Machining a Polishing Drive Wheel | Using BIG Lathe Faceplate
In this video we are machining a concrete pipe polishing drive wheel. The wheel is oversize and needs the outer diameter machined down. We first set up the wheel in our 4 metre lathe with a 4 jaw chuck but quickly find out the wheel is warped and set up needs to be changed. So we set up our big 950mm (3’ foot) lathe faceplate and hold the wheel in place using toe clamps and a pipe centre in the tail stock. Machining down the OD was very interesting with tool clearance and we had to change it up a few times with different tools to get it completed. In this video we are using our LZMT CW6280D Centre Lathe.
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Sounds like the sort of job where you get it back, with the customer saying it's a bit too big, and can you take a bit more off? I hate jobs where it's got to fit something, and they don't provide that for you to check the fit.
Ho have to do what you have to do if it does the job. Wouldn't it be easier if customers brought also those pads that screw on so you can verify measurements and the fit? Anyway it looks nice, better than it came in!
Worse yet, “can you weld it up and add 1mm to the diameter?
I think the setup was probably the safest possible. The thing looks really scary. The intermittent cut didn't help too much either. It is probably so that the attached stones will wear in and take care of the runout. Seems like You didn't have too much trouble with chatter. Those things tend to ring like a church bell. With the 4-jaw chuck You might have ran into that problem as there was no support for the rim. Glad that it went without any mishaps.
An interesting way to go about it with the faceplate, but it makes sense.
"They have purchased a new whatever they are - from someone else".🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣....(classic)🤣👍🏻.
no one better complain about lack of information on our videos! 🤣🤣🤣
I would happily buy the shirt if that quote was on there, it translates to the non sense I deal with in the auto/offroad industry perfectly
😂😂😂😂😂
@@CuttingEdgeEngineeringthat was a perfectly executed explanation
Something tells me that your quality of workmanship is light years above what they needed or expected! Amazing job, well done sir!
I am a hobbyist, "Maker" fabricator and have a couple of very small lathes. Watching you work, I have learned quite a bit about setup, quality, and just general good machining. It's an absolute pleasure to watch your work. Thanks for bringing us along.
Great to see 'Homeless' draping his 'saddle bags' across your boot ! Probably just to keep them off the cold floor ?
28:12
I reckon, for a small dog he has a massive set of beads haha
The way you said don't bring dirty shit 😂😂😂😂
I say that if the customer wants to pay shop time to clean it, we will clean it.
@@tracylemme1375 EXACTLY we used 2 charge extra at mechanics shop when car hoarders showed up. Like the nastiest piles of food wrappers and paperwork and anything u can imagine STUFFED in that car and it'd be a wiring issue under the dash. We straight up told a lady one time either you clean this out or take it somewhere else. Ive seen pools of dried blood. ALSO IF YOU HAVE A LOADED GUN UNDER YOUR SEAT FUCKING TELL ME! I swear multiple times id go to move seat forward only to grab a loaded pistol. Ppl are idiots
@@captaintoyota3171 only in Murica!🤣🤣
@@captaintoyota3171 unload pistol and put the rounds into a bag. Safer for everyone, when separated.
@@captaintoyota3171 Yeah, I've stuck my head up under a dash and got a face-full of cockroaches :(
The cleaning costs twice as much as the machining, easy fix. Setting up takes longer with jobs like this. I can appreciate that you don’t want concrete dust all over the lathe, neither would I. Stay safe, greetings to all from Tasmania. 👍😁🐕 Amazing what two people and a four legged shop boss manage to produce each week. Really enjoy this channel, this has to be in the top three engineering/machining shops on KZhead. All machining, no crap music, no hours of repeated statements or trying to sound like a teacher training the dumb, you get the picture. So many channels are spoilt by all the crap video intro's, endless repeated commentry etc.
Just what I wanted to say.
Bad grammar and tenses? What is you talked about?
@@jacobdegeling ?!
@@brianfeddersen3528 the op changed his comment, originally he mentioned bad grammar and tenses, hence my comment making light of this statement
@@brianfeddersen3528 It was a reference to other channels I see so much of, and it would take too long to explain and not really worth it. So to save any further commets, I deleted that bit from my comments. No offence intended.
I couldn't wait for the out takes just to hear your reaction to how out of whack that thing was once you out it in the lathe. And you didn't disappoint!!
“That’s not a faceplate … THIS is a faceplate” - said in the best possible Crocodile Dundee voice possible
How to spot the non-aussie 101: Anyone who does not refer to the man as Paul Hogan
⬆️ nah, needs salt.
Everyone knows it’s called a ‘ Foooice- plooiiiiite’ mate,you should know this by now!🤣🤣🤣
I'm going to go touch it crikey it's angry
Someone is flexing... where's the other big face plate?
"Don't bring dirty shit to me" i totally agree with you mate 👌
Right on 😎👊💥
Charged accordingly I'm sure!
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering all that cement dust & other crap is gonna wear out the lathe bed
That’s a good one for a tshirt
I'll never forget the uncleaned cat food can filling machine which arrived in the shop when I was an apprentice. Worst. Rebuild. Job. Ever. It was like a cat shat in every corner of the shop. Including the yard and driveway. Most of the tradesmen refused to work on it, which left us apprentices to do the strip and rebuild.
No bullshit, just machining. Love these videos. Easy to see how your channel has grown so fast.
Hey mate thanks for the great comment. We wanted it to be about real life from a real Aussie workshop 😎👍
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering You can't be any more Aussie than you Mate
Thank you for translating the Video for arabic language ♥️
Who the hell dislikes these vids? They're honest, funny and if you read the comments there's a shitload of fans who know their onions. Keep it up Giggler.
His Competition... He's good enough to be able to both run a machine shop AND a You Tube channel at the same time and the competition isn't... The competition is afraid that if enough people in various industries sees his video's, they'll realize just how good Kurtis is and only use his shop for their Machining Needs and that'll put the competition out of business...
8:12 I love how you become personally offended when things are out of whack! Loving the content as always mate. Geez this channel has blown up too! Well done Kurtis. Dan in Newy.
run out you can see lol.
Hell yes finally what a wonderful way to start Friday, great job guys, homeless is awesome
Cheers mate have a good friday
Starting with the best worst axis. Yet another case of a part leaving the shop better than it left the factory. Much respect sir.
Thanks 👍
The look on your face Kurtis ‘They’re not too worried about the splined hub being out of whack’ 🤦♂️
Other Machine shops "This is a faceplate". Cutting Edge engineering "That's not a faceplate. This is a faceplate"
I work for a major tire manufacturer and the machine shop has a 42” faceplate that is used to bolt up similar looking drums that they machined in this video.
Surprised they didn't get you to manufacture a new one!
Exactly what I was going to say.
Cheaper to trim this down. Making a new one would be MUCH more expensive and take longer...
Concrete tolerance is measured in inches (US), not mills. Tolerance provided in machining far exceeded what the end user needed for this device. I deal with various tolerances that conflict with building trades in US. The best way to deal with conflicting tolerances is communicating.
@@doughahn1355 CCE is Australian not US so they use Metric not Imperial and that plate is used for concrete pipe where tolerances are much tighter so the gaskets between segments can form a proper seal...
@@HappilyHomicidalHooligan "CEE" (CUTTING EDGE ENGINEERING ) but we all know what yah ment
Everyone needs a Homeless in their life, he's just so sweet and loving.
I have one in my life, but my guy's name is Oliver. Woof.
Love it when a customer says just do it...!! Doesn’t matter what the project is , JUST DO IT. As always Curt you will 👍🏼
I freaking love your honest comments! That made my day! Keep going, stay safe! Greetings from Germany!! :-)
Hey Henrik thanks for watching from over there mate
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Its some sort of holiday in the office here in Hamburg :-) Looking forward for the following videos!
I was a little lost when the boring bar got brought out, but it made sense to finish the piece while it was in the fixture. Great job y’all, on the piece and the video. My Friday is complete.
That wheel has some stories to tell!
Thanks again Kurtis and by-the-way ... compliments to the lady working the camera, well done! 👍😊
Thank you!
Welding the angle iron to the spokes sure didn't help make the thing run true. However, you probably greatly helped with how the thing performs since the O.D. is now running true to the shaft. The shoes/plates/polishing thingies are going to get better contact and do the job quicker. Would you let us know how the customer liked it? I think what you did is absolutely brilliant!
Umm, No. The mounting axis misalignment was totally ignored so it will function just as before.
@@deconteesawyer5758 True, although depending on how rigid the pipe-polishing machine is, it might center itself using the ring rather than the drive axis, making it a non-issue. If it is centered on the axis, one side of the polisher is gonna wear out a lot faster than the others...
@@Khrrck based on the 12MM runout it definitely would be self-centering 😀
Pi8
No. True to the shaft would have meant to use the 4-yaw and then cut away the run out. That would have made it narrower and to get the diameter square to the axis would have changed the diameter to a point where it would no longer touch the ID of whatever should be „polished“. The whobble might even help to function like a hone.
Some things can't be manufactured, they just come together naturally. The serendipitous collation of the man, his know how and will, his self-deprecating sense of humour, his shop, his wife, her giggle and her camera artistry... and then for the cherry on top you put in this amazing friendly little ball of muscle in the form of a dog... and that's the formula for a magical popularity accruing half a million views and a quarter million subscribers. Nice. An amazing how to lesson in how to do a great job on a warped part. Reputation maintained and proved.
It’s to the customers advantage that you are informed as to what the part is and how it operates so you can make informed decisions on your process. I look you gave when you said they are not concerned with the out of wack spline was priceless.
Your attention to details and level of knowledge is exceptional. Not a machinist, but can appreciate your the work you do. Pleasure to see a pro work. And tackle extream issues, resolve them.
Hello Kurtis & Karen, When first saw the "Wheel" and you said what you had to do I thought "Silk purse, sows ear"... but you did a great job... See you next week but in the meantime have a good weekend. Take care. Paul,,
Hey Paul hope you've had a good week mate. Yeah despite the dramas turned out alright and always happy to get jobs out the door and customer happy. Cheers 😎👍
“Polish a turd” I believe the saying is.
@@mattbolton8230 Takes a whole bunch of turtle wax. But you still can't pick it up by the clean end.
Hey man I totally understand shit needing to be clean. I'm a crane operator and have worked places that want it clean and it so nice to work on them and the guys coming to inspect every year loved our equipment as it wasn't greasy or muddy and took half the time to do a better job then most people would get. Then I've worked places that think cleaning is a waste of money until it needs an 8 hour steam wash before a shop will touch it. I'll always spend any extra time making sure it's clean and well maintained and be proud of what I run.
The slow motion shots are great to fully appreciate the impact of the metal cutting!👍🏻
"Don't bring dirty shit to me" Mate, Ya gotta buy the Giggler a pressure washer....🤣
She doesn't agree with this comment 😂
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Get a pink one... " for your birthday "
@@ChrisR2517 for "her" birthday.
@@Dreamer3K I meant He is saying "it's for your Birthday"
@@ChrisR2517 my mistake. sorry
That's the biggest faceplate I've ever seen!! You do amazing work Curtis, even with some less than ideal pieces that are brought to you. Awesome
Love it when a customer says just do it...!! Doesn’t matter what the project is , JUST DO IT. As always Curt you will
You got that right!
Like your prep , set up work, what I learned, "Look around to what I have for set up to do the job, not what I need to buy, "MACHINIST",....................Or just make.
yeah some of the best shop made tools are when you just got to make it work!
I completely understand the frustration with the dirty parts. Having said that, this did come from a concrete company of some kind. Have you ever looked at any concrete companies tools and equipment? It’s usually covered in dry concrete. So to the owners the piece may have been clean!
Hello CEEA! Kurtis, I enjoy your channel greatly. You never cease to amaze me. That wheel really had a lot of run out and you figured it out! You always find a way to attack a challenging project. You are a real professional machinist. I had some tech school machining training but never pursued the field. I'm a gearhead and still play around with the automotive field and metal fabrication using my machining skills. Watching you really refreshes and updates my machinist's skills. Thank you for sharing with all your viewers! Oh, and I love that pup I have three myself! Also love your outtakes, you crack me up Mate! Have a great day down under! :) :) JP JR. Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, USA.
Normally, if you are retired you don't really have any particular love for Fridays, but Kurtis, Karen and Homie changed all that! Now it's cocktails, snacks and metal shavings on Friday evening!
I look forward to your videos all week. I'm not a machinist, but greately appreciately the work you turn out. Also the videography work has gotten fantastic, and still gets better every week - shout out to you, your sheila, and the safety pup!
My internet is really bad and limited and slow. These videos are some of the only ones I will let youtube load and wait for at 1080p. Thanks!
Thank you for that support glad you can enjoy them in good quality viewing 😎👍👍👍
I am a German technician and I love your videos. Please produce more great and interesting content. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Thanks mate will do!
Never known that Curtis speaks multi languages, the language in the outtakes are quite different from what we hear, nice job Karen 😂
Great to see a camera operator who understands the process and records what’s relevant.
Another job well done! Thank you for this entertainment and education all in one, week after week. You guys are starting to feel like extended family at this point! Also congrats on nearly 175k subscribers!
Thank you mate! Appreciate the support you have given our channel 😎👍
great job cameralady perfect angles in proper time ... great job as usual 👏 thanks a lot
Curtis is the realist person ive ever seen on youtube in a long time, he doesnt sugarcoat words fantastic
Always enjoy watching quality workmanship, thanks Karol .
Good thing you're in Australia, cause I need this to watch this at 3am on a Friday.
Good morning mate enjoy the vid
same here
it's really nice to see how much Homeless/The SO loves you two! edit: awesome lathe videoing especially the slo-mo - Top Notch.
Stuck working from home on the computer but watching your videos for vicarious pleasure from doing useful practical work. Thanks for a entertainment!!!!
He’s the best worker in the shop! He looks after Kurtis.
You have a really impressive facility and machining/welding capabilities, especially at such a young age working alone. Love the videos. You always have a fascinating project going on.
Thanks mate!
Customer: what's this extra charge? Kurtis: don't bring dirty shit aka the dirty shit charge 😂😂
I'am inpressed, I have nerly 60 years of experience and you inpress me!!😊
Good job well done. And nice to see the safety officer. He’s such a happy little fella
Customer drops off piece of crap. Instructions " little off the top " Kurtis you left with putting a shine on crap. You got some good quality inserts to hold up that interrupting cuts. Australia engineering at its finest Mate.🦘🇭🇲💯👍
Cheers mate! Was happy with how it turned out in the end. Was using Palbit inserts they go well considering the price 😎👊💥
It might look crap to outsiders but I’m sure the owner did not consider it so.
You guys seem to make great content each week no matter how out of whack the work is. You do a very nice job showing the work, the issues and a very efficient way to get around those issues. It's been thirty years since I watched a lathe faceplate turning that slow on the job. It just wouldn't be the same without the safety officer running around!
You have such an interesting job! If I were 40 years younger, I would be learning that trade! At least here I learn quite a few things. Thank you for sharing!
Great video. Excellent work. The ability to overcome any obstacles. Great machinist. Thank you for sharing.
Love watching the Machining process is so satisfying watching it from start to finish
Thanks for watching
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering also love the vids
Dear Karen and Kurtis, thank you for my weekly moment of zen meditation.
Welcome mate thanks for watching
Glad you could explain to customer what he truly needed
I am impressed with how you take a piece of crap delivered to you and turn it into a professional job and make it look decent. Always enjoy your videos especislly the welding of CAT implements parts.
Looks like a wheel, walks like a wheel, yeah, lets call it a wheel. Awesome setup. Civil engineer by training and experience and just love the way you apply absolutely practical methodologies to complete every job in the shop. Loved the super slo-mo where you switched to a harder insert cutting at the pre-drilled holes around the circumference of the wheel. Really illustrated the brutal impacts of an intermittent cut. Thanks again for the always great content!
I loved seeing the reaction of a "precision engineer" meeting a non-precision part. I hope he didn't take those grumbles home that night. :-)
Great vid as always - thanks. I vote for two Fridays per week :-) (not being ungrateful, but I need more to feed my Cutting Edge habit (and to see Homeless of course)).
Hey mate! We've got some bonus vids in the works 😎👍
@@CuttingEdgeEngineering Thanks - can't wait
I think I am officially addicted to watching machining videos now. You have not helped this in any way. Thanks for the great videos!! You are an excellent machinist.
Just another day at the office. Thank you for sharing.!
Crap day, feeling bleh. Order pizza and sit down to the latest CEE vid. Suddenly feeling better. Need to be able to press the Like button more than once
multiple logins?
Glad you could enjoy the vid mate have a better week ahead 😎👍
Great work mate and great videos. I'm no machinist but I'm learning a lot from your channel. Keep it up!
Hey mate thanks for watching!
Tusen takk for god underholdning. 👍🤗👍🇸🇯
To the Mrs., thank you for putting some music that doesn't rattle our heads.
This channel is an inspiration for me to work hard as an apprentice 💪👍
Awesome mate keep at it 😎👊💥
Sand Blaster looks like its on the cards for " tools I need Darling " :)
Just as long as you have a super sized air compressor and air drier.
@@markfryer9880 Please don't scare the bride ! That comes later :)
A wet blaster for use with a pressure washer does wonders on things like this.
@@davidsellars4327 tell me more, sounds like something I could use in the driveway on my truck frame and not piss the neighbors off too bad😂
@@pgids5886 Years ago, I used a regular sandblaster. Dusty, sweaty work and if there was any grease, the sand just stuck to it. Then I bought a wet blasting nozzle for my pressure washer. Changed everything. Just remember to put on a regular nozzle when you're done and wash everything down. Otherwise there will be grit left on the work that will rust. Once it's washed down, there will be very little rust. Good luck.
Always enjoy your jobs, and the scale of machinery that you work with/ on. Then I go out and make something on my little 6” Atlas lathe..... Good work, Kurtis.
Kurtis straightens out yet another banana - great work!
Customer: just take 2.5mm off the outer diameter Kurtis a few moments later: its not even funny anymore
that means 1.25mm off the radius, right?
@@interesting7906 yup, 2.5 off the diameter means 1.25 off the radius.
Alot of people(non-machinist) don't understand what it takes to just take off 2.5mm, I do durability testing for one of the big three here in the states which requires machining, fixture buillding.....we have engineers that don't understand why things take time. .GOD BLESS!!
@@michaelguinn5736 same goes for alot of trades. For instance I'm a welder, any idea how many times I've heard "just need it welded"🤦♂️
@@interesting7906 your damn radius thing is as hard to understand as the imperial system
Karen we need a supercut of nods !! At least an hour Enjoyable as always 👍
😂 will put something together in the outtakes compilation 😁
The only piece of equipment that runs true in the customer’s entire operation.
Another great video thanks to your wife. Well you did your part, LoL . Love your dog. Lost my boxer Kujo a few months ago. George from Indiana- USA THANKS
Love your work, but the dog is the star of the show!
He knows it 😏🐶
Awesome. Making my Fridays.
😎👊💥 awesome
Thanks for the video. It helps me stay in touch with the real world since retirement. Keep a good thought.
It's definitely an example of turning a sow's ear into a silk purse. I applaud your intolerance of low tolerance.
That's one of those where when they come to get it. They pay for it. You really have no idea if it will work. You did what they asked. Good job.
Hello Kurtis, another very good movie. I am impressed with your craftsmanship. Say hello to your lovely Lady :-). Greetings from Poland and waiting for more ;-)
Hey mate thanks for watching over there awesome to know where in the world our viewers are 😎👍
Best. Opening. Ever. We got the outtakes before the video even started!
Well that was a great example of something warped - the amount of runout was crazy! Nice job of bringing something back to serviceable again. Cheers mate.
nice job and the video(editing) is, as always, amazing.
Thank you!
In fairness to the person who dropped off the part... It probably looked clean to them (at least relative to the rest of their environment)... 😁
Yeah that is sparkling clean for a concreter 😂👍
Great to watch,as ever .Thanks for posting .
you clearly read all the comments on your KZhead channel, Idk how long you can keep that up with your current view rate, fun seeing the machining and hard work that goes in to fixing even a single piece of the behemoth machinery that comes in to your shop. I would love to work in a shop like this or out welding on an oil platform, I try to balance money hungry bastard with being a good person, clearly, machining is a good place to do both, as the costs are not cheap, and repairs are defiantly the spot to be when manufacturing is mostly done over seas, or more close to home when lobbing huge pieces of steel around.
Let's just say this, Engineering rate $250.00ph Cleaning rate $900.00ph see how quick they clean their shit.
Exactly....i gotta clean it?...your gonna pay for it!!! No exceptions!!!
@@be007 true...very true...but anyone who uses a tool like this...knows it needs to be at least half ass cleaned...its common courtesy...in this type of trade
Probably Bogans
They would still send it, it's a maintenance write off and they may not have the time equipment or manpower to clean it. In manufacturing, you must keep focused on keeping the equipment running or you may have 50 or more people getting paid to sweep the floor at a loss, not to mention, getting behind delivery schedules and raw materials backing up causing bottlenecks in production. Shipping issues, you may have 5 trucks a day contracted to ship your goods and if you cancel them due to being down, you may have to pay for them anyway. So if Kurtis charged for cleaning they would probably pay it.
2 Roy Reynolds Roy Reynolds 44 seconds ago (edited) @Foster Lewis Keith Fenner's sign in his shop: SHOP LABOR RATE - iT'S NOT THE COST OF REPAIR. IT'S THE COST OF THE DAMAGE YOU CAUSED.
The scale of your projects makes even the most mundane operations fascinating. Cheers.
I'm willing to bet that you were happy to have that job out of your shop. I wonder how many shops saw the condition of the thing and said NOPE before you took it on. Cheers from the USA, thanks for uploading vids of your work
And once again, what appears at first glance to be an easy job, turns into something much more difficult. Been there, done that. Well done!
Great video mate, your missus does a great job on the cam, she's a hard worka too:)
I guess they warped it when they welded the angle iron on it.
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They probably bent the crap out of it then welded on the angle trying to beef it up a bit.
That makes a lot of sense. Could that warping have been prevented while welding?
@@LesNewell That repair is so ugly! Why not put bracing on the inside? They could tie the braces into the hub and rim....like it should have been done from the factory.
@@Uli_Krosse They should have straightened it before welding on the braces. Maybe they did and this is their idea of straight!
Finally saw the merchandise video. Curtis, excellent job at challenging my hearing your Aussie accent, but it makes it all a great experience. Karen, love the giggles that makes it perfect addition. Homey Dude, keep the safety in line. Everyone is integral to making the show to be awesome.
Cheers mate thanks for the great support 😎👍
Man and machine in perfect harmony. Awesome!