Hello Keith - I live in England - I am not an engineer but have a workshop and do some amateur woodwork. No idea how I came by your site but I'm converted. In this awful virus lockdown we are experiencing it is just lovely to see a skilled and friendly expert guiding me through metalworking. Can't wait to see the planer 'planing'. Thanks for making my life a little more bearable. Bill B
Kieth, you sir are very lucky! I would not have been so lucky! When you pulled on the pulley with that spacer under pressure, my heart almost stopped! I thought your spacer was going to fly out like the press channel!
Yeah, you have to be super careful using spacers in a press, not a bad idea to keep a roughly press sized sheet of plywood behind the press for shielding yourself from sketchy setups.
Just wanted to let you know that my wife now recognizes your voice! My neighbor who was a turbine specialist always told me to heat up the outside rim of a SOLID flywheel / pulley first. The outside expansion sucks the hub away from the shaft. He said that if you heat up just the hub that it would actually squeeze the hub to the shaft because there was no place for the expansion to go. It is like Christmas every time that I find a new video from you.
You are much more optimistic than I am when it comes to separating old parts. I soak in penetrating oil for days, weeks, or months in preparation. Every day when I walk by, I'll give it another spritz. Then when I'm ready to separate the parts, hopefully the parts are ready to separate. I'm glad your line shafts came out without a fight! It sounded like even you were a little surprised.
@@johnmanning4577 , don't wait for it to open up. You need to be fully ready when it does, otherwise you will behind the curve. There is always a need reguardless of the Covid 19.
Hey Keith. The first machining video I saw on RUclips was you pressing bad shafts out of the pulleys on the Vance Planer Matcher. Saw the thumbnail of this vid this AM and was disappointed that you didn't publish a new vid... Happy to realize I was wrong.
W H A T T I M I N G ......... first a train whistle ......... then a steam (air) driven press "chugging" like a steam engine. .......... chug..xhug..chug..chug..chug .......... amazing the lengths that Keith will go to make a super production❤!!
LOL, a little moisture in that air compressor... Gotta love the Georgia Humidity! Regarding the ease that those came out, it's always better to be lucky, than good!!
At one point I had an emergency and had to use a diesel compressor when my screw died. Damn near killed my drier and was very glad I had traps along the line. If that's a shop compressor, looks like you might want a timed purge.
Dave Richards has a great channel on original line shaft driven machine shops. Really interesting to compare his channel against this one and Abom’s channel. The changes in precision machine techniques is interesting.
I always jump right into a Keith Rucker posting! Your press looks so much like one I built may years ago, including the bottle jack and the return springs for it. Two differences: for the top beam I used a piece if rail road rail, and for the sides I used structural "U" beams. May you and yours have a blessed and joy filled Christmas! Stay safe, my province of Ontario will enter a period of full Covid lockdown on Christmas eve.
i was given an 80 gallon compressor tank.. retired from a gas station where it would supply air 24/7 to the air hoses for the full service. it would cycle every few minutes. it was retired before i went to work there.. it took 5 men to tip it on its side and lay it in my van.. it was full of water to the top.. at least 70 gallons of water came out of that 80 gallon tank. i drilled holes in the side of the tank and scrapped it. there was a lot of corrosion. i worry about that air over hydraulic jack at the museum.
Sounds like that tank was neglected over a long time. Was the purge valve rusted shut? Even compressors that have dry air intake systems will build up water because that's just the physics of compressing air. Over time, it causes moisture to condense out of even the driest air. Usually, at most garages and gas stations, you just crack the purge valve at the bottom of the tank at the end of each work day. I take it that that regular duty had long been forgotten about.
@@BigRalphSmith the early morning crew has the chore of draining both compressor tanks.. one compressor.. a quincy 10 hp 3 phase had been running since feb 1941.. according to the tag on the tank and the age of the building.. and it let out a lot of water daily. the other was a much newer unit.. and it was a magic compressor.. as they could open the drain and nothing would come out.. when ask.. yes we open the drain every morning.. they did not mention that nothing came out. no water.. no air.. so they closed the drain and went about their duties. never mentioned to anybody. i quizzed them after i got the tank to get the entire story.. the rust on the bottom had completely plugged the drain.. the compressor oil got changed on the second of every month. oil is cheaper than compressors the boss said.. that was about 1993.. so the other compressor had been in operation for 52 years.. that station was built in 1941 but had been on the same corner owned by the same family since 1921. there is a new station there.. but the property is still owned by the family.
Used the same principle of heat to install bearings on shafts in radial engines....heat the bearing up in hot oil (350 degrees) and drop it on the shaft. Might want to check the black air line on the press looked like has a pin hole in it, could see mist coming out of it.
Great video Keith I think it’s time you invested in a press lol but then again if you do we won’t see the museum that often thanks for sharing have a great Christmas and a happy new year
@@alandaters8547 That's neat. I have always been impressed by older steam locomotives, The engineering and maintenance required to keep them going is impressive. Thanks
Hi Keith Thank you for this recent burst of new videos along with those all year. Much appreciated and enjoyed. Wishing you and the family a wonderful holiday season regards vic
After all of the difficulties in pressing shafts out, is good to see that you had a couple that weren't total pains to get out. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones.
Very Interesting Keith. Watching since Part 1. Hope you complete before a century of episodes. Happy Christmas to you and your family. Please convey my wishes to everybody. Thanks.
Once the planner is ready to make chips and its time to grind the cutting tools check out Steve Summers and Abom they both seem to know the best grinds. The stoker engine is nearly ready to get machined but Adam has side tracked himself with a new toy, early Xmas present.
hello kieth i think you should make a video on building a hydraulic press for your shop. that would make for a good video and then you would have one right in your shop.
If you'd seen Keith's earlier titanic struggles with these, you'd understand how little help penetrating oil was. The press was on the verge of exploding last time. ruclips.net/video/5pphkRJWjFY/видео.html
So have you considered a VFD motor& control.? To give you more speed and feed control. Also not as many pulleys on jack shaft and motor? Know need the drive forward / reverse set, but to control overall spped from motor.
Is there any inspection needed on those spokes - looking for cracks? They may be so overdesigned that it's not a problem, but 100 years is a long time.
Hello Keith - I live in England - I am not an engineer but have a workshop and do some amateur woodwork. No idea how I came by your site but I'm converted. In this awful virus lockdown we are experiencing it is just lovely to see a skilled and friendly expert guiding me through metalworking. Can't wait to see the planer 'planing'. Thanks for making my life a little more bearable. Bill B
Kieth, you sir are very lucky! I would not have been so lucky! When you pulled on the pulley with that spacer under pressure, my heart almost stopped! I thought your spacer was going to fly out like the press channel!
Yeah, you have to be super careful using spacers in a press, not a bad idea to keep a roughly press sized sheet of plywood behind the press for shielding yourself from sketchy setups.
Just wanted to let you know that my wife now recognizes your voice!
My neighbor who was a turbine specialist always told me to heat up the outside rim of a SOLID flywheel / pulley first. The outside expansion sucks the hub away from the shaft. He said that if you heat up just the hub that it would actually squeeze the hub to the shaft because there was no place for the expansion to go.
It is like Christmas every time that I find a new video from you.
Always a pleasure to watch, not only is he very talented, Keith appears to be a gentleman.
Great basic video on how to get it done. Always appreciated by us wannabe machinists. (And steam whistle in the background sounds wonderful!)
You are much more optimistic than I am when it comes to separating old parts. I soak in penetrating oil for days, weeks, or months in preparation. Every day when I walk by, I'll give it another spritz. Then when I'm ready to separate the parts, hopefully the parts are ready to separate. I'm glad your line shafts came out without a fight! It sounded like even you were a little surprised.
people like yourself and mr. pete prompted me to to get a 2 yr. degree in machinery science at our local community college,
What a marvelous idea! When things open up, I hope I can remember to check for such a course at my local community colleges.
@@johnmanning4577 , don't wait for it to open up. You need to be fully ready when it does, otherwise you will behind the curve. There is always a need reguardless of the Covid 19.
"Machinery science" - that's a new one on me !
GREAT JOB, GREAT VIDEO, WORK WORK WORK...
Whoever calls you an idiot, is an idiot. Love the videos, Keith.
That is pretty judgemental. We idiots like VintageMachinery.org..
@@doctwiggenberry5324 😂
Always enjoy your videos Kieth keep em coming
Hey Keith. The first machining video I saw on RUclips was you pressing bad shafts out of the pulleys on the Vance Planer Matcher. Saw the thumbnail of this vid this AM and was disappointed that you didn't publish a new vid... Happy to realize I was wrong.
No more heat than necessary. Nicely done.
These went alot easier than the last bunch you did!
MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅🏻🎅🏻
I would love to see Keith make a video on making his own hydraulic press. All mechanic shops need one.
Good job Keith!
W H A T T I M I N G
.........
first a train whistle
.........
then a steam (air) driven press "chugging" like a steam engine.
..........
chug..xhug..chug..chug..chug
..........
amazing the lengths that Keith will go to make a super production❤!!
Merry Christmas every one
Liking the high pressure tactics. :)
LOL, a little moisture in that air compressor... Gotta love the Georgia Humidity!
Regarding the ease that those came out, it's always better to be lucky, than good!!
Fun to watch
Merry Christmas
Love the green, organic, ecological, environmental-friendly feeler gauge you used.
Hiya Keith
I think there may be some air blocking your water lines. LOL
Also, that water hose looks like it has sprung a leak or two...
I just figured they're using steam to create pressure on site, not an air compressor :D
How can you tell? The sound?
Naw that is Georgia, his press is raining.
I couldn’t have said that better :)
Thanks Keith. My favorite videos on your channel are when you are solving a problem. Thanks.
(@9:20) - The museum’s new air-raid siren!
i rather enjoy watching the three keiths videos, they're like the three musketeers of youtube machining.
I love the leaf as a feeler gauge under the pulley heheheh.
Heard the Steam Whistle !! ThAT was what I first loved about your vids.. Nice to hear again Thank You !!
Merry Christmas to you and your family Keith, from Brisbane Australia. Love the video’s, hope your ‘21 is a happy and healthy one.
Great job
Very Nice Work Keith... Wishing Everyone a Merry Christmas From Canada
Thanks Keith for another great video and merry Christmas
Good morning from St John Parish, Louisiana 21 Dec 20.
Thanks for sharing
Wow, even the press sounds like a train...thanks...always fun to watch and listen, to you work.
I am really enjoying this restoration project and so looking forward to its completion.
I've really enjoyed this project Keith, can't wait to see the planer working. Happy Christmas to you and your family from the UK.
Good video as ever Keith - merry Christmas to you and your family,
A lot of times when I heat those tight shafts they do go boom! It keeps the press cleaned off. LOL
At one point I had an emergency and had to use a diesel compressor when my screw died.
Damn near killed my drier and was very glad I had traps along the line.
If that's a shop compressor, looks like you might want a timed purge.
Dave Richards has a great channel on original line shaft driven machine shops. Really interesting to compare his channel against this one and Abom’s channel. The changes in precision machine techniques is interesting.
Dang you got some watery compressed air there in Georgia Keith!
I always jump right into a Keith Rucker posting! Your press looks so much like one I built may years ago, including the bottle jack and the return springs for it. Two differences: for the top beam I used a piece if rail road rail, and for the sides I used structural "U" beams. May you and yours have a blessed and joy filled Christmas! Stay safe, my province of Ontario will enter a period of full Covid lockdown on Christmas eve.
I can't wait to see these back in action.
That Georgia humidity really takes a toll on air compressors - boy I wish I had those whistles around my shop, that sound is great!!
Glad to see the bottle jack is still hanging in there!
Thanks for another video Keith. Looks like making chips could be soon. Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you and your family.
Liked the train horns!
Oh l need to add drain the compressor tank to my today’s to do list for my shop.
i was given an 80 gallon compressor tank.. retired from a gas station where it would supply air 24/7 to the air hoses for the full service. it would cycle every few minutes. it was retired before i went to work there.. it took 5 men to tip it on its side and lay it in my van.. it was full of water to the top.. at least 70 gallons of water came out of that 80 gallon tank. i drilled holes in the side of the tank and scrapped it. there was a lot of corrosion. i worry about that air over hydraulic jack at the museum.
Sounds like that tank was neglected over a long time. Was the purge valve rusted shut?
Even compressors that have dry air intake systems will build up water because that's just the physics of compressing air. Over time, it causes moisture to condense out of even the driest air.
Usually, at most garages and gas stations, you just crack the purge valve at the bottom of the tank at the end of each work day. I take it that that regular duty had long been forgotten about.
@@BigRalphSmith the early morning crew has the chore of draining both compressor tanks.. one compressor.. a quincy 10 hp 3 phase had been running since feb 1941.. according to the tag on the tank and the age of the building.. and it let out a lot of water daily. the other was a much newer unit.. and it was a magic compressor.. as they could open the drain and nothing would come out.. when ask.. yes we open the drain every morning.. they did not mention that nothing came out. no water.. no air.. so they closed the drain and went about their duties. never mentioned to anybody. i quizzed them after i got the tank to get the entire story.. the rust on the bottom had completely plugged the drain.. the compressor oil got changed on the second of every month. oil is cheaper than compressors the boss said.. that was about 1993.. so the other compressor had been in operation for 52 years.. that station was built in 1941 but had been on the same corner owned by the same family since 1921. there is a new station there.. but the property is still owned by the family.
Glad you are back on the planer Keith,
Used the same principle of heat to install bearings on shafts in radial engines....heat the bearing up in hot oil (350 degrees) and drop it on the shaft. Might want to check the black air line on the press looked like has a pin hole in it, could see mist coming out of it.
Great video Keith I think it’s time you invested in a press lol but then again if you do we won’t see the museum that often thanks for sharing have a great Christmas and a happy new year
The nearby train with a Steam Whistle is interesting. Is that a steam excursion train? More info would be great. Keep up the Great Videos!
Keith was at this museum using the press. He operates and works on their steam engine. ruclips.net/video/EgLRSkRioRA/видео.html
@@alandaters8547 That's neat. I have always been impressed by older steam locomotives, The engineering and maintenance required to keep them going is impressive. Thanks
I've never seen that much water in an air line!!! Hahaha, when you first hit it, I thought it was being powered by STEAM!
Hi Keith Thank you for this recent burst of new videos along with those all year. Much appreciated and enjoyed. Wishing you and the family a wonderful holiday season regards vic
Good vid as usual Keith
Merry Christmas, Keith, Happy New Year, and best wishes for fun with your latest ... um ... toys from Santa?
nice
Merry Christmas Keith.
If you don't post between now and Christmas, Merry Christmas and happy Holidays Keith.
Have Healthy and Happy holidays to you and your family
After all of the difficulties in pressing shafts out, is good to see that you had a couple that weren't total pains to get out.
Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones.
Happy Christmas to you and your family from germany
Good point about support, I hadn't thought of that, thanks.
Merry Christmas Keith, thanx for the presents this year.
On the first pulley you had me afeard that short round stock was going to pop out and knock you silly.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
THANK YOU...for sharing. Enjoyed.
Now THAT is a hydraulic jack!! Wow!
Another good tip is for a shaft that has been hammered directly on, filing/grinding away the mushroomed end first is really helpful.
Love all your restorations Keith! So many of them! I do way smaller builds than you but got a few videos of them.
Hello Keith looks like the compressor needs draining of water merry Christmas my friend regards Alan and Ella from the UK.
Not any more it doesn't 😁
Thanks for the great videos sir.
Thanks for taking us all on this journey Keith. Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you and your family.
Keith, this might be a good day to buy a lottery ticket!
Keith, as always, an enjoyable and informative watch on the planer restoration. I wish you and yours a very safe and Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you and the family Keith. Thank you for all the great videos.
Keith's so keen he even works in the pouring rain.😉
It's always nice to take "Yes" for an answer.
Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!
Very Interesting Keith. Watching since Part 1. Hope you complete before a century of episodes. Happy Christmas to you and your family. Please convey my wishes to everybody. Thanks.
Once the planner is ready to make chips and its time to grind the cutting tools check out Steve Summers and Abom they both seem to know the best grinds. The stoker engine is nearly ready to get machined but Adam has side tracked himself with a new toy, early Xmas present.
Just a short while I thought that You had mixed the steam and the air lines. Steam powered hydraulic press ...
Wow that is almost the exact same press design as I welded up over a year ago. Mine has reinforcements in the bottom and can use two bars per side.
No crown on those pulleys? (HappyHolidays and stay safe in the new year everyone.)
hello kieth i think you should make a video on building a hydraulic press for your shop. that would make for a good video and then you would have one right in your shop.
So happy those hubs didn't fight you like I thought they might! Maybe some Christmas spirit in them?!? All the best for the season from Canada!
is that a new type of air/water hydraulic system ???????
It's useful to spray some penetrating oil to the critical areas in time before pressing out the shaft.
If you'd seen Keith's earlier titanic struggles with these, you'd understand how little help penetrating oil was. The press was on the verge of exploding last time. ruclips.net/video/5pphkRJWjFY/видео.html
You didn’t say if the leaf was metric or imperial 😉nice job as usual.
hahahahahaha
It actually was both... 8^)
@@johnmanning4577 Imperimetric?
So have you considered a VFD motor& control.? To give you more speed and feed control. Also not as many pulleys on jack shaft and motor? Know need the drive forward / reverse set, but to control overall spped from motor.
Is there any inspection needed on those spokes - looking for cracks? They may be so overdesigned that it's not a problem, but 100 years is a long time.
Air hose or water hose?
I was thinking it was running off steam pressure.
WOW if you got that much water in your air lines ...how much is in the compressor tank?.....
Who doesn't love the sound of a train's steam whistle
Is that a Starrett leaf?
KA Chew...like that! 😂 love it.