Thank you very much to the whole TITANS OF CNC team for hosting us, it was a wild place to check out and an incredible amount of expertise under one roof!!
5:51 he was wearing boots thats why he was taller than me just saying 😂 , jokes aside it was nice meeting you man i watch and listened to loads of your videos keep doing your thing man
There will always be haters, but forget them - Titan is doing amazing things. I'm not even a machinist, but I still took the first class just to see if I could design the parts in CAD ... and I did! Maybe I need a CNC in my garage after all ...
I wish Titan was around for the 30 + years that I owned a machine shop. Maybe I would still own. Was frustrated with the work force out there the training, the stigma of just being a dirty machinist. Which we weren't, Titan is bringing that pride back and i am grateful for it.
Titan is doing more than most to make people aware of manufacturing and make it exciting and attractive to newcomers. It takes real talent to be a machinist, welder or fabricator. For years society has made manufacturing sound like a dead end job to youngsters - and Titan is changing that. I applaud him and his team, and the folks at Practical Machinist for showcasing them. 👍👍👍👍
Big time! Not included in the video (for runtime, or I didn't catch it on camera) were a LOT of guests / attendees who looked to be university / high school age - we should all be glad they're getting interested and excited about the trade!
I bought a SYIL X7 and it will be delivered this month. I’m putting it in my garage. I still work a full time job programming aerospace parts. It was at the right price point for me to get started. I met two people who have the same machine in their garage and they’re making money.
as a CNC programmer, I do, some times, disagree with his machinig aproach (like fixturing, tooling and toolpaths) but he really does great work for gathering peoples and showing a good part of the machining world to everyone.
For sure - I mean, I disagree with fixturing / toolpaths / tooling with a lot of the things I see out there - but at least their team is out there showing a way it can be done, and what's possible!
I was running two Chinese lathes at the place I work at two years ago. During that summer, I looked up cnc on youtube and found his channel. I never went back to college, instead i went to school for mills and mastercam the first week we were doing intro stuff learning to plot points in 3 axis well I just opened mastercam and started drawing and watching the Titans of cnc videos and the teacher said it was cool if i did that cause I already had a job...(was working 7-12 then school 1-6) Now at 22 yrs old im running a turret lathe and programming it which I did not learn at school but I learned from titan. Love this trade so much
I've recently found both Titans and your channels within the last month and gotta say they've both taught me an absurd amount of things I never knew! The fact channels like these exist and inspire or teach is amazing and the engagement yall get is proof that even if you think it's fake, it's real enough to many out there while making us better machinists, and that's a win for our industry!
i started machining back in freshman year of highschool, getting my feet under me and learning the basics, sophomore year i was one of the few top members of my class and was encouraged to get into programing and the world of CNC using Fusion360. And because of titans increasable academy and constant message of push, go forward and expand your horizon, try new things and processes, i got to where i am today. im now the only machinist for an RND military wearables company and i couldnt be happier.
I am happy to see Titan bringing pride back to the machining business I started working in a machine shop in 1977 the shop got its first CNC in 1982 actually NC. It was a tape driven machine I started dealing with mold makers around the LA area Burbank specifically and the old mold makers would come to work with a jacket and tie on take off their jacket and hang it in the closet put on their apron and go to work. I bought that machine from that company when I went there and started my own shop I still own it it has been upgraded to Mach 3 which is a way to bring old machines back to life they are not comparable to a new machine by any means but they are good strong old workhorses mine is SUZUKA bringing young people made in the USA
35 years after i got educated as a manuel machinist i do enjoy titans videos even though i changed proffesion never did cnc when i got got educated we only had punch card nc machines but it was fun best part was making a difference by making testparts to developing companys for disa novo and offshore drilling rigs.... best time of my life
Titan is the real deal, his passion for CNC and sharing the information is next to none. The man and his team are pushing the boundaries and learning along the way. He is inspiring others to do better, that can't be missed.
Titan is such an inspirational dude and has a great team of guys. And to give such valuable information freely, makes them a real blessing to have them as fellow Americans.
I can't lie I am one of the ones that wonder why the random videos at times. But when I got serious about machining I learned a lot from the older videos and am appreciative for them. Since then I have taught at a local community college and use these videos as reference for lots of applications. They're very heavy on the aerospace and we here in the south we have a lot of tight tolerance oil and gas application. Would be nice if they had something like that has has many machine setups
My biggest criticism of the Titans of CNC channel is it set unrealistic expectations of how machine shops run. They are regularly getting new machines/technology. Most shops don't work that way. This idea that any shop will be putting millions of dollar worth of equipment onto the floor every year is a bit misleading. People see this and think that's a normal thing. It's not. People get into the trade and are all full of this expectation. They are let down when the shop they are working at has equipment that has been around for 7-10 years or more. Working in job shops, access to the latest tooling and work holding is often not the case. In many cases there can be so little turn around time for jobs that getting tooling from the local too house is about the best you can expect. If they don't have that new end mill on the shelf waiting the day or two that it takes to get in in house is not an option. Those expectations needs to be tempered with a dose of reality.
It's definitely a bit of a shock for some, I'm sure - but I think where it's useful is seeing what's out there and what can be done. For example, we've been running short lots of this one assembly for a customer, and we've just been running it in the 3-axis mill out of barstock. Well, that customer now asked for a quote on a blanket order with thousands per year. Now, it makes sense to look at some of the workholding / machinery / automation / tooling that's been shown, as with work like that - running lights out and getting every second out of a cycle has a way more immediate return on investment with work like that, so it's handy to see what's out there.
You dont have the right mentality Banks want peoples with clear plans 500.000 euros CNC is nothin if the bank is sure you have jobs for millions Of course is not about your money but workshop money You are not Rich, the workshop will be a rich Place, your pocket will not levitate full of bucks 😂
@@MG-sg2ci Yeah. That's something else that isn't really portrayed very well. Even when they do shop tours they tend to be super high end shops, or OEMs. Not every shop is like that. I've been in plenty that are like working in a small closet.
Exactly. The shop is unrealistic as hell. They can do it because it's all sponsored (ie. advertisements). A real shop doesn't get free stuff. If they were real and honest about teaching they would be showing how to use equipment that you're going to see in real life at a real job. Not rare stuff only a handful of people will ever see in their life. But you won't see that but you can't advertise a 20 year old mill.
FREE CNC education for all. A hundred, a THOUSAND years from now, that will be Titan's legacy. No matter what you think of him personally, that has always been his genuine goal.
You're not wrong - there's no platform like it for free out there, and I've genuinely had one of my own apprentices run the lathe program - it's good stuff.
@@thomasbecker9676 What a comment, wow. Watching the video is FREE! Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages adverb: free 1. without cost or payment. If "dude" is still getting paid "YOU" still got to watch the video for FREE.
I wish I had the chance to become a member of a team that is truly like this. Most shops promise you the world then never deliver on their promises. Or they let a couple bad seeds ruin the shop and create a toxic atmosphere!
Documentary on Titans of CNC. Manufacturing isn't about any one country dominating manufacturing. Manufacturering is about local entrepreneurial dreams from everyone. Making things makes the world go around.
Great Video Ian! Ive been following Titans journey since 2015, like you said so aptly in the video. You cant argue with all he's done for manufacturing. 🎉
I've been watching Titans videos for a few years, been machining for 10. I am a fan of how he is using his platform to try to get young people interested but too many of his videos are just unrealistic in most applications and aren't actually usable or helpful to the average machinist. I would love it if he would sort of go to a channel that was more about the average type of work a machinist sees in this trade in 2024 rather than "watch me run this endmill at 1000ipm until it breaks"
Will take that and work to make videos that will help guys like you… Truth is, we post videos every day and have certified almost 18000 certs for free. We also just released our 5 Axis series and have a Swiss Academy coming out that touches on everything from the fundamentals to making real parts. It’s UA-cam and we run fast…. But I have a ton of shops that love it because they are running at 10% the speed and afraid that they are going to break tools… I always say, I run fast to open your mind to show you what is possible… show you that the earth isn’t flat… and that we can venture out to make money… real money.
I got into machining field because I took a random class in high school to fill 3 periods and I would’ve never got Into this field had I not took that class. There’s not enough people pushing these manufacturing trades.
so the question i have which is never answered is does he pay for any of the machines on his floor or are they all fronted to him no charge as a promotion machine that eventually may get sold as a lightly used demo ?
At this point I suspect that the partners are providing them as a promotional tool. I suspect (and I think Titan has said this in a video) that there are more than a few other companies that have offered to provide him machines. And I suspect that Doosan is completely happy with how this has worked out for them.
Haha, Titan is the quintessential brash American personality. Not my cup of tea, but if he gets people interested and increases manufacturing in the country then more power to him and his team.
I actually didn't know any of Titan's backstory. It's very impressive and its great to see someone become successful with their own 2 hands but it doesn't change the simple fact that CNC is Just a fad.. I can do anything on my Bridgeport that he could do with his fancy computer machine. Just like vinyl records, manual machines are coming back in a big way in 2025. If I owned a big CNC shop, I would seriously consider selling all the machines while their value is still high before the bubble bursts.
Titan is not a just machinist he is also a showman and he getting paid for it somehow.Who works for him in the videos are classic CNC machinists which you can find every where.
I guess I wouldn't say I dislike Titan because of his attitude or the way he goes about machining but more along the lines of the fact that every single video he releases feels less like a machining video and more of a marketing video. Very, very rarely does he put out an educational and practical video nowadays.
Haas missed a huge opportunity to partner with Titan. An opportunity that Doosan, Kennametal, Heller, Tornos, Syil, Haimer, MasterCAM, and others have taken advantage of to their delight. Only a fool would believe Titan's of CNC is a typical job shop or manufacturing facility. Every single video or event is a sponsored spectacle created by bonafide machinists with goal of eyes and clicks. The free training (i.e., Building Blocks series) is legit. Welcome to marketing in the social media age.
HAAS might be trying to stay as a small company. If they make too much money then the company could end up out of their control. Not everyone wants to be successful in life
HAAS also stayed in California so you know they dont mind making less money and paying almost 50% taxes. It might not seem like a big deal but hanging out in cali is a big indicator that they dont mind scraping by as a company
The things that Titan,s make are just incredible. And people who say that he and his team. Are hurting the business are Freaking wackco,s. The Man is Proving what can be done. If you take a chance
i will have to ask Ian, did you think, try everything you say boom about in a job shop, when you pay for everything yourself , it wont happen, he used to be a hass man when they sponsored him, didn't he suddenly have a shop full of DMG MORI, ( I COULD BE WRONG) as always get kicked off his site from a disagree about speed and feed and choice of cutter , and i will say Ian Sandusky is a job shop machinist and not full of bull like Titan, and every machine shop in the world would love the free shit he gets ,
For sure, it's definitely an aspirational shop and aspirational content - but when I talked to Titan and the guys about things like speeds and feeds (I'm not going to blow a spindle trying to get every second out of a cycle I can) - he said that the real point is that if they run it at 1000 IPM full depth, while I probably can't do that - if you're currently running it at 40 IPM, you should feel perfectly safe dialing that up to even 80 IPM and half your cycle time - or even 200 IPM if you've got the right workholding. To me, it's more of a benchmark of what you can do if something calls for it - even if I can't translate a lot of it directly 1 for 1 into my shop due to some of the expenses involved.
Let's keep it real. Those who hate Titan is because they envy him or feel like they know everything and don't want to learn new ways to do the trade. He is all about teaching and learning, and making perfect parts on spec. Why would you be against that?
Tight tolerance GD&T, QA/QC, vibration analysis, stress/deflection of fixtures or workpiece.... all very tedious and boring to most people. I loved his earlier stuff, but would love to see him use his success to get someone knowledgeable on realistic "more boring" topics between the commercialized partnership ads once in a while. I am grateful he is sparking more interest in machining but realistic expectations are okay once in a while, too.
Why Syil? Because Syil sweetened the pot more than the others Titan was looking to add to the floor. Partners with Titan are the ones who paid the most to be there.
@@christophervillalpando5865 they were not!!!!! They were lapped on lapping machines!!! Lapped on cast iron lapping plate with too much of a large grit size slicion carbide!! I know how Tyrolit makes their stones very well because I installed a machine there some years ago!! I know they're process well. You need to grind the stone with a diamond wheel, not lap it with a giant grit silicon carbide powder.
@@christophervillalpando5865 This is a basic way how many of the stones are normally produced!! Tyrolit never understood what really is a precision flat stone. If their technologist held a proper set of flat stones in his hand he would understood. Tyrolit and Titan didn't do the most basic of market research. What dopes!
@@christophervillalpando5865 again the stones were lapped on a lapping machine but with a too large of a grit silicon carbide... it's absolutely basic step that almost every grinding stone producer makes
The only thing i could see in every single Titans - video is, that the shown machines never produced parts, they all look like new. And most times, the Titans just try to fool their non-specialist viewers (like showing the zero runout after facing a part). Maybe, thats not how the company is in real life, but thats how the Titans are presenting them self on social media.
@@iansandusky417 kind of like this entire empire is an online gimmick that, to your credit, has worked very well. For the rest of the 99% of machinist on the planet... This is bullshit. One tool has more carbide $ than 5 jobs. Anybody liking this that much has no idea.
The channel is cool, but its not clear how buying millions of dollars in German CNC machines and robots is rebuilding US industry. Is the goal to teach CNC or to sell CNCs?
I Lost ALL respect for Titan who has built himself based on rebuilding American Manufacturing when he decided to start using AND SELLING. ""Syil" Chineese made CNC Mills! Total Sellout! Made me Sad, Disappointed amd Hurt....
@iansandusky417 Go start with a TM-2P and a Phase Perfect! Everyone who is somthing of worth knows. The way sombody starts a shop is generally how they will build it! You just helped the enemy.... Instead of doing the work of assembling the best talent in our country to make an EVEN BETTER more versitile machine. Like a FLEX CNC but even more versatile! This makes me sad!
@@iansandusky417 Yes! Go invent a even better machine... DO NOT parade yourself as the savior of manufacturing only to then support the ones who stole it in the 1st place!!!!!! Remove all usa branding from yours. "OR" Redeem yourself and do the unthinkable! Put out a even better machine that streamlines setups! Anything else is HOLLOW!!!!!!!!! I don't care if it is temporary or just for a 1 time deal... Don't Take The Easy Path! Always Take The Right Path!!!!! Make A Better Machine!!!! Stainless steel way covers... How bout NO WAY COVERS and a bridge mill design! Less parts heavier loads! RFID tool system.... Proprietary built in endmill sharpener for roughers! This is my design! Works like a tool probe...
40,000 sq ft, millions of $$........12 employees?? More cameras and light fixtures than machines? 100% donated and advertisement machines/tools/workholding? This is a TV studio not a machine shop lmao
Don't those guys have to replace the spindles in their machines far more often than should be needed? I personally find them off-putting; wouldn't want to deal with them as a customer.
As a manufacturing engineer in aerospace, I love his youtube videos.
Thank you Ian for coming down and checking the place out! I love what PM did with the video! Thanks to the team as well
Thanks again for having us, it was an absolute blast and I'm already fired up for 2025!
Donnie, next time you are in Michigan, stop by and see us. We even got Chuck in front of the camera finally!
@@KreminIncManufacturing If you stop in and see them you better come touch base with me to! Still running the self-destruct over here! Let'er eat!
Thank you very much to the whole TITANS OF CNC team for hosting us, it was a wild place to check out and an incredible amount of expertise under one roof!!
5:51 he was wearing boots thats why he was taller than me just saying 😂 , jokes aside it was nice meeting you man i watch and listened to loads of your videos keep doing your thing man
@@Houcnc thank you very much sir! Pleasure meeting you!
BOOM!
Thanks for coming out man! See ya next year!
@@donniehinske love you Donnie
There will always be haters, but forget them - Titan is doing amazing things. I'm not even a machinist, but I still took the first class just to see if I could design the parts in CAD ... and I did! Maybe I need a CNC in my garage after all ...
I wish Titan was around for the 30 + years that I owned a machine shop. Maybe I would still own. Was frustrated with the work force out there the training, the stigma of just being a dirty machinist. Which we weren't, Titan is bringing that pride back and i am grateful for it.
To be truthful alot of places don't want to change because it would disrupt their power structure
Titan is doing more than most to make people aware of manufacturing and make it exciting and attractive to newcomers. It takes real talent to be a machinist, welder or fabricator. For years society has made manufacturing sound like a dead end job to youngsters - and Titan is changing that. I applaud him and his team, and the folks at Practical Machinist for showcasing them. 👍👍👍👍
Big time! Not included in the video (for runtime, or I didn't catch it on camera) were a LOT of guests / attendees who looked to be university / high school age - we should all be glad they're getting interested and excited about the trade!
I took the job I'm at now because of Titan. I asked him his opinion in a comment 2 years ago. I'm always thankful. Since then I've learned so much
That's what it's all about! Give it to Titan, affecting lives in a positive way!!
I bought a SYIL X7 and it will be delivered this month. I’m putting it in my garage. I still work a full time job programming aerospace parts. It was at the right price point for me to get started. I met two people who have the same machine in their garage and they’re making money.
This is the same story I keep hearing. If it gets more people starting shops and growing North American manufacturing, it's nothing but a good thing.
as a CNC programmer, I do, some times, disagree with his machinig aproach (like fixturing, tooling and toolpaths) but he really does great work for gathering peoples and showing a good part of the machining world to everyone.
For sure - I mean, I disagree with fixturing / toolpaths / tooling with a lot of the things I see out there - but at least their team is out there showing a way it can be done, and what's possible!
I mean all that matters is the end result in an efficient manner.
Mad respect to see folks passionate about what they do... and sharing the love!!
I was running two Chinese lathes at the place I work at two years ago. During that summer, I looked up cnc on youtube and found his channel. I never went back to college, instead i went to school for mills and mastercam the first week we were doing intro stuff learning to plot points in 3 axis well I just opened mastercam and started drawing and watching the Titans of cnc videos and the teacher said it was cool if i did that cause I already had a job...(was working 7-12 then school 1-6) Now at 22 yrs old im running a turret lathe and programming it which I did not learn at school but I learned from titan. Love this trade so much
I've recently found both Titans and your channels within the last month and gotta say they've both taught me an absurd amount of things I never knew! The fact channels like these exist and inspire or teach is amazing and the engagement yall get is proof that even if you think it's fake, it's real enough to many out there while making us better machinists, and that's a win for our industry!
Thank you very much for checking it out - and couldn’t agree more!
Because of titans my life changed. The academy helped me get to the point from button pusher to shop owner
Awesome! Love it!👏
Fantastic!
i started machining back in freshman year of highschool, getting my feet under me and learning the basics,
sophomore year i was one of the few top members of my class and was encouraged to get into programing and the world of CNC using Fusion360. And because of titans increasable academy and constant message of push, go forward and expand your horizon, try new things and processes, i got to where i am today. im now the only machinist for an RND military wearables company and i couldnt be happier.
I am happy to see Titan bringing pride back to the machining business I started working in a machine shop in 1977 the shop got its first CNC in 1982 actually NC. It was a tape driven machine I started dealing with mold makers around the LA area Burbank specifically and the old mold makers would come to work with a jacket and tie on take off their jacket and hang it in the closet put on their apron and go to work. I bought that machine from that company when I went there and started my own shop I still own it it has been upgraded to Mach 3 which is a way to bring old machines back to life they are not comparable to a new machine by any means but they are good strong old workhorses mine is SUZUKA bringing young people made in the USA
The entire community of manufacturing is one big family❤🚀
Loved the video!
35 years after i got educated as a manuel machinist i do enjoy titans videos even though i changed proffesion never did cnc when i got got educated we only had punch card nc machines but it was fun best part was making a difference by making testparts to developing companys for disa novo and offshore drilling rigs.... best time of my life
Every time I see Titan I’m amazed by his mindset. He’s just doing everything right with an unbeatable enthusiasm 👌🏼
Titan is the real deal, his passion for CNC and sharing the information is next to none. The man and his team are pushing the boundaries and learning along the way. He is inspiring others to do better, that can't be missed.
Titan is such an inspirational dude and has a great team of guys. And to give such valuable information freely, makes them a real blessing to have them as fellow Americans.
Gonna say his channel is extremely informative, and the details given are seldom shared for free. ❤
I didn't know much about CNC machining until I found Titans of CNC.
3D-printing is what got me obsessed with manufacturing 8 years ago, I really hope to have a big workshop with a CNC someday
1 year in the CNC trade programing and operating and i learned something new every day not even kidding
Awesome meeting you, @iansandusky417! Your passion for manufacturing is an inspiration and it was great to learn about your background. 🙏
It was a pleasure to meet you sir, thank you very much for all the hospitality and opening your doors to us!
I can't lie I am one of the ones that wonder why the random videos at times. But when I got serious about machining I learned a lot from the older videos and am appreciative for them. Since then I have taught at a local community college and use these videos as reference for lots of applications. They're very heavy on the aerospace and we here in the south we have a lot of tight tolerance oil and gas application. Would be nice if they had something like that has has many machine setups
That was great Ian! It was super cool getting to meet and chat with you. Glad you made it down my friend.
Thank you very much for all your hospitality sir - it was a pleasure!
My biggest criticism of the Titans of CNC channel is it set unrealistic expectations of how machine shops run. They are regularly getting new machines/technology. Most shops don't work that way. This idea that any shop will be putting millions of dollar worth of equipment onto the floor every year is a bit misleading. People see this and think that's a normal thing. It's not. People get into the trade and are all full of this expectation. They are let down when the shop they are working at has equipment that has been around for 7-10 years or more. Working in job shops, access to the latest tooling and work holding is often not the case. In many cases there can be so little turn around time for jobs that getting tooling from the local too house is about the best you can expect. If they don't have that new end mill on the shelf waiting the day or two that it takes to get in in house is not an option. Those expectations needs to be tempered with a dose of reality.
It's definitely a bit of a shock for some, I'm sure - but I think where it's useful is seeing what's out there and what can be done. For example, we've been running short lots of this one assembly for a customer, and we've just been running it in the 3-axis mill out of barstock. Well, that customer now asked for a quote on a blanket order with thousands per year.
Now, it makes sense to look at some of the workholding / machinery / automation / tooling that's been shown, as with work like that - running lights out and getting every second out of a cycle has a way more immediate return on investment with work like that, so it's handy to see what's out there.
You dont have the right mentality
Banks want peoples with clear plans
500.000 euros CNC is nothin if the bank is sure you have jobs for millions
Of course is not about your money but workshop money
You are not Rich, the workshop will be a rich Place, your pocket will not levitate full of bucks 😂
I totally agree. Also most shops don't pay a fair wage and aren't nice places to work in.
@@MG-sg2ci Yeah. That's something else that isn't really portrayed very well. Even when they do shop tours they tend to be super high end shops, or OEMs. Not every shop is like that. I've been in plenty that are like working in a small closet.
Exactly. The shop is unrealistic as hell. They can do it because it's all sponsored (ie. advertisements). A real shop doesn't get free stuff. If they were real and honest about teaching they would be showing how to use equipment that you're going to see in real life at a real job. Not rare stuff only a handful of people will ever see in their life. But you won't see that but you can't advertise a 20 year old mill.
Titans of CNC academy is helping me a lot!
FREE CNC education for all. A hundred, a THOUSAND years from now, that will be Titan's legacy. No matter what you think of him personally, that has always been his genuine goal.
You're not wrong - there's no platform like it for free out there, and I've genuinely had one of my own apprentices run the lathe program - it's good stuff.
There's no such thing as "free."
@@thomasbecker9676 yes, there absolutely is. We just don't want to let it happen in a capitalist economy.
@@spdcrzy There's not. Dude is still getting paid from you; you might just not be aware of it.
@@thomasbecker9676 What a comment, wow. Watching the video is FREE!
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If "dude" is still getting paid "YOU" still got to watch the video for FREE.
This video is HUGE I’ve been waiting for this since I First learned about titans of CNC
Love these guys a ton. They are a big motivator for myself to get my new building setup and machines in house.
Super inspiring, I agree! It definitely makes me want to do more as well!
I wish I had the chance to become a member of a team that is truly like this. Most shops promise you the world then never deliver on their promises. Or they let a couple bad seeds ruin the shop and create a toxic atmosphere!
Great video Ian and the PM #team - I would love to visit next year from over the pond ✈TITANS OF CNC
Thank you very much for checking it out!
Documentary on Titans of CNC.
Manufacturing isn't about any one country dominating manufacturing. Manufacturering is about local entrepreneurial dreams from everyone. Making things makes the world go around.
Great Video Ian! Ive been following Titans journey since 2015, like you said so aptly in the video. You cant argue with all he's done for manufacturing. 🎉
Thank you very much sir!
15:50 you’re welcome
Good to here all the titans guys back stories.
It was for me as well - I had no idea the amount of experience these guys have, but I suppose it should be apparent!
Nice to meet you Ian and team! Great video. Love what you guys and Titan are doing for the industry!
Thank you very much for having us - it was great to meet you and get a glimpse into your incredible organization!
knowing how big titan is in real life. seing how big Ian is is crazy
Incredible man, with an incredible team with an incredible facility…but more than anything else, it’s his free academy that’s most impressive
I've been watching Titans videos for a few years, been machining for 10. I am a fan of how he is using his platform to try to get young people interested but too many of his videos are just unrealistic in most applications and aren't actually usable or helpful to the average machinist. I would love it if he would sort of go to a channel that was more about the average type of work a machinist sees in this trade in 2024 rather than "watch me run this endmill at 1000ipm until it breaks"
Will take that and work to make videos that will help guys like you…
Truth is, we post videos every day and have certified almost 18000 certs for free. We also just released our 5 Axis series and have a Swiss Academy coming out that touches on everything from the fundamentals to making real parts.
It’s UA-cam and we run fast…. But I have a ton of shops that love it because they are running at 10% the speed and afraid that they are going to break tools… I always say, I run fast to open your mind to show you what is possible… show you that the earth isn’t flat… and that we can venture out to make money… real money.
I got into machining field because I took a random class in high school to fill 3 periods and I would’ve never got Into this field had I not took that class. There’s not enough people pushing these manufacturing trades.
Positive Movement super great motivation
At the very minimum he makes the trade fun and real.
Love it! Can't wait for my new Heller to arrive so I can...BOOM!
I am following titans of cnc 5years I love all titans of cnc team but jassie smith is my favourite ❤. I am a cnc turning programmer 2 axis 😅
so the question i have which is never answered is does he pay for any of the machines on his floor or are they all fronted to him no charge as a promotion machine that eventually may get sold as a lightly used demo ?
At this point I suspect that the partners are providing them as a promotional tool. I suspect (and I think Titan has said this in a video) that there are more than a few other companies that have offered to provide him machines. And I suspect that Doosan is completely happy with how this has worked out for them.
Definitely not paying for these machines and definitely not oatijg for the repair either 😅
Pretty rad. I'd like to make it out there sometime, maybe 2025.
BOOMBASTIC 2025 is looking like it’s going to be nuts if you can make the time!
Haha, Titan is the quintessential brash American personality. Not my cup of tea, but if he gets people interested and increases manufacturing in the country then more power to him and his team.
BOOM!!
GO TITANS!
I actually didn't know any of Titan's backstory. It's very impressive and its great to see someone become successful with their own 2 hands but it doesn't change the simple fact that CNC is Just a fad.. I can do anything on my Bridgeport that he could do with his fancy computer machine. Just like vinyl records, manual machines are coming back in a big way in 2025. If I owned a big CNC shop, I would seriously consider selling all the machines while their value is still high before the bubble bursts.
I love using manual machines, but you're just wrong.
im interested in this career path, since i dont have much options here in venezuela as a machinist, what would it take to learn and get a job?
very good video IAN,,thanks for your time
Thank you very much for checking it out!
Great to see things like this.
10:46 made me laugh "Even Barry!!!"
That was a great video! Gets me excited too.
Titan is not a just machinist he is also a showman and he getting paid for it somehow.Who works for him in the videos are classic CNC machinists which you can find every where.
Was there any wire EDM there ?
Yep! GF was there!
Wow, I had no idea Titan came up like that and did what he does for those needing a legitimate 2nd chance! Boom!
Pretty crazy eh! Cool stuff!
A good video, well done. 👏
If Titan were just feeding the poor, soup on a corner, there would be nay-sayers. God bless Titan and the gang.
I would still be cutting in slow motion if it weren't for that guy
Killer job Ian!
Thank you very much!
I really wamted to go but had a hot job i had to get done. Hope they have another open house id like to go
You'll never guess
Titan has done nothing but give to the manufacturing community. He's the GOAT!!!
Nice video right here.
I guess I wouldn't say I dislike Titan because of his attitude or the way he goes about machining but more along the lines of the fact that every single video he releases feels less like a machining video and more of a marketing video. Very, very rarely does he put out an educational and practical video nowadays.
Who cares who's paying for it, people are getting skilled, making money and bringing manufacture back on shore.
I didn t know he was in jail,what did he do?
Haas missed a huge opportunity to partner with Titan. An opportunity that Doosan, Kennametal, Heller, Tornos, Syil, Haimer, MasterCAM, and others have taken advantage of to their delight. Only a fool would believe Titan's of CNC is a typical job shop or manufacturing facility. Every single video or event is a sponsored spectacle created by bonafide machinists with goal of eyes and clicks. The free training (i.e., Building Blocks series) is legit. Welcome to marketing in the social media age.
HAAS might be trying to stay as a small company. If they make too much money then the company could end up out of their control. Not everyone wants to be successful in life
HAAS also stayed in California so you know they dont mind making less money and paying almost 50% taxes. It might not seem like a big deal but hanging out in cali is a big indicator that they dont mind scraping by as a company
The things that Titan,s make are just incredible. And people who say that he and his team. Are hurting the business are Freaking wackco,s. The Man is Proving what can be done. If you take a chance
good stuff
How can apple to work whit you guys, I'm machines
the swiss machine specialist says he's not been on camera before but he has done ecaxtly same style videos for other companies btw
i will have to ask Ian, did you think, try everything you say boom about in a job shop, when you pay for everything yourself , it wont happen, he used to be a hass man when they sponsored him, didn't he suddenly have a shop full of DMG MORI, ( I COULD BE WRONG) as always get kicked off his site from a disagree about speed and feed and choice of cutter , and i will say Ian Sandusky is a job shop machinist and not full of bull like Titan, and every machine shop in the world would love the free shit he gets ,
For sure, it's definitely an aspirational shop and aspirational content - but when I talked to Titan and the guys about things like speeds and feeds (I'm not going to blow a spindle trying to get every second out of a cycle I can) - he said that the real point is that if they run it at 1000 IPM full depth, while I probably can't do that - if you're currently running it at 40 IPM, you should feel perfectly safe dialing that up to even 80 IPM and half your cycle time - or even 200 IPM if you've got the right workholding. To me, it's more of a benchmark of what you can do if something calls for it - even if I can't translate a lot of it directly 1 for 1 into my shop due to some of the expenses involved.
Let's keep it real. Those who hate Titan is because they envy him or feel like they know everything and don't want to learn new ways to do the trade.
He is all about teaching and learning, and making perfect parts on spec. Why would you be against that?
I think this is a BIG factor as well.
Tight tolerance GD&T, QA/QC, vibration analysis, stress/deflection of fixtures or workpiece.... all very tedious and boring to most people.
I loved his earlier stuff, but would love to see him use his success to get someone knowledgeable on realistic "more boring" topics between the commercialized partnership ads once in a while. I am grateful he is sparking more interest in machining but realistic expectations are okay once in a while, too.
How many clips do we stick together before we can call it a video?
If you prefer the longer-form style, there are plenty of tours here in that format to check out!
He's detrimental because employers think they can run the same feeds and speeds with a clapped out Haas HL4 and temu end mills.
Whose fault is that though?
LOL he's a legend in his own mind. They don't do anything dozens of other shops have been doing for years.
Toronto Florida?
IS HE REAL THE DEAL?? Powerful question
Real tv show lol😅😂
Why Syil? Because Syil sweetened the pot more than the others Titan was looking to add to the floor. Partners with Titan are the ones who paid the most to be there.
What really ticked me off that they tried to market "precision flat stones" that weren't real "precision flat stones". That made my blood boil.
The Stones were ground flat from the factory.
@@christophervillalpando5865 they were not!!!!! They were lapped on lapping machines!!! Lapped on cast iron lapping plate with too much of a large grit size slicion carbide!! I know how Tyrolit makes their stones very well because I installed a machine there some years ago!! I know they're process well. You need to grind the stone with a diamond wheel, not lap it with a giant grit silicon carbide powder.
@@christophervillalpando5865 This is a basic way how many of the stones are normally produced!! Tyrolit never understood what really is a precision flat stone. If their technologist held a proper set of flat stones in his hand he would understood. Tyrolit and Titan didn't do the most basic of market research. What dopes!
@@christophervillalpando5865 again the stones were lapped on a lapping machine but with a too large of a grit silicon carbide... it's absolutely basic step that almost every grinding stone producer makes
The only thing i could see in every single Titans - video is, that the shown machines never produced parts, they all look like new. And most times, the Titans just try to fool their non-specialist viewers (like showing the zero runout after facing a part).
Maybe, thats not how the company is in real life, but thats how the Titans are presenting them self on social media.
trade is severely under paid
Why do all these comments feel like bots?
Which do you mean?
@@iansandusky417 kind of like this entire empire is an online gimmick that, to your credit, has worked very well. For the rest of the 99% of machinist on the planet... This is bullshit. One tool has more carbide $ than 5 jobs. Anybody liking this that much has no idea.
@@chrystoni2269 eh, you're entitled to your opinion for sure
Being a machinist is like being in an abusive relationship and just trying harder.... Sadly you can't fix societal problems with more technology.
The channel is cool, but its not clear how buying millions of dollars in German CNC machines and robots is rebuilding US industry. Is the goal to teach CNC or to sell CNCs?
People think he is fake lol?
why is my comment being blocked?
if this is the real look, than i know everything there is to know about titanscnc , and it is as suspected .
5 comments on this channel, all negative - I hope you’re feeling heard dude
If only yall understood flower mound is part of Fort Worth NOT Dallas. I love practical machinist but boy was this a fumble 😅. Fort Worth hates Dallas
Blame me, the dumb ol' Canadian! Geography ain't my strong suit!
1:17 Hawk Tuah!
I Lost ALL respect for Titan who has built himself based on rebuilding American Manufacturing when he decided to start using AND SELLING.
""Syil" Chineese made CNC Mills! Total Sellout! Made me Sad, Disappointed amd Hurt....
Which similarly priced, similarly equipped American machines would you have preferred?
@iansandusky417 Go start with a TM-2P and a Phase Perfect! Everyone who is somthing of worth knows. The way sombody starts a shop is generally how they will build it! You just helped the enemy.... Instead of doing the work of assembling the best talent in our country to make an EVEN BETTER more versitile machine. Like a FLEX CNC but even more versatile! This makes me sad!
@@iansandusky417 Yes! Go invent a even better machine... DO NOT parade yourself as the savior of manufacturing only to then support the ones who stole it in the 1st place!!!!!! Remove all usa branding from yours. "OR" Redeem yourself and do the unthinkable! Put out a even better machine that streamlines setups! Anything else is HOLLOW!!!!!!!!! I don't care if it is temporary or just for a 1 time deal... Don't Take The Easy Path! Always Take The Right Path!!!!!
Make A Better Machine!!!!
Stainless steel way covers... How bout NO WAY COVERS and a bridge mill design! Less parts heavier loads!
RFID tool system.... Proprietary built in endmill sharpener for roughers! This is my design! Works like a tool probe...
FYI my 6 attempts to post a comment here have all been blocked. Censorship?
We haven’t been blocking any of your comments. UA-cam automatically blocks comments that don’t follow their guidelines.
We have the most intelligent NC robots....in the company........They Titan just think..they are ...! No way .....! Only stories! And ...marketing!
40,000 sq ft, millions of $$........12 employees?? More cameras and light fixtures than machines? 100% donated and advertisement machines/tools/workholding? This is a TV studio not a machine shop lmao
Don't those guys have to replace the spindles in their machines far more often than should be needed? I personally find them off-putting; wouldn't want to deal with them as a customer.