Welcoem to posts!!
in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c
Ive taken a week off…
To hang with this little guy. Dad & Teddy are having a blast together. This kid is literally living his best life 👊✌️❤️
See you guys next week… where we’re building the LARGEST, HEAVIEST, HIGHEST RATED lifting eye we’ve ever machined in 60 years!!
Until the next one…
Stay safe.
Appreciate you all 🙏👊🇦🇺
PS We escaped the cyclone. Nothing but a bit of water for us. Down south copped it pretty hard though.
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NO VIDEO THIS WEEK…
Still editing THE BIG RIG video.
Stay tuned… It’ll be worth the wait.
Appreciate you all.
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Well done.
Huge shout out to all the tradesmen who busted their asses building this 21 ton monster for the last 8 months!
Time to send it 👊🇦🇺💯
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The Kraken is officially retired.
I’ve been collecting discontinued and worn out mill heads to use as paperweights for years now… so the Kraken now works daily on light duties 🦑👊
If I ever get time… the old sea monster MAY get a revamp, but for now, it’s enjoying a new role in the shop.
About to fit the new 110 HTS replacement and as soon as a billet need a big hole drilled…
You’ll see it! 👊
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THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH🙏
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Pilot bits and Pilot Auger…
Loaded and off to site.
It’ll take about 17 semi trailer loads to get it all there! Still a few weeks off digging… but we’re getting closer by the day.
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If you’ve run a 130mm HTS drill… 👇
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Drive sub bolted on…
Not long now!
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SCREW IT.
Let’s do it! Next episode we are going full send it mode to torque up the big rig rods with 65,000 ft lbs in a customised Weatherford power tong setup.
And using the big rigs little bro to torque up the drive sub from last episode.
You don’t see this every day…
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1st MEGADRILL Rod officially assembled!
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Welcome to our heavy duty machine shop. We specialise in the drilling industry and are located in Central Qld, Australia.
My name is Matt, and in a nutshell we make super heavy duty gear that drillers typically love breaking.
Hydraulic cylinders, drilling crossover subs, drill bits, recovery gear... the list goes on. If it's drilling related, we do it.
WHY HAL?
We chose to name the channel after my late grandad Hal.
After working on a drill rig since the age of 14, Grandad then "retired" from drilling at age 60 to "the machine shop" ... and then proceeded to work until his 87th birthday.
THE CHANNEL
This little channel is just about sharing some of the weird and wonderful gear we get to make in the machine shop... and how drillers manage to break it.
I upload once a fortnight (or weekly if possible...) and really appreciate all the comments from around the world. You guys are awesome. Thank you.