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Katie the horizontal mill gets heavy-duty work on oxtoolco

"Forging Die Machining" tackles steel die blocks for a Chambersburg drop hammer.

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oxtoolco Story of October 13, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Forging Die Machining

No new uploads from oxtoolco this week, but there is substantial work to catch up on: "Forging Die Machining," posted just before the week began, puts the channel's K&T horizontal mill to work on heavy steel blocks. The machine has a name, Katie, and the description promises her a serious workout.

Those blocks are forging dies for a Chambersburg drop hammer, tools that give heated metal its shape under repeated blows. It is a good fit for a channel built around designing and making special tools, rather than simply showing the finished object. The upload has reached roughly 58,000 views and is drawing far more fresh daily views than the other videos on the channel's active shelf.

There is a smaller trickle into "Monday Night Meatloaf 159," whose tags include a tungsten grinder, and "K&T Knee Handle P1." The latter comes with a characteristically practical admission in its description: this was a project that needed more effort at the outset.

Subscribers held steady over the week, while the channel added about 68,000 views. Its current daily viewing is below its usual level. Among similarly sized DIY and building channels, John Dolechek and LukeBuildsWatches had much larger weekly view gains; Bournemouth Jet Washing had a quieter week. For oxtoolco, the main draw remains a specific piece of shop work: Katie machining the steel that another machine will use to shape metal.

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