Machine Shop Tours: Always Sunny in the Shop
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- Опубликовано: 24 сен 2020
- Machinist and RUclipsr Aaron Durda (@AlwaysSunnyintheShop) gave us a tour of his neat shop and showed us some of the most recent restoration projects he's been working on.
Located in the hot and sunny Phoenix area, Aaron approached the machining trade in 2017 and has been hooked ever since.
Ever since he discovered his passion for the metalworking, Aaron has been spending his time building his shop. In particular, he focused his efforts on buying, restoring, and selling vintage pieces of machinery such as vises or drill presses.
The star of his shop is a Monarch Lathe series 60 featuring a powered compound, a quite uncommon characteristic that makes this model pretty special.
To learn more about Aaron's shop and his restoration projects, visit his RUclips channel @AlwaysSunnyintheShop or follow his popular Instagram page ( / aaron.durda .
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I’m impressed what you’ve done in such a short period of time. I’ve been a journeyman toolmaker since 1972. 5 years later I started my own shop. All manual machines until business grew enough for the first CNC. First one is the hardest lol. After that about one new one a year. Today I’m totally retired after selling to my sons. It’s great seeing new ppl get into this fascinating and rewarding business. Wish you the very best. BTW I am so envious you got that awesome Deckle for that price! That’s insane! And when you learn it you’ll love it. Trust me. 👍🏼👍🏼
I have to say I am extremely impressed with what you have been able to accomplish in such a short time. As an engineer who has been involved with machining for 64 years, (yeah you read that right) I am glad to see someone interested in the trade. I have owned my own shop for 37 years and I love machinery. That Monarch lathe has features that I have never seen before and it is a great piece. Most of the equipment in my shop today is CNC, but that would fit right in. You've managed to compile a nice group of machines, and your restorations are beautiful. If you ever decided to open a shop I think you'd do well, but if you decided to open a museum you'd probably do just as well. Thanks for the tour!
Thanks for the tour. I am 70 years old and just starting. Never did any of this stuff before. I really enjoy your Chanel. Hope to see more.
Thanks Santo, I'll continue sharing what I'm working on!
This is also my favorite lathe. Thank you for showing it
wow. now that guy keeps the shop clean
Fantastic shop and killer tools. Well done sir!
Very envious! Beautiful job in very short time
G'day Aaron, everything about your shop is a credit to you. The first time I saw your intro I was really impressed - clean lathe, and everything organised. I was particularly envious of your drawer full of drills with dividers. I'm pleased to say I now have a long desired set of drawers, with drills, taps, cutting tools, etc. all organised and labelled using the same trays that you used. Keep up the great work!
Aaron,
You have done very well with only three years experience...
Take care
Paul,,
Been waiting patiently for this shop tour and you didn't disappoint. Thank you and congratulations! See you on Always Sunny in the Shop soon. Cheers!
Excellent tour video . Well equipped shop. You’ve done a great job restoring the tools.
Wow I am amazed! You are so talented AWESOME
AWESOME
My suggestion,
1)Air tank keep outside building-safety first.
2)Keep cutting tools in the box piece by piece or keep vertically to avoid cutting edge damage.
3)All storage tools and equiment need to have a tag so they know where is it.
Aaron,
Thank you for the shop tour. We purchased a Sharp knee mill in the mid 1990's to upgrade from a Bridgeport Series II. I was down on it for being an import machine, but it proved itself very well. Fit and finish was very nice. Repair was infrequent and I found that the areas that I worked included impressive engineering. Parts for it were sometimes challenging having to source from west coast distributor and parts coming out of the Pacific rim. I grew to think that Sharp was a class act.
Burr King are class machines. I tried to get our shop to upgrade, but we were deeply committed to Kalamazoo and/or Baldor for that size machine. We had Wilton and some others for our 6" belt and belt and disc machines. I managed to get one if those Wilton's for $100 for my home shop when we did some shop equipment liquidation. We repurposed a 3 phase power cord plug to use on a repurposed 3 phase branch circuit. I suspect that most of the home shop buyers steered clear of the 3 phase equipment. Being the maintenance man insider, I knew what I was buying!
I suspected that you were in industrial tooling/supplies sales from hints you have previously dropped. I worked for the same shop for my entire career, which honed me into "our shop" expert, but limited me on what could have been gained by being in and out of others shops. Our shop philosophy was to purchase designed for the purpose equipment and my philosophy was to repair and maintain to OEM specifications. We had a panoply of brands throughout the shop, but were vastly loyal to Mazak for milling and turning. Mazak CNC inventory was around 22 machines. The other 20-30 major machines were a smattering of other brands. When I started in 1982 we still did lots of manual machining, but CNC was the future. I was already a skilled electrician. The company needed my skills for CNC troubleshooting and for maintaining facility power distribution. I learned my precision mechanic skills on the job, having no previous machine shop experience. I was just a young buck in my 20's and I grew up with a company that expanded from $8M to approaching $200M annual sales before I retired.
Watching you take such a rapid deep dive for a home shop is a lot of fun.
Awesome shop Aaron. Great room and machines. Thanks for the tour!
Wow! That deckel pantograph was a steal!
Good on you for saving all this fine machinery.
Figured you were in sales, you seem to have a knack for making good deals. If more of guys like you were around, lots of good old iron would get a second life, instead of rusting away.
Gday Aaron, very nice setup there, I’ve always enjoyed your projects that you have done, the lathe is a beautiful machine, I hope you keep doing videos for many years to come because I’ll be here watching, take care mate, cheers Matty
Thanks very much, Matty!
Dream workshop man unreal ❤️👍
You are the master of organization in your humidity free desert oasis!
Enjoyed.....tool envy here...lol
Thanks Chuck. You've got quite the trove of treasures yourself!
New to this channel. Spent 20 years in metal manufacturing. Degree in Machine Tool Technology. Been out for quite awhile. Went into the "office" as engineering staff. Very impressed with your accomplishments! Thank you! Miss that smell and the blue chips! Lol
Very inspiring. I am just starting learning machining. Your shop gives me great ideas!
Aaron, great job. Thanks for sharing your cool stuff. Gary
Two of the major commandment for any shop, one is to protect your floor space... every piece of equipment should pass muster as far as usefulness, capability vs floor space. Obviously this is less of an issue in a 10,000 square foot facility than a thousand aquare feet.
Second key commandment is capability. I am very impressed with your choices. There is probably no better lathe built by human hands than your Monarch. The shaper with auto downfeed and universal table, and the original vise.... what a score. I would suspect the panagraph, is a cool machine but one day it will succumb to the commandments and be replaced by a laser engraver/cutter.
You spoke of wanting to be able to cut large stock.... build a blade holder for the shaper, turn it into a once in a while power hacksaw, you'll be able to cut I-beams if you desire or rail iron. Slow yes, but a power hacksaw is almost as mesmerizing as a shaper use.
The Rollin saw, the only saw I have seen better is the one Fireball has, an auto feed Marvel .... which takes up a lot of space.
Thank you for the tour, and five stars for the shop you are creating.
Beautiful shop and thanks for the tour.
Beautiful lathe no doubt. Almost makes me pop open a lawn chair crack a cold one, and stare at it.
I have spent plenty of time after a project and just kinda enjoyed sitting at the welding table, looking at the lathe. Functional and beautiful.
nice guy, nice shop
*_Another awesome tour! Thanks for publishing these and sharing. I am a woodworker, but have a long machining resume so I follow a bunch of these types of channels. I already follow Keith Rucker and Abom79, but this guy is a new one and I will surely stop by his channel!!_*
Excellent shop tour, thanks Aaron
really cool shop tour. already seen the lathe, but didn't know the history. also hadn't seen the rest of the shop and some of the other equip. love those cabinets.
Like your shop, amazing work. Will be watching, thank you.
Amazing shop!
I found your channel through one of the Facebook pages were both on. You do really good work👍
My excuse for my mouth watering is it is supper time, and I'm sticking to it!
Very well done restoring the machines! Subscribed!
Oh my God 🥴🌪️this is a wonderful shop✌🏿💎
You have a beautiful shop Aaron!
Thanks Ignacio it’s a work in progress and I’m pretty happy with it.
Awesome shop Aaron! Well done. Still the nicest lathe on RUclips.
BTW, if your grinder takes a long time to wind down, it typically means the bearings are dry. If they start growling, it’s time to replace them.
I too blame Adam Booth for my lathe obsession.. :D
Hi Aaron, just found your channel, same as you been into machining about 3 years but could restore and make things, Abom69 is very inspirational
Nice.
You got a deal on those strong hold cabinets. I would love to find something similar.
Yeah buddy they are fantastic. Be really good for a shop like yours where I’m sure dust is an issue with the big door open and everything you have is super sized and heavy.
You can use a machining center for a lathe much easier than you can use a cnc lathe for a mill. Just put a lathe tool in the vise and put the stock in an ER collet in the spindle. ,touch off the stock like you would a tool . set y as the tool is centered on the stock and make simultaineous moves in Z and X , Instead of G17 use G19. it's good for short parts sometimes.
I like the shop tours, but I would like it even more if the videos started with a slow pan of the shop showing the overall layout, etc.
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Nice! You are local. I'm in Gilbert. Enjoyed the video. Your saw looks fantastic! I'm going to message you on IG.
Nice tour, thanks. Did I see a Rucker straight edge on your bench?
Good eye! That is the first ever Rucker straight edge, ground and scraped by the man himself. I was the lucky winner at the Summer Bash last year and got to bring it home along with a Vintage Machinery embroidered apron.
I would like to purchase the Deckel if you would have any interest in selling it. I understand that in is worth a lot more than what you purchased it for. Very Nice shop, question about your cut out shapes for your cabinet with the mic's and stuff, how did you do the cut outs ?
I live in parker az and was wondering how you find business closing or where is your favorite place to look for deals? I like how clean your videos are i get new organizational tips all the time.
Mostly Craigslist. Have to be the early bird on good deals- I have a CL app to send me alerts on a few things, and otherwise just check it a few times a day in Tools, Heavy Equipment, and Materials. Have to get lucky, but being on there frequently is key.
That's a very nice and clean shop. May I ask where you bought those little red boxes seen at 0:03 ?
Those are made by Lista (part of Stanley Black and Decker). I have a video on my channel about organizing drills and have a link on there for where to buy these.
@@AlwaysSunnyintheShop Thank you so much!
LOL I spent half a day on a construction job as a teenager looking for the board stretcher my foreman told me to find
You got it made in the USA, try having that in your home garage at home here in the UK? here in the UK youd be considered a freak, a pariah if you admitted to folk you like machining, but the UK is an absolute dump going from bad to much much worse! my younger brother lives in Roseville California and hes told me to get and join him there, but at 61 with my shop here im way too old and skint to! ;-)
I wondered why people were looking at me funny.. not that my garage has a lathe as big as Aaron's; in fact I'm not sure a lathe as big as Aaron's would fit in my garage! So I make do with a little Myford ML7 :)
How much did it cost to ship that?
Love the shop I’m guessing you spent hours before the shoot making everything perfect
Just got it to a normal level of tidiness- if I ever have an open house, that’s when I’ll get down and dirty to clean up the hidden messes 😂
I just purchased a lablond lathe 19 in swing 54 inch center. I have never done anything on a lathe or a mill but can’t wait to get started. Should I be thinking of buying a smaller chuck and a smaller tool post to work on smaller parts like 1/8 in diameter.
Not necessarily a smaller tool post, but larger chucks won't usually clamp down on a part 1/8" in diameter. You can also look at getting a collet chuck- it will be more accurate and you can get collets down even smaller than 1/8".
AlwaysSunnyintheShop thanks I was really impressed when you said you have only been doing this for 3 years . Just starting at 70 gives me some hope that with some work I will continue to learn and be able to make something. Thanks again
Santo Pezzotti, I have three LeBlond lathes. Two 13's and one 17. I have completely restored one of the 13's and the 17. I will be working on the other 13 as soon as I get my house rebuilt. Reason I am commenting directly to you is I would be glad to help you with anything you need in running or fixing or restoring your LeBlond. I love these old machines and have learned a lot about them by rebuilding mine. Let me know if I can help you in any way. Danny...
Danny Wilsher Thanks I am 70 years old never ran a mill or lathe or surface grinder I just purchased all three expect delivery at the end of October I’m working on my shop to be able to except them so I’m looking for all the help I can I will definitely take advantage of Your offer. Are you in Machinist or a hobbyist how long have you been doing it. I could see that there’s so much to learn but I’m excited about it and looking forward to it
@@santopezzotti730 I owned a machine shop back when I was younger and was building race cars. That was in the early 80's. I have been doing machining most of my life and still like learning new things. I live in Houston, Texas. My email is danny@dannywilsher.com . If I don't get back with you quickly, it's because I don't check email that often. Contact me here on RUclips if you want also!!! Let me know if I can help.
Very nice video but it does not count as your weekly video let’s get to the editing
Lol you’re strict!!
I just enjoy seeing your videos but I might get a two for one this week
It also helps to be wealthy...
You spend a lot of time cleaning and painting. I see no chips.
Lot of nice machinery, but I'm more interested in what you can do with them. This channel appears to be more oriented to collecting and fixing machinery, not so much machining and fabrication.
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