It saddens me to see an old, main line manufacturer fade away, but it is nice to see the old building being repurposed for another manufacturing endeavor. Miles is clearly a craftsman and I hope his business is successful. I really liked his flat belt drive spinning lathe! Thanks for the tour MrPete!
Great video. It’s unfortunate that factory closed but I was glad to see it’s been replaced with another. Hopefully the new guys do good in the old shop and make the best instruments the world has ever heard. Thanks for sharing that with us.
Original use of the building was furniture making until 1931. I’m sure the original owners felt the same way when the knew something would continue to be made here. Hopefully we can get another 120 years out of her.
Lyle, I am just now catching up on the videos and this was awesome. I wish I could have went with you on this trip. The Beverly Shear building along with a tour of Miles shop was very impressive. That young man has numerous talents and it's great to see him utilize his skills
Thank you to everyone responsible for this video. I particularly like the blueprints and drawings. I had 2 years of drafting in high school and 1 year in college and I loved it. So, reading antique blueprints is interesting to me. Then, the making of a pattern, a mold, etc. to the finishing of the object --- it's all fascinating to me. I'm glad to see that young man repurposing that fine old building for his own manufacturing. Thanks, again, Mr. Pete.
Furniture, Shears, French Horns... people, evolution. I am always mystified to walk where other once had tread. I give my attention to the echoes of their steps, but never hear their sounds I wonder if anyone will hear the echoes of my passing through time. Sorry, I went off there for a minute. Thanks for the video
Loved the factory tour great that miles is going to preserve the history of that place and start making a history how cool that he makes hand made instruments
I watched both parts. Quite a privilege to visit with you Mr. Pete, cheers old chap. I really like the way you compose the video so I get to look at the stills for a period so I can absorb the detail and freeze the frame if a detail catches the imagination in some way. Admire the throatless shear. Did not know they are still made despite internet searches. The price was a surprise but there is a lot of detail and specialized trade involved. A real privilege.
Lyle - Good viewing with the second cup of coffee on this nice sunny morning. Thanks for the fascinating history of the Beverly Shear company that showed the inventiveness of the people who came before us. I can't carry a tune in a bucket but Miles work is just great and he is one creative guy. Two very interesting videos - thanks for doing them.
That was GREAT! I have an old 2B that I had problems with and the engineer I talked to when I called had told me to replace the blades. The blade change didn’t work, so I called back and was told that I had to talk with Mr. Nebel who wasn’t in, so I left my # and hoped he would call back. The next day he called me back and apologized for being out playing golf, said he was 95 and tried to do it when he could. He told me that my shear was prewar as it had a serial number and that someone had managed to bend the frame. Cheapest option was to wait for the next run of B2s , so I shipped it to them and got it back a few weeks later . Called to thank them and he got on the phone and we talked a good hour, he started out sweeping the floors there he said and it was his option on what got made next so he had them fix mine. When made in USA meant something!
Lyle, thanks for such an interesting tour of the past products. How that lad can make such a beautiful brass instrument in such a messy and muddled workshop is amazing. I hope he sets the new place out in a much better order and neatness.
The machine at 18:06 is for spinning metal to shape on the mandrel. The tool picked up is for holding against the spinning metal to force it into shape on the mandrel. Very interesting trip through the building.
Thanks again, Pete for this bit of machine tool history. That stuff belongs in the Smithsonian. I have a B1 in my shop and when I need to use it nothing could replace it. Thanks, Bill
Very interesting Mr. Pete. I especially enjoyed the end with the brief explanation of spinning the bell vs hammering. I find it amazing that all the drawings were left behind, I guess in todays world the folks making these would have everything on CAD. Thank you for a great field trip.
Loved the videos as normal Mr. Pete. Those drawings were fantastic. I did drafting when I was in school, my dad had a huge drafting table when I was a kid. I was always wanting to grow into that table. Now of course that is obsolete. I always like to see history being preserved.
I recall “shear it cleverly on a Beverly” or something like that on one of their catalogs. It was a very interesting place for sure. End grain wood block floors, shapers, dimly lit, the whole deal. Even back in the mid 90s I kinda had that feeling it wasn’t long for this world. Real shame because the people working there were true craftsmen.
My Dad had one of the Beverly models with the electric motor in his sheet metal fab shop, along with several manual ones, he had a german made one that was for cutting circles only.
I lived down the street from Beverly Shear for most of my life and own a 1 , 2 and B3 great tools ! Actually it’s called Beverly Shear but it’s in the Mt Greenwood neighborhood.
@@milesomalley5605 so your from the hood lol . I lived at 111th and Millard and 115th and central pk now retired and live in sw michigan . My kids still live there on 115th and Central Park . Your name sounds familiar
Good morning Mr. Pete, Well at least the young man that bought the building has some idea of what is important, He will continue the manufacturing in the building just not the shears that once was. I am surprised that the company that now makes the shear didn't take the patterns and prints. Now back to the class room for more instructive projects?
I have a B3 Beverly.. The B3 has a hold down lug on the side of the shear to keep material from distorting.. The B1 and B2 usually do not.. Cheers from Louisiana.. Mike
Hello Mr. Peterson, I enjoyed both part one and two very much indeed... I would be grateful if you would consider making a video showing the logic behind how you can modify a shaping machine cut curves... Thank you. Take care. Paul,,
Fascinating how they made them back in the day. Next, I would like to see how the boys out in Missouri make them today. Think I’ll Google them and see if they give tours.
How was the shop floor made? With all those heavy machines it obviously wasn't 1x2 3/4in T&G over 24inOC joists! I was in a similar old factory building once in Philadelphia where the floor was 2x12's on end! So the floor was a foot thick of wood! Stronger than any concrete slab you could pour. Imagine what that would cost today!
I wonder how many engineers worked there, and if they were full time positions since the engineering space was so small. My guess is that there were not many changes from year to year in design.
Send me one of those shears please!! Ill pay the shipping lol. Man i bet matt was excited loading all those shears onto his truck, must of been like a kid in a candy store.
I’m curious about that big yellow shaper with the modified head. There’s easier ways to form curved parts such as hydraulic presses or hot forming so I wonder why Beverly chose to shape those parts? Seems like the hard way to do it so there must have been a good reason.
They tried forging formed blades in the 70s and had poor results. The grain structure of the steel used after forging did not lend to a strong or wear resistant edge.
@@milesomalley5605 Thanks for your explanation of the forging efforts that didn't work as well as the modified shaper head. As a tool and die maker most of my life I admire the person who designed the shaper mechanism that cuts a curve. My best guess is a curved roller cam of some type.
@@ellieprice3396 there is a curved form that a roller rides on. The leaf springs apply tension down and the ways for the shaper are left loose. Like a spring loaded tracer attachment. I’m sure the surface finishes weren’t great, but every surface was ground after so they just did rough profiling
@@milesomalley5605 Thanks a lot for the explanation of how the shaper was set up. Since the ways were left loose I can now visualize the spring forcing the head down to follow a curved cam. Most likely the parts were then hand finished to a curve by final polishing on moving belts with different grits.
I'm only hear to say that if your pocket knife doesn't have a pocket clip and a lock mechanism you aren't really living.....lol and thank you for the cool video
Same reason as many businesses, owners get older, family not interested in taking over, no money put back into the business (no maintenance of the building or the machinery) and the product line gets sold to another American company....happens all the time... ua-cam.com/video/dbu2wBaTfa0/v-deo.html
Sadly I've seen many places like this. They made a good product but the factory was set up in the '40s and '50s. They just went about making things for decades but no new technology was ever brought in. The "shop in a box" is really a time capsule and shows how things were done by smart people once upon a time. The downside is decades after the start-up of the factory the owners age out, the know-how goes away and all that's left is outdated equipment that can't keep up with modern processes. This phenomenon is not unusual and they, unfortunately, wind up like this facility.
Impressive yet sad to see a company that for whatever reason chose to stay in the stoneage and just do things the way they always did it. Hard to believe that with even some slight movement towards current tech and procedure they may not be making these today.
You always seem to be documenting the decline or destruction of everything - those assholes harbour frieft sell 100 dollarknockoffs og this great company WTF. It’s depressing
Glad to see some young people actually producing something and not just staring at their phones!
It saddens me to see an old, main line manufacturer fade away, but it is nice to see the old building being repurposed for another manufacturing endeavor. Miles is clearly a craftsman and I hope his business is successful. I really liked his flat belt drive spinning lathe! Thanks for the tour MrPete!
Great video. It’s unfortunate that factory closed but I was glad to see it’s been replaced with another. Hopefully the new guys do good in the old shop and make the best instruments the world has ever heard. Thanks for sharing that with us.
Original use of the building was furniture making until 1931. I’m sure the original owners felt the same way when the knew something would continue to be made here. Hopefully we can get another 120 years out of her.
Lyle, I am just now catching up on the videos and this was awesome. I wish I could have went with you on this trip. The Beverly Shear building along with a tour of Miles shop was very impressive. That young man has numerous talents and it's great to see him utilize his skills
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Thank you Mr. Pete for the video tour. Thank you Miles for showing us the old Beverly factory and your passion with your music instruments.
Since you put googly eyes on that horizontal mill I keep seeing Roberto the robot from Futurama.
Thank you to everyone responsible for this video.
I particularly like the blueprints and drawings. I had 2 years of drafting in high school and 1 year in college and I loved it. So, reading antique blueprints is interesting to me.
Then, the making of a pattern, a mold, etc. to the finishing of the object --- it's all fascinating to me.
I'm glad to see that young man repurposing that fine old building for his own manufacturing.
Thanks, again, Mr. Pete.
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That Missouri factory lifted my spirits. Missouri is a beautiful state. One the most beautiful you've got maybe.
It is very beautiful
What amazes me is how they produced so much in such a small building. Thanks Mr Pete!
Man, that French Horn was absolutely beautiful!
Furniture, Shears, French Horns... people, evolution.
I am always mystified to walk where other once had tread. I give my attention to the echoes of their steps, but never hear their sounds I wonder if anyone will hear the echoes of my passing through time.
Sorry, I went off there for a minute.
Thanks for the video
It's good to see a young man with such skillful knowledge! Thanks Mr Pete!
Great tour, It's good to hear that the Beverly Shear is still being made in America. Good luck to Miles in his future endeavors.
Really enjoyed both tours. Thanks Mr Pete, Matt and Miles. Miles good luck in the new space.
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Loved the factory tour great that miles is going to preserve the history of that place and start making a history how cool that he makes hand made instruments
It was nice to see that an American company is still manufacturing the shears in the States. Thank you again
I watched both parts. Quite a privilege to visit with you Mr. Pete, cheers old chap. I really like the way you compose the video so I get to look at the stills for a period so I can absorb the detail and freeze the frame if a detail catches the imagination in some way. Admire the throatless shear. Did not know they are still made despite internet searches. The price was a surprise but there is a lot of detail and specialized trade involved. A real privilege.
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Great tour. Thanks Lyle for sharing with everyone.
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Really enjoyed the second part. Thanks, Mr. Pete! :-)
Utterly fascinating. I could get lost looking through that old building and history.
Lyle -
Good viewing with the second cup of coffee on this nice sunny morning. Thanks for the fascinating history of the Beverly Shear company that showed the inventiveness of the people who came before us. I can't carry a tune in a bucket but Miles work is just great and he is one creative guy. Two very interesting videos - thanks for doing them.
Loved every minute of it Mr. Pete.
Thanks
I love the artistry of the past... I always thought I was born a century too late. Great tour... keep it up.
That was GREAT!
I have an old 2B that I had problems with and the engineer I talked to when I called had told me to replace the blades. The blade change didn’t work, so I called back and was told that I had to talk with Mr. Nebel who wasn’t in, so I left my # and hoped he would call back. The next day he called me back and apologized for being out playing golf, said he was 95 and tried to do it when he could. He told me that my shear was prewar as it had a serial number and that someone had managed to bend the frame. Cheapest option was to wait for the next run of B2s , so I shipped it to them and got it back a few weeks later . Called to thank them and he got on the phone and we talked a good hour, he started out sweeping the floors there he said and it was his option on what got made next so he had them fix mine. When made in USA meant something!
That was quite a story. Thank you very much. He sounds like he was quite a man
Thanks to all involved for an interesting tour.
Thank you for documenting the factory and all of the tooling. A trip back in time.
Thanks again for a interesting video. Keep on keeping on.
Lyle, thanks for such an interesting tour of the past products. How that lad can make such a beautiful brass instrument in such a messy and muddled workshop is amazing. I hope he sets the new place out in a much better order and neatness.
That’s the plan. So hard to keep everything organized in such a small place
Great minds have a dirty shop or that's what I tell my wife lol
Great visit and video, many thanks Mr.Pete!
I don't have a Wilton or Beverly and they both were big Chicago brands. I wonder what else I am missing from that city?
Sheldon machine mfg, Elkind Allen keys etc tons of industry both gone and still here
The machine at 18:06 is for spinning metal to shape on the mandrel. The tool picked up is for holding against the spinning metal to force it into shape on the mandrel. Very interesting trip through the building.
Interesting tour Mr Pete. Thank you, John
Glad to see Matt acquire the last of the Beverly tools. I'm sure he will find good homes for them.Mine is a B3 that I told you about last vidyah.
Enjoyed these tours very much! Thank you Mr. Pete❤
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Thank you for sharing. Great tour.
Thanks again, Pete for this bit of machine tool history. That stuff belongs in the Smithsonian.
I have a B1 in my shop and when I need to use it nothing could replace it. Thanks, Bill
Cool stuff, gotta love the Beverly sheer 🤍
Nice Tour thank you for all the information there's alot going on here
Part two. Starting the coffee pot now. The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup...and Professor Lyle on the screen! 🍮👨🔧
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Nice little step back in time. Very interesting to see. I hope you were able to get one for yourself. The cabinets were nice.
Very interesting Mr. Pete. I especially enjoyed the end with the brief explanation of spinning the bell vs hammering. I find it amazing that all the drawings were left behind, I guess in todays world the folks making these would have everything on CAD. Thank you for a great field trip.
Super cool. I like your tour videos a lot. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Mr Pete , Ive allway wanted a beverly for my shop .
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Loved the videos as normal Mr. Pete. Those drawings were fantastic. I did drafting when I was in school, my dad had a huge drafting table when I was a kid. I was always wanting to grow into that table. Now of course that is obsolete. I always like to see history being preserved.
Yes
I recall “shear it cleverly on a Beverly” or something like that on one of their catalogs. It was a very interesting place for sure. End grain wood block floors, shapers, dimly lit, the whole deal. Even back in the mid 90s I kinda had that feeling it wasn’t long for this world. Real shame because the people working there were true craftsmen.
Thanks Lyle, Great job as always, loved the pattern work and the wooden mock ups
Thanks
"Sever it with an Everitt" was a great slogan, too
Thanks again Mr Pete.
Thank you nice to see this stuff.
My Dad had one of the Beverly models with the electric motor in his sheet metal fab shop, along with several manual ones, he had a german made one that was for cutting circles only.
I lived down the street from Beverly Shear for most of my life and own a 1 , 2 and B3 great tools ! Actually it’s called Beverly Shear but it’s in the Mt Greenwood neighborhood.
I grew up on 106th and Troy
@@milesomalley5605 so your from the hood lol . I lived at 111th and Millard and 115th and central pk now retired and live in sw michigan . My kids still live there on 115th and Central Park . Your name sounds familiar
I don't know why this brought me to tears. So much of American industry has been lost and continues to year-by-year.
Agree
But not lost! ua-cam.com/video/dbu2wBaTfa0/v-deo.html
Good morning Mr. Pete, Well at least the young man that bought the building has some idea of what is important, He will continue the manufacturing in the building just not the shears that once was. I am surprised that the company that now makes the shear didn't take the patterns and prints. Now back to the class room for more instructive projects?
I have a B3 Beverly.. The B3 has a hold down lug on the side of the shear to keep material from distorting.. The B1 and B2 usually do not.. Cheers from Louisiana.. Mike
Hello Mr. Peterson,
I enjoyed both part one and two very much indeed... I would be grateful if you would consider making a video showing the logic behind how you can modify a shaping machine cut curves... Thank you.
Take care.
Paul,,
I was there a few weeks before you guys, I bought a Monoset tool and cutter grinder from Miles. Neat old place.
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Thanks Mr Pete what a place
Thanks for showing…. I purchased a B3 for $100 from a HS shop teacher, he took it when he retired…..great tool
Fascinating how they made them back in the day. Next, I would like to see how the boys out in Missouri make them today. Think I’ll Google them and see if they give tours.
How was the shop floor made? With all those heavy machines it obviously wasn't 1x2 3/4in T&G over 24inOC joists! I was in a similar old factory building once in Philadelphia where the floor was 2x12's on end! So the floor was a foot thick of wood! Stronger than any concrete slab you could pour. Imagine what that would cost today!
That was enjoyable
Thank you
I wonder how many engineers worked there, and if they were full time positions since the engineering space was so small. My guess is that there were not many changes from year to year in design.
I though I got a glimps of a Pexto 617 bead roller,,,I own one and have been looking for more dies. Any chance they would sell any? Bear.
I have occasionally found them on eBay, and Woodward Fab has a new version available, I think some of their dies are compatible
Nice Tour, TY
Thanks for sharing!
"Hoping we don't get shot at" lol I'm sure people from Chicago appreciate that comment lol
Get the app for your phone called heyjackass.com. You will get all of the real statistics, the media will not cover that
I appreciated it
I wasn't expecting much from a site with that name, but it seems very factual and quite chilling.
Send me one of those shears please!! Ill pay the shipping lol. Man i bet matt was excited loading all those shears onto his truck, must of been like a kid in a candy store.
Great stuff Mr. Pete, most informative and a great look into our history. Sad another American manufacturing company going under.
Very good job and was very interesting to see all of that. Kinda sad tho seeing it now being all sold off. If only those walls could talk
Good to see the shears are still made in the usa and not in China, India or Taiwan.
I’m curious about that big yellow shaper with the modified head. There’s easier ways to form curved parts such as hydraulic presses or hot forming so I wonder why Beverly chose to shape those parts? Seems like the hard way to do it so there must have been a good reason.
They tried forging formed blades in the 70s and had poor results. The grain structure of the steel used after forging did not lend to a strong or wear resistant edge.
Also have to remember that the shapers were setup in the early 1930s and not messed with for almost a 100 years.
@@milesomalley5605 Thanks for your explanation of the forging efforts that didn't work as well as the modified shaper head. As a tool and die maker most of my life I admire the person who designed the shaper mechanism that cuts a curve. My best guess is a curved roller cam of some type.
@@ellieprice3396 there is a curved form that a roller rides on. The leaf springs apply tension down and the ways for the shaper are left loose. Like a spring loaded tracer attachment. I’m sure the surface finishes weren’t great, but every surface was ground after so they just did rough profiling
@@milesomalley5605 Thanks a lot for the explanation of how the shaper was set up. Since the ways were left loose I can now visualize the spring forcing the head down to follow a curved cam. Most likely the parts were then hand finished to a curve by final polishing on moving belts with different grits.
Would anyone happen to have a link to a current offering of the videos/courses? I can find older ones but unknown if pricing is accurate. Thanks
Watch this video of mine. It is the latest promo and is current. Here is the title
June special shop video courses south bend shaper Tubalcain
@@mrpete222 Thanks! Order sent and hi from Indiana!
Great video
I would bet that every person that worked in that sweat shop was damn near deaf and some probably had a heat stroke or two
I'm only hear to say that if your pocket knife doesn't have a pocket clip and a lock mechanism you aren't really living.....lol and thank you for the cool video
Of course it’s an O’Malley in Beverly.
Lol
Morning sir
21:52 Is that a crack in the arm?
I agree
Sorry Lyle, I meant Miles
Lots of ghosts in that old shop.
Kind of sad to see a business disappear like Beverly. It almost appears they just walked away from a functioning business.
Not disappeared, just obsolete non maintained facility. Still available and respectfully so ua-cam.com/video/dbu2wBaTfa0/v-deo.html
What was the reason for going out of business?
Same reason as many businesses, owners get older, family not interested in taking over, no money put back into the business (no maintenance of the building or the machinery) and the product line gets sold to another American company....happens all the time... ua-cam.com/video/dbu2wBaTfa0/v-deo.html
Sadly I've seen many places like this. They made a good product but the factory was set up in the '40s and '50s. They just went about making things for decades but no new technology was ever brought in. The "shop in a box" is really a time capsule and shows how things were done by smart people once upon a time. The downside is decades after the start-up of the factory the owners age out, the know-how goes away and all that's left is outdated equipment that can't keep up with modern processes. This phenomenon is not unusual and they, unfortunately, wind up like this facility.
...and the design and name lives on with a new American owner ua-cam.com/video/dbu2wBaTfa0/v-deo.html
If you had taken orders before that visit . . . .
It's good that they are still being made , sad the way manufacturing has or is going the way of the dodo bird
What purpose is a tool , when there is no man to use it . Mybest advice to the youth " get off of the couch , go to the garage and fix something "
Some one is an AVE fan
Impressive yet sad to see a company that for whatever reason chose to stay in the stoneage and just do things the way they always did it. Hard to believe that with even some slight movement towards current tech and procedure they may not be making these today.
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Sad to see my honest comment gone
Miles defiantly need a much bigger shop to make much bigger messes in...
I dated a Beverly Shear in the 60's. She cut me off all the time so we ended the relationship
What a sad and depressing picture. Just seeing this factory that produced so many quality items reduced to a state of junk is awful.
You always seem to be documenting the decline or destruction of everything - those assholes harbour frieft sell 100 dollarknockoffs og this great company WTF. It’s depressing