Dave, thank you for the more detailed shop tour. It's nice to see the planer making chips for you too! Also, you appear to have lost a lot of weight -- I hope that any weight loss was on purpose and not due to a health issue!
This is a national treasure no doubt about it. Thank You David for every minute of time and effort to get you the wealth of knowledge and machines along with the tools, to showcase the history of the machine shop.
Even though I've been watching for years, the shop walk through was delightful showing me all my favorites and reminding me of particular episodes covering different things in detail. Thanks a lot, Dave. It was really valuable to me. Also, I've been waiting for a minute to see the plane running on a job like this. Quite satisfying.
Good to see you on RUclips again. Looks like you got the gear marking on the planer solved. Always a treat to see a notification of a new video from you.
I just love watching those old machines at work, from a day when jobs were done right and how long it took didnt matter, they may be slow compared to modern tools, but there is a kind of grace and beauty there that modern tools dont share.I have a 4" hand shaper, and though its a lot more work its way more satisfying than running a part through a mill.
Gday David, Your shop is a true credit to you, preserving the history and technics used in what we call the olden days is priceless, I just wish there were more shops around the world like this and guys like running them, the planer really finish’s the shop off beautifully, please don’t stop sharing your knowledge and videos mate, I could watch this channel day in day out, thanks very much for all your efforts, much appreciated, Cheers Matty
Just what I needed to close out the weekend! As always, thanks for sharing Dave!! I love watching that planer work. The shop I worked in had a couple Haas VF10s for larger work and then some big floor style boring mills to machine weldments. Shapers and planers are so unique and fun to watch since my only experience has been rotating cutters! Also, I'd love to hear more about that steam powered car thing at the very end of the video!!
It is so good to see you again and thanks for a great video. BUT - You didn't show the whole shop and I for one would love to see it. Including the upstairs. I have seen those stairs behind you many times and always wanted to go up there and explore. Also I would love to see all around the outside of the shop and the neighborhood. Art
Thank so much for the shop tour! I’ve been subscribed for a few years now, but this video has answered a number of questions I had so thanks for sharing. It never gets old watching your machines click and clack and turn out beautiful parts. Good health and stay safe!
Thanks David....Damn nice to see you again....Thanks for showing the working in your shop my friend.....Live steam all ways takes me back when l was a young boy....God's peace brother....!
Thank you for your efforts in putting this together. I found it very informative and am grateful for your patience and your appreciation of the steam line shaft operated machinery
David nice to hear from you glad to see you're doing well hope everything is good thank you for another great video appreciate you sharing your knowledge
Dave, been watching from the beginning and the shop is a one of a kind. I know this has been a life’s passion building this shop. I hope you don’t get mad, but you look a little rough around the edges. I hope all is well and it’s just Mother Nature kicking you around. Hang in there.
Dave the shop looks great! Nice job on the wood work around the pulleys driving the planer. I hope to get back up there to see you and the shop after we get past the virus. Have a good winter and stay safe.
Thank You for the inspiring video and shop tour . It lit a fire under me to dig out the leather belt for my old Barber-Coleman surface grinder and get in running again after 40 years of idle . I have yet to date the machine itself -- I totally rebuilt it that 40 years ago since it had seen considerable use before I acquired it . No good excuses for it's idleness -- only that it went through several moves in the period between when I rebuilt it and now . Secondly, I too have one of those 3-jaw scroll chucks that you showed .... and near as I can tell identical to your's . It served me well for quite awhile in spite of having considerable wear before I got it .... that was about 50 years ago so it has to be much older than that . No identification as to who manufactured it . Thanks again for the video !
Hi Dave, you're looking good hope you're feeling well. Great explanation of Bernoulli's principle of venturie effect used to fill the tank. Shaper work has always had a kind of magical effect for me. Super relaxing and calming. My favorite machine. For some unknown reason the planer has never had the same appeal. Great tour and video. Thanks for sharing.
Your cross belt for your Barnes drill reminds me of when I was 8 or 9 and my father had just hooked up a well pump. The electric motor was turning it backwards so it couldn't pump water from a well. I showed my dad how to cross feed the v-belt to correct the direction of the power feed to the pump. He asked, "do you think that will work". I told my old man yes so he tried it and it worked. Many times I had to help him with simple things. He was a better carpenter than I but my mechanical ability was superior to his.
As always when there's a new video from Old Steam Powered Machine Shop, I'll drop what I'm doing to watch. It's a fascinating experience every time. Thanks a lot, please carry on and best wishes.
Until surface grinders were available both had their applications, planers not only in length but also on work surface widths. Imagine a shaper's configuration able to provide an equal work surface area?
I'm totally amazed by your knowledge and skill! It's hard to comprehend how much work it takes to set up and maintain a shop like that! Very few people could do it today. I spent time in a line shaft shop as a kid and I don't think it ever set in to mind just what my grandpa had to do to build that shop. And his line was powered by electricity by the time I was around. I haven't seen his old shop for 30 years but I'd guess each machine has it's own power by now and most all of the machinery I knew is gone. But at least I can relive some of those days by watching you work. Thank you!
The way I remember it, you have injectors and ejectors. You have inductors and eductors. The jectors more gases, like steam and air. The ductors move liquid, usually water. So you use an eductor to "pump" out the chain locker. You use a steam jet air ejector to pull vacuum on the main condenser. On an old fire tube boiler, like yours, you use a slightly morphadyke rig to inject feedwater into the boiler, using your own saturated steam. I can not come up with a good example of an inductor, unless it would be your feedwater system. Sorry for all the steam ship lingo, I miss working on all that stuff. As always, thanks a million for making these wonderful videos for us to enjoy.
Dave ! What going on! You go on a crash diet? You have not been sick have you? You have lost a lot of weight! Hope your well and just getting in shape!! So congrats on weight loss but wow if been sick! Take care of your self can not afford good people like your self!
Thanks Dave. I Love the videos that you create. So much information in such a small package. Your knowledge and skill level of machine work in general is out of the ordinary, but throw in the steam factor and you surpass all others. thanks for sharing with us.
The minute flaw in the cross hatching gives it a unique historical marker. Someone way in the future is going to ponder over it. Great video as always, Dave. Note the weight loss, I do hope you are well and OK. Best wishes from Tasmania, Australia. PS, an OH&S nightmare by today’s standards!! Love it.
Thanks for your work Dave. It does look like you have lost a lot of weight. Hope that your health has been well. Take care and look forward to seeing more of your video's.
I have a (3) jaw scroll chuck almost identical to yours. Uses a spanner wrench instead of the typical chuck wrench. Mine is made by Goodell Pratt. I was told it was for watch making, but I do not know if that is accurate information. I have my own machine shop, but absolutely love your steam shop. Can’t get enough of it.
Thanks for showing a way to hold and do work on the planer.It was very interesting. I built an air operated tool lifter for my 24" Rockford Shaper That would have worked nice doing those serreation
Hi Randy, The repairs are still ongoing. If you look hard, you will see that the clapper box was broken in two at some time ago and mechanically repaired with bolts. It was a good repair and is working OK but will probably be the next thing to fabricate....Dave
So amazing!!!, i am hoping to volunteer at a local steam place that is loosing the battle to time and hasn't been really open in years but current owners are trying. Thank you
I can cover that in part of a video. By local research, I found that it was moved to it's present site in about 1870 from a block up the road. It was a "distillery" for the local hotel and when moved converted to their carriage barn.....Dave
Dave, thank you for the more detailed shop tour. It's nice to see the planer making chips for you too!
Also, you appear to have lost a lot of weight -- I hope that any weight loss was on purpose and not due to a health issue!
I thought the same thing. I hope he is in abundant health...
Me too
This is a national treasure no doubt about it. Thank You David for every minute of time and effort to get you the wealth of knowledge and machines along with the tools, to showcase the history of the machine shop.
We need to hurry up & contact UNESCO about making Mr. Richards immortal, & his shop an International Heritage Site.
The back gear mechanism on your drill is itself a work of art.
I agree, and I had the same thought.
Even though I've been watching for years, the shop walk through was delightful showing me all my favorites and reminding me of particular episodes covering different things in detail. Thanks a lot, Dave. It was really valuable to me. Also, I've been waiting for a minute to see the plane running on a job like this. Quite satisfying.
It's a joy watching you preserve the old ways of the steam shop. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us all.
Not that your knowledge, skills and content isn't amazing but I could watch your engines and belts running to that into music for hours.
Thanks for the tour. Looks like you've got your planer dialed in nicely.
Good to see you on RUclips again. Looks like you got the gear marking on the planer solved. Always a treat to see a notification of a new video from you.
Being a middle aged bachelor this is great stuff. Less time cooking more time spannering. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
Thanks for the shop tour. It’s been several years since I’ve started watching your channel and had forgotten some of the machines.
Thanks for the tour... amazing shop you've built, Sir!
It's good to see you again and I hope you have many years left playing in the shop. Time marches on and has ended my shop time.
This has to have been your best video to date. Thanks for posting it.
It’s like stepping back in time.
Thank you for taking the time to produce this video!
Thanks for the tour and for showing the planer in action. Great stuff!
Thanks David ,it really is theraputic watching that old planer at work,and I do mean the machine !
You keep your shop immaculately clean. You are to be commended for your attention to detail. Congratulations on a job very well done.
I just love watching those old machines at work, from a day when jobs were done right and how long it took didnt matter, they may be slow compared to modern tools, but there is a kind of grace and beauty there that modern tools dont share.I have a 4" hand shaper, and though its a lot more work its way more satisfying than running a part through a mill.
Gday David, Your shop is a true credit to you, preserving the history and technics used in what we call the olden days is priceless, I just wish there were more shops around the world like this and guys like running them, the planer really finish’s the shop off beautifully, please don’t stop sharing your knowledge and videos mate, I could watch this channel day in day out, thanks very much for all your efforts, much appreciated, Cheers Matty
Thanks Matty, I'll be trying.....Dave
Just what I needed to close out the weekend! As always, thanks for sharing Dave!!
I love watching that planer work. The shop I worked in had a couple Haas VF10s for larger work and then some big floor style boring mills to machine weldments. Shapers and planers are so unique and fun to watch since my only experience has been rotating cutters!
Also, I'd love to hear more about that steam powered car thing at the very end of the video!!
It is so good to see you again and thanks for a great video. BUT - You didn't show the whole shop and I for one would love to see it. Including the upstairs. I have seen those stairs behind you many times and always wanted to go up there and explore. Also I would love to see all around the outside of the shop and the neighborhood.
Art
Most interesting machine shop on the internet!!! Thanks for sharing Mr. Richards!!!
Dave, Thanks for the shop tour, learned a lot and I now know I wouldn't want to be the guy running that planer. Thanks for a great video
Thank so much for the shop tour! I’ve been subscribed for a few years now, but this video has answered a number of questions I had so thanks for sharing. It never gets old watching your machines click and clack and turn out beautiful parts. Good health and stay safe!
I hope that you have a plan to pass this shop on to future generations, maybe as a working museum.
Excellent episode Dave. I really enjoyed watching the planer working. You've done a great job getting it cleaned up and working.
The your was much appreciated, Dave. I know I haven't been watching from day one, but In do remember when the shop ran on the small engine.
Excellent, thanks, Dave. The chimney looks like a hell of a project.
Thanks David....Damn nice to see you again....Thanks for showing the working in your shop my friend.....Live steam all ways takes me back when l was a young boy....God's peace brother....!
Good to hear from you again Steve......Dave
Love that work shop, i hope it stays in good hands for ever
Thank you for your efforts in putting this together.
I found it very informative and am grateful for your patience and your appreciation of the steam line shaft operated machinery
Thanks for the privilege of allowing us to look over your shoulder,really enjoyed this shop tour🤗😎🤗😎
David nice to hear from you glad to see you're doing well hope everything is good thank you for another great video appreciate you sharing your knowledge
I remember when you rebuilt that governor that was a great video
Great to see you Richard!
Dave, been watching from the beginning and the shop is a one of a kind. I know this has been a life’s passion building this shop. I hope you don’t get mad, but you look a little rough around the edges. I hope all is well and it’s just Mother Nature kicking you around. Hang in there.
I loved the shop tour. Helps to see how everything fits together. Also nice to see planer at work.
Dave the shop looks great! Nice job on the wood work around the pulleys driving the planer. I hope to get back up there to see you and the shop after we get past the virus. Have a good winter and stay safe.
Absolutely amazing shop! 👍🏻
I am really happy to have had the chance to see the planer doing the job it was meant to do.
Love it. Seeing the different type machines my grand father and great grand father worked on.
Thank you for this tour!
You have an amazing workshop. I am sure people would pay money to be able to visit!
excellent. Thanks for taking the time to share your shop with us.. Most enjoyable Dave.
Love Steam and engineering. HI from Stephen in Australia.
The plumber is the most important thing for a healthy community.
Thank You for the inspiring video and shop tour . It lit a fire under me to dig out the leather belt for my old Barber-Coleman surface grinder and get in running again after 40 years of idle . I have yet to date the machine itself -- I totally rebuilt it that 40 years ago since it had seen considerable use before I acquired it . No good excuses for it's idleness -- only that it went through several moves in the period between when I rebuilt it and now . Secondly, I too have one of those 3-jaw scroll chucks that you showed .... and near as I can tell identical to your's . It served me well for quite awhile in spite of having considerable wear before I got it .... that was about 50 years ago so it has to be much older than that . No identification as to who manufactured it . Thanks again for the video !
Hi Dave, you're looking good hope you're feeling well.
Great explanation of Bernoulli's principle of venturie effect used to fill the tank.
Shaper work has always had a kind of magical effect for me. Super relaxing and calming. My favorite machine.
For some unknown reason the planer has never had the same appeal.
Great tour and video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks again Dave for another great video. Looking forward to the next one take care.
Such a joy to watch your videos and seeing your lovely shop. Steam powered machines is just something quite special 😊💪👍
Howdy Dave Great posting again. Watching that planer work is like poetry in motion. A machine so simple but effective. Thanks for the experience.
Thank you for the shop tour and sharing your work. Always amazing.
Always a pleasure to have a look round your shop Dave, many thanks. Also fantastic to the shaper in action 👍👍👍 Cheers, Alan.
Nice shop and a man with alot of knowledge !!👌
Your cross belt for your Barnes drill reminds me of when I was 8 or 9 and my father had just hooked up a well pump. The electric motor was turning it backwards so it couldn't pump water from a well. I showed my dad how to cross feed the v-belt to correct the direction of the power feed to the pump. He asked, "do you think that will work". I told my old man yes so he tried it and it worked. Many times I had to help him with simple things. He was a better carpenter than I but my mechanical ability was superior to his.
I truly enjoyed this video.Hoping for many more.
Enjoyed the video Dave , The planer was great , got to see it working Thanks
Thanks Dave, both for the video and for preserving this bit of history.
Great video Dave thanks for the detail tour, I had to watch the planner run twice ...it lulled me to sleep the first time.
As always when there's a new video from Old Steam Powered Machine Shop, I'll drop what I'm doing to watch. It's a fascinating experience every time. Thanks a lot, please carry on and best wishes.
In your earlier videos, Tom was a pretty good machinist. Where is Tom today and what is he doing?
Can't get enough of this delightful workshop!
I can see why shapers won over planers, but can't beat that long table stroke of a planer.
Thanks for the tour Dave!
Until surface grinders were available both had their applications, planers not only in length but also on work surface widths.
Imagine a shaper's configuration able to provide an equal work surface area?
I'm totally amazed by your knowledge and skill! It's hard to comprehend how much work it takes to set up and maintain a shop like that! Very few people could do it today. I spent time in a line shaft shop as a kid and I don't think it ever set in to mind just what my grandpa had to do to build that shop. And his line was powered by electricity by the time I was around. I haven't seen his old shop for 30 years but I'd guess each machine has it's own power by now and most all of the machinery I knew is gone. But at least I can relive some of those days by watching you work. Thank you!
Thanks for the comment John, glad you are along....Dave
The way I remember it, you have injectors and ejectors. You have inductors and eductors. The jectors more gases, like steam and air. The ductors move liquid, usually water. So you use an eductor to "pump" out the chain locker. You use a steam jet air ejector to pull vacuum on the main condenser. On an old fire tube boiler, like yours, you use a slightly morphadyke rig to inject feedwater into the boiler, using your own saturated steam. I can not come up with a good example of an inductor, unless it would be your feedwater system. Sorry for all the steam ship lingo, I miss working on all that stuff. As always, thanks a million for making these wonderful videos for us to enjoy.
Nice to see a RUclipsr who admits to having to fix something in order to fix something else.
Ain't that the way it goes....Dave
Marvelous, simply marvelous
Yes, I've watched every episode, and yes, I watch at 2X speed.
It's fabulous content at any speed or age.
One of the best steam engine, machine shop channels.
Dave ! What going on! You go on a crash diet? You have not been sick have you? You have lost a lot of weight! Hope your well and just getting in shape!! So congrats on weight loss but wow if been sick! Take care of your self can not afford good people like your self!
i thought the same thing, hope your health is good Dave
I noticed that too.
Thanks Dave. I Love the videos that you create. So much information in such a small package. Your knowledge and skill level of machine work in general is out of the ordinary, but throw in the steam factor and you surpass all others. thanks for sharing with us.
Great video, enjoyed the shop walk thru and of course planer and shaper time is always fun.
Great. Thanks for sharing. Hope you are well.
The minute flaw in the cross hatching gives it a unique historical marker. Someone way in the future is going to ponder over it. Great video as always, Dave. Note the weight loss, I do hope you are well and OK. Best wishes from Tasmania, Australia. PS, an OH&S nightmare by today’s standards!! Love it.
Thanks very much for sharing your shop and your expertise with us - you are a master machinist.
Thanks for your work Dave. It does look like you have lost a lot of weight. Hope that your health has been well. Take care and look forward to seeing more of your video's.
Always a good day to see you've posted a video. Thx for taking the time. Much appreciated.
I could watch the planer run all day. Thanks for the comprehensive tour!
Great video...
Nice to see the planer running...🇬🇧🙂
Hi Glenn, It's nice to have it available to do a few things. ....Dave
Very enjoyable and informative video. You covered a lot of ground. Looks like you were able to get that chatter out of the plainer. Nice work!
Good to see you again thanks for the video.
Mr. Richards thanks for taking your time. Always enjoy your video's just cant thank you enough!
I have a (3) jaw scroll chuck almost identical to yours. Uses a spanner wrench instead of the typical chuck wrench. Mine is made by Goodell Pratt. I was told it was for watch making, but I do not know if that is accurate information.
I have my own machine shop, but absolutely love your steam shop. Can’t get enough of it.
Thanks Dave! Great to see!
A great exhibition of ingenuity !!!
Amazing workshop!
I truly enjoy every one of your uploads. Thanks Dave.
Thanks for showing a way to hold and do work on the planer.It was very interesting. I built an air operated tool lifter for my 24" Rockford Shaper That would have worked nice doing those serreation
Hi Dave, good to see you back at it. I have a Dexter scroll chuck, like yours, on my 1941 S.B. 9A. It gives me that extra distance I sometimes need.
Hi Dave I hope you are doing well. Nice to see the planer in action, I have watched all the videos on the repair and setup of the planer Thanks.
Hi Randy, The repairs are still ongoing. If you look hard, you will see that the clapper box was broken in two at some time ago and mechanically repaired with bolts. It was a good repair and is working OK but will probably be the next thing to fabricate....Dave
So amazing!!!, i am hoping to volunteer at a local steam place that is loosing the battle to time and hasn't been really open in years but current owners are trying.
Thank you
Another great video Dave.. Always love to watch your vids.!
Was good to see the walk through, going to take awhile to get use to the hair cut though!
Great to see you back Dave, great video
Those pointed screws going to leave whitness marks but I tell people that is just part of the story!
Makers marks!
I even sometime drill small holes for the points. Beats having them get away....Dave
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. You deserve a knighthood, how does Sir David Richards sound?
Thanks Dave. Awesome video.
Glad to see a new video from you. I miss seeing you and all the machinery.
Loved it even down to the Chuck Key Holder.
Could have been a bit off a Steam Pipe with a proper cast bracket tho.
It would also be interesting to know more of the history of your shop building.
I can cover that in part of a video. By local research, I found that it was moved to it's present site in about 1870 from a block up the road. It was a "distillery" for the local hotel and when moved converted to their carriage barn.....Dave
I wish I could work with you David, for free, just to gain some of your knowledge. Hello from eastern North Carolina!
Hi Dave great to see another video. Looks like you lost some weight. The planer is running like a swiss watch.
Always a joy to watch your videos. Keep them coming.