Horizontal Boring Mill Restoration: Installing the Table Lead Screw and Tailstock Base
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- Опубліковано 9 бер 2023
- Horizontal Boring Mill Restoration: Installing the Table Lead Screw and Tailstock Base
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Nothing like a new puppy to help you lessen the grief from losing an old friend. Maggie is lovely.
Love the name. We put down our Maggie a little over a year ago. My daughter overheard my watching your video. She loves your choice of naming your pup.
Maggie already has the photobombing down cold. ❤ What a cutie.
Hey Maggie. 🐺 My name is Sadie, I’m pacific coast piper’s six year old German shepherd. You make sure your daddy gives you lots of love and treats. And lots of fun toys too. Have fun growing up with your new family, both digitally and in person.
Last October I lost my Shepsky, Wolfie. I had him for 12 years and he was the most wonderful dog ever. Intelligent, loyal, protective, but gentle with children
Congratulations, Keith, on yet another magnificent restoration almost completed. Of course, despite all of your hard work, Maggie stole the show!
Good to see Maggie getting involved in "quality control" on your table rebuild :-) She is stunningly cute!
It's amazing that this 100 YO machine still looks modern today. It speaks volumes to how well things use to be made in the USA. For it to be easily refurbished and put back in service speaks volumes to that fact.
Every shop needs a four-legged supervisor! She's very lovely, many happy years for her in your household I'm sure! It's a dog's life.
A REAL MASTER MACHINIST AT WORK
Looks like a great little pooch!.... Love to see pets running around. Thanks
Russ
What a cute dog. I bet she will grow up to be a great shop dog and friend.
Thanks for providing us with more close up shots. It really helps!!!
Congratulation on Maggie your new shop dog. She is a beauty!!
Thanks for sharing.
God Bless.
Really nice to see the old girl restored to accuracy and can’t wait to see it working . Congratulations on both your success with the machine and the new addition to your family, she is a beauty and very calm for a puppy.
So close, will be great to see her back up and running. Old iron, can't beat it. Will be around long after any modern equipment is. Watching this, brings back my desire to have a large radial arm drill press. Love them. Thanks so much for sharing.
Looking good Keith. Starting to be close back together. "Hello Maggie", cute new puppy.
Thanks for sharing.
Seeing that the old thrust bearings are still made gave me a warm feeling. Sort of reassuring that not everything is rapidly shifting beneath our feet.
Glad you got a new dog, my friend. They leave such a hole when they leave us.
It's almost time to work on the fabled Stoker Engine... I wonder sometimes if Keith takes on Projects he knows will require a major (machine tool) investment to satisfy his Iron Addiction. Maggie is all ears and legs right now... she's going to be a riot as she grows. I wonder if she'll talk like a Husky.
Keith, just make a handle with a longer set of groves/teeth to match those end shafts. One handle could turn all three end shafts without any interference. Hope that makes sense to you. Great video as always, cheers :)
Hi Keith, the machine is looking great! Maggie will be a great addition to the shop as well. I am sure we will be seeing lots more of her.
Got to love the fact that those SKF thrust bearings are still available.
Congatulations on Maggie. Nothing like a puppy as a new friend. They help to the "kid"in us alive. She's a mix of spirited breeds.
Also, as alway, I'm impressed with your skills and can-do get-it-done attitude.
Just remember Aussies are AWESOME!
I know you don’t jump up and down like a youngster when pleased and excited but you got very close to it when all the controls on the cross slide worked to perfection. You do work so very hard restoring the old machines. I wonder how many of the new CNC stuff will still be working and be repairable in 100 years? Great video. The dog is delightful and was bored, think why’s he not playing with me instead of that silly, big lump of cold metal!
Hi John having installed and serviced cnc machines from the mid 80's until the mid 00's I think that you are asking the wrong question. there is nothing lesser
quality about any part of a cnc machine and as such they will last and be rebuilt for as long as any machine, pre cnc.
ways can be reground , and turcite or equivalent has been used all alone.
ballscrews can be reground or replaced, linear guides ,if used are easily replaced.
servo drives and motors will continue to be available , and the price of non oem drives and motors are at hobbies prices now.
The equivilent modern boring mill has a servo motor directly attached to a ballscrew ,there are absolutely no gearboxes anywhere to deal with.
CNC machines operate 24/7 for a decade or more with proper care and attention, I wonder how many decades that represents for a old style manual machine.
So why is it the wrong question ? comparing a machine like this to a cnc machine is an apples to oranges comparison.
the cnc machine is derived from automated production machines that have been around for a century or more,and are replacing
them , not manual machines such as this one.
These machines are still loved and used because they are so good and there are no modern equivalent and really, no one makes them any more because there
is no demand.
Hi John
I have a mixture of conventional, manual machines and CNC machines and each one has it's place. I love them all and interestingly, the CNC machines are older than my manual ones.
@@steveggca Good explanation!! People are quick to run down the newer machines and forget, or don't know, about the less than perfection of older machines. This not only applies to machines such as these, but to automobiles and many types of machines in between. They don't build 'em like they used to. Thank God.
I consider that Keith is allowed to jump up and down when it all works.
That’s a great explanation. Another thing I’d add is that many “survivor” machines from the pre-automation era passed through the eye of the needle. They have had to have been cared for over decades or at least not extensively misused and the facilities they are in need to remain at least dry. At one point in their lives they would have been hardly worth more, in pure dollar terms, than their scrap value. If they were in production facilities they were a commodity. There wasn’t an industrialist out buying the most accurate and aesthetically pleasing machines because he liked owning high end machines. Rows and rows of these were bought to do jobs within acceptable tolerances. When they didn’t do that any more a bean counter decided whether the cost to rebuild was justified by future earnings, if not many machines were scrapped.
Having recently watched an early and very high quality Maho cnc mill being rebuilt, the challenge seemed painfully complex. While the mechanical components were broadly comprehensible to me the electronic and electromechanical parts were not. Many parts were no longer made and were never made at anything other than a major industrial plant. In order to repurpose the machine almost all of the electromechanical and electronic components had to be removed and replaced. The mill is back in use but it was originally engineered to have certain types of sensors and programming and the physical interface was dictated by that. It’s now something else, not that mill.
Please tell me that wasn’t a bottle of cold water sitting on a machined surface I saw. Shame shame. Haha. Love the channel. Thanks for all you do.
10:17 I was gonna say ask the cameraman for help, but a tripod won't do! Awww Maggie is soo cute! 🐶
What a great piece of machining equipment.
Aww the puppy!
Well, if Keith's happy, then I'm happy. Nice job, Keith!
Great video Keith, keep'um coming..
Congratulations Keith! You've done an excellent job of giving this wonderful machine the loving care it deserves. The machine is a great tribute to the old machinery makers' art.
Really nice job Keith.
Good to see a bit of Australian content 😊
Great progress on this machine, Maggie is a darling. Any future videos on the di resta bandsaw?
I like your Philmont belt!
Yes Kieth, once installed, the tail stock alignment done with with the optical collimator, I believe you showed a few years back, and you are ready to rock and roll.
Best wishes from the far North.
Amazing! One man and a machine. Hope you are well. It's evident you've lost some weight. All the best Keith.
I for one would find it difficult to size to scale a horizontal boring mill for my shop. They appear to come in all sizes, up to that of Brian Bloc size. Too easy to take the first one that comes by without consideration for scaling it to your shop. Appears much research must go into shopping for one that is not too small, not too big, but the right size. Same goes with vertical boring mills, radial arm drills and the like. You've done well Keith scaling all your equipment to fit that beautiful shop of yours. Yes, everyone needs a shop dog. Welcome Maggie to the channel. Last note, maybe the topic of scaling equipment could be a video subject some day. Thanks for all you do.
Maggie laying down behind “Dad” stole the show ….
nice job!! man for two breeds of notable high energy, Maggie is sho chillin-out there!! I can see why ya had that nice bottle of water lol
table now mounted on machine looks great.nice to see maggie!
To be as old as it is,that is a great machine.
As always I love your videos, thanks for teaching us how to preserve our heritage in machines
I find it very admirable,that all the machines in your shop. That needed or need some repairs. May pause repairing them. But always return to these machines and complete the repairs.
I do have 1 Question. When are you going to release more Video’s repairing the Steam Locomotive’s,Stoker Steam Engine ?
Rumor has it that Mr. Peabody has a used WayBack machine he is going to sell. Buy it and you could go back and see each of your "ancient" machines being built. The machine is looking good.
Yea, but you know how that’s going to turn out, Drizzle Drazzle Druzzle Drome, Time for This One to Come Home! Lol
Congrats on the new grandpuppy!
What a great piece of machining equipment. Can’t wait to see chips coming off of it!
Oh Baby That is slick. Great video Mr. KR. Nice dog
Commenting about where you need extra hand to manipulate the shafts for the key: I'm sure if you put a temp wooden lever on the far end of the leadsscrew along the bed, you could train Maggie to nudge it on command left or right by incremental amounts to turn the shaft 😆 Channel her inner Australian Shepherd :)
I am so excited to see this machine in action. I know you are too. Thanks for including us in the process.
Thank you for sharing. Love the new shop dog.👍
I didn’t notice wipers on the ways. Are there none or yet to be installed? Seems like chips could easily get in there. BTW, that’s a beautiful dog. So calm!
A fine machine, beutifully rebuilt!
Phil
Keith, thanks so much for bringing us along on this interesting restoration of your big boring mill. It’s a big “Dukes Mixture” of parts, as we would say in the south.
Congratulations! Lots of hard work. There is nothing like the sound of an old machine running. :)
Sorry for your loss Mr. Rucker. Looks like a nice replacement…train her up right and she’ll be a great shop dog.
Hey Keith, You are looking great! We sure enjoy all your content, please keep up the great work. With the weight loss we hope you are feeling great! Much love from AZ.
Thanks for the video Keith nicely done, great job on the machine. Take care of yourself and family and be Blessed ❤️❤️👍.
I used to live in Gothenburg Sweden where they make those bearings and a friend of mine used to work at SKF.
fantastic journey on this one Keith, came out awesome.
A labour of love!
Gooda Maggie ! well done keith, the machine has come up Bonza mate. always great to see hard work , work out how its meant too. all the Best Dave from Australia.
Hi Keith, looks like the lock handles should be switched with the longer one under the table.
Thanks for sharing
Cheers
Very nice machine
Great Job Keith, you have done superb
Well done being in 2 places "at the same time" when aligning things. Here the mini mill Y movement is close to jaming up.... Service is needed but hopefully not restoration.
Wow! Hello Maggie!
Very good to see the dedication in returning this mill to work and making it look great as well. This is true heritage.
I was watching the thrust bearings go in and the way the rearmost one was working left me a bit confused. The inner collar appeared free floating. I would have thought that there would be a threaded collar placing pressure back in an “outward” direction from the rear face? Otherwise I can’t see how that bearing would be doing anything.
It may just be because of what we can see in the footage but I thought I’d ask.
Enjoyed!!!…..Howie says woof woof to Maggie!
I noticed that when you assemble the saddle and tailstock bearing holders and screwed the bolts in without any lube on them. Strange I though they would screw in easier with some lube on them!
Man you've lost a buttload of weight Keith!
Glad you're feeling better Bubba.
Regards,
Duck
Keith,
You might find a borescope helpful when you need that "third eye."
Bob
Love the dog!!!
I have a very nice late model 41, I really wish they had kept the handle drive splines on the far end of the bed like yours has. I've repeatedly been working on larger work using a boring bar and wished I could operate the hand crank on the z axis from the end. I'm thinking of pulling my lead screw and adding a piece like you made and adding it to the end.
Keith, do you need to make another handle with a longer toothed tube for controlling from the end of the long shafts, so that you don't hit the tails of the other shafts. Having extra handles on these machines is always a good idea I feel, as it avoids having to move a handle backwards and forwards between two controls you might be using.
Spot on
That would make a good video.
Patience! :)
I’m not a machinist but follow several channels. Years ago, bcbloc02 mentioned that he had acquired a HBM and had to modify the floor in his new Barn Shop for proper mounting. I missed when he said HBM meant…. For many episodes, all I could think was “Huge [something] Mother”. Brian’s channel was recommended to me when he started working on restoring a 100 year old dilapidated barn into his “Barn Shop”.
@@Poppi2006, That’s when I started watching Brian also, installing that bridge crane was quite the project but what a huge help to have that in his shop.
On my G&L the tailstock elevating screw mounts in a nut that is adjustable so you can raise or lower the tailstock bearing to time it properly to the spindle.
The HBM should let you be able to repair the steam stoker engine. If that's still around awaiting repair.
Nope! Maggie is a shop dog! But she can sleep in the house lol. Loving your videos
How long will it take to train Maggie to provide the third hand you always seem to need?
Lucas the left handed horizontal boring mill. Ran one of these but I preferred the G&L.
*PUPPEH!!!* 🥰🐶
Job excellent job. Thank you Keith.
Nice work. Interested to see it in action.
Than you Keith 👌👍🍺
Impressive work Keith!
a beautiful restoration work. with all that effort the scraping and turncite and whatnot... maybe it can go for another 100 years. well done my friend!
i wanted to comment about the 100 year old bearing housing same part / same company. because just imagine: if they could only extent that same part lifetime longevity another 9 more times, it would then be a full 1,000 years of support longevity. a millenia... wouldnt that really be something eh? it reminds me of other remenants from before times, that have had similar longevity. for example real precision engineed ancient artefacts like jewelry or masonry and so on. except for this, for some actually significantly capable machine like this. wow wouldnt that stay relevent dont you think in 1000 years time? what a value to preserve in our society. and certainly much more practical than some suits of armor or something
finally i wanted to finish my comment by asking how you see yourself fitting in with other corporate merged (many times) american remenant. what was the company name i forget now. but nycnc did some factory tour last year of their massive machines and library archives. really cool stuff, i suppose still relevant some of it in large scale industries like construction or military. anyhow i just mention it because they still keep together that wonderful library resources, with all the blueprints etc. the lot. really a wonder to want to preserve into the future... then i look at ancient libraries (for example the ancient greeks). and they always gets burned down after a few centuries in conflicts. so sad. but at least some large cast iron machinery might be a bit harder to remove all traces of. at least when we look back to the romans, what they left behind in terms of physical evidence. ah well nice to reminisce and imagine how meaningful things could last, and do their best to stand the test of time. maybe the granite surface at least, if nothing else
She is a cutie… and the pup is beautiful as well!
DoRite Fabrication has a new bio-tech division! :-)
What a cutie!….I’m talking about the dog!
Good morning Keith! ⚙️👍😀
Hiya Keith
They make dog ear pro might be worth looking at if Maggie is around when running the machines
Hi Maggie!
Awwww, she's sooo cute.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing 👍
Yeah. Machines... cool.
MAGGIE!!!
Looks great.
Thanks!!
Always enjoy watching your videos learn something new just about every time