On new machine day the trucker just looks for the guy standing at the road with a huge smile on his face!

Hello John I'm Harley. I'm a young machinist with about 3 years of experience ranging from manual to cnc And even fanuc m-10ia robot. I wanted to say thank you to you and many other youtubers that helped spark my interest in machining. Everyday I learn and your success pushes me to be better machinist. Again thank you

Time to make some T slot covers 😉 Cheap ABS plastic. Mill it so it slides into the T slots. A couple taped holes in the plastics and a set screw will secure them in place.

Hey! This is the best kick ass "unboxing" video on KZfaq! Re Title it. The Unboxing of HAAS VM3.

that dog was so excited for the HAAS

That is just too cool John! Your buddy Abom is proud of you man! 👍🏻👍🏻

John, It always a special day when you take delivery of a new machine. It never gets old, no mater how many machines you own. It is a strange law of physics that all machines look smaller on the truck than when in the shop, no mater how large the machine.

Freaking OUTSTANDING!!! Finally I get to see a new machine being installed by a proud new talented owner. Its been so hard - for much of my life - seeing the USA getting outsourced, torn down, shut down, regulated out existence, you name it. What a FANTASTIC video! Totally made my day!

hey John. I'm so glad you are finally moving to real milling machine :). more than a year ago, I bought VMC myself. I did it after learning milling and fusion 360 basics from your videos :). so, thank you for what you do on youtube and have fun with your haas :).

There's only one way to put it, man! This is a win!!! Not just for your business. But for your business model as a whole!!! You have proven a major point here, and I wish that many young kids watch your channel and learn and become inspired by it.

I have been following you since your NYC videos and this is a very big step. Congratulations and may all your future ventures reap big rewards. This is what a America needs to become dominant in the world manufacturing again this time as Micro Factories and robotics. Good luck and God Speed

When our Haas VMC 5 was unpacked I handed out the 5 pails of desiccant to fellow shop workers that had gun safes. They had a little moisture gauge on the side, they were all dry. From Oxnard to New York. Love the controller.

Congratulations John. Culmination of years of work to finally take possession of this baby.

@17:20 Seeing the HAAS being rolled into the shop past the Tormachs really puts into perspective how big it is.

Thanks for sharing! I converted my mill and lathe to CNC after finding your channel and Fusion. Never knew what was possible before! Keep changing the industry with your new machine! You're an inspiration!

Here you go, all the way from Oxnard California. I don't get the criticism but I do get that HAAS employs a lot of people in the US. The guys that I use to build many of my parts use HAAS machines of various flavors and the parts from those machines looked and worked good. Not overlooking the skill in tool path creation and part machining, in competent hands these machines can do a lot of good work.

I can see why you were exhausted after a full day. I was exhausted just from watching for 20 minutes. Big mix of tension and anticipation.

The Riggers did a nice job. As a Rigger myself, the only thing I would have different would be to pull the truck out from under the lifted machine. Coming straight down with a load is much better than backing up with the load elevated. Good luck with your new machine.

When they opened the sealed bag, did you breathe in the fresh machine smell? Wait...did I just invent a new manly air freshener scent?

Well, I thought someone's got to find a negative!!! After 30 minutes mental strife, the best I could come up with is "Well, there goes your families possibility of finding an awsome Christmas Present for you" . Your smile is so infectious I'll just have to admit I'm a teeny bit jealous.

It's always cool to watch riggers communicate with each other and move a piece of equipment!

Congratulations John no one is more deserving of success thanks for all the input and help you have given us over the years. I went back and watched one of your first videos you have sure come along way.

I no the vid a bit old,but tears of joy for you.

I do work at the HAAS plant.... it's a rockin place! Their yard is packed with amazing machines headed all over the world! Such great machines! Did I mention USA USA USA!

Very congrats, I think you've earned it. Haas is a incredible company and awesome of you to buy American. Prepare to be blown away from what you are used to. I think you'll find ridged tapping will out preform thread milling in terms of speed and ease of use. Thread milling has it's uses, but glad you got ridged. Should be able to wash down that table fairly easy with the full pressure hose. Again, glad to see you're growing.

That went well. Now you are in the big time with that machine. Quite a step up from the Tormach.

Can't wait to see it in action.

This looks like so much fun. Getting to put that together, get it up and running, and make some cuts.

Look at that thing! The tool wheel is MASSIVE! Congratulations, John!

That is exciting :-) So cool to see the progression from the Taig mill to a Haas.

Well Damn son!! Not even my machine, not anywhere near me and I am excited!!! We use Haas in college - nice machines! I think you're gonna like it - Hell I know it! Can't wait to see what happens tomorrow.

A quick tip since your machine will have the next gen control, get a paint marker and paint one of the drive lugs on the spindle so you can quickly orient new tools going into the tool changer. Older machines have an orient spindle button, but it was removed on the new control. :-( We have 4 Haas machines, with 4 different levels of control, so if you have any questions, I would be happy to help. We're right up the freeway in Mayfield.

John, in following the story of your business, this is another huge milestone. I have a feeling this isn't the last big delivery. By the way, if the hollow spot under the floor continues to be a concern for moving heavy stuff over it, it is easily fixed. A small hole

Haas is pretty cool. VF-1 and TM-2 is the first cnc machines I worked. A little bit later it was VM-5, the largest monster operated myself.

Always good when an unloading and rigging video doesn't come with bloopers.

Thank you for all the videos you do John. You will enjoy the Haas. My Mini Mill was delivered in six inches of snow last December. I regularly turn to NYC CNC for inspiration.

That's quite the addition to your shop. Nice.

Finally got around to watching this and its amazing to see good riggers at work. That machine looks huge compared to the Tormachs. Looking forward to seeing your path ahead, sir. Best wishes, Tom Z

Man, your excitement is contagious! I love watching this.

We have a VM1 at school along with a smaller mill and lathe from HAAS. They are fantastic. Easy to use and overall great machines. You're gonna love it:)

I completely understand your excitement! And, I like the trucks as well.

If you smile much wider then the top of your head is going to detach !!! Congratulations on getting your new "toy" on the floor - major milestone. May you have many hours of chip making.

That is a nice looking machine. Look forward to seeing the video of the tech setting the machine up, I am a service tech setting up and servicing the equipment that the company I work for makes. Congratulations on the new machine.

10:26 Yeah Value is the best! From my research they are a great value! SWWEEEETTTT!

Congrats John! I don't know who was more excited, you or Judd!

I don't wanna call you lucky since you've worked very hard to get to this point, but damn I'm jealous lol.

Wow... Wow... Wow.......... Congrats John!!!

Congrats John! Love your enthusiasm for machining and entrepreneurship as well. Can't wait to see what you will be making on it.

Had lunch with your Haas salesman last week, he had nothing but good things to say about your operation. Looking at a ST-30 here!

Right on!! The day has finally come!! Congrats! Can't wait to see some parts^^ When you get your multi-axis installed, I'd love to see you do a raw AR forging as in 0%.

Congrats! I completely understand your enthusiasm. If it's worth any, know that you are one of the persons that has inspired me to dare try starting up my own business in machining. I mean there are so many possibilities now adays with CAD+CAM and CNC machines... it's almost just the imagination that is the limit!

Good luck with your new machine. If it was mine, a typhoon would have come through just as the truck pulled up. Can't wait to see it in action.

Right on! Congratulations John, I admire your hard work and your success.

Great machine, we have 2 of them at work. In October we got another Brother TC-S2DN drill tap machine, that makes 5 Brothers, 2 Haas, 11 Fadal. You'll love the Hass good machine at a good price.

Beautiful machine, congrads dude! You'll love it. Your HFO is going to include a day of training for the new machine. I would recommend having them show you how to calibrate the probe yourself. It's not something they normally do without asking but it may save you a service call in the future.

Congratulations. I think you will be happy whit the new machine.

those big machine pallets are a great source for wood timbers. Also for your concrete voids, you can drill a hole and inject grout. .

Congrats again John! Thanks for sharing your dream come true! I am very happy for SMW. Looking forward to all the videos you will be creating and sharing!

I am really happy with your happiness!!! So excited to watch it ripping big chips soon!!! Congrats!!

Woohoo! :D Might think about making some inserts for that cart to hold your TTS. It works well for moving tooling between machines, but since you only have 1 with CAT40 at the moment and more than enough tool storage on the machine itself, it could be more useful for your Tormachs. Keep any transport hardware, including the red brackets, together and in storage. If you ever decide to sell the machine (even 10 years from now), you'll need them. And of course...congratulations!

never was, never will be into unboxing videos but this one is different - awesome! looks like someone's got his xmas present early! :)

Haas is #14 in the world, in terms of total revenue at just under a billion a year in 2014, they're the largest in the US, with their Oxnard facility is around a million square feet. The largest in the world is Trumpf, in Germany. Versalift is who you're probably thinking of, with the extending counterweight. They're not cheap, i think the 25/35 is around 200 grand new.

Very cool how much it takes to just move a machine into the shop. It is going to be interesting to see how big of a learning curve it will be to go from your Tormachs to the HASS. Congratulations again on the new toy... I mean tool to grow your business's capabilities. I can't wait to see the video of the first part.

Jack definitely likes this huge woof machine :)

looking forward see it in action!

I could watch your videos for hours John. Awesome day. So happy for you :)

Congratulations on your new big toy

love the clamp on the fork so the sling doesn't slip lol

nice man, congrats. I just got my first small manual mill and lathe a few weeks ago. Maybe someday I will be fortunate enough to be buying a new cnc machine. Can't wait to see the vm3 up and running. Thanks for your videos and inspiration.

Christmas came early for you... That is a massive tool changer, I'd love to see how many tools it can hold; the tool changer appeared to be a vertical drum that holds tools horizontally, I'd like to see how it goes about grabbing and orienting the correct tool vertically (drum pull to spindle hook-up). Awesomeness, God Speed

I would recommend you turn on rigid tapping. I have that on both my lathe and mill and it works great. It is fast and does a great job. You can still do thread milling on bigger diameters.

It is funny watching your videos. its not even my machine and im still getting the feeling of excitement.

Can't wait to hear and see it making first chips ;)

I feel like I just got a machine! Can't wait!

Brings back a good memory of when mine was delivered.

Great packaging. Love the inclusion of a pail of dessicant

Very happy for you. Have a ball with it.

I thought your dog was going to claim ownership when he climbed on to the trailer. Well done for getting such an excellent machine and good luck with it!

congrats! I know you love the Tormach and you wouldnt be at this point without them but once you get a feel for this machine you are gonna find yourself reluctant to do much on the smaller units...great for prototypes or teaching but the sheer difference in capability is gonna leave your jaw on the floor.I would love to have a Tormach in the garage but I would flat kill to have that Haas and the room to use it! :)

Hard work is paying of bro, great job.

Swearing? Well, maybe not a good thing all the time but no big deal once in a while. Trucking, I have about 800,000 accident free miles as a trucker almost all of which are as an owner operator. All of my owner operator miles are flat bed or drop deck operation. Very few big trucking companies take on loads like these. The big companies prefer regular cargo that they can do day in day out. The fella that picked up your machine I'm betting is an owner operator. I love machine skates. Those are different than any other kind I've seen. Look like they work so smooth. Hallow place under the floor. I'm guessing no big deal right now but if you think it's worth worrying about, maybe a concrete jacking company can pump some grout under the floor. Thanks for the videos.

Great machine! We have 2 at our shop and even though they are from 05 they are still work horses

Congratulations John, I can't wait to see the next video and what you do with the machine.

this CNC would most likely make me just for joy,just like a kid at christmas

John, watching this was so exciting! I can only imagine how you felt. If I can ask/make a suggestion... I'd personally like to see shots of the controller, stuff like you setting up tool offsets/work offsets. I've just started (like within the past month) making parts after a couple years watching your channel and the mill I'm using has the same (or maybe 1 version older) controller as this! I've learned a LOT from your channel--specifically CAD and CAM, would love to learn some more about actually setting up the mill as that has definitely been the most difficult part for me. Congrats man!

Christmas came early, as for the hollow area in the floor, you can have it slab jacked, save a lot of problems if it drops .

Looking forward to the rest and watching it make chips! I think I like that a lot better than my X-carve, but I do love that little machine! Congrat's and thumbs up!

Don't throw out the tool cart! You'll soon have the price of a second machine in tooling! Trust me I know from experience. lol...Good luck with it John, HAAS may not be the best machine out there but they have tremendous support and are capable of making a wide variety of parts. A few years ago I bought a VF5 for a company I worked for with 35 HP and a gear transmission. All that HP was kind of a waste with a 40 taper spindle though.

Exciting times! Congrats on your newest acquisition.

Wow! Seems like yesterday you were squatting on a NY apartment floor operating a Grizzly sheet metal brake!!! Nicely done John, and well earned.

My congratulations for the new machine I wish you success

one thing you might want to invest in for video making is acoustic foam that prevents echoing in the room. it might be a little expensive depending on how much you need but will drasticly reduce echoes in the room

Christmas comes early. Congrats!

Very nice machine. Great weather for it! Good its a mild winter so far....wouldn't be fun doing this in snow and colder temps.

nothing like that factory scent, as soon as you cut open the wrapping! haha

Awesome, I cant wait for you to start using this machine. please share the setup and validation stuff they did in your shop.

Congrats John!

Rock 'n Roll dude! so pumped for you. Can't wait to see some chips fly.

Almost 100k bucks for that machine. Damn i'm jealous. God knows the marvellously precise stuff can come out of that :D

John, At one point you said you didn't want to be in the Job Shop business. Has your business model changed? With this new machine will you pursue more job shop type work? Could you share your plans and the direction you plan to take your business with us? Thanks!