Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Sydney

Southern NSW. Did my apprenticeship at the BHP in Newcastle - probably one of the best jobs I've ever had!

Im in Yorkshire UK.

Congrat's on 500 subscribers. I just found your channel and have also subscribed. Mackay Qld here.

You guys have been 10/10 Can’t thank you enough.

Nice one! Love the USA. 💯 🇺🇸

Great tip. I’ve watched a bunch of stuff from Paul &Akers John @ NYC CNC, but haven’t heard of Grimsmo. Will definitely check it out Thanks mate. Legend

@@halheavyduty yeah John and Grimsmo did a podcast together. You're welcome :)

Cheers mate! We’re just getting it all off the ground but excited for what’s to come. Thanks for being part of it 👊💯

Wonderful! Love that you’re out there teaching the next generation. Excellent stuff.

Thanks Paul! Appreciate all your encouragement and support right from the start mate. Florida for the win 👊

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Cheers mate!

Thank you!

Cheers brother - thanks for the great feedback. We are really excited about the what’s in the pipeline, and I really hope we can add some unique content on here. Sounds like you’ve done some cool stuff. Look forward to seeing your comments and thoughts on future videos 👊

Good to know. I’m the same. I like the backstory of WHY it’s happening.

Cheers mate! Welcome aboard

Glad I’m not the only old school one out there haha. Thanks for tuning in brother 👊

I’ll see what we can do in the future. I started as a boilermaker before machining, so I share your interest in pretty much all thing metal haha

@@halheavyduty awesome thank you

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Nice! Congrats on the new machine 👊

I definitely agree with you there. I’ve really only got time to focus on what we naturally do anyway. “documenting the journey” as they say… Thanks for the feedback and encouragement. Really appreciate it mate.

Cheers Jim. Appreciate the kind words mate

That’s great. Kurtis & his wife Karen do such a good job on that channel. My Grandma was a proud Texan. She had a sign on the door of her office at the drilling company… “Don’t mess with Texas” Pretty sure no one ever did.

Oh nice. Kurtis seems like a great bloke. I’ve spoken to him on the phone to get advice on removing induction hardened chrome. He was super helpful. I actually met his wife Karen before they started the channel funnily enough. Small world hey. They’ve really nailed it with their channel. It’s great to watch.

Thanks Butch. The first little video on the channel was a machine shop tour if you want to check it out. Def agree re slave to the videos. I’ll just keep poking along and having a bit of fun with it all. It’s certainly an enjoyable creative outlet.

Thanks Butch. The first little video on the channel was a machine shop tour if you want to check it out. Def agree re slave to the videos. I’ll just keep poking along and having a bit of fun with it all. It’s certainly an enjoyable creative outlet.

Thanks Butch. The first little video on the channel was a machine shop tour if you want to check it out. Def agree re slave to the videos. I’ll just keep poking along and having a bit of fun with it all. It’s certainly an enjoyable creative outlet.

Thank you for the great feedback mate. Appreciate it

@@halheavyduty asheville, North Carolina USA.

Love it

Nice! Qld for the win 👊

The two we use have Oi-TD and OiTF They’re basically identical from what I can tell. We just chose Fanuc because it’s really reliable and easy to use. And most machines come with it as a standard option. We previous had Anilam & Fagor machines… and I couldn’t sell them fast enough. Big fan of FANUC. Will be posting a few simple tutorials in the future. Mostly stuff I wished I could have found online when I started.

I’m no expert on retrofitting lathes, but I have a few friends who have used GSK controllers with good results. Apparently (please don’t hold me to it) it’s the affordable Chinese version of Fanuc. I personally haven’t done it or used them, but if i was going to retrofit a lathe I’d inquire about it. Much, MUCH more cost effective and a really good controller from what I have heard. If anyone else reads this and has experience, feel free to chime in.

Cheers mate. You nailed it by accident there. They do all 3 - water, exploration and mining.

Oh cool. That’s great! I’d love to visit Germany one day. On the bucket list for sure 👍

@@halheavyduty oh cool, if you happen to land in munich airport, drop by my shop and i can show you some cool places to visit in the south on the map while having a fresh brewed coffee if you want 😊

If we do a euro trip, I guarantee you I’ll take you up on that offer my friend. It’s on the cards. Euro trip one holiday break USA the next. Japan after that. I really want to see how different countries approach things. I find that each culture is just a little different in their approach, and it’s really refreshing

@@halheavyduty yes, that is true. But I lived in the US for a year, so maybe my approaches are similar 😅 And in the end all that matters is to get the job done, the gear running again. At least in my shop as i only do repairwork, but it looks the same what you do, manufacturing broken parts new, to get them drill rigs back drilling. Yes sure, anytime, my shop is 15min from munich airport, no problem if you want to come by for a visit and a talk 😎 There are so many great places in the EU to visit, that it would take several visits to see them all 😜 but to see some places in Italy, Spain, France and Germany makes for a long enough trip with many nice places, to hang out and chill or to see some amazing stuff (like the blood lake on the island of Elba, Italy or the Technical museum in Sinsheim, Germany). Have a great day, cheers Chris

Nice! From the original industrial heart of the USA 🇺🇸

Nice!

Bro, I didn’t actually start until I was 39. I had grown up around it, but didn’t start until I was older than you. If you’re really interested and passionate about something, you’re 10x ahead of people who are just rocking up for a job. My background had absolutely nothing to do with this profession… So short answer… go for it. Hal himself (grandad) didn’t take up machining until he was 60!

@@halheavyduty Thanks Matt, that's really encouraging. I did GNVQ Engineering in school and loved it so i'm looking around for a lathe to get me started and i will teach myself via youtube and building the Hemingwell tooling kits like the machinist hammer etc. So how did you start at 39? What made you think "You know what? I'm going to change my career". Maybe that's a whole videos worth of information, I'd love to see that content on your channel. Thanks again :)

I’ll definitely do a video on it. Just start brother. You’d be surprised what you’re capable of if you just work like crazy at something you really love doing.

Nice!

What kind of controller / OS does it have?

Thanks for letting me know. I honestly had no idea which to select. Much appreciated my friend.

A fellow Aussie. Thanks for tuning in mate 👊

Onto it. New microphone arrived. Just need to play with it a bit. Let me know if the next video seems better if you don’t mind. Cheers mate.

Thanks for the reply and will enjoy watching cheers from Lake Macquarie NSW

Let me know if the two most recent seem any better? I think I solved the problem

Hahaha. Gold. Thanks for tuning in mate 👊

Good to see people appreciating the CEE team in these comments 👌

@@theoldstationhand Must be the algorithm, watching Kurtis now

Me too 🤣 Time for some new swarf bins