Hey Max. Bravo! That was one hell of a trench you had to dig. Your new shop is sweet! I don't recommend moving a shop to anyone. It nearly killed me. All the best, Tom

And the best Oscar for cinematography goes to..... Max, for his epic depiction of the Somme trenches ( minus the carnage).

Where has Max been? He has been in Max's land, a good place to be,no doubt.

We always learn something from you even if you’re not machining. Shop is looking good! Can’t wait for the next update.

Good to see you back Max,and great shop update!

Glad to see you again and without the yapping noise from your neighbors vermin in the back round. Cheers

That was a very interesting update, Max. Thanks for posting. And all these electric cabes must have cost you a fortune... BTW, that panoramic overview of the shop was nice. It gives a good idea of the whole setup.

Was wondering when you'd post somrthing Max, expected you may have been busy with the new build fitting out. Had not expected you'd got so much progress. Can;'t have too many machines and ther is never enough room for the supplimentary tooling one absolutely must have. Crack on Max, good to see so much progress.

Max, impressive progress ...... and the best part is everything you have already done is now behind you 👍👍😎👍👍

Cheers Max, good bit of progress going on, most machinists build their workshop near their house, you do it the other way round. Plenty of interesting things ahead, I'm looking forward too see it coming along. Greetings Chris.

New shop is looking great. I had no idea your other shop was that size. KZfaq makes everything seem so much more spacious.

81 😮 I just turned 63 & amazed at the level of activity your rocking💯👏👏👏 2 years ago I decided I wanted to learn how to operate a Desktop size Hobby Mill & Lathe (Both Sherline) & struggling through getting the basics achieved- I purchased every attachment they offer for both machines. I’m looking to use it for making small scale 1:25 Scale Auto Modeling parts. Any Tips or Suggestions on best place to start at my young age of 63😆 Luv all your KZfaq posts Mate….👍 Cheers ZenModeling

Hello Max, Thanks for the update... the new workshop is looking great... Take care Paul,,

Wheelbarrow axles wow, great story. I'm almost a qualified wheelbarrow mechanic. That's some trench you've dug there, Max. Your old shops tiny. Glad you're finally moving in. Cheers Tony

Gday Max. Great to see you’re back. Big shed is getting full now mate. Oh, I like those geometric die heads. Can't have enough of them. PS: remember the old saying, "he who dies with the most tools wins". I think you've beaten us all mate LOL

you've come a long way Max

G'day Max, moving shops worse than getting divorced ffs lol, fair play to you mate, new shops looking amazing, love seeing the property, dad's old lathe really is a treasure, and just think, all that room in the old shop be great for bikes 👍

Gday Max, definitely making headway now, massive job for one person, thanks for the update, cheers

Holy Mackerel I can't believe you have accomplished all this. I'm changing your name to Superman. The new shop looks great. Thanks for the update.

This was as enjoyable as any video you have shot. Amazing amount of work. Your capabilities never cease to amaze. Cheers, Max.

😮Wow wow wow! Daunting move, Max, no wonder you haven’t had a spare minute. Thanks for this update. 👍

SO happy you are back....I was missing the vids here in Southern Maryland!

G'day Max.. great video, going through the trenches like in a movie lol Excellent review of what you have achieved so far. Like Story Book Land A Never Ending Story. Lol You'll have to number the machines throw them into a hat & draw out which ones to work on next . Lol Great looking shop. Good on Ya

Have missed ya Max! Great to see what you've been up to. Nice trenching buddy! Enjoyed watching and take care.

Well, at age 81 I cannot even imagine moving my bedroom, much less a shop full of machines! What a mammoth undertaking. Thanks for letting us take a look at just a small portion of all the work you have done. BTW, I really like those morse-taper quick change chucks! They will certainly come in handy. Best wishes and congratulations on your beautiful new shop.

Hello Max. The workshop is going well, I'm sure you are looking forward to having power... Well done on that Loooooooong Trench!!

Nice trip through some Aussie soil there Max, looks quite sandy and a bugger to dig I'd imagine. Personally I would not garden where there is a chance of a snake attack, so credit to your wife! lol. You can't wait for winter, I can't wait for summer, we both have to wait

Ha Max 💪💪💪💪💪💪 Aussie Aussie Aussie 🍺🍺🍺 don’t forget the Hercus I have the same one Awesome 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 it’s 5 o’clock somewhere

Jeeze Max, you could fight a war from those trenches.

Damn Max- that great big shop that you built is getting really small! I’ve heard that Jarra is quite the solid, pretty wood. Can’t find your species here, or if you, it’s astronomical in price….this move has been quite the exercise, glad to see you moving forward.

Hi Max, like the 1950 cables buried direct without conduit, the good old days.

I stuck around,..enjoyed and impressed by the enormous amount of work/progress, the new shop is fantastic ….now how do I fit a hammock in my shop!!!!, great video. KOKO

It's great to have you back. I completely understand the delay. I have nightmares about the pain of moving. I have been in this house for almost 30 years.

Shop's looking good max, that's a beautiful place there were you live, hope to visit someday, great video, keep'um coming.

Thanks for the update Max

Thx for the progress update. New shop is about out of floor space.

Great progress Max! Wishing you continued good progress.

Well done Max, that looks like graft in those temperatures! Alfred Herbert quick change chucks took me back, I used to use these on an old Asquith Radial Arm Drill back in the early 90's. Keep pushing on mate, nearly there now. Cheers, Jon

MACHINEST DIGGING DITCHES, THIERS ,,,NO BETTER !! GREAT JOB

Amigo Max e tenido trabajo hasta ahora me apareció un nuevo video detú taller me gusta que todo esté saliendo bien y qué tengas electricidad pronto yo aún ahorro para mí torno y espero algún día decirte amigo Max Dios cumplió mi Sueño te enviaré un vídeo o unas fotos unas de las cosas que veo tus vídeos es porque me permiten seguir luchando por lo que quiero tu me Inspira en seguir adelante ya que estoy solo en este esfuerzo Dios te Bendiga amigo MAX🙏

Thanks for sharing 👍

Go Max go .. ! Will be over your way in May . Will bring beer

Isnt it frustrating squeezing between benches and machines just to move about. I just love all the space in a new shop layout. The worst of all is the new shop will end up just as bad in no time. Back to square one. What is the answer ? Stop accumulating and start weeding out stuff you don't use ? " yeah but I might need it someday and then I will regret selling" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🙈 Enjoy your new shop Max .. while you can.

Max, you got a lot accomplished and it looks vary good. It is coming together vary nicely. Thanks for sharing your world with the world.

I thought you'd been off filming for Tourism Australia 🇦🇺 🤔 🤪😂. Did you find any money under the machines 🤔. Definitely an epic job Max, great family history on the South Bend lathe. Thanks for sharing, looking forward to the opening ceremony 😀 Best regards from the UK 🇬🇧. John.

love the shop. Its starting to warm up here. So, I'm ready to start bitching about it being to hot... 😎

Great update Max, lots of work went in to where you are today. Shop is looking great. Always nice to see your updates. Gary

If I were to make a full comment, it would be too long. Let me just say, I'm so glad for your progress. Nearing 10,000 subs, but it should be more like 100,000. I am a carpenter, but I know a good Machinist when I see one, you are it Max Love your content. I still miss the chickens, poo & all.

That's a lot of trenching Max. I did about 200 feet at my shop to change over to 3 phase and thought that was a lot. Seems rather short now. I used to work with a guy from Australia about 20 years ago and he said you can get 3 phase power at residential locations. We can't and therefore I've had to use phase converters in the past. Fortunately I'm now in an industrial park and have 3 phase. My service is 347/600 volt, 200 amp and it is stepped down (by my own transformer) to 120/208 volt for most of the shop. Nearly every machine in Canada is 208, 220/440 dual voltage, 550 or 600 volt. With my set up I can run any of them. I think you're going to really like your new electrical service. Ken

Hah, there would be some trouble where I live, if the wife kept pot plants :)

We can never get enough of you Max!! I know what you mean about the dearth of tooling in Australia.! I always salivate when I see what the US guys get their hands on, and if you think things are scarce in WA, come over to SA - there's sweet FA here. I hate sending my hard earned to China but with local prices being what they are Chinesium has a certain attraction. Keep up the great work and videos mate, always a pleasure to dial in to catch your next episode.

It’s coming together nicely, you have been missed, glad to see you back, looking forward for the next installment, cheers

Man you have been busy, haven’t you! Like the energiser bunny.😂 Lots of progress in many areas. It will all come together eventually. Trenches are epic. Couple more machines to move & you’ve probably just about got it sorted. Having power sorted will be a big relief - can’t imagine what the sparky bill will be like? 😳😳 Rome wasn’t built in a day. Good steady progress. Just about need to concrete the two veranda areas & enclose the sides with roll down canvas blinds or something to give you much more outside storage space to free up room inside. Old backhoe hopefully can dig all your septics to connect up the thunder box and the new house plumbing next.👍 Never say die Max, you will get there in the end. As always, sing out if your stuck & need a hand with anything.👍👍👍🇦🇺

Great update Max, am proud for you! Nice work as always appreciate you bringing us along. Be sure not to loose that old red pencil! lol

A great journey, thanks for sharing 👍

Shop looks amazing 👍👍 love the organization and all the great looking equipment. Can't believe you dug all that trench with that old backhoe nice work as always cheers Max!!

Nice to see you back Max, I've missed you. Xx lol

Damn fine collection of mach8nery nice to see it all in the one spot, so close to finished you can almost taste it. Very nice mate.

OMG Max you have done a lot of work. The shop will be nice that's for sure. Are you going to build the house as well? Thanks for the update. Cheers

thanks for the update max. cheers ben.

Awesome update, super cool shop setup your setting up

I finished my last shop move a couple years ago -- quite a relief, but with the realization that it's never completely over. There will always be machines to be moved; machines to come in and go out , with lighting and power to be rearranged . Best of luck to you with the new shop !

Looking awesome Max! Bring on the angry pixies!

What a milestone "POWER IN THE SHOP". That is a hell of a trench you dug. I wish I laid in an airline when I dug my trench to the barn. Just for pumping up a tire or blowing out air filters. I think you should get a drone to take video in the shop. That was good from the step ladder. Take care Max keep up the progress.

G'day Max, still looks like it needs more work, good luck Cheers Peter

Holy cow Max, you've been busy! She's filling up fast.. I was really interested in your electrical feed...It's quit a bit different than ours. It sound like you have a 415V main service (3-phase) "Y" configured with a neutral so any leg to neutral gives you 220v single phase..My best guess. Are you also 50 Hz ? That makes for a nice balance between wire size and obtaining the lower voltages.. I like the Smoko / Skull area "mandatory" Cheers.....Dean

I like that you persuaded your wife to build the shop before the house. 😊 That was quite a trench there. Could you gone overhead with the power cables or are you required to bury them? I went over head for mine because it was free. The power company was going to charge me if I wanted them buried.

Max, Looking great 👍

Awesome, Max !!

The old machines like that old backo are heaps better than the crap they make these days.. we've got a 60hp case tractor with a front bucket that's only a few years old and the front bearings have collapsed again, they have 2 crown wheels with a pinion at the bottom so they can get a tighter turning circle and as soon as anything gets even slightly loose it loses all clearance in the gears and chews the crap out of them.. they put an upgrade kit in under warranty (tapered roller bearing instead of a roller bearing) and the end float on the tapered roller bearing is set with cheese grade shims that spit themselves out because the tapered roller bearing has a 0.005" to 0.010" clearance at a guess slip fit which walks the shims out.. we're currently fighting with case to fix it as it really should have been a recall with how many have failed and as soon as it's fixed it's going up for sale, it's just not worth spending thousands of bucks every couple of years to fix what never should have left the drawing board.. we got a new machine so we didn't have to keep fixing the 50+ year old machines we had but the new machine has needed way more repairs in the few years than the old stuff has needed in the last couple of decades

Had your ring hanging out!! Wondered where you'd got to and if everything was ok.

Crikey what a mission to move all that gear !

Thanks Max

Best of Luck with the final move Max. Looking very differen tfrom last time. Cheers

Nice scrap pile. Heavy thick plate never lasts long here. It does not take long to cut chunks out of it to make something. It looks as though you are making great progress Max. Moving is horrible.

Shops coming together great , looks like you've been busy .

Cheers Max!

Love the Aussie made logo!

Looking good Max. 🙂

Good to see you back

You are so right regarding tool availability in Australia neverending struggle.

Shops looking great and Max I always want to see any video if it has machining or not. Thank for showing.

Looking good

Good video Max

A big job. While Tom Lipton was moving his shop, he dropped out of sight for a few months too.

Great seeing you at it Max!! this is all very epic!!!

Good job max you won’t know yourself with all the room in the new shop

I love it. Nuff Said.

Well done Max great to see the new progress on the shop. Amazing what you can do on your own if you think about it. Thanks for all the videos please keep them coming !!

Good to see ya mate. As shown ya been work’s your arse off over there in the west. Won’t know ya self when the workshops up n runnin. Have a good one, and we’ll see ya on the next video 👍🇦🇺

Amazed you were able to accomplish so much with your original shop. Keep up the good work.

Looking good 👍

Lots of work! Looking good!

All the hard “yakka” is paying off. This new shed is coming along very nicely indeed. Thanks for the update. 👍👍

Looks like fun, lot of digging. wow! Hope to see your updates. enjoy

I have to say, that south bend looks like a mini lathe compared to the others. Your LED lights; if you turn them up to 6500K that will be like the sun is in the shop. I went to 5000K and that’s Brite, my 65year old eye liked that amount. You will definitely like the new shop size, but your feet may not😊

that hacksaw looks like the one i ran at union steel back in the 90's

Those snake buzzers don't work... Well... supposedly... Good luck 🤞

Shop is looking great!! What are the dimensions of the shop Max? Very nice space you got there!

Hung Fuck One, really had me laughing. If in fact that is what you named it.