul
Mate your content just keeps hitting new levels of mechanical/engineering growseuity (made that Aussie word up) bloody marvellous and so instructional - thank you. Also your Mrs Cutting Edge Engineerings video shooting and editing is beyond highly professional, it’s seamless - you two ( or three ) are a formidable team- cheers
That is some nice machine work there you going to be able to do a lot bigger bores with that setup. Karen you're getting really good at producing those videos. You guys stay safe have a good weekend.
Very great job done on the tooling Curtis. Also a great decision to have all the parts NITRIDE HARDENED. Too often shop made tooling is put into service as machined and turned into nothing but battered and dinged and unusabe in short order from the use and abuse of tough jobs, wrenching, hammering ect.
First of all. Condolances for all you out there for the loss of queen elizabeth. Secondly. Its typically you to make parts to do your work the utmost way. Hats of!,
Love watching yer vids. I especially love the outtakes at the end. I am a marine mechanic by trade and have spent a lot of time cussing at my work and dropped a LOT of tools in my time (still drop them to this day)! I really enjoy the technical aspects of yer vids as well as the practicality of yer work. Don't let up on it and keep on hammering away!
Your videos are always a treat for me. I make sure I never watch them when i'm in a hurry. I always make myself a comfy bath, take a glass of red wine with me and enjoy your videos there.
I can't think of any other skilled trades where one manufactures one's own tools. As a completely non mechanical person I never cease to marvel at how skilled you are at what you do. That comment might be diminished in the eyes of those who view my lack as disqualifying me to even comment but I'm sincere. Your skills are absolutely vital for maintaining machines and tools and those tools are what keeps society running. I greatly admire your skills. My condolences to you and your fellow Australians on the passing of the Queen.
Don't have the tool/attachment ya need, as long as you have the skills & machines to do it, Ya make your own.. Over the decades I have saved thousands of Dollars making my own tools for a fraction of buying them would cost.. Cheers... Thank you for sharing..
I always feel good about making my own Tools & saving Money & this was an excellent Video about that, Filming & Editing was spot on as usual. I think Homey had a slight problem with His Pig but He did sort that out 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
That was an awesome tool making video. Great camera work Karen just as we've come to expect - yes we are spoiled. The attention to detail is absolutely phenomenal. For example, the way Kurtis wants to make sure his cap bill is aligned straight for those close up facial shots tells me he is prepping for a cover photo shoot of GQ magazine, very impressive. As a side note, we have a huge feral hog problem here in Texas and Homeless might be the solution we've been looking for. The way he can gut a pig in short order sends a message to all the remaining pigs in the area! Thanks again for all the great content!
Occasionally U.K. suppliers palm hard working machinist with crook material - plate that shatters in the guillotine or fletches like bent plywood - bar that nothing can bend and stock that Goldfingers' laser couldn't drill - have seen bar with stupid hard centre like yours and case hardened or multi layered plate in which a drill starts then stops and shears! Time was when bakers were put on a hurdle and beaten around the town for selling bread with stones included - seemed to work! Amazing work Kurtis - I'm entranced by your welding prowess!
I so very much look forward each week to your new video. I have learned so much and I just enjoy watching the process with the excellent explanations. You both are very talented, and Homey is just plain adorable. Thank you for all you do for educating and entertaining so many of us around the world.
Thanks for another wonderful video! My youngest daughter, her husband and 3 kids will be moving to Australia soon. They will be staying in Pakenham, my son-in-law will be working at an engineering business in Dandenong and the kids are going to Chairo Christian school.
Beautiful work as always! Personally, I struggle at times to make the tools or fixtures I need to make my job faster or easier. Why? Because I'm taking that time away from working on parts I'm being paid to work on. Thanks for the reminder that I need to do better with that!
Hey mate some days I just have to do after hours and overtime to get projects like this done. Or if a job gets cancelled/put on hold then I will use that scheduled time to do a project 👍
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering With your work ethic, your challenge is not to wear yourself out! When you get into your late 40's and 50's, you pay for those long days of your youth by starting your morning with a bowl of Advil cause your body hurts! Ask me how I know!! lol. Have a great weekend.
Karen, I think your video work was at its best on this one. I am a working photographer so, I know what a pain editing can be. Still amazed that this is done on cell phones. Tim in Tacoma USA
I froze a beer or two I put in the freezer, for the video tonight. Ok, I admit it, I had quite a few making sure I was in the mood for beer. Evidently, I am completely in the mood. I am retired, married to the same women for 35+ years. Staying up allows me to have a little peace until the morning... that's when I get grilled for "what were you doing up so late"? and "where the hell is all the beer". Woops! You guys are so worth it! Really be great if I lived closer to grab a pint with ya! First 6 rounds will be on me...
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering yeah that's it, I am living the dream...be great if I knew who's dream it was. My dream was multiple women, all the money I wanted and to own a bar with Ice cold beer. Turns out I am trapped with one women, I don't have much money, she spent it all and I don't own a bar... but everyone at my local knows my name so...I got that going for me...
@Cutting Edge Engineering Australia - Great teamwork on this one! I think this is the best one yet! Awesome skills and clear explanations without unnecessary "waffle" from Kurtis along with just as awesome videography and editing skills from Karen. I always look forward to the out-takes at the end as it really illustrates just how much time it takes to get a professional quality film together. Keep it up! We all love them!
i would like to bet that if you started making these Tool's you could be selling them.. your ideas for making tooling that help you with jobs is awsome.
Hey everyone, I had a terrible time with editing this video and wasn't able to put any extra info captions (tooling, feeds, speeds etc) 😩🥴 so if you want to know anything just drop us a comment and we will do our best to answer! Cheers, Karen 😄
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Hello, what are the tooling, feeds, speeds? Thanks!
Just kidding. Thanks for the upload
@@AlessioSangalli I think the tool speed depends on the time of day with the earth spin.. then I have been wrong before..
Awesome craftsmanship and design. Love your custom made parts. They remind me of giant BMC British Leyland flywheel pullers.
I see your sporting some new work boots Kurtis
Would love to see a video on Karen's brief hints tips and filming techniques to produce a CEE video
Been waiting for a Friday video and this lifts the mood. We lost our head of state HRH Queen Elizabeth II 🇬🇧🇦🇺
Great video Karen, thanks.
right, I was wondering, what all the measurements in bananas are
By the way I have a 13-year-old daughter that has taken a huge interest in your channel instead of watching art channels on UA-cam she's watching cutting edge engineering win-win for me
That's awesome mate glad she is enjoying the videos! I guess this is a type of art just with heavy machinery and metal 😎👍
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering indeed entirely my pleasure after 20 years in fleet maintenance as a mechanic working on construction and forestry equipment it took your channel to have her start asking me questions about my experience
@@1o1carolina53 Big win for you all round by the sounds of it. It is nice when your child takes an interest in your work and your hobby.
Tbh your job is an art 🤩
Hopefully not the cussing at the end😢
Keep in mind this is a common shop tool. A tool that will see years of work doing pretty mundane but accurate cuts and boring. Yet despite all that it looks like a piece of art. Absolutely brilliant workmanship Kurtis. Also a smashingly great job by the videographer and editor. Brilliant work Ms. Karen as well. Lets not forget the safety officers presentation on how to properly destroy rubber pigs and move dog beds. Short and to the point and no on the job injuries or OSHA violations. Everyone on the payroll at this company deserves a raise. Keep these great videos coming folks.......Cheers from Texas
"My money, my workshop, my way".....could'nt have said it better! Keep crackin' on guys, fantastic work you are doing
Thanks! Will do!
Sometimes people just don’t understand that you can do whatever the fuck you want with your own money.
Sometimes, when you close yourself off to different ideas you stop learning. Not saying that’s true in the case of CEE, he’s in a class of his own.
I heard my wife.. haha
10 correct ways to do a job ------- choose one! Just get it done 👍 Always someone thinks they know best,,,, they don't, just saying.
George from Indiana. USA
One thing came to mind when I saw this video, a piece of advice from the owner of a machine shop: keep it simple. It is so easy to overthink and over complicate things so it takes longer to set up than necesary. Time that could be used to be productive. Nice work Kurtis. You made what you need not what everybody else thinks you need.
Kurtis, Karen and Homey...WE REALLY APPRECIATE AND LOVE YOU GUYS!!! Thank you for all you do. This channel is the epitome of what UA-cam should be! This is true brain food, seeing a Master at work, on point content delivery and structure. You know the videos are excellent when a 40+ minute video finishes too fast with your eyes glued to the screen throughout. Your videos even evoke emotions: satisfying feeling of knowing a job is done properly to quell the OCD by a person who is a perfectionist and that feeling of accomplishment and joy.
couldn't have said it better!
hey mate wow what a great comment to read, thanks for taking time to watch and support the channel we appreciate it!
This. Well said - well done!
Definitely!! Talk about a kind, moral and lovely family and business owners.
@@bensmitt7088 This is what also adds a warm touch to their videos...they deserve all the success and good things in this world.
I concur 100% with all positive comments below. Please don't ever think there is a comment you want to make but feel it is not necessary for whatever reason. We all would like to hear it. Thanks for it all. Side Note: I get a big kick watching Homey destroy his toys. Excellent strengthening exercise for him.
By far my favorite videos are the shop upgrade and shop made tools. It's really a glimpse into your experience and thought process. You are definitely a genius when it comes to improvising solutions to make your life and work easier.
Hey Clyde thanks for sharing the feedback, glad you enjoy the shop made tool vids, these will definitely be a great upgrade to have 👍
This mentality in any industry is what separates the men from the boys.
Same here… love seeing what others come up with.
Same. The design aspects are really interesting.
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering speaking of shop made tools, have you had a chance to use that massive boring bar yet?
My money. My workshop. It's my way, that's it...
I love it. Thank you both again, excellent quality all around.
I’ve learned just enough about video editing to recognize and appreciate the effort to clip together time lapse and every segment into a logical progression and tell the story to educate and entertain. Good on ya Karen !
Thank you so much!
Well said! I've worked in TV for almost 30 years now, and the editing just keeps getting better and better...on-par with pros! Excellent work, Karen!
That was amazing. People running multi-million dollar companies oftentimes have trouble changing light bulbs. Whatever you're getting paid, it isn't enough. You have to think of SO MANY different variables all at the same time to accomplish just one portion of that job. The entire job with all of the different machines & tools...WOW!!! Also, the video editing was spectacular...thanks for shortening each iteration of each part.
Quality craftsmanship, should serve you well for years. My Grandfather was a "Toolmaker" by profession and your videos remind me how beautiful engineering and machining can be. Thanks. 😀
Beautiful until you make half a millionth first piece...😁
@@juliusmilo5959 - not quite sure what that means.
@@wickedcabinboy Your not the only one!
My dad spent many years as a tool maker, tool and dye maker and eventually became a pattern designer. My early years were spent saying hi to a man who smelled like cutting oil lol. As I watch you work, I often remember that distinctive smell of cutting oil. Great work Kurtis, Karen and Homeless on that squeaky toy. Bell well. 🥰
@@markfryer9880 Beautifully...Until you make 500 001 piece...
I watch your UA-cam channel religiously and I am also a machinist (Haas VF-6 currently). I work for my families business here in Florida. All I wanted to say is your truly an inspiration to everyone to go out and start making chips of their own! I hope all your wishes and dreams come true for you and your family, you are truly one of a kind!!
Hey mate thanks for taking time to watch and comment we appreciate it. Respect 😎👊
I love the "My money, My workshop" comment. Practical and purposeful tool that makes your life easier. Thanks again for sharing and inspiring me and the rest of your followers.
I was so waiting for him to say "And I'm the boss around here" only to have his wife say "Oh yeah" LOL
I'm the boss!... when she's not around 😂
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Are you really going to argue that one with Homey?
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering When she lets you think that......
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering
I think it’s time to play Sean Money’s The Man Song. If you haven’t heard it, I highly encourage it! And he made The Woman Song as well 😉
I’m late to your channel & I’m aware this vid is a couple of years old now.
But despite the cost saved & the practical applications of all the tooling you build. Your eye for detail & the shear quality of your workmanship is simply outstanding & such a pleasure to watch. I’m not in the trade myself, but I do understand what you do & admire your skills & ethic.
Thanks to you & Karen for all the work you both put in to posting these for us. My respect & admiration to you both.
P.s. thanks to you too Homie. You’re one cool ombré.
Karen single handedly bringing the name back in to good repute while simultaneously being a good manager.
Wonders do truly never cease!
My heartfelt condolence for the loss of your Queen. I am German, but she was our Queen too, very much loved here.
Your welds are 👌 - none of this pretty dimes BS. Just thick, practical, penetrating welds. I wish my machine and skills were that well dialed in.
haha right on mate! respect 👊😎
Karen, your story telling and editing skills keep improving (great to amazing to professional).
Kurtis, you are given a piece of stock and in your mind, you visualize what it will look like and each of the steps and Machining required to make it happen.
Few people have that kind of mind.
It is enjoyable to watch and Karen is great at telling your story.
Thanks for the videos.
Your engineering acumen is astounding Curtis! Almost every video, I find myself asking "I wonder why he's doing it that way?" at least once. Every single time I quickly come to the realization why your way would work 10x better than whatever first came to my mind. Keep up the great work, I can't begin to describe how much I've learned and continue to learn from you!
Totally, and the answer is always it will save you in the long run.
A true machinist making his own tools..
What a joy to watch! I found a definition of a craftsman "is an artist or someone who is extremely skilled at a trade or an art or craft" - You nailed it Kurtis. Thank you Karen for your hard work and Homey for just being Homey. Cheers 👍
Thank you! Cheers mate
I have no immediate use for a line borer, but watching you use on make me want one.
I have not been on or near a lathe or mill since I left school 42 yrs ago. I just really enjoy watching your vids all them, when you make something it adds a different dimension to the vids, keep up the great work, it's all excellent.
I was watching away, interested and comprehending what kurtis was doing and saying. Then you cut away to homey and i felt a smile spread across my face.
On a dark day, it was good to watch an engineer at work. You have the rare talents of being able to problem solve, design and build a solution, and then explain what you are doing to the rest of us. Thanks Kurtis and Karen.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'd love to see a live uncut episode. Kurtis cracks me up in the best possible way.
Cheers from Texas!
After the first video I saw from this channel : Wow. What a lot of toys he's got ! I wish I had even half as many !
Now : Wow ! What a lot of skills, knowledge, commitment & planning he's got ! I wish I had another beer !
haha great comment thanks for watching mate
We like to call them tools....not toys. Lol
What I found most fascinating in watching this was the education about reference surfaces and the order in which they are created while manufacturing a tool. It was fun having my preconceived notions of when to do what, "corrected".
You are a perfectionist! A rare find in a day of "can't see it from my house". It is no wonder that you are buried in work. I look forward every week to your videos. Kudos to Karen for her fantastic skills in putting these videos together.
Hallo Curtis es macht soviel Spaß Deine Videos zu sehen , sie sind sehr Lehrreich und einfach nur gut gemacht vielen Dank dafür und liebe Grüße aus Berlin.😎💪👍
Love the Kurtis Zen moments at the end, Karen is really excelling at the video and editing. Thank you guys, have a great weekend and open a tinny for us cold, wet and soon to be bankrupt pommies.
I was just thinking it when you said there are 10 different ways of making these. But, none would have looked or functioned as well. Absolute perfection. You are a Master.
Thanks guys.. Kurtis cares enough about the final product to make these machines work perfect for the jobs. The outtakes are great and the neckbeard is coming in nice.
Once again, a very vivid description of the problem and your approach to a solution. Somehow you always manage to dumb it down to a certain level where people without any mechanical background understand what's going on - and you do that without being condescending or "lecturing" in the slightest.
The new mounts look great, I am curious as to how they fare in the future.
As usual, a great weekend to gang here!
Not gonna lie, it takes a few tries to get the right explanations sometimes 😂 will definitely do an update using them in the future
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering I am sure it is - but to us mere mortals it is very, very useful.
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering The geometry of the new mounts allow the facing head to fit. Now we wait for the rigidity report.
Kurtis you never stop impressing me with you talent and ingenuity. Much love to you and the lovely wife from Decatur,ILLinois
Hey mate Thanks for watching!
So satisfying watching a Machinist make his own tools
Seeing you stick the nozzle for the flood coolant wand into the back of the boring bar reminded me of a setup a good friend of mine uses. He has treaded the back end of all his boring bars that he uses internal flood cooling and installed a male quick disconnect fitting. On his flood cooling pipe stand he installed a T fitting and a female quick disconnect fitting and a cutoff valve to the flood cooling wand. Lastly he has a couple feet of flexible hose with a male and female quick disconnect fitting on it. When he uses his boring bars and wants to use the internal flood cooling he hooks up the flexible hose and shuts the valve to the food cooling wand. One last thing he has done on his largest boring bar is taped the holes at the cutting tool end of the bar and installed large carburetor jets from a Holley carburetor so to spay the coolant in a more controlled pattern.
JUST LOVE SHOP TOOL DAYS get so much out of these days thanks and if you did miss out on a bit with editing i was over it before it began great work guys
I think you need to have a word with Homey. He has no trouble at all making 'his work' chip correctly.
Thanks for a quality video once again.
It's always awesome to watch Kurtis make things for the shop. Shows how great of an engineer he really is. I would pay to take up an hour of his time and gain any knowledge I could! And Karen, the video was great! Keep up the great work to both of you!
“My money, my workshop, my way”…!! Love it. Perfect explanation..!!
Always know it’s going to be a Good Friday when I see Cutting Edge Engineering doing their thing! God bless the Queen!
Sorry for that, the Queen are gone yesterday.
God bless the King! 😥
@@jukkiivi4282 better not, he's quite involved in certain ideological groups.
God might actually offer her a seat on his gambling table somewhere between Jimi and the Duke of Edinburgh, after her doing so extremely well all these decades in a row .....
Mourn the passing of a truly classy person. She reigned in a time of great change in the world.
I have been watching a guy build a big ol' barn and he shows installing just about every piece of tin. It really makes me appreciate that you didn't show every step in make all 12 of those stand-offs.
Making custom mounts or tooling is part of the deal and one of the enjoyable parts of the job. I have built many custom mounts for my Climax boring rig in the past 25 years. Many of those mounts were to accommodate the facing operations or attaching to weird shapes. As always Kurtis, well done and well thought out tooling. Cheers
There appears to be plenty of flexibility in the mounting capability built in without compromising the rigidity required for the machine to function correctly!
Brilliant machining, brilliant cinematography, brilliant rubber pig destruction. All top grade!
Karen, no worries about editing--the vid was fine without captions, and after last week's video, I was more interested in how many hours the job took. It must be a rare day when you can carve out time for a project! Really great work Kurtis, the parts look like OEM! It is always nice to see you guys have a laugh while you work. Homey had a good time tearing that pig up, EPIC!
The Pig didn't enjoy this episode! :-( Poor Pig!
Technically, I think the parts ARE OEM!
@@daveschroedersworkshop4479 - OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer. So, since these were not made by the factory that made the line borer, they are not OEM.
@@johncoops6897 I know what OEM means. Perhaps you can look up the meaning of "pun".
@@daveschroedersworkshop4479 - why? No pun was used.
Also: Kurtis, thank you for sharing the way you deal with some of your more challenging work, I admire your resilience and persistence. I know I would have been close to tears, if not giving completely into being a mess, from several of those obstacles. Good job and kudos for dealing with it the way you do.
Your video's are always a treat Kurtis, excellent camera work, editing and show of craftsmanship, thank you and the misses ‼
Shop-made tools are worth every penny of cost and second of time it takes to make them well. You can make them to suit what you're seeing for problems, and they'll serve for years. I'm not a machinist, and never will be, but I've made plenty of special tools for jobs we were seeing all the time. Never regretted a second of the time it cost me, because the jobs went quicker and more efficiently with the tools, than without. Thanks for this!
Absolutely agree mate, some of the best tools have been shop made!
Wish you were around when I was building motorcycle, but now I'm an old fart, but love seeing good work, and simple tool upgrades are the best ,and yours look better than factory products, keep up your standards 👍👍
Homey, I don’t know if you understand what a an amazing engineer and machinist your dad is! Also, what a great director and editor your Mum is. Either way you need to give both of them lots and Hugs, licks and Love. Take it easy on the toys. At the rate you tear them apart your eating into the profits. Love the outtakes, it adds the reality of how hard it its to do the job and make these fantastic videos. Thanks Dave
Might be a centre line defect, ref refractory material stuck in the first bar, also known as a "Piping defect", but only a guess?.
Nice design and build, "Built, not Bought".
Great work and video both.
Thanks for sharing.
Best regards John from the Black Country UK 🇬🇧. God bless the Queen.
Hey John, yeah not too sure what was the issue with the bar maybe a hard spot in that section or bad batch. God bless the Queen and now God save the King!
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Hi Kurtis, probably a hundred tonne of that batch in the country, only gets noticed you drill on its centre maybe?. Tara a bit. John
If I remember correctly 4140 is known as a air harden metal. Meaning if you get it slightly to hot in the process if hardens to the point of being impossible. Now don't quote me as I don't know for sure.
I like and agree 100% with the statement that it is my money my shop so I made it my way. That is the sign of experience showing through. Super job well done.
Amazing engineering and the photography is outstanding. I am in my late 70s and besotted by your skills.
Besotted, what a great word! Never heard it used before.
@@andyduft2997 I don’t often use it , but I can’t stop watching these films.
@@peterwilliams8122 I’m hooked on these too!
Kurtis, you are very good at explaining things in a way that can be easily understood. This non-machinist really appreciates that. Cheers!
Excellent work!
A man that designs his own tools is an engineer!
That’s a beautiful bit of kit you made there. Amazing elegant work. And I’m sure it will bring a slight smile of satisfaction when you start using it
Watching the versatility and usefulness of a lathe never fails to amaze. They say a tool is only as good as its operator, and a good tool with a good operator is a beautiful thing to behold.
Always something new and different, can't wait to see the new tool put to work.
Homey's antics are fun and the outtakes are a gas. It's a good life having fun God Bless.
The quality and finish of your tooling and repair work is outstanding, Kurtis! I may not be a machinist or engineer, but when a tool is built with quality of form and function, anyone can see it. When a repair is done with "good as factory" as the standard, it's instantly recognizable. Fabulous work ethic! Will be nice to see this tool when it's done and in action. Oh, and Karen ... the video is extremely well put together! All the best to you all from Newfoundland, Canada. Love your content!
Kurtis, I really enjoy your machine repairs but your tool making skills are a just out of this world.
I really enjoyed watching that, I'm glad you showed every piece being done. Most people cut that out but it's always great to see esp. when you showed different angles. It's always great when the end user improves something and that was a great improvement.
I've missed CEE fix for the last couple of weeks for being poorly and ending up in hospital. I'm on the mend and back at home now and having fun running though a treasure trove missed videos of my favourite engineering videos.
This one is a bonus as it have a bit of everything.
Thanks Kurtis and Karen, hope Homey is doing well
Best Regard
Ian
Love the precision on the work you do
cheers mate thanks for watching!
Love it!
Be blessed TOOL MAKERS! That should be in the Bible!
Excellent build as usual. So looking forward to seeing the final product.
I really enjoy your explanations and when you are fabricating new tools, the earth connection for welding is a true masterpiece and these extensions I have seen you make before but there is absolutely no reason why I can’t watch it again! A real joy to watch.👍😎😀
Thanks for the vid - my CEE addiction is satisfied for another week ☺
Wow! 4.5 hours to make them - that is to quote another YT channel "Very Impressive" 👍
All the best from the UK
Paul
It’s good to see Homey doing his work while you two goof off in the shop.
Mate your content just keeps hitting new levels of mechanical/engineering growseuity (made that Aussie word up) bloody marvellous and so instructional - thank you. Also your Mrs Cutting Edge Engineerings video shooting and editing is beyond highly professional, it’s seamless - you two ( or three ) are a formidable team- cheers
Love your channel I spent my working life as a machinist and CNC machinist and programmer and Toolmaker
That is some nice machine work there you going to be able to do a lot bigger bores with that setup. Karen you're getting really good at producing those videos. You guys stay safe have a good weekend.
Hey mate yeah keen to be able to put these to use on a job! Have a good one
Making tools for the jobs. My son, 36, asked me what I was making. Tools for the lathe, may even use them sometime. The fun is in making them.
Very great job done on the tooling Curtis. Also a great decision to have all the parts NITRIDE HARDENED. Too often shop made tooling is put into service as machined and turned into nothing but battered and dinged and unusabe in short order from the use and abuse of tough jobs, wrenching, hammering ect.
"Why I made them this way?... It's my money, my workshop, my way. That's why I made them this way."
That just made my day 😊
I love to watch this kind of videos. I'm not like tool guy who know how to weld and stuff but watching PRO give me joy. Regards from Poland!
First of all. Condolances for all you out there for the loss of queen elizabeth.
Secondly. Its typically you to make parts to do your work the utmost way. Hats of!,
In the actual videos you seen very business it’s good to see you in the bloopers having fun
Hello from Tennessee USA
Love watching yer vids. I especially love the outtakes at the end. I am a marine mechanic by trade and have spent a lot of time cussing at my work and dropped a LOT of tools in my time (still drop them to this day)! I really enjoy the technical aspects of yer vids as well as the practicality of yer work. Don't let up on it and keep on hammering away!
Hey mate, thanks for watching respect to you 😎👊
Your videos are always a treat for me. I make sure I never watch them when i'm in a hurry. I always make myself a comfy bath, take a glass of red wine with me and enjoy your videos there.
I can't think of any other skilled trades where one manufactures one's own tools. As a completely non mechanical person I never cease to marvel at how skilled you are at what you do. That comment might be diminished in the eyes of those who view my lack as disqualifying me to even comment but I'm sincere. Your skills are absolutely vital for maintaining machines and tools and those tools are what keeps society running. I greatly admire your skills.
My condolences to you and your fellow Australians on the passing of the Queen.
Hey mate Thanks for watching and the comment!
Work hardening can be a tough thing to overcome once it happens. Had it happen a few times. Speeds are critical. Greatly appreciate the videos 😊
Don't have the tool/attachment ya need, as long as you have the skills & machines to do it, Ya make your own.. Over the decades I have saved thousands of Dollars making my own tools for a fraction of buying them would cost.. Cheers... Thank you for sharing..
I always feel good about making my own Tools & saving Money & this was an excellent Video about that, Filming & Editing was spot on as usual. I think Homey had a slight problem with His Pig but He did sort that out 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
hey mate yeah nothing beats a shop made tool! We all did good in this one haha
He loved it to bits
Does homeless also perform the same retroactive abortion on cats?
Your engineering acumen is astounding Curtis!
That was an awesome tool making video. Great camera work Karen just as we've come to expect - yes we are spoiled. The attention to detail is absolutely phenomenal. For example, the way Kurtis wants to make sure his cap bill is aligned straight for those close up facial shots tells me he is prepping for a cover photo shoot of GQ magazine, very impressive.
As a side note, we have a huge feral hog problem here in Texas and Homeless might be the solution we've been looking for. The way he can gut a pig in short order sends a message to all the remaining pigs in the area!
Thanks again for all the great content!
Occasionally U.K. suppliers palm hard working machinist with crook material - plate that shatters in the guillotine or fletches like bent plywood - bar that nothing can bend and stock that Goldfingers' laser couldn't drill - have seen bar with stupid hard centre like yours and case hardened or multi layered plate in which a drill starts then stops and shears! Time was when bakers were put on a hurdle and beaten around the town for selling bread with stones included - seemed to work!
Amazing work Kurtis - I'm entranced by your welding prowess!
I so very much look forward each week to your new video. I have learned so much and I just enjoy watching the process with the excellent explanations. You both are very talented, and Homey is just plain adorable. Thank you for all you do for educating and entertaining so many of us around the world.
Thanks for another wonderful video! My youngest daughter, her husband and 3 kids will be moving to Australia soon. They will be staying in Pakenham, my son-in-law will be working at an engineering business in Dandenong and the kids are going to Chairo Christian school.
Way cool to see the process of creating this custom tool set! Looks like it will be a great addition to the shop.
Nice to see you have a real security officer. We have a similar one at my company. Dos a really good job🥰
Beautiful work as always! Personally, I struggle at times to make the tools or fixtures I need to make my job faster or easier. Why? Because I'm taking that time away from working on parts I'm being paid to work on. Thanks for the reminder that I need to do better with that!
Hey mate some days I just have to do after hours and overtime to get projects like this done. Or if a job gets cancelled/put on hold then I will use that scheduled time to do a project 👍
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering With your work ethic, your challenge is not to wear yourself out! When you get into your late 40's and 50's, you pay for those long days of your youth by starting your morning with a bowl of Advil cause your body hurts! Ask me how I know!! lol. Have a great weekend.
Karen, I think your video work was at its best on this one. I am a working photographer so, I know what a pain editing can be. Still amazed that this is done on cell phones.
Tim in Tacoma USA
Hey Tim wow thank you for the great comment on this video!
I froze a beer or two I put in the freezer, for the video tonight. Ok, I admit it, I had quite a few making sure I was in the mood for beer. Evidently, I am completely in the mood. I am retired, married to the same women for 35+ years. Staying up allows me to have a little peace until the morning... that's when I get grilled for "what were you doing up so late"? and "where the hell is all the beer". Woops! You guys are so worth it! Really be great if I lived closer to grab a pint with ya! First 6 rounds will be on me...
living the dream mate 👍🍻
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering yeah that's it, I am living the dream...be great if I knew who's dream it was. My dream was multiple women, all the money I wanted and to own a bar with Ice cold beer. Turns out I am trapped with one women, I don't have much money, she spent it all and I don't own a bar... but everyone at my local knows my name so...I got that going for me...
God I wish you would put shoes under those jaws drives me crazy if I ever put a jaw on a piece of bar like that the old man would haunt me all night
@@roberta4989Livin’ the Cheers Dream.
Put one of those rounds on my tab.
Let me know.. where and when👍
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Perfect boiled-down description of every job you do. Absolute hilarity.
@Cutting Edge Engineering Australia - Great teamwork on this one! I think this is the best one yet! Awesome skills and clear explanations without unnecessary "waffle" from Kurtis along with just as awesome videography and editing skills from Karen. I always look forward to the out-takes at the end as it really illustrates just how much time it takes to get a professional quality film together. Keep it up! We all love them!
i would like to bet that if you started making these Tool's you could be selling them.. your ideas for making tooling that help you with jobs is awsome.
Great project, you've made a good tool better. Great camera work as usual.
You got your money's worth out of that insert doing those interrupted cuts.