HAL Heavy Duty Machining Australia

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ABOUT HAL HEAVY DUTY We're a real life machine shop for a 60 year old drilling company located in Central Queensland, Australia. Our job is to keep rigs runn...

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Repurposing A Giant Lifting Eye (Fun Rush Job!)

Machining The Largest Thread I've Ever Attempted

How We Thread 30ft Drill Rods (Wild Megabore Setup!)

Attempting To Rescue a GIGANTIC Drill Rod Tool Joint

I Misjudged This Insert Completely (Taking a MASSIVE Cut)

I Absolutely Need A Bigger Lathe (But Let's See If It'll Work!)

Machining A Thread That Shouldn't Exist (It's MASSIVE!)

There Was No Way To Dial This In (So We Got Creative)

Racing Our Two Big CNC Lathes Did NOT Go As Expected.

We AGGRESSIVELY Removed 850+ lbs Making This Part

This Lathe Has TERRIFYING Power (and Sounds Like a UFO!)

Cutting MASSIVE 2 TPI Threads With A Shop Made Bar!

Building An Anti-Vibration Bar To Cut MASSIVE Threads.

Powering Up THOR The Megabore (It Sounds INSANE!)

Deep Drilling a GIANT Crossover Sub (Mistakes Were Made!)

The Sticky Process of Assembling a GIGANTIC Water Swivel!

Machining a HEAVY DUTY Ring To Rescue a BUSTED Water Swivel!

The Side of Machining You Never Get To See (CLEAN-UP!)

This Thread Even Fooled Hal (It's Deceiving!)

The HEAVIEST Cut's I've Ever Caught On Camera.

Installing The Largest Lathe We've Ever Bought.

Getting The Shop Ready For The New MEGABORE Lathe

We Caught Some INSANE Footage Rescuing a Giant Thread.

Rescuing a GIANT Billet (After The Core Drill DIED!)

Machining and Installing a GIGANTIC Threaded Connection.

Testing Our New 200kg Shop Made MONSTER Boring Bar

We Made a GIGANTIC Boring Bar (From A TRAIN AXLE!)

Making a GIGANTIC 80 Ton Swivel (And TESTING it!)

Aggressively Removing Over 100kg Of Metal (FAST!)

Maxing Out The Lathe To Machine a 1000lb Drill Sub