I am so glad to be able to give back to you a little. You are an inspiration like those good folks in the video. Both speak to things that are still right and good in this increasingly crazy world we live in.
This is an awesome series in line boring. Very innovative and well done. After 43 years in machine shops not too many videos impress me but this one is the exception.
These video's are absolutely brilliant, I used to be a Jig and Tool designer, now just do small model engineering at home and I never fail to pick up a tip or two or spark a memory from years gone bye. You beat the TV every time, thanks for all your hard work creating these masterpieces.
This series is one of the best on You Tube in my opinion. Thank you for posting and actually showing us how you did this project. I'm a cabinet maker by trade and thought we had tight tolerances but your trade just amazes me with what can be done with steel and knowledge. keep the videos coming. 5*****
I started watching this late lastnight and had to finish the series today . Great video and very informative. This stuff is lost on the kids today. Its sad. All kinds of trades are fading away. Wood working, metal working, masons, it all going away. Its great that you and a few others are keeping it alive.
There are few people like you nowadays. I live in the heart of heavy engineering in Yorkshire England and our skills base is skidding along the floor. We used to make everything from a nut and bolt to a railway engine -- we make almost nothing now. Keep on keeping on.
I loved the series. I learned a lot. Thank you for taking the time to make the videos. Your step by step commentary and explanations truly helped me understand what was going on and why you used the tools and configurations the way you did.
Thank you for making such a great set of videos, I've just watched them back to back and not only enjoyed every minute, but also learnt many new tips and tricks.
Kieth that was one kinda setup cutting the bore for the shaft !!! I really like to watch you work in your shop You can do it all it seems with all kinds of jobs Thanks for sharing your work with us all Manny
Brilliant from 1 to 5. The best 2.5 hours I have spent in a long time. I have an interest in engineering but sadly not an engineer but the most inspiring 5 videos since "how its made" that I have seen in years. More please.
Hello Keith, I'm from Brazil, I'm 42 years old. I always see your videos. Are you a great professional. His videos are real lessons, a course of machining. I like the look of your garage. I have a lathe with 1m bus, use to make my small projects. I love mechanics and electronics. God bless. I'm sorry because I used the google translator.
I know very little about the tools you used in your shop, but I was glued to all 5 segments and will watch more. Amazing skills and attention to detail.
Great series Keith, once again I took many notes, its the little things you do off the cuff that impress me like blowing the oil in with air hose. Thanks for sharing
Keith, I love your videos. I am not a machinist or mechanic by trade, but I do have some shop experience and have always enjoyed doing machine shop work. It is always enjoyable for me to watch a master at work, and to learn how things are done. I have learned a bunch of things from watching you that I can put to use in my own shop work. Keep it up!
Keith- This is one of those jobs where everything you imagined came out just right... No snags or problems, there was at least three or four times you felt like doing the machinist song/dance! Outstanding job start to finish...
Great series of videos. I spent 15 years as a Machine tool repairman and have many hours line boring press frames. We had a few variables that you don't have but a very similar operation. Our drive system was a portable hydraulic unit with a Hyd motor to turn the bar and a cylinder for feeding it. Consistency in speed a feed rates always seemed to be a problem. As the oil warmed up speeds and feeds changed.
Just watched super shaker 1 to 5 Very nice work Mr Fenner Very informative and interesting all through. Great to watch a master at work. Watching you deal so easily with imperial measurements made me glad we in Australia went metric back in the late 60s Thanks for sharing your knowledge Nice shirt
Hi Keith, I enjoyed your 5 part series on this job very much and thanks for recording it. It's good to see a simple-looking but inherently difficult job done well. Sometimes I think I'm a bit over the top when I make jigs to get things done right, but I derived real comfort from seeing you do it all. The running commentary was helpful too, like using your snap gauges. We all evolve little ways to get the most out of what we have, and videos are great for passing this on. Best wishes.
Keith, thanks for putting up this series. I learned a lot by watching you work and you're to be congratulated for taking the time to share your wealth of knowledge with others.
I just found your channel and i have to say, you gained a new sub from this series. Its very informative and show me how its done, no bs just how to do a center bore on long stock. Thank you.
It took me till Super Shaker 4.5 till i figured out the bore tool you were making . I think i found some videos to keep me interested for days . Subscribed to a master machinist.
First class job Keith, I am most impressed with your work and video`s I too have to think outside the box in my job fixing old American cars and vintage engines in the UK, I would be lost without my old 1930s Colchester lathe, 1947 Norton surface grinder and old faithfull Bridgeport Keep up the good work and keep the video`s coming
EXCELLENT Keith and thank you. Fascinating all the way. Never did stuff to that scale but even so, had to find similar solutions for long boring jobs, workarounds etc. Now I have just one problem -- find the time to go thru a load more of your videos - which I look fwd to.
Keith Just when I think I've see just about everything you can do you come up with another kick ass job well done. 1.5 to 2 thousand in three feet is something I strive for on an OD cut much less an line bore job. Keep them coming. Your avid student Jim
Cool video!!! I linebored the main bearings on a Coles power models Holt engine in my home Grizzly 9x20 and it used every bit of the available travel. Took alot of head scratching to get the block mounted to the cross slide accurately and solid enough. I realy admire how you think on your feet and Get er Done!!
Hi Keith, Excellent set of videos. Have only seen line boring done on a big horizontal boring m/c. Only wish i had a workshop as comprehensively fitted out as yours. Andy
I was cheering when you remembered to put the bearing cap on before you slid the tailstock onto the boring bar this time. I forget stuff a lot too. I'm about your age. Those bearing cap things were a work or art, by the way. Very nicely done.
Keith: I really enjoyed this series! And thanks for the refresher on using snap gauges. I think I finally understand what you were on about. Can't wait for the next videos! Cheers, man.
Well, this was fascinating stuff. I had no idea that you could make such a long pass bore. I don't own a lathe, but would like to one day. This just adds fuel to the fire. Thanks for posting.
like the work shirt. A pro look for a pro. Thanks for all the time you spend teaching me us what you know. MIKE THANKS YOU VERY MUCH from Alaska . I WISH I COULD FIND A K AND T OR A NICE LATHE UP HERE IN AK
Very cool. I stumbled upon this while learning about wood lathes. Tons of work just in the tooling. So cool to see how you set that up for a bore. Nice new shirt and I love that you talk to your kitty. Meow. Looking forward to checking out your other videos! =)
Learning new things every video. My mother stopped by while i was watching this project. be informed you have "that look". I am told by her that "that look " happens when I'm putting things together in my head that she couldn't put together at all. Also your shop is cleaner than mine :D Keep the videos rolling Keith. "that look" always leads to interesting ends.
I see a Railway Express Agency sign hanging on your wall. My Grandfather worked for them for many years. I think he started working there when he got back from WW2 up until then went out of business in the early 70's.
A new trick in my bag! Thanks Keith... I've done a lot of marine work on trawlers & long liners where I live & seen some snazzy tricks, this line boring method is labor intensive, but an excellent way to ID M/C a long tube on a lathe. anyway thanks again for adding to my arsenal....... Pedro...
Thanx again for the vids keep them comin. I really like your fixtures you made up I'll be sure to show my Dad these ones,He's a tool & die maker. He has his own shop too. :-)
They posibly could have gone bigger and modified the existing webs in the machinery to suit and done it that way and turned down for the bearing sizes, not sure if any clearance problems would be but it all was brought to me as is and can you do? ;{)-----
I always look forward to your videos, Keith! Thanks for sharing!! Oh and your hats are fantastic! After watching your videos I'm inspired to eventually add a lathe and Bridgeport to my shop. I've found that they're readily available on Craigslist for reasonable prices ... But ...
It all depends on how the cuts are coming out as your getting closer to finish size, Is there taper, steps, bell mouthing and or how is the finish. If I feel the second cut can improve the finish quality I'l run a spring cut through it. ;{)-----
Great video, as always! It's so relieving not having to listen to all kinds of crap music - over Your voice, like so many other guys are doing! Those end caps came out real nice, and I loved the tip on finding the 90 degree on the bar, by using that clamp and the bed. Always things to learn from You, and it's FUN too..:)
Thanks for the comment Sam, and the best form of flattery is to be copied. Hope your jig works out as well as mine has, good luck with it and have fun! ;{)----
I've been contemplating a boring job with similar length to bore ratio (6:1) and had come up almost the same setup. Nice to see it in operation, difference being that my bar stays stationary while the bushings rotate with the work, longer bar extending into the spindle bore. I thought those inserts needed to be silver soldered, but it looks like a press fit with set screws is good to go.
Several things: 1) that was an amazing project. 2) it is perhaps eclipsed by the herculean effort to film and edit the video. 3) My mom lived in Foxboro until 3 years ago...wish I'd have found your videos back then, I could have stopped by to say Hi. 4) The Duck Boats are a lot of fun. 5) If you figure out how to actually catch fish in the canal, lemme know...I tried and failed many times.
Loved the series! I was thinking even though you left a flat spot on the chip break for tool life,In a stringy tubing like this,especially using carbide instead of a HSS bit,I usually go ahead and leave the chip break shap,as it helps make a lot shorter chips.I was also surprised you didn't add little oiler cups,or even find some old glass oiler bowls to add to the bearing saddle,so you didn't have to keep grabbing the oil can,lol.Thanks again for taking the time to make all these videos!
I'm impressed, i found the way you worked out the progression to the finished product, awesome.!! & Allowance for Distortion must put you on your clients list for quality & service, as No.1.!! ... The only consideration given to production equipment is speed in getting the machine on-line, the good bit here is, you'll probably get a repeat on the job in a year or two.!! The installation/welding in of your product is most likely to be continuous MIG runs causing the Distortion, instead of Stitch Welding, to a pattern that minimises heat buildup & associated Distortion, with, in many cases a better & stronger penetration.!! Looking forward to viewing your other Video's.! Cheers from a Ratbag from Downunder.!!
hello keith, one really very good job I love this system of a boring old, very well lead as always I am really impressed by these videos, like how there are still good machinist, good luck to you cordially thierry
Absolutely amazing, Keith! You're the best! :] Keep 'em coming, I enjoy your videos so much, and I'm sure I'm speaking for all when I say I learn a lot from 'em!! :] Thanks!
I plan on making a follower rest that mounts the same way but has rollers and knurled knobs. Those are just for boring support, large tube shapes. ;{)-----
I am so glad to be able to give back to you a little. You are an inspiration like those good folks in the video. Both speak to things that are still right and good in this increasingly crazy world we live in.
This is an awesome series in line boring. Very innovative and well done. After 43 years in machine shops not too many videos impress me but this one is the exception.
These video's are absolutely brilliant, I used to be a Jig and Tool designer, now just do small model engineering at home and I never fail to pick up a tip or two or spark a memory from years gone bye. You beat the TV every time, thanks for all your hard work creating these masterpieces.
This series is one of the best on You Tube in my opinion. Thank you for posting and actually showing us how you did this project. I'm a cabinet maker by trade and thought we had tight tolerances but your trade just amazes me with what can be done with steel and knowledge. keep the videos coming. 5*****
I started watching this late lastnight and had to finish the series today . Great video and very informative. This stuff is lost on the kids today. Its sad. All kinds of trades are fading away. Wood working, metal working, masons, it all going away. Its great that you and a few others are keeping it alive.
Just finished watching this whole shaker series. Hats off to you. You're very clever and talented machinist.
There are few people like you nowadays. I live in the heart of heavy engineering in Yorkshire England and our skills base is skidding along the floor. We used to make everything from a nut and bolt to a railway engine -- we make almost nothing now. Keep on keeping on.
Hello Keith.
Once again you prove that the machinist is the king of industry.
Thanks for sharing your talent.
I loved the series. I learned a lot. Thank you for taking the time to make the videos. Your step by step commentary and explanations truly helped me understand what was going on and why you used the tools and configurations the way you did.
Thanks Keith for sharing a little of your world with us. I really enjoy the evenings I spend watching these videos. More power to you 'bro.
Thank you for making such a great set of videos, I've just watched them back to back and not only enjoyed every minute, but also learnt many new tips and tricks.
Like back to school only that this time the teacher knows what he's talking about :)
I could not help but smile when looking at your bearing holders. They look just like the flash supressors on tank guns.
Kieth that was one kinda setup cutting the bore for the shaft !!!
I really like to watch you work in your shop
You can do it all it seems with all kinds of jobs
Thanks for sharing your work with us all
Manny
Brilliant from 1 to 5. The best 2.5 hours I have spent in a long time. I have an interest in engineering but sadly not an engineer but the most inspiring 5 videos since "how its made" that I have seen in years. More please.
Some advanced machining techniques on display here. Very satisfying to watch you complete this job!
Hello Keith, I'm from Brazil, I'm 42 years old. I always see your videos. Are you a great professional. His videos are real lessons, a course of machining. I like the look of your garage. I have a lathe with 1m bus, use to make my small projects. I love mechanics and electronics. God bless. I'm sorry because I used the google translator.
I know very little about the tools you used in your shop, but I was glued to all 5 segments and will watch more. Amazing skills and attention to detail.
Great series Keith, once again I took many notes, its the little things you do off the cuff that impress me like blowing the oil in with air hose. Thanks for sharing
Keith, I love your videos. I am not a machinist or mechanic by trade, but I do have some shop experience and have always enjoyed doing machine shop work. It is always enjoyable for me to watch a master at work, and to learn how things are done. I have learned a bunch of things from watching you that I can put to use in my own shop work. Keep it up!
Always a pleasure watching someone so skilled in their work. Nice video production also.
Keith- This is one of those jobs where everything you imagined came out just right... No snags or problems, there was at least three or four times you felt like doing the machinist song/dance! Outstanding job start to finish...
I am in AWE that is the most ingenious and innovative tube boring
technique i have ever seen!!
Great series of videos. I spent 15 years as a Machine tool repairman and have many hours line boring press frames. We had a few variables that you don't have but a very similar operation. Our drive system was a portable hydraulic unit with a Hyd motor to turn the bar and a cylinder for feeding it. Consistency in speed a feed rates always seemed to be a problem. As the oil warmed up speeds and feeds changed.
Just watched super shaker 1 to 5
Very nice work Mr Fenner
Very informative and interesting all through. Great to watch a master at work. Watching you deal so easily with imperial measurements made me glad we in Australia went metric back in the late 60s
Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Nice shirt
Hi Keith, I enjoyed your 5 part series on this job very much and thanks for recording it. It's good to see a simple-looking but inherently difficult job done well. Sometimes I think I'm a bit over the top when I make jigs to get things done right, but I derived real comfort from seeing you do it all. The running commentary was helpful too, like using your snap gauges. We all evolve little ways to get the most out of what we have, and videos are great for passing this on. Best wishes.
watched all 5. excellent vids Keith. Thank you. : ) ~
Keith, thanks for putting up this series. I learned a lot by watching you work and you're to be congratulated for taking the time to share your wealth of knowledge with others.
Well done Keith. Always something to learn from your jobs.
This is some excellent machining! This is what years of experience will get you. Great job Mr. Fenner
The boring bar part of this was just amazing to me.Nice work.
Thanks for taking the time to share and teach.
Watched all 5 episodes. Couldn't have been more interested for 2.5 hours! Awesome machining job Keith.
Another great little series!! Love to sit and watch your videos one after the other!!
What a Great series of videos That was something to see how you made all the pieces to line bore with A Job Very Well Done !!!
Really interesting series Keith. Thanks for letting us look over your shoulder...
I just found your channel and i have to say, you gained a new sub from this series.
Its very informative and show me how its done, no bs just how to do a center bore on long stock. Thank you.
I can watch machining all day every day . . . but . . . ship work machining . . . . like aerospace . . . . have no equal . . .nice work Keith . . .
It took me till Super Shaker 4.5 till i figured out the bore tool you were making .
I think i found some videos to keep me interested for days .
Subscribed to a master machinist.
Ok that's about the coolest thing I've ever seen setup in a one man show shop. Nice job.
First class job Keith, I am most impressed with your work and video`s I too have to think outside the box in my job fixing old American cars and vintage engines in the UK, I would be lost without my old 1930s Colchester lathe, 1947 Norton surface grinder and old faithfull Bridgeport
Keep up the good work and keep the video`s coming
Your vids are VERY well done IMHO. Especially this series.
Thank you very much for producing and posting them.
EXCELLENT Keith and thank you. Fascinating all the way. Never did stuff to that scale but even so, had to find similar solutions for long boring jobs, workarounds etc. Now I have just one problem -- find the time to go thru a load more of your videos - which I look fwd to.
Another great series Keith full of useful tips as usual!
Thanks,
Gary
Another great series Keith, thanks for sharing your knowledge
Thank you Dave! & Thank you everyone else in making this posible!
Being ignorant of machien work I am learning just what a skill it really is.
Great videos Keith...you deserve a new shirt.
Very impressive work Keith. A big thank you for all the tips and tricks you share :)
Another great example of why setup is often the most expensive part of the job.
That was very interesting 👍👍
Great job Keith, true craftsmanship .
Thanks Keith! Another great series! I will be using your anti-vibe bearing idea for line bore project I have coming up! Nice trick!
Jeff
Another great video! What a cool jig/fixture and method (lathe/machinist acrobatics) to get that task accomplished!
Keith
Just when I think I've see just about everything you can do you come up with another kick ass job well done.
1.5 to 2 thousand in three feet is something I strive for on an OD cut much less an line bore job.
Keep them coming.
Your avid student
Jim
Very interesting series. I have never saw line boring before and mus admit that is one heck of an approach. Kudos :)
Cool video!!!
I linebored the main bearings on a Coles power models Holt engine in my home
Grizzly 9x20 and it used every bit of the available travel.
Took alot of head scratching to get the block mounted to the cross slide accurately and solid enough.
I realy admire how you think on your feet and Get er Done!!
Another great learning experience from a master teacher. Thanks. I really enjoyed the lesson.
Hi Keith, Excellent set of videos. Have only seen line boring done on a big horizontal boring m/c. Only wish i had a workshop as comprehensively fitted out as yours.
Andy
Keith, what can I say...you got mad skills bro & beautiful work as usual. Thanks for all the great videos mate, you ROCK!!!
Un gran PROFESIONAL......solamente ver sus manos , lo dicen todo......
GRACIAS MAESTRO
That was a fantastic series enjoyed it brilliantly done
I was cheering when you remembered to put the bearing cap on before you slid the tailstock onto the boring bar this time. I forget stuff a lot too. I'm about your age.
Those bearing cap things were a work or art, by the way. Very nicely done.
OK... great! We have one of those in Austin, very intimidating when you come up on one in traffic! Thanks again.
Keith: I really enjoyed this series! And thanks for the refresher on using snap gauges. I think I finally understand what you were on about.
Can't wait for the next videos! Cheers, man.
Well, this was fascinating stuff. I had no idea that you could make such a long pass bore. I don't own a lathe, but would like to one day. This just adds fuel to the fire. Thanks for posting.
like the work shirt. A pro look for a pro. Thanks for all the time you spend teaching me us what you know. MIKE THANKS YOU VERY MUCH from Alaska . I WISH I COULD FIND A K AND T OR A NICE LATHE UP HERE IN AK
a good worker, clean and tidy, always give good results. greetings from Chile
Very cool. I stumbled upon this while learning about wood lathes. Tons of work just in the tooling. So cool to see how you set that up for a bore. Nice new shirt and I love that you talk to your kitty. Meow. Looking forward to checking out your other videos! =)
Learning new things every video. My mother stopped by while i was watching this project.
be informed you have "that look". I am told by her that "that look " happens when I'm putting things together in my head that she couldn't put together at all. Also your shop is cleaner than mine :D Keep the videos rolling Keith. "that look" always leads to interesting ends.
I see a Railway Express Agency sign hanging on your wall. My Grandfather worked for them for many years. I think he started working there when he got back from WW2 up until then went out of business in the early 70's.
A new trick in my bag! Thanks Keith...
I've done a lot of marine work on trawlers & long liners where I live & seen some snazzy tricks, this line boring method is labor intensive, but an excellent way to ID M/C a long tube on a lathe. anyway thanks again for adding to my arsenal....... Pedro...
Just the set up was amazing!
Keith that was a fantastic job.
Thanx again for the vids keep them comin. I really like your fixtures you made up I'll be sure to show my Dad these ones,He's a tool & die maker. He has his own shop too. :-)
What a very cool series. Wish there was a pic or two of it mounted in the shaker itself...
Gracias por dar un grano de arena a mis conocimiento ;excelente tu dedicación y trabajo,...
They posibly could have gone bigger and modified the existing webs in the machinery to suit and done it that way and turned down for the bearing sizes, not sure if any clearance problems would be but it all was brought to me as is and can you do? ;{)-----
Another interesting and informative video. Thanks for all your efforts .
Very skilfull. Most impressive. Always enjoy your video's, really educational.
I always look forward to your videos, Keith! Thanks for sharing!! Oh and your hats are fantastic!
After watching your videos I'm inspired to eventually add a lathe and Bridgeport to my shop. I've found that they're readily available on Craigslist for reasonable prices ... But ...
Fantastic watched it all as if I was there.
It all depends on how the cuts are coming out as your getting closer to finish size, Is there taper, steps, bell mouthing and or how is the finish. If I feel the second cut can improve the finish quality I'l run a spring cut through it. ;{)-----
Great video, as always! It's so relieving not having to listen to all kinds of crap music - over Your voice, like so many other guys are doing!
Those end caps came out real nice, and I loved the tip on finding the 90 degree on the bar, by using that clamp and the bed. Always things to learn from You, and it's FUN too..:)
Best night watching Another great series with some Pop corn and a soda Ty Keith.
It is perfectly worked. Continuation will be?
Fantastic! Loved it. Thanks for sharing.
Yet another very informative video. Thanks Keith. I put You Tube on and tell my lady I'm off to night classes in engineering.
Thanks for the comment Sam, and the best form of flattery is to be copied. Hope your jig works out as well as mine has, good luck with it and have fun! ;{)----
I want to live in your shop. I'll just stand in the corner and watch.
Hi Dan, that hindge section was for an earth or sand shaker / sifter. ;{)-----
Thank you for sharing good technical knowledge
Stumbled across this series somehow... But I love it, top quality videos, top quality work and ingenuity. Subscribed :D.
I've been contemplating a boring job with similar length to bore ratio (6:1) and had come up almost the same setup. Nice to see it in operation, difference being that my bar stays stationary while the bushings rotate with the work, longer bar extending into the spindle bore. I thought those inserts needed to be silver soldered, but it looks like a press fit with set screws is good to go.
Several things: 1) that was an amazing project. 2) it is perhaps eclipsed by the herculean effort to film and edit the video. 3) My mom lived in Foxboro until 3 years ago...wish I'd have found your videos back then, I could have stopped by to say Hi. 4) The Duck Boats are a lot of fun. 5) If you figure out how to actually catch fish in the canal, lemme know...I tried and failed many times.
Loved the series! I was thinking even though you left a flat spot on the chip break for tool life,In a stringy tubing like this,especially using carbide instead of a HSS bit,I usually go ahead and leave the chip break shap,as it helps make a lot shorter chips.I was also surprised you didn't add little oiler cups,or even find some old glass oiler bowls to add to the bearing saddle,so you didn't have to keep grabbing the oil can,lol.Thanks again for taking the time to make all these videos!
I'm impressed, i found the way you worked out the progression to the finished product, awesome.!! & Allowance for Distortion must put you on your clients list for quality & service, as No.1.!! ... The only consideration given to production equipment is speed in getting the machine on-line, the good bit here is, you'll probably get a repeat on the job in a year or two.!!
The installation/welding in of your product is most likely to be continuous MIG runs causing the Distortion, instead of Stitch Welding, to a pattern that minimises heat buildup & associated Distortion, with, in many cases a better & stronger penetration.!!
Looking forward to viewing your other Video's.! Cheers from a Ratbag from Downunder.!!
hola vi tus videos the super shaker me gusto mucho llevo 30 años trabajando con tornos y eso no lo sabia. saludos desde venezuela
hello keith, one really very good job I love this system of a boring old, very well lead as always I am really impressed by these videos, like how there are still good machinist, good luck to you cordially thierry
GOOD JOB! AND USING AVAILABLE RESOURCE$ . GOOD THINKING, AND PLANNING. Thanks, Have A Good Day!
Absolutely amazing, Keith! You're the best! :] Keep 'em coming, I enjoy your videos so much, and I'm sure I'm speaking for all when I say I learn a lot from 'em!! :] Thanks!
I plan on making a follower rest that mounts the same way but has rollers and knurled knobs. Those are just for boring support, large tube shapes. ;{)-----