90% of machining is quarry work: breaking big rocks into little rocks. I routinely machine titanium forgings. I like to say that I remove 75% of the material to get at the nougatty goodness inside, lol
I'm always floored by your level of experience. I'd be freakin' out about that shaft not cleaning up all the way- and here you are cool as a cucumber- "hey, we'll just put the big ass keyway there." Fun to watch, as always!
Boy... I'll tell ya, that your grandfather and father would be very proud of the work you have carried on in there name. You have done well young Skywalker. Very nice quality work you do. Michael
Nice to see someone else making heavy cuts. I see so many RUclips machinists taking little piddly cuts, it’s nice to see the machine actually breathing a little hard. Great job Adam.
chris0tube I totally understand the reason behind it. It’s just nice to see someone other than me taking heavy cuts. I usually around .300” per side in steel on my Bullard.
Abom79 that’s a hell of a face cut. On a Bullard CutMaster at work, the largest cuts I ever did was .400” per side ID, .400” per side OD, and .300” on the face all at the same time.
Big fan, Abom! Never had in interest in machining or metallurgy until I came across your channel. Now i'm so enthralled, I catch myself losing an hour or two sometimes watching your videos, haha.
I been away...and so glad to come back and see you still making the most excellent parts from big honking hunks of metal! Truly a joy to watch you, a consummate craftsman so casually performing superior excellence and capturing it so well for us to experience through your awesome videographic skill. Thank you. Please do keep on with your truly blessed life activities!
Hi, I'm a mechanical turner too, but this year I left my profession. I've been a trader here in BRasil for 22 years and it's a beautiful profession. Parabens, you have a lot of good machines. Keep it up. A hug from Wesley Miranda, your friend from profession.
A buddy of mine is a CNC operator by trade who doesn't know how to operate a lathe or set up mills and such, but always tells people he's a machinist. I told him to watch your videos and then tell me he's still a machinist and not a button masher. Needless to say, he was very humbled by how much he doesn't know. Thanks for teaching us all more with what you know, and don't ever stop learning more about your own trade and craft.
Arne Schwarz A machinist can not only run a lathe, milling machine, etc, but they can feel the machines and parts they run and will generally be able to make a tighter tolerance part versus a CNC machine (to an extent of course). A CNC operator can program a design into a computer and hit a button. Yes, the operator needs to know a lot of the same feeds and speeds a machinist does, but for the most part, the software he or she uses will tell them what an acceptable feed rate is for a given tool and given matterial.
Arne Schwarz I just see a lot more skill involved in machining on a lathe and mill versus a CNC machine. Either way, both a machinist and a CNC operator are more skilled than I am in their trades.
TWO videos in one day!? After we thought there would be NONE until January??!! BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT EVAR! Seriously though Adam, thanks for finding time to up some more content for us. Hope you, your family, and your friends have an awesome holiday!
Great video! This was sitting in my Watch Later for months... can't imagine why it took me so long to discover your channel!? Love the picture at the end that is presumably you, your Dad and Grandfather. Subscribed!
Adam - thank-you for another year of great videos. You have the knack to inform and be entertaining. Enjoy your Christmas cruise and I am looking forward to the new year and more fun videos. PS The huge stuff you machine at work is just amazing...
Hi Adam, I never get tired of watching you work. It just inspires me to up my game when I'm at my job. Here's wishing you and Abby have a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. Looking forward to Abom79 2018, keep the videos rolling pal, nicely done!!
Any drummers out there? I just discovered Abom79 today and have watched 6 videos, know nothing about machining (other than helping an old friend who machined Swiss screws write his resume), and am now mesmerized by this stuff. Re the drummer reference - when Adam tightens and loosens the lugs (wrong term, I’m sure) on that big round metal thing, I think of tuning my drum heads before a gig. No drummer I know of enjoys it, but it’s necessary. But here, it’s mandatory! Anyway, I love this channel!
It’s called a chuck. And he’s loosening and or tightening certain jaws to make sure that big hunk of steel runs true. An off center load can make even a big machine do the chacha
Hi Adam you are without a doubt one of the best teachers/ instructors on the internet. I think that you should delete all the negative comments, as they are all none producers of anything. Concentrate on enjoying your life and continue to produce your video's as you envision them. I know that your grandad and your dad would be so proud of you just like your mom is. Have a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to you, Abby and family. regards bruce
chris0tube You May not see them but I do get a few hateful, in insulting comments here and there. A few of them I do delete upon reading them because there’s no need in it, and quite frankly some comments can just ruin a creators day or mood. I’m all open for equal opportunity discussion and opinions but no need it posting insults.
Bernd Felsche, i really believe the metric system is easier, but in the end of the day, what ever works is good. If i had only imperial scales i would have to cry and handle with it. Here in Germany they use imperial measures and threads for piping, and for loudspeakers as well so we don’t get free from it as well...
Merry Christmas Adam, if it were not for your good work...(and Kieth Fenner) ...I dont know if I would be graduating this spring or not, you guys helped me get my Degree thanks man. Keep up the good work. :)
Yeah nice! Use that carbide ;-) Unfortunately I got a little arm hair and those little suckers love sticking when the chip breaker starts popping those little sixes and 9s lol
Adam cool stuff. While I love the English system and usually work in it. I work on a lot of Metric crusher and machine parts, I used to use English tools. It was a pain in the ass after it became a regular thing. So I took the advice printed on a Caterpillar conversion chart I have. "If you build Metric parts, use Metric tools" It helps eliminates conversion errors and saves time. A little patience and careful ebay scrutiny has netted me a reasonably priced nice set of Starrett & Mitutoyo tools out to 500mm or so. Inside & out. And those Mitutoyo large mics I have bought are really nice tools in hand. Merry Christmas, and happy new year. I hope you are enjoying your Vacation. keep the good stuff coming in 2018
Not finished video but thumbs WAY UP !!! Nonetheless Adam. My very best for your's Abby's and your family's Christmas hoping you all are warm and happy along with my bigger thanks for this year of videos ive enjoyed thoroughly they are not only entertainment but have got me through days of massive depression. I suffer pretty bad even when alone. Alex
Adam you have taught me a lot, but now I humble believe that I must suggest you a tool to speed up your metering (6:40) that I use since I was a teenager... I believe that a Mitutoyo bore gauge set 511-932 it's what you need. It's easy, fast and 100% reliable. It helps you to measure thru the whole length and to control the cylindrical shape. No more double measure 😊
I've used them too in my former job, and I appreciate so much that kind of tools especially when I'm building something new. I hope to convince my father to buy some of them for our shop because they are so fast to use! But, when I must cope with old stuff to repair or check a very deep bore ... In my humble opinion...The bore gauge has something more to offer. It tells you exactly where a cylindrical deformation is, or it can "jump" over a journal shoulder. It's just my opinion mate! Thanks for your answer.
Very interesting that you let it sit overnight so it cools down and moves if it wants to move. Very similar to woodworking when we do what we call step-milling. Wood moves a whole lot more than steel, so even if it's been kiln dried we still like to rough mill it oversized and then let it acclimate for a period of time before final milling and cutting of joinery.
swedish shafts .. reminds me of my day job at phub i also enjoy the wrist motion to 'rock it' - 05:22 - let alone the fingers joining in Thanks for the videos
The shop must have been empty when you shot this, I could hear the indicator on surface of the stock . As always, love to watch you work. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Hi Adam I would be scared as hell trying to work to those exack measurements. But I guess it's all in a day's work to you with all the great long term experience you have. When I say that I can't imagine how much that size cold rolled steel would cost if I was to mess it up. Certainly can't be cheap. I wouldn't like to guess. Love the work you do Adam
Nice video and editing as always. Thanks for sharing all those insights, helped me a lot understanding and putting more puzzle pieces together. Would say you also got me converting to inches quite regularly. It's pretty weird working with a different measurement system as the numbers totally don't correlate. I had to turn fits once, which put weird numbers in my head. Wished I could run your feedrates, but that would most likely snap my parts ;p
Nice work, was wondering if you leave the steady rest in there for a reason? Just in case you need it again? when you get to the point where you're turning between centers. Thanks for the Video!
Im from brazil. Sempre assisto seus vídeos. Trabalho com metalugica também. A empresa e do meu pai vou dar continuidade e quero que meu filho continua também. Abraços.
Your radial dimensions are very precise, "half-thou", and yet the overall length can be eyeballed with a ruler? Does the overall length not matter as much? If you needed it to be very precise, how would you measure that?Cool stuff, as always! Thanks
As AvE said - Abom79 is a guy who takes big chunk of metal and turns it to tiny something ))))
Great video, thanks Adam
90% of machining is quarry work: breaking big rocks into little rocks. I routinely machine titanium forgings. I like to say that I remove 75% of the material to get at the nougatty goodness inside, lol
ain't that what mars bars are? sneaky snickers it could also.
I'm always floored by your level of experience. I'd be freakin' out about that shaft not cleaning up all the way- and here you are cool as a cucumber- "hey, we'll just put the big ass keyway there." Fun to watch, as always!
Boy... I'll tell ya, that your grandfather and father would be very proud of the work you have carried on in there name.
You have done well young Skywalker. Very nice quality work you do.
Michael
One of your character traits that I like is just how easily you take your time to make sure the thing is right. You make it look effortless.
Nice to see someone else making heavy cuts. I see so many RUclips machinists taking little piddly cuts, it’s nice to see the machine actually breathing a little hard. Great job Adam.
Jessie VaineoHurst Yep. My boss threatens to fire us for taking cuts less than .100...he prefers .250
chris0tube I totally understand the reason behind it. It’s just nice to see someone other than me taking heavy cuts. I usually around .300” per side in steel on my Bullard.
Jessie VaineoHurst I’ve taken an .800” face cut before but did not film it. It was more of experimenting.
Abom79 that’s a hell of a face cut. On a Bullard CutMaster at work, the largest cuts I ever did was .400” per side ID, .400” per side OD, and .300” on the face all at the same time.
My little Logan Lathe can only take so much.
Adam, you are a good machinist with a whole bucket full of skills. Nice to see. And not a CNC machine in sight. Brilliant!
23:30 I've watched you do this 100 times but it still impresses me how quick and accurate you are at doing it!
"Swedish shaft roughing in". 30 years ago that video title would have sold a million in adult shops.
LOL.
Today, it would get a million downloads.
Hi Adam, Here I sit in the Bay Area in my den watching you.
You are the best thing on RUclips. Thanks
Big fan, Abom! Never had in interest in machining or metallurgy until I came across your channel. Now i'm so enthralled, I catch myself losing an hour or two sometimes watching your videos, haha.
You got to love those fix perfect inserts on 4140 👍🏻
I been away...and so glad to come back and see you still making the most excellent parts from big honking hunks of metal! Truly a joy to watch you, a consummate craftsman so casually performing superior excellence and capturing it so well for us to experience through your awesome videographic skill. Thank you. Please do keep on with your truly blessed life activities!
Terrific video and I really appreciate the way you take the time to explain in detail every step of the procedure.
I really appreciate you taking the time out to show us the metric measurements, it shows you care about your viewers 👍
Adam I admire your way of working, never in a hurry and "let it sit to cooldown overnight" that will result in Top quality work.
Thumbs-up man.
Hi, I'm a mechanical turner too, but this year I left my profession. I've been a trader here in BRasil for 22 years and it's a beautiful profession. Parabens, you have a lot of good machines. Keep it up. A hug from Wesley Miranda, your friend from profession.
And I have to add, this is one of the best visual feasts so far!
A buddy of mine is a CNC operator by trade who doesn't know how to operate a lathe or set up mills and such, but always tells people he's a machinist. I told him to watch your videos and then tell me he's still a machinist and not a button masher. Needless to say, he was very humbled by how much he doesn't know. Thanks for teaching us all more with what you know, and don't ever stop learning more about your own trade and craft.
thejohnnybob Just because one handles a different kind of machines one isn't a machinist?
Arne Schwarz A machinist can not only run a lathe, milling machine, etc, but they can feel the machines and parts they run and will generally be able to make a tighter tolerance part versus a CNC machine (to an extent of course). A CNC operator can program a design into a computer and hit a button. Yes, the operator needs to know a lot of the same feeds and speeds a machinist does, but for the most part, the software he or she uses will tell them what an acceptable feed rate is for a given tool and given matterial.
thejohnnybob well ok, i guess it's a question of how you define words then.
Arne Schwarz I just see a lot more skill involved in machining on a lathe and mill versus a CNC machine. Either way, both a machinist and a CNC operator are more skilled than I am in their trades.
Thanks for sharing the big turning jobs, takes me back 20+ years when I used to to very similar work myself. :)
Gotta love the Pacemaker!! That machine is a monster. I enjoy watching it hog through metal and never grunt! Thanks Adam
you do show the finest of detail to the viewers as to mic'ing and dialing in your pieces. Novice would enjoy this detail when learning.
TWO videos in one day!? After we thought there would be NONE until January??!!
BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT EVAR!
Seriously though Adam, thanks for finding time to up some more content for us. Hope you, your family, and your friends have an awesome holiday!
Man you know your tools ! I can't believe you could take that much off of that shaft at one time without destroying the insert !!
These videos just get better and better.
I’d work for this bloke for free just to learn some of his skill and craftsmanship. Superb, and thanks
Greetings from Munich / Germany... every Video is so amazing! I like it! Thank you!
Great video! This was sitting in my Watch Later for months... can't imagine why it took me so long to discover your channel!?
Love the picture at the end that is presumably you, your Dad and Grandfather.
Subscribed!
Adam, love watching these heavy-duty shafts being fabricated. Hope to continue seeing you film operations at work.
Very nice videos to watch and relax and finally one in a language I understand, metric. :))
Thanks for letting us watch you work Adam. Mad skills for sure!
All the knowledge that you have, one word: incredible. Greetings from Belgium.
For some reason I just really like watching lathe work being done. It amazed me some of the large cuts he made on this project.
greetings from Umeå middle north of Sweden! :)
Boy,seems to me that Adam is pretty hard on tools, just look at that poor old chuck key. I never get tired of watching this big stuff get machined
I know this is4 years old but the finishes you get are unreal !
Adam - thank-you for another year of great videos. You have the knack to inform and be entertaining. Enjoy your Christmas cruise and I am looking forward to the new year and more fun videos. PS The huge stuff you machine at work is just amazing...
Dear god Adam you weren't wrong you said this steel squeals it sounds like a Banshee. Great video look forward to them every weekend.
Hi Adam, I never get tired of watching you work. It just inspires me to up my game when I'm at my job. Here's wishing you and Abby have a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. Looking forward to Abom79 2018, keep the videos rolling pal, nicely done!!
Patrick Sullivan Thanks!
OK, New T shirt---"Gotta love a 4 Jaw Chuck" . With graphics of course!
Very interesting project looking forward to the next step
Any drummers out there? I just discovered Abom79 today and have watched 6 videos, know nothing about machining (other than helping an old friend who machined Swiss screws write his resume), and am now mesmerized by this stuff. Re the drummer reference - when Adam tightens and loosens the lugs (wrong term, I’m sure) on that big round metal thing, I think of tuning my drum heads before a gig. No drummer I know of enjoys it, but it’s necessary. But here, it’s mandatory! Anyway, I love this channel!
It’s called a chuck. And he’s loosening and or tightening certain jaws to make sure that big hunk of steel runs true. An off center load can make even a big machine do the chacha
These massive pieces I think are even more interesting to watch.
Watching the rain of hot steel chips turn blue is strangely satisfying. Thanks for letting us ride along, Adam. :)
Good stuff as always Adam. I listen more than watch these because I am working but I can picture whats going on.
ATB, Robin
Hi Adam you are without a doubt one of the best teachers/ instructors on the internet. I think that you should delete all the negative comments, as they are all none producers of anything. Concentrate on enjoying your life and continue to produce your video's as you envision them. I know that your grandad and your dad would be so proud of you just like your mom is. Have a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to you, Abby and family. regards bruce
chris0tube You May not see them but I do get a few hateful, in insulting comments here and there. A few of them I do delete upon reading them because there’s no need in it, and quite frankly some comments can just ruin a creators day or mood. I’m all open for equal opportunity discussion and opinions but no need it posting insults.
I was impressed with how well you levelled that strap when you turned the shaft around. Regards Chris
Awesome work - glad I've returned after a spell away from the site!
Great work! Looks like you know what ur doing. Thanks for the video.
I like that metric stuff.. greetings from Germany. ;o)
Frank Angermann ,
In Australia we have to be flexible enough to use both systems; despite officially using SI since 1976!
Bernd Felsche, i really believe the metric system is easier, but in the end of the day, what ever works is good. If i had only imperial scales i would have to cry and handle with it. Here in Germany they use imperial measures and threads for piping, and for loudspeakers as well so we don’t get free from it as well...
Hearing you say Mil after all that millimeter, made me jump for joy HAHA Have a Great Chrissy from all of us in Western Australia
Merry Christmas Adam, if it were not for your good work...(and Kieth Fenner) ...I dont know if I would be graduating this spring or not, you guys helped me get my Degree thanks man. Keep up the good work. :)
JIMMY MyMtv That’s awesome man! Big congratulations!
Great videos thanks for giving us the heads up in metric ☺️
Awesome machining channel
Maybe in the future you can make a video about how those gears are made.
Beautiful golden straw colour on those chips as they curled around... rapidly fading into that amazing deep blue. Wow!
Yeah nice! Use that carbide ;-) Unfortunately I got a little arm hair and those little suckers love sticking when the chip breaker starts popping those little sixes and 9s lol
Excelente trabajo maestro bendiciones.
Thanks for the bonus, hope it is a great vacation!
Loving the camera work..and metric conversions..
Adam cool stuff. While I love the English system and usually work in it. I work on a lot of Metric crusher and machine parts, I used to use English tools. It was a pain in the ass after it became a regular thing. So I took the advice printed on a Caterpillar conversion chart I have. "If you build Metric parts, use Metric tools" It helps eliminates conversion errors and saves time. A little patience and careful ebay scrutiny has netted me a reasonably priced nice set of Starrett & Mitutoyo tools out to 500mm or so. Inside & out. And those Mitutoyo large mics I have bought are really nice tools in hand. Merry Christmas, and happy new year. I hope you are enjoying your Vacation. keep the good stuff coming in 2018
Merry Christmas. May you double your viewers in 2018.
Great job Adam always like to see the big American lathe in action.
damn!!!! he can center a four jaw independent chuck faster than i can tight my three jaw chuck. thanks for sharing abom!
Just gotta keep practicing
Hello from Finland!
Not finished video but thumbs WAY UP !!! Nonetheless Adam. My very best for your's Abby's and your family's Christmas hoping you all are warm and happy along with my bigger thanks for this year of videos ive enjoyed thoroughly they are not only entertainment but have got me through days of massive depression. I suffer pretty bad even when alone. Alex
Great watching you machine as always.
Awesome video thanks for sharing Adam.
Awesome videos I'm so glad I found your channel merry Brother and happy new year be safe
Adam you have taught me a lot, but now I humble believe that I must suggest you a tool to speed up your metering (6:40) that I use since I was a teenager... I believe that a Mitutoyo bore gauge set 511-932 it's what you need. It's easy, fast and 100% reliable. It helps you to measure thru the whole length and to control the cylindrical shape. No more double measure 😊
Roberto Maddalena We have internal tri-mics up to 6” at work and I use them sometimes. We want to keep investing in larger sizes.
I've used them too in my former job, and I appreciate so much that kind of tools especially when I'm building something new. I hope to convince my father to buy some of them for our shop because they are so fast to use! But, when I must cope with old stuff to repair or check a very deep bore ... In my humble opinion...The bore gauge has something more to offer. It tells you exactly where a cylindrical deformation is, or it can "jump" over a journal shoulder.
It's just my opinion mate! Thanks for your answer.
thank you for your nice vids! greetings from Austria !
That giant chip at 19:40 would be a nice thing to have in a picture frame.
Very interesting that you let it sit overnight so it cools down and moves if it wants to move. Very similar to woodworking when we do what we call step-milling. Wood moves a whole lot more than steel, so even if it's been kiln dried we still like to rough mill it oversized and then let it acclimate for a period of time before final milling and cutting of joinery.
Swedish shaft roughing in? Now that’s a title! Jättebra!!
Thanks Adam - have a very happy Christmas and New Year!
I think these videos are so.interesting!
swedish shafts .. reminds me of my day job at phub
i also enjoy the wrist motion to 'rock it' - 05:22 - let alone the fingers joining in
Thanks for the videos
The shop must have been empty when you shot this, I could hear the indicator on surface of the stock . As always, love to watch you work. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
next level expert ! Next Level Machine shop
Great video, cheers Adam
Career "Machinist", Career "Videography",___________ Abby? Time for all AMAZING!
Nice video... 1 mm = .03937" no matter what anyone says is the best system ... all comes down to peoples will and ability to put it to work truly.
Man what a shiny perfect finish! 😍
"I'm just rubbin it. It's not tight, it's just rubbin. Just a little bit of friction there." 😂
sounds like my dentist
Hi Adam I would be scared as hell trying to work to those exack measurements. But I guess it's all in a day's work to you with all the great long term experience you have. When I say that I can't imagine how much that size cold rolled steel would cost if I was to mess it up. Certainly can't be cheap. I wouldn't like to guess. Love the work you do Adam
I like holding it just so to rock it with my wrist too! technique is everything
Abom79 you are a true master. awesome
Nice video and editing as always. Thanks for sharing all those insights, helped me a lot understanding and putting more puzzle pieces together. Would say you also got me converting to inches quite regularly. It's pretty weird working with a different measurement system as the numbers totally don't correlate. I had to turn fits once, which put weird numbers in my head. Wished I could run your feedrates, but that would most likely snap my parts ;p
What happens to all the used metal shavings, do they get recycled?
Fun to watch! Thanks.
Nice work, was wondering if you leave the steady rest in there for a reason? Just in case you need it again? when you get to the point where you're turning between centers. Thanks for the Video!
A big Merry Christmas from just down the street in Crestview.
Merry Christmas. Hope you have a great time with Abby.
Metric jobs in the US, that’s news to me. Impressed how you manage metric and imperial mixed. Great to watch.
Jojje 3000 If it's on a blueprint, we do it. Imperial, Metric, or Russian Arshin...it doesn't matter.
As long as you know how to use a calculator you should be fine ;-)
I frequently make a mess, did I convert this one...was it divide by or multiply...did I sum mm to inces
Love watching this stuff, don't do it anymore so I get my fix with your vids
The cutting sound and finish reminds me of 4340. Nice vid, you make it look easy but I know from experience a job like this is carefully planned out.
Nice heavy turning!
Hi there
I like your workflow, nice one!
Happy Christmas, for you and your family.
Greetings from Germany
WolF
I was kind of amazed that the chuck was able to support that big shaft. I had half expected it to sag and start to fall out of the chuck.
dcw56 Oh it’ll hold much more then that. 😎
Im from brazil. Sempre assisto seus vídeos. Trabalho com metalugica também. A empresa e do meu pai vou dar continuidade e quero que meu filho continua também. Abraços.
Boy howdy! Making some big chips for sure! You and Abby have a great vacation Adam and a Merry Christmas.
Your radial dimensions are very precise, "half-thou", and yet the overall length can be eyeballed with a ruler? Does the overall length not matter as much? If you needed it to be very precise, how would you measure that?Cool stuff, as always! Thanks
holy cow I did not think that chuck would hold that piece, really thought you were messing with us
You are one HELL OF AN ENGINE LATHE MAN !!!