Glad to see you're still working in the shop. I was begining to think that you never came back from Florida this year. Can't wait to see the finished pump!
Hi Dave, I’m Paolo from Italy, and I found (by chance) your channel some days ago; I’ve spent all my free time watching your videos, forgetting TV, my wife and my dogs. I learned a lot. Thanks! I’m 77, I’m retired, and I have a tiny shop in my garage with two lathes: a Myford Super 7, complete, and another that was scrapped by my former Technical High School where I got my Diploma more than half a century ago, but still working quite well. I also own a Bridgeport milling machine, scrapped by the previous owner (and refurbished by me, at least to working conditions) with all the tools and trimmings. I used to be a Pilot; I got my CPL/IR (A & H) license in the USA when GPS was not even invented, and pilots were not systems or PlayStation operators; navigation, especially in the West, required real piloting! Your Aeronca Chief is a Pilot’s Airplane! I lost my medical due to health problems, so I spend my free time (and I have a lot now, being retired) tinkering in my shop. I repeat again: I learned so many things from your videos that I’ll wait for your next one, checking your channel daily. I have no space for a steam engine, and my wife stubbornly refuses to let me place one in our living room, but I tell you, I’m missing one! Just for the heartbeat noise and the constant need to tend to those simple but fascinating mechanisms. Keep going, please. Never give up. All those pearls of knowledge and experience you pass to your viewers aren’t lost forever. this way. Please forget my English… It's not my mother language… Paolo from Italy
Thanks for the great comment, good to hear from Italy. I hope to get more work done on restoring the steam engine this summer. Thanks for watching.....Dave
I'm a patient man but I was getting a little concerned and was getting ready to send you an Email, thanks for the relief your obviously in good health, thanks for all you do🤗😎😎
Good to see that you are still alive and kickin’ Dave. You still post about the most enjoyable machining content on RUclips. Just about everything that you do, the average guy can relate to and learn from and that’s great. Thanks
Just the other day I was thinking of a number of RUclipsrs that I've haven't seen a video from in a LONG time and one of the ones I was thinking about was good ol Dave Richards !!
That is the same boring bar that I had in my automotive machine shop. Brings back memories. I looked for you at Kinser this past August. If you were there I missed you.
Gday Dave, fantastic to see you again in the workshop and it’s good to see Tom is there as well, I’ve missed seeing your videos, the 3 pinion gears turned out great, the new over arm support made a big difference to the rigidity, brilliant work as always, cheers
Nice video. I worked in a factory in the 1980s. We had an end mill that we used to cut keywys in shafts. It was similar to the end mill at 18 minutes but more enclosed. An employee was running it, and he had leather gloves on and was brushing out millings from the cutter. His glove got caught in the cutter. It drug his arm in and split his arm in two up to his elbw. He ended up healing and losing some use of his arm. To this day, he still wears a compression sleave on his arm most of the time. Lesson learned, I guess.
I make a living on a 1948 Bucyrus Erie 22w cable tool drilling rig. I love love to see old machinery still making it go in today's world. I'm a firm believer nothing made in our current age will out perform what our grandfather's made. Thanks
Dave good to see you hope all is well it is always worth the wait. Like you I am stuck in the old ways it seems simple, after all it's all in the set up. Have a good time my friend time is what's left Paul.
This is so cool to see you guys working old school. Im a conventional turner / miller. When i went to school there where no cnc machines. But conventionals on electric machines you guys do it with steam driven machines. I love the sound of the old machines and steam. Keep it up guys Greetings from the Netherlands.
I love seeing these old tools with the old texts and beautiful posts coming out. Thank you for keeping the light alive and the beautiful machine tools.
David, Good to see you back. You have been much missed. I grew up in a similar shop that my dad had. Wasn't steam powered but machines of the same vintage. It was sold to protect my Mom in her older years. I'm 80 now and still machine in a shop I've put together, about half the size of yours. Filled with wwII era machines.Thank you for the fine videos.
Hey, Good to see you!!! I always stop everything I am doing to enjoy watching your stuff. There is a RUclips vidio I think You will really like that recentley came out titled: Abandoned Steam Engine Brought Back to Life! - 1908 Industrial Time Capsule. It has been preserved, untuched, kept seceret & hidden in an old waterworks building for YEARS & was for the most part intact & just as good of condition as the day it stopped turning✌👍
Great see you back working in the shop keeping that history alive amazing what could be done 100 years ago with precision and steam power thanks again Dave for sharing with us
Excellent machining. I just stumbled onto your channel and am envious of the fine old machines. I am a retired machinist and always love to see how machining was done in the OLD days especially with the belts. Looking forward to seeing more old style machining videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Sure was nice to see you lighting the boiler! I am now over 80 and don't need glasses. I just take it straight from the bottle! Keep going, Dave! Mike down in Virginia
The last production job done on my grandfather’s 1892 F.E. Reed 18x72 lathe was 9,500 pieces circa 1970. When I inherited it I found a good fit- I donated it to a museum that has a machine shop of steam-powered, flat belt driven machines between 1890-1910.
@@SirTophammHatt-zs7jj My grandfather, who died in 1964, used to shift the drive belt from one pulley to another while running by pushing the edge of the belt with the palm of his hand. I never even tried that, but I ground flywheels and pressure plates, split 16 inch Kelsey-Hayes wire wheels for widening, cutting them from the inside out, cut driveshafts, and turned 20 foot shafts with steady and follower rests and little doors cut in the shop walls! But I’m 70 now, and the museum does use it.
Please forgive my cheek. Far better than being long scrapped and forgotten. You did the right thing. If only our bodies stay cast as well as these old iron hulks do.
@@SirTophammHatt-zs7jj I told the folks from the museum ( Amador Sawmill & Mining Association, Plymouth, CA, a 501(c)(3) organization ) that the biggest plus was that it had never been in the rain, and the biggest minus was there was no taper attachment. Some things they have rescued seem to reflect hoarding tendencies, like the last two steam pile drivers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
I'm thrilled to see you back and looking good. A real improvement with the addition of the braces. I can see it's really added to the rigidity of the machine. Fabulous job on the gears.
Glad to see you're still working in the shop. I was begining to think that you never came back from Florida this year. Can't wait to see the finished pump!
He did, and rebuilt a Farmall head for Pete Larsen, at Just a Few Acres Farm.
@@carlthor91. Both channels are in my top ten. Great content and very good people.
Cheers!
Whipple
@@carlthor91 Thanks for the info, and thanks to you Just a Few Acres Farm has a new subscriber. Me
Awesome! Hope all has been well with you. I've really missed your videos and look forward to your future posts.
Welcome back, David. You have been missed by many.
Thanks for sharing.
Welcome back.
Greetings from Friesland in the Netherlands Henk
Really good to see you again, and your fantastic shop with those beautiful old machines, that still doing jobs, not just standing in a museum.
Super to see you posting vids again.
Hi Dave,
I’m Paolo from Italy, and I found (by chance) your channel some days ago; I’ve spent all my free time watching your videos, forgetting TV, my wife and my dogs.
I learned a lot. Thanks!
I’m 77, I’m retired, and I have a tiny shop in my garage with two lathes: a Myford Super 7, complete, and another that was scrapped by my former Technical High School where I got my Diploma more than half a century ago, but still working quite well.
I also own a Bridgeport milling machine, scrapped by the previous owner (and refurbished by me, at least to working conditions) with all the tools and trimmings.
I used to be a Pilot; I got my CPL/IR (A & H) license in the USA when GPS was not even invented, and pilots were not systems or PlayStation operators; navigation, especially in the West, required real piloting! Your Aeronca Chief is a Pilot’s Airplane!
I lost my medical due to health problems, so I spend my free time (and I have a lot now, being retired) tinkering in my shop.
I repeat again: I learned so many things from your videos that I’ll wait for your next one, checking your channel daily.
I have no space for a steam engine, and my wife stubbornly refuses to let me place one in our living room, but I tell you, I’m missing one! Just for the heartbeat noise and the constant need to tend to those simple but fascinating mechanisms.
Keep going, please. Never give up. All those pearls of knowledge and experience you pass to your viewers aren’t lost forever. this way.
Please forget my English… It's not my mother language…
Paolo from Italy
Thanks for the great comment, good to hear from Italy. I hope to get more work done on restoring the steam engine this summer. Thanks for watching.....Dave
I'm from Italy too. This is a great and precious channel. Thanks David
Great to see you back!! Been waiting for a new episode
Damn it's good to see you friend. Welcome back.
Welcome back old friend was beginning to fear the worst 🫣
Always great to see your content hope you continue to make a lot of it
nice to see your doing well and welcome back
Good to see you back!
Good to see you doing well!
Ah, memories, memories, of shop and steam. many thanks from UK.
Beautiful work as always. I don't mind saying I was starting to get more than a little concerned about your absence.
Old machines are a lot easier to work with than old computer programs. Great video as always. Thanks.
I'm a patient man but I was getting a little concerned and was getting ready to send you an Email, thanks for the relief your obviously in good health, thanks for all you do🤗😎😎
Glad to see you back
Bonjour David,
Happy to see you back after more than 7 months !
Amicalement, Raphaël
Nice work on beautiful old machines.
Great to see you Dave thanks for sharing with us
Good to see that you are still alive and kickin’ Dave. You still post about the most enjoyable machining content on RUclips. Just about everything that you do, the average guy can relate to and learn from and that’s great. Thanks
I am still amazed at how quiet the steam engine is. It must be so relaxing working in your shop. Thanks for the video.
It make you realise that the past ways were sort of quiet or soothing, steam or wind or water. Did miss the clock on this one tho
Thanks Dave! You just made my day!
Steam engine free energi, Good job sir..👍👍
Just the other day I was thinking of a number of RUclipsrs that I've haven't seen a video from in a LONG time and one of the ones I was thinking about was good ol Dave Richards !!
That is the same boring bar that I had in my automotive machine shop. Brings back memories. I looked for you at Kinser this past August. If you were there I missed you.
David, good to see you back.
Welcome back. Hope you're doing well. Greetings from The Netherlands
YOU'RE BACK!!!! Been wondering how you are doing..
Russ
Great video Sir, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Those old gears had seen better days.
They looked past Thier best mate
It is fascinating watching a Master at his craft.
woohooo !!!! THE MAN IS BAAAAAAAAACK !
Gday Dave, fantastic to see you again in the workshop and it’s good to see Tom is there as well, I’ve missed seeing your videos, the 3 pinion gears turned out great, the new over arm support made a big difference to the rigidity, brilliant work as always, cheers
just found your channel and i'm speechless- hats off to you sirs!
Nice video. I worked in a factory in the 1980s. We had an end mill that we used to cut keywys in shafts. It was similar to the end mill at 18 minutes but more enclosed. An employee was running it, and he had leather gloves on and was brushing out millings from the cutter. His glove got caught in the cutter. It drug his arm in and split his arm in two up to his elbw. He ended up healing and losing some use of his arm. To this day, he still wears a compression sleave on his arm most of the time. Lesson learned, I guess.
I have missed your videos, glad to see you!
Watching your channel is like talking to an old friend that I haven’t seen in awhile
Nice to see you tweking in that beautiful steam shop !!
I make a living on a 1948 Bucyrus Erie 22w cable tool drilling rig. I love love to see old machinery still making it go in today's world. I'm a firm believer nothing made in our current age will out perform what our grandfather's made. Thanks
It's good to see you back David, thanks for sharing.
Огонь да вода, пар да дрова, и не страшеш кризис, все работает, здоровья вам за то что сохранили такие станки.
Dave good to see you hope all is well it is always worth the wait. Like you I am stuck in the old ways it seems simple, after all it's all in the set up. Have a good time my friend time is what's left Paul.
Welcome back! We sure missed the Old Steam Powered Machine Shop!
It’s Sunday,new video,you are in the shop,life’s great,thankyou.
Hi Dave. Thanks for posting another job. Always learn something and it's much appreciated.
This is so cool to see you guys working old school. Im a conventional turner / miller. When i went to school there where no cnc machines. But conventionals on electric machines you guys do it with steam driven machines.
I love the sound of the old machines and steam. Keep it up guys Greetings from the Netherlands.
Glad you are watching from Netherlands....Dave
Awesome a new video. Been looking forward to another one
Keep well Dave!
I am very glad to see you back in your shop!!!!! ❤
Glad to hear from you again Mr Richards!!
Glad to see you back Dave
Glad to see you,thanks for the video.
Welcome back. It always brightens my day to see another video from the line-powered machine shop.
Good one Dave . Great to see you back . 👍
Glad to see you are alive and well! Thanks for posting another video.
A Dave Richards video! ...dropped everything - can't leave until I hear everything Dave has to say.
I love seeing these old tools with the old texts and beautiful posts coming out. Thank you for keeping the light alive and the beautiful machine tools.
great to have you back!!
Happy to see you back.😊
Thanks Dave , great to see you back ! Hope all is well ..........
I really enjoyed watching you work in your shop. A step back in time.
David, Good to see you back. You have been much missed. I grew up in a similar shop that my dad had. Wasn't steam powered but machines of the same vintage. It was sold to protect my Mom in her older years. I'm 80 now and still machine in a shop I've put together, about half the size of yours. Filled with wwII era machines.Thank you for the fine videos.
Always nice to see steam shop hasn't seized up.
fascinating !!! Thanks for this upload and explanations
Hey, Good to see you!!! I always stop everything I am doing to enjoy watching your stuff. There is a RUclips vidio I think You will really like that recentley came out titled: Abandoned Steam Engine Brought Back to Life! - 1908 Industrial Time Capsule. It has been preserved, untuched, kept seceret & hidden in an old waterworks building for YEARS & was for the most part intact & just as good of condition as the day it stopped turning✌👍
That is an incredible video, btw. There’s an open house tomorrow and I will be there!
Very nice David, enjoyed.
Really glad to see You back with Your videos David .You have been missed by many I'm sure . Thanks very much .
Awesome stuff !!!
Great see you back working in the shop keeping that history alive amazing what could be done 100 years ago with precision and steam power thanks again Dave for sharing with us
Good to see you back in the shop Dave great work as always.
Love the early indicator - one step up from the scribing block. What a great channel. Cheers
phew; thought something had happened - great to see you back.
Greatings from Germany. It's nice to see this way of machining. Go ahead and take care of yourself.
If there was ever a large scale Emp attack, or a solar flare event, this place would be worth its weight in gold.
So satisfying to see a replacement part come to life..
Wish I could LIKE this more than once!!!!
So glad to see you're back! :)
Excellent machining. I just stumbled onto your channel and am envious of the fine old machines. I am a retired machinist and always love to see how machining was done in the OLD days especially with the belts. Looking forward to seeing more old style machining videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
That looks great , nice to see the shop running.
Hi Dave, great video, look forward to seeing you at the Florida hideout soon. Regards from Catskill New York
Hi Ron (The Cannon Man), Thanks, I'm turning some of your brass this week.....Dave
Cool editing trick to make the indicator fade away - Nicely done!
Anything cool happening with this editing program is just luck...Dave
Sure was nice to see you lighting the boiler!
I am now over 80 and don't need glasses. I just take it straight from the bottle!
Keep going, Dave!
Mike down in Virginia
I'm almost there, but have a focus problem....Dave
This new video made my day! I love watching you work, listening to the machinery run, and reliving found memories. I'm truly happy to see a new video!
Good seeing you Dave, always looking forward to seeing your video. Take care of yourself.
Excellent video. Very cool shop. Thanks…….
Glad to se you again!
It finally cooled down to where you can fire things up again. 👍
That's the truth....Dave
well done thanks for sharing All the best to you and yours from John in Texas
Glad to see you back, Dave, keep up the good work, Jim
Nice work on the 3 gears. I really enjoy your videos.
Great to see ya again Dave and hope you are doing well! Have always enjoyed this channel, and just wonderful to see some new content.
great to have you back really enjoyed the time at your shop dont seem like allready been a year
Very exciting video. Lots of memories
Great to have you back. Quite a difference between the old and new gears LOL.
I was getting worried about you - hadn't seen anything from you in ages - glad you are still around.
The last production job done on my grandfather’s 1892 F.E. Reed 18x72 lathe was 9,500 pieces circa 1970. When I inherited it I found a good fit- I donated it to a museum that has a machine shop of steam-powered, flat belt driven machines between 1890-1910.
You were supposed to learn how to use it.
@@SirTophammHatt-zs7jj My grandfather, who died in 1964, used to shift the drive belt from one pulley to another while running by pushing the edge of the belt with the palm of his hand. I never even tried that, but I ground flywheels and pressure plates, split 16 inch Kelsey-Hayes wire wheels for widening, cutting them from the inside out, cut driveshafts, and turned 20 foot shafts with steady and follower rests and little doors cut in the shop walls! But I’m 70 now, and the museum does use it.
Please forgive my cheek. Far better than being long scrapped and forgotten. You did the right thing. If only our bodies stay cast as well as these old iron hulks do.
You are a very useful engine, Kenneth Jackson.
@@SirTophammHatt-zs7jj I told the folks from the museum ( Amador Sawmill & Mining Association, Plymouth, CA, a 501(c)(3) organization ) that the biggest plus was that it had never been in the rain, and the biggest minus was there was no taper attachment. Some things they have rescued seem to reflect hoarding tendencies, like the last two steam pile drivers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
I'm thrilled to see you back and looking good. A real improvement with the addition of the braces. I can see it's really added to the rigidity of the machine. Fabulous job on the gears.
Missed you buddy--Happy to see you !