Tally Ho Capstan Restoration: Boring a Hole through the Capstan Base

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  • Опубликовано: 24 янв 2025

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  • @petegreg
    @petegreg 11 месяцев назад +166

    Don't ever call your videos boring Keith, they're fascinating

    • @MegaBilly9000
      @MegaBilly9000 11 месяцев назад +22

      Some of his videos might be boring. But only if it’s the correct tool for the job.

    • @aserta
      @aserta 11 месяцев назад +7

      @@MegaBilly9000 Depends. Is it horizontal boring or vertical? I'm partial to horizontal. :)

    • @johnmonkey1874
      @johnmonkey1874 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@asertaThis whole project sounds like he needs to create a Boring Company. However, I feel like this is all just circular logic considering this all comes around back to just drilling a hole. Plus Elon Musk might get a little angry for some reason.

    • @stumccabe
      @stumccabe 11 месяцев назад

      Well he was literally boring (a hole).

    • @davestambaugh7282
      @davestambaugh7282 11 месяцев назад +3

      Way better than the soap operas that networks are offering. This is television for us hated nerds.

  • @johnl7710
    @johnl7710 11 месяцев назад +92

    The group of people who are working on this Tally Ho project is an amazingly skilled set of craftsmen. It is all fascinating to watch. Be great to see this capstan haul its anchor on theboat one day.

    • @MikeAG333
      @MikeAG333 11 месяцев назад +6

      One day fairly soon, I think.

    • @yolanda231000
      @yolanda231000 11 месяцев назад +4

      The running joke at TallyHo is 2 years it will be ready.

    • @MikeAG333
      @MikeAG333 11 месяцев назад +7

      @@yolanda231000 It is, but Leo said recently he hoped to be sailing her this year.

    • @Bob_Adkins
      @Bob_Adkins 11 месяцев назад

      Ew, wood people.

  • @alexanderkielczynski2437
    @alexanderkielczynski2437 11 месяцев назад +16

    Leo's project has been high-class from the start. how he has managed to get the experts in all fields from spar making to this capstan re-manufacture is a miracle! wonderful to watch.

    • @blueblur6447
      @blueblur6447 11 месяцев назад +1

      He had 2 hiccups, first go at the tanks and first go at the pour. But people of high class stepped up to help after. Every aspect of that ship is a fascinating story. Have enjoyed every minute :)

  • @restodrood2059
    @restodrood2059 11 месяцев назад +30

    Nice video, and saying "We still need to put in a bolt hole pattern...", while standing behind a part with the bolt hole pattern already drilled was funny.

  • @vicmiller7191
    @vicmiller7191 11 месяцев назад +32

    This was strangely captivating. Most likely because I have been following the Tally Ho project from the beginning and feel very invested in that project. And of course you are the man for this job. and using tools that have such a vintage history is the icing on the cake for the whole project. Thank you Keith.

    • @alstonofalltrades3142
      @alstonofalltrades3142 11 месяцев назад +2

      Be very careful! I too came here from Tally Ho when he partial restored the threading machine nearly 4 year ago. Most of them years I watched regularly and could even leave a video for a few days or sometimes a week before I watched it. Now I'm jonesing days before every video. I can't get enough, It's no longer under control, I've nearly come to shouting at Mr Rucker in all CAPS not because I'm a bad guy and typical ingrate, It's it's I never knew the dangers of iron deficiency. There was no education like that in school back in my day to warn me. Ill try take some solace that I hope I've warned you and others enough!

    • @alexanderkielczynski2437
      @alexanderkielczynski2437 11 месяцев назад

      I agree completely! I also follow Leo.

  • @clkersting
    @clkersting 11 месяцев назад +16

    I'm in the skilled trades and used imperial for the majority of my journey, however when the NEC started publishing in both systems I decided to give the metric system a chance. I soon realized how easy it is to use and the math is simple. I'm a convert.

  • @deej19142
    @deej19142 11 месяцев назад +1

    Watching the video and trying not to get distracted by the wooden machinist toolboxes. So cool!

  • @dwaynekoblitz6032
    @dwaynekoblitz6032 11 месяцев назад +6

    While I can run the mill, I'm no machinist. It's always so satisfying watching someone that is a machinist. Great video!

  • @BillB23
    @BillB23 11 месяцев назад +19

    Doing precise work on an imprecise casting looks challenging. Thanks for the video.

  • @JOHNNYHASKETT-u7b
    @JOHNNYHASKETT-u7b 11 месяцев назад +1

    OMG! Hadn't watch you for a while and you have lost sooo much weight! Congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @johnkelly6942
    @johnkelly6942 11 месяцев назад +11

    Nice collection of Gerstner tool boxes.

  • @mdouglaswray
    @mdouglaswray 11 месяцев назад +1

    The only thing 'boring' about this video was the tool (and I don't mean you, ya monstah). Thanks Keith!!! Thrilled to see parts for Tally Ho nearing completion!!

  • @LILLJE
    @LILLJE 11 месяцев назад

    To be honest I haven’t watched Keith much for a few years but now I’m back and I see a half of a previous Keith.
    Looking good!
    Hope it’s a health choice and not something bad going on.
    Keep it up!

  • @mechaform
    @mechaform 11 месяцев назад +3

    Part of the appeal of your content, Keith, is taking the time to explain your thought process and associated reasoning behind the approaches you take.

  • @BlankBrain
    @BlankBrain 11 месяцев назад +2

    I'm an old guy, and have always worked with imperial measurements. I made a point of becoming very comfortable with metric because it challenged my thinking. It's like learning a new language. I remember in my FORTRAN days when I switched from writing spaghetti code to structured code. It was a paradigm shift. Same with moving from direct access files to relational databases. I had surgery on my right hand, and had to learn how to write with my left for a while. All of these things keep the brain active. I hope AI doesn't make people dumber.

  • @anthonyelam2257
    @anthonyelam2257 11 месяцев назад +6

    You need to go on Tally Ho when finished and go sailing .... ps .... do a video of you operating the capstain winch that you worked on .... that would be a great video and fun for you .... ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊 ....

  • @earth_ling
    @earth_ling 11 месяцев назад +6

    When I was working down in south Florida years ago…a high school friend of mine’s father was employed as a machinist in the place where I worked. It was always interesting to me to watch him working with his lathe. So it was never boring. I have always enjoyed learning about something new to me.
    I have known several machinists over the years and have had the pleasure of watching them utilize their trade as they turned a blank piece of steel into whatever was required for them that day. To me they were more like artists. 😊

  • @wimdejong5399
    @wimdejong5399 11 месяцев назад +2

    The Capstan seems to be in good hands!

  • @anthonyrondolino8148
    @anthonyrondolino8148 11 месяцев назад

    Very interesting seeing you apply the combination of knowledge, specialized tools and skill to get these complex tasks done.

  • @sanjayfernando4686
    @sanjayfernando4686 11 месяцев назад +1

    Just stumbled across this when looking for some machining videos. This is fascinating and keeping me entertained. I'm a Model engineer from near London without a workshop atm as we get some building work done
    Thanks Keith, I'll take a look at some of your other videos 👍

  • @aserta
    @aserta 11 месяцев назад +4

    Once again, machinist jacks save the day. They're kinda like the f-clamps of the wood working world. Can never have enough of them around the shop. :))

  • @craigevans6156
    @craigevans6156 11 месяцев назад

    Watching you work is facilitating. A true craftsman 😎

  • @DavidSellars-b8l
    @DavidSellars-b8l 11 месяцев назад

    Mr. R, you have a shop to kill for. There are commercial shops nowhere near as complete as what you have. Great to see what you are doing.

  • @MicksWorkshop
    @MicksWorkshop 11 месяцев назад

    Nice! Man that Index mill is incredible, so versatile and apparently very rigid too.

  • @kennethbell7318
    @kennethbell7318 11 месяцев назад +11

    Hay Keith; Very good! I just want to inform you that there is a video showing the rebuild of the Tally Ho on RUclips i've bin watching and he mentioned you and showed some of your work as well as the Windy Hill foundry making some of the need parts. Very interesting. I'm sure you may have also seen them too. Thank you, from Ohio

  • @assessor1276
    @assessor1276 11 месяцев назад +3

    Excellent as always Keith - that’s for sharing your skills and “to die for” shop with us!

  • @steveshoemaker6347
    @steveshoemaker6347 11 месяцев назад

    l am in my 80's and i love watching you do your fine work.....Thanks very much Keith.....
    Old F-4 Phantom 2 Shoe🇺🇸

  • @dancarter482
    @dancarter482 11 месяцев назад

    _Fascinating stuff - engineering makes the world go round - precision engineering KEEPS it going!_
    Learned something today.

  • @charliekamerer7023
    @charliekamerer7023 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you for your instructive style, we laymen appreciate your help to understand what's going on!

  • @MrKotBonifacy
    @MrKotBonifacy 11 месяцев назад +21

    Indicating the centre of that base - I wouldn't assume the outside of that taper is concentric (coaxial) with the inner borehole, and to deal with rough spots I'd just make a sort of a plug that fits snugly, with no play, and with a machined collar above that "drop-in" part (so it would sit there), and THEN I'd take the reading from the outer surface of that collar.
    That inner bore was obviously machined, and that rough spot is, I reckon, some void in the casting, so if a plug is used there there's no rough spot to deal with. And since the collar would be machined in one go with the plug it'd be 100% coaxial with the borehole, AND on the top of it that plug could average any possible wear in the borehole. Just make it 4" or so long, and it'll give you the most accurate reading possible in this situation.
    Or so I think.

    • @Bob_Adkins
      @Bob_Adkins 11 месяцев назад +8

      The void in the casting ID only covered about 15 degrees of rotation, so it can be ignored. The OD agreed with it anyway, so it was as concentric as possible, and plenty good for the application. The plug idea is very good if you have several voids in the ID that prevent you from reading the indicator accurately enough.

    • @Hoaxer51
      @Hoaxer51 11 месяцев назад +3

      I enjoy reading the comments that Keith’s viewers write in, it’s interesting to see the different ways a machining job can be done and there’s usually at least more than one way of doing the job. You never know when you might need to use one of the those other ideas, like the old saying about there being more than one way to skin a cat. Lol

    • @MrKotBonifacy
      @MrKotBonifacy 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@Bob_Adkins Yes, but then the crux of the plug approach - in my mind, that is - is "simplicity with the added benefit of removing the possibility of any wear induced error".
      I mean, this capstan has been used for quite a while before, in adverse conditions (salt water spray), and with force pulling the inner shaft always in one direction - which could cause the borehole to get "ovalised" a little.
      Now, I'm not saying it was the case, and neither I am saying Keith's method was wrong. It was more about "the simplest and most 'elegant' solution" and also about those "mental ruts" we all have, which compel us to follow certain paths even if easier and simpler ones are available. Aka "thinking within the box", and I noticed it to be often the case with seasoned machinists, like Keith or Adam Booth (Abom79). Or, in other words, "'we humans are creatures of habit" - which -are- is our second nature.
      And then there's this German saying "warum einfach wenn's auch compliziert geht" (why [do it] simple [way] if [it could be done] the complicated way), but I digress here ;-)

    • @MrKotBonifacy
      @MrKotBonifacy 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@Hoaxer51 _"more than one way to skin a cat"_ - mind you, I'm a "cat person" and my cat is sitting right now on my lap looking at yer comment... ;-)

    • @ironcladranchandforge7292
      @ironcladranchandforge7292 11 месяцев назад +1

      Well, if the location tolerance is tight and super critical, I would be worried about the inner and outer diameter being coaxial along with the two diameters being perpendicular to the base as well. However, he's dealing with a 110 year old sand casting with wear included. I'm not sure if he has the measuring equipment to deal with it in such an exacting manner, if it's even needed in the first place. I'm sure it's location will be good enough for what's intended. In a precision manufacturing setting, I would have measured it on a CMM to give the machinist the optimal location in a circumstance such as this. Of course there are other, more manual ways to measure this on a surface plate, but the CMM is faster and very precise.

  • @russmartin4189
    @russmartin4189 11 месяцев назад

    I never really knew what a machinist does, nor could I imagine. Now I do. No doubt you qualify as a master machinist. You don't get to that level without a passion, intelligence, and a huge amount of patience. It makes me wonder if there are people coming up who will be able to take your place. To me, it looks like a dying art, or trade, but one that has to be done because of all the needs of civilization. Two thumbs up!

  • @REV4NS1
    @REV4NS1 11 месяцев назад

    I have great respect for someone who makes a job look easy 👍

  • @walterplummer3808
    @walterplummer3808 11 месяцев назад +5

    Good morning Keith. Thanks for the videos.

  • @Rogedebb67
    @Rogedebb67 11 месяцев назад

    Back in y day iWas a toolmaker I I se you are using a Bridgeport great milling machine and a digital feed out IAm 80 years young and enjoying your video 👍⁵

  • @stevejones9788
    @stevejones9788 11 месяцев назад +5

    I am happy working both imperial and metric.
    When it comes to close tolerance machining it's still easier in thousandth and tenths of thousandths.
    I did do my apprenticeship in the early 1970's 🙂

  • @GordonjSmith1
    @GordonjSmith1 11 месяцев назад

    Totally in awe of the skill being demonstrated here, however a switch to metric would bring a lot of joy to this workshop! I know it is difficult as my fifth generation UK company used 'imperial' measurement for about 250 years ! However life has certainly been easier now we have 'moved over'.

  • @mungolianbeef
    @mungolianbeef 11 месяцев назад

    +2/-0 thou is a lot tighter tolerance than I was expecting!! Wow.

  • @mschmitz57
    @mschmitz57 11 месяцев назад +4

    Thanks for helping Leo Keith. Love your videos.

  • @robertweeks4240
    @robertweeks4240 11 месяцев назад

    keith! I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL and I LOVE LEO'S CHANNEL on tally ho! so pleased you're teaming together here!

  • @gordonchapman222
    @gordonchapman222 11 месяцев назад +3

    I think it is absolutely amazing that you got the hole drilled with such perfect precision. You really know your stuff.

  • @klauswittrupjensen
    @klauswittrupjensen 11 месяцев назад

    Hi Keith. You looks absolutely phenomenal ❤ what a transformation. No more short breath. Well done m8

  • @rick91443
    @rick91443 11 месяцев назад +2

    Really enjoy watching. Thank you Keith...rr Normandy, France

  • @TomokosEnterprize
    @TomokosEnterprize 11 месяцев назад +1

    Great post Keith ! I just love doing one off pieces. Especially these ones for Tally Ho. Oh, where were those small bore mic's before I retired.

  • @jossmaxwell00
    @jossmaxwell00 11 месяцев назад

    Super interesting work on behalf of Sampsons Tally Ho project. Craftsmen at every level. Thanks for documenting this Keith.

  • @vegassist
    @vegassist 11 месяцев назад +3

    I just watched 30 minutes of a guy drilling a hole. Oddly satisfying.

  • @davidhall1779
    @davidhall1779 11 месяцев назад

    sound a bit congested there Keith. hope you’re feeling better soon. loving the Tally Ho progress.

  • @tompearson6022
    @tompearson6022 11 месяцев назад

    Kieth you are a “natural “ on camera, keep up the good work.

  • @shubus
    @shubus 11 месяцев назад

    Always a pleasure to see such high quality precision work.

  • @MikeBaxterABC
    @MikeBaxterABC 11 месяцев назад

    2:00 LOVE this project!!! ... This is totally something I would do myself! :)
    I worked as a Millwright for over 25 years, but a "Construction MIllwright" where I'd work doing retrofits and repairs on any factory imaginable, and nurse old equipment back to health! :)

  • @Barmby8843
    @Barmby8843 11 месяцев назад +9

    Your dialogue as you go through the process is excellent & clear. Thank you.

  • @robertharker
    @robertharker 11 месяцев назад

    Thalking about machinist jacks and how you clamped the part were great. Keep up the informative videos!

  • @JurgenStrauss-ow2ge
    @JurgenStrauss-ow2ge 11 месяцев назад +1

    You took out much strength of that base !!!

  • @davezipman8959
    @davezipman8959 11 месяцев назад

    A precision engineer at work - takes me back to my younger days as a machinist before CNC ruled the world. The old ways of measure three times and cut once still remain the gospel!

  • @odgc8
    @odgc8 11 месяцев назад

    Incredible skill

  • @jameshamre8778
    @jameshamre8778 11 месяцев назад

    Cool tools! Love the inside bore micrometer. These are such interesting videos. Thanks for sharing.

  • @edwardcassel3789
    @edwardcassel3789 11 месяцев назад

    I really enjoy watching you guys working on this capstan. I spent almost 50 years myself in an engineering environment as a piping designer/checker. Great work.

  • @maoribaca2655
    @maoribaca2655 10 месяцев назад

    hell yeah this is incredible work

  • @andypughtube
    @andypughtube 11 месяцев назад +1

    You need a Wohlhaupter. Then you can add cut without stopping the spindle. And they are _lovely_ things too.

  • @Wasa9191
    @Wasa9191 11 месяцев назад

    Nice work and described process very well.

  • @byronwatkins2565
    @byronwatkins2565 11 месяцев назад

    I do love a boring bar on a milling machine!

  • @Bamamarama
    @Bamamarama 11 месяцев назад

    Fascinating work, Keith.

  • @danielpullum1907
    @danielpullum1907 11 месяцев назад

    Well Done Good Sir!!!!

  • @ptewilks2634
    @ptewilks2634 11 месяцев назад

    Simply awesome work and talent

  • @benjaminromberg2091
    @benjaminromberg2091 11 месяцев назад

    You have a beautiful milling machine, makes me wish I got into metal work.

  • @gardenman3
    @gardenman3 11 месяцев назад

    Its great how people from different parts of the world can work on a project and make it come together

  • @jamesnielsen347
    @jamesnielsen347 11 месяцев назад

    Great Equipment / Great Machinist! Thank you for your expertise!

  • @georgestone1282
    @georgestone1282 11 месяцев назад

    Another great video,, I also follow Talley Ho project. George from Indiana

  • @NeilHarrison-p9h
    @NeilHarrison-p9h 11 месяцев назад

    This was a very interesting video - seeing how this type of machining is done , and the expertise involved was awesome!

  • @jonnenne
    @jonnenne 11 месяцев назад

    I am absolutely hooked with these different tools and measuring. I have only worked with "normal life" tools, ie carpentry measuring tools, basic calipers etc. But I have always wondered how machining gets stuff so accurate anf precise.

  • @paulputnam2305
    @paulputnam2305 11 месяцев назад

    Awesome job boring Keith! I wonder if the non-machinist realize your total tolerance was half the thickness of a piece of paper.
    Thanks for sharing this with us!

  • @mitch8226
    @mitch8226 11 месяцев назад

    Attention to detail, great content

  • @robertkinstle9413
    @robertkinstle9413 11 месяцев назад

    That hundred year old cast iron cuts sweet!

  • @LB-by2pj
    @LB-by2pj 11 месяцев назад

    One thing I can say Keith, is your not boring to watch .

  • @Stavoren405
    @Stavoren405 11 месяцев назад

    Beautiful to see a master craftsman / artist at work. Many thanks

  • @frankerceg4349
    @frankerceg4349 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you Keith!

  • @patrickmazzone9066
    @patrickmazzone9066 11 месяцев назад

    Like to see the die making mill in action the new mill when ready thanks for the video great job

  • @bulletproofpepper2
    @bulletproofpepper2 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks for sharing. Trust but verify, it may have a cam mechanism to lock and unlock the motor and make the hole off center line.

  • @michaelmcneil8082
    @michaelmcneil8082 11 месяцев назад

    That was a "hole" lot of fun to watch!

  • @davidchapman6308
    @davidchapman6308 11 месяцев назад +1

    Facinated by your methods and logic, also very interested to see that the chuck works by only hand tightening. Amazing.

  • @davidc6510
    @davidc6510 11 месяцев назад

    Awesome work Keith. The level of attention to detail to dial in the center of the shaft and locate the center of the hole to be bored was enjoyable to watch. Any idea why the engineers that drew the plans had you bore the hole through the thickest portion of the casting where doing so in the thinner areas would have made more sense keeping the integrity of the structure intact? Great channel and I am happy to have found you via the Tally Ho project. Thanks for sharing?

  • @robertgarrett5009
    @robertgarrett5009 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks for sorting out the Metric/Imperial question I had.

  • @bigredc222
    @bigredc222 10 месяцев назад

    very good

  • @ararmour
    @ararmour 11 месяцев назад

    A master at work.

  • @peternash6206
    @peternash6206 11 месяцев назад

    Great story Keith - all looking good. I am in Europe and I still guess in inches but have to work in Metric. Thanks for sharing.

  • @edricoddot
    @edricoddot 11 месяцев назад

    Great job Keith.

  • @MARTINA-gc3tq
    @MARTINA-gc3tq 11 месяцев назад +2

    Thoroughly absorbing video. Looking forward to the next instalment.

  • @mobiousenigma
    @mobiousenigma 11 месяцев назад +1

    keith ..as always thanks for the videos! i am still amazed at your change of appearance over the last year and hope all is well. the old unit of measurement debate... personally i have had to learn both and others many will never have heard of like chains links and rods.. the best i can say is use the one that makes your job easiest as no matter which scale it is it is a fabrication that was agreed to be the convention.....you could measure in bees knees if everyone agreed to it lol. now having said it dosnt matter i will also say most things are still produced to imperial dimensions from imperial sized materials.... drywall is still 4x8 even if it has impossible to remember mm dimensions marked on it.

  • @davidapp3730
    @davidapp3730 11 месяцев назад

    Nice work on the capstan base

  • @tomswindler64
    @tomswindler64 11 месяцев назад

    Very nice,impressive milling 👍👍👍😎😎😎

  • @csnelling4
    @csnelling4 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks Keith a good job done 👌👍

  • @eXactModellbau
    @eXactModellbau 11 месяцев назад +6

    Why did they decide to bore out the web? Why not the the hollow between?

    • @dk2614
      @dk2614 11 месяцев назад +2

      More meat for the pinion gear that will be working inside the hole. The pinion gear will be working in terms of torque or twisting force and the webbing gives just a bit more support. He's working off from prints but and engineer likely made those choices to retrofit the capstan to an electric/ mechanical drive.

  • @alandaters8547
    @alandaters8547 11 месяцев назад

    It will be interesting to see how the whole motor drive mechanism comes together. When mounting this on the milling machine, I am assuming that the hub gave it perfect alignment (shaft tube inline with the mill).

  • @964cuplove
    @964cuplove 11 месяцев назад +1

    NICE work, especially lining up a rough cast bit to that precision… I’m surprised you put the axis of that drive shaft in the rib rather than between two ribs. I thought the hole would be placed in between the more solid parts of the existing base

  • @earnknee
    @earnknee 11 месяцев назад

    So interesting. Thanks.

  • @johncloar1692
    @johncloar1692 11 месяцев назад

    Another step along the way, Thanks Keith for the video can't wait for the next. Have a truly wonderful day!!!

  • @MrChevelle83
    @MrChevelle83 11 месяцев назад

    I have a boring project coming up, Boring some chevrolet 19.5 10 lug wheels out to fit a ford f450, However I dont have a bore indicator or a DRO, My method is to make an alignment tool with my lathe and mount it in the chuck of the milling machine and work off the original hub and then use a boring head to cut them out. And BTW steel dually truck wheels are so seriously tough steel to work with and carbide is the minimum if you want to get anything done in reasonable amount of time!

  • @davestambaugh7282
    @davestambaugh7282 11 месяцев назад +1

    The Wells Index unlike the Bridgeport has a head that rotates from the centerline of the spindle making angle adjustments far easier because you do not have to compensate for your second rotation.

  • @MikeBaxterABC
    @MikeBaxterABC 11 месяцев назад

    20:00 I would use a hole saw for this application ...

  • @mcnut1
    @mcnut1 11 месяцев назад

    Fascinating. Very good video. Thank you for posting.

  • @stevenclaeys6252
    @stevenclaeys6252 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you for another great video. Cheers