Keith thanks for taking the time to make the 2 videos on the 2HL mill. The mill looks great I really appreciate the craftsmanship of old machinery, and the craftsmanship in restoring it. I really enjoyed the photos and the story behind how you got the mill. Its great that you had the foresight to take them during the process.
Keith, you are doing the heavy-duty machinists a big favor with your videos. It's valuable- you - dispensing knowledge and tips with your DIY restoration info. We have an identical K&T 2HL going to a new home with Doc Wilson in N. Tennessee. We sold the slotting head to Ryan in S. Tennessee, (he has a pair of these mills). He's doing a great job restoring the rusted Monarch 16 " Toolroom lathe we sold him 2+ years ago. Cheers to all you enthusiasts. Machineco, Montreal. (PS- that was also our comment at Loft Party 2 yr. ago, below.)
I worked at K-T renewment div.and worked on your type of machine and head attachments. Brings back a lot of good memories. A good company and quality machines. Nice job of your repairs and replacement parts.
Superb rebuild job on the K&T, Keith. It's great that you got that machine; can't understand why the company would let it go - for one of the deals of the century! Thanks for the tour.
What a Machine to have Looking at all the pictures and seeing it brought back to life was Great to see and the work it has done for you was also neat to see Thanks for sharing this with us
Real nice mill Keith. Great job on the re-build. We had a similar machine in the shop I work at, a German made Fritz-Werner mill. They are very versatile, and it was a sad day when we finally had to retire it. It sure didn't owe them anything. They got a lot of production from it over the year's.
Got to loveOld American Iron. My Cincinnati #4 loves to eat steel and cast. I machined a transmission case the other day and I thought I was going to need a skid steer to keep from getting buried in chips!!LOL .250DOC on an 8"shell mill sure makes a pile fast!! I love your vids. i get a lot of good ideas from watching you.
My one room with all my big machines is only 16' by 18' and my machines are fully fuctional, clearance & travels... I would go for the universal milling machine before a bridgeport or spindle mill, specially if you have a drill press too! I know that spindle mills are a time a dozen, $1500 all day long stripped...
@ArtemiaSalina No it doesn't have a clapper box, its more like the slotting head made for the Bridgeports... It makes sence though, a clapper box mostly relies on gravity in a horizontal plane... Although a Spring in the right place would surpass...
Best video yet of the K&T 2. Interesting the spindle reverse is mechanical but I guess that's down to the fact the motor is driving other things. Mine has 3 motors - spindle, coolant & rapids so to reverse the spindle is just an electric switch........but that reverses the feeds too - so mine has a feed reverse lever to 'correct' that. The universal head on mine is also 2-axes but also 2 speed. It also has a height extension - that goes onto the machine to engage the main spindle gear, the the head goes on top of that - giving extra vertical space - BUT that extra gear also reverses the head spindle direction - so we're playing with main motor direction and feed reversal again !
Thanks so much for these videos. Now that I will probably have a 2HL in a few days, Good Lord willing! I may have to ask for some advice....every now and then. LOL Praying 2020 in very kind to you.
I have never had to get in and readjust my rapid clutch since I have rebuilt it in 1993. I don't baby it and I use the machine as mush as any of the other since then. I only run medium hydraulic fluid as main gear oil, from day one. ;{)-----
@Wimseys I not sure on exact year, and your propably real close, it was a popular machine along with Cincinnati machine around WW2, so the old timers talked about...
Second time I watched these two videos and just love it, actually I have located one of the k& t 2HL mill and I am going to purchase if I can but one has the draw bar missing , Thanks for you’re videos Kieth
Oh man that is a pretty adaptable and useful machine. I have been looking for a nice machine like that for my shop to go along with my VMC for the rest of the things a mill can be used for. this kind of machine would work great with just the horizontal and vertical millheads, let alone that shaper attatchment thing. Very nice man and thanks for sharing. Peace Pete
ID gear hobbing with a K&T shaper attachment.....rotated 90deg for clearance Line boring a captured large diameter interrupted cut operation You sir, are a badass!!! :-D
Keith, that's a slotting, not broaching head. Broaches have multiple teeth each tooth a few thou. higher than the previous one. Of course both can be used for keyways, but the slotting head tooling costs a tiny fraction of precision broaches. The round top bars, as were common on K&T and B&S mills, compose the 'Overarm'. The Drawbar, is what pulls the Arbor into the spindle nose taper cone (same as on a Bridgeport and most all milling machines). The outboard arbor support you refer to as a 'carrier' and both the arbor holding the milling cutters AND its retention threaded rod you call 'drawbars'. Sorry for the criticisms, but conventional nomenclature for machine tools seems to have taken a huge hit on UA-cam :-( Thanks for this excellent video of the multi-functions of these great older machines. Sorry I didn't see this 2 years ago. We have a K&T #2, which surprisingly arrived WITH the slotting head installed. The arbor support was stored on the rear extension of the twin overarms. I'd like to set it up one day, or sell the whole machine with it working if you know anyone. Great superior older American iron, these machines! Also we loved the pics of your mill in action (and the music... :-)) (40 yrs selling machine tools)
My pleasure Keith, I have a copy of K&T's mfg. records. Your mill: One of a lot of 25 1H and 2HL horizontals manufactured August, 1949. Your slotting attachment: One of a lot of 25 2H slotting attachments manufactured March, 1948. Your universal head: One of a lot of 30 1H and 2H heavy duty universal mill attachments manufactured April, 1943. All were manufacured before either of us were born and are still going strong. Good stuff! Stan
@KEF791 - lol I realized I had missed part 1 after I commented so I'll be watching that one soon. Thanks for sharing the videos of your solutions to shop problems. I always enjoy seeing someone else's methods for dealing with things - whether it's a machining operation or storage - all quite enjoyable and educational.
Thanks for the comment, and I think you are right on the motor change out, but I think better and or cheaper in long run, to add phase converter. ;{)-----
It's nice to see an "Oldie but goodie" fall into the hands of someone who cares enough, and will restore it and put it back to work. I can imagine- that in your capable hands- it has more than paid for itself by now. It would be good practice to flush half a gallon of ATF through it & drain & refill with some quality Lubriplate or similar; I would definitely stay away from synthetics with older machines- they just leak out faster. Do you have the sewing needle-stitch attachment for that Jumping Jack?
@@millomweb Synthetic oil's molecules are more uniform than irregular conventional oils. Synthetics don't _cause_ leaks- they will magnify any existing. ATF is a Lithium soap. The sight glass is cloudy from moisture, being churned into the oil. As directed- without harshly de lubricating the system- conventional ATF will float away contaminates that attract moisture. Sea Foam works about the same, and should be added to the new oil after flushing, to keep everything free & dry.
I may never touch a k&t but I like anything mechanical like that. Love the old iron. Seems to last longer and even when a bit worn can still get good work out it.
Thanks for posting the videos of this mill. I have been curious about it since seeing it in your videos. It looks like a very good machine. Please post a video of the broaching head if you use it any time soon. It looks like it could be used horizontally to function like a shaper. Thanks again.
Yes, the 3 phase is more cost efficient, than single phase but not that much of a power difference on the loads. You could pick up a phase convertor instead! ;{)---
Awesome video again! And Answered all of my questions I had about it lol. Well except for one, if you had to choose between this and your Bridgeport, which one would you choose? And why? Im in the process of acquiring some machines, and have a 21x26 shop to put them in. Kinda limited on space lol. Thanks!
Of course one has to wonder what a comparable mill would cost today. And by comparable, from the massive main body casting on out to the little fluff like the oil flow sight window. I'm reminded of a Parks planer my buddy's kids inherited that had been improved by a master machinist (including over 40 lbs of brazing rod). The kids were considering selling it for $1500. I took them on a little tour of a comparable planer tipping the scales at $15000. Then pointed out thanks to the modification where it would accept a timber 12" by 24" they would be talking $60,000+. The Parks was built like the brick shithouse like this K&T.
Hey, I've been meaning to ask about one piece of music you use a lot. It's the one that plays during the slide show of photos in this video beginning about 8:30. What is that and who's the group/musician? Thanks!
Wow! i have never seen a shaper attachment for a mill, that is beyond cool! i may have to heckle you a bit l more on the old k&t's just got my 1928 plain no.3 vertical home(2 days ago), and just starting to go over it to see what's what with it. only missing piece so far is tge coolant pump, i see where it mounts, but nothing there.
Keith, I've seen a lot of machinists in my time, some good, some bad. You are a cut above the rest !! There are not many of you guys left and, that's not good for the Country !! Seems like nobody wants to get their hands dirty today. I enjoy your great videos. Thank you.
Keith I've asked Tubal for some videos on cutting chain sprockets. He has replied that he's never really done them. My question for you is could you do a video on cutting, and explaining the details of chain sprockets? I would really love to begin cutting 530 and 630 motorcycle chain sprockets, both the output transmission shaft and wheel sprocket sides. Thanks! Nice 3 generation picture by the way! !!
If I had the right index head I'd do some helical cutting, I have never changed the table angle since I first reassembled it during the refurbishment... I still have that Shaper and a small Southbend Shaper also, plan on doing a video sometime down the road, as you have been following, you know everyone whats to see it all, LOL...
hey keith,nice set of videos !!! just curious.....is that your dad holding your son in those pictures ? and.... is there anything you can't build or repair ....i mean wow ,i don't think i've ever heard of or known anybody who can do everything....until now !!!!!!!! keep kicking it !!!!!!
Nice mill. Rigid, powerful, and versatile. Perfect for work in your shop that is too much for the Bridgeport to handle. I'm going to try to find one, once I complete the addition to my workshop so I have room for it. Did you have to rescrape the ways/slides?
Looks like you've got most every attachment made for your mill - did you buy it so well equipped or have you been able to find (and afford) the attachments? Do you have the rotary table setup as well for gear hobbing? I've used a Cincinnati 2MH - not quite as much machine as you have, but it also doesn't have any attachments which limits some operations and requires some imaginative setups for some others.
I have the same basic machine, but I use mine only as a horizontal production mill. It run just about every day all day. I have a problem with the main clutch assemble. Needs rebuilding every couple years, springs balls between two faces. Havn't been able to find parts for this. Any infromation were to find parts would be appreciated very much. Very nice machine inside, everything looks so nice. We keep it well lobed. Enjoying your videos during the winter. JIM
Keith, forgive me if this is a dumb question. You mentioned the Jumping Jack head. Would that be like a Shaper? In college, I used a shaper and have never seen one since.
I can see a couple differences between yours and mine. I have 3 belt drive with next size smaller belts. Mine also has a handle to crank out the horizontal supports. I never could get mine to move but that's no biggie as I have no horizontal support or tooling .
Brilliant design, If mine it would be in my living room. I never thought I would ever see another. My father used to hang with the guys at Paragon Gear Works a mile down the road they had one. And also what in your boxes? Actually a lot of my stuff came from Paragon. Maybe smuggeled out in lunch boxes. eeeks. sam
Very nice. How did you use this machine to make the brass housing with internal gears. Does it have a automatic broach or did you slide forth and back manually. Thank you
Keith, excellent channel! I'm going through all of your videos and they are great! Tell me, does that slotting head have a clapper box like on a shaper or does it drag the tool bit on the back stroke? I ask because I'd like to build a slotting head for my Hardinge horizontal miller some day but it's hard to find info on accessory slotting heads (I don't think Hardinge even made one at all for my miller). Thanks!
Hi Keith! In your 20 year old photos (Part 1) I saw a shaper in the corner behind the K&T. Do you still own it? If so, have you considered featuring it in a future vid? If you still own it, I'd guess you seldom use it since the way the K&T is tooled, it will do the same operations much faster. Have you ever milled anything that required swinging the universal table (i.e., helical gears, spiral flutes) or do you think you would have been just as happy with a plain table machine? Thanks!!
Had to go back in time a bit to find this. I just picked up a 2h . It is a little bigger with a 50 tapper spindle. Id like to find a vertical head for it.
@rlsimpso It can, in fact in the photo set at the end of video I shaped the internal gear teeth in that bronze ring, just don't have the clapper head. I will video the next time I use it, also if I use eather of my two shapers...
@thevillageinn In part 1 I show how I got the machine. yes I do have a dividing head for gear cutting shown in the photo set at the end of part two, its a bit big for the machine but works well... Most of the attachments I recieved around the same time as the mill but were missing drive gears...
The second head works similar to a shaper? I know it's a different machine. Do you still have the blue shaper that is in the old pictures in the garage? Haven't seen it in any videos. personally I like a shaper, probably cause it's a reminder of high school shop where I was addicted to metalworking.
Rucker is having trouble with his clutch slipping on fast traverse. Now only on z axis table lift after he put all new springs and the balls were 8mm instead of 5/16. Probably the ball seats under the springs in the clutch are damaged from the wrong size balls. Not sure he has figured out a cure for the slip yet on his KT. Probably needs a new plate for the ball seats.
It doesn't look like you're replying correctly to comments - your replies are therefore appearing as new comments - and we don't know what they're replying to !
Keith, That's an impressive machine, but not as impressive as the owner/operator. It's been more than 50 years since I used a milling machine in H.S. machine shop. IIRC, they were Cincinnati and were permanently set up with the overarm arbor support. Frankly, I SUCK as a machinist. Electronic soldering is more my speed. Keep educating us dingbats. Eli D.
Keith thanks for taking the time to make the 2 videos on the 2HL mill. The mill looks great I really appreciate the craftsmanship of old machinery, and the craftsmanship in restoring it.
I really enjoyed the photos and the story behind how you got the mill. Its great that you had the foresight to take them during the process.
Keith, you are doing the heavy-duty machinists a big favor with your videos. It's valuable- you - dispensing knowledge and tips with your DIY restoration info. We have an identical K&T 2HL going to a new home with Doc Wilson in N. Tennessee. We sold the slotting head to Ryan in S. Tennessee, (he has a pair of these mills). He's doing a great job restoring the rusted Monarch 16 " Toolroom lathe we sold him 2+ years ago. Cheers to all you enthusiasts. Machineco, Montreal. (PS- that was also our comment at Loft Party 2 yr. ago, below.)
I worked at K-T renewment div.and worked on your type of machine and head attachments. Brings
back a lot of good memories. A good company and quality machines. Nice job of your repairs and replacement parts.
Superb rebuild job on the K&T, Keith. It's great that you got that machine; can't understand why the company would let it go - for one of the deals of the century! Thanks for the tour.
What a Machine to have Looking at all the pictures and seeing it brought back to life was Great to see and the work it has done for you was also neat to see Thanks for sharing this with us
Machines of that era are monuments to human engineering. What a wonderful piece of equipment. Glad it landed in capable hands. Neat stuff indeed.
That truly is the king of mills. It makes my Bridgeport look like a drill press. I enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing.
George.
Real nice mill Keith. Great job on the re-build. We had a similar machine in the shop I work at, a German made Fritz-Werner mill. They are very versatile, and it was a sad day when we finally had to retire it. It sure didn't owe them anything. They got a lot of production from it over the year's.
Thanks Stan,
The K&T model H ser# 22-6059
The slotting head # is 9 over line then 5983
The universal head# is 6 over line then 4575
Cheers, Keith
That's one hell of a machine, great job restoring it.
Got to loveOld American Iron. My Cincinnati #4 loves to eat steel and cast. I machined a transmission case the other day and I thought I was going to need a skid steer to keep from getting buried in chips!!LOL .250DOC on an 8"shell mill sure makes a pile fast!! I love your vids. i get a lot of good ideas from watching you.
My one room with all my big machines is only 16' by 18' and my machines are fully fuctional, clearance & travels... I would go for the universal milling machine before a bridgeport or spindle mill, specially if you have a drill press too! I know that spindle mills are a time a dozen, $1500 all day long stripped...
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I bought a K&T 1H UNIV and haven't had much luck finding any information about it. These 2 videos were a huge help!
Have you looked at all the documentation on Kearney & Trecker at vintagemachinery.com?
@ArtemiaSalina No it doesn't have a clapper box, its more like the slotting head made for the Bridgeports...
It makes sence though, a clapper box mostly relies on gravity in a horizontal plane...
Although a Spring in the right place would surpass...
Best video yet of the K&T 2. Interesting the spindle reverse is mechanical but I guess that's down to the fact the motor is driving other things. Mine has 3 motors - spindle, coolant & rapids so to reverse the spindle is just an electric switch........but that reverses the feeds too - so mine has a feed reverse lever to 'correct' that. The universal head on mine is also 2-axes but also 2 speed. It also has a height extension - that goes onto the machine to engage the main spindle gear, the the head goes on top of that - giving extra vertical space - BUT that extra gear also reverses the head spindle direction - so we're playing with main motor direction and feed reversal again !
Thanks Keith- One of the best informative vids on UA-cam! I really enjoyed it.
Thanks so much for these videos. Now that I will probably have a 2HL in a few days, Good Lord willing! I may have to ask for some advice....every now and then. LOL Praying 2020 in very kind to you.
I have never had to get in and readjust my rapid clutch since I have rebuilt it in 1993. I don't baby it and I use the machine as mush as any of the other since then. I only run medium hydraulic fluid as main gear oil, from day one. ;{)-----
@Wimseys I not sure on exact year, and your propably real close, it was a popular machine along with Cincinnati machine around WW2, so the old timers talked about...
Second time I watched these two videos and just love it, actually I have located one of the k& t 2HL mill and I am going to purchase if I can but one has the draw bar missing ,
Thanks for you’re videos Kieth
@fart1fart1 The telescoping tubes are the coolent return back down from the table to the sump...
Oh man that is a pretty adaptable and useful machine. I have been looking for a nice machine like that for my shop to go along with my VMC for the rest of the things a mill can be used for. this kind of machine would work great with just the horizontal and vertical millheads, let alone that shaper attatchment thing. Very nice man and thanks for sharing. Peace
Pete
ID gear hobbing with a K&T shaper attachment.....rotated 90deg for clearance
Line boring a captured large diameter interrupted cut operation
You sir, are a badass!!! :-D
Keith, that's a slotting, not broaching head. Broaches have multiple teeth each tooth a few thou. higher than the previous one. Of course both can be used for keyways, but the slotting head tooling costs a tiny fraction of precision broaches. The round top bars, as were common on K&T and B&S mills, compose the 'Overarm'. The Drawbar, is what pulls the Arbor into the spindle nose taper cone (same as on a Bridgeport and most all milling machines). The outboard arbor support you refer to as a 'carrier' and both the arbor holding the milling cutters AND its retention threaded rod you call 'drawbars'. Sorry for the criticisms, but conventional nomenclature for machine tools seems to have taken a huge hit on UA-cam :-( Thanks for this excellent video of the multi-functions of these great older machines.
Sorry I didn't see this 2 years ago. We have a K&T #2, which surprisingly arrived WITH the slotting head installed. The arbor support was stored on the rear extension of the twin overarms. I'd like to set it up one day, or sell the whole machine with it working if you know anyone. Great superior older American iron, these machines! Also we loved the pics of your mill in action (and the music... :-)) (40 yrs selling machine tools)
My pleasure Keith, I have a copy of K&T's mfg. records.
Your mill: One of a lot of 25 1H and 2HL horizontals manufactured August, 1949.
Your slotting attachment: One of a lot of 25 2H slotting attachments manufactured March, 1948.
Your universal head: One of a lot of 30 1H and 2H heavy duty universal mill attachments manufactured April, 1943.
All were manufacured before either of us were born and are still going strong. Good stuff!
Stan
That machine is sweet! And the operator is pretty neat too. :D
@KEF791 - lol I realized I had missed part 1 after I commented so I'll be watching that one soon. Thanks for sharing the videos of your solutions to shop problems. I always enjoy seeing someone else's methods for dealing with things - whether it's a machining operation or storage - all quite enjoyable and educational.
Wonderful machine and as always, wonderful video. Thanks!
Thanks for the comment, and I think you are right on the motor change out, but I think better and or cheaper in long run, to add phase converter. ;{)-----
It's nice to see an "Oldie but goodie" fall into the hands of someone who cares enough, and will restore it and put it back to work. I can imagine- that in your capable hands- it has more than paid for itself by now. It would be good practice to flush half a gallon of ATF through it & drain & refill with some quality Lubriplate or similar; I would definitely stay away from synthetics with older machines- they just leak out faster. Do you have the sewing needle-stitch attachment for that Jumping Jack?
Interesting to note you think the oil leaks out faster with synthetic. Why flush with ATF ? Am interested in flushing due to sight glass clouding up !
@@millomweb Synthetic oil's molecules are more uniform than irregular conventional oils. Synthetics don't _cause_ leaks- they will magnify any existing.
ATF is a Lithium soap. The sight glass is cloudy from moisture,
being churned into the oil. As directed- without harshly de lubricating
the system- conventional ATF will float away contaminates that
attract moisture. Sea Foam works about the same, and should
be added to the new oil after flushing, to keep everything free & dry.
@@HUBBABUBBADOOPYDOOP Are our interpretations of ATF the same ? What's yours ?
@@millomweb I'm sorry- I don't understand your question.
What an amazing machine. The castings on the feed rate dial are beautiful. These are details not found on any modern machine.
Votre machine est réellement fantastique, merci pour cette présentation.
I may never touch a k&t but I like anything mechanical like that. Love the old iron. Seems to last longer and even when a bit worn can still get good work out it.
It has the slotting or broaching head that automatically control the stroke to shape the teeth of the gear. ;{)---
Thanks for posting the videos of this mill. I have been curious about it since seeing it in your videos. It looks like a very good machine. Please post a video of the broaching head if you use it any time soon. It looks like it could be used horizontally to function like a shaper. Thanks again.
Yes, the 3 phase is more cost efficient, than single phase but not that much of a power difference on the loads. You could pick up a phase convertor instead! ;{)---
Awesome video again! And Answered all of my questions I had about it lol. Well except for one, if you had to choose between this and your Bridgeport, which one would you choose? And why? Im in the process of acquiring some machines, and have a 21x26 shop to put them in. Kinda limited on space lol. Thanks!
No the ways were in fare condition, because the handles were broke off before I got it and it had sat for some time with no use...
Interesting stuff Keith thanks for posting...btw, your vids are the best keep em coming...
Of course one has to wonder what a comparable mill would cost today. And by comparable, from the massive main body casting on out to the little fluff like the oil flow sight window.
I'm reminded of a Parks planer my buddy's kids inherited that had been improved by a master machinist (including over 40 lbs of brazing rod). The kids were considering selling it for $1500. I took them on a little tour of a comparable planer tipping the scales at $15000. Then pointed out thanks to the modification where it would accept a timber 12" by 24" they would be talking $60,000+. The Parks was built like the brick shithouse like this K&T.
Hey, I've been meaning to ask about one piece of music you use a lot. It's the one that plays during the slide show of photos in this video beginning about 8:30. What is that and who's the group/musician? Thanks!
+Todd Carney I've wondered the same thing. Probably from UA-cam's library of free music. Cool tune.
there is alot to learn in this world.............thanks, this is some cool stuff
Wow! i have never seen a shaper attachment for a mill, that is beyond cool!
i may have to heckle you a bit l more on the old k&t's just got my 1928 plain no.3 vertical home(2 days ago), and just starting to go over it to see what's what with it. only missing piece so far is tge coolant pump, i see where it mounts, but nothing there.
Keith, I've seen a lot of machinists in my time, some good, some bad. You are a cut above the rest !! There are not many of you guys left and, that's not good for the Country !! Seems like nobody wants to get their hands dirty today. I enjoy your great videos. Thank you.
Keith I've asked Tubal for some videos on cutting chain sprockets. He has replied that he's never really done them. My question for you is could you do a video on cutting, and explaining the details of chain sprockets? I would really love to begin cutting 530 and 630 motorcycle chain sprockets, both the output transmission shaft and wheel sprocket sides. Thanks!
Nice 3 generation picture by the way! !!
What a cool machine!
that's a beautiful machine I bet it's one of your prize posesions
If I had the right index head I'd do some helical cutting, I have never changed the table angle since I first reassembled it during the refurbishment...
I still have that Shaper and a small Southbend Shaper also, plan on doing a video sometime down the road, as you have been following, you know everyone whats to see it all, LOL...
hey keith,nice set of videos !!! just curious.....is that your dad holding your son in those pictures ? and.... is there anything you can't build or repair ....i mean wow ,i don't think i've ever heard of or known anybody who can do everything....until now !!!!!!!! keep kicking it !!!!!!
Thanks for the comment! yeah that is my dad! ;{)------
Nice mill. Rigid, powerful, and versatile. Perfect for work in your shop that is too much for the Bridgeport to handle. I'm going to try to find one, once I complete the addition to my workshop so I have room for it. Did you have to rescrape the ways/slides?
Looks like you've got most every attachment made for your mill - did you buy it so well equipped or have you been able to find (and afford) the attachments? Do you have the rotary table setup as well for gear hobbing?
I've used a Cincinnati 2MH - not quite as much machine as you have, but it also doesn't have any attachments which limits some operations and requires some imaginative setups for some others.
I have the same basic machine, but I use mine only as a horizontal production mill. It run just about every day all day. I have a problem with the main clutch assemble. Needs rebuilding every couple years, springs balls between two faces. Havn't been able to find parts for this. Any infromation were to find parts would be appreciated very much. Very nice machine inside, everything looks so nice. We keep it well lobed. Enjoying your videos during the winter. JIM
Keith, forgive me if this is a dumb question. You mentioned the Jumping Jack head. Would that be like a Shaper? In college, I used a shaper and have never seen one since.
Similar to a shaper but not clapper box! ;{)-----
Wow, they just don't make them like that any more. Nice stills of gear making! Thanks for sharing.
Sei un grande ..ciao da Genova
You are the best .. bye bye from Genova
I can see a couple differences between yours and mine. I have 3 belt drive with next size smaller belts. Mine also has a handle to crank out the horizontal supports. I never could get mine to move but that's no biggie as I have no horizontal support or tooling .
Brilliant design, If mine it would be in my living room. I never thought I would ever
see another. My father used to hang with the guys at Paragon Gear Works a mile
down the road they had one. And also what in your boxes? Actually a lot of my
stuff came from Paragon. Maybe smuggeled out in lunch boxes. eeeks. sam
Very nice. How did you use this machine to make the brass housing with internal gears. Does it have a automatic broach or did you slide forth and back manually. Thank you
Thanks! Still plenty to see/think about in the vids already uploaded...I notice something new every time I re-watch one!
Keith, excellent channel! I'm going through all of your videos and they are great! Tell me, does that slotting head have a clapper box like on a shaper or does it drag the tool bit on the back stroke? I ask because I'd like to build a slotting head for my Hardinge horizontal miller some day but it's hard to find info on accessory slotting heads (I don't think Hardinge even made one at all for my miller). Thanks!
Hey Keith in the pictures at the end, is that a Narex Boring head your using?
Hi Keith! In your 20 year old photos (Part 1) I saw a shaper in the corner behind the K&T. Do you still own it? If so, have you considered featuring it in a future vid? If you still own it, I'd guess you seldom use it since the way the K&T is tooled, it will do the same operations much faster. Have you ever milled anything that required swinging the universal table (i.e., helical gears, spiral flutes) or do you think you would have been just as happy with a plain table machine? Thanks!!
Had to go back in time a bit to find this. I just picked up a 2h . It is a little bigger with a 50 tapper spindle. Id like to find a vertical head for it.
best salesman that K&T never had.
@rlsimpso It can, in fact in the photo set at the end of video I shaped the internal gear teeth in that bronze ring, just don't have the clapper head. I will video the next time I use it, also if I use eather of my two shapers...
@thevillageinn In part 1 I show how I got the machine. yes I do have a dividing head for gear cutting shown in the photo set at the end of part two, its a bit big for the machine but works well... Most of the attachments I recieved around the same time as the mill but were missing drive gears...
Hi Keith, That thing is kink of like a one ton Multi-tool .
OH! the jumping jack on the end. cool.
The second head works similar to a shaper? I know it's a different machine. Do you still have the blue shaper that is in the old pictures in the garage? Haven't seen it in any videos. personally I like a shaper, probably cause it's a reminder of high school shop where I was addicted to metalworking.
I felt hurt, the day I broke one off in a 1 3/8" hole, with the K&T...
I alway appreciated that can of machinery
Rucker is having trouble with his clutch slipping on fast traverse. Now only on z axis table lift after he put all new springs and the balls were 8mm instead of 5/16. Probably the ball seats under the springs in the clutch are damaged from the wrong size balls. Not sure he has figured out a cure for the slip yet on his KT. Probably needs a new plate for the ball seats.
I feel like im in machining school.love it!
Your youtube videos are wonderful, when are you going to write your "how to be a conventional machinist" hand book? Because I will per order now.
Very simple . Very good .
Do you have any video showing how to remove the table?
Love that machine
Very informative. Thanks
That is a chandler duplex head. ;{)-----
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hey keith, can you upload a video of that broaching head at work.
I have several already using it! try Stroken Spline series ;{)-----
will do thanks
Sweet . Old Tool Maker
JT Hay Fort Worth Texas
Thank you, good stuff :-)
Thank you!!
best video on youtube!
Keith if you would like to post the serial number, I can reply with the month of manufacture! Same for the accessories.
That's one hell of a machine, you wont find anything like that from china.
makes me want to buy a knee mill.....
Keith,
That's an impressive machine, but not as impressive as the owner/operator.
It's been more than 50 years since I used a milling machine in H.S. machine shop. IIRC, they were Cincinnati and were permanently set up with the overarm arbor support.
Frankly, I SUCK as a machinist. Electronic soldering is more my speed.
Keep educating us dingbats.
Eli D.
je trouve que ses films sont matériel et certaine façon de travailler ressemble a > abom79< aurait t'il copier
Stan what can you tell me about this K&T #6-4224