Steam Stoker Engine Project: Machining the Cross Head Ways on the Metal Planer

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 24 янв 2025

Комментарии • 775

  • @RotarySMP
    @RotarySMP 15 дней назад +211

    Be careful Keith, we need you. That machine could crush your arm in a flash.
    .... (watched the rest of the video....)
    Oh shit. Keith, stay in the shop, it is safer.
    I wish you a speedy and complete recovery.

    • @Galerak1
      @Galerak1 15 дней назад +25

      I thought the same as you when I saw his arm in a sling 🤣
      Saying that, I was more glad that it wasn't his head from when he kept sticking his face in there lol
      Best wishes Keith 👍

    • @tommyhartman
      @tommyhartman 14 дней назад +2

      When I watched it, I was thinking there is some OSHA guy screaming at the screen right now. His is only wife that has to tell her husband to go out to the shop to keep him safe.

    • @darkhorsegarage9623
      @darkhorsegarage9623 14 дней назад +3

      I was afraid it would smash his head.

    • @christianflinkerbusch7612
      @christianflinkerbusch7612 14 дней назад +4

      I thought exactly the same when I saw him sticking his head and arm in the machine and when I saw his arm in a sling I also thought „shit it must be completely crushed“ but I wish you all the best Keith. Stay save

    • @mikelawry1974
      @mikelawry1974 14 дней назад +4

      Get well soon Keith.

  • @mariusj8542
    @mariusj8542 15 дней назад +176

    Sorry to hear about your arm! Hope you heal up fast-take it easy, you’re important to all of us.

  • @DavePainter-g7i
    @DavePainter-g7i 14 дней назад +81

    I keep telling my wife that yard work and other things on her honey-do list are dangerous and that I'm safer in the shop. It hasn't worked yet but maybe after watching this video she'll change her mind. Thanks for taking one for the team! Wishing you a quick and complete recovery.

  • @johngreatorex1234
    @johngreatorex1234 14 дней назад +46

    Hi Keith, I’m a 78 year old hobbyist here in the UK and I’ve realised at my age I have to take a lot more care because I can’t do what I used to do although I think I can! I love your channel, I don’t think I’ve missed an episode in the last five years. Get well soon and keep safe. Best regards, John

    • @WillyBemis
      @WillyBemis 14 дней назад

      First, take care of yourself and get well soon! Second, I’m so happy to see the steam stoker engine up on the metal planer. It’s exciting to see these two projects come together like this.

  • @leriksenbendigo
    @leriksenbendigo 15 дней назад +18

    I've never been hurt in a situation where I've thought "this could be dangerous", it's always been "I need to get this silly job done quickly" - so stay in the dangerous workshop Keith !!!

    • @truracer20
      @truracer20 14 дней назад +7

      exactly, I've spent my life in construction working at heights, driving racecars, and mountain biking yet it's mundane daily life stuff where I get 'hurt'. I've done amateur level downhill mountain biking and never got seriously injured yet riding a bike on a paved bike trail I wasn't paying attention and went over the bars and broke a rib.

  • @DAKOTANSHELBY
    @DAKOTANSHELBY 14 дней назад +30

    The Revenge of the Stoker Engine - Oh no! Get well soon Keith. Appreciate your efforts in getting this video out.

    • @estruble
      @estruble 14 дней назад +1

      Between all the time Adam and Keith have put into that engine and now his injuries... You're right. it's cursed.

    • @121AHC-mt7hj
      @121AHC-mt7hj 14 дней назад

      That stoker is Jinxed?

  • @diederik998
    @diederik998 15 дней назад +55

    Get well soon!

  • @joseantoniofernandez8827
    @joseantoniofernandez8827 15 дней назад +21

    My best wishes on your recovery. We can wait for you Keith!

  • @jonunya3128
    @jonunya3128 15 дней назад +18

    take your time healing up. we will be here, best wishes!

  • @TL-rl9xk
    @TL-rl9xk 15 дней назад +21

    Good luck with the injury. We’ll be here when you return. Heal up and take care of yourself first and foremost.

  • @apachesmokewoundedsniper
    @apachesmokewoundedsniper 15 дней назад +13

    Hopefully the healing will go smoothly, wish you a speedy recovery

  • @petegraham1458
    @petegraham1458 14 дней назад +13

    Prayers for complete and full recovery!
    The planer is working beautifully in my opinion, wonderful to see a vintage machine restoring another vintage machine.

  • @boe4448
    @boe4448 10 дней назад +1

    Keith,
    Sorry to hear this unfortunate news. Praying you have a speedy full recovery. God bless. Boe 🙏🙏

  • @sstem2169
    @sstem2169 14 дней назад +1

    I had a dear friend (who has since passed away) who always insisted that: “getting old ain’t for sissies!!! Now that I am 65, I totally understand what he was talking about. Don’t be a hero. Do what the doctor says and don’t rush the process on our account! Wishing you the best of luck and a speedy recovery!!!

    • @TgWags69
      @TgWags69 14 дней назад +1

      I knew a fella that said that all the time too. And he fought in the battle of the bulge. I think he thought getting old was worse.

  • @robertlewis2
    @robertlewis2 14 дней назад +17

    Best wishes for a speedy recovery. I am really enjoying this project, maching an 80 year old part with a 120 year old planer.

  • @stephenwilson7641
    @stephenwilson7641 13 дней назад +2

    Hi Keith,
    Welcome to the club. Two years ago I took a fall and broke my left wrist, thumb and ring finger. Wrist still hurts. I'm now 74, but act like I'm 24. Take it easy for a while and get well.

  • @marclattoni1959
    @marclattoni1959 15 дней назад +6

    Ouch! Please take your time to heal. We can wait and will be here when you're back in action.

  • @thirzapeevey2395
    @thirzapeevey2395 14 дней назад +10

    Praying for you, Keith. Don't take a combination of a puncture wounds and broken bones lightly. My hubby caught his hand in a leather sewing machine years ago and ripped off a nail and broke the bone under it. ER docs told him they consider that to be a compound fracture, as the risks of infection are the same. Take care of yourself. I am thrilled to see this project progressing, finally. It just shows that this was probably the kind of machine this engine was built on, and sometimes the old ways can do things that modern methods can't. I can't imagine how proud you are going to be when this thing finally runs. There aren't many people who would spend several years restoring a 130 year old machine in order to be able to do the job. There is no quit in you.

  • @one4stevo
    @one4stevo 15 дней назад +10

    O man i was excited to finally see some machining on that engine. then Dam.. Sorry to hear about your broke your hand Keith. Take it easy and Get well soon buddy.

  • @Ham68229
    @Ham68229 15 дней назад +51

    Watching you stick your arm inside that block with the machine running, that was my first thoughts. Glad it wasn't the machine. Sucks about the injury period. None of us are getting any younger. I'm 56 and finding my body doesn't want to do what I was able to do when in my 20's and 30's. Be safe, be careful and heal up quickly. Follow their directions Keith, helps with the recovery. Don't ask how I know. Lol get better

    • @ryanp0342
      @ryanp0342 15 дней назад +6

      Yeah I hope he sees one of these comments pointing it out.

    • @Galerak1
      @Galerak1 14 дней назад +3

      Fellow 56yr old here, you're not alone in finding out your body's not your friend any more. It sucks 🤣

    • @michaelscott8226
      @michaelscott8226 14 дней назад +4

      I'm 58 and work on airplanes for a living. I completely agree with you there. Would much rather be in my woodworking shop or sitting here watching Keith do his thing. Without him getting hurt, of course.

    • @thompsonjerry3412
      @thompsonjerry3412 14 дней назад +2

      Not exactly OSHA approved

    • @graymouser1
      @graymouser1 13 дней назад +2

      For me, it was when he was sticking his head down in there to see how it was going. Sure, the shaper moves slow, but it also won't stop when things go pear shaped.

  • @ottostasi197
    @ottostasi197 14 дней назад +5

    When you came back and I saw your arm in the sling I thought you had your arm caught in casting . That would have snapped your arm like a twig and a life changing injury . I'm glad that didn't happen . I hope you heal up quickly . That tool you made and the planer are workin out great , thanks for the video .

    • @longstroke1982
      @longstroke1982 14 дней назад

      I had the same thought. I was glad it wasn't the plane that got him.

  • @stevem3413
    @stevem3413 15 дней назад +8

    Sorry about the accident prayers for a speedy recovery. No worries man we will be here. I'll be watching some of the older ones to continue learning thanks for sharing skills

  • @RichardHassett
    @RichardHassett 11 дней назад

    Sorry for your injury, but so grateful that it's yard related and not machine related. Take care, heal well.

  • @georgescott1180
    @georgescott1180 12 дней назад +1

    I have been waiting for this to come back for years.

  • @Ideasite
    @Ideasite 14 дней назад +6

    Sorry about your injury. Glad it didn't happen on the planer! Get well soon.

  • @walterplummer3808
    @walterplummer3808 15 дней назад +4

    Good morning Keith! Sorry you are injured but I"m glad it was not worse. Rest and recover.Thanks

  • @lynnmorton7544
    @lynnmorton7544 11 дней назад

    Wow, it's the first we've seen of this project for at least 5 years
    Sorry about your injury, Keith

  • @sinjhguddu4974
    @sinjhguddu4974 15 дней назад +4

    And hope you recover as quickly as possible. You are a tough man. All the best.

  • @ulrichpfisterer6832
    @ulrichpfisterer6832 15 дней назад +6

    Get well soon, Keith! All the best from 🇩🇪

  • @bryansmant870
    @bryansmant870 15 дней назад +6

    Wishing you a speedy recovery!

  • @RinoaL
    @RinoaL 14 дней назад +1

    This video makes me glad I went a year without a hand injury for the first time in a while...

  • @EdwardSingbeil
    @EdwardSingbeil 15 дней назад +5

    That is such a neat old machine , thanks for saving it. I watched the entire restoration series, well done Sir. Get on the mend and get well soon so you can continue the work on the stoker engine.
    You are a legend Sir.

  • @JoaoDaLindinha
    @JoaoDaLindinha 14 дней назад +1

    Get well soon. In the meantime, I'll watch some of those older playlists.

  • @Xarthis
    @Xarthis 15 дней назад +9

    Hope your recovery will go well. Thank you for showing the progress on the planer. You explain it very well.

  • @organbuilder272
    @organbuilder272 15 дней назад +2

    You like like you are dressed for cold, Keith. You must be proud of what you did with that machine. Incredible job of it.hose tool built what we have today. Before you went out to play with stick and stones, you should remember they break your bones. Sad story but glad to hear nothing is serious and you're going to be okay.

    • @dickdaley9059
      @dickdaley9059 14 дней назад

      It’s at 32f in the morning here in south Georgia. Old bones don’t much care for that…

  • @GeorgeWMays
    @GeorgeWMays 14 дней назад +5

    Hope you heal up quickly. Time to reorganize, relabel, rearrange a bunch of stuff? 3D printing and laser cutting experiments and practice? I cannot imagine that there are not a bunch of cool stuff to do around the shop.... Thanks Keith. Appreciate all of your efforts....

  • @alanjs1
    @alanjs1 14 дней назад

    We all wish you a speedy recovery Keith. At least it will give you the chance for a rest! We look forward to your next video, but we'll wait with patients!! Lol.

  • @JonathanSargent-q7v
    @JonathanSargent-q7v 14 дней назад +2

    I'm sure the thing that hurts most is the lost time in the shop! Heal well and don't rush it - the shop and your viewers will be here when you're back to yourself.

  • @mattrich680
    @mattrich680 12 дней назад

    Wishing you a speedy recovery! Amazing how after all the attempts to restore this engine, it takes an old, belt-driven machine to get the job done.

  • @Prewarpostwaramdmore
    @Prewarpostwaramdmore 14 дней назад +5

    Prayers for a speedy recovery.

  • @markosborne2650
    @markosborne2650 14 дней назад +2

    Dang it Keith. That's what happens when we start getting old hope that heals up for you soon. Take care don't push it to hard, and take care of yourself. We need you healthy.

  • @alantaylor1179
    @alantaylor1179 15 дней назад +4

    Get well soon Keith from West Chiltington England

  • @mrfarmall-vk4gw
    @mrfarmall-vk4gw 14 дней назад

    I been waiting 3 years for this episode and now your hurt!!! Get better soon bud!👍👍

  • @stephencrumpler1419
    @stephencrumpler1419 13 дней назад +1

    Hope you get better soon. Who would have guessed that I would love watching these videos. I am a retired LEO officer and now supervise at a rapid deployment center. I have done no machinery experience, but this fascinates me. Get well and we will be here when you return. You make this fun and you will again very soon.

  • @dannyl2598
    @dannyl2598 15 дней назад +1

    I'm sorry you got hurt. I hope everything heals well. Sometimes you are forced to sit down and take a break. I'm glad it wasn't any worse.

  • @timothysmith5769
    @timothysmith5769 13 дней назад +1

    And yet Another retired LEO commenting. Keith, best wishes for your rapid and successful recovery. Love your work. I'm lucky enough to have a friend who does all this stuff and has a at least as much machinery as you do. Because I occasionally get involved with it, I realize it's all fun and games for those of us who only have to watch the work. Take a little break, heal up, make some plans for the future while you're doing it and then come back to us. And remember, if this is the worst thing that happens to you in 2025, you'll be doing just fine.

  • @iamthetarget52
    @iamthetarget52 14 дней назад +3

    Yes ... Two of my favorite projects coming together.
    No ... Keith ... I will pray for your speedy recovery.

  • @mobiusflight5430
    @mobiusflight5430 15 дней назад +2

    So sorry to hear about your injury. Please rest and heal.

  • @zuke-ci4vd
    @zuke-ci4vd 14 дней назад +1

    And people think yardwork is easy! Little do they know. For someone how has just retired, you seem all the more busy! Take it easy. Rest up. Get well soon. We will all be here for more of your great videos!

  • @donwilliams3626
    @donwilliams3626 14 дней назад

    Mend well my friend. May your recovery be swift and pain free.

  • @nigelmerrifield4695
    @nigelmerrifield4695 14 дней назад +2

    Take care Keith and wish you a speedy recovery!

  • @damianvieira
    @damianvieira 14 дней назад

    Wish you a very fast recovery from Brazil. Take it as a kind of a forced vacation, hope you enjoy the recovery time doing other things you like.

  • @truckguy6666
    @truckguy6666 13 дней назад +2

    Dang it! This is like some cruel joke to that handful of guys that have been asking about the Stoker Engine in EVERY comment section for the last few years. REST UP the shop, projects, and viewers will all be here whenever you get back. NO RUSH!!!!!!!!

  • @cradd00
    @cradd00 14 дней назад +3

    Hoping for positive vibes from the orthopedist, and a quick painless recovery!

  • @MickHealey
    @MickHealey 14 дней назад

    Rotten luck about your arm Keith, and when it was all going so well. Take care and wishing you a speedy recovery.

  • @RalfyCustoms
    @RalfyCustoms 14 дней назад

    Lots of love to you and yours Keith, heal quickly buddy, that's what you get for straying out of the shop, seriously get well soon, rest and take it easy

  • @simonsallen
    @simonsallen 13 дней назад

    Gosh. I'm so sorry to hear that it was going so well. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Take things easy.

  • @zbradbell
    @zbradbell 13 дней назад

    I love all the little details of this machine, the original parts, and the things you added like the automatic oiler. It's a treat to watch, and I bet you had a lot of fun making it what it is. Hope you're all mended up soon!

  • @stephanetarte9425
    @stephanetarte9425 14 дней назад +2

    Sorry for you, Keith ! You take care and get some rest. We will all be there when you'll getting better. Stay safe !

  • @stewkingjr
    @stewkingjr 14 дней назад

    Welcome to old age! Sorry to hear about your hand, please get well soon!

  • @m9ovich785
    @m9ovich785 14 дней назад +1

    Ohh Gosh Keith, Happy Healling .
    We'll all be here.....

  • @jarniskat
    @jarniskat 14 дней назад

    Sorry to hear about your arm, get well soon Keith. Appreciate your efforts.

  • @patrickcolahan7499
    @patrickcolahan7499 14 дней назад +1

    Sorry to hear of your accident. Here is wishing you a speedy recovery.

  • @StevenJevnisek
    @StevenJevnisek 14 дней назад

    Hey Keith:
    Been there, done that, twice, and it sucks! If the doctor wants to put pins in to stabilize the break, tell him or her NO WAY.
    On my left hand fracture, (many years ago), they put my hand in a fiberglass cast. I built a deck with my hand in that cast!
    When I fell and broke my right hand in 2023, the doctor put three pins, essentially stainless nails, to stabilize the 5th metacarpal with the 4th metacarpal. The surgery was only about 15 minutes, and the pain meds lasted about 24 hours. Once the meds wore off, my hand hurt like hell! The pins were essentially cut to length with diagonal cutters, and were constantly poking the inside of my skin. For two months, I could not use my right hand, nor rest it on its outside edge. When the doctor went to pull the pins out, he gave me injections for the pain that necessarily go into the nerve. It felt like he hit me with 480VAC power!
    Oh, and a hint for the cast itch, use a long TyWrap to scratch inside the cast.
    Heal up soon, and BE CAREFUL! (Advice I also need to follow!)

  • @FredMiller
    @FredMiller 14 дней назад

    Tripping and falling at our age is a big thing! I tripped over a welding cable last year dislocating my ankle and breaking my fibula. From that learned to slow down, be more careful where I step and pick my feet up when walking. Follow your doctors orders and rest up. Best of luck my friend... Stay positive...

  • @selkiemaine
    @selkiemaine 14 дней назад

    Ouch! We are wishing you a fast and full recovery!

  • @honeycuttracing
    @honeycuttracing 14 дней назад

    It's always the "easy" things that bite us in the rear! Hope you get better soon sir!

  • @davidminderman3179
    @davidminderman3179 15 дней назад +1

    It can happen to anyone; when you least expect it. That's why they call it an accident. I had a tib-fib break while golfing 30 years ago. Good luck and stay safe.

  • @billwilson7782
    @billwilson7782 14 дней назад +4

    We always practice safety in the shop. When we go out to do something outside we sometimes leave our practices behind.
    I was doing a small task for my wife in her garden. I was prying a board with a screwdriver. The screwdriver slipped and the blunt end hit me in the eye. I had no big damage to my eye. I have needed to see a retinal specialist several times for the past 2 years to make sure it was healing. All I needed to do was practice the safety educate in the garden that I do in my shop, like safety glasses. Oh, so simple. I now keep my safety glasses with me everywhere I go but I do not were safety classes in the bathroom.
    We have met at the annual gathering in California. Take care, Stay Strong and practice shop safety everywhere you go

  • @number1trucker
    @number1trucker 11 дней назад

    What an awesome old machine. Watching the belts move back and forth was fascinating. Hope your arm heals well.

  • @germanderspeedwell
    @germanderspeedwell 14 дней назад

    Wishing you a speedy recovery.

  • @theharbinger2573
    @theharbinger2573 14 дней назад

    Best wishes for a swift and full recovery Keith. We will all be here when you get back. Rest up and accept the TLC from the people that are close to you.

  • @trainman419
    @trainman419 14 дней назад

    It's great to see more progress on the stoker engine, looks like the planer is making great work of it!
    Take care of yourself, too! The stoker engine has waited this long; it can wait a bit more for you to recover.
    Wishing you a speedy recovery and many more fun projects in the new year!

  • @odiesclips7621
    @odiesclips7621 13 дней назад

    Oh man!! At first, I thought you got your hand caught down inside of that casting, Keith. I ran a 16' Gray planer for five years. We had a homemade lift bar with chain attached to the clapper box, which allowed us to lift that tool higher on the return stroke (even though the machine had an automatic lift mechanism). This worked well when doing deep plunge work. Stay safe, my friend!

  • @jwaterous224
    @jwaterous224 14 дней назад +1

    Rest is nature’s great healer! Rest as well as you can Keith!

  • @jerril42
    @jerril42 15 дней назад +1

    Oh no! So sorry to see you had an accident. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Keep us posted on your progress. Take care.

  • @michaelscott8226
    @michaelscott8226 14 дней назад +1

    Nice to see that with patience and perseverance, you've been able to come up with the means to do the needed work on the stoker engine. Might want to have a discussion with your size 12's about staying out of the way and keeping you out of trouble. With that in mind, get well soon. By the way, loving the additional videos during the week.

  • @davem4256
    @davem4256 15 дней назад +2

    Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

  • @iamkilroiyo
    @iamkilroiyo 12 дней назад

    What a mechanical marvel. The guys who designed this stuff were so clever.

  • @devnull73
    @devnull73 14 дней назад

    I just love the fact that a machine built over 100 years ago is still useful and still working. In a world of unnecessary complexity (and I say that working in IT) it is nice that useful simplicity is still king.

  • @nhykoro
    @nhykoro 14 дней назад

    When I saw you with the arm in there brushing away cuttings I thought be careful. When I saw your cast I thought the worst. Glad it was "only" a fall outside. Speedy recovery Kieth, you’re too valuable an asset to old time machining to lose. Don’t rush back, heal well.

  • @tacticalrabbit308
    @tacticalrabbit308 15 дней назад +3

    Get well soon

  • @richardbennett6053
    @richardbennett6053 14 дней назад

    Our prays are with you Keith, get well soon but don't rush it the most important thing is to get totally healed up so we can see more of your adventures in the machine shop.

  • @duaneglover9283
    @duaneglover9283 14 дней назад +1

    Sorry about your hand wishing you a speedy recovery

  • @MultiDan321
    @MultiDan321 14 дней назад +1

    sorry to hear about your fall. wishing you a speedy recovery

  • @mattkabful
    @mattkabful 14 дней назад +1

    SO sorry about your injury! I love your content, and all that you share. I'm sure it's frustrating, but please put yourself first.

  • @Jeff-KN6UDG
    @Jeff-KN6UDG 9 дней назад

    Praying for a speedy recovery 🙏

  • @karljaiser
    @karljaiser 15 дней назад +2

    My first thought was: that was an accident with that mashine.
    Wish you all the best.
    Greetings from Germany!

  • @markdresser8592
    @markdresser8592 14 дней назад

    Best wishes for a quick recovery! I keep telling my wife that yard work is dangerous.

  • @dankolar6066
    @dankolar6066 14 дней назад +1

    Sympathies. Old folks break. Take care. Wish you well.

  • @klavtech2715
    @klavtech2715 12 дней назад

    That totally sucks. I hope your recovery goes well, Keith, and that in the meantime you are able to do the things you love to some extent.

  • @joe74ta1
    @joe74ta1 15 дней назад +1

    There's something spooky about that stoker engine it's been fighting you for 3 years or more, but I think the old plainer is proving it's worth 👍

  • @russtuff
    @russtuff 14 дней назад

    Fantastic progress, I'm glad to see it's working. Get some rest!

  • @davidhall1779
    @davidhall1779 14 дней назад

    Been there done that myself Keith. simple little project in the yard and i fracture a bone in my hand in four places. that was it for my summer.

  • @markhardman6413
    @markhardman6413 14 дней назад

    Oh jeez Keith get well soon, and take care and get better soon

  • @ghostrideri6289
    @ghostrideri6289 14 дней назад

    Keith, it is known the older we get the less we "bounce" like we did in our twenties. That said, wishing you a speedy recovery and take as long as you need to safely return to the shop, I, for one, would rather miss a few videos while you fully heal than have you rush back and take a chance on getting hurt worse.

  • @alexguir903
    @alexguir903 14 дней назад

    Ouch! Sorry for what happened Keith, hopefully those heal just fine. That's nothing compared to it being your head getting crushed. When you were putting it in between the tool holder and the piece I was like: "whoa that's dangerous"
    That holder is working beautifully. Get well soon.

  • @jdmpilot8001
    @jdmpilot8001 13 дней назад

    That's why I don't do yard work! Get well soon Keith. Love watching your videos and how you figure things out.

  • @alanchamberlin2384
    @alanchamberlin2384 15 дней назад +1

    So sorry to hear about your injuries. Best wishes for your speedy recovery. We will be with you along the way.

  • @richardspees841
    @richardspees841 14 дней назад

    Hoping for a quick recovery. I was cleaning our pool and slipped and fell and fractured my wrist, so I can imagine the pain. It is also frustrating while healing the things you cannot do that you take for granted. Take care, and don't rush it. :)