Keith, you're one of the coolest, salt of the earth kind of guy. You remind me of a shop teacher I had 35 years ago in high school. He was patient, knew his craft and loved to teach. You have all of those qualities. *Peace*
Great videos. What got my attention is the mention of Western Gear in Lynwood California. My father worked there along with his brother around 1952. It was my favorite place to go and look around at the gigantic machines. In the 60s and 70s they made ship propulsion gearboxes as well as horz-stab, recirculating ball, jack screws for C5 & 141cargo planes. Your videos have been the best source of machine practices and shortcuts I have seen to date keep up the good work. Also, I rarely see someone actually feel the work surface in order to determine the quality of the cut. Keep Them Coming Ken Sparks
That was a killer story about you and your mill, I have been looking for 2HL out here in AZ, I only have a 13 x 40 lathe and a bridgeport and I need more power all the time , I get the job done but it takes alot more time and effort. I can't wait to get me a 2HL and get her going ..........I also need a bigger lathe 17 x 80 would fit the bill .......oh well I just keep collecting what I can when I can !!
Great video Keith ! The same handles were broke on mine too when I got it . I did a horse trade to get it . I upholstered the inside of a pickup I think to get it . Mine was made in 1942 I think and spent most of it time serving the US Navy. I found a web site years ago that had them listed by serial number if I remember correctly. I didn't tear mine completely down when I got it going . Great job on doing yours ! I really like using mine as I'm sure you do yours .
nice pictures of you and your son,guess nobody wanted to follow in dads footsteps.i always wished my dad had a trade he could have passed on to me .guess that's just the way it goes !!!! he worked for at&t for 35 years .
@tfp777 In the ship yards, we had #4 & #5 Cincinnati's, that why I chose the K&T over a bridgeport for my first real mill, when it came to my own collection:) nothing like HP haaa!
Grabbing the bull by the horns, is not all an easy ride, but you get to steer your path and will have less problems putting food on the table for your family, as long as the work is good and the price is fare! ;{)-----
i love the carrier for the universal head that is pretty pimp. i bet it is nice having the nt-40 tooling we have a Milwaukee mill with universal head but it uses a #2 moris taper with a draw-bar so we are limited to tooling with a half inch shank.
(1) I purchased a K&T 2H at an auction for a steal ( less than 1/2 of the scrap price) . I inspected it a bit and decided it would be worth it to take it apart and do a little cleaning an painting on it to put it back into usable condition again, as it had sat outside for a while, and all of the precision surfaces had a fair bit of surface rust on them. I got a vertical head for it of of eBay as well.
Up to 6:56 it's all WOW!!! Absolutely blown away. After that it's all COOL NEAT STUFF! Thanks for sharing. Hey, was that dark blue machine in the back of the room under the shelf with the Keith sticker on it a shaper?
Keith, great videos. I have a question for you, I noticed in your K&T video that your driven and drive gears on your vertical head attachment are dry (no grease) I just acquired a K&T model K2 with the high speed universal head., the gears seen to have had a little grease on them however I can't find any information about needing any grease on them when in use. Did you clean yours up for the video or are they meant to be run dry?
I have and use the brother to your machine K & T Model H. It is a rigid and reliable machine. Bought 2 used machines over 20 years ago. As I remember it I traded one to you for work on the gear boxes for Doall MP20. I remember the excellent paint job you put on your machine. Do you still have the universal indexer?
What would cause the table not to feed in any direction when engaged. You can manually move the table in all directions, but when the levers are engaged to make the table move on it's own, it won't move. If you have it set to move in any directions it won't move, but if you pull the rapid travel lever up it will get the table to move the direction you have it set to move. Also it sometimes will move when pulling up on the rapid travel lever, other times it will make a loud grinding noise. Any ideas?
(2) After you get inside the machine it is obvious that the designers of the machine didn't fool around and the quality of the machine is unbelievable. The just don't make them like this anymore, and I am pretty excited to use it when it is completed.
My shop in my garage is about 10"x18".. that part you were talkin about during 3:30 - 3:59 in the video, that's kinda how I started myself. I brought stuff from work to work on at home that they let me do, after I'd showed my boss that I had machines of course.
What a blast from the past, Enjoyed the slideshow very much!
Keith, you're one of the coolest, salt of the earth kind of guy. You remind me of a shop teacher I had 35 years ago in high school. He was patient, knew his craft and loved to teach. You have all of those qualities. *Peace*
Great videos. What got my attention is the mention of Western Gear in Lynwood California. My father worked there along with his brother around 1952. It was my favorite place to go and look around at the gigantic machines. In the 60s and 70s they made ship propulsion gearboxes as well as horz-stab, recirculating ball, jack screws for C5 & 141cargo planes.
Your videos have been the best source of machine practices and shortcuts I have seen to date keep up the good work. Also, I rarely see someone actually feel the work surface in order to determine the quality of the cut.
Keep Them Coming
Ken Sparks
Keith, you are the man! Can't get enough of your videos. Loving your work
Great old school machine, you did a great job restoring it.
That was a killer story about you and your mill, I have been looking for 2HL out here in AZ, I only have a 13 x 40 lathe and a bridgeport and I need more power all the time , I get the job done but it takes alot more time and effort.
I can't wait to get me a 2HL and get her going ..........I also need a bigger lathe 17 x 80 would fit the bill .......oh well I just keep collecting what I can when I can !!
Great video Keith ! The same handles were broke on mine too when I got it . I did a horse trade to get it . I upholstered the inside of a pickup I think to get it . Mine was made in 1942 I think and spent most of it time serving the US Navy. I found a web site years ago that had them listed by serial number if I remember correctly. I didn't tear mine completely down when I got it going . Great job on doing yours ! I really like using mine as I'm sure you do yours .
nice pictures of you and your son,guess nobody wanted to follow in dads footsteps.i always wished my dad had a trade he could have passed on to me .guess that's just the way it goes !!!! he worked for at&t for 35 years .
@tfp777 In the ship yards, we had #4 & #5 Cincinnati's, that why I chose the K&T over a bridgeport for my first real mill, when it came to my own collection:) nothing like HP haaa!
Keith
Thanks, I always learn form your videos.
Keep them coming.
Grabbing the bull by the horns, is not all an easy ride, but you get to steer your path and will have less problems putting food on the table for your family, as long as the work is good and the price is fare! ;{)-----
So interesting. I am not a machinest. Just love watching this kind of stuff.
Yes it does, but I don't have the gears or the right dividing head to do Heilical gearing...
you are such a stickler for details......goddamn that's great !!!!!!!!!!!
Not sure but can pick it with the one ton chain hoist and move it within the shop. ;{)-----
i love the carrier for the universal head that is pretty pimp. i bet it is nice having the nt-40 tooling we have a Milwaukee mill with universal head but it uses a #2 moris taper with a draw-bar so we are limited to tooling with a half inch shank.
(1) I purchased a K&T 2H at an auction for a steal ( less than 1/2 of the scrap price) . I inspected it a bit and decided it would be worth it to take it apart and do a little cleaning an painting on it to put it back into usable condition again, as it had sat outside for a while, and all of the precision surfaces had a fair bit of surface rust on them. I got a vertical head for it of of eBay as well.
Up to 6:56 it's all WOW!!! Absolutely blown away. After that it's all COOL NEAT STUFF! Thanks for sharing.
Hey, was that dark blue machine in the back of the room under the shelf with the Keith sticker on it a shaper?
Great refurbish job on the bridge-port!
Keith, great videos. I have a question for you, I noticed in your K&T video that your driven and drive gears on your vertical head attachment are dry (no grease) I just acquired a K&T model K2 with the high speed universal head., the gears seen to have had a little grease on them however I can't find any information about needing any grease on them when in use.
Did you clean yours up for the video or are they meant to be run dry?
I have and use the brother to your machine K & T Model H. It is a rigid and reliable machine. Bought 2 used machines over 20 years ago. As I remember it I traded one to you for work on the gear boxes for Doall MP20. I remember the excellent paint job you put on your machine. Do you still have the universal indexer?
What would cause the table not to feed in any direction when engaged. You can manually move the table in all directions, but when the levers are engaged to make the table move on it's own, it won't move. If you have it set to move in any directions it won't move, but if you pull the rapid travel lever up it will get the table to move the direction you have it set to move. Also it sometimes will move when pulling up on the rapid travel lever, other times it will make a loud grinding noise. Any ideas?
Very good Chief .
at the shop we have a brown and sharp very similar to your k&t. it is one of my favorate machines to run. does your k&t have a universal table?
Going old school tonight to pick up some K&T knowledge. :)
Keep em coming really enjoy them
I ran a huge Cincinnati a little, good story, thanks. :-)
(2) After you get inside the machine it is obvious that the designers of the machine didn't fool around and the quality of the machine is unbelievable. The just don't make them like this anymore, and I am pretty excited to use it when it is completed.
did you rebuild the Bridgeport as well?
haha i was born in 1995 nice mill i really want one like hat but good equipment is hard to find in Australia
@LeveL3RC Good One :D Thanks
That would be nice .. Have a 5 ton okk mill .... I hate moving that thing , to cheap to buy machine skates!!
=)
This is a great channel Keith... porn for geeks really. I never knew that about the differing hardnesses of the gears in the gear train.
What is the weight without any attachments ?
Inspirational..yep!
@LeveL3RC I call it my ( irollit ) :)
My shop in my garage is about 10"x18".. that part you were talkin about during 3:30 - 3:59 in the video, that's kinda how I started myself. I brought stuff from work to work on at home that they let me do, after I'd showed my boss that I had machines of course.
Holy short shorts batman!
Did you say Cape? as in Cape Cod?
Yes in West Dennis! ;{)------
Cool, I live in MA myself I'm glad to see that you are from my home state. I'm from New Bedford about an hour plus I assume from the cape.
Having trouble believing you don't have protection covering the table on that jewel.