I realize that these kinds of projects aren't big money makers, but I believe that some of this old machinery really needs to be saved. Thanks for your skills and dedication. 👍
Yes, old tools need to be used and kept in good repair, and the skills to run them need to be taught by the old guys who know them. We lose a lot of tools and wisdom every day. I hope it doesn’t go to waste. Help the old folks out. Ask them to teach you to… whatever.
Abom ... Long time viewer. This is said in love. Truly. Splitting the gear when pressing the sleeve was a rooky mistake. When it bottomed out prematurely, it was destined to split. An experienced machinist would have stopped there and considered his/her options. Brute force is rarely the right answer. We admit out mistakes and become grateful for them.
Adam, you are a true champion. When things go sideways ( which is not often) you stick with it and make it right. Moreover, your abilities are outstanding. Thank you.
When I was a sprout I'd watch my dad weld up broken cast parts with cast rods and an old gas oven and a torch with a blow torch to keep heat. He'd tap the part as he went and when finished he'd throw a fire blanket over the parts as he shut down the torches . I was always amazed to watch him work. Then in later years he used his forge to warm the parts and kept them hot with a large heating plate over his forge. He also taught me brazing and how to torch weld aluminum. God rest him.
@@donaldburg7532You forgot about a very important detail. The fix it liquid! Loctite. I mean loctite can handle some heat but not too much. Especially when it’s fresh and still hardening. Much more that 140-150 degrees and I’d be worried that the loctite is ruined. It it was already cured lol hen it can handle temps over 200.
The moment you said you were going to make it a metal to metal fit and use sleeve retainer I started shouting "GIVE IT MORE CLEARANCE!" at the screen. I dealt with an almost identical situation a number of years ago, where I thought I had enough clearance but cracked the hub as soon as I pressed them together. That sleeve retainer is a miracle of modern medicine, but its girthy and sets up almost instantly. Since then, on a hub and sleeve that size, I give myself enough clearance that the sleeve can press in by hand.
A good trick when sleeving thin cast iron is machine the sleeve a few thou under and run a straight knurl over it and skim to final size.. it gives somewhere for the locktite to go and it can deform things a little instead of cracking so easily
@@wayneswonderarium You do. But certain thickness of Loctite film is also necessary which is provided by the knurled peaks. It is one of these "it depends".
@@wayneswonderarium yeah you do but there's more enough restriction to air getting at it for the locktite to set and contact with steel catalyses the locktite setting too
Thanks again for showing when something goes wrong. It proves everyone is human and can happen to a professional as wall as beginners. Nice repair, JB San Diego
Hey Adam! Thank you for being true to the process and showing us the things that go wrong as well as the things that go right. The only people who don't make mistakes are the ones who don't do anything!
Great restoration of an ancient gear to many more turns ahead. Thanks for showing your skills and not forgotten tools that usable. The shaft truing, then making a spacer, to fit the operating main shaft was ingenious.
Hi Adam I really love all your videos that you have been placing on RUclips I've text you before my name is Robert Reinman, retired tool die mold maker of 46 years I really love how you explain things to people when I was learning this trade and went to school for four years for Tool & Die RUclips wasn't around this is a game-changer for people who want to get into this business I watch the video of you repairing that hundred-year-old broken gear and as I watched you pressing that sleeve I knew it was too tight right away and I guess you did to everybody learns from mistakes what I would have done differently is no more than 5/10 interference fit with lock-tight and maybe just warm up that casting with heat to 300° only put the bushing in a freezer and then try to drop it in that way so you wouldn't crack it otherwise you did an excellent job but I guess you know keep up the good work I watch you all time!
Fine work Adam. First time seeing your channel & very glad I saw it. I started on a lathe in High School. I did all sorts of things including threading two 3hp Briggs & Stratton crankshafts to screw them together so I could have a 2 cylinder engine on my go-kart. Also for another engine for my go kart I used an endmill to cut all around where the head gasket fit onto the cylinder head to lower the head making a little higher compression ratio. The teacher said if it worked, he'd do it to his lawn mower and have the fastest lawn mower on the block. The shop teacher called each student up to his desk at marking period end to go over the grade he was giving. When he called me up to his desk he looked at the required projects and I had done none. He said "oh, it looks like you didn't complete any projects." Then he looked up from his grade book and saw it was me and said "oh it's you, never mind, you're getting an A, now go on, get out of here." A few years later I landed a summer job at a precision machine shop where among other things they ground ball screws for missile guidance. I ran a 120" lathe grinding ball threads on 4" steel rods 40 feet long. The 120" was how long the lathe could cut in each setup. I had to move the piece ahead and pickup the lead and do another 120" 3 times on each rod. The finish product thread could not grow or shrink more than 2 1/2 tenths at the joint. They were ball screws that drove the carbon piles in and out of electric generating nuclear reactors so they had to be precise. I ground 16 of those 40 foot long screws that summer between semesters in college. I believe they went into reactors somewhere in Canada. You really brought back those memories. I really enjoyed your meticulous attention to all the tiny details that make up a "job well done." Thank you for posting, I subscribed. ben/ michigan
Beautiful work, it is just lovely when old machinery can be save, and even put back to work. I love doing it, i do not have machineshop as you, but i am still able to pull of some fixing occasionally. Thanks for you work.
I have the same post drill and sometime in its life it had the exact same damage , but it was it was repaired with pieces of strap and rivets and it runs very true. Amazing what some of the old craftsman could do. Like to see the repairs on the old stuff .
I had a funny feeling that when you press a bushing and it was going to crack You said a boring bar then go all the way through and when you press that bush you doing I heard a crack and I do understand what when you put something together like that You're going to run the problems but you you did a good job 🤗😊😂❤
Outstanding and impressive work of art, at my 71 years of age I have been there done that and I still enjoying seen it and doing it, most kind of you for sharing it with us, blessings to you and your love ones, from the endless summer paradise Puerto Rico Jesus Torres.
Dear Mr. Abomb, this reminds me of the trouble Mr. Rucker had with a capstan recently.... except his ended in many large pieces! Try not be too hard on yourself. You have the ability to produce a whole new one from scratch, and it might not pay the bills, but you are doing what needs to be done: Keeping good and usable things out of the landfill. Thanking you again for sharing your talents with me!
Nice work! This video stands out. It shows how to press forward in spite of inevitable setbacks. We've all had them. I have an identical Lisle drill sharpener. Never been able to get it set up properly. Would love to see a short tutorial.
Wanted to add a comment to help your "engagement" because I loved this video. Maybe more than any you've ever done. What a great lesson... to not just rage quit and get frustrated when things just aren't going your way!
Thank you for saving this machinery from the scrapyard! I am not an environmentalist, but i have to say that saving things that can be saved instead of making new ones is definitely one of the most "green" things I can think of!
Hey man I've been watching you for a very long time now. I appreciat what you go through to make your videos. So please keep up the good work. God bless you and your family.
I like to put your videos on while I'm working on my own projects. Your calculated problem solving help me stay level-headed while I troubleshoot my own problems!
You're dedication to the work you do for others with their own projects to keep these old machines working says it all. I am sure he learned from this situation to make sure he will build a box for shipping parts.
Attention to detail! Real nice. Thanks for sharing. I don't know how many people watch your videos, but I could watch all day long! Thanks again! Just subscribed.
This has been an excellent 3-part series to repair the broken gear. With the steel sleeve inserted into the bore, that hub is probably stronger than when it was originally manufactured. Well done and thanks very much for posting this series. 👍
It's great to watch a master machinist armed with superior equipment from a strictly entertainment perspective, but the real benefit to visiting Adam's channel is the informational aspect. I learn something about machining that elevates my own skills every time.
I enjoy watching your videos. The thing I like the best is you never give in to half measures. Fix it right or go home. You Sir are a craftsman extrodinare!😊
Adam, I’d have to watch about ten thousand of your videos to stop learning stuff. Don’t assume we are bored seeing you standing at that Monarch just like you were doing five or eight years ago. We are still learning and benefitting from what you show us.
Thanks for working thru your frustration ( ain’t always easy) and providing your viewers with a great video. I don’t know how you would have fixed that with the new equipment. The old school stuff did a great job. Super filming as always. Thanks.
What the owner got was a farmer repair for an authentic wallhanger. I repair guitar amps, build/rebuild engines as well as a crapload load of other things. On vintage stuff, you put in new parts to make it work, if that's the goal. Give the owner the pile of out of spec, failed parts. If someone wants to restore to "original" the parts are all there. Abom could have destroyed less and created a model (farmers' fix) for an authentic wall hanger, and CNC'd a usable replacement part. 3D scanning the model into a usable CNC plan is no longer rocket science. And it would have been a better choice in the end. And a learning experience for Abom on using his 100s of thousands of dollars in CNC equipment. If this were a cast iron head and engine block, a reputable machinist wouldn't have done any work without checking for cracks, doesn't matter if the repair is "free". A search on RUclips will give a full education on how and why. At the end, Abom still had the option to make a usable, reliable part but was obviously overwhelmed and wanted the piece out of his shop. What startled me was Abom suggesting viewers take advantage of all his "tips"¿? Abom has done many "good enough" videos. It's his reputation going out the door.
You have my sincerest sympathy for that cracking when the sleeve went in , after all the work that you'd put in to get it to that point . Thank god it was recoverable. Good seeing the old shop in operation from time to time.
I did a similar job like this one a couple of weeks ago. The owners of the job shop I ran I'm the mid 80s also owned an electric motor shop. Their machinest machined motor end bells quite often. I had never tried to machine one myself, but we had a vacuum pump motor with a bad bearing that messed up the bore in the end bell. In fact, it had been bored and shimmed at a motor shop a few years back. The end bell was cast aluminum, and I only had the lip that fits into the motor housing to indicate off of. I had to a Brown and Sharp Best Test indicator, but in the end, after five hours of work, I had the motor back in service. Otherwise, the motor shop turnaround would have been a week or better. As always, I enjoy your videos.
You commented that you like for people to learn. Well this is what I learned, I don’t want to be a machinist, I’ll leave that to the pros, like you! I’ll just keep moving them, into places where you want them! lol been doing it while now, 47 years! Thanks buddy
That indicating... Proud workmanship, no shortcuts. 100% Abom. Edit: and even more with fixing the oopsie... So much more interesting than watching a cnc machine doing its stuff.
Few journeys are made without a stumble but the destination will not be reached unless we get up and keep going. Thanks for the great finish on this project!
I have ADHD and hobby\interest hop. It is really nice to come back to my favorite YT machinists and find that nothings drastically changed. Some of the last videos I remember watching were during the hand scraping craze. You guys seem to be the most stable on here over time. I guess that's more to the type of work this is.
I am glad you showed cooling the part before the finished cut. People don't realize how much a piece of metal will swell with heat. You can use that to your advantage though. Putting bearings on a shaft for example. Heat the bearing and cool the shaft and it will go right on without pressing.
That was a very enjoyable and satisfying video to watch. You are a very talented machinist. Brings back great memories of my machining days. Well done. I enjoy all of your videos.
I noticed that in the descriptions of your videos you are not providing links to the additional segments of the build/repair videos. This can easily be done inside RUclips Studio Online. Playlists would help, too. I enjoy watching people making things.
What alternate universe were you in when you even considered brazing that disaster. Maybe cutting a surface for a backing plate and adding that bolt block to the plate may have worked. The stresses built into a cast part always cause distortion when the part actually detonates in the breakage. Heck even engine blocks distort. Look before you leap.
Adam, you do an absolutely killer amazing job at teaching people about machining. It clearly shows you know what you are doing on so many different aspects of machining. I thank you a million percent for all your videos. I have ME and a CSE degrees. I worked in my father's body shop for many years. I have been blessed with many people as I grew up and even as an adult who have taught me so many things and you are one of those amazing people. I love learning and you do a flipping great job at teaching. I hope one day I get to hire you for a job and then we can meet in person.
Excellent! You commented that you hoped the viewers learn something from these videos. No doubt about it. I love old tools and very much appreciate seeing them saved to work again.
I have done the exact same thing trying to press a bearing into cast iron sorry for you frustration but it's makes me feel better knowing even with your experience it can happen thanks for sharing nice to be back in the old shop
I realize that these kinds of projects aren't big money makers, but I believe that some of this old machinery really needs to be saved. Thanks for your skills and dedication. 👍
Hopefully RUclips will make up for it.
Couldn't agree more
Yes, old tools need to be used and kept in good repair, and the skills to run them need to be taught by the old guys who know them.
We lose a lot of tools and wisdom every day. I hope it doesn’t go to waste.
Help the old folks out. Ask them to teach you to… whatever.
i never saw a 6 jaw before.
Ya make me angry as in how quick you align the four jaw. Love your work. Cheers 🍻 from Australia
Abom ... Long time viewer. This is said in love. Truly. Splitting the gear when pressing the sleeve was a rooky mistake. When it bottomed out prematurely, it was destined to split.
An experienced machinist would have stopped there and considered his/her options. Brute force is rarely the right answer. We admit out mistakes and become grateful for them.
4:48 - "sounded like a scale" - this is a man of experience :-)
Adam, you are a true champion. When things go sideways ( which is not often) you stick with it and make it right. Moreover, your abilities are outstanding. Thank you.
When I was a sprout I'd watch my dad weld up broken cast parts with cast rods and an old gas oven and a torch with a blow torch to keep heat. He'd tap the part as he went and when finished he'd throw a fire blanket over the parts as he shut down the torches . I was always amazed to watch him work. Then in later years he used his forge to warm the parts and kept them hot with a large heating plate over his forge. He also taught me brazing and how to torch weld aluminum. God rest him.
come to think about it,(hind sight 20/20) if he would have heated that gear it might not have cracked when sleeve was pressed in..
@@donaldburg7532 at the least warm the gear and cool the insert
@@donaldburg7532loocktight
WOW what a great memory. Thank you for sharing @donaldburg7532
@@donaldburg7532You forgot about a very important detail. The fix it liquid! Loctite. I mean loctite can handle some heat but not too much. Especially when it’s fresh and still hardening. Much more that 140-150 degrees and I’d be worried that the loctite is ruined. It it was already cured lol hen it can handle temps over 200.
As a Norwegian I am so happy to deal with metric system and not imperial. If you went for metric on metal work I think there would be no regrets.
An after spin on the expanding mandrel would have been very rewarding. Great job as usual.
That's okay it turned out like ...
I was thinking the same. All the same, great video!
Saving old parts and tools makes me happier than anything else. Including beer and bacon!
Really nice job.
Glad to see you came back and addressed the elephant in the room. Without addressing the runout this part would have been useless.
Machine tools are the only tools that can repair broken machine tools and make new machine tool parts. Always love to see them repaired.
The moment you said you were going to make it a metal to metal fit and use sleeve retainer I started shouting "GIVE IT MORE CLEARANCE!" at the screen. I dealt with an almost identical situation a number of years ago, where I thought I had enough clearance but cracked the hub as soon as I pressed them together. That sleeve retainer is a miracle of modern medicine, but its girthy and sets up almost instantly. Since then, on a hub and sleeve that size, I give myself enough clearance that the sleeve can press in by hand.
Nothing beats coming home from work, sitting down and watching a video from Abom79!
A good trick when sleeving thin cast iron is machine the sleeve a few thou under and run a straight knurl over it and skim to final size.. it gives somewhere for the locktite to go and it can deform things a little instead of cracking so easily
Check!
I thought with loctite you want an anaerobic (air free) environment?
@@wayneswonderarium You do. But certain thickness of Loctite film is also necessary which is provided by the knurled peaks. It is one of these "it depends".
@@wayneswonderarium yeah you do but there's more enough restriction to air getting at it for the locktite to set and contact with steel catalyses the locktite setting too
some Anshutz 22 barrels are press fit that way
Thanks again for showing when something goes wrong. It proves everyone is human and can happen to a professional as wall as beginners. Nice repair, JB San Diego
Agreed 👍
You fixed a broken part that was really kind of unfixable. Nice work!
Hey Adam! Thank you for being true to the process and showing us the things that go wrong as well as the things that go right. The only people who don't make mistakes are the ones who don't do anything!
Good job Adam. Nice to see you using the old shop again.
Always amazes me how the entire lathe machine moves towards the tool post. Actually, seeing the background, the entire shop moves.
Great restoration of an ancient gear to many more turns ahead. Thanks for showing your skills and not forgotten tools that usable. The shaft truing, then making a spacer, to fit the operating main shaft was ingenious.
Hi Adam I really love all your videos that you have been placing on RUclips I've text you before my name is Robert Reinman, retired tool die mold maker of 46 years I really love how you explain things to people when I was learning this trade and went to school for four years for Tool & Die RUclips wasn't around this is a game-changer for people who want to get into this business I watch the video of you repairing that hundred-year-old broken gear and as I watched you pressing that sleeve I knew it was too tight right away and I guess you did to everybody learns from mistakes what I would have done differently is no more than 5/10 interference fit with lock-tight and maybe just warm up that casting with heat to 300° only put the bushing in a freezer and then try to drop it in that way so you wouldn't crack it otherwise you did an excellent job but I guess you know keep up the good work I watch you all time!
Fine work Adam. First time seeing your channel & very glad I saw it. I started on a lathe in High School. I did all sorts of things including threading two 3hp Briggs & Stratton crankshafts to screw them together so I could have a 2 cylinder engine on my go-kart. Also for another engine for my go kart I used an endmill to cut all around where the head gasket fit onto the cylinder head to lower the head making a little higher compression ratio. The teacher said if it worked, he'd do it to his lawn mower and have the fastest lawn mower on the block. The shop teacher called each student up to his desk at marking period end to go over the grade he was giving. When he called me up to his desk he looked at the required projects and I had done none. He said "oh, it looks like you didn't complete any projects." Then he looked up from his grade book and saw it was me and said "oh it's you, never mind, you're getting an A, now go on, get out of here." A few years later I landed a summer job at a precision machine shop where among other things they ground ball screws for missile guidance. I ran a 120" lathe grinding ball threads on 4" steel rods 40 feet long. The 120" was how long the lathe could cut in each setup. I had to move the piece ahead and pickup the lead and do another 120" 3 times on each rod. The finish product thread could not grow or shrink more than 2 1/2 tenths at the joint. They were ball screws that drove the carbon piles in and out of electric generating nuclear reactors so they had to be precise. I ground 16 of those 40 foot long screws that summer between semesters in college. I believe they went into reactors somewhere in Canada. You really brought back those memories. I really enjoyed your meticulous attention to all the tiny details that make up a "job well done." Thank you for posting, I subscribed. ben/ michigan
Good history, keep on learning!
Beautiful work, it is just lovely when old machinery can be save, and even put back to work. I love doing it, i do not have machineshop as you, but i am still able to pull of some fixing occasionally.
Thanks for you work.
Excellent information.
I have the same post drill and sometime in its life it had the exact same damage , but it was it was repaired with pieces of strap and rivets and it runs very true. Amazing what some of the old craftsman could do. Like to see the repairs on the old stuff .
Had a couple jobs similar to this one. Sometimes we do make mericals happen. Thanks for the tip on cooling the bushing before final cut.
I had a funny feeling that when you press a bushing and it was going to crack
You said a boring bar then go all the way through and when you press that bush you doing
I heard a crack and I do understand what when you put something together like that
You're going to run the problems but you you did a good job 🤗😊😂❤
Great to see the recovery here. Also, liked the light being in line with the camera...that works great.
You are to be admired not only for skills but also for keeping your cool when things go FUBAR.
Hey Abom!
Its been a absolute joy to watch you work on this serie! Keep it rollin!!
Outstanding and impressive work of art, at my 71 years of age I have been there done that and I still enjoying seen it and doing it, most kind of you for sharing it with us, blessings to you and your love ones, from the endless summer paradise Puerto Rico Jesus Torres.
Dear Mr. Abomb, this reminds me of the trouble Mr. Rucker had with a capstan recently.... except his ended in many large pieces! Try not be too hard on yourself. You have the ability to produce a whole new one from scratch, and it might not pay the bills, but you are doing what needs to be done: Keeping good and usable things out of the landfill. Thanking you again for sharing your talents with me!
...yes, I saw that video- and I'm convinced that NOBODY could have gotten that capstan apart!!!
Sometimes, you can't win-(!)
It's a vintage part. fabricating a new one is not what it's about
@@SteveColluns-hm2xx No it didn't become a non vintage part, it become a broken vintage part.
Great job Adam and I love watching you do machine work on the manual machines.
Awesome as usual but I really wanted to see it back on the mandrel and spinning after the repair to see how true it ran..
...well, "ya CAN'T please EVERYBODY"!!!
@@daleburrell6273 Yeah but this is me,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ME !!!
True art of a Craftsman! Great repair Adam. Your customer should be happy with you saving this gear.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Adam, working through problems that arise unexpectedly is what makes your channel interesting and educational.
Nice work! This video stands out. It shows how to press forward in spite of inevitable setbacks. We've all had them.
I have an identical Lisle drill sharpener. Never been able to get it set up properly. Would love to see a short tutorial.
Wanted to add a comment to help your "engagement" because I loved this video. Maybe more than any you've ever done. What a great lesson... to not just rage quit and get frustrated when things just aren't going your way!
Thank you for saving this machinery from the scrapyard! I am not an environmentalist, but i have to say that saving things that can be saved instead of making new ones is definitely one of the most "green" things I can think of!
Hey man I've been watching you for a very long time now. I appreciat what you go through to make your videos. So please keep up the good work. God bless you and your family.
Thank you SO much for sticking with this frustrating job!
as a non-machinist....I get really confused when you are indicating ..... but I love watching your videos and seeing your shop....so cool !
I always learn something from your content. Thanks for all the years of putting out great content and sharing your knowledge of machining.
I like to put your videos on while I'm working on my own projects. Your calculated problem solving help me stay level-headed while I troubleshoot my own problems!
You're dedication to the work you do for others with their own projects to keep these old machines working says it all.
I am sure he learned from this situation to make sure he will build a box for shipping parts.
Nice job Brother. We have all had those jobs that feel like no matter what you do you just can't get completed. I enjoyed this series as always.
Attention to detail! Real nice. Thanks for sharing. I don't know how many people watch your videos, but I could watch all day long!
Thanks again! Just subscribed.
This has been an excellent 3-part series to repair the broken gear. With the steel sleeve inserted into the bore, that hub is probably stronger than when it was originally manufactured. Well done and thanks very much for posting this series. 👍
The end result of this repair was very satisifying. Nice job working through all the issues.
It is great to see traditional skills on action! 😊
Great job!! Maybe a bit deep but it’s incredibly important for our culture to keep these skills and old machinery alive.
It's great to watch a master machinist armed with superior equipment from a strictly entertainment perspective, but the real benefit to visiting Adam's channel is the informational aspect. I learn something about machining that elevates my own skills every time.
I really love this type of video. These are the kinds of repairs that very few can do.
I enjoy watching your videos. The thing I like the best is you never give in to half measures. Fix it right or go home. You Sir are a craftsman extrodinare!😊
have not watched in a while , good to see repair this old product
Nice job and it was done right. Always working to the highest standard. Look forward to every video. Ric
Adam, I’d have to watch about ten thousand of your videos to stop learning stuff. Don’t assume we are bored seeing you standing at that Monarch just like you were doing five or eight years ago. We are still learning and benefitting from what you show us.
You did a great job! It looks superb!
What many fail to realize, this particular part, it's not a "powered" unit, it's hand operated. Awesome repair job Adam.
Nice job. Thanks for saving another piece of history. Your attention to detail and knowledge is inspiring. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for working thru your frustration ( ain’t always easy) and providing your viewers with a great video. I don’t know how you would have fixed that with the new equipment. The old school stuff did a great job. Super filming as always. Thanks.
What the owner got was a farmer repair for an authentic wallhanger. I repair guitar amps, build/rebuild engines as well as a crapload load of other things. On vintage stuff, you put in new parts to make it work, if that's the goal. Give the owner the pile of out of spec, failed parts. If someone wants to restore to "original" the parts are all there. Abom could have destroyed less and created a model (farmers' fix) for an authentic wall hanger, and CNC'd a usable replacement part. 3D scanning the model into a usable CNC plan is no longer rocket science. And it would have been a better choice in the end. And a learning experience for Abom on using his 100s of thousands of dollars in CNC equipment. If this were a cast iron head and engine block, a reputable machinist wouldn't have done any work without checking for cracks, doesn't matter if the repair is "free". A search on RUclips will give a full education on how and why. At the end, Abom still had the option to make a usable, reliable part but was obviously overwhelmed and wanted the piece out of his shop. What startled me was Abom suggesting viewers take advantage of all his "tips"¿? Abom has done many "good enough" videos. It's his reputation going out the door.
A beautiful repair job, as was to be expected. Thanks so much, Adam.
Love the manual machine tips. I could watch it all day.
You have my sincerest sympathy for that cracking when the sleeve went in , after all the work that you'd put in to get it to that point . Thank god it was recoverable.
Good seeing the old shop in operation from time to time.
I did a similar job like this one a couple of weeks ago. The owners of the job shop I ran I'm the mid 80s also owned an electric motor shop. Their machinest machined motor end bells quite often. I had never tried to machine one myself, but we had a vacuum pump motor with a bad bearing that messed up the bore in the end bell. In fact, it had been bored and shimmed at a motor shop a few years back. The end bell was cast aluminum, and I only had the lip that fits into the motor housing to indicate off of. I had to a Brown and Sharp Best Test indicator, but in the end, after five hours of work, I had the motor back in service. Otherwise, the motor shop turnaround would have been a week or better. As always, I enjoy your videos.
"Thank God and Greyhound she's gone". Nice job Danny
Many thanks, I am simply overjoyed you did this kind of work for a viewer and gifted us with the story.
You commented that you like for people to learn. Well this is what I learned, I don’t want to be a machinist, I’ll leave that to the pros, like you! I’ll just keep moving them, into places where you want them! lol been doing it while now, 47 years! Thanks buddy
Another restoration to keep the old stuff running ! Well done Adam ❤️
Good evening everyone from Lincolnshire UK 🇬🇧
With the right tools there is not much we cannot do. This is great learning and entertainment.
That indicating... Proud workmanship, no shortcuts. 100% Abom.
Edit: and even more with fixing the oopsie...
So much more interesting than watching a cnc machine doing its stuff.
Few journeys are made without a stumble but the destination will not be reached unless we get up and keep going. Thanks for the great finish on this project!
I have ADHD and hobby\interest hop. It is really nice to come back to my favorite YT machinists and find that nothings drastically changed. Some of the last videos I remember watching were during the hand scraping craze. You guys seem to be the most stable on here over time. I guess that's more to the type of work this is.
I am glad you showed cooling the part before the finished cut. People don't realize how much a piece of metal will swell with heat. You can use that to your advantage though. Putting bearings on a shaft for example. Heat the bearing and cool the shaft and it will go right on without pressing.
That was a very enjoyable and satisfying video to watch. You are a very talented machinist. Brings back great memories of my machining days. Well done. I enjoy all of your videos.
The brazing added a bit of history to an old historic machine. Well done.
Thanx Adam for the extra effort, great repair under the frustrating circumstances. 😃
Nice job Adam, enjoyed it.
There is alot of work and time involved in them little jobs that a lot of people don’t realize!
Thanks for sharing 👍
Good for another 100 years. Excellence in action Adam.
I noticed that in the descriptions of your videos you are not providing links to the additional segments of the build/repair videos. This can easily be done inside RUclips Studio Online. Playlists would help, too. I enjoy watching people making things.
I would love to see these parts reassembled into the machine!
Amazing work!
Snap...... Let the cursing commence. Nice job Adam holding your cool and overcoming the obstacle presented!!
Great job, enjoy old stuff being saved
I think the guys before me summed it all up, great work and a very enjoyable watch
What alternate universe were you in when you even considered brazing that disaster. Maybe cutting a surface for a backing plate and adding that bolt block to the plate may have worked. The stresses built into a cast part always cause distortion when the part actually detonates in the breakage. Heck even engine blocks distort. Look before you leap.
Always amazed at what you do, Adam. That whole job was definitely a lesson in frustration, but your patience and perseverance got the job done!
I get a chill running down the spine when things unexpectedly hit the floor like that!
Adam on his Monarch wonderful thanks for sharing this
G'day from Australia! Great work on a difficult job. I really felt for you when you split the bore!
I completely understand your frustration. Nice video Adam.
I appreciate your perseverance!
Nice work, thanks for showing what it goes on. Always love to see the place it's going to be installed and used. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
Excellent video and another great job Adam
Adam, you do an absolutely killer amazing job at teaching people about machining. It clearly shows you know what you are doing on so many different aspects of machining. I thank you a million percent for all your videos. I have ME and a CSE degrees. I worked in my father's body shop for many years. I have been blessed with many people as I grew up and even as an adult who have taught me so many things and you are one of those amazing people. I love learning and you do a flipping great job at teaching. I hope one day I get to hire you for a job and then we can meet in person.
Sometimes you need to stay with what brought you. Basic machining is what got you here.......
Excellent! You commented that you hoped the viewers learn something from these videos. No doubt about it. I love old tools and very much appreciate seeing them saved to work again.
I an amazed this was fixable. At what point do you think making a new casting makes more sense?
I have done the exact same thing trying to press a bearing into cast iron sorry for you frustration but it's makes me feel better knowing even with your experience it can happen thanks for sharing nice to be back in the old shop
For a 100 year old part, she looks pretty good 👍. I enjoyed watching Adam
Vintage Abom. Love it!