In today's video, we're manually cutting tapered threads on a set of oversize heavy drill rods with a 6 5/8 reg thread (one of the largest used in rotary drilling). Usually we'd cut these in our CNC's but the rods are just too big!
We'll be using our 11 Ton Spanish Guruptze Megabore Lathe affectionately known as "THE HULK" to get the job done. It's a big old boy with heaps of power... and it's a ton of fun to run.
Enjoy!
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 running in the field - fixing all the stuff drillers break and creating all the custom gear they need to get the job done!
We run two CNC's, manual repair lathes, a few mills and a big green Megabore Lathe we call "THE HULK"... and are constantly having to make weird and wonderful tools for odd (usually oversize) jobs.
We're a little shop that takes on big projects, and the latest is our MEGADRILL project where we're manufacturing a 3.0m (10 foot!) drill bit that'll weigh upward of 20 tonnes and we're getting ready to send it 250m (800+ feet) deep.
If you want to catch up on the progress... here's the latest on the project.
https://youtu.be/OKPr15PucGQ?si=dTVN39xDaAYi3Je9
https://youtu.be/mK3slsayuZM?si=kB4koTj7MrkngnlJ
https://youtu.be/qtsz7cLtDY8?si=LL-ip0p-M-FVsoTs
https://youtu.be/j_g8wMRu7wc?si=_PO-F-opHgggzjU1
https://youtu.be/r796Mw4j1gM?si=_9yPWEgUw4b10d5e
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