Soule Steam Feed Works: Machine Shop Tour!
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- The coolest line powered machine shop I have ever seen in person! We visited the museum during the annual Steam festival and man what a great time! You get to tour the machine shop, foundry, pattern shop, and see lots of antique steam engines in operation, as well as many other types of demonstrations being shown.
Check this place out for yourself!
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About 78 years ago I grew up in a shop like this one my dad was the forman of it it was all power by steam it was huge ..... Thank takes me back !
we ran across this place two years ago while traveling from upstate NY to texas. i was peering in the windows, wanting inside.
we found anumber, called the guy and he came down and opened it up for me and the wife to tour. even ran some machines that day. very cool place.
19:40... I love when older people tell us how old stuff works! So much knowledge 👍
Believe it or not, this is just like the first machine shop I worked in as a kid. We did repair work for the textile and construction industries, making many parts which were no longer obtainable. Shop dated from 1919.
That was brilliant Adam loved the great explanation by the steam engine guy thanks both
You fooled me with your intro and exit music. I had to double check that I wasn’t rewatching David Richards today’s video.
I was was expecting a Dave cameo :)
Love those disks dancing along the shafts, keeping things clean. Used to see small leather straps on bicycle wheels doing the same thing, they were almost like little watch straps rather than these disks.
Oh yeah, I remember those things on the bikes ...
They were called "travelers." Not only kept the shaft clean but slightly oiled so it wouldn't rust. Handy condition come time to take the shaft down to move pulleys around for equipment relocation, new installations, etc. - especially in cannerys and other hot moist environments. Bad enough to shift a pulley on a short rusty shaft. Try one thirty feet long.
I'M so glad to see they have done this and made a museum out of this building I traveled MS in the 80's and 90's and this was just and old vacant building in need of repair. This is awesome. I had heard they were trying to put a non profit together to do this glad to see they got it done. Thanks for sharing Adam and Abby. Have a great weekend!!!
Man that is a doll. That is a keeper for life. She has "good attitude" like a morning in May at 7:00 am.
So very cool!! The leather tannery I work at used to have a steam pump to run multiple floors of line shafts to run manufacturing equipment. I would love to visit this place.
thought i was watching old steam powered machine shop for a minute!
While you were in the machine shop that Saturday I was next door in the old foundry building playing a hand cranked busker organ I had just finished building. So at least one of your old subscribers was nearby.
In 1953 my high school machine shop had overhead belt driven lathes, For safety the down comer belts were laced to be loose so they would slip if you caught anything in the the lathe. To take a heavy cut when the instructor wasn't looking we would press the tool post wrench against the belt to take out the slack. This caused the wrenches developed a chrome like polished center sections. Did you see the pedal powered lathes in the white trailer outside the buildings?
Man, that organization has really grown. Fantastic place, I'm moving this one to the top of my bucket list trips. Maybe a one way ticket. Thanks for the tour...nice music...Dave
Thought I was watching your channel at the beginning there for a second, had to do a double take! Your shop would be a bucket list visit for me Dave!
I though Adam and Abby had you tagging along and let you pick the intro music when the video started.
Dave I always have you in my thoughts when I see places like this, the music is even done done so in your honor! If there's a steam engine, it's got to have that awesome harmonica! I hope you go see this place. The steam festival seems to be the best time, although I bet they'd love a pro help them out with some of the engines.
why don't we go up there for a week and volunteer?
Might be a good week for me next year.
Oh man, it's like David Richard's shop on steroids! Really interesting video.
That shop is so sweet ! Even the building is cool. I can picture a bunch of vintage cars in some movie scene at a place like that !
Glad to see that you found THE curator. That dude sounds like he knew what he was talking about. Great video. Looking forward to your other videos from your trip.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful old shop! Really enjoyed this one.
I love those oilers on the old equipment! They are a big reminder that oil is needed, and when it is needed!
adam thank you for sharing something so cool saved for young and old alike observe and learn from .when so much history is just destroyed keep up the great work ,scott England
Very cool Adam. Thanks for sharing. I hope you, Abby and your families have a great Thanksgiving.
Keith Rucker should visit the get some detailed pictures of those planers. He has an old one that is to be restored in a few years.
Well I am David Richards and I am envious. I don't know of anywhere here in the UK where it is possible to find such a workshop or museum. Another great video Adam thank you.
Gayle Mill at Hawes has its woodworking machines all line powered. It's all water powered by a turbine which featured in one of Guy Martin's early tv programmes. Well worth a visit and it's just across the river from the Wensleydale cheese factory😉
Very Old School Kool!!! Thanks
Absolutely an awesome place!! I would LOVE to have that Gray planer. :-)
I'm sure you could make that happen!
A real marvel, please keep finding these places. Thanks Adam
Adam, I share your passion for the old ways. I especially love the styling that went into the old machines with all the curves and embellishments you won't see today. You were probably in your line of work in past lives judging by your careful attention to detail and precision. That's why I thought you'd enjoy the old Woodward Wight & Co. catalog I sent you. Hope you've had time to look through it.
Company I worked for here in Atlanta years ago was founded in 1917. Building was MUCH older than that. On the lower floor ("The Dungeon") there was a line shaft still on the ceiling and an electric motor up there. Nobody knew what it was and I told them. None of the other machines were there...
I think it will take weeks for Adam to wipe the smile off his face.
Very nice - The machines that made the machines that make the machines that we use today.
Wow! I need to see that place. Thanks for the awesome vid. Its so cool how close they let you get to everything. The building alone is incredible!
I worked in a shop with the center shaft making plumbing valves and fixtures on a turret lathe. Worst sweatshop ever as the machine shop was above the foundry. There were salt dispensers all over the place. What a great visit today bud.. This takes me way back before CNC was even thought of. Tape drills were as fancy as they ever got. Old school, , , Oh yea ! Fantastic visit today fella !
Love to see the old way of doing things but I am glad of today's tech! We've come a long way!
Steam powered CNC!
@@pilgrimm23 Very good. You made me laugh!
Wish I could of taken a picture of the original tool room at ibm in endicott ny. Was all belt driven in building 28. Now days the building is closed down and locked up and no one can go in there.
Those old shops look pretty cool , but i guess working there back in the day would have been a bit different , the upstairs part reminded me of what used to be called " boys town" my early apprentiship days in the railway workshops where us apprentices learnt what a file was for 3 months before we were let loose onto the main machine shop floor ! cheers .
Awesome tour Adam, thanks for sharing it with us.
Great video, Excellent tour, Happy Thanksgiving to you and the family !
Adam, you seem like the type of guy that enjoys stepping back and having a look at the machine that made the machine! That’s exactly what I love to do but can’t always afford the time here on the farm... I love these videos, and you’ve added many destinations to my bucket list because I want to see these places for myself! Thank you for taking the time! Hope y’all had a great vacation! Oh and Abby, you did a wonderful job! Love seeing you around, when your there I know there’s a great adventure we’re about to whiteness! Lol
lol, that looks familiar. Im usually at soule working making sand molds for the guys pouring iron, but had to skip this year. I wonder if the alabama art casting guys came in on saturday, they missed it last year. Clarke (windy hill foundry) is usually theredoing his iron castings too out of the crucible furnace too, so lots of iron being poured usually, lol. There's lots more to see there than is in the video, and usually they have the full machine shop up and running with the planers, lathes, everything slicing off metal, lol.
Also, you missed one of the coolest things up in the assembly room that was up there, that hit and miss engine and that whole assembly in the boxes with it was used out in the field to line bore the engine cylinders so they didnt even need to take it off of the engine to take it back to the factory, they were done out in the field using that line boring fixture and run off of the hit and miss engine that was sitting in the floor to the right of the engine that was running.
the ole boy at 19:39 seems like he was waiting all day(week/month/year) to tell someone about it :)
Great video. Like the old stuf.
cool tour, interesting place full of history ,,
Most excellent. I really enjoyed seeing the planers and vertical lathe.
I wonder if there is a museum anywhere that has an operating automatic screwing machine. As I understand things, these machines were the direct antecedents of CNC. They did multiple machining steps on a part and were completely mechanical. You just had to feed them raw material, keep them oiled and otherwise maintained but, they otherwise did what a machinist would do. They could be reconfigured with sets of specially made accessories to make different parts. I know Mr. Pete did a video on a shop that had one. I got the impression that it was a final liquidation and that most of the tools were headed for recycling.
I've toured a factory making automotive parts that had a row of New Britain six-spindle screw machines clattering happily away, running literally on clockwork and going from hex bars to finished parts.
Hey man your videos of the man cave steam line powered shop - magnificent - all really good boy stuff - but dude you better be doing some stuff your lady likes or you gonna be in the dog house - you're a lucky guy that she's into this stuff as well - good for both of you dudes.
Fascinating. Would love to see this place .
Cool, I have a 20" Cincinnati shaper standard alot like that one. Thanks for a fun video Adam!
Adam is like an 8 year old in a candy store with his arm's tied on the back. 😂 Love your enthusiasm, it's contagious.
How did you summon the will power not to jump the ropes.
Sweet! That is a Charles Parker Company vise in the still shots at the end. I have 2, one weighs 60 lbs and the other 110! This one looks even bigger than mine ;-). I spotted it right away from the propitiatory jaws C.P. used. You could replace them but you had to get them from the factory! My big one was used in a shop here in Stuart Florida for decades and one jaw must have broken. The welder/machinist, a/c repairman/plumber who owned it just welded up a new jaw. Its not pretty but it still works. I am getting a custom stand made for right now :-)
Sadly shops like this are few and far between, its heratage and should be saved. thanks for sharing
the real machinist is on the wrong side of the safety rope!
dan wolf agreed, I wonder if half of those guys knew they were talking to pro.
David Richards would be jealous!
Same lead-in music too
Cool place.
The rings on the shafts above running free back and forth... Just to keep the shaft clean?
Exactly correct. Those are called wipe rings but are usually called mice or shaft mice. They keep corrosion and dust off the shafts so they stay polished. :-)
@@StreuB1, thanks!
Prit-T-cool.. :) Would love to have a few of those old machines in the shop running.
Ahh the great times before a virus so deadly you need a test to know if you have it. Can’t wait for more of theses videos
There was a Shop just like that across the backyard from where I grew up.. When I went to trade school/vocational.. from 1959 to when I moved away from home in 1966, I worked in that shop.. The Main Counter-shaft was driven by a 5 Horse/440 volt Three Phase Motor.. The Lathe was a 24" Swing 8ft Bed I don't know the NAME.. ?? The Horizontal Mill.. I don't know the name.. ?? The secondary Counter-shaft drove a Hacksaw a Drill Press a Hammer there was other machinery.. I was too young to take notice.. AND.. a Forge.. I was Learning to Operate and Work.. OoHh.. The MEMORIES.. Thank You, Adam for posting this Video.. sigh...…… The Peavey Electronics Factory is in Meridian.. I spent a week there at the Factory back in February 1982.. I remember the year.. SO WELL.. It was the year the Drilling Rig, The OCEAN RANGER went Down, off Newfoundland, in a HUGE WINTER STORM.. www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Ocean+Ranger&view=detail&mid=DB2451CF97436FE9F370DB2451CF97436FE9F370&FORM=VIRE
Remember the aroma of wood,oil,machining and the shop talks to ones senses.
the radial drill press looks like the one we had donated to the fort wayne rr historical soc from the sugercreek enginehouse when the ohio central owned by jerry joe jacobson was sold to geensse and wyoming rr company, ours sits for the time being and is not used, I hope they dont scrap it, and save it for when we build the headwaters junction roundhouse downtown in fort wayne as well as the old lathe we have from there, anyway its an intersting look back 100 years to how things were done our stuff though is electric, not lineshaft.
Excellent tour of the machine shop & foundry. I too just love these kind of places. What makes it much better is when you have a partner that enjoys it just the same. My wife is an engineer so she loves these tours as much as I do. Its great to do these things together. We spend a lot of the summer months going to steam shows and displaying our collections for the public to see and get a feel of bygone years. Thanks for sharing Adam & Abby. One of your best tours yet. regards from the UK
Nice little bit of history in American manufacturing. Very nice. Thank you for sharing!
If walls could talk... Epic video man. You outdid yourself.
Somebody get Keith Appleton in there to fix that horrible knocking...
Gday Adam and Abby, thanks for taking the time to show all this fantastic machinery, lots and lots of history right there and if only them walls could talk, I’m really looking forward to part 2, thanks again mate, Cheers Matty
their shaper ain't a clapping....
The people who do not realize the value of these machines and the men who built them have no SOULE.
When I was a kid in the 60's my grandfather owned a shop that made parts for the Philadelphia Navy yard and for Sun Ship. His machines were all still run by belts running on an overhead shaft. It looked alot like this shop in the video. I unfortunately was not old enough when he passes away to save any of the machines, I do still own his toolboxes and many measuring tools.
Very cool. I bet you were feeling very proud of American know how when you see all that. I watched this vid with my 75 yo dad. He ran The Hugh Lennon agricultural tool works in Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 from his apprenticeship right thru to them closing down in the 60s. The shop was much the same. Overhead shafting with a large steam boiler then converted to electric drive. Massive lathes and presses, shearing machines and drills. They even had a huge drive shaft from a ship always in storage as they had their own rail siding. The ship had a built in fault that caused the shaft to be shagged after a short period of time. Always had a change over ready to go. Shaft was so heavy they had to continually turn it over a bit to stop it bending under its own weight. Abom sized must be lol. Thanks Adam. My dad really enjoyed that vid. Made his day. Was a shame in the end, apparently most of the machines got broken up for scrap because they were quality grey cast iron. I still have a bandsaw from there, and dad has one pedestal drill. Rockford brand. Couldn’t take everything home unfortunately.
JSC give or take a few years, I may have. But he was the last one there when it shut down. And he wasn’t very old. Middle twenties without me checking.
When I first heard the intro music I thought maybe David Richards was joining you on the tour.
Great video. Loved the gentleman upstairs with the blue tie. Very knowledgeable and had a passion for these engines. Awesome. Thank you.
I Weirdly Loved the oily wear on the doors from years of use and Adam I've been looking for a hydraulic shaper for you if your still interested ill send details when I ever find one brother obviously I can't pay but 4 eyes are better than two. Respects
An era of pride, determination, good work ethics, love of God, Country and family. Gone but not forgotten. U.S.A.
Amen
THANK YOU!!
Must have been hell working there in the summer.
Hi from England
This is a lovely video you've done here Adam...
I like the sentiment at the end with the "Dave Richards" music... 👍
Used to work with an old railroad machinist. He'd yell, "Flat belts 'n' cone pulleys forever!" in moments of excitement. When he was an an apprentice just after WW I, one of his first year chores was to come in early and help the engineer fire the boiler, start the line shaft engine, and go round the line shafting and tend the oilers. It was an important job. Neglect one lineshaft bearing and its failure could halt all work on the equipment served by that shaft. I should have paid more attention to his yarns. He was a great story teller whose career bridged line shaft technology and stand-alone electric powered machinery.
Fred Colvin in his autobiography "Sixty Years With Men and Machines" devoted early chapters to his experiences in a line shaft machine shop. I have it in my library somewhere; I should track it down and re-read it.
Love old machine shops. Same ambience as an old battle field but without the tragedy and ultimate futility.
I ran those platen presses in high school electric powered made many business cards kept my fingers
Nice tour Adam. Great collection of some old but very functional iron!
In the print shop was that the Mergenthaler Lin-o-type Machine for making the lead print plates? My favorite piece of nineteenth century technology.
I have to apologize for an error I made - I am not trades qualified in using lathes, only from what I learned in my local machine shop when they fixed my stuff from off the farm. I referred to my Lylak as a 24" - I do believe that lathes are known by the swing??, then it would be a 10" lathe with a 2' bed though I would have to check this..
Awesome video!!! That place looks really cool!! Question? At 29 minutes what are the thin disks that are spinning on the line shaft?
They help to keep the shafts clean while running. Eliminates dust build up
Awesome Video Adam. I was hoping to see a 10 or 20 Ton steam hammer run, but guess they didn't have use for one.
I finally made a bit of time to watch this. Kicked my feet up, poured a scotch and hit play and I wasn't disappointed. My dad and our old barber always teased that I was born 100 years too late. They aren't kidding. This was pure heaven for me. Thank you Adam and Abby, this was a wonderful video. I could damn near smell that shop it was so real. Love it. Need to see about getting down there are visiting that place myself.
I love the mechanical movements of old machines. They are a thing of beauty and elegance.
What a wonderful piece of history preserved. Thanks for sharing the tour! Adam, you are so lucky to have someone like Abby who shares your joy of seeing old machinery!
Epic. Thank you for capturing and sharing your visit. I gotta check this place out someday.
wow Abom i love that old machin ! thank you for taht great movie !! And Aby she is a lovely women ! great regards from holland.
Very cool tour. November 7th? Happy Birthday! I’m November 18th.
I love the idea of the old belt driven machines
Great video
Great video Adam, I live in Cincinnati (the Queen City) it is amazing how so much of the machining trade depended on this area and Hamilton, Ohio our neighbors to the north for the machinery equipment. It is a shame that it hardly exists anymore.
All the greatest machine tools come from Ohio!
@@Abom79 Any idea when the shop shut down? Love all your uploads. Hi from New Zealand.
"check out the shower room!" -- "that's terrifying!" HAHAHAHAHAH LOLZ
Ya,I caught that too haha!
Would've really like to have seen the Linotype machine run through its paces in the print shop.
Otherwise that's a great place to spend a day.
Kind of rare to see a whole factory more or less intact.That would be a fun place to go have a look at, when there were no people around and turn a part on that Big LeBlond!
That tour guide up stairs is a cool dude 👍
Awesome video Adam!!! Love this classic equipment! I do have a question, what was the purpose of the disks that where moving back and forth on the line shaft?
I am not Adam but to answer your question, they are to keep the shafts clean of dust and other debris.
@@royreynolds108 , excellent! Thanks!!!
The quality of your videos has improved. New cameras really paid off. You should carry a flashlight with you to illuminate the shadows of the machine details.
or change the camera contrast settings if that is possible :-)
@@insAneTunA Probably not possible on those lenses. All automatic
@@DennisSulz I really don't know, I am not familiar with action cams. I would not be surprised if it is possible to change the camera settings.
@@insAneTunA Set it to .95 or even 1.2 ? The best is probably 1.8. I saw the lens and it was about the size of a quarter in diameter.
asking for trouble wearing that necktie in there
Yes. There's a job for someone who can embroider a tie onto the front of a T-shirt.
fantastic Adam , Abbey . Nice photography considering the light issues. Stills were clear as. Good work and thank you for sharing !
Too much light to try and film against inside, wishing I could have been by the walls to get those videos.
I've got a monarch lathe model A that belongs in a museum. It's 4-sale.
Great video happy Thanksgiving to both of you.
That printing press looked like the one john boy walton had.
Happy (belated) birthday Abby!
I didn't see any ABOM79 stickers in those shops. Thanks Adam.