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I am impressed first that the owner had the wisdom to realize they they were over there head and going to destroy the expressive component, and second the process you have developed to save the costly bits and make it better than new! You have added significant cost savings for the customer, and recovery time for them by getting it back working relatively quickly. I hope they realize the value you guys have created by paying you well for your contribution to their enterprise. Love to see Homey he always seems to be smiling! I am watching this on our Summer Solstice her in NA while you enjoy the cool of your Winter! Cheers,
Kurtis (and Karen and Homeless). You are the Gold Standard for machining, repair, welding, line boring, and the rest. Love the channel. I have my coffee now and am loving every minute of this. Thanks for Georgia USA.
Hey mate thanks for the high praise I really appreciate that. Glad the video is keeping you company with your coffee - that's the perfect way to spend a morning! Cheers from the whole crew (including Homey)!
Abom79 used to be really good too but ever since he quit his day job repairing components his content has not been the same. Adam is a 3rd generation Machinist too and has way more experience than Curtis running lathes. Curtis seem to know these heavy industry, earth moving, machines like the back of his hand. I'm pretty sure Adam doesn't have that knowledge.
After watching this channel for so many years Kurtis still never stops amazing me with his determination and skill at getting the job done . I’m a retired aircraft mechanic and machinists have always been magicians to me at how they make things. Another great video Kurtis and Karen.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Your work is always top-notch. I'm a retired machinist/welder/fabricator. I learned a few tricks in last 50 years. I used liquid nitrogen quite frequently. One trick that has a high success rate, when dealing with internal threads that may be seized, is to thermal shock the steel in both directions. First, I use liquid nitrogen to drop the temperature to at least -200 F. I let it naturally warm up to room temperature. Then I hit it with the torch to at least 450 to 500 F. Then I let it cool naturally to room temperature. I can say that this has worked 90% of the time. I also made a few custom spanner wrenches that gave me a 3/4 wrap around the gland. 180 degree wrap has a tendency to distort the gland making the threads bind under high torque. You get a more even distribution of torque with a 270 degree wrap. Just a thought. You might want to give it a try.
Hey mate great advice, thanks for sharing your experience! Having 50 years in the trade under your belt definitely comes with some valuable tricks. We can see how that could definitely work in this type of scenario 👍
I am finding myself making this channel one of my highest priorities for watching. I think its simply because it shows us real work, requiring real skill and ingenuity that is really important. So much of the rest of things to watch is frivolous noise. Cutting Edge Engineering also relaxes me!
In addition to the attention to detail and quality of work depicted; I also appreciate that there is NO generic UA-cam music hammering away in the background. The actual sounds of work performed and the environment (Magpies) create a more immersive experience.
@@obacht7 I've got to admit that I've fallen asleep to a CCE video or two, simply because my ambition to stay awake and watch "just one more" was overruled by my fatigue. But then Kurtis & Karen win as they get two views out of me as I go back the next day and actually watch it with my eyes open.
Didn't Kurtis mention at one point that it was already installed when he moved in, and that it was from when the building was a helicopter maintenance facility? Or maybe I'm misremembering. In either case, it and his forklift allow him to be extremely efficient working on his own.
i run overhead cranes on my day job and i would enjoy a run down on the crane too. theres and old vid they have that did a decent sweep of the crane but no commentary. she was filming the birds flying around the shop. and he did say its an old airplane hangar.
My favourite day of the week is Friday. After a long week of working, I come home , open a can off Bundy rum or 3 , and enjoy CEE and learn just a little of Curtis's knowledge. Absolutely love the chanel.
Ditto - - - except mine is a nice hot mug of coffee*. Oh, and I don't work now. ---> Freedom 68, lol. Much appreciation for Curtis and Karen. Big scruff on the ears to Homie. (I use instant*, btw)
Just realising how your videos having a 'mission' or 'story' with an uncertain outcome are really immersive. "Can we save it?" and not spilling the beans on how it turns out is quite suspenseful. I guess that's why we're all so invested still in the Franna crane, or why the attempted cast iron repair still sticks in my mind. This is creative problem solving, and not just by the numbers stuff. Love it, as always ❤
Wow!!! You quite literally need a bigger wrench!!!😂😂😂 Reminds me of a father's day when I was a little kid. I was 11 or 12, and my dad would always swear that he needed a pipe wrench. So I walked down the street to a plumbing hardware store and bought the biggest pipe wrench they had. They had a 24 banana/inch pipe wrench.😄😄😄 🤟🤟🤟BTW... I hope everyone had a wonderful fathers Day!🤟🤟🤟
I love and respect Curtis’ “I must” chamfer a shop made tool, even if it’s for one time use! I really respect your concern for helping your customers save big money.
I'm not a machinist, just an military a/c electronic/flight control specialist and i just love looking at you, your wife , the bird and the dog working.
I'm just a Culinary Instructor and Chef but I absolutely agree; I just love watching skilled people who don't take shortcuts and CARE. Plus the dog...he completely rocks! Karen is the unsung hero.😊
Glad you saved the cylinder for the costumer. And Karen is one of the best at running a camera in the business. Love watching you guys have fun together.
Hey Kurtis, hey Karen. I got the two engineering/machinist companies next to me watching the CCE videos. They both subscribed. It's a CCE neighborhood!! Cheers you guys, hope all is great.
Thank you for suffering for us Kurtis and Karen! 🙂 I love the videos. Great quality, interesting, fun, great camerawork and workmanship in the workshop. We know it takes a lot of effort to make the videos; and we appreciate it very much. Wishing you a great day from Belgium.
Amazing, not even an hour (45min) since posting and the views are at 15,731 and climbing, great stuff!! What I really like is when Kurtis is explaining why he does something a certain way, I'm sitting here nodding my head in agreement and making noises like "yep that makes sense" and "yeah mate you got it" like I'm an engineer?? (I'm not even close to being one) If I'm honest I would be more like the guy who caused all the damage to that cylinder.. 😂
It was another satisfying Friday morning. The coldest I've had to work in was -22°F, or-30°C. It was so cold that the diesel fuel in our generator turned into the consistency of Jello. We had to work an 8-hour shift in it, but we took turns warming up in our service truck for 10 minutes every hour. This was in Eastern Washington State in January 1994. See you next Friday.
You are certainly THE MAN Kurtis. You knew what was underneath all the time. I was amazed when you unscrewed that last part with your fingers!! You might not think you are a hero but I can positively assure you that if that was my cylinder you would be an all star hero to me. Great job Sonny!! Art from Ohio
Great example of why CEE is such a great resource. That poor cylinder was beat within a mm of death trying to get it apart by the owner. The marring up and down both ends was quite epic, and I do love how you left that mauled drain plug in there as a reminder for them. 🙂Kurtis makes it look so easy, and saves hundreds of kg from the scrap heap once again.
Dear Kurtis and all. I hope this is not just one of many who have said this to you. Having worked in the oil industry there is a very often repeated warning. Most hydraulic oils are sealed with Viton O rings. Viton when heated over 450 Deg C will degrade to hydroflouric acid. This is particularly true if contained in an o ring groove. If you don't know this will pass straight through your skin to your bones and you have bone cancer. You have minutes to cut off the affected limb. Please use gloves and particular caution when getting anywhere near anything heated. Sorry if that sounds extreme so check it out with australian coshh. Anyway just love what you do. Say woof to homeless.
Cheers from up above (Germany). I've been a prof metal mold-, pattern- and special machine maker for nearly a decade in the 1980-90ies. Your work is always inspiring and even entertaining and brings back memories of the good old times. When I worked there, temperatures in the workshop ranged from +10 degrees (outside -8°C) and up to 40 °C in summer with fumes from evaporated coolant all over the place. Keep on keepin' on, all the best!
I watched the intro speech and immediately thought 'there's no way he did that in one take'. loving 'go away train'. Splendid work as always. Best to you all.
There's never been a better illustration of Southern summer/winters. In Nova Scotia we're setting record high temperatures the past few days, and you guys are cold by comparison. That said,11C is a good temperature to work in - better than 45C. When cold you can always throw another layer on - when it's too hot there's not much recourse.
Hi, I'm your follower and I must point out that Karen is a professional in terms of photo quality and world champion editing. Curtis, you are also a professional and a perfectionist!!! Thank you and well done.🥰🥰 love from israel
Karen, you and Kurt are the absolute best! Not only do you make great video's but you have the funniest out takes. Give Homeless a hug from all of us, he loves you so much.
I've decided Homeless is the true star of this channel. I mean, there's this nice lady that makes sure he has his toys and takes him outside and there's this guy that messes with the lathe and other machinery and does some welding. And their OK. But I think Homeless is the main attraction.
@4:15 ... That grinder !! Sounds like it runs around......38,000 RPM =))) Always awesome! Glad you both support Homey's videos so much with all the machining stuff =)))
The way that thread unscrewed so easily, brought back an expression from my engineering days in the Merchant Navy, when something that was thought to be well seized, pulled apart so readily. "You've got more luck than a pox doctors clerk!"
Well Kurtis you are top notch. I thought that the barrel was cactus with all the customer's attempts to remove the gland, and you would have to completely rebuild it with a new barrel. However you did your magic and saved the day, yet again. Comparing to some of your other worldly viewers I'm having quite a warm day here in South Australia with our overnight temp at a warm 2 degrees C. Lol😂. Just finished at 9pm working on my '85 Ford XF out in the shed, nice and warm moving around, now I'm chillaxing inside watching the Friday night CEE entertainment. Have a great weekend Kurtis, Karen, Homey and George. ❤
Yesterday I enjoyed my private viewing, today is family day. Halgrm yawned when he saw Homey yawn. Makes sense. Great job of saving that cylinder. It was almost as if cylinder and gland were cast out of one piece! We enjoyed the video as always. Greetings from the Boscheks in Germany.
I just started my break at work and was happy to realise its metal-work-friday...awesome! :D Edit: i am always impressed at how thoughtful you do your job...taking an oil sample to know exactly how to prevent New buildup...excellent!
Amazing how the placement of one O-ring seal during manufacturing can create havoc years down the line. I was shocked at how well just a small amount of corrosion could lock the gland tighter than Dick’s hat band! 😂 On the other hand, CEE had no problem showing the gland who’s the BOSS.
Hey folks. These cylinders that fight us every step of the way are a real challenge. I always had troubles with breaking the rod nut when in the feild. We had a propper cylinder V bench at the shop that had a hydraulic system to get them apart. We would be often a 6 hour drive to the logging shows in the bush. Makes a fella think eh. Every time I had a piece on the lathe that had extra things sticking out they made me dizy enough I often had to slow things down so not to be drawn into the piece. That ride I can do without eh. I am glad to see you staying off your knees in the shop. That concrete will draw the calcium right out of your bones. I had 3 , 3 legged stools I could be comfortable at the right heith. When I retired I brought them home. After all , , , they had my butt crease in their padded leather seats. LOL
I forget it's winter for ya there here in the States. We always love Karen's background additions of sound affects. She should be put up for an Oscar or something.
That little "freeballing it" radius a few minutes in was a thing of beauty. Not many machinists can bang that out so neatly 👍 Edit - That looks like as bad oxidation as it gets in the bottom of that weld, another reason why flux core can be handy even if just for the root pass to seal. Whoever ran that weld had to know though. Either didn't understand the detriment or didn't care.
I am an, at best hobbyist, welder. So please forgive me if I'm getting my terminology wrong. What's the advantage of flux core/dual shield over spray ark with pure Argon? In the other direction, why use 80/20 instead of pure CO2? I've seen tests where, if the machine can handle it, pure CO2 seems to give better penetration.
@@arthurmoore9488 There are books written on this subject, I won't purport to know as much as they do, however there are three salient factors relevant here. One: even purge-welding with CO2 or a mix won't account for impurities embedded in or coated onto the metal the way FC will, you need flux to flush them from your puddle into the slag. Two: The arc will wander a little erratically with C02, expanding from the center out in a "cone" and this generally results in more spatter and a slightly messier weld. Argon blends really clean that affect up, refine the arc and narrow the cone. Three: Speed. You can run beads way faster with flux core to the same penetration, while also burning away more impurities to be encased in the slag deposit, which also aids in protecting the metal from atmo while solidifying and aids in hardness properties. I'll also say for my money that with the right equipment, there is no detriment to penetration with FC, and in my experience I get _better_ penetration. The only downside to FCAW from my experience is simply the wire costs more per meter, and you need to run higher wire speed to achieve the same puddle (again, costs more). You can also lay down puddle more quickly due to the flux though, solid core vs flux core are so very similar, the flux is just an extra protection and _potential_ at an extra cost. I often use high Argon blends with no C02, and I _never_ use C02 when TIG welding. Argon and Helium you get the arc like a slow-motion flame, simply not possible with C02 which just cones it out from the tip. Pricey though, save that one for extotic metals. Even Argon-Nitrogen is leagues ahead of pure C02, which really should be looked at as the base level of gas/protection and utility for mild steel only. There's so much more than this though, I recommend you do further research from people more knowledgeable than me, it's worth it, and you'll start to understand the properties of various metals better as well.
@@masondegaulle5731 Thanks! The big issues as someone doing this for fun is cost and space. My time is still valuable, but only in I could be doing something else. Completely different world than CEE. Where time is money, and it sounds like dual shield is really fast. Plus the other advantages you mentioned.
Working in an industrial shipyard I love having a coffee and watching you all work. I feel as if Im there and you do amazing work, and saving the customers money while being honest about the work process. Love the bloopers, and mishaps, it shows your humor and that you also have issues like the rest of us.
11c/51f sounds positively wonderful, coming off a record-breaking heat wave here in the northeast USA 😅 It was highs of 95f/35c, which isnt much more than an average summer day for you folks but for us its a lot! Many thanks for all the regular wonderful and interesting content, it does not go unappreciated.
Looking at the porosity on that weld tells me it was his first week , and did not know what he was doing ..Or it was his last week , and he didn't give a toss 🤣🤣🤣
I'm not a Friday morning groupie, but I look forward to your videos every week. I even having been slowly working my way through the older videos in anticipation of the next one. Having bent a rod in the lift cylinder of my 1978 Case skid steer, I can see I'm not likely going to get that gland off to use it as a backup cylinder. The machine shop I sent it to couldn't without milling it, and I found a used one cheaper. Still, I watch your creative approach to problem solving, and the sound advice other viewers have, and think, why not give it a try. Thanks for the inspiration.
It's amazing how rust can bind up things so solid, even broke your plumbers wrench,WOW!!! I was stumped on how to fix that problem! BUT NOT KURTIS, HE THOUGHT, NO PROBLEM!! WAY TO GO CEE. LOVED SEEING MY FAVORITE DOG " HOMELESS " The birds are so attached to CEE! I know I am. Thank you Karen for your great videos. Thank you Kurtis for being a master machinist. Love watching you work!! Hope to see you next Friday.😁👍
Look like the wrench wasn't quite large enough, so the nut just came off. Destruction sometimes is the answer! The key is to do it in a way that doesn't destroy anything else.
25yrs ago I was building and servicing Cellphones sites all over Alabama. I’ve worked on equipment while it was raining, sleeting and snowing with temperature of about 20 deg F. On some occasions it would get so cold the equipment wouldn’t work and we had to make tents over it and put heaters inside for equipment to warm up. We had to do what it took to get the site back on the air. Customs don’t like it when their Cellphones don’t work and you know what rolls down hill! My job was in the valley most all of the time! Great job and videoing but that’s the norm for y’all.!!
Okay, you asked for it. Here it comes...... Dane here. Once I had to do an on site repair of a military radio. It was minus 14°C and I hadn't slept for almost 40 hours. THAT was cold. 😂
Hi Kurtis. Before I retired, I once had to fly in to an open pit iron mining operation in Labrador City, Newfoundland, Canada in the middle of winter. They had removed the first 5 rows of seats in the airplane and strapped down mining equipment to transport it to the mine. (There was no road in then, just rail or plane.)Before we departed, the pilot told us that because we were taking off so heavy, they weren’t going to divert power from th3 engines to heat the cabin and they provided us with down parkas against the cold. It was -40C (which is also -40F) when we arrived at the Lab City airport. When I complained about the cold, my host said “it’s not so bad, it’s a dry cold”. With your skills, I’m sure you could have gotten a job there as a heavy equipment mechanic😢
my brother and i changed out an automatic transmission in a 60's era van in the snow at those temps. ( minus 14 C is about 5 F) when we were teenagers back in 1975 no transmission jacks just armstrong it . transmission fluid all over ourselves plus snow mixed with it. fingers so cold it hurt to push the channel selector on the radio. yes good times.
Back in the late 80's I worked for Puritan Maid a subsiduary of Trust House Forte here in the UK. I was fruit and veg manager at our depot in Broughton Astley Leicestershire. We were responsible for supplying all the fruit and veg for the Happy Eater and Motorway service areas from Luton in Bedforshire to Sheffield in the North. I took an urgent delivery in a van to our M1 service station at Newport Pagnell. It was a blazing hot summers day in July. The freezer there had a fault waiting to be repaired. Inside temperature was minus - 65c! We didn't have any arctic gear so short periods of only 2 minutes were taken moving frozen goods into it. What an experience to actually cross form 80f to -65c in one swoop!
Thank you firstly Kurtis, Karen for the content i think its amazing you were able to help your customer who was having so much trouble with that barrel. I am sure they were really scared of having to buy a hole a new one and you saved them you maybe doing this a job but still your a life saver for your clients. 😃👍thank you's for been such good people.
I have a real serious question for you. Because you are filming and explaining the process to the camera has doing that ever made you realize that the way you were going about doing something wouldn't work and should be done differently? Saying things out loud does have a power unto itself sometimes.
The precision and dedication of both the engineering work and the cinematography on this channel match each other like a nice interference fit. I'm looking forward to every single video ❤
Curtis, don't be afraid to heat the end of those barrels to get the heads loose. Just don't beat on the sides of the barrel like the customer did. You need to use a rosebud tip with the torch turned up as high as you can go and heat evenly around the barrel. Usually they'll let out a bit of smoke from the head/barrel joint when it is just about right.Then use a flattened chisel with at least a 7mm wide tip and a 4 lb hammer to strike the notch in the head until it has moved about 25mm. Then use a wrench from there. In 9 years having rebuilt thousands of cylinders, that has worked for most cylinders where the screw in heads have been seized.
The customer tried but didn't know what they were doing. The quality of work you do is generally great, but there has been some times where an unnecessary amount of labor went into a job.
@@brandonh5336 Cylinder rebuilds is your forte. (Thousands of rebuilds= knows it will work.) General engineering is Kurtis' livelihood. He and the client had already agreed to sacrifice the gland and save the barrel and rod. So Kurtis took a les aggressive approach (after trying heat and wrecking a pipe wrench)... which takes longer but has less chance of destroying more...
I love that these types of parts and components are significantly cheaper to repair than to buy new, as opposed to just about everything else out there. Recycling isn't a big enough part of our industry and culture as it should be.
Gotta love when you find out the “factory” welds truly suck compared to the repair or replacement ones you do in house. Kinda validates exactly how good we all know you are. 👏 Bravo Kurtis. P.S. Homie said he deserves extra pig ears…. 😜🤣👍🏼
All needed to dissassembly this cylinder was to take a small cut with the angle grinder where cylinder meets with the gland, , 2mm off, lots and lots of money saved. Love your work Kurtis, keep it up :)
Interesting repair/failure analysis. As to the silicone solution, we used to have a large socket head cap screw that used to rust-freeze due to spray water and the socket would erode unevenly. Someone mixed some anti seize with silicone sealant . It would seal the socket head and yet it would pop out like a dream next service schedule. Enjoyed this video very much, thanks and cheers!
kurtis, with the utmost respect, you dont have to be so defensive or explanatory of your decision making. You are clearly a master of your craft and its just 100% obvious to us that ANYthing you do, you will do with the utmost reasoning and expertise.
Can you get this kind of in-depth, real world, machining and component repair from any other channel? I cannot believe that they have not cracked a million subs yet.
You and IC Weld are masters. I watch both of your channels religiously and always learn something new. Not that I have the skill or equipment to do what you do so masterfully..Still awesome content.
How terrific it is for your customer to watch & see the expert lengths you go through to save the pieces (with outstanding results) to best serve their interests (and pocketbook) Truly rebuilt and 'like new'!
Great content once again! My dad was a machinist and watching you brings back memories of his work activities. The high in Florida today will be in the high 90's. Enjoy the cooler weather! Take care and be safe...
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My first reaction was "holy shit that's cold for Australia" and I live in MN in the USA.
Antarctica. -37 at Mawson station and -54 way up on the ice shelf.
@@nexusone5955 cold for our part of Australia! We've got plenty of places that get snow just not near us.
@@ptgigg you win 😂😂
That is cold for Queensland
Love the fact these videos are about 85% Engineering, 10% Wildlife and 5% Pupper.
Perfect
I am impressed first that the owner had the wisdom to realize they they were over there head and going to destroy the expressive component, and second the process you have developed to save the costly bits and make it better than new! You have added significant cost savings for the customer, and recovery time for them by getting it back working relatively quickly. I hope they realize the value you guys have created by paying you well for your contribution to their enterprise.
Love to see Homey he always seems to be smiling! I am watching this on our Summer Solstice her in NA while you enjoy the cool of your Winter! Cheers,
Kurtis (and Karen and Homeless). You are the Gold Standard for machining, repair, welding, line boring, and the rest. Love the channel. I have my coffee now and am loving every minute of this. Thanks for Georgia USA.
Hey mate thanks for the high praise I really appreciate that. Glad the video is keeping you company with your coffee - that's the perfect way to spend a morning! Cheers from the whole crew (including Homey)!
@@CuttingEdgeEngineeringit’s currently 13 c or 55 f at 02:00 here in Spokane Washington USA
Don't forget the singing & dancing Birds!
@@pacificcoastpiper3949 Lookshury, lookshury, was -1 deg C here in Aspley last night.
Abom79 used to be really good too but ever since he quit his day job repairing components his content has not been the same.
Adam is a 3rd generation Machinist too and has way more experience than Curtis running lathes.
Curtis seem to know these heavy industry, earth moving, machines like the back of his hand. I'm pretty sure Adam doesn't have that knowledge.
After watching this channel for so many years Kurtis still never stops amazing me with his determination and skill at getting the job done . I’m a retired aircraft mechanic and machinists have always been magicians to me at how they make things. Another great video Kurtis and Karen.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Your work is always top-notch. I'm a retired machinist/welder/fabricator. I learned a few tricks in last 50 years. I used liquid nitrogen quite frequently. One trick that has a high success rate, when dealing with internal threads that may be seized, is to thermal shock the steel in both directions. First, I use liquid nitrogen to drop the temperature to at least -200 F. I let it naturally warm up to room temperature.
Then I hit it with the torch to at least 450 to 500 F. Then I let it cool naturally to room temperature. I can say that this has worked
90% of the time. I also made a few custom spanner wrenches that gave me a 3/4 wrap
around the gland. 180 degree wrap has a tendency to distort the gland making the
threads bind under high torque. You get a more even distribution of torque with a 270
degree wrap. Just a thought. You might want to give it a try.
Hey mate great advice, thanks for sharing your experience! Having 50 years in the trade under your belt definitely comes with some valuable tricks. We can see how that could definitely work in this type of scenario 👍
Я тоже занимаюсь примерно такой же работой и по вашему комментарию видно что вы профессионал! Привет от коллеги из России, из Сибири 😅
You should try it next time Kurtis it would make a great video
Nobody asked mate 👍
Equipment mechanic here, we do our fair share of hydraulic cylinders, but this is some great advice. Thanks much.
Karen your laughter is contagious. Thanks again
I am finding myself making this channel one of my highest priorities for watching. I think its simply because it shows us real work, requiring real skill and ingenuity that is really important. So much of the rest of things to watch is frivolous noise. Cutting Edge Engineering also relaxes me!
I love this! No BS, just an expert getting after it.
In addition to the attention to detail and quality of work depicted; I also appreciate that there is NO generic UA-cam music hammering away in the background. The actual sounds of work performed and the environment (Magpies) create a more immersive experience.
Machine ASMR, as they call it 😂
Of course I would never fall asleep to ten minutes of mesmerizing lathe sounds late in the evening 🫣
@@obacht7 I've got to admit that I've fallen asleep to a CCE video or two, simply because my ambition to stay awake and watch "just one more" was overruled by my fatigue. But then Kurtis & Karen win as they get two views out of me as I go back the next day and actually watch it with my eyes open.
And no awkward sponsorship plug!
Oh yeah and some of these people pick the absolute worst rap music that you can pick and it’s turned up so loud it’s like really ???? 😂😂😂😂🤣
No word from today’s sponsor!!
You know I think the workshop crane isn’t getting the recognition it deserves, we only ever see the remote and sling
Funny I was thinking the exact same thing.
I agree, Kurtis? Get Karen to show the hoist some love and recognition!
Didn't Kurtis mention at one point that it was already installed when he moved in, and that it was from when the building was a helicopter maintenance facility? Or maybe I'm misremembering. In either case, it and his forklift allow him to be extremely efficient working on his own.
It's not a crane. It's a team of koala.
i run overhead cranes on my day job and i would enjoy a run down on the crane too. theres and old vid they have that did a decent sweep of the crane but no commentary. she was filming the birds flying around the shop. and he did say its an old airplane hangar.
My favourite day of the week is Friday. After a long week of working, I come home , open a can off Bundy rum or 3 , and enjoy CEE and learn just a little of Curtis's knowledge. Absolutely love the chanel.
Ditto - - - except mine is a nice hot mug of coffee*.
Oh, and I don't work now. ---> Freedom 68, lol.
Much appreciation for Curtis and Karen.
Big scruff on the ears to Homie.
(I use instant*, btw)
I fixed my seized Gland once. Took a course of antibiotics and it cleared right up 😂 hey hey no shoving I’ll see myself out.
Easy. You're gonna get them demonetized again.
That is just a say dad like lol.
Tee hee!😊
😂
Probably the wear band in the wrist
Just realising how your videos having a 'mission' or 'story' with an uncertain outcome are really immersive. "Can we save it?" and not spilling the beans on how it turns out is quite suspenseful. I guess that's why we're all so invested still in the Franna crane, or why the attempted cast iron repair still sticks in my mind. This is creative problem solving, and not just by the numbers stuff. Love it, as always ❤
That's because the answer to "can we save it" is basically always "hell yes" 😊
Wow!!! You quite literally need a bigger wrench!!!😂😂😂
Reminds me of a father's day when I was a little kid. I was 11 or 12, and my dad would always swear that he needed a pipe wrench. So I walked down the street to a plumbing hardware store and bought the biggest pipe wrench they had. They had a 24 banana/inch pipe wrench.😄😄😄
🤟🤟🤟BTW... I hope everyone had a wonderful fathers Day!🤟🤟🤟
I love and respect Curtis’ “I must” chamfer a shop made tool, even if it’s for one time use!
I really respect your concern for helping your customers save big money.
I'm not a machinist, just an military a/c electronic/flight control specialist and i just love looking at you, your wife , the bird and the dog working.
I'm just a Culinary Instructor and Chef but I absolutely agree; I just love watching skilled people who don't take shortcuts and CARE.
Plus the dog...he completely rocks!
Karen is the unsung hero.😊
Glad you saved the cylinder for the costumer. And Karen is one of the best at running a camera in the business. Love watching you guys have fun together.
That save made one happy customer.
It never ceases to amaze me what Kurtis can repair.
Hey Kurtis, hey Karen. I got the two engineering/machinist companies next to me watching the CCE videos. They both subscribed. It's a CCE neighborhood!! Cheers you guys, hope all is great.
haha wow that's awesome glad you are all enjoying the videos and thanks for watching!
Who are CCE? I might watch their videos.
@@ehamster , pleased with yourself ?
@@ehamsterhe’s just getting hit by autocorrect it happens every time you try to type c t e the nfl has been paying people to cover c t e up for years
@@Doubie. i call it autocorrupt, for obvious reasons.
As a Canadian I find it funny to see an Aussie in a sweater.
*Cutting Edge Engineering Australia* Hi guys always a pleasure to see another video, thank-you for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless.
Thank you for suffering for us Kurtis and Karen! 🙂 I love the videos. Great quality, interesting, fun, great camerawork and workmanship in the workshop. We know it takes a lot of effort to make the videos; and we appreciate it very much. Wishing you a great day from Belgium.
Amazing, not even an hour (45min) since posting and the views are at 15,731 and climbing, great stuff!!
What I really like is when Kurtis is explaining why he does something a certain way, I'm sitting here nodding my head in agreement and making noises like "yep that makes sense" and "yeah mate you got it" like I'm an engineer?? (I'm not even close to being one) If I'm honest I would be more like the guy who caused all the damage to that cylinder.. 😂
It was another satisfying Friday morning. The coldest I've had to work in was -22°F, or-30°C. It was so cold that the diesel fuel in our generator turned into the consistency of Jello. We had to work an 8-hour shift in it, but we took turns warming up in our service truck for 10 minutes every hour. This was in Eastern Washington State in January 1994. See you next Friday.
I grew up in eastern Washington and worked many a day in those cold temps haha. Then summer rolls around and it’s 110-115*F or 43*-46*
You are certainly THE MAN Kurtis. You knew what was underneath all the time. I was amazed when you unscrewed that last part with your fingers!! You might not think you are a hero but I can positively assure you that if that was my cylinder you would be an all star hero to me.
Great job Sonny!!
Art from Ohio
Hello dear Kurtis and Karen
Glad to see guys.
Great example of why CEE is such a great resource. That poor cylinder was beat within a mm of death trying to get it apart by the owner. The marring up and down both ends was quite epic, and I do love how you left that mauled drain plug in there as a reminder for them. 🙂Kurtis makes it look so easy, and saves hundreds of kg from the scrap heap once again.
The drive pin is a clever idea Kurtis. Duly noted! The past few days have been 30-31 degreesC here...we have your heat! Cheers sir.
Dear Kurtis and all.
I hope this is not just one of many who have said this to you. Having worked in the oil industry there is a very often repeated warning. Most hydraulic oils are sealed with Viton O rings. Viton when heated over 450 Deg C will degrade to hydroflouric acid. This is particularly true if contained in an o ring groove. If you don't know this will pass straight through your skin to your bones and you have bone cancer. You have minutes to cut off the affected limb. Please use gloves and particular caution when getting anywhere near anything heated.
Sorry if that sounds extreme so check it out with australian coshh.
Anyway just love what you do. Say woof to homeless.
Thanks for the info!!
Love the drive bar trick, top notch work as always both.
Have a great weekend, wrap up warm 😀
My most favourite part of my UA-cam week is seeing you've dropped your latest video. Keep up the great work team!!!
I just love your resourcefulness and determination to get the job done, great work Kurt and as usual Karen great filming.
Cheers from up above (Germany). I've been a prof metal mold-, pattern- and special machine maker for nearly a decade in the 1980-90ies.
Your work is always inspiring and even entertaining and brings back memories of the good old times.
When I worked there, temperatures in the workshop ranged from +10 degrees (outside -8°C) and up to 40 °C in summer with fumes from evaporated coolant all over the place.
Keep on keepin' on, all the best!
I watched the intro speech and immediately thought 'there's no way he did that in one take'. loving 'go away train'. Splendid work as always. Best to you all.
There's never been a better illustration of Southern summer/winters. In Nova Scotia we're setting record high temperatures the past few days, and you guys are cold by comparison. That said,11C is a good temperature to work in - better than 45C. When cold you can always throw another layer on - when it's too hot there's not much recourse.
Wasn't fun in Quebec either... I miss my work trips to NS
Hi, I'm your follower and I must point out that Karen is a professional in terms of photo quality and world champion editing. Curtis, you are also a professional and a perfectionist!!! Thank you and well done.🥰🥰 love from israel
Karen, you and Kurt are the absolute best! Not only do you make great video's but you have the funniest out takes. Give Homeless a hug from all of us, he loves you so much.
11 degrees, Jesus. This might be one of the few instances where the UK is warmer than it is in Australia 😂
Came down here looking to make this comment too. Special occasion this
Still not even slightly cool for Chicagoland.
That is perfect working temps😊
@@robmacdermott3975 Yup.
It is winter time on the bottom half of the earth. Even Australia cools down a bit in winter
I've decided Homeless is the true star of this channel. I mean, there's this nice lady that makes sure he has his toys and takes him outside and there's this guy that messes with the lathe and other machinery and does some welding. And their OK. But I think Homeless is the main attraction.
Homey is definitely the star of the show, he never gets his lines wrong 😂
Staffies are the bestest boys.
@@CuttingEdgeEngineeringnow that’s funny Homey never fluffing his lines what are you suggesting 😅
Absolutely brilliant! Thanks so much for letting us hang around watch an learn in such an incredible shop💯🤸♂️👍
@4:15 ... That grinder !! Sounds like it runs around......38,000 RPM =))) Always awesome! Glad you both support Homey's videos so much with all the machining stuff =)))
The way that thread unscrewed so easily, brought back an expression from my engineering days in the Merchant Navy, when something that was thought to be well seized, pulled apart so readily. "You've got more luck than a pox doctors clerk!"
You can even hear Karen gasp when it started to unthread.
Well Kurtis you are top notch. I thought that the barrel was cactus with all the customer's attempts to remove the gland, and you would have to completely rebuild it with a new barrel. However you did your magic and saved the day, yet again. Comparing to some of your other worldly viewers I'm having quite a warm day here in South Australia with our overnight temp at a warm 2 degrees C. Lol😂. Just finished at 9pm working on my '85 Ford XF out in the shed, nice and warm moving around, now I'm chillaxing inside watching the Friday night CEE entertainment. Have a great weekend Kurtis, Karen, Homey and George. ❤
Pox doctors clerk...excellent,
Well that's going in my repertoire!
@bengelman2600 Yes, it has a certain "je ne sais quoi" about it, doesn't it?
Yesterday I enjoyed my private viewing, today is family day. Halgrm yawned when he saw Homey yawn. Makes sense. Great job of saving that cylinder. It was almost as if cylinder and gland were cast out of one piece! We enjoyed the video as always. Greetings from the Boscheks in Germany.
Thanks for stopping and explaining the imperfections you found. There are so many things like this that you just know from experience. Thanks, again!
I just started my break at work and was happy to realise its metal-work-friday...awesome! :D
Edit: i am always impressed at how thoughtful you do your job...taking an oil sample to know exactly how to prevent New buildup...excellent!
Right. There's so much to lose with a systemic infection of the hydraulic system!
It’s 28 degrees C in Toronto at 8:00am with 72% humidity. So it’s hot and humid. Great camera 📷 work! Cheers 🍻
Amazing how the placement of one O-ring seal during manufacturing can create havoc years down the line. I was shocked at how well just a small amount of corrosion could lock the gland tighter than Dick’s hat band! 😂
On the other hand, CEE had no problem showing the gland who’s the BOSS.
I love watching true professionals make easy work of difficult challenges.
Как всегда лучше, удачи тебе и привет из Саратовской области😊
I enjoy the fact so many people from around the world find this fascinating and take the time to comment. I'm from the US, thanks!
Согласен, супер, привет и из Самары)))
Hey folks. These cylinders that fight us every step of the way are a real challenge. I always had troubles with breaking the rod nut when in the feild. We had a propper cylinder V bench at the shop that had a hydraulic system to get them apart. We would be often a 6 hour drive to the logging shows in the bush. Makes a fella think eh. Every time I had a piece on the lathe that had extra things sticking out they made me dizy enough I often had to slow things down so not to be drawn into the piece. That ride I can do without eh. I am glad to see you staying off your knees in the shop. That concrete will draw the calcium right out of your bones. I had 3 , 3 legged stools I could be comfortable at the right heith. When I retired I brought them home. After all , , , they had my butt crease in their padded leather seats. LOL
I love those bloopers. You can do everything in shop, but to film it correctly is an issue.
😂 awesome job, greetings to birds and dog❤
I forget it's winter for ya there here in the States. We always love Karen's background additions of sound affects. She should be put up for an Oscar or something.
That little "freeballing it" radius a few minutes in was a thing of beauty. Not many machinists can bang that out so neatly 👍
Edit - That looks like as bad oxidation as it gets in the bottom of that weld, another reason why flux core can be handy even if just for the root pass to seal. Whoever ran that weld had to know though. Either didn't understand the detriment or didn't care.
I am an, at best hobbyist, welder. So please forgive me if I'm getting my terminology wrong. What's the advantage of flux core/dual shield over spray ark with pure Argon? In the other direction, why use 80/20 instead of pure CO2? I've seen tests where, if the machine can handle it, pure CO2 seems to give better penetration.
@@arthurmoore9488 There are books written on this subject, I won't purport to know as much as they do, however there are three salient factors relevant here.
One: even purge-welding with CO2 or a mix won't account for impurities embedded in or coated onto the metal the way FC will, you need flux to flush them from your puddle into the slag.
Two: The arc will wander a little erratically with C02, expanding from the center out in a "cone" and this generally results in more spatter and a slightly messier weld. Argon blends really clean that affect up, refine the arc and narrow the cone.
Three: Speed. You can run beads way faster with flux core to the same penetration, while also burning away more impurities to be encased in the slag deposit, which also aids in protecting the metal from atmo while solidifying and aids in hardness properties.
I'll also say for my money that with the right equipment, there is no detriment to penetration with FC, and in my experience I get _better_ penetration. The only downside to FCAW from my experience is simply the wire costs more per meter, and you need to run higher wire speed to achieve the same puddle (again, costs more). You can also lay down puddle more quickly due to the flux though, solid core vs flux core are so very similar, the flux is just an extra protection and _potential_ at an extra cost. I often use high Argon blends with no C02, and I _never_ use C02 when TIG welding. Argon and Helium you get the arc like a slow-motion flame, simply not possible with C02 which just cones it out from the tip. Pricey though, save that one for extotic metals. Even Argon-Nitrogen is leagues ahead of pure C02, which really should be looked at as the base level of gas/protection and utility for mild steel only.
There's so much more than this though, I recommend you do further research from people more knowledgeable than me, it's worth it, and you'll start to understand the properties of various metals better as well.
@@masondegaulle5731 Thanks!
The big issues as someone doing this for fun is cost and space. My time is still valuable, but only in I could be doing something else.
Completely different world than CEE. Where time is money, and it sounds like dual shield is really fast. Plus the other advantages you mentioned.
Working in an industrial shipyard I love having a coffee and watching you all work. I feel as if Im there and you do amazing work, and saving the customers money while being honest about the work process. Love the bloopers, and mishaps, it shows your humor and that you also have issues like the rest of us.
Hope you are both well
11c/51f sounds positively wonderful, coming off a record-breaking heat wave here in the northeast USA 😅
It was highs of 95f/35c, which isnt much more than an average summer day for you folks but for us its a lot!
Many thanks for all the regular wonderful and interesting content, it does not go unappreciated.
Looking at the porosity on that weld tells me it was his first week , and did not know what he was doing ..Or it was his last week , and he didn't give a toss 🤣🤣🤣
i’m kind of leaning towards the latter
I'm not a Friday morning groupie, but I look forward to your videos every week. I even having been slowly working my way through the older videos in anticipation of the next one. Having bent a rod in the lift cylinder of my 1978 Case skid steer, I can see I'm not likely going to get that gland off to use it as a backup cylinder. The machine shop I sent it to couldn't without milling it, and I found a used one cheaper. Still, I watch your creative approach to problem solving, and the sound advice other viewers have, and think, why not give it a try. Thanks for the inspiration.
Its always therapeutic when a video comes from this channel
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Hey guys I’ve been watching you two for about three or four years now and you still come up with something new to watch.keep up the good work you two👍
It's amazing how rust can bind up things so solid, even broke your plumbers wrench,WOW!!! I was stumped on how to fix that problem! BUT NOT KURTIS, HE THOUGHT, NO PROBLEM!! WAY TO GO CEE. LOVED SEEING MY FAVORITE DOG " HOMELESS " The birds are so attached to CEE! I know I am. Thank you Karen for your great videos. Thank you Kurtis for being a master machinist. Love watching you work!! Hope to see you next Friday.😁👍
Look like the wrench wasn't quite large enough, so the nut just came off. Destruction sometimes is the answer! The key is to do it in a way that doesn't destroy anything else.
25yrs ago I was building and servicing Cellphones sites all over Alabama. I’ve worked on equipment while it was raining, sleeting and snowing with temperature of about 20 deg F.
On some occasions it would get so cold the equipment wouldn’t work and we had to make tents over it and put heaters inside for equipment to warm up. We had to do what it took to get the site back on the air. Customs don’t like it when their Cellphones don’t work and you know what rolls down hill! My job was in the valley most all of the time!
Great job and videoing but that’s the norm for y’all.!!
Okay, you asked for it. Here it comes...... Dane here. Once I had to do an on site repair of a military radio. It was minus 14°C and I hadn't slept for almost 40 hours. THAT was cold. 😂
Hey Dane, that sounds pretty brutal mate 😅
Hi Kurtis. Before I retired, I once had to fly in to an open pit iron mining operation in Labrador City, Newfoundland, Canada in the middle of winter. They had removed the first 5 rows of seats in the airplane and strapped down mining equipment to transport it to the mine. (There was no road in then, just rail or plane.)Before we departed, the pilot told us that because we were taking off so heavy, they weren’t going to divert power from th3 engines to heat the cabin and they provided us with down parkas against the cold. It was -40C (which is also -40F) when we arrived at the Lab City airport. When I complained about the cold, my host said “it’s not so bad, it’s a dry cold”. With your skills, I’m sure you could have gotten a job there as a heavy equipment mechanic😢
@@treatch3- Your host must have learned to mine in Arizona, because "it's a dry heat" is our joke for our little outpost of hell.
my brother and i changed out an automatic transmission in a 60's era van in the snow at those temps. ( minus 14 C is about 5 F) when we were teenagers back in 1975 no transmission jacks just armstrong it . transmission fluid all over ourselves plus snow mixed with it. fingers so cold it hurt to push the channel selector on the radio. yes good times.
With with chill it hit-40c/f here last winter, however it hit 90f 32c here today and I almost didn't make it, haha
I really enjoy watching Kurtis work
Back in the late 80's I worked for Puritan Maid a subsiduary of Trust House Forte here in the UK. I was fruit and veg manager at our depot in Broughton Astley Leicestershire. We were responsible for supplying all the fruit and veg for the Happy Eater and Motorway service areas from Luton in Bedforshire to Sheffield in the North. I took an urgent delivery in a van to our M1 service station at Newport Pagnell. It was a blazing hot summers day in July. The freezer there had a fault waiting to be repaired. Inside temperature was minus - 65c! We didn't have any arctic gear so short periods of only 2 minutes were taken moving frozen goods into it. What an experience to actually cross form 80f to -65c in one swoop!
Funny Banana benders think those temperatures are Arctic!
Cylinder giving that oil sample like it’s getting tested before going back on the job🤣
Eleven an a half degrees C?
Thats a good Summers day in Scotland....
Thank you firstly Kurtis, Karen for the content i think its amazing you were able to help your customer who was having so much trouble with that barrel. I am sure they were really scared of having to buy a hole a new one and you saved them you maybe doing this a job but still your a life saver for your clients. 😃👍thank you's for been such good people.
I have a real serious question for you. Because you are filming and explaining the process to the camera has doing that ever made you realize that the way you were going about doing something wouldn't work and should be done differently? Saying things out loud does have a power unto itself sometimes.
"How much can we save out of this" is a cool video concept. Well done, that one was a fight.
ALL RIGHT! This looks like a KICK ASS episode. Thanks, guys!🤘🤘🤘🎆🎆🎇🎇🎑🎑🎊🎊🎊🎉🎉🎉
Kurtis you make this recovery job so easy, obviously though it is not. Great work mate👍🧐🇦🇺
Hello notification squad
Karen showing that 11°C
My bones cant even handle 22°C.
Coldest record in my country (trinidad)
Is 20°c
wow such a tropical warm climate there, enjoy!
The precision and dedication of both the engineering work and the cinematography on this channel match each other like a nice interference fit. I'm looking forward to every single video ❤
Not to slow today but it's a bit chilly.
No it's bloody cold.
36:39 and a good crack on a cold sore finger, you got my sympathy.
Curtis, don't be afraid to heat the end of those barrels to get the heads loose. Just don't beat on the sides of the barrel like the customer did. You need to use a rosebud tip with the torch turned up as high as you can go and heat evenly around the barrel. Usually they'll let out a bit of smoke from the head/barrel joint when it is just about right.Then use a flattened chisel with at least a 7mm wide tip and a 4 lb hammer to strike the notch in the head until it has moved about 25mm. Then use a wrench from there. In 9 years having rebuilt thousands of cylinders, that has worked for most cylinders where the screw in heads have been seized.
The customer tried but didn't know what they were doing. The quality of work you do is generally great, but there has been some times where an unnecessary amount of labor went into a job.
@@brandonh5336
Cylinder rebuilds is your forte. (Thousands of rebuilds= knows it will work.)
General engineering is Kurtis' livelihood.
He and the client had already agreed to sacrifice the gland and save the barrel and rod.
So Kurtis took a les aggressive approach (after trying heat and wrecking a pipe wrench)...
which takes longer but has less chance of destroying more...
Awesome. Fascinating to see how you handled this difficult job.
Good morning from Californias beautiful wine country! 😊😊😊
I love that these types of parts and components are significantly cheaper to repair than to buy new, as opposed to just about everything else out there. Recycling isn't a big enough part of our industry and culture as it should be.
Gold Morning from Cologne
Gotta love when you find out the “factory” welds truly suck compared to the repair or replacement ones you do in house. Kinda validates exactly how good we all know you are. 👏 Bravo Kurtis.
P.S. Homie said he deserves extra pig ears…. 😜🤣👍🏼
All needed to dissassembly this cylinder was to take a small cut with the angle grinder where cylinder meets with the gland, , 2mm off, lots and lots of money saved. Love your work Kurtis, keep it up :)
Amazing Repair!!!!! A pleasure to see such great machinist skills!!
Interesting repair/failure analysis. As to the silicone solution, we used to have a large socket head cap screw that used to rust-freeze due to spray water and the socket would erode unevenly. Someone mixed some anti seize with silicone sealant . It would seal the socket head and yet it would pop out like a dream next service schedule. Enjoyed this video very much, thanks and cheers!
Nice job! It's always satisfying watching you save your customers money.
Hi Curtis, hi Karen respect from the UK
Kudos to Kurtis for deriding talking the failure and damage wrought by the previous mechanic. Top quality content!
Happy winter solstice.
kurtis, with the utmost respect, you dont have to be so defensive or explanatory of your decision making. You are clearly a master of your craft and its just 100% obvious to us that ANYthing you do, you will do with the utmost reasoning and expertise.
I just love it when your plan comes together!
Can you get this kind of in-depth, real world, machining and component repair from any other channel?
I cannot believe that they have not cracked a million subs yet.
Another great watch. Watching your vids is stress free, relaxing, and a little comic relief at the end. You two rock!! 🤘
You and IC Weld are masters. I watch both of your channels religiously and always learn something new. Not that I have the skill or equipment to do what you do so masterfully..Still awesome content.
How terrific it is for your customer to watch & see the expert lengths you go through to save the pieces (with outstanding results) to best serve their interests (and pocketbook)
Truly rebuilt and 'like new'!
Great content once again! My dad was a machinist and watching you brings back memories of his work activities. The high in Florida today will be in the high 90's. Enjoy the cooler weather! Take care and be safe...
Superb knowledge of the individual parts makeup of that cylinder, and machining skills, par excellance’. Kudos on another fine video Karen & Kurtis!
The birds coming by is so awesome.
That introduction was very impressive, I can’t wait to see the out takes at the end