I love the fact that you bring in young guys and try to educate them and pass on your knowledge. We’ve lost so much of that with schools getting rid of shop classes. Even if it only one person if every machine shop/home shop could take in one person, it would be awesome
I believe that this a collection shop rather than a working shop. I don't expect much other than him fixing and restoring his collection. The end time for all of us comes too soon, what a shame all of that will go to waste or to be sold off. Who did you say the winner is?
We had a buffing room in the foundry on the USS Fulton (AS-11) that was isolated from the rest of the shop. Who ever made it really saved us a lot of work when it came time to clean up the shop at the end of the work day. Good idea to isolate the grinding area and when that is done you might take advantage of the space and install a buffing wheel. Don't forget the vent and supply motors, you don't have to inhale any of the metal dust you'll be generating.
Great video, Keith. thanks for the tour. You have a nice place to work. Yes, space is always at a premium and more would be welcome. The magic of restoring those machines to a new condition is just wonderful.Have a wonderful New Yar and be safe, stay well.
Shop looks great, can't believe ppl comment "oh you'll have to relevel that", so what it's all part of the process. Keep moving forward and thanks for sharing
Ya, as if Keith doesn't know he has to relevel it... he set it up the first time folks, pretty sure he knows. Some people think they're far smarter than they are when they make comments like that.
Congratulations to your daughter and your new son-in-law! I wish y'all the best, and I hope your current family and your new in-laws mesh like a set of helical gears, silently running with perfectly-preloaded thrust bearings, in a bath of glistening GL-5, so clear and so clean, you can see all the way to the bottom of the gearbox. Kind of like the clear water atop the white sand on beaches in the Maldives. Thanks for another enjoyable video. I'm really excited to see you get into the 10EE!
You are a dreamer Keith. And so was Joseph. In one day he went from the lowest place on earth to the highest. I hope and pray that God does the same with ALL of your dreams and that you live forever. What an awesome place America would be if people were more like you.
Thanks for the tour. And, congrats to your daughter’s marriage! Hopefully 2021 will be a much better, safer, productive year. Your ambitions show no bounds and I enjoy you sharing your journey.
That is a nice shop, gotta give you kudos as it wasn't long ago since you built your shop, it really has turned into a very usable shop. You sure have collected some nice machines over the years. I like the paneling, layout, space, etc...Nicely done!
Great job! The last video that I saw from Adam and the steam Stoker engine he was not able to machine the engine with the shaper. That horizontal boring mill that you have is just the right thing.
That's one heck of a facility you've got there, Keith! This channel is a wonderful resource for information on machining, and the repair and restoration of machines within reach for low volume production, repair, and hobby purposes. I have learned a great deal here, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart :-)
First thing in the am love it n the shop. New to the channel but been watching your videos for a while now 😉 inspired me to get into my dad's shop again now that it's mine . Between you and abom made me want to keep it and actually get the old machines running 💨 n me doing some projects. Thank you
WOW, almost 3400 square feet of space, I thought I built a huge woodworking shop that has 1200 square feet. But I tell you the machines you have make mine look like hand tools so that much space is needed. Like your shop, mine continually evolves with machinery changes. The only thing that doesn't move is my Delta 10 inch "Great White" table saw. Thank you for the tour.
Happy New Year and congratulations to your daughter and husband. I can't think of a better way to begin a new year than shop reorganization, I just finished doing mine. Two questions: Had you considered some kind of exhaust fan through the wall in the grinding area? and: For storage had you considered getting a used "Sea Can" type shipping container? I know lots of construction folks who use them. A truck brings it in, drops it where you want and instant storage.
I worked for Cincinnati Milacron in Fountain Inn SC , They built a new machine tool factory in 1980 , every machine location planed and over the 14 years I worked there I know we moved every machine at least once and several many times .
keith ive seen people hand turn metal like wood and ya can work wood on metal machines . as i see it you have a shop...a really nice one... that you can work in with whatever materials you need to a tool is a tool its only as good as the person using it is smart . that being said i understand the desire to keep sawdust and metal chips separate if only to reduce fire risks among other reasons . thanks for the videos
Well, what a productive holiday break! Congratulation to your famility and the newly married couple. Like you said, its all about family. Happy New Year to all if its not too late.
Keith is discussing the 3ft wall and bathroom in the shop space while I am trying to figure out if I can fit a larger milling machine in my 7.5 x 10.5ft shop LOL (the answer is no) Keep it up Keith, if I had your shop I would try to have the collection of machines you have as well!
I would've liked to see a "Top" view of your awesome shop; so we get a better aspect of the shop layout. I hope one day you will do that. Thanks for showing us your shop kind Sir.
Keith, great job mate, us workshop guys use xmas break to sort out out shops and i have done the same as you over the past few days, one thing i noticed is you should make more use of the vertical space in your shop, i was told before that the less wall you see, the better !! i went pallet racking and machines under neat but you have a great setup all the same, great videos mate, appreciate the effort
I don’t think he would stop at 30 feet! I see another 80 feet for wood working and grinding and the additional must have gems like the pattern makers lathe! He only hopes he can stop at 30 feet.
Keith, thank you for the shop tour. What a wonderful dream shop you have put together. I love that pattern maker's lathe. Please shoot a video of that big dude working. Also what was the 36" green wall around the grinders. Was that fire protection? Look forward to you next video!
I thought my workshop was big but as I have to take the tractor out to get into it,😁 I think you would refer to it more as a shed. Best wishes to you Daughter. Regards Richard
Before you start on the wood projects, I suggest a few tarps to throw over the BM and planer...wood dust tends to act like a sponge for humid air and will rust up the ways (plus the time to clean it off oiled ways)
I have to set up my woodworking machinery in my machine shop as well. I don't like doing that because the woodworking machinery is so messy even with collectors. I prefer to have separate shops -- I just need to go build one for the wood tools 🙂
3200sq.ft. and I'm looking at 2400sq.ft. and my wife is "That's bigger than the house we're planning"...well, priorities. Only two people in the house at retirement...LOTS of equipment to play with in my shop. :)
@@ypopnun1003 Yep...been trying to explain that to SWMBO. We have an 11 acre plot of land, I'd like to build there. Problems are Well, Septic and propane. Propane is super expensive to be heating with (less than electricity, but still pricey). The real cost is the floor though. Concrete in my area will run me around $14,000 for a 40x60 and easily into $18K~$20K for 80x40. Radiant floor heating costs go up too. The building costs don't scale like that, but the other stuff sure does. LOL
@@ypopnun1003 My wife doesn't have any hobbies. Still looking at a 3 bedroom custom ranch home. We want to build the house ADA accessible. After watching 3 or 4 family members trying to get around in "standard" homes of the 60's, 70's and even the early 2000's? Yea...need to design the home for wheel chairs, walkers, etc. We're already getting our wish list put together for an architect.
@@WreckDiver99,that’ll be the best move you can make, designing a house for older age. Build something you can grow into, wide hallways, open kitchen, one floor design, maybe even having wall plugs mounted a little higher, there’s lots of little things to think about. I built my ranch when I was fifty, I’m pushing seventy now, I heat with propane, but I really insulated the house well. While propane is more than natural gas, it’s cheaper than direct tv which you might have to get if your in a rural area. It’s also cheaper than the three cell phones I’m paying for. Good luck with your choices and the old saying that you can never have to big a shop is really true! Go for the big shop or plan ahead for an addition!
@@Hoaxer51 We've been looking for about 2 years for something that would work. Nothing fits. We have specific wants, and by the time we find a house we could buy and gut, we'd probably spend three times the money. Heck, we've seen homes that are TOTAL gut jobs, holes in walls, broken cabinets, 40 year old appliances, etc. 2000sq.ft. going for $300K and up, and they are GUT JOBS. Can't imagine dropping $300K on a house, only to turn around, gut the entire thing to stud walls, and rebuild it again for another $175K or more. I'm trying to convince my wife to sell our 11 acres, and buy the 3 acres that is literally around the corner from us. We could build everything we want on that, and it's TOTALLY wooded, so we'd have a ton of trees to deal with, but we could keep it wooded where we want. Problem is that 3 Acres is EXPENSIVE being in the city like it is. Still...cheaper than a gut job house, and closer to the "city" than the property (which is a concern of hers...hospitals are 30 minutes away vs. urgent care and an ER that is 15~20 minutes away where we are now).
You are running into the Iron Law of Stuff. Stuff expands to fill the space available to contain it. It seems to work in concert with the Iron Law of Distribution. Them what has, gets. Impressive shop. I am beyond envy.
I sold my Fay and Scott lathe a couple years ago it was almost like yours . It came out of the Santa Fe shops in Topeka Kansas. I used it for 40 years. I still have the 36 inch face plate,no one wanted it. I like your shop arrangement.
@@leeklemetti1887 I live in northeast Kansas a probably no one would want to drive very far for a big old face plate. It would make a nice rotary welding table.
Hey Keith, another Great video! Remember that Foundry Furnace you made a few years ago? Was wondering whatever happened to it, do you still have plans for a video on using it for casting parts?
Was looking old photo’s of the machine tools used in Steam Shops. The milling machines used to do stuff like stoker engines are monsters. They had cutting tools several feet long in some of the photo’s.
I love the fact that you bring in young guys and try to educate them and pass on your knowledge. We’ve lost so much of that with schools getting rid of shop classes. Even if it only one person if every machine shop/home shop could take in one person, it would be awesome
That, my friend, is a dream shop.
Always delighted to see Keith in the morning. The shop is never done and there’s always another new toy. Congrats on the wedding!
I really enjoyed the tour and the discussion. I'm fascinated by the pattern-maker's lathe and hope that can be featured some time in the future.
There's one for sale on Craigslist near Richmond VA if your in the market
Keith, you are quickly becoming to the old saying, "He who dies with the most toys wins". Excellent shop, and video
I believe that this a collection shop rather than a working shop. I don't expect much other than him fixing and restoring his collection. The end time for all of us comes too soon, what a shame all of that will go to waste or to be sold off. Who did you say the winner is?
Man you have more energy and ambition than anybody I know. Great job!
Wow! Some big, expensive toys; I’m envious. It’s nice to have that open space around your machines.
The pattern lathe is an absolute gem.!!
I would be happy for a fraction of that floor space.
You may have the fraction of 1/10000th.
Thanks for giving us a look at ya shop
We had a buffing room in the foundry on the USS Fulton (AS-11) that was isolated from the rest of the shop. Who ever made it really saved us a lot of work when it came time to clean up the shop at the end of the work day. Good idea to isolate the grinding area and when that is done you might take advantage of the space and install a buffing wheel. Don't forget the vent and supply motors, you don't have to inhale any of the metal dust you'll be generating.
Great video, Keith. thanks for the tour. You have a nice place to work. Yes, space is always at a premium and more would be welcome. The magic of restoring those machines to a new condition is just wonderful.Have a wonderful New Yar and be safe, stay well.
Shop looks great, can't believe ppl comment "oh you'll have to relevel that", so what it's all part of the process. Keep moving forward and thanks for sharing
Ya, as if Keith doesn't know he has to relevel it... he set it up the first time folks, pretty sure he knows. Some people think they're far smarter than they are when they make comments like that.
Keith we want to see a pic of you all gussied up for the wedding! Oh Yes We Do!
Congrats to your daughter, my daughter got married on the 2nd as well.
Congratulations to your daughter and your new son-in-law! I wish y'all the best, and I hope your current family and your new in-laws mesh like a set of helical gears, silently running with perfectly-preloaded thrust bearings, in a bath of glistening GL-5, so clear and so clean, you can see all the way to the bottom of the gearbox. Kind of like the clear water atop the white sand on beaches in the Maldives.
Thanks for another enjoyable video. I'm really excited to see you get into the 10EE!
I like the fact that you can make improvements!
You are a dreamer Keith. And so was Joseph. In one day he went from the lowest place on earth to the highest. I hope and pray that God does the same with ALL of your dreams and that you live forever. What an awesome place America would be if people were more like you.
Awesome shop! I didn't realize how big it really was. Very nice!
Your shop looks amazing. Congratulations to your daughter and her spouse!
Thanks for the tour. And, congrats to your daughter’s marriage! Hopefully 2021 will be a much better, safer, productive year. Your ambitions show no bounds and I enjoy you sharing your journey.
The journey is half the fun.
~M~ I was watching when you were building this shop nice to be back!
What a magnificent shop Keith! And superb equipment. I’m looking forward to watching more videos from you. Congratulations on your daughter’s wedding.
Shop is looking good! I wish I had your room!
Thanks Keith. I'm envious of all your floor space and awesome machines.
I have enjoyed watching the evolution of "The Shop". Looks like a very enjoyable place in which to play.
Thanks for the grand tour!
I and a lot of other viewers would probably like to see a top view of your current shop floor layout with all the machines you have.
The shop is looking great Keith. I was surprised not to see any shop cat cameos in this shop update. Lol.
Awesome Keith. Looks great.
That is a nice shop, gotta give you kudos as it wasn't long ago since you built your shop, it really has turned into a very usable shop. You sure have collected some nice machines over the years. I like the paneling, layout, space, etc...Nicely done!
Great job! The last video that I saw from Adam and the steam Stoker engine he was not able to machine the engine with the shaper. That horizontal boring mill that you have is just the right thing.
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I really enjoy seeing news about your addiction. The big diffrence about your addiction it it's an investment, not wasted. Cool stuff.
Every once in a while you gotta get back to basics and organize. It's critical to your mental health to de-clutter. Shop looks really good!
Congratulations on getting a new son-in law! Shop looks great!
That's one heck of a facility you've got there, Keith! This channel is a wonderful resource for information on machining, and the repair and restoration of machines within reach for low volume production, repair, and hobby purposes. I have learned a great deal here, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart :-)
First thing in the am love it n the shop. New to the channel but been watching your videos for a while now 😉 inspired me to get into my dad's shop again now that it's mine . Between you and abom made me want to keep it and actually get the old machines running 💨 n me doing some projects. Thank you
GO Joseph!
Looks good Keith!
All I can say is it’s a good thing you are still a young man. It doesn’t last forever. Looking good.
Congratulations on the wedding!!
Nice layout Keith, Congratulations on your daughters wedding !
ATB, Dean
Happy new year to you and your family
You've got a pretty awesome shop there Keith 😊. I think I'd set up a cot in there too cuz I wouldn't want to leave 😁. Thanks for the tour! Cheers!
Looking good keith
WOW, almost 3400 square feet of space, I thought I built a huge woodworking shop that has 1200 square feet. But I tell you the machines you have make mine look like hand tools so that much space is needed. Like your shop, mine continually evolves with machinery changes. The only thing that doesn't move is my Delta 10 inch "Great White" table saw. Thank you for the tour.
Good thing you didn't put in a line shaft! Looks great, Keith!
Keith the shop looks great!! Would love to see how the air compressor room turned out.
Hopefully the Kids that assist you will take an interest in the trades or engineering profession with your mentoring. You would be a great teacher.
This makes me feel a little better, I've only been working on arrangements of my shop 3 years but then again mines only 24x24. Cool shop tour
I can see a full-time shop helper in that space. It's hard for me to imagine that space sitting idle ever. I very much enjoy your videos though.
Happy New Year and congratulations to your daughter and husband. I can't think of a better way to begin a new year than shop reorganization, I just finished doing mine. Two questions: Had you considered some kind of exhaust fan through the wall in the grinding area? and: For storage had you considered getting a used "Sea Can" type shipping container? I know lots of construction folks who use them. A truck brings it in, drops it where you want and instant storage.
Looks great! I totally get it. Continuing improvement can be painful but it’s part of the never ending process.
I worked for Cincinnati Milacron in Fountain Inn SC , They built a new machine tool factory in 1980 , every machine location planed and over the 14 years I worked there I know we moved every machine at least once and several many times .
Keith
Congratulations on your daughter’s wedding. Always enjoy the content. Have a happy new year
keith ive seen people hand turn metal like wood and ya can work wood on metal machines . as i see it you have a shop...a really nice one... that you can work in with whatever materials you need to a tool is a tool its only as good as the person using it is smart . that being said i understand the desire to keep sawdust and metal chips separate if only to reduce fire risks among other reasons . thanks for the videos
Well, what a productive holiday break! Congratulation to your famility and the newly married couple. Like you said, its all about family. Happy New Year to all if its not too late.
Hello Keith,
An interesting shop tour... looks like you are ready to make many more videos to educate and entertain us in 2021.
Take care
Paul,,
The patternmakers lathe is a beauty. It would be interesting if you showed some details of it on a Odds & Ends. I certainly would be interested.
Excellent shop tour, pattern maker would be an interesting video.....never seen one.
Congratulations to your daughter.
Congrats
musical shop {doseey doe} and back and forth! with your toys.what fun!
Congratulations, Papa!
Ok..time to pour the slab for the new shop addition.
Keith is discussing the 3ft wall and bathroom in the shop space while I am trying to figure out if I can fit a larger milling machine in my 7.5 x 10.5ft shop LOL (the answer is no)
Keep it up Keith, if I had your shop I would try to have the collection of machines you have as well!
I would've liked to see a "Top" view of your awesome shop; so we get a better aspect of the shop layout. I hope one day you will do that. Thanks for showing us your shop kind Sir.
very good shop tour..very good love machines
Your shop sure looks a lot better than mine! I need to sell all the stuff that I'm going to need someday ;-)
Keep at it, Keith.
Looking forward to an (-other) interesting year! Thanks for the videos. Pattern makers lathe sounds interesting. And leveling a 3 ton machine.
Be sure to get it done before the years creep by... Voice of experience from Louisiana....
A lovely shop.
Shops evolve. I am often rearranging things in my shop.
Great Shop Tour, Keith, Keep up the videos, You are the Best You Tuber.
Keith, great job mate, us workshop guys use xmas break to sort out out shops and i have done the same as you over the past few days, one thing i noticed is you should make more use of the vertical space in your shop, i was told before that the less wall you see, the better !! i went pallet racking and machines under neat but you have a great setup all the same, great videos mate, appreciate the effort
Behind the radial drill and to the right (as you'd operate it) of the mill, that spot looks perfect for one of those small tool/work trays on wheels.
Nice shop Keith. I'm surprised you haven't addressed shop air throughout and dust collection for the woodworking area.
Congratulations on your daughters marriage :-)
2023 Keith adds 30 ft to the back of his shop just for his woodworking shop LOL
Hahahaha that is a good one
I don’t think he would stop at 30 feet! I see another 80 feet for wood working and grinding and the additional must have gems like the pattern makers lathe! He only hopes he can stop at 30 feet.
What kind of lighting have got in your shop. Thanks. It looks good
Keith, thank you for the shop tour. What a wonderful dream shop you have put together. I love that pattern maker's lathe. Please shoot a video of that big dude working. Also what was the 36" green wall around the grinders. Was that fire protection? Look forward to you next video!
You need a lumber rack!
And the next time the missus wants to rearrange the furniture... :-)
The "curse" of having a large shop.... Great place, wish it was closer I would come help, however it is a bit far from northern Utah
Next time you do a shop tour it would be great to have a slow 350 degree pan around from the center of each end of the shop.
I thought my workshop was big but as I have to take the tractor out to get into it,😁 I think you would refer to it more as a shed. Best wishes to you Daughter.
Regards Richard
Before you start on the wood projects, I suggest a few tarps to throw over the BM and planer...wood dust tends to act like a sponge for humid air and will rust up the ways (plus the time to clean it off oiled ways)
Congratulations
I have to set up my woodworking machinery in my machine shop as well. I don't like doing that because the woodworking machinery is so messy even with collectors. I prefer to have separate shops -- I just need to go build one for the wood tools 🙂
Congratulations for your youngest daughter
3200sq.ft. and I'm looking at 2400sq.ft. and my wife is "That's bigger than the house we're planning"...well, priorities. Only two people in the house at retirement...LOTS of equipment to play with in my shop. :)
Easer to make bigger now! for the house, You only need a place to eat sleep and well you know but give your wife a sewing/hobby room
@@ypopnun1003 Yep...been trying to explain that to SWMBO. We have an 11 acre plot of land, I'd like to build there. Problems are Well, Septic and propane. Propane is super expensive to be heating with (less than electricity, but still pricey). The real cost is the floor though. Concrete in my area will run me around $14,000 for a 40x60 and easily into $18K~$20K for 80x40. Radiant floor heating costs go up too. The building costs don't scale like that, but the other stuff sure does. LOL
@@ypopnun1003 My wife doesn't have any hobbies. Still looking at a 3 bedroom custom ranch home. We want to build the house ADA accessible. After watching 3 or 4 family members trying to get around in "standard" homes of the 60's, 70's and even the early 2000's? Yea...need to design the home for wheel chairs, walkers, etc. We're already getting our wish list put together for an architect.
@@WreckDiver99,that’ll be the best move you can make, designing a house for older age. Build something you can grow into, wide hallways, open kitchen, one floor design, maybe even having wall plugs mounted a little higher, there’s lots of little things to think about. I built my ranch when I was fifty, I’m pushing seventy now, I heat with propane, but I really insulated the house well. While propane is more than natural gas, it’s cheaper than direct tv which you might have to get if your in a rural area. It’s also cheaper than the three cell phones I’m paying for. Good luck with your choices and the old saying that you can never have to big a shop is really true! Go for the big shop or plan ahead for an addition!
@@Hoaxer51 We've been looking for about 2 years for something that would work. Nothing fits. We have specific wants, and by the time we find a house we could buy and gut, we'd probably spend three times the money. Heck, we've seen homes that are TOTAL gut jobs, holes in walls, broken cabinets, 40 year old appliances, etc. 2000sq.ft. going for $300K and up, and they are GUT JOBS. Can't imagine dropping $300K on a house, only to turn around, gut the entire thing to stud walls, and rebuild it again for another $175K or more.
I'm trying to convince my wife to sell our 11 acres, and buy the 3 acres that is literally around the corner from us. We could build everything we want on that, and it's TOTALLY wooded, so we'd have a ton of trees to deal with, but we could keep it wooded where we want. Problem is that 3 Acres is EXPENSIVE being in the city like it is. Still...cheaper than a gut job house, and closer to the "city" than the property (which is a concern of hers...hospitals are 30 minutes away vs. urgent care and an ER that is 15~20 minutes away where we are now).
No more metalworking machines until Mrs Rucker has her job list completed!
I'd love to see some woodworking Wednesday videos!
Looks like my shop, less a big mess.
You are running into the Iron Law of Stuff. Stuff expands to fill the space available to contain it.
It seems to work in concert with the Iron Law of Distribution. Them what has, gets.
Impressive shop. I am beyond envy.
interesting comment
I sold my Fay and Scott lathe a couple years ago it was almost like yours . It came out of the Santa Fe shops in Topeka Kansas. I used it for 40 years. I still have the 36 inch face plate,no one wanted it. I like your shop arrangement.
Holler loud enough about the 36' faceplate and someone will glomb onto it. LOL
@@leeklemetti1887 I live in northeast Kansas a probably no one would want to drive very far for a big old face plate. It would make a nice rotary welding table.
Hey Keith, another Great video! Remember that Foundry Furnace you made a few years ago? Was wondering whatever happened to it, do you still have plans for a video on using it for casting parts?
Good morning!
Hey Keith - Love the shop. looks great. BTW, I noticed some empty space, just waiting for more machines !!!
Was looking old photo’s of the machine tools used in Steam
Shops. The milling machines used to do stuff like stoker engines are monsters. They had cutting tools several feet long in some of the photo’s.