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@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Looking forward to every episode not matter the content! But when are you gonna use the effin' big boring bar? Or did Homie chew it in pieces like everything else?
I hope there is a 15/16 year old that finds your videos, and somehow it sparks a passion to want to learn these skills. I grew up in this environment but ended up end aviation. 30 years ago being 5’9” and 140 pounds was not going to work out too good with dealing with heavy parts but CDE videos has shone me that having a shop with the right equipment makes all the difference. This TH-cam channel is golden. This guy is “A” rockstar for repairing heavy equipment. His knowledge and skill is on the same level as any surgeon or lawyer. Most people have no idea what knowledge is required to do this kind of work. I hope the people of Australia know what a treasure they have with this gentleman, his bride and Pitbull.
Homeless is a Staffordshire bull terrier, or as we call them in Scotland a Staffy, my niece has three, they are really good with Kids very protective. Not a pitbull they are so much bigger than a Staffy, but again very good with kids if brought up right.
A little advice from an old man? If you have somewhere you want to go or something to do, do it while you're young and healthy enough to enjoy it. Take as much time as you can.
A little advice from a middle aged man. In the end, the race is with yourself. I’m really fast though, so if I’m racing myself, I better go fast. 😮 So if you are gonna go somewhere while young, you should go as fast as you can. Don’t enjoy it but focus on the speed. Have a constant feeling of urgency, because if you don’t, you will lose to yourself because you are really fast.
I work for a top ranked cat dealer in the US, field welding and machining this is 100 percent how its done right. Love your channel keep up the good work, too many hacks out there. Being even a bit off means it won't pin. All your videos is exactly how we do it here. Good ain't cheap and cheap ain't good.
I can’t believe that the weld engages that thick metal so well, I’m just a hobbiest. I also can’t believe all that labour and shipping is cheaper than a new bar but Your skill level is unbelievable Your wife seems to adore you also GDAY MATE as you say down under
@@bunsdad4530 i presume it is also a metter of delieverytime and having the right Part on Cat's Stock.... About the welding: once i control several kilometer of 13ooomm long Piplintubes with 100mm Wallthickness. It is weldet underpowder with 6 Wires of 5mm thickness at aprx. 5000Amps... so i proof it works very well 😎⚡
As a garage welder, I’m really stunned by your skill and the amount of specialized equipment it takes for you to do a job like this. Your welds are beautiful.
Hope the last 2 weeks weren't too stressful, I'd lying if last Friday felt like I was missing something, but it's important to take care of yourselves.
@@SH19922x Ever drove one where the tilt sensor was broken and it always thought it was on a slope? Now that's the ultimate definition of slow. I almost felt the snails honk behind me and yell "MOVE OVER!"
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Imo..You and Karen have one of the best TH-cam channels there are! I can’t wait to see the CNC up and running. I’d really like to understand that s**t better.
What I love about these videos is that no matter how high-tech the equipment, there's almost always some blocks of wood and some chalk involved. Much the same in the oil industry - multi-million dollar drilling rigs with amazing capabilities and automation, but some big decisions still come down to a guy with a home-made measuring stick and some chalk... Cant go past a reliable and cheap solution!
At the end of the day you can't engineer out stupidity. You need competent trained people to do good work. This is what I get form your comment. This has always been the appeal of western culture. The value of skilled labor.
I know some people might not like the talking and explaining, but I really appreciate it and enjoy it. I love learning about the cutters you use, what gas you use and such. Keep up the amazing work and the amazing content that follows.
I used to work in power station maintenance. Pressure welding in boiler grade steels needs special attention usually a lot of preheat >200 degs C followed by post welding stress relief where it’s heated much higher and cooled at a specific rate. This is a 500 megawatt boiler steam header but it is still a big lump of metal. I’m interested that it’s not stress-relieved after welding.
Curtis, I want to thank you for giving me the courage to use my shops lathe and mill. I am an absolute beginner and am learning as I go. Much respect to you and your craft sir.
Mate, retired welding teacher here, love watching your work. I like the fact you include not only the specks of the work, but also the consumables and the volts and amp settings! Was heavily involved in the early 90’s with the National Metals and Engineering learning outcomes. Taught at Mt Druitt TAFE NSW.
I have to say I am impressed by each video you guys put out. Just when I'm like "Kurtis can't have any more cool toys in his workshop" you break out another that I didn't even know existed. Great job once again, and keep up the great work!
My profession has nothing to do with welding and metal works. I am a physiotherapist. However, what fascinates me is your amazing skills and works on fixing these heavy machineries. You don't just fix them but you also think ahead about how to prevent or postpone the future failures. You are a creative worker whose works can be trusted on.
I am amazed that you can repair a piece under that much stress! Superb job. Karen it's not the fall that hurts- it's the sudden stop at the bottom! I know scissor lifts are scary but they are much safer then a ladder. Well done for having the courage to go along to document it.
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Years ago I got to operate a boom arm man carrier of considerable reach. Same idea,different technology.So much nicer than horsing ladders and scaffolding around. I got such a kick out of it that a guy whose nickname was Platterpuss remarked,they were great items,everybody should have one. He was being ironic,but I answered,Yeah. So, Kurtis being Kurtis,just happens to have one in the back out of the way for just those moments. Good on him. Fifty cents worth of grease and he gets to smile every time the wind changes.
it's not the height that does it for me, it's the wobbling and feeling it's unstable. it's irrational, but when I went up one before I was terrified it was going to tip over or something
As an engineer (electrical) I truly appreciate the level of skill you demonstrate in all your videos. You not only know what to do, but how to do each job. I realize it takes a many years to gain the experience you demonstrate in all your work. When I was at MIT studying, one of my professors said "The product of thought and manual labor is a constant. Think a lot more, work a lot less." A truer statement has never been made. You certainly confirm it. Keep up the great work.
Those wire spools look so much like the plastic filament for 3D printers. The two processes are very similar, CNC input aside, extruder feeding plastic/metal filament from a spool to a hot end that melts the filament and deposits on a surface. 😀❤👍
Fantastic videos, I'm now disabled and sleeping is sometimes impossible, BUT with the of morphine and you two brings back happy memories when I could work, Thankyou, I'm an English living in the South West France 👍
The roller and weld table is top idea never seen that before, been in heavy steel in England for twenty years and that is the best time saver I think I’ve seen
Man so impressed with just how close you get a lot of the time with the old mark one eyeball, you do measure everything out but I am truly amazed how close you get with just a eyeball glance. Also that turning something with a lever through the hole thing is brilliant, so simple but makes live easier, so using that.
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering That was cool and I wondered why you put it so far to one side of the trestles, it's called planning I guess lol. The trestles look like a bit of a upgrade from my bunnings saw horses btw😁
Also I'm an electronics assembler nut my uncle owns a construction company and use to do a lot of his own maintenance on his dozer and backhoe so I have a passing knowledge of heavy equipment after reading some of the comments here I have to agree that you know your stuff. Even with the admittedly much smaller components I work with if the machined surfaces/holes are off by the slightest they don't work. Then you get upset assembler,supervisor and on up the chain. Thank you for the great content
Thank goodness you guys are back! I was going through CEE withdrawal the entire week! Thought of you yesterday as I drove past the Lincoln Electric headquarters building in Euclid, Ohio, USA. My brother and his ex wife retired from there more than a dozen years ago, and I’ve had many friends and their parents who worked there when I grew up in Euclid. Not sure if you are aware, but Euclid and Terex earth moving equipment got its start directly across the street from Lincoln Electric's headquarters plant. ThenEuclid plant always had their latest earth moving equipment on display under their sign on the corner of St. Clair & E222nd streets. It was an inspiration for many young men to become operators of those vehicles. Great businesses that provided jobs and opportunities for thousands of families over the decades.
Love the view from the man lift ,, years ago I was in a lift 75 feet in the air ,, my knees were knocking the whole ride but what a view ,, great Idea on the turn table ,, thank you for taking the time to make the videos for us to watch .. Great work ,, thumbs up ..
JLG builds a lift that ,I think goes to 185 feet (not a math makor and don't know the conversion from bananas). Watched a couple of workers doing something on a cell tower on a cold windy day at about 150 feet. Glad I wasn't up there.
Between you and I C Weld I am glad to see there are still men that work for their living and do things that have to be done with a blend of modern materials, some of the old tools (track torch) and absolutely intelligent planning to do the work and then carry that plan into execution. Keep up the great videos. And thanks for the memories.
Thank you Kurtis for this awesome video. I realize that in Australia, when a part of a construction machine is worn out, it is not systematically replaced with a new one, and that's where you come in to repair them, but not just any old how, because you have to be a super professional in machining and welding and very familiar with the steels you work with to carry out these renovations. Congratulations to you, your wife and the homeless for sharing these good times with us. See you soon. 😎👍
That mig wire, in my opinion is the best option for any application where the welded part takes a beating. That equalizer Bar certainly qualifies as one of those items. That's a good choice for what you are doing there!
Better than new. I remember when you did the eyelet, seems like ages ago when you did it. You and ICWeld are the 2 top notch welders on YT. Great job on that. Cheers :)
What an absolute pleasure to watch. I know if I had attempted this repair it would have been one muck up after another. Curtis, you belong in a Hall of Fame.
That was totally amazing like always. I find out last week my son enjoys the same videos and he's 33 and we love engineering mechanics. Thank you, great camera work, you're the most wanted man in Australia.
Been watching your videos for a while now and have enjoyed them all. You're a skilled craftsman and the way you put that ring around that piece so it could be rolled as it was being welded was pretty slick. And Karen turns out really great videos of the work, which has to be extremely time consuming. Just want to say thank you for sharing what you do with us. Give Homeless a rub and a hug. 👍
I remember in the first video of yours I saw you were explaining why you didn't hire a helper. It is clear you know what you are talking about. What an excellent one man operation.
Missed you guys, good to have you back and I hope you managed to relax some. Love you guys and this channel, you make my week, thank you for putting in the hours for us. 😍
A suggestion, if I may. Make a 6 to 8 point trammel arm. It can run on square stock, round stock, I-Beam, your choice. It can be used to find the exact hole placement by indexing the 2 edges of each hole. By running a thin line across the part, it can then be re-indexed to index the new part. The bad end can have a cross indexed trammel on it and it will index the hole front to back and left to right. By using this it will give you a much more accurate placement of the new part.
Curtis, I was a weld prep at Caterpillar for several years and operated track burners on a daily basis. They are an amazing little machine. I've burned material as thick as 7 inches with one.
Dude, you have a tool for everything. And if you don’t have one, you make one. I’m SO envious! If I had an Nth of your skill and tools I’d be doing what you do. I love to make things from raw materials, but they’re usually wood. Keep up the great work!
Love that Timber Riser Block, at 14:00 , I saw a lot of that when I was on the Cattle Station in Alpha Queensland, very large wheel loaders getting a tire change, where the tires had to be sent to Townsville to get the calcium chloride out......They had 3 FiatAllis 41's and a 750 banana length ships anchor chain where the links were 500 mm long and 100 kg each.... they could clear [knock down trees] 500 acres in a day with two machines connected together by the chain..... ....... 100,000 acre Cattle station.....
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering yes they are something else, I helped round up 1,200 head of cattle and drove them on horse back 20 miles one day, next day, we neutered 150 lads, branded 250 young girls and boys and age insecticide to 1,200 and shots for anthrax I believe to 1,200...there was an outbreak in 1994.....later in the day, we drove them back 20 miles to the 15,000 acre paddock they were in.......made me feel like a real Cowboy, and my are was rally sore........great episode tonight......cheers, Paul
I've decided that there is nothing about heavy machinery that you don't know! You are a one man encyclopedia of machining and repair of heavy duty equipment, wow!
I gotta say it’s great watching the channel grow! Awesome work Kurtis. Of course Karen is doing an amazing editing and filming job! Cheers, have a great weekend! Edit: I love watching these videos because you explain everything you’re doing, it’s not entertainment so much as it is educational. And inspirational.
Great job both, fantastic photography Karen, and great direction as well 😀 👍 Very clever on the weld positioner, definitely saved a load of mauling, weld run off plates worked perfect. Thanks for sharing, always learning, even at 60 years young.
engineer / machinist / foreman / safety & facilities manager / et al. here. loving your channel. i chuckled when the cameraperson gave the scissor lift ~door an extra oomph to make sure it latched. safety first !!!!
Well, that weld is certainly going to hold up better than that one from 1989 on the CAT cylinder! Beautiful job and a lot of build-up. I really like the looks of the S.I.R. Mechanica rig. It's beefy, but looks very accurate, too. Thanks to the two of you for another great video!
This is become my favorite machining channels on TH-cam. Thanks for sharing...BUT, now I think it's time for Curtis to do the filming while we see how all these awesome videos are created! :)
Really impressed that you show the world your work, you are really good at it and you deserve all the good comments. Andy ex-excavator designer and engineer.
I'm glad you are back!! I recommended your channel to a friend that is a high school welding instructor - he probably already watches you. His students would benefit from the your excellent explnations of the "what, how, and why" - I know I do. Keep up the excellent work, and kudos to your excellent video photogapher. Cheers from HOT Texas.
Just remember as long as the Genie wobbles it’s all good. When it stops things usually go pear shaped and it’s not the fall that hurts. It’s the hitting the ground part.
Sydney I was there with ex and her employee took us out sailing the harbor for 8 hours on the bean counter, andrew thanks. Not 1 piece of trash in harbor.. soo cool..
I never envied a man for his Toys I do envy his Knowledge it really brings me great joy watching you work even before my breakfast coffee Bless you and keep up the great work😊
After i watched this video and listening to the man I bought that mig wire .045 dual shield. Wow everyone listen to the man he is very correct. That wires penatration and eas of use is the best. Thanks Kurtis
Have just watched this video and the ‘Broken Bail Arm’ video. I am mightily impressed with your skills and how watching you tackle these repairs is just so interesting. You also seem to possess every bit of kit or specialist tool that any one could wish for … so well done to you for building up such an impressive collection. Good to see you have just had a bit of a break … hope you treated your ‘camera gal’ misses to a good hols … she does you proud with her camera work … even makes you look handsome in some shots … so she must be good … LOL 😃.
Hey Team CEE! Glad to see you back here! The damned windsack... I can feel your pain... 😉 When a motorcycle drives past me and i hear the TOTALY DRY chain is loud squeaking... My "Oil pressure"(blood) is increasing rapidly and my jugular veins are about to burst... 😉 😎 👍 Hey Karen, Homie and Kurtis: Good job! 👍👍👍😎
Awesome as always! Great seeing some new kit being used on the channel. The straight cutter and the positioning machine! Never even knew such things existed 🔥👌🏻🍻
I love the videos and tbh the few extra minutes at the end where you piss around with the ol' lady showing the outtakes and such is pure gold. It's an absolute pleasure watching a true tradesman get shit done.
I sure hope you have 5 kids an that 4 of them are boys, so that they can learn all the wonderful things that their dad can teach them. Because I never see anyone in that shop besides the dog an your place is huge. Yeah... Still love the show.
You always make it look so easy. I do some welding and it never looks as good as yours. But I'm sure you have thousands of hours and hundreds of kilos of wire under your belt. Well done!
@@pierrevalette9721 I've seen welding done so well they are "weld porn." Just amazing. Wire brush it clean and paint it. Kurtis does that kind of weld.
Missed you last week,glad you were ok. Thanks for the tutorial on welding different metals together. I did not think you could cut metal that thick with oxy but it did it with ease. You won't see that end back again but it is a wonder they did not get you to do the other end at the same time.
I am watching every one of your videos. You have no idea how much I enjoy them. As much trouble as it must be to get that bar off the machine, I am surprised that they didn’t have you replace both of them.
Awesome work as usual! Curious if when things like this come in , do you ever recommend to have the other side done at the same time to minimize downtime in case the other side cracks later on?
@@markfryer9880 7 is still allowed 9 is allowed by plenty of smaller company's but all the big boys like Rio, bhp and fortescue banned them years ago Theyre slowly getting phased out all round though
I chuckled when I saw the 230mm grinder come out. For a second I swear I felt the collective thump of thousands of Health and Safety Heroes fainting at the sight of it. "It aint the tool, it's the tool on the end of it, now take your clipboard, clean high vis and pointy shoes and go find someone else to piss off"
Job 1. Grease the windsock to get rid of the noise Job 2. Replace cracked end Job 3. Grease railway line so that the sound no longer interrupts videos :D Wondering if you took any measurements to see how much the welding deformed that new bar end.
The welds look fantastic! I wouldn't grind something like that. What I don't understand is why the customer didn't have the second eye replaced. It does take a little more time, but it saves him having to disassemble again later because the second eye will break for the same reasons.
@@megape95 Proactive maintenance. Unplanned downtime is expensive. The design issue that caused the first eye to break will eventually do the same to the second, so might as well address it now and avoid the extra disassembly/repair/reassembly time.
Brilliant work as always. Most people are either machinists or welders. You combine both at mind boggling levels of craftsmanship. I spent six months in a shop doing burning with a radiograph cutter, beveling very thick beams that were welded to six inch thick base plates. For a perfect smooth cut of the torch, it worked best when the flame was long and spitting. If the outlet hole at the end was cleaned out too many times, it ovalized the hole and made for a short flame. Cheers !!!
Kurtis one piece of advise. Keep air hoses out of path of welding slag, pits, or drops. Exploding hoses scare the shit out of you. Did that at least three times. It happens and is very annoying running across shop to disconnect hose or shut of air. Aside from that why didn’t they want the other end upgraded at same time?
I suppose it's a lot of extra work to pay for that might not need doing. I wondered if you could get away with building up some extra thickness around those grease ports, then re-tapping them. Likely distort the bore though.
apparently you weren't listening when he said it had been repaired before and they're prone to failure there. It's better to replace the end instead of keep "fixing " it.
Greetings from Bulgaria, I want to give you credit for the good and precise work. Keep going, because there are few people left with such pedantry in what they do. be honorable ! Peace !
Once more I have been so impressed by your exceptional skill and knowledge. You gave you customer a better equalizer bar than the one you received and it looked about as original as possible. Anyone can see you take pride in giving your customers the best weather it is a repair or a newly fabricated component.
im just a happy hobby welder who's happy if the stuff sticks together when im done, im very impressed with these kind of jobs where you lay down a 5 to 10cm thick weld to join stuff together.... in these parts there are some forces on the welds that needs to hold up....
Karen, I can only agree! When you leaned over the side my heart rate tripled! Kurtis, as always, fascinating stuff and love all the detailed info. The weight of wire was interesting. Far more than I had imagined. My 9" grinder is the best $50 I ever spent. (got it from a deceased estate sale), so I was not surprised to see you reach for one for those little jobs!
It never ceases to amaze me how many different and unusual tools and machines you have for very particular tasks, you just roll em out and bingo job done
*The repair work has really been well constructed and when you have the technical knowledge and the right tools, it is a symptom of good results. My compliments*
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Dam only been up 25 min and the comment section is loaded nice work. I enjoy your video's
@@TherealMandingo thanks mate we reckon we've got the best community on youtube!
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Yes great community on this great channel
Sabbath time is important. Great to have you back. Liked the heavy engineering drone shot at the start!
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Looking forward to every episode not matter the content!
But when are you gonna use the effin' big boring bar? Or did Homie chew it in pieces like everything else?
I hope there is a 15/16 year old that finds your videos, and somehow it sparks a passion to want to learn these skills. I grew up in this environment but ended up end aviation. 30 years ago being 5’9” and 140 pounds was not going to work out too good with dealing with heavy parts but CDE videos has shone me that having a shop with the right equipment makes all the difference. This TH-cam channel is golden. This guy is “A” rockstar for repairing heavy equipment. His knowledge and skill is on the same level as any surgeon or lawyer. Most people have no idea what knowledge is required to do this kind of work. I hope the people of Australia know what a treasure they have with this gentleman, his bride and Pitbull.
Homeless is a Staffordshire bull terrier, or as we call them in Scotland a Staffy, my niece has three, they are really good with Kids very protective. Not a pitbull they are so much bigger than a Staffy, but again very good with kids if brought up right.
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A little advice from an old man? If you have somewhere you want to go or something to do, do it while you're young and healthy enough to enjoy it. Take as much time as you can.
Well spoken, Old Man!
From another old man!
Like travelling, shagging and doing business?
A little advice from a middle aged man. In the end, the race is with yourself. I’m really fast though, so if I’m racing myself, I better go fast. 😮 So if you are gonna go somewhere while young, you should go as fast as you can. Don’t enjoy it but focus on the speed. Have a constant feeling of urgency, because if you don’t, you will lose to yourself because you are really fast.
Here-Here!
I work for a top ranked cat dealer in the US, field welding and machining this is 100 percent how its done right. Love your channel keep up the good work, too many hacks out there. Being even a bit off means it won't pin. All your videos is exactly how we do it here. Good ain't cheap and cheap ain't good.
Shouldn't get cats from dealers, adopt from a shelter!
@@rebmcr And they don't like being welded....
So the tolerance is plus or minus 3/4 of a bit off on alignment. Can you translate that to bananas for us ?
I can’t believe that the weld engages that thick metal so well, I’m just a hobbiest.
I also can’t believe all that labour and shipping is cheaper than a new bar but
Your skill level is unbelievable
Your wife seems to adore you also
GDAY MATE as you say down under
@@bunsdad4530 i presume it is also a metter of delieverytime and having the right Part on Cat's Stock....
About the welding:
once i control several kilometer of 13ooomm long Piplintubes with 100mm Wallthickness. It is weldet underpowder with 6 Wires of 5mm thickness at aprx. 5000Amps... so i proof it works very well 😎⚡
Watching somebody this competent is actually like being taught how to avoid mistakes. I'll continue to appreciate the fine videos.
Excelente trabalho, como sempre perfeito!!!
As a garage welder, I’m really stunned by your skill and the amount of specialized equipment it takes for you to do a job like this. Your welds are beautiful.
Hope the last 2 weeks weren't too stressful, I'd lying if last Friday felt like I was missing something, but it's important to take care of yourselves.
hey mate has been a busy 2 weeks but was good to have that little break from the extra work of TH-cam, we did a trip to Sydney as well which was fun
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering You could've done the editing on that 4 hour cherrypicker ride back into the shed, I hate those slow ass things lol
@@SH19922x Ever drove one where the tilt sensor was broken and it always thought it was on a slope? Now that's the ultimate definition of slow. I almost felt the snails honk behind me and yell "MOVE OVER!"
Missed the video last week but a you folks needed the break. It’s my Friday routine watching your Videos. Keep up the great work!
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Imo..You and Karen have one of the best TH-cam channels there are! I can’t wait to see the CNC up and running. I’d really like to understand that s**t better.
What I love about these videos is that no matter how high-tech the equipment, there's almost always some blocks of wood and some chalk involved. Much the same in the oil industry - multi-million dollar drilling rigs with amazing capabilities and automation, but some big decisions still come down to a guy with a home-made measuring stick and some chalk... Cant go past a reliable and cheap solution!
Low tech always wins from high tech
@@justmakeit2616 That's the truth.
CEE " Let me show you how the Egyptians built the Pyramids. "
There's only one computer that never goes wrong, and that's the one your born with!
At the end of the day you can't engineer out stupidity. You need competent trained people to do good work. This is what I get form your comment.
This has always been the appeal of western culture. The value of skilled labor.
I know some people might not like the talking and explaining, but I really appreciate it and enjoy it. I love learning about the cutters you use, what gas you use and such. Keep up the amazing work and the amazing content that follows.
thanks for the feedback mate glad that it is enjoyed!
I presume you'll hate me for saying this - based on the blooper reel - but the more talking you do, the more I like your videos.
Screw them...if anything I would to hear even more explaining. Professor Kurtis.
Agreed. It's always nice to find out WHY experts do things as well as what they do.
Same.
Before discovering this channel, I would have never believed this kind of work was possible. Amazing work.
I worked many years at a gravel mine when I first arrived I realize they weld everything almost nothing do they buy a new part
I used to work in power station maintenance. Pressure welding in boiler grade steels needs special attention usually a lot of preheat >200 degs C followed by post welding stress relief where it’s heated much higher and cooled at a specific rate.
This is a 500 megawatt boiler steam header but it is still a big lump of metal. I’m interested that it’s not stress-relieved after welding.
I am a retired railway conductor, love to watch you work, keep up the good work you're a smart dude.
Curtis, I want to thank you for giving me the courage to use my shops lathe and mill. I am an absolute beginner and am learning as I go. Much respect to you and your craft sir.
awesome mate good on ya
That which we preset in doing becomes easier to do not because the nature of the task change’s but our ability to preform it increases
Mate, retired welding teacher here, love watching your work. I like the fact you include not only the specks of the work, but also the consumables and the volts and amp settings! Was heavily involved in the early 90’s with the National Metals and Engineering learning outcomes. Taught at Mt Druitt TAFE NSW.
Cheers mate thanks for watching glad the videos are enjoyed 👍
How long do you think it took to fully weld that eye on?
Excellent use of the rotary positioner to avoid extra manual handling. Think smarter not harder!
glad you liked that idea!
A foot pedal for the positioner would be awesome!
I have to say I am impressed by each video you guys put out. Just when I'm like "Kurtis can't have any more cool toys in his workshop" you break out another that I didn't even know existed. Great job once again, and keep up the great work!
My profession has nothing to do with welding and metal works. I am a physiotherapist. However, what fascinates me is your amazing skills and works on fixing these heavy machineries. You don't just fix them but you also think ahead about how to prevent or postpone the future failures. You are a creative worker whose works can be trusted on.
I am amazed that you can repair a piece under that much stress! Superb job. Karen it's not the fall that hurts- it's the sudden stop at the bottom! I know scissor lifts are scary but they are much safer then a ladder. Well done for having the courage to go along to document it.
yeah won't be going up on that scissor left again anytime soon 😂
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Years ago I got to operate a boom arm man carrier of considerable reach. Same idea,different technology.So much nicer than horsing ladders and scaffolding around. I got such a kick out of it that a guy whose nickname was Platterpuss remarked,they were great items,everybody should have one. He was being ironic,but I answered,Yeah. So, Kurtis being Kurtis,just happens to have one in the back out of the way for just those moments. Good on him. Fifty cents worth of grease and he gets to smile every time the wind changes.
it's not the height that does it for me, it's the wobbling and feeling it's unstable. it's irrational, but when I went up one before I was terrified it was going to tip over or something
As an engineer (electrical) I truly appreciate the level of skill you demonstrate in all your videos. You not only know what to do, but how to do each job. I realize it takes a many years to gain the experience you demonstrate in all your work. When I was at MIT studying, one of my professors said "The product of thought and manual labor is a constant. Think a lot more, work a lot less." A truer statement has never been made. You certainly confirm it. Keep up the great work.
Cheers mate appreciate the comment 😎👍
I suspect we had a similar prof in 2.01. :-)
I thought the same thing watching him setting up the rotator for the bar. "Work smarter, not harder."
@@boston7704 For me, it was 6.01!
Those wire spools look so much like the plastic filament for 3D printers. The two processes are very similar, CNC input aside, extruder feeding plastic/metal filament from a spool to a hot end that melts the filament and deposits on a surface. 😀❤👍
Fantastic videos, I'm now disabled and sleeping is sometimes impossible, BUT with the of morphine and you two brings back happy memories when I could work, Thankyou, I'm an English living in the South West France 👍
Well I'm no welder, but the standard Kurtis turns out looks bloody brilliant. Great editing again Karen.
Thank you! Cheers!
The roller and weld table is top idea never seen that before, been in heavy steel in England for twenty years and that is the best time saver I think I’ve seen
Man so impressed with just how close you get a lot of the time with the old mark one eyeball, you do measure everything out but I am truly amazed how close you get with just a eyeball glance. Also that turning something with a lever through the hole thing is brilliant, so simple but makes live easier, so using that.
hey mate thanks for watching always good to know when a viewer picks up a trick or 2 😎👍
Yea it is as inspiring as it is remarkable.
An experienced eye is sometimes more reliable then fancy tools.
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering That was cool and I wondered why you put it so far to one side of the trestles, it's called planning I guess lol. The trestles look like a bit of a upgrade from my bunnings saw horses btw😁
Also I'm an electronics assembler nut my uncle owns a construction company and use to do a lot of his own maintenance on his dozer and backhoe so I have a passing knowledge of heavy equipment after reading some of the comments here I have to agree that you know your stuff. Even with the admittedly much smaller components I work with if the machined surfaces/holes are off by the slightest they don't work. Then you get upset assembler,supervisor and on up the chain. Thank you for the great content
Machinist extraordinaire. Your expertise and craftsmanship are incredible. One of the most entertaining channels on TH-cam for gearheads. I love it.
Thank goodness you guys are back! I was going through CEE withdrawal the entire week! Thought of you yesterday as I drove past the Lincoln Electric headquarters building in Euclid, Ohio, USA. My brother and his ex wife retired from there more than a dozen years ago, and I’ve had many friends and their parents who worked there when I grew up in Euclid. Not sure if you are aware, but Euclid and Terex earth moving equipment got its start directly across the street from Lincoln Electric's headquarters plant. ThenEuclid plant always had their latest earth moving equipment on display under their sign on the corner of St. Clair & E222nd streets. It was an inspiration for many young men to become operators of those vehicles. Great businesses that provided jobs and opportunities for thousands of families over the decades.
Love the view from the man lift ,, years ago I was in a lift 75 feet in the air ,, my knees were knocking the whole ride but what a view ,, great Idea on the turn table ,, thank you for taking the time to make the videos for us to watch .. Great work ,, thumbs up ..
yeah Karen was happy to get back to solid ground lol good to see your comment mate thanks for waiting and watching each week
JLG builds a lift that ,I think goes to 185 feet (not a math makor and don't know the conversion from bananas). Watched a couple of workers doing something on a cell tower on a cold windy day at about 150 feet. Glad I wasn't up there.
Between you and I C Weld I am glad to see there are still men that work for their living and do things that have to be done with a blend of modern materials, some of the old tools (track torch) and absolutely intelligent planning to do the work and then carry that plan into execution. Keep up the great videos. And thanks for the memories.
I never thought I would miss 2 crazy Aussies and a safety officerlike I did last Friday. No warning or anything. Love you guys
Seeing this video from an hospital waiting for the chirurgic operation.. your video helped me a lot, thanks.👍😉
Thank you Kurtis for this awesome video. I realize that in Australia, when a part of a construction machine is worn out, it is not systematically replaced with a new one, and that's where you come in to repair them, but not just any old how, because you have to be a super professional in machining and welding and very familiar with the steels you work with to carry out these renovations. Congratulations to you, your wife and the homeless for sharing these good times with us. See you soon. 😎👍
That mig wire, in my opinion is the best option for any application where the welded part takes a beating. That equalizer Bar certainly qualifies as one of those items. That's a good choice for what you are doing there!
Better than new. I remember when you did the eyelet, seems like ages ago when you did it. You and ICWeld are the 2 top notch welders on YT. Great job on that. Cheers :)
thanks mate!
The local job site is very fortunate to have you as their shop guy, your skills and attention to detail is unmatched
Tennessee, USA
What an absolute pleasure to watch. I know if I had attempted this repair it would have been one muck up after another. Curtis, you belong in a Hall of Fame.
That was totally amazing like always. I find out last week my son enjoys the same videos and he's 33 and we love engineering mechanics. Thank you, great camera work, you're the most wanted man in Australia.
Been watching your videos for a while now and have enjoyed them all. You're a skilled craftsman and the way you put that ring around that piece so it could be rolled as it was being welded was pretty slick. And Karen turns out really great videos of the work, which has to be extremely time consuming. Just want to say thank you for sharing what you do with us. Give Homeless a rub and a hug. 👍
Am I the only one whose favorite part of every video is the strapping maching?
I remember in the first video of yours I saw you were explaining why you didn't hire a helper. It is clear you know what you are talking about. What an excellent one man operation.
The breadth of your skill sets is quite astonishing. You have figured out just how to go about doing anything that needs to be done.
Missed you guys, good to have you back and I hope you managed to relax some.
Love you guys and this channel, you make my week, thank you for putting in the hours for us. 😍
Glad to see you back dude I have missed you, giggler and the safety officer love from us all in the UK
thanks for the support mate
A suggestion, if I may.
Make a 6 to 8 point trammel arm. It can run on square stock, round stock, I-Beam, your choice.
It can be used to find the exact hole placement by indexing the 2 edges of each hole.
By running a thin line across the part, it can then be re-indexed to index the new part.
The bad end can have a cross indexed trammel on it and it will index the hole front to back and left to right.
By using this it will give you a much more accurate placement of the new part.
Curtis, I was a weld prep at Caterpillar for several years and operated track burners on a daily basis. They are an amazing little machine. I've burned material as thick as 7 inches with one.
Dude, you have a tool for everything. And if you don’t have one, you make one. I’m SO envious! If I had an Nth of your skill and tools I’d be doing what you do. I love to make things from raw materials, but they’re usually wood. Keep up the great work!
Love that Timber Riser Block, at 14:00 , I saw a lot of that when I was on the
Cattle Station in Alpha Queensland, very large wheel loaders
getting a tire change, where the tires had to be sent to Townsville
to get the calcium chloride out......They had 3 FiatAllis 41's and a 750 banana
length ships anchor chain where the links were 500 mm long and 100 kg each....
they could clear [knock down trees] 500 acres in a day with two machines connected together
by the chain..... .......
100,000 acre Cattle station.....
those cattle stations are something else!
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering yes they are something else, I helped round up 1,200 head of cattle and drove them on horse back 20 miles one day, next day, we neutered 150 lads, branded 250 young girls and boys and age insecticide to 1,200 and shots for anthrax I believe to 1,200...there was an outbreak in 1994.....later in the day, we drove them back 20 miles to the 15,000 acre paddock they were in.......made me feel like a real Cowboy, and my are was rally sore........great episode tonight......cheers, Paul
Great videos as always. Best part of my Fridays for sure. Well done to the mrs with the welding shots looks great 🤙🏽👌🏽
Work smart, not harder. Perfectly shown each time.
I’m confident your back and body must be trashed after doing these projects but you don’t once complain. That’s incredible.
I've decided that there is nothing about heavy machinery that you don't know! You are a one man encyclopedia of machining and repair of heavy duty equipment, wow!
Great to have you back! My Friday is never the same without a CEE vid 😅
we did worry about our CEE addicts and who was having withdrawals 😂
I gotta say it’s great watching the channel grow! Awesome work Kurtis. Of course Karen is doing an amazing editing and filming job! Cheers, have a great weekend!
Edit: I love watching these videos because you explain everything you’re doing, it’s not entertainment so much as it is educational. And inspirational.
hey mate it's our regular viewers and supporters that really make us appreciate what we are creating on the channel so big thanks to you!
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering much love and respect to all three of you!
Ya, Karen is either just a natural with set ups and editing and all, or somebody schooled her up tops. How much does she get paid?!
Great job both, fantastic photography Karen, and great direction as well 😀 👍
Very clever on the weld positioner, definitely saved a load of mauling, weld run off plates worked perfect.
Thanks for sharing, always learning, even at 60 years young.
engineer / machinist / foreman / safety & facilities manager / et al. here. loving your channel.
i chuckled when the cameraperson gave the scissor lift ~door an extra oomph to make sure it latched. safety first !!!!
A usual, pure entertainment. Thanks from Canada.
Well, that weld is certainly going to hold up better than that one from 1989 on the CAT cylinder! Beautiful job and a lot of build-up. I really like the looks of the S.I.R. Mechanica rig. It's beefy, but looks very accurate, too. Thanks to the two of you for another great video!
This is become my favorite machining channels on TH-cam. Thanks for sharing...BUT, now I think it's time for Curtis to do the filming while we see how all these awesome videos are created! :)
Really impressed that you show the world your work, you are really good at it and you deserve all the good comments. Andy ex-excavator designer and engineer.
Thanks mate appreciate it
Watching that metric tape measure from here in the US just making me jealous. lol. Love the channel. Keep going my man
PS props to the camera woman too. 😃
Hey mate thanks for the support we really appreciate that 😎👊
I have never touched any kind of welding gear in my life, but I am fascinated and continue to binge watch
I'm glad you are back!! I recommended your channel to a friend that is a high school welding instructor - he probably already watches you. His students would benefit from the your excellent explnations of the "what, how, and why" - I know I do. Keep up the excellent work, and kudos to your excellent video photogapher. Cheers from HOT Texas.
Hey Bill thanks for recommending the channel glad you enjoy it enough to share with a welding instructor! Cheers
2 weeks worth waiting
Hope you enjoyed the break!
Hey mate yeah was a good break and had a little trip to Sydney that we'll have a video on soon!
Just remember as long as the Genie wobbles it’s all good. When it stops things usually go pear shaped and it’s not the fall that hurts. It’s the hitting the ground part.
Sydney I was there with ex and her employee took us out sailing the harbor for 8 hours on the bean counter, andrew thanks. Not 1 piece of trash in harbor.. soo cool..
Ive never seen anywhere that portable lathe...if I could even call it that... the equipment and expertise on display here is pure class...
Cheers mate
Big job there brother !!! some serious weld time there .. i thought the rotater setup was brilliant .. quality skills as expected ...
yeah the rotator was definitely a time saver for this job
It just breaks my heart to see a dog that doesn’t know what it’s like to be loved.
😂 he’s spoiled. ✌️👍🤘
Another fantastic vid! Welcome back and hopefully the time off was productive, happy and helpful. Take very good care!!!
Cheers mate yeah was a good little break off TH-cam!
I never envied a man for his Toys I do envy his Knowledge it really brings me great joy watching you work even before my breakfast coffee Bless you and keep up the great work😊
After i watched this video and listening to the man I bought that mig wire .045 dual shield. Wow everyone listen to the man he is very correct. That wires penatration and eas of use is the best. Thanks Kurtis
Have just watched this video and the ‘Broken Bail Arm’ video. I am mightily impressed with your skills and how watching you tackle these repairs is just so interesting. You also seem to possess every bit of kit or specialist tool that any one could wish for … so well done to you for building up such an impressive collection. Good to see you have just had a bit of a break … hope you treated your ‘camera gal’ misses to a good hols … she does you proud with her camera work … even makes you look handsome in some shots … so she must be good … LOL 😃.
Hey Team CEE! Glad to see you back here! The damned windsack... I can feel your pain... 😉 When a motorcycle drives past me and i hear the TOTALY DRY chain is loud squeaking... My "Oil pressure"(blood) is increasing rapidly and my jugular veins are about to burst... 😉 😎 👍 Hey Karen, Homie and Kurtis: Good job! 👍👍👍😎
hey mate thanks for checking in, yeah there's some sounds that just grind my gears lol that squeak was past it's used by date
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering 😁😁😁
Awesome as always! Great seeing some new kit being used on the channel. The straight cutter and the positioning machine! Never even knew such things existed 🔥👌🏻🍻
I love the videos and tbh the few extra minutes at the end where you piss around with the ol' lady showing the outtakes and such is pure gold. It's an absolute pleasure watching a true tradesman get shit done.
I sure hope you have 5 kids an that 4 of them are boys, so that they can learn all the wonderful things that their dad can teach them. Because I never see anyone in that shop besides the dog an your place is huge. Yeah... Still love the show.
we missed you last week, but, everyone needs time off
thanks mate was a good short break
You always make it look so easy. I do some welding and it never looks as good as yours. But I'm sure you have thousands of hours and hundreds of kilos of wire under your belt. Well done!
at the end of the job, they all look the same ^^ ( since you have to grind it)
@@pierrevalette9721 I've seen welding done so well they are "weld porn." Just amazing. Wire brush it clean and paint it. Kurtis does that kind of weld.
@@centariprime9959 i know, but it's not for the visual aspect of the welding
@@pierrevalette9721 But it does imply the underlying quality of the weld.
Missed you last week,glad you were ok. Thanks for the tutorial on welding different metals together. I did not think you could cut metal that thick with oxy but it did it with ease. You won't see that end back again but it is a wonder they did not get you to do the other end at the same time.
Bloody spot on. Love your videos. My dream job. Kurtis, your precision and knowledge is just amazing.
I am watching every one of your videos. You have no idea how much I enjoy them. As much trouble as it must be to get that bar off the machine, I am surprised that they didn’t have you replace both of them.
Awesome work as usual! Curious if when things like this come in , do you ever recommend to have the other side done at the same time to minimize downtime in case the other side cracks later on?
Love the 9" sidewinder, they are banned on mine sites in WA, probably frightend the safety officers!
But there is Homey
What size are you allowed to use Tim?
Mark from Melbourne Australia
@@markfryer9880
7 is still allowed
9 is allowed by plenty of smaller company's but all the big boys like Rio, bhp and fortescue banned them years ago
Theyre slowly getting phased out all round though
What is the sidewinder?
I chuckled when I saw the 230mm grinder come out. For a second I swear I felt the collective thump of thousands of Health and Safety Heroes fainting at the sight of it.
"It aint the tool, it's the tool on the end of it, now take your clipboard, clean high vis and pointy shoes and go find someone else to piss off"
Gotta admit it is impressive the amount of safety gear he uses. So many on the tube that dont even wear safety glasses.
The good old 230mm grinder is a required item in fabrication .
It's a conundrum, get it done in half the time with a bigger grinder, but get twice as tired holding up & controlling it!
... after many hours spent watching the problems and the solutions to them Kurtis comes up with, it is safe to say ; ingenuity unlimited ...
Another Cutting Edge job well done. The withdrawal symptoms are starting to subside. Got my video fix. Thanks !!!
Job 1. Grease the windsock to get rid of the noise
Job 2. Replace cracked end
Job 3. Grease railway line so that the sound no longer interrupts videos :D
Wondering if you took any measurements to see how much the welding deformed that new bar end.
The welds look fantastic! I wouldn't grind something like that.
What I don't understand is why the customer didn't have the second eye replaced. It does take a little more time, but it saves him having to disassemble again later because the second eye will break for the same reasons.
Why replace the eye when it is still in good order?
@@megape95 Proactive maintenance. Unplanned downtime is expensive. The design issue that caused the first eye to break will eventually do the same to the second, so might as well address it now and avoid the extra disassembly/repair/reassembly time.
Karen your editing skills are awesome well done and Kurtis stop practicing in the mirror 😂
Thank you, I will 😂
Brilliant work as always. Most people are either machinists or welders. You combine both at mind boggling levels of craftsmanship. I spent six months in a shop doing burning with a radiograph cutter, beveling very thick beams that were welded to six inch thick base plates. For a perfect smooth cut of the torch, it worked best when the flame was long and spitting. If the outlet hole at the end was cleaned out too many times, it ovalized the hole and made for a short flame. Cheers !!!
Thank you for another educational video, and I love Homeless, that is one fine and healthy Staffy, I bet he keeps you busy, so much energy. 👍👍👍.
🇧🇷 como sempre foi mais um belo trabalho, parabéns gostoso muito do seu trabalho
Kurtis one piece of advise. Keep air hoses out of path of welding slag, pits, or drops. Exploding hoses scare the shit out of you. Did that at least three times. It happens and is very annoying running across shop to disconnect hose or shut of air.
Aside from that why didn’t they want the other end upgraded at same time?
I suppose it's a lot of extra work to pay for that might not need doing.
I wondered if you could get away with building up some extra thickness around those grease ports, then re-tapping them. Likely distort the bore though.
apparently you weren't listening when he said it had been repaired before and they're prone to failure there. It's better to replace the end instead of keep "fixing " it.
@@donmunro144 apparently you can’t read. I said why not upgrade other end at same time. Why fix something twice.
@@FirstLast-wr9mh Probably needed something but to expensive to redo at this time. It will need replacing at some point though.
@@jacilynns6330 I wasn't commenting to you. I was commenting to the one talking about rewelding and building it up.
Greetings from Bulgaria,
I want to give you credit for the good and precise work. Keep going, because there are few people left with such pedantry in what they do. be honorable ! Peace !
Once more I have been so impressed by your exceptional skill and knowledge. You gave you customer a better equalizer bar than the one you received and it looked about as original as possible.
Anyone can see you take pride in giving your customers the best weather it is a repair or a newly fabricated component.
Thanks for making the video this week every Friday evening I come home from work and watch you guys god bless you all
im just a happy hobby welder who's happy if the stuff sticks together when im done, im very impressed with these kind of jobs where you lay down a 5 to 10cm thick weld to join stuff together.... in these parts there are some forces on the welds that needs to hold up....
Karen, I can only agree! When you leaned over the side my heart rate tripled! Kurtis, as always, fascinating stuff and love all the detailed info. The weight of wire was interesting. Far more than I had imagined. My 9" grinder is the best $50 I ever spent. (got it from a deceased estate sale), so I was not surprised to see you reach for one for those little jobs!
It never ceases to amaze me how many different and unusual tools and machines you have for very particular tasks, you just roll em out and bingo job done
Weer een echte vakman. Hij is te bewonderen. Respect daar voor.
*The repair work has really been well constructed and when you have the technical knowledge and the right tools, it is a symptom of good results. My compliments*