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Don't forget her ability to make everything so clearly visible for us with her camera technique, i mean the images from inside the apron where stunning.👍👍💯💯
I think that sometimes he is looking at the videos before putting stuff together and it saved me some times to have photos on my phone cause memory fails
@@johanabrahamsson3353 I believe that's exactly it. I do restoration and repair on old electronics. Taking a load of photos before and during disassembly has saved my bacon countless times.
With all due respect you didn't neglect your responsibility's you reassessed your responsibilities and just changed its priorities without any dramas or explanations to anyone.
I suggest to you that you are incorrect. When a new CCE video drops your responsibility is to watch, smash the like button, and comment. I suspect that you did all of them in nearly that order.
It’s 2:30 am here in Pennsylvania. I’m drinking from my CEE mug and watching this machinist/mechanic/fabricator/troubleshooter and most amazing welder. Thinking about all the like minded people across the WORLD and how we are brought together to enjoy this absolutely one of a kind videographer share these wonderful stories at all hours of their day. Three thousand four hundred and ninety eight views while typing this. Just lovin it!😊
Kurtis, your ability to disassemble, reconstruct the broken part and reassemble the machine is truly amazing. I was very concerned when you removed the parallels before machining the fork.
It is truly amazing that Karen can video all day maybe a couple of days, every week, and still have interest in what it is you'll are doing. The little giggles and noises just shows that she is in it with you. Love the content and look forward each Friday for the next one.
This episode had everything! New words… smooshing… finger painting…. Small Rastafarian hedgehog looking things on the mill, Homeless emerging from the jungle, mechanical archaeological exploration, lathe disembowelling, some damn fine machining, the occasional Ooooohh from the camera operator, it just doesn’t get any better. Thanks guys, and have a great Christmas.
For a machining layman this is so interesting to see how Kurtis is able to make his own spare part and how he improvises measurements that are difficult to take. Thank you Karen & Kurtis and homey and the birds. Wish you merry Christmas in advance! 😊🎉
I started in business working for a foundry that started in the early 1800's The equipment and buildings ran the gamut from brand new to 160 years old and still running. Breakdowns are common in a building where forklift drivers regularly bounce off equipment and building structures with their 10,000 lb juggernauts. I moved to fabrication and assembly plants at the age of 21. Same situation just not quite as much sand in the bearings. At the time welding was akin to alchemy in most of the plants I worked in from 1973 to 1990. Machinist work was an art form with CNC still just a gleam in the engineers eye. Watching Kurtis make the shifting fork reminded me of many jobs that hung on a bit of cast iron that couldn't be bought and had to be manufactured while the whole plant shutdown during the wait. One of my favorite characters is Homie. Just so happy to see you and Kurtis that he is wiggling as fast as he can all the while running with his alligator.
As a diesel mechanic and general repairer, pannel beater, crane operator advanced rigger, etc, for a construction company, 125 tonne excavators, and down to basic equipment, shit happens all the time. Love your Chanel. Thanks, Karen and Kurtis, for your efforts to get your days out to us to make our day.
I worked in tunnel construction driving tunnel boring machines and hand excavated station ground shields. When a part went down we would help the mechanics strip the part out and the guys in the machine shop would made new parts, working overnight and weekends. Standing time cost the company money and we lost out on bonuses, so it's all hands to the job, plus there would be a stewards enquiry to make sure it did not happen again. I just love watching Curtis get over measurement and tapering hole problems so easy. Karen's skill on the camera shows all the tricks of the trade in a great way. Many thanks to you both, now I have to catch up on the chores before her indoors gets home.
I love Karen's vocal interjections making her not only the videographer but part of the show! She represents the rest of us in the shop with her grunts and gasps!!! I love it!
I've been watching this channel for a few years now and can honestly say other than improvements to the videography and editing that the main focus of the channel has never changed and has always showcased the work. There's no added drama or BS, just two honest folks bringing us into the shop and giving us a realistic look as to how things work good or bad, Karen, Kurtis, please never change this aspect!
Greetings all from Humboldt County California. You asked if anyone had equipment break in the middle of a job… does having my loaded fuel truck get hit by an empty lumber truck and totaled count? Walked away with no fuel leaks. Truly blessed.
I did something similar in 1987 rolled a truck with liquid fertilizer 360 degrees, he)) of a ride, pulled a rib loose. I kept the hood ornament as a reminder.
Whilst watching I thought how’s he going to identify where the problem is, once identified I thought how’s he going to get that out, once out I thought where’s he going to get that new part quickly, Kurt when you said well now I’m going to make a new one I couldn’t stop laughing. I thought no one is that good. your a god damn magician with metal. You and Karen are amazing
@CuttingEdgeEngineering you're making the same noises most of us would make if we were the so it's pretty bang-on. And you were quick to identify the key way!
That solid steel fork should last a good bit longer than the cast original. When it wears in a little the shift will probably get a little better as well. Another superb job.
You have to give it to the master, broken selector arm where most people would just Google a new/old replacement part, you simply make a new one super inspiring.
From another commenter: @kuan-k4m 36 minutes ago As a Chinese mechanical engineer, I must admit that even in China, Chinese machinery factories do not like the machine tools produced by Shenyang Machine Tool Factory. This is synonymous with low price and poor quality machine tools.😔😔 Fortunately, the machine tool factory has gone bankrupt. Machine tools like this will never be produced again.😀
I wonder how many of Kurtis' clients follow this channel? If I ran a big earth moving company, and was looking for a machine shop, I would 100% be giving Kurtis a call, and I might even pay overt he odds to get a speedy turnaround with the quality of work we see here. I have seen a few line boring videos on other channels and some of them are scary bad, and none of them come remotely close to the quality of work we see on this channel.
The Big Eng vids on cylinders etc are awesome, the Franna series is captivating, but vids like this on the insides of workshop machines are fully intriguing to me, so TYVM for sharing. And the perpetual hats-off K for fine video-in-the-innards work :)
I really enjoy watching you tear down these machines, find and fix the problem and reassemble it successfully, making parts as needed. Keeps that money rollin in! Good job all.
this channel has made me start pursuing some machining. i started watching as just an automotive technician and over the years ive gotten more and more invested in machining to the point ive gone back to college for machining. thanks for the great videos!
Im a bit curious as for the reason(s). You got tired of the nonsense in the industry or maybe the body starting to say it had enough? In any case, I wish you success in your new career!
When I saw that fragment my immediate thought was they got very lucky that it or a chip didn't fall into a gear train creating a destructive cascade metal spaghetti failure. Had that happen to me in a 4x4 truck transfer case.
It sucks when you have a piece of equipment go down, but man I love seeing you guys tear into it and fix it. These type of episodes are very entertaining.
Brings back memories of dismantling my mechanical alarm clock into many pieces when I was in elementary school in the early 70s and then realizing I had no memory of how to put it back together again. Thankfully, Dad laughed it off.
@@ahmedbelhadia2721 This machine, Kurtis said, had been "crashed". So it had been damaged far more than they realised when they bought it. Many things internally could have been damaged far beyond what the manufacturer ever thought was possible in normal use...possibly including the tapered pin being jolted loose....and starting to "work" at the hole in that casting. This is years of wear...and we don't know how old this machine is...
I took all the screws out of the door handles when I was 5/6 and used one of those mechanical hand drills to drill through the side walls of my Grandads tyres (all four) to see how they stayed up, he was a Driving instructor at the time. I must have taken apart every toy, bike, go-kart etc I owned, still doing the same today, but now I can get them back together. lool Merry Christmas Sir.
Still amazed at your mechanical ability and knowledge Kurtis Karen,those were some amazing shots into some really tight areas Thanks again you two for everything you post and keep up the amazing work
Awesome work Karen. The lighting and clarity was exceptional. You can really appreciate it when Homeless brought the croc in from the outside at the very end. But not only that, watching Kurtis reassemble all the parts was truly satisfying. I've watched Adam Abom rebuild a tool post and it's eye opening to see how complex these machines can be. I remember when you two first acquired the Shenyang, i was won over just on the volume parts and tools that accompanied the purchase. My favorite project that was done on this channel was the 3 part Fitting The Riser Block | K&W Facing Borer Upgrade. After that, the building of the "Aircraft Hanger" is a close second.
The calm methodical disassemble was a thing to behold, the same with Kurtis' new pet 'The Spaghetti Monster of Doom'. Thank you Karen for your expert videography and bringing us new words and phrases Mankind never knew existed, or even knew we needed from Kurtis. WOOF! to Homie. Merry Christmas to the CEE Team and Community.
That was close to genius. I was worried the hole would not align close enough to get he pin in. I think Kurtis' solution not only overcame his lack of a tapered drill or reamer, but also gave just enough leeway to compensate for a minor misalignment.
Awesome engineering.. Kurtis's skills set seemingly has no boundaries.. not many people would know how to strip the lathe down let alone manufacture a new part for it - Bravo!
You have a great sense of how things work and go together Kurtis! What’s more; you know how to repair, replace and then put all those parts back together! A sound mind of a cutting edge engineer! I love these kinds of video! Cutting Edge completes my week, don’t stop anything until CEE is here on Fridays! All the VERY BEST to you and yours mate, thanks for giving me something special to look forward to each week!😀👍 Mark from Scotland 🍺
G morning......from the very snowy and chilly -15 C of Northern NY......was #68 viewing this week at 2am here....wood stove is cranking......Love all your posts and Karen's outstanding editing.....Nothing better than watching CEE machining from down under. Don
I’m not an engineer and my life has nothing to do with what you do but it’s a joy to watch such a skill full guy at work. Thanks for the content all the way from the uk
Having been self-employed most of my working life, I know where you were coming from with this. On-the-fly repairs like that, I always refered to as "the joys of being self-employed." Job well done. 👍
I own a cabinet shop. I run a saw with a cutting capacity of 10 feet. The saw was built in 89 so yeah I don't have the fingers to count how many times I have had to figure something out at 1 am so I could finish a job. The saw is cnc controled. Right now my monthly maintenance has changed to include testing limit switches. The old ones lasted for 30 years. The same part now lasts a year. Just glad that I can put extras on the self just in case. That was a great fix and will be better than stock. Glad that it's up and running again.
T'was the week before Christmas and all through the workshop, not a creature was stiring, not even Homie near the doorstp. The calipers were polished and hung up with care and Kurtis was fussing on the state of his hair. By the lathe the swarf was swept into a pile and tools were in place including the file. Maching was done and of course all done right and Santa called out, "to all a good night" With appologies to Clement Clarke Moore, compliments of the season to all
Good ole RTV. We'd make gaskets from cardboard shoeboxes when I was 10 in 1965. RTV made repair-life so much easier for projects like 1947 Willy's Jeep
As a Chinese mechanical engineer, I must admit that even in China, Chinese machinery factories do not like the machine tools produced by Shenyang Machine Tool Factory. This is synonymous with low price and poor quality machine tools.😔😔 Fortunately, the machine tool factory has gone bankrupt. Machine tools like this will never be produced again.😀
It seems that when one chinese manufacturer closes, another one opens to produce the same quality as the one that just closed. Is this the case with machine tools?
What I love about this channel is you don't have to be in the game or be a trades man but the way it's delivered and presented anyone can sit down and watch....love it guys im just a truckie but my eyes are glued every upload....cheers keep em comin.
Thanks for the vid - seems my first comment got lost in YT 😥 This vid proves two rules: 1 When you drop something, you will find it nowhere near where it landed. 2 Keep hold of that tool - you never know when you will need it. All the best, Paul
Kurtis, that was an excellent piece of improvisational emergency engineering, and your better half, as always, did great camera work. Homeless did a good fetch. Who's a good boy?
Ohhhhh nooooooo Kurtis broke the lathe again,lol. Well that was ace that watching you take it all apart and make a new part from scratch. Well done Kurtis. Your so talented in the way that you know what's needed to be fixed and then just make a part like that. Loved the video and the outtakes well funny :) Roll on next week :)
Great video Kurtis and Karen! You did a great job of capturing detail, even in those really inaccessible places. I very much enjoyed the process of fabricating the replacement part. Very much a case of getting on with the job rather than ordering a part online and keeping your customers waiting.
These videos are a guilty pleasure. I work midnights on the East Coast of America and am able to catch these shorty after posting. Thanks for making my night a little easier!
That's nice work Kurtis! It brought back memories, or should I say a nightmare of trying to repair the rotating assembly on a 1950's turret lathe! Hope you guys had a great weekend.
Seen from a certain perspective that job was worth $200,000.00 per hour. I have a few new machines in my shop. Most are rebuilt from discarded or broken devices and parts found at flea markets, garage sales, and estate sales. I am always impressed by how well you work together. Kurtis, you have a great deal of skill and your experience shows in creating methods to repair or reproduce parts to keep your equipment up and running. It stands to reason as that is your stock in trade. Karen, you and Kurtis work together to discover what is wrong and what is needed to repair the problem. Recording the process is a great tool for determining what is at fault. Thanks for letting me follow along.
I enjoy how Kurtis explains the sourcing and cost issues unique to Australia. It's similar to Hawaii -- you find a more DIY attitude, since shipping is so expensive and time consuming. Which, in turn means that broken gear gets repaired, rather than discarded. A refreshing change from how things work in mainland USA -- people don't seem to want to repair things anymore over here.
Thank you for another amazing video. Great engineering, workmanship, videography, and editing. All performed brilliantly, calmly, cheerfully, and with the great "Homeless" keeping everyone safe. I say again, thank you. I hope you enjoy the week end and keep well.
Your wife does a great job “camera tech” following your hands deep into the belly of the beast 😂 I'd be lucky if mine even knew what the inside of the workshop looked like!😢 love your work Kurtis.
Hi from England 🏴 I love these videos I worked in engineering for many years now sadly I had to retire at 50 due to cancer, a brain tumour & CFS I still keep my hand in a little with two 3D printers, I also have a select few YT subscriptions that keep me going yours is one of them so thank you so much for your content Curtis you have so much experience it amazes me, homeless is gorgeous Staffies are the best & Karen your editing is second to non 🙏
*Cutting Edge Engineering Australia* Always a pleasure to see another video, thank-you both for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless. (( Connecticut, USA ))
I have a hobby lathe and mill, had to cast parts for the lathe and machine them to fit. Mill is down at the moment so conveting it to belt drive. A good fix on your lathe and Karen did well with the video.
Wow, one of the best videos yet as it was an unknown fault. Excellent camera work. Not sure if it was the editing but I thought there would be more cursing on the dismantling.
Geez Kurtis, we leave you alone for a few days and look what happens 😂. Nice work mate 👍 Thanks to you both for entertaining and Informing us for another year , hope you get some time off.
Good morning, guys. Never fails--they continue to make high-impact parts from cast iron or cast steel and they fail. Awesome job replicating the fork and returning it to service! Thanks to you both for letting us follow along and have a great week! BTW, the outtakes this week are hilarious--especially the dreaded Magnetic Swarf Monster! 🤣 Happy Holidays!🎄
If you want a large manual lathe, I happen to know where one is sitting that has seen little use and the company is no longer using it. The lathe is a Lagun American Turnmaster, and it has a 200" distance between centers with a 30" swing over bed. It has a 21.5" swing over cross slide. I was told the sellers would take $70,000 USD for the lathe.
Having experience with work like this in tight spaces, it amazes me how you two can get the job done, while filming and getting "the shot", without being in each other's way. Thank you for your interesting and entertaining content. Greetings from Germany. T.
Nice job on the order of operations. I know a guy that probably would have wanted to cut the outside shape before the holes and would have wanted to drill the holes on a drill press. Using the extra material for work holding is always better. Nice work, Curtis.
Thanks ... because misery loves company. Last week I had the power feed jam on my clapped out ancient lathe, and it spit teeth out of the forward/reverse gear box. Awesome layout and fabrication work. I learned a lot. You always make it look easy.
The way you manage to get all the detail on camera is so brilliant. Your one of the only channels that show every step and detail. Thank you so much for all this wonderful content. I can't wait to visit Australia one day!!
Must have been frustrating to have it break down in a critical job. . But how fantastic is it that you could fix it in a couple of hours. Just amazing. Great job.
Lol, yes it's a bad thing and one thing that I have seen is that Kurtis has a love for older tools. When you understand how the tools work you can react in a positive way. And if the part was save or not. I would have gone home and called it a day. Something like that just takes a lot out of you.
This channel is so well filmed and narrated I feel I am actually in the workshop. Any one else miss the satisfaction of a job well done, pottering about at home is not the same. Great channel thank you Karen and Kurtis.
One of the fin parts is watching the Like counter go from 789 to 3.3K in the time the video runs. As always, great work - both sorry, all three of you.
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Sending love and admiration from the other Sunshine State, Paulie Brown
Fix it Friday is good but feeding the Franna fetish is better.
Just saying
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Lol I understand @6:37 Karen said: "there's a kiwi holding it on" wait what 🤡🤣
Great Fix Kurtis!
Karen's spontaneous reactions as things are revealed add so mush to these videos. Her genuine interest and surprise always make me smile.
the "yuck!" got a laugh outta me xD
Dont forget about homie! Hes the safety inspector after all
Karen's reactions - just priceless !!! 🤣🤣🤣
Don't forget her ability to make everything so clearly visible for us with her camera technique, i mean the images from inside the apron where stunning.👍👍💯💯
@@youtube_learner I still think Karen and Kurtis should swap roles for the first of April,
I love the fact that Curtis can fix almost anything that is broken. I'm also amazed at how he can remember how everything goes back together.
I think that sometimes he is looking at the videos before putting stuff together and it saved me some times to have photos on my phone cause memory fails
@@johanabrahamsson3353 I believe that's exactly it. I do restoration and repair on old electronics. Taking a load of photos before and during disassembly has saved my bacon countless times.
Who's Curtis?
Can he fix the broken socio-economic global mess? 😂
@@chrish1657 Not even Kurtis is that good.
I’m a simple man. I see a new CEE video, I neglect my responsibilities
With all due respect you didn't neglect your responsibility's you reassessed your responsibilities and just changed its priorities without any dramas or explanations to anyone.
so real, I really should be saving this for later. I have lots of schoolwork I need to do asap
I agree. Neglecting responsibilities now.
I suggest to you that you are incorrect. When a new CCE video drops your responsibility is to watch, smash the like button, and comment. I suspect that you did all of them in nearly that order.
It’s 2:30 am here in Pennsylvania. I’m drinking from my CEE mug and watching this machinist/mechanic/fabricator/troubleshooter and most amazing welder. Thinking about all the like minded people across the WORLD and how we are brought together to enjoy this absolutely one of a kind videographer share these wonderful stories at all hours of their day. Three thousand four hundred and ninety eight views while typing this. Just lovin it!😊
Kurtis, your ability to disassemble, reconstruct the broken part and reassemble the machine is truly amazing. I was very concerned when you removed the parallels before machining the fork.
It is truly amazing that Karen can video all day maybe a couple of days, every week, and still have interest in what it is you'll are doing. The little giggles and noises just shows that she is in it with you. Love the content and look forward each Friday for the next one.
This episode had everything! New words… smooshing… finger painting…. Small Rastafarian hedgehog looking things on the mill, Homeless emerging from the jungle, mechanical archaeological exploration, lathe disembowelling, some damn fine machining, the occasional Ooooohh from the camera operator, it just doesn’t get any better. Thanks guys, and have a great Christmas.
That is by far and away the best comment I have ever read, genius in fact. Merry Christmas to you and yours Champ. :D
Lingwishing
Also asmr sounds from the grinding
I hope this is a Stefon reference
@andrewgaynor4399
Never would I ever think to describe swarf as "Rastafarian hedgehog looking things", but here we are.
For a machining layman this is so interesting to see how Kurtis is able to make his own spare part and how he improvises measurements that are difficult to take. Thank you Karen & Kurtis and homey and the birds. Wish you merry Christmas in advance! 😊🎉
I started in business working for a foundry that started in the early 1800's
The equipment and buildings ran the gamut from brand new to 160 years old and still running.
Breakdowns are common in a building where forklift drivers regularly bounce off equipment and building structures with their 10,000 lb juggernauts.
I moved to fabrication and assembly plants at the age of 21. Same situation just not quite as much sand in the bearings.
At the time welding was akin to alchemy in most of the plants I worked in from 1973 to 1990. Machinist work was an art form with CNC still just a gleam in the engineers eye.
Watching Kurtis make the shifting fork reminded me of many jobs that hung on a bit of cast iron that couldn't be bought and had to be manufactured while the whole plant shutdown during the wait.
One of my favorite characters is Homie. Just so happy to see you and Kurtis that he is wiggling as fast as he can all the while running with his alligator.
As a diesel mechanic and general repairer, pannel beater, crane operator advanced rigger, etc, for a construction company, 125 tonne excavators, and down to basic equipment, shit happens all the time. Love your Chanel. Thanks, Karen and Kurtis, for your efforts to get your days out to us to make our day.
You get it! It's all part of the journey, cheers!
It's a beautiful journey, always exciting.
I worked in tunnel construction driving tunnel boring machines and hand excavated station ground shields. When a part went down we would help the mechanics strip the part out and the guys in the machine shop would made new parts, working overnight and weekends. Standing time cost the company money and we lost out on bonuses, so it's all hands to the job, plus there would be a stewards enquiry to make sure it did not happen again.
I just love watching Curtis get over measurement and tapering hole problems so easy. Karen's skill on the camera shows all the tricks of the trade in a great way. Many thanks to you both, now I have to catch up on the chores before her indoors gets home.
I love Karen's vocal interjections making her not only the videographer but part of the show! She represents the rest of us in the shop with her grunts and gasps!!! I love it!
I was waiting for a third hand to appear for a moment there at the end lol. But I suppose there are some boundaries needed to protect the illusion.
Yes her interjections are spot on. Her giggles are just wonderful. Same time as mine😅. Always a pleasure to watch.
I've been watching this channel for a few years now and can honestly say other than improvements to the videography and editing that the main focus of the channel has never changed and has always showcased the work. There's no added drama or BS, just two honest folks bringing us into the shop and giving us a realistic look as to how things work good or bad, Karen, Kurtis, please never change this aspect!
I didn't think a broken machine in your workshop would make me so happy. Greetings from Poland
The writing tablet is hilarious. I also loved the skillfull camera work poking inside the side of the apron. Really great shots.
Needs to be in the CEE shop!
Greetings all from Humboldt County California. You asked if anyone had equipment break in the middle of a job… does having my loaded fuel truck get hit by an empty lumber truck and totaled count? Walked away with no fuel leaks. Truly blessed.
damn mate, that definitely counts, glad it wasn't any worse for you!
Yikes! Stay safe Sir, that must have been a brown trouser day. Stay safe Sir and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours.
I did something similar in 1987 rolled a truck with liquid fertilizer 360 degrees, he)) of a ride, pulled a rib loose. I kept the hood ornament as a reminder.
Large cars definitely don’t crash well, do they.
I love her little commentaries every now and again she cracks me up
This is why I am subscribed. To see Curtis problem solve issues in the shop.
We’re glad you enjoy our problem-solving videos!
Who's Curtis?
Whilst watching I thought how’s he going to identify where the problem is, once identified I thought how’s he going to get that out, once out I thought where’s he going to get that new part quickly, Kurt when you said well now I’m going to make a new one I couldn’t stop laughing. I thought no one is that good. your a god damn magician with metal. You and Karen are amazing
I love how enthusiastic Karen is with her "Aha! A thingy-mahoo!" everytime a new part comes off :D
For some reason in these situations I just can't help but react 😅
@CuttingEdgeEngineering you're making the same noises most of us would make if we were the so it's pretty bang-on. And you were quick to identify the key way!
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering repeating what most of us were thinking "Camed? I don't know what that means"
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering More Karen kommentary! You are the audience's (our) proxy. Mint!
@@westybeastfella Sorry in advance however, Key goes in the way.
That solid steel fork should last a good bit longer than the cast original. When it wears in a little the shift will probably get a little better as well. Another superb job.
You have to give it to the master, broken selector arm where most people would just Google a new/old replacement part, you simply make a new one super inspiring.
From another commenter:
@kuan-k4m
36 minutes ago
As a Chinese mechanical engineer, I must admit that even in China, Chinese machinery factories do not like the machine tools produced by Shenyang Machine Tool Factory. This is synonymous with low price and poor quality machine tools.😔😔 Fortunately, the machine tool factory has gone bankrupt. Machine tools like this will never be produced again.😀
I wonder how many of Kurtis' clients follow this channel? If I ran a big earth moving company, and was looking for a machine shop, I would 100% be giving Kurtis a call, and I might even pay overt he odds to get a speedy turnaround with the quality of work we see here. I have seen a few line boring videos on other channels and some of them are scary bad, and none of them come remotely close to the quality of work we see on this channel.
@@TrevorDennis100
On Fire Welding from Califorina does some scary things as well
The Big Eng vids on cylinders etc are awesome, the Franna series is captivating, but vids like this on the insides of workshop machines are fully intriguing to me, so TYVM for sharing.
And the perpetual hats-off K for fine video-in-the-innards work :)
Glad you like them!
High quality content, commentary, recording and editing. CEE just keeps getting better and better.
I really enjoy watching you tear down these machines, find and fix the problem and reassemble it successfully, making parts as needed. Keeps that money rollin in! Good job all.
this channel has made me start pursuing some machining. i started watching as just an automotive technician and over the years ive gotten more and more invested in machining to the point ive gone back to college for machining. thanks for the great videos!
That is awesome!
Im a bit curious as for the reason(s). You got tired of the nonsense in the industry or maybe the body starting to say it had enough? In any case, I wish you success in your new career!
My guts clenched when I saw that fragment of machine atop the apron bottom cover. Fascinated at how the fix went. Thanks, you two!
My quote: "*That's* not supposed to be there. Found the problem..." Something tells me that this is normal required maintenance for a Chinese lathe.
When I saw that fragment my immediate thought was they got very lucky that it or a chip didn't fall into a gear train creating a destructive cascade metal spaghetti failure. Had that happen to me in a 4x4 truck transfer case.
It sucks when you have a piece of equipment go down, but man I love seeing you guys tear into it and fix it. These type of episodes are very entertaining.
1st off congrats to Karen for the great camera work this week. Kurtis, great work from start to finish. Well done Team CEE
Thank you kindly!
I watch a lot of YT videos and you are the best videographer/commentator there is!@@CuttingEdgeEngineering
Brings back memories of dismantling my mechanical alarm clock into many pieces when I was in elementary school in the early 70s and then realizing I had no memory of how to put it back together again. Thankfully, Dad laughed it off.
😂😂😂😂
vraiment c'est embêtant une panne majeur au milieu du travail.pour le constructeur machine outil fonte de mauvaise qualité.
@@ahmedbelhadia2721
This machine, Kurtis said, had been "crashed".
So it had been damaged far more than they realised when they bought it.
Many things internally could have been damaged far beyond what the manufacturer ever thought was possible in normal use...possibly including the tapered pin being jolted loose....and starting to "work" at the hole in that casting.
This is years of wear...and we don't know how old this machine is...
In current times you can take pictures or video with phone easily but interesting things to dismantle are rare 😕
I took all the screws out of the door handles when I was 5/6 and used one of those mechanical hand drills to drill through the side walls of my Grandads tyres (all four) to see how they stayed up, he was a Driving instructor at the time. I must have taken apart every toy, bike, go-kart etc I owned, still doing the same today, but now I can get them back together. lool Merry Christmas Sir.
I’m sorry you suffered this misfortune, but seeing how you diagnosed and repaired it was brilliant. Thank you.
Kurtis your depth of your knowledge on the workings of your equipment never ceases to amaze me. Nice fix. Many thanks as always K, K & H 👍
Still amazed at your mechanical ability and knowledge Kurtis
Karen,those were some amazing shots into some really tight areas
Thanks again you two for everything you post and keep up the amazing work
Hello from Arizona USA.
Kurtis n Karen,
Thank you for what you share with all of us worldwide.
Again, Thank you!!
Oklahoma here, and I agree with you, they do good work and are good people.
Waiting for your next project every week in lower Alabama.
Ooold mechanic and millwright.
Awesome work Karen. The lighting and clarity was exceptional. You can really appreciate it when Homeless brought the croc in from the outside at the very end. But not only that, watching Kurtis reassemble all the parts was truly satisfying. I've watched Adam Abom rebuild a tool post and it's eye opening to see how complex these machines can be. I remember when you two first acquired the Shenyang, i was won over just on the volume parts and tools that accompanied the purchase. My favorite project that was done on this channel was the 3 part Fitting The Riser Block | K&W Facing Borer Upgrade. After that, the building of the "Aircraft Hanger" is a close second.
The calm methodical disassemble was a thing to behold, the same with Kurtis' new pet 'The Spaghetti Monster of Doom'. Thank you Karen for your expert videography and bringing us new words and phrases Mankind never knew existed, or even knew we needed from Kurtis. WOOF! to Homie. Merry Christmas to the CEE Team and Community.
That was a cool workaround on the hole for the tapered pin. I always learn from CEE videos.
That was close to genius. I was worried the hole would not align close enough to get he pin in. I think Kurtis' solution not only overcame his lack of a tapered drill or reamer, but also gave just enough leeway to compensate for a minor misalignment.
You two are so talented. Homeless makes it an awesome trio.
When there are this many parts disassembled, I'm always impressed when you can remember where everything goes to reassemble.
Luckily he can just reverse the video for easy reassembly instructions!
Awesome engineering.. Kurtis's skills set seemingly has no boundaries.. not many people would know how to strip the lathe down let alone manufacture a new part for it - Bravo!
You have a great sense of how things work and go together Kurtis! What’s more; you know how to repair, replace and then put all those parts back together! A sound mind of a cutting edge engineer!
I love these kinds of video!
Cutting Edge completes my week, don’t stop anything until CEE is here on Fridays! All the VERY BEST to you and yours mate, thanks for giving me something special to look forward to each week!😀👍
Mark from Scotland 🍺
Great job as usual Kurtis!! Karen,, we enjoy your video work,, and laughter.
Have a great weekend kids.
Cheers from Florida!!
G morning......from the very snowy and chilly -15 C of Northern NY......was #68 viewing this week at 2am here....wood stove is cranking......Love all your posts and Karen's outstanding editing.....Nothing better than watching CEE machining from down under.
Don
Cheers mate! We're stoked to hear you're enjoying the videos!
I’m not an engineer and my life has nothing to do with what you do but it’s a joy to watch such a skill full guy at work.
Thanks for the content all the way from the uk
Having been self-employed most of my working life, I know where you were coming from with this. On-the-fly repairs like that, I always refered to as "the joys of being self-employed." Job well done. 👍
I always knew who to blame when something happened, it was me.
The closeups on this video was professional documentary level. Great video
Kurtis should break more stuff. Each time he does we get to see things we would never have seen otherwise.
I own a cabinet shop. I run a saw with a cutting capacity of 10 feet. The saw was built in 89 so yeah I don't have the fingers to count how many times I have had to figure something out at 1 am so I could finish a job.
The saw is cnc controled. Right now my monthly maintenance has changed to include testing limit switches. The old ones lasted for 30 years. The same part now lasts a year. Just glad that I can put extras on the self just in case.
That was a great fix and will be better than stock. Glad that it's up and running again.
T'was the week before Christmas and all through the workshop, not a creature was stiring, not even Homie near the doorstp. The calipers were polished and hung up with care and Kurtis was fussing on the state of his hair. By the lathe the swarf was swept into a pile and tools were in place including the file.
Maching was done and of course all done right and Santa called out, "to all a good night"
With appologies to Clement Clarke Moore, compliments of the season to all
That was a great read, thanks for the Christmas cheer! 😂
Good ole RTV. We'd make gaskets from cardboard shoeboxes when I was 10 in 1965. RTV made repair-life so much easier for projects like 1947 Willy's Jeep
Good job Kurtis. It'll be stronger than the original. Take care and have a blessed and safe day
Kurtis is really at the top of his game!!👍👍
As a Chinese mechanical engineer, I must admit that even in China, Chinese machinery factories do not like the machine tools produced by Shenyang Machine Tool Factory. This is synonymous with low price and poor quality machine tools.😔😔 Fortunately, the machine tool factory has gone bankrupt. Machine tools like this will never be produced again.😀
It seems that when one chinese manufacturer closes, another one opens to produce the same quality as the one that just closed. Is this the case with machine tools?
A very interesting piece of background history from someone who knows. Thanks for your understanding.
@@sw6188 yes. However, in China, by paying enough money, you can also purchase the best machine tools. It depends on your budget.
What I love about this channel is you don't have to be in the game or be a trades man but the way it's delivered and presented anyone can sit down and watch....love it guys im just a truckie but my eyes are glued every upload....cheers keep em comin.
Thanks for the vid - seems my first comment got lost in YT 😥
This vid proves two rules:
1 When you drop something, you will find it nowhere near where it landed.
2 Keep hold of that tool - you never know when you will need it.
All the best,
Paul
we didn't see your first comment either mate but always appreciate you taking time to watch!
Kurtis, that was an excellent piece of improvisational emergency engineering, and your better half, as always, did great camera work. Homeless did a good fetch. Who's a good boy?
Who's Curtis?
@@malcolmirving9485 oops fixed, thanks
Ohhhhh nooooooo Kurtis broke the lathe again,lol. Well that was ace that watching you take it all apart and make a new part from scratch. Well done Kurtis. Your so talented in the way that you know what's needed to be fixed and then just make a part like that. Loved the video and the outtakes well funny :) Roll on next week :)
Love watching a true craftsman. You never cease to amaze. Thank you
Great video Kurtis and Karen!
You did a great job of capturing detail, even in those really inaccessible places.
I very much enjoyed the process of fabricating the replacement part. Very much a case of getting on with the job rather than ordering a part online and keeping your customers waiting.
Most competent engineers would be able to dismantle, putting it all back together is another story, I’m in awe, a great watch.
These videos are a guilty pleasure. I work midnights on the East Coast of America and am able to catch these shorty after posting. Thanks for making my night a little easier!
Glad to hear you're enjoying the videos - thanks for the support!
Are you seeing any drones?
Dude -- you're a genius!!
1986 called, it wants its words back
That's nice work Kurtis! It brought back memories, or should I say a nightmare of trying to repair the rotating assembly on a 1950's turret lathe!
Hope you guys had a great weekend.
Seen from a certain perspective that job was worth $200,000.00 per hour.
I have a few new machines in my shop. Most are rebuilt from discarded or broken devices and parts found at flea markets, garage sales, and estate sales.
I am always impressed by how well you work together.
Kurtis, you have a great deal of skill and your experience shows in creating methods to repair or reproduce parts to keep your equipment up and running. It stands to reason as that is your stock in trade.
Karen, you and Kurtis work together to discover what is wrong and what is needed to repair the problem. Recording the process is a great tool for determining what is at fault.
Thanks for letting me follow along.
Nice fix! Camera detail work is extraordinary 👌
I am usually multi-tasking when watching You Tube videos but this one, I shut everything off and watched without interruption. Awesome!
Another success, without sourcing, waiting, and draining your bank account. Love it when a plan comes together. Love to see it!
I enjoy how Kurtis explains the sourcing and cost issues unique to Australia. It's similar to Hawaii -- you find a more DIY attitude, since shipping is so expensive and time consuming. Which, in turn means that broken gear gets repaired, rather than discarded. A refreshing change from how things work in mainland USA -- people don't seem to want to repair things anymore over here.
I loved how well it came apart, complicated yes, but everything came apart with no problems.
Thank you for another amazing video. Great engineering, workmanship, videography, and editing. All performed brilliantly, calmly, cheerfully, and with the great "Homeless" keeping everyone safe.
I say again, thank you.
I hope you enjoy the week end and keep well.
Yet again I am stunned. Cut it out by hand with a grinder. For me , never could do it.
Your wife does a great job “camera tech” following your hands deep into the belly of the beast 😂
I'd be lucky if mine even knew what the inside of the workshop looked like!😢 love your work Kurtis.
Hi from England 🏴 I love these videos I worked in engineering for many years now sadly I had to retire at 50 due to cancer, a brain tumour & CFS I still keep my hand in a little with two 3D printers, I also have a select few YT subscriptions that keep me going yours is one of them so thank you so much for your content Curtis you have so much experience it amazes me, homeless is gorgeous Staffies are the best & Karen your editing is second to non 🙏
*Cutting Edge Engineering Australia* Always a pleasure to see another video, thank-you both for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless. (( Connecticut, USA ))
I have a hobby lathe and mill, had to cast parts for the lathe and machine them to fit. Mill is down at the moment so conveting it to belt drive. A good fix on your lathe and Karen did well with the video.
Wow, one of the best videos yet as it was an unknown fault. Excellent camera work. Not sure if it was the editing but I thought there would be more cursing on the dismantling.
Gotta give props to whoever made that crocodile squeaker. it has been big time durable.
Geez Kurtis, we leave you alone for a few days and look what happens 😂. Nice work mate 👍 Thanks to you both for entertaining and Informing us for another year , hope you get some time off.
Good morning, guys. Never fails--they continue to make high-impact parts from cast iron or cast steel and they fail. Awesome job replicating the fork and returning it to service! Thanks to you both for letting us follow along and have a great week! BTW, the outtakes this week are hilarious--especially the dreaded Magnetic Swarf Monster! 🤣 Happy Holidays!🎄
The job of making a part with such an accuracy was amazing and the tools collection you have is mind blowing,I will just say well done.
Watching your videos helps me in thinking thru my own projects. Homeless and his Crocodile are just the icing on the cake.
Morning, afternoon, evening crew 🫶🏻🇬🇧🫶🏻
Fantastic! A great inside look and Lathe repair video. Cheers 🍻
I love that you are making a new one not brazing up the broken part
If you want a large manual lathe, I happen to know where one is sitting that has seen little use and the company is no longer using it. The lathe is a Lagun American Turnmaster, and it has a 200" distance between centers with a 30" swing over bed. It has a 21.5" swing over cross slide. I was told the sellers would take $70,000 USD for the lathe.
Kurtis Holmes and Dr.Karen solving another problem.
Many thanks again for an awesome video that shows your experience at what you do maté and all the best to you and your family and your friends
Having experience with work like this in tight spaces, it amazes me how you two can get the job done, while filming and getting "the shot", without being in each other's way. Thank you for your interesting and entertaining content. Greetings from Germany. T.
Nice job on the order of operations. I know a guy that probably would have wanted to cut the outside shape before the holes and would have wanted to drill the holes on a drill press. Using the extra material for work holding is always better. Nice work, Curtis.
Thanks ... because misery loves company. Last week I had the power feed jam on my clapped out ancient lathe, and it spit teeth out of the forward/reverse gear box.
Awesome layout and fabrication work. I learned a lot. You always make it look easy.
The way you manage to get all the detail on camera is so brilliant. Your one of the only channels that show every step and detail. Thank you so much for all this wonderful content. I can't wait to visit Australia one day!!
Must have been frustrating to have it break down in a critical job. . But how fantastic is it that you could fix it in a couple of hours. Just amazing. Great job.
not so much frustrating as it was pucker factor, Kurtis was on a final cut and the rod was worth about $20K AUD so could've ended WAY worse 😬
Lol, yes it's a bad thing and one thing that I have seen is that Kurtis has a love for older tools. When you understand how the tools work you can react in a positive way. And if the part was save or not. I would have gone home and called it a day. Something like that just takes a lot out of you.
Wish my disc grinder was that fast.
Yikes, 20k glad you were able to save it @CuttingEdgeEngineering
Where did you learn all this stuff mate? You got mighty big brains!
Something broke Kurtis has to fix.
Kurtis: "Damn"
Viewers: "Yay!"
Edit: Changed Curtis to Kurtis
*Kurtis
@@BillyONeal Thanks. Changed.
Karen: "ooeehh"
Homey: "rrrrrrrrrr"
This fellow knows his stuff and great camera work from his partner
Great work team CEE.
You make unbelievably awkward and difficult tasks seem straightforward and simple… there is no way that was anything but amazing work!
those videos are better then any adventure movies. Just a pleasure to watch ❤️
This channel is so well filmed and narrated I feel I am actually in the workshop. Any one else miss the satisfaction of a job well done, pottering about at home is not the same. Great channel thank you Karen and Kurtis.
I cant get off of UA-cam this morning. CleetusMcfarland, then Steve Morris, then HALHeavyDuty and now You😂
One of the fin parts is watching the Like counter go from 789 to 3.3K in the time the video runs. As always, great work - both sorry, all three of you.
It Must be Friday here's Homie and the CEE Crew.
Have a great weekend all