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The fact that Kurtis is willing to have a failed project published just shows how professional and confident in his skills he is. Accepting ones own limits and not being afraid to state them really shows character. Also not charging the customer! No wonder kurtis has so much to do, good on you!

The slow character development of Kurtis turning into a Disney princess with the birds is priceless. Homeless getting better and better wrecking packages is hilarious. I commend you for posting a failed repair, but often times our failures teach us more than our successes, Cheers to all three of you. Much love.

I am a one man auto repair shop in Indiana. I've had your videos playing the shop last few days. While your workmanship is top tier and integrity is first class, I'm most impressed by your time management! You're never rushed, never stressed, and I have no idea how that's possible!! Please tell me your secret! Also, I think an "unboxing" series from homeless would take over the internet.

As a foundry engineer who works with ductile iron all the time, CAT is notorious for isolated thick sections in the middle of thin sections geometries… this creates a lot of residual stresses in the solidification and cooling process. Drill holes to add stress concentrations and now you have a casting destined for failure! As always, the CEE content is great!

A large, complex casting like this, which has had multiple machining operations, been stressed through use and developed cracks without any obvious reason was always likely to be a lost cause. I hope your customer watches this and realises the skill and effort you put in to try and achieve a good outcome.

At the beginning of this video I told my girlfriend this guy is nuts for even attempting what he's about to do. I'm sorry for laughing when I heard the crack but I realized that I was right. That is just way too much damage cast-iron to successfully fix. At least with my welding experience. I've been a welder for 18 years and was rooting for you. I was hoping I could learn something from this. What I learned is that cast iron is just as difficult for you as it is for me.

As always, solid work. You can't save everything, but we sure do like to try. I worked on the railroad here in the U.S. as a Carman (train car repair). All the couplers are cast and part of our job was to look for cracks in these components. When we had to perform a repair we had a similar approach to what you did Kurtis with 1 or 2 notable changes. We had temp sticks that we could touch to the part, and when they melted, we knew the part was at temp. We also periodically rechecked to make sure no portion was cooling down too fast during the repair. I think the gas burners are a good idea. However, I think had you spaced them further from the repair area to heat more of the part, it probably would have helped. One more thing we did was to cover the part in very thick welding blankets when we were done, to insulate the part from cooling too fast. I'm sure you've already learned the lessons that come with failed repairs, but that's half the fun, in my opinion. I hope you find this constructive and I still feel like you did good work. Cheers from the Ohio/Michigan line

I’m so impressed how deep and broad Kurtis skills are. He’s a top notch boiler maker, machinist, sculptor etc etc. Great talent and hats off to those who taught him him his skills.

Kurtis thanks for showing us things that go wrong. The guy that taught me to weld said that it’s only by understanding why something went wrong that you can learn how to do it right. A mantra I still use today. You both work so hard on getting things right within your relative skill sets that makes every episode a joy to watch, you and Karen deserve every success. Homey’s contributions are also priceless.😂

What I love about your channel is that you aren't only showing the "best case scenarios" of everything, you show all the low points as well. The fact that you didn't charge for a repair that didn't work out speaks tremendously for your character and that you never want to compromise on what your work means to your customers. Nothing but respect to Kurtis, Karen and everyone's favorite safety officer.

Sometimes a bad casting is just a bad casting no matter how much love you put into it. Great video I much enjoyed it

Just another reason why so many people follow every episode of CEE Australia. Thank you Kurtis for putting that episode on here. The way you explain every detail as you work is amazing.

In the shipyard they had large cast part on a large bed of coal with fireproof blankets on top. They repair it right in the burning coal. After that still under the blankets. They slowly let the coal to burn all up and let it start to cool. This was not a one day job. Full marks on trying to fix a massive cast iron part.

Cast iron is a pain no matter. Not many out there would show a failed repair. Props to you Kurtis. You told the customer what may happen. It happened and showed the internet how things can go pear shaped.

Hi Curtis I would recommend that you try Eutectic electrodes for cast iron. Cast iron electrides are usually 100% nickel or a Ni/Fe blend. They are a bit expensive but are good quality. The advantage of using an electric arc process over oxy is that there is much less heat involved. While you have the broken casting it may be a good learning expereience to trial some electrode repairs. I have persponally used (sucessfully) Eutectic electrodes to repair a cast iron frame on a tractor about 48 yrears ago. So Eutectic has been around for a while. Also progressive heating in small steps then wrapping in an insulating blenket may help to give a slow uniform temperature rise especially with a large 3 dimensional complicated casting.. Also wrapping in a blanket after doing the work will ensure a slow cool. Differential expansion and contraction is the killer with cast iron. Even with an electrode repair, preheating the job is still requird. Cheers.

Good effort Curtis, Too bad the casting cracked, “there’s cast iron for ya. May I suggest that you take the Barbecue plan to the next level. You may want to heat the whole housing with charcoal a “bonfire” to heat the whole casting so the process may have a higher probability of success. The cooldown is also easier to manage as you can allow the the heat to die down slowly. It will be a hot workplace though!

We made thousands of gearboxes over the years and thankfully never suffered too much from cracking. One type was prone to cracks so we redesigned the area and changed to SG iron, problem solved. Rarely have I seen breaks like yours, but there were one or two that were caused by rapid stopping and as the gearbox was under load the area around the output shaft would exhibit cracks more often through the dowel pin location holes and also on a few of the bolt holes. Very interesting post which exhibited the problems that can arise with cast iron repairs. Thanks for posting Kurtis, Karen & Homey 👍

As an engineer this kind of content, that shows you a failure of a project is so valuable and is the closest thing you can learn that is closest to actual experience. Thank you. ❤

To all you people saying this is a failure it is not. This is a learning opportunity for these two. When you say failure you immediately admit defeat and do not ever do that just learning the few mistakes you made. Like i said the few mistakes once again I would love to work with you because you learn and remember from every job you do.

i am a software developper, but i think without computers, society will still be ok. but without machinists, we go back to 1700. big respect to you all out there. you make the world function.

ive been with the channel since the beginning. What strikes me is the willingness to admit defeat in certain instances and in doing so make it a victory for the channel. The explanations, the work, the videography, the editing, the comic relief, all of it come together to make the channel truly the special thing it is. Why there are not a couple of million subs defies logic. Certainly deserving more as it is one of the best channels on youtube. Cheers from Texas.........

Showed this video to a mate of mine that works in the on site workshop. We had exactly the same issue with one of our 980's. He said that it apparently is a material quality issue on some Cat machines from a few years ago. I have no idea if that is the case, but he's been in the business for over 45 years and usually knows what he's talking about.

I've never seen a safety inspector so excited to go to work. He's a good dog, and thanks to y'all, living a great life. Get some, Homie.

It's the temperature differential. The entire part needs to be evenly cherry red. A great investment should be a bigass kiln. Place the entire thing in the kiln/oven, spray weld with a larger orifice, higher material volume, and place back in the kiln for reheat. Every cast piece I welded worked a bit better when the whole part was hot AF. You may be able to save the part if you mill out the face to the edges, place the new plate on top and with a bevel. weld it on in sections while the whole housing is hot AF, reheat and then mill/bore out the features that face needs after the cool down. The plate will need to be hot too so there's no major tension when it cools. I fixed a few cast iron outdoor tables, they had this basket weave pattern and it would dissipate heat fast and would explode in a star pattern when the outside perimeter would cool faster and shrink while the inside hub would expand with the weld and destroy the whole thing.

Not sure any amount of skill could have saved this casing, kudos to CEE for even attempting it and showing us the results, failure is a learning process just as important as success👍

NOT ALL HEROS WEAR CAPES! I can hardly wait for Mavel to knock on you door for the next MCU Blockbuster movie: “The Machinist vs. The Giggler”. Karen in the main role AND behind the camera. Kurtis quickly welding up a cage that even the Hulk can’t break. Homie makes friends with Groot and has his mobile toilet with him all the time. Disney getting their lawyers ready to sue them for the appearance of George and all his friends snuggling with The Giggler - who would have made a great Disney Princess. At the end Kurtis and Karen walking into the sunset and the train finally f*cks off. What an epic movie :) As usual - I just love everything about your work and Karens videography! Friday 9:00am in Germany, Coffee ready, time blocked in my calendar and constantly refreshing YT for the newest CEE video to appear. Now weekend is about to start. You three are a true gem on the internet. Keep going mate!

WOW ! You are human.. We all try and fail sometimes.. If you haven't failed , you are not trying the hard things in life.. Great vid Amigo.

Hallo Kurtis! Wo hast Du all das gelernt?Du kannst jede Maschine bedienen,egal welche ! Jeder Einsatz ,alles passt.Du bist wirklich großartig!!Du liebst Deine Familie ,Du liebst Tiere. Du bist wirklich ein außergewöhnlicher Mensch!! Jemanden wie Dich möchte man zum Freund haben!! Liebe Grüße an Dich und Deine Lieben!! Grüße aus Deutschland 👍👍😁🖖🍺🍺

Nothing wrong with failure as long as you learn something from the experience . In my opinion Curtis has an overwhelming amount of knowledge and experience in his craft ,work ethic and passion to do the job correctly and methodically. Thank you Kaeren for your great contribution and skill as a videographer to bring these valuable work experiences to your followers and Curtis for sharing his vast knowledge .

Bravo to whomever cleaned it before sending it to you!

Curtis, I’m going to give you one tip that will help you for next time with a large piece of cast iron, and you should have better success with that tip. In order to successfully repair any type of parts made of cast iron you need to keep that entire part hot. In your video, the moment you heated the housing I already knew that other cracks would pop up just because other section of the housing were not at the same temperatures. So here the tip. Get yourself a large bundle of rockwool insulation, enough to cover a large part like that housing. The best way to heat such a large part is an large oven. After the part is at temp, you pull out the part from that large oven and wrap it with the rockwool insulation and that is when you start using the blow torch to keep the part at temps. You expose and heat the region that needed to be worked on. And once you control the area that needs works. You use the only known way to fix the enlarged crack is building them up with the only sure thing the welder hot glue, bronze welding for such a large casting. And once you have fixed each cracks, you give one last heat and you close the insulated area you exposed for welding and add insulation on top of what is already covering up the housing and you let it cool all covered up with the rockwool insulation. Such a large piece may take up to a full week to cool down inside that insulated cocoon. Once it cool, you can start machine all the features that needs to be bring back. And that is the secret of safely weld cast iron and avoid any more cracks to show up during or after. I learned that from one of my past job posting where I fixed a lot of cast iron parts of various sizes. The welder at that shop only used that trick to get the part hot, keep it hot and weld it and covered it back and let it cooled from 48 to 72 hours before I was able to machine them. During the two years I’ve worked there I have never seen any of the cast iron parts that needed to be fixed crack again after the welding. I machined them and they returned in the field. It’s also possible to use the pink fiberglass insulation to so the same, but Rockwool will resist better to flames.

This is actually the best video to demonstrate the problems with welding cast iron that I've ever seen. It's highly educational and should be shown in its entireity to EVERY welding class.

A true master craftsman does exactly what you did at the beginning of this video. Always give the nod to the guy that's better than you. Then to promote a GoFund me for a competitor. Pure class.

There is a back story to that casting ... Cast Iron tough to work on, but that case has a LOT of stress in it to continue developing new cracks like that. Honestly not sure it would have been repairable, regardless of who was attempting it. And .. Puddle Guns are so much fun! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

Sometimes you're windshield, and sometimes you're the bug. Great work attempting that. Always enjoy your uploads.

Im impressed with people that put failures out for everyone to see and learn from. Its better for us to see the problems before we go spend $1000s in matls, time and energy to just ruin someone's equipment. And more respect for not charging them. There are a lot of shops that would still charge them for it, at least here in the states. I'm a subscriber for good.

I love that you show failed attempts too😊

I only come here for the “right-o”s, the dog, and the crazy welding and machining.

So much respect (the deepest definition of that word) for Kurtis showing that things don’t always work out the way you planned and how to handle them like a true professional. All you can do is try.

Even with a massive bust like that, it wasn't exactly a failure. You called it correctly going in, you did everything possible to obviate all the problems, but in the end it was cast iron that simply overwhelmed you. A great shame because you deserved success with all the prep and, at least, your customer can see precisely what happened and when. They can't accuse you of not trying! Great vlog, as usual and your wild bird audience seems to be getting bigger. You'd think all the noises, movements (and smells probably) would scare them off permanently, yet they keep coming back for the treats. Nice one.

WoW!! Not everything can go to plan and i for one appreciate that you uploaded this video due to the nature of how the end result showed itself. I for one got more insight to just how difficult cast iron can be to work on. Loved the video.

my tears cannot speak for me... . that foolish box never stood a bloody chance... .. reckon that is the last time that box will ever talk back to Homie. Simply Brutal.

Hi Kurtis, Karen and Homey!! My name is Mark, and I live in the Northwestern corner of the USA. I started my career as a welder in a small Mom-N-Pop shop south of Seattle. I worked for Dave, and while I learned a TON from him, he and I BOTH learned a MEGATON from Bob Roberg, the previous owner (twice removed) of the business. When Bob was a youngster, he would clip off lengths of stick rod material at the end of the day, dip it in flux, hang it up to dry overnight, ready for use the next day. I CAN NOT even begin to quantify the sheer amount of knowledge (a lifetime, or maybe 2?) he passed along to us. The name of the shop was The White Center Blacksmith. Bob was once said Blacksmith. His father was the blacksmith before him! One of the amazing skills he passed along to us was the gas welding process for repairing cast iron. The “rod” or filler material is actually just rods of cast iron. The flux is the real key. I have a couple cans of it somewhere; as soon as I find it, I will post a pic. Perhaps not ideal as the markets in the Northern and Southern hemispheres are TOTALLY different. So, here is my pitch. I have a mate in Adelaide that I would love to see again. I am NOT asking you to fund my trip. All I ask is that you welcome me to your shop. I’ll bring the raw materials (if permitted by the AIR POLICE), show what little I know, and hopefully help you add another tool to your arsenal. Be well, be happy, keep on killing it. It is a joy to watch you at work, and I have learned a METRIC TON about machining for the heavy machinery industry. I spent a couple years repairing buckets and cracker jaws for the demolition industry here in WA and found it was not for me. Anyway, my door is always open here in the USA. I would LOVE to come show you a new method to repair cracks in cast iron that you may not have experienced. All my best. M

I can only wonder and fear what Homey would do to a pile of unprotected Christmas presents!

Before even going through the video ... You supporting a human going through a tough battle with cancer is absolutely AWESOME ... Oh and by the way ... keep them videos coming ... 💪💪💪

Im trying to catch up. 7 weeks in Hospital i ended up with a below the knee amputation. I also caught pneumonia, mrsa and co vids while being in ICU for over 10 days . I lived through it all .I may only have one foot now butt i ready to kick ass . Missed you guys alot 💛 A very Interesting repair. 👍🏻 Nice to see George of the Jungle back ❤

only 5 mn in, luv yur VJO's and work but that dog is pure love and happiness!!!! teo great VJO's in one!

Advising clients and honoring your work is a true sign of a pro. You are a honorable man Kurtis. Professional and fair.

You guys should do a field trip to the cast iron guy and interview him. It would be interesting to hear his thoughts on cast iron.

It shows how honest he is. I really like watching him and his wife’s videos. Greetings from the Netherlands ❤

I got to give always credit to Kurtis for attempting repairs on new parts , nothing always goes as planned but there's always that chance something can go wrong...what you learn afterwards makes you better at what you do and were all right there with you helping you along....and Karen, also thank you for taking us along with Kurtis and our favorite 4 legged safety officer!

It's not failure, it's a learning opportunity, Kurtis, we love your therapy sessions, you talk with authority and confidence during the work and you've got a dog. As an engineer, I love watching what you do, it's the best therapy I've found. Keep at Dr. Kurtis ❤

Nice warm job in a hot climate sweating your nads off 😂 you can’t win them all, I do enjoy watching your repairs

You informed your customer that it might not work, you tried your best to get it done, but the odds were stacked against it. You can’t really consider this so much as a failure, but as a determined effort that you suspected may not succeed. Full marks for trying though. It was a joy to see Homey opening his mail, and that alone made my day. Great video, as always Kurtis and more brilliant camera work/editing from Karen.

I would say that casting had problems from the foundery. Like maybe the cast iron was cooling off too fast when it was poured. Great attempt at repairing it. Thank for you time. And Karen's hard work too.

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Nice try, and I’m frankly astonished that you didn’t take it on at the client’s cost and risk - but I don’t know the business and who does what to remain competitive. By saying “fail = no charge” you are really putting your reputation up front. Respect for that!

*I really appreciate the zero drama, zero clickbait, honest repair work, well it didn't work this time but it usually does aspect of the CCE youtube channel. And watching Homeless tear open his Amazon boxes is pretty great too.*

Gday Kurtis and Karen, thank you for everything you guys have done for use, this video shows exactly how things can turn to crap in a hurry and definitely important to show on camera to proof it does happen from time to time, almost makes you think the casting was crook from factory with the first crack appearing for no reason, great video mate, have a awesome weekend, cheers

Good on 'ya for showing that things don't always work perfectly in KZfaq land. It takes a lot of character to show when things don't go to plan, but in my mind it's really valuable to see the pitfalls. Good on 'ya

Hi Kurtis, I have seen these works done many times. Where I come from there is a workshop that has specialized in this sector for decades. The failure is due to the preheaters. They were insufficient and not uniform. When working with these pieces, you need a gas oven to accommodate the entire piece. This oven is open on the side where you work and always remains active. The piece must heat up for many hours, also to eliminate humidity and oils.Only then are you sure that the temperature is uniform, correct and the impurities are eliminated. Then let everything cool gradually, always with the oven turned on. We all make mistakes and we all learn, but in this case it wasn't your skill, you needed better equipment

Hello Kurtis, sending regards from Czech rep, I just saw a video with cast iron. I saw a video with cast iron where the usual problem happened. But i can tell you there is one option that has been tested for years(its over 50 years) . Cast iron can be welded even when cold. This procedure was used by welders in the Iron Curtain era where there was no access to better equipment. When a thin copper wire is wound on the basic electrode along the entire length of the electrode. With this trick is possible weld cast iron when its cold. The entire welding process is almost the same, when the crack on the material must be ground and cleaned, and you can start welding the first layer and then clean the slag. Always let the cast iron cool down after each welding and cleaning. We was try this process on car. We tried this procedure on several exhaust pipes on the car and it always lasted. In most cases, the cast-iron exhaust ducts broke somewhere else Good luck if you will tested this proccess.

I see Homey is putting his Australia Post parcel sorting skills to good use.

What I love about this channel is that Kurtis is willing to show projects that don't go to plan, thanks for the videos.

you're incredible Man .. the amount of knowledge you have and how professional and humble you are... WOW. .. Hi from Italy .. would love to shake your hand thou

Wow posting a project that failed takes so much guts. Knowing how to accept defeat is the trademark of great est minds. I'm amazed. Great video, I felt those cracks in my spine, better luck next time

Love seeing cast iron repair! I know you don't like doing it, but man it's a skill that is going away and shouldn't. Nothing is going to replace cast iron, so it's sad to hear there is only 1 guy in the area who has great success at repairing it. We need him to share his knowledge before it's gone! EDIT: Not saying Kurtis did a bad job or something like that, it was brilliant. Learned a lot of little things watching this and love that he's doing it.

The camera work, editing, and story telling are just keep getting better. I learn stuff that'll never use in my real life, but Kurtis just keeps teachin ! Years of experience being passed on. Thanks for another great video.

Greetings from Missouri again! As a heavy equipment mechanic that owns my own shop, I've only had one job go really sideways like that. I warned the customer that I didn't want the job. That there was a real possibility of failure, as the old machine had no tech support, no manuals available. Really hard to get parts for, and nobody in our part of the world had done a job like that in years. Well...we got $6000 worth of parts in it and a week of labor, only to have a complete failure! I called the customer and offered to return the money on the parts and donate the labor. To my surprise he told me he didn't want the parts money back...that he knew he was rolling the dice when he started the project. I was happy that he was willing to split that shit sandwich with me, but to this day, just thinking about that job makes the veins in my forehead and neck pop out! I feel your pain brother...but if it was easy they'd have women and children doing it... right? My daughter, who has a master's degree and a very high powered career always punches me in the arm when I use that phrase! 😂😂😂

I think the only way to get a multi thickness, worked and drilled part like that to take a repair properly would be with a lab oven, with a sliding window that could be opened directly over the area to be repaired and closed again for it to be able to be brought back to room temperature over the course of 48 hours. Doing this on a part with that many internal stresses at a bulkhead of stress like a milled hole with drilled threads is pretty much impossible without absolute uniform temperature control and a temp curve several days long. Kudos for posting this kurtis! Many would not have

I wonder if the impurities are related to probability of cracking. I understood how heat expansion but never thought that it would cause that many cracks. Was amazed at how many appeared, and where they appeared. Was expecting more in the corners. I guess a massive oven would have been helpful, along with a bulk load of sand to hold the temp high for the body while it was being fixed. Given how difficult this would be, wonder how the other guy does things of this size.

Can't win em all Kurtis. Big props for having the stones to put the jobs that don't go to plan on show for those who want to criticise. IMHO, it just shows that not only are you and excellent machinist and Karen a great videographer and editor, but you've also go the ethics to back your words.

I feel for you on this one. As an apprentice back 50+ years ago, I had some work for the ASTM here in America. I had to make test pieces made from pieces of failed castings of all kinds. Even normally very reliable manufacturers have castings that have uneven or unusual stresses in them. This part sure looks like that might have been the case. Once they start cracking, and no abuse or damage is found, it's not often you can make it right again. However, if you have the time and facilities you can heat cycle the casting in a very high temperature controlled annealing furnace and possibly make it more stable. When we had parts to make out of cast iron that were designs that would be prone to cracking, we had an ancient blast furnace door that we salvaged and the iron was so dead and stress free that it was stable as heck in any configuration. A little bit of work handling and cutting blocks from it, but you just couldn't buy any young cast iron that would do the trick. I even made some tools from some of the smaller scraps. But cast parts take real skills to keep them stable. I think that's why cast steel was much more popular back then. Great try . Love this show.

I really appreciate you showing that even with careful planning and good work, a repair may still fail and that it's super important to notify the customer of the risks. Love your channel.

Prime example of a good craftsman. He educates and shows what really happens in the real world and that repairs aren’t always successful. Thank you for sharing.

Started watching your videos about 2 months ago, I'm now caught up on everything. The work you do is amazing and the manner in which you deliver it to your audience is superb! Cheers from South Africa! 🍻

On voit les professionnels à leur capacité à analyser leur travail. Il n'y a pas d'échec, il n'y a que de l'apprentissage. Très bonne vidéo sur la notion de prise de risque et comme on dit chez nous"il n'y a que ceux qui ne font rien qui ne font pas d'erreur", même si dans le cas présent, c'était un essai risqué pris en accord avec l'entreprise. Merci pour cette vidéo qui nous rappelle que la technique n'est pas aussi cartésienne qu'on voudrait nous le faire croire et qu'il y a souvent des aléas.

Welding cast iron is hot, sweaty and stressful job. You usually get it because a replacement is bloody expensive or unobtainable. Welded quite a lot with oxy/acet and ferrite rod. As with electrode, fixing a lug or a straight across crack is fine, but come to welding a hole in the middle of something, it never ends well. And all that sweat and gas come to nothing. But we always seem to try again. Thanks for all your cracking videos. Brian from Lancashire England

LOL...Not only is Karen a grate editor, and cameraman, she is also a very demanding director too! Love ya Karen thank you!

Kurtis, just a quick tip.. If you want the dye penetrant to last longer and save costs, my weld inspection guy at work gave me a great tip for saving dye Spray some into an old aerosol lid and apply exactly where you want it with a small paint brush. Saves on overspray and you don't waste any on overspray and you can store it on a shelf for weeks and weeks without it doing bad Love the content as always

So mr Curtis, after episoes of watching you, I decide to leave my comment straight from Poland, Europe! You are true master of your job, and well - episodes like that, are absolutely great, great example of your honestly and professionalism. Its true pleasure to watch your Video guys, I can really learn a lot, see a lot of new methods, way of approach etc. Best Regards, Adam!

Listening to those birds it sounds like I'm watching a Drain Addict video. Great work, both of you.

Congratulations for publishing the failures also, honesty and professionalism are two rare values today, you represent both at the highest level.

Hi Curtis, you can’t win them all. CI is very difficult to repair by any method. Thanks for showing a job that did not go to plan. Always enjoy your vids. Thanks from the UK.

Failures exist in every line of work, the fact that you were able to show yours speaks volumes , not everything is is a success story

You’re a good man. You live with honor and respect. Thank your parents and wife!!!! Stay true to yourself your work ethics are second to none!

So soul destroying when it doesn’t go to plan Kurtis, but you gave it your best shot.

CEE team you might have thought the job was a fail but the content of the video was a massive win that was a complex and challenging repair total respect for taking it on 👍.

By far the best Box vs Dog fight on the internet. In history. TKO.

Hi Kurtis. My father used to repair fractured castings without heat, a process that stitches the cracks together by a process pioneered by Metalock. He worked for them for 40 years and I'm sure they have an Australian division..

What I like about this video is the honesty Kurtis has when accepting jobs like this. He knows his abilities and limits and does the best of what he can to satisfy clients. Though it wasn't a successful, a lot of learnings can be taken from this. Keep the videos coming CEE!

I feel like this video deserves some kind of an award. Not only do you not monetise the hell of your videos like some KZfaqrs, not only do you post videos of true ability (kudos to the slowmo editing too), and not over excitedly blown up out of all proportion, but then you go and post a video as honest as a genuine failed attempt! Gawd bless ya govnor! You've really earned a like on this one, and already a subscriber, I wish I could do more, but I don't have the mates to share it with. You've really earned my respect on this one though! Top video Kurtis! Top video!

What a diversity of knowledge and skill. It is a pleasure to watch you apply your trade!

accepting your own mistake is what the professionalism is

I love Friday's :D new CEE! My 4 yo boy loves to sit and watch as well, I just stop it before the bloopers :)

that was commendable in so many ways, the fact you admitted your lack of experience with that particular part, the fact you took it on to try and help the costumer, the fact you showed all the difficulties while working it and the finale (the failure of the part to hold up) mad respect to and the Lady for another fantastic video.

Kurtis, it's equally important to show failures as it is to show success. Failures are a "learning process." I respect that despite the concerns you communicated to your customer, you made your best attempt to affect the repair. It's not your fault it did not succeed. The chance of success was minor at best, but you took a shot and that's what's important. YOU TRIED where others would have walked away. All my RESPECT, young man. Please keep it up and know that here, in tiny Sierra Vista, Arizona, that we watch YOU! John & Denise.

I didn't know powder welding until now. I have to translate with Google because my knowledge of English is too poor. I am 64 years old and from Germany. I like your videos. You would be a good teacher for me. 👍👍 das Pulverschweissen kannte ich bis jetzt noch nicht. Ich muss mit Google übersetzen weil meine Englisch Kenntnisse zu gering sind Ich bin 64 Jahre alt und aus Deutschland Ich mag deine Videos. Du wärst für mich ein guter Lehrmeister. 👍👍

Really tough job - respect for trying it in the first place. Brilliant that no charge to the customer showing integrity. I do hope the customer acts with similar integrity and flings a few slabs of beers your way. Homeless is a BEAST with that parcel - laughed out loud. Best outtakes this year! 👍