Helicopter Engineer's Toolbox tour
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- My old man is a Helicopter Engineer (AME), this is the toolbox that he worked out of for many years. Lots of specialty home made tools. It's interesting to see the different approach to maintenance and repairs that is taken in Aviation.
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May not be most viewed but hands down best toolbox tour on RUclips
Respect to the older school guys , a wealth of knowledge
This is easily my favorite tool video on RUclips. As a helicopter mechanic myself I wish there were more aviation toolbox videos, and it is great of your dad to share his.
+David Anderson Wow! Thanks, I found it interesting to go through his box and to see the tools he used to make a living as I grew up.
This mans tool box is exactly why hes a engineer and not a mechanic. I didnt grow up with a man like this so the fact youtube is around now that im old enough to understand the stuff it is mighty golden knowledge.
Glad you enjoyed it
your dad is a lovely and highly capable person!
So glad that RUclips put this on my page. Love the ingenuity your dad put in to his job. Makes me feel safe in a chopper.
My favourite tool box tour on YT! Beats the usual arrays of Snap On stuff, I love all the custom tools your dad made for various tasks. The Beach Industries boxes are great too!
Glad you liked it!
I love this. Tools and a bit of history rolled into one.
Loving the old school beech box. I remember guys having them when I started work .First time I have seen a matching roll cab.Great stories to the tools too.
I hate those toolboxes with all those tiny drawers, but it's always amazing how much stuff people fit in them
I liked seeing all the measuring tools, brought back a lot of memories of my mechanical engineering classes at NAIT. It was also cool to see the tried and trued tools of the trade with his collection.
+Adam Roelofs ya it's interesting how the things that were good then are still good now.
Engineers work prmarily on engines and transmissions. A copter is basically an engine with a box attached to it, with one Jesus nut keeping it aloft.
+pssst3 you got that right, putting a lot of faith in that one nut!
Only a copter mech knows what the Jesus nut is.😎
Edward Arruda I don't know anything about plane copter repair but I would assume the Jesus nut would be one that you pray holds up being the only one nut keeping the body to the propeller lol
Ya if that one nut let's go then Jesus will be the next guy you see!
@@TheHDPerspective hahahaha
Just watched this video awesome tools. I myself started as an aircraft mechanic then switched to an industrial mechanic. Got a tool box from my father in law that was made in 1975 and the brand is Waterloo and I've loved it. Love this video because of the tools, story and the craftmanship of making tools. Thanks for everything
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for the great video. I have been an heavy equipment mechanic for 40 plus years and it's interesting that you had to make specialized tools as well 👍👍👍💯💯💯🔧🔧
Nice showing helicopters and cars are totally different. Totally different boats totally different thank you very much agree with your tools very nice
Thank for sharing your tools setup including the custom tooling.
As an retired AME myself, Having worked both fix wing and Helicopter and helicopter overhaul for over 20 years, I have the 50th anniversary twist screwdriver. And have modified many a cheap wrench to get the job done. My pilot attitude adjuster weight 5 LB hahaha nice tool box tool many memories seeing someone else tool box.
Glad you enjoyed!
Did you prefer to work on rotary or fixed wing? Why?
Beach industries box. Nice
Very cool tour. The history behind his special tools was awesome. Great video. Nice job .
+Mark Kobza thanks for watching
Love the tools and commentary. Great video!
I use to work on general aviation fixed wing. My life was so much easier when I bought those 4 way angle snap on wrench set. I bought a metric version for my car, which I hardly use, just because how much of a life saver they were in tight spaces for general aviation. Also a lot of specialty hand made tools for this profession. I guy I worked with welded a Phillips bit to a piece of sheet metal, which was also a life saver for a couple of particular jobs. You would wedge a slotted screwdriver to add pressure and worked awesome. Never seen that tool again, until I ran across a japanese company that made them on amazon. I was so impressed on the hand made tool that I bought a set, which I might never use, but I was the only way to take of a screw if I am ever in that situation.
+Johnny Woo ya I love those 4 way wrenches I use them everyday in heavy duty. Cool to hear about your experiences.
great video! Brought back memories of my grand dad. He worked for boeing vertol and built ch47.He had a tool box very simaler. Wish i had it,but gave it to my cousin who workrd on helcopters. Thanks so much for the video
this is the best Tool Box on RUclips. So unique, so Professional. Your Old Man is a REAL Professional !
+charles jenkins thanks! It's a beach box. They used to be more popular but I believe you can still get them
Really enjoyed your fathers stories and tour. Very Cool
glad you enjoyed it, I thought it was pretty cool to see as well
Thanks for sharing - and hats off to your professional Dad! ATB, Gereon
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video great to listen to an old timer and see the tools he made himself
Thanks!
GREAT VIDEO! like the homemade tools, lot of great thinking Thanks for showing the tools.
+Gary Buelow thanks for watching! it's kinda different than seeing all the manufactured tools, but still cool
Thanks for the tool box tour!
+heavydiesel thanks for watching!
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Man I like that old school toolbox..
Those twist wire pliers are neat, a lot are.
Glad you enjoyed the tour!
Great video,, 30 yrs in the trade as well.. spent time in Edmonton with the white green and yellow ones
+91rss cool! Thanks for watching! You probably know my dad then
Nice of your Dad to participate in an online video. Appears to be the old style Beach tool boxes. I still have my Beach boxes, just the next size larger bottom/top from my old days working on Cessna 185's and Otters/Beavers, all on floats on the BC West Coast. Am also an AME.
+Bryan Jetboy right on! ya it's an old beach box.
I thought it was a beach box, I've got one my old man gave me, I'm English and have only ever seen 1 more.
What a totally cool video. Thanks to your dad
Glad you enjoyed it
I enjoyed this video immensely, thanks.
Thanks!
Very cool! Thanks for the video!
+The Angry Yota Tech glad you enjoyed it
Worked on A stars for 5 years and 2 years on aw119 and 139s and 3 yrs corporate jets to current. Gotta say...aviation is awesome but theres always those days where u wonder what engineers where thinkin haha. Cool box and vid.
Really enjoyed the video awesome. I’m a millwright and use a lot of those tools so it’s was a really cool video.
Nice! Thanks for watching
That was great !! Thanks fellas
Didn't realise this video was 30 mins it flew by, I'm a truck mechanic and very interesting to see how other trades so things
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@TheHDPerspective that's a beech toolbox right, not seen one like that, I've got one that my old man gave me that was his first box, seen only 1 top box in the UK
correct it's a beech box
Awesome vid man
Thanks! 👍
Very cool!
Great explanation
Thanks for watching
Better than fine,
Gold.
"Not everybody has 'em, so I do."
I can relate to that.
Unfortunately, it results in a lot of loaned-out tools.
Very cool dad!
Thanks! I enjoyed this :)
Neat to see. Very old school. Almost none of that would be allowed in the RCAF. haha. It makes it tough sometimes.
Ya in my industry too everything has to be manufactured/engineered. No home made tools allowed. Kinda sad really
I have a tool box for helicopter also, but it was for military, we had to have them shadow each tool in the drawers so they could be visible to all were there at the end of the shift, have you heard of the screw knocker,if not you need to get it, Eck usmc
So cool!!!
Wish all tool box yours could be this detailed nice video
“Worth the $10 but probably cost the taxpayer $1000” lol 😂
I love the leather wrench roll, I can't find anything like that these days
Ya I think he had his custom made
Wow
Did your toolbox not have to be setup for FOD, so that everything was foam outlined to see instantly if something was missing when finished working on the aircraft?
When I was an active AME (1977 - 2010) "Tool Control" was not yet formalized in the helicopter maintenance segment. We each had our own way of ensuring tools were not misplaced; areas worked on were double and cross checked to ensure tools were not left behind ... plus, I engraved my name on each of my tools; ensuring I never lost any of them.
Your reference to FOD is an acronym for either "Foreign Object Damage" or "Foreign Object Debris"; which is a difference subject all together but similar outcome if a tool was left behind where it shouldn't be. Foam outlines (and other types of tool shadowing) is a relatively recent development, and more commonly used in production line work, major repair and overhaul shops, as well as corporate and airline aviation maintenance. It is making its way into the helicopter maintenance world.
Wondering...???... What brand of box is that???
O.k. nice toolbox. How do you know if something was pilfered or missing from your box?
When you work with those tools everyday, you notice pretty quick when something goes missing.
I just bought a toolbox just like this with same tools and alot of other things i thought who had it was a machineist but he must have been avaition mechanic
I see the Wild well control and the drilling company stickers...was he ever in oil and gas?
The company he worked for did a lot of seismic work with helicopters for oil and gas. That maybe where he got the sticker.
That looks like my tool box
im an A&P in the US, we are called mechanics or technicians
Really curious what was in the top left drawer he almost pulled out but didn’t. 8:25
Wallet 🚁👍
Not showing helicopters usually the best have a nice day Brothers
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Thanks!
Where can I take my torque wrench for calibration
Depends on where you live. Most of the places I know are small independent businesses. If you search "tool calibration" in Google maps it should give you some options where you live. Call them up and ask if they calibrate torque wrenches. Also if you have a snap on, or matco truck that you deal with they should be able to point you in the right direction.
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That box would never have made it where I was at,they inspected our tools every month,if it was broken it was left with all the parts of it until it was replaced, All tools and parts must be accounted for,Fod, Eck usmc
Ya, that box is in his garage. He’s no longer actively working so it’s not exactly how it was back in the day.
He left a drawer closed the OCD in me is going nuts lol
+Adam Roelofs haha
That's the opening to the sequel :-)
A man has his secrets.
Nope mechanics.
My estimate : 18 K in tools 🧰 , some good vintage snap on , 🚁