That statement "I did such a terrible job they sent me another one to do" was hilarious. Must have been satisfying in response to those comments.

I admire anyone that puts their work on KZfaq. I can't imagine criticizing a professional.

I'm retired after a lifetime of fabrication, welding and machine work. Sure, I can think of different ways to do jobs I've watched you accomplish. I very never think my way is appreciably better. Can't say I've ever thought you are wrong and certainly not incompetent.

I've heard several of the really big channel owners that I follow say that one of the hardest things for them to adjust to between 50K and 100K followers was learning to ignore the haters. They say it gets a little better past 100K. I think you do great work. Thanks for the content, keep it coming.

Josh, don't pay attention to the miserable people that don't have a life, but hey haters make you money too. Im glad i found your channel. I watch Cutting Edge Engineering and You. I'm not a machinist, but everything you do looks great to me. Love your content. Another thing I joined your membership today. I don't expect it to be a poor choice.

Nice work, Josh and thanks for letting us watch. You know, it continually amazes me how you can invite people in to watch the work that you perform and some want to tell you how you are doing it wrong...on a job that the customer approves of and is sending you repeat work for. So, don't mind the armchair engineers. You know, as most experienced engineering machinists do, that there is usually several ways to complete a job successfully. You choose the method that best suits your equipment capabilities, skills, costs and time constraints. Sadly, it seems some missed Shop Workflow Management Day at school (this is even taught at the School Of Hard Knocks). Maybe, if they watch enough of your past job episodes, they will catch up. I could say more, but I'll leave it there. Keep it up, Josh and thanks again for regularly bringing us into your shop. Nearly 98,000 of us apparently feel the same way. We'll see you next week. Cheers.

The comments that start with "Have you tried this" or "I get good results this way" are worth reading, there are often little gems of genuine knowledge in there, the "You are doing it wrong" and the "You don't know what you are doing" brigade should go directly in the rubbish bin, there is nothing in there but bile, and they do not even merit a look.

Don’t worry about negative feedback, you seem to know what you are doing in your machine shop, carry on getting your videos out on your channel, they’re good to watch

No better compliment than repeat work right? Thanks for taking the time to keep bringing cool content. I know it would be faster for you not to.

Really love this type of content. This was a great example of how putting off quality issues until later can add time to work, and I don't mean that in a negative manner. We all need to learn through these lessons. Changing feeds/speeds on the second pass wouldn't have hurt anything, and potentially could have negated one or both of those last cleanup passes. I'm definitely putting that lesson in my brain pan. Thanks and keep up the great work!

Don’t worry, the commenters that tell you the job was terrible are the same ones that don’t have the guts to put themselves out there. They love to hide behind the keyboard. The majority love the efforts you go to in sharing your craft. Keep it up.

Haters gonna hate Alternative methods are productive . Keep going.👍🏻👍🏻

Josh I'm no machist but I think you do a great job and I really enjoy watching your videos people that don't enjoy your videos should watch something else they're not forced to watch them if you listen to comments about your work you probably would go nuts keep them coming for the ones that really enjoy watching them live me thanks for the activation for us

When someone tells you that “you are doing it the wrong way”, quite often they are meaning you are doing it differently to how they would do it, so therefore it must be wrong! Enjoy the videos.. keep up the good work..

sometimes vibration can make for the neatest surface finish. But we can’t give it to a customer like that. Never fails. You have to slow everything down and take forever to finish a job sometimes or at least it feels like it.👍

The plate singing was pretty cool. That just means you have it all secured.

I don't think I ever did any shop work that I couldn't think of another way to do it. Time, equipment & tooling usually dictated how I did it. Thanks for taking us along and remember it's YOUR shop!

It is to bad that there are haters out there that want to put you down. You know your machine and you know your ability. Your work had to be good otherwise they would not have sent you more work. I love your videos. I know that the video alone takes a lot of time but you done a great job on both the video and the part. The part cleaned up real nice and it looks like most, if not all, of the pits are gone. Good to see you first thing in the morning.

It turned out great again Josh, let them complain about your methods all day. All real machinest know that a scraper was only recently replaced by the mill. A scraper is very accurate and consistent in its cutting material. Still today I would rather have a lathe bed serviced by a scraper than a mill. The mill makes heat and vibrations the scraper doesn't. Keep up the good work and ignore idiots that have no idea what they are talking about.

Thanks for taking us along on this journey. It's very nice to see these old machines still in service and making money for you!

Yeah screw those people that just complain I don't see them doing precise machine work with repeat customers

Hanging or attaching a bag or sock full of sand or lead shot can help cutting down on resonant chatter - weird but it works.

They are just upset cause you're so darn good.

For the work piece application (plate support) your resultant surface finish is absolutely fine. Even the finish at 17:28 would have been fine, especially after a coat of paint. The surface just needs to be flat which it now is. When these heat exchangers are properly assembled system fluids never come into contact with the steel frame plates.

You are so close to your 100k subscribers 😎

Nice job. Ive found in the past removing half the inserts in those big face mills reduces the vribration greatly .

That's great. You made it work, and the trolls are jealous. Lol

My dad was a machinist for a company that made gear units. He ran a large Giddings and Lewis as I recall. 12 foot bed. He machined raw housings, steel fabracated and cast. Some you could almost crawl into. Feet, centerline cross bores for pinion and ring gear shafts, flange retainers tapped holes for shaft bearing retainers. Nice watching what he did for living. He retired in 1978.

How dare people give you such nasty comments? They are armchair warriors who have never run a successful machine shop in their lives. If I can’t find anything positive to say then I won’t say anything at all. Personally, your channel is one of the mainstays of my weekend viewing. Thank you 👍 Cheers Mike

I bought one of those deburring / chamfering tools. It's bloody brilliant.

Hey Josh, I a retired fitter machinist, from what can see from your work I would certainly employ you tomorrow. You do good quality work and no supervision needed. Hard to find a man of your skill. All the best

"I did such a horrible job on it... that they gave me another one to do" LOL. Well played Josh.

The keyboard wimps, certainly no "Warriors", the "Romantic " machinist, engineer, mechanic, it can be done by a time served artisan who spent 20 years under the original designer/Engineer, whose family worked on their land for generations. Every surface must be surface, or cylindrical ground, micro lapped, scraped to 5 thousand points per square inch, and waxed. The "Classic" Machinist, Engineer, Mechanic, is skilled, reads the drawing or print, and makes it "Fit For Purpose". Customer receives the service they "Need", and at the correct price. Another great job shop project. Thanks for sharing.

Just ignore those silly comments. It's really odd, but some folks get joy out of being negative toward others. The vast majority of the time they have no experience with that they're complaining about anyways. For the other 99% of us, thanks for posting all the cool stuff you do. I've learned a lot from you and really enjoy your videos.

Thanks for another great video!

In a prior post the boring mill my dad ran my have been a Devlieg, not a Giddings and Lewis. Just thought I would update.

Josh, do you think placing some bags of lead shot between your angle plates and against the back of the filter plate would help deaden the harmonic vibrations? I like the different solutions you use to accomplish all these varied jobs.

Josh, they're going to keep sending you those until you get it right! 🙂 LOL Turned out excellently and looked a lot more convincing than doing it on the planer. Thanks for another great video.

I work at anasme shop. I'm a self taught lather. We make the round type. The disc is cut 1/8" larger and I turn it down. I then face it. I flip it over and do the same except I put a gasket surface on it. Afterwards I drill usually 5/8" holes and ream them. 010. Not difficult at all. There are 6 1/4" holes so that the alignment rods can do their job. I hate rolling the tube ends though

Nice job Josh. Your angle plates really worked nice.👍 Thanks for sharing. Have a good weekend.

Very nice... That HBM is awesome... The power in those machines is amazing. Cuts like warm butter. Thanks for the video...

Love watching your videos And someone that loves doing the work. That's a quality not found too much today. Used to be a PM in a fab/machine shop. The younger worker's just watched the clock all day. Didn't have pride in their work like the older generation. It was all terrible that they had to work. Rather be at home getting a gov handout.

That harmonic noise pattern was beautiful, it was sad to see the artwork go.

I enjoy your content and learn something new with each video. Please keep on doing things your way. Very respectfully, Patrick.

Great video. Ive always found that my ears are one of the handiest tools for identifying if my cut is going well. Same goes for touching off the work. Great video, id love to get a small hbm some day.

I think that there is no right way or wrong way it's your way, I admire all the work you do and anybody that criticizes are just a waste of space. Great to watch.

Josh, you are a great machinist. Stop listening to all the haters on the internet, I apreciate your work and i want to thank you for sharing your work here on youtube

Great to see more non automated machining Now I know true meaning of cnc, Could Not Compete. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos.

Remember to put "horrible job 1" and "horrible job 2" in the bank deposit notes field, it will give you a chuckle every time you think about it.

Morning Josh, Love watching stuff on that Lucas HBM......the resonance you are experiencing is akin to a turning fork like thing.....I get it sometimes on my lathe when cutting a long taper on a barrel...best way to eliminate it Ive found, is by placing and having a large bag of sand or fine lead shot against the part....that seems to lessen that tuning fork effect....just pressure from it leaning is enough......use your own imagination in it....I might even drape a weight bag across those support angles to dampen itlike you did with your hand....the bigger the area you dampen with the bag the better the results.......and like you did...altering speeds and feeds helps too...... Bracing for the storm here....ughhhhhh....weather idiots are saying travel to be very difficult to impossible...hope they are wrong as usual....LOL GREAT VID............20 thumbs up Don

Great video, says so much about the unknown forces of machining, so hard to believe a piece that thick can vibrate, deflect that much! 👏👏 Enjoyed this video

Fascinating, thank you!

Nice. Looks great!

I watch quite a few machining channels Josh, including yours & CEE, Keith Rucker, Max Grant, Marty’s Workshop etc and enjoy all of them. You all do different jobs in different ways, so the learning opportunities are all worthwhile. Keep up the great content. 👍👍👍🇦🇺

Sorry I missed ICWeld repairs broken construction equipment in the field very tough to do he is very knowledgeable

Josh your more of an expert machinist than most, kudos from Canada.

The work looks great! Thanks for your time.Always enjoy!

It looks like you know what you’re doing.

Josh, your a fantastic machinist! Funny how the Monday morning keyboard haters come out with comments without knowing the facts. Thank you for what you do!

Great job Josh.

Great Video.....Thank You....

Thank you Josh!

Like someone told me, there is more than 1 way to do things. All it matter is that at the end, they end the same.

Great work Josh.

thank you

I like that burring tool. Thanks for the video.

We have a similar machine and similar angle plates we use regularly to do a lot of plate work for our steel mill. We mounted 2 thick 8 long 5 wide steel plates with a matching piece of staked conveyer belt. Basically steel brick, rubber brick, rear gusst, rubber brick , steel brick all through bolted. Eats up almost all vibration. We did turn nylon bushing to keep the through bolts from touching the gusset. You can smack this set up with a hammer and grt nothing but a thud. No ring whatsoeve. Lets us run speeds and feeds that are obnoxious.

I can't wait for the steam engine video's

Another great interesting video Josh. Enjoyed watching your big boring and facing mill working.

Another interesting educational video. Excellent job on the close and clear camera angles.

Agreed; your means and methods are yours and obviously work for you and your customers 👍🏻

I was half expecting a "josh topper" 2 foot fly cutter to make an appearance for the final pass! It came out really nice, I really enjoy watching you work through how to do a job and improve your process over time as you have done between the first and second of these units.

Good work! Looking forward to the work on the Baker

Nicely done josh as usual 👍👍👍

I am looking at an old school machinist who seems to know what he is about. Don't see anything to criticize about your work. I have a family member that was well known for his classic hot rods and antique car restorations. You are showing a similar attention to detail.

Great machining! love the manual machines , Hopefully i get to see you and your shop in july, Thank you from Glenpool Oklahoma

Ah just love the people " I don't know how to do your job, but my book says you're doing it wrong"

really grinds my gears when people make unqualified comments about which they no practically sod all, myofb I say to them, JT knows what his customers need keep at it Josh, love watching you work, mostly because it means I don't have to do it hahaha! all the best Dave

Separate emotions from the subject matter and answer the question or statement . Negative emotions drag everyone down, it does you and us, the vast vast majority, no good at all. Bin it! There are small amounts of whiners everywhere, when you meet one recognise them for what they are, smile in the knowledge you met one and feel extremely sorry for their sad life. It’s like being in a warm cosy house watching the rain through a window, it always makes you feel better.

Josh, I am just a hobby machinist, but I have watched enough professionals (including my friends) to know that you are not only a good machinist, but a highly practical one as well. And that is what it takes to run a business. Just ignore the folks out there that love to criticize but would never put their work out on display like you do. In many ways, you are a far better machinist than they will ever be!

We have some rubber with strong magnets embedded in it (magnaflex). Does great for absorbing vibration and disrupting resonance. Could stick right to the back of the plate.

I am by no means a machinist but I enjoyed eating the last plate and this one. As far as I could see looked good to me. Don’t sweat the chuckle heads

That project is a perfect candidate for a Blanchard grinder. .

WOW!!!! THATS VERY GOOD WORK. In spite of all the negative comments, your a very good Machinist. I think the working your doing is excellent. Outstanding keep up the damn good work.

I did a little reading on cutter head harmonics and everything that I saw suggested is exactly what you were doing. I understand a tiny bit about harmonics and what causes it, in general. Likewise, I am wondering if (if they existed) would using a cutter with an odd number of inserts unevenly spaced (like three on one side and two on the other side) would interrupt the harmonics.

hello Josh & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Josh & Friends Randy

Josh, I have noticed that guys sitting on the couch, beers in hand, can always play a better game than the guys on the field! Don't worry about negative comments!

I always enjoy your videos. There is always going to be someone who is better at something and that goes for everything under the sun. Anyone who would be that critical of you is full of crap.

Happy Weekend Josh....best wishes from Florida, Paul..... love all your work where you 'Do It All Wrong'...... Because they sure come out 'Right the First Time, Everytime'

Hello Josh, why do you worry so much about the gentlemen know-it-alls? Your appreciative audience is everyone else! Where there is planing, chips fall. That's the way it was, it is, and it always will be. Only someone who doesn't do anything doesn't make mistakes, but I haven't seen many of you yet. So keep up the good work and skip the comments of all the gentlemen know-it-alls. Viele Grüße Martin 🙂

That plate was eat up pretty good.good job saving it.

Nice, see those plates in stainless steel at work in different sizes. Are plates made for the dairy industry. some of the complete units can weigh up to #1500 pounds.

Please make a 2 foot fly cutter for this machine! It would be so cool to see it being used on parts like this! Great content btw, Mr. Topper!

Josh haters are going to hate. And hove no clue how to do what us Machinist/fabricators do everyday to get the job done. Stay strong my friend

Josh, rather than welding a stiffening bar on the back of the angle brackets, what if you braced between the two. Perhaps a hole in each and then a inch threaded rod between the two.

There’s always more than one way to skin a cat in this game mate! Nice work!

I sometimes take what few comments I get personally sometimes. Don’t listen to the detractors. I find your content exceedingly interesting.

Most of the haters you get are what I call "bar stool machinists". They were probably riding their big wheels while you were in your shop making money. I have been doing this for a whole lot longer than you but I can see that you know what you are doing. There is more than one way to skin a cat and you seem to know the tricks. Thanks and best wishes!

ooooh I could make some one a really nice anvil shaped object with one of those ...cracking finish, those angle plates are coming in really handy

Honestly, as thick as the plates are and the torque required to put them back together you could probably take a full quarter inch off the face and they would still be fine. I've never seen the front or back plates bend under several hundred lbs of torque. The chiller plates and gaskets though are a completely different story and you have to be very careful to apply even torque to each bolt or else those gaskets are going to leak like crazy. The plates themselves are stainless or titanium and when water is going through them they're so cold they condense the humidity almost immediately. We used to run plastic pellet extrusion and if even a tiny pellet a quarter the size of your pinky fingernail would find its way behind the gasket or on it the water pressure would shoot a concentrated stream of water several dozen feet.