The annotations of cut depth, feed rate, and RPM were a great addition - I'm sure it was a pain adding that to the video editing process. Your efforts are appreciated! I am learning a lot...
Yeah - it's made me start making a feeds table for my lathe ! So there's one already on it - but I'd never taken any notice of it ;) Now I've looked at it, I see the data is in 3-4 'different languages' - so I'm converting the data all into thous per spindle rev then will convert the finished table into metric values.
As an engineer who draws these parts I absolutely love watching a skilled craftsman make it. I learn a lot from it. It makes me think more about the possible problems a craftsman can encounter.
As an engineer who draws better parts than the guy above me I absolutely love watching a skilled craftsman make it. I learn a lot from it. It makes me realize that my drawings and designs are perfect to the point where the craftsman will not encounter any problems.
As the Toolmaker/machinist that has to make the parts the guys above me draw; it's my job to catch all their mistakes and make the parts correctly the first time under budget. Sometimes I even amaze myself.
@@johnbell1396 I wholeheartedly agree with you. It is however, part of our job to have to draw up assembly's with weldments, lathed and milled parts considering all other purchased parts, sensory etc. But I/we do consult the craftsman very often when we run into uncertainty.
i do only what ive got in my life term,, i cant do things better than man ever made i hv motor as simple in size to make as it is to take my time in a simple things to get , to spend, to take a part wharever whenever thats how metal part in me.
A brilliant Video, loved it. My Dad did this for G.M for 34 years he was a toll maker and he was shit hot at Maths the things he made i still remember today. Brilliant Video - Ian u.k
I am, every now and then, running into these old videos. And I watch them to see an Old Master at work (yes, Mr. Abom79, you have crossed into the domain of Old Master - this from an Ancient Used To Be ;-). But what really touches my heart is the picture of the three generations with which you closed (still do?) All your movies. This shows respect to those who came before you, and reminds/teaches those that came after you that a middle aged master can produce excellent quality and that special wonderful beauty using tools conceived thousands of generations (lifetimes, really) ago, and built some 70-80 years ago. Such tools were built without any digital (or even electronics) circuit doing the measuring (or accuracy + quality assurance) for you. That all a man needs are some very basic tools and in a few iterations (generations) he can re-build our civilization from scratch. And these needed basic tools can be produced by anyone with the basic understanding of our tools and machines. Thus, our continued survival is assured with the basic understanding that God has given each of us. Now, I am not saying that we think this two-bits philosophy goes through our mind with every job we run. But we do, at times, think of these things, at least in part, every now and then. Thank you Adam, for reminding us who we are and what we are thankful for. [And I do the PIC thing & sign my real name] Simon
whenever you have the chance also do your best to go in the machine shop and watch the guys work on your projects, also talk to them about points that can be improved (sometimes you can get really good feedback).
Very nice, I’m a Tool & Die Maker. I never make anything that you can’t hold in one hand, nice to see something large being made. Most blissfully unaware people don’t realize that almost everything that is manufactured today, at some point takes a Machinist or a Tool Maker to make any product a reality! Automotive, Medical Devices, Food, Energy, Defense, Aerospace, Construction, and many more industries all depend heavily on Machinists and Tool Makers. We are by far the most highly skilled workers in manufacturing, and we are among the most unappreciated and underpaid professionals in the job market today!
Love you guys, you built the modern world for us. I have a book on the Saturn V Rocket, and it says in there that we couldn't build a Saturn V today due to the lack of extremely skilled machinists for key components like the Turbopump on the Rocketdyne F-1's. I'm sure youngsters can do it, but we need to pass these hard won skills on, who knows when we will need it again? The death of Apprenticeships and lack or work, for all the benefits of CNC the amazing skill of an individual to do it with eye and instruments to incredibly precise tolerances is amazing. Technology used to enhance skill, now it replaces it.
Awesome to see your work I did the opportunity to be around thr machinist in shipyard when I were working at the hull repair and is awesome to see the shaft does come to you guys and you guys make become so shine and clean it give tears to my eyes sometimes.. and it's been 10 years that I dont work on the shipyard thank you all machinist to make my shipyard keep working and my boats floating
Thank you for such informative videos. I've never run machines like that, and the sheer patience you exude while coaxing the final shapes out of cold hard steel is impressive.
I really did not understand everything that my grandfather told me especially about tool and a dye until I started watching what you're doing a month ago. he was Tool & Die maker for 40 plus years AFTER World War II (He was a POW) reminds me so much of my grandfather and how unforgiving he was in how everything had to be just so I never understood Y until now!!!! Ty he was perfecuonist... NOW I get it.
I’ve been a mechanic 40+ years I enjoy working with my hands building things from wood metal stone ect. Watching you make a precision machine shaft was very interesting. I’ve dabbled with very small lathes in various shops the way you trued and centered the chucked end told me if your lathe doesn’t have this setup you can’t do precision work. Enjoyed watching someone with such talent great work!
Adam, We did our heavy turning between centers. This allowed for secondary work on the cylindrical grinder to run between centers. We acquired a G&L Endomatic in the mid 80's to prep our rough material. The G&L used self centering vises to establish an ind ensure varying material diameter was always centered on the machine. Mill heads rapidly simultaneously machined material to finished length. Center drills then simultaneously drilled center drilled holes on each shaft end. This machine eliminated all the lathe set up effort that your video process required. The G&L was fast to set up, repeatable and accurate. This was easy for the machinist to use, but this machine was among the most difficult machines for the maintenance mechanic (me) to level, align and keep mechanically true. Prior to the G&L purchase, we had to use similar lathe processes to your demonstration. The G&L was ideal for production work (our world), but proved just as effective for one-off work. Due to embracing Lean Manufacturing methods One Piece Flow required one-off production with SMED set up changes. About 2015 we upgraded our processes and considered replacing the early 80's CNC lathe and the old G&L with current CNC lathe with full milling functions and two spindles. This option could not out perform our G&L and standard CNC lathe cycle times, required larger shop footprint and much larger machinery investment costs. We purchased standard (older) lathe technology (although a brand new CNC machine) and rebuilt the old G&L. It is fun for me to see you still embracing older methods with older machinery. In my retirement I am moving from being the machine repairman to learning to do manual hobby machining in my basement shop. There are a handful of you UA-camrs that are my constant companions and instructors. You are a favorite. Keep the content coming. I like your transition to your own shop nearly as much as your Motion Industries days. I especially enjoy references to your father and granddad. I am currently training a bevy of grandsons and other boys into electricians. My boys followed me into the trades and now I am getting to shape the next generation into that direction. I wish for you that you could have sons that would accept the next generation mantle. I had 5 sons and now 13 grandsons that I get to help shape.
How refreshing to hear someone admit to a measuring (temporary!!) mistake!. Also very much enjoy your articulate commentary on what you are doing and why. Excellent! Many thanks.
Hey Adam, just wanted you to know that I enjoy and appreciate your videos. I am not a machinist, I have been in the plumbing/ HVAC trade for over 45 years. I learn a lot from watching you.Thank you.
Great camera angles and superb editing -- just the right amount of time on the various angles, and your smooth narration, you combine these in a straight forward & honest way that relaxes, educates, entertains.
deesine For real, anyone that’s ever tried to shoot in their shop/garage will realize that it takes a lot to get the lighting, angles, editing etc perfect, not to mention doing it safely and quickly 👏👏
I love watching your old videos. I have a Colchester Triumph 15" swing lathe. Built in 1964. Been fine tuning it and she is cutting a test bar within half a tenth. Remarkable so proud of the old girl!
Thanks for this video. I have been checking in for several years and oh boy HOW many views?? I love that great camera angle at 2:08, showing a really heavy piece en route to nestle into the 4 jaw etc.
I spent 5 years working at a scrapyard and seen many varieties of turnings come in barrels. To keep from feeling like a brain dead zombie running a a magnet through the turnings to separate the iron from the alloy I'd always look at the details of the turnings and put a story to how it came to be. From the variation in colors to the how smooth some of the edges were compared to how rough others were. Even like finding the longest fry from McDonald's there's finding the longest spiral from the machine shops. Now I get to see my stories unfold😆.
I'm wondering why would anyone come here to watch Abom's channel and put a dislike on it... I mean: you come to watch a machinist do his thing and Abom obliges and does his thing like the pro that he is... What's there not to like? OK you can be not interested (in which case, why are you even here?) but why the dislike? Anyhoot... I like your vids, Adam. Well made, informative, interesting. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Nice to watch someone that can visualize the finished part inside the raw stock, understands end-to-end runout (and how to manage it), and can properly add roughing allowances when working from both ends of the part. I got soooo tired of having to go out to the shop and hold someone's hand and instruct them step-by-step, or have to cross-examine them to figure out how they managed to make a crooked shaft or have one segment too short. Retirement is nice! P.S.: Love the Mighty Mag trick and wireless hoist control!
I have been in construction for 48 years, so I know the pressures of perfection, and may all of you who are not in these fields, the sweat and blood, is more than any one can imagine. Hats off to you guys who have the courage to start and finish. Their can never be any mistakes, mistakes that could shut down the entire operation. my admiration for you guys can only be appreciated By the gallons of sweat to the compared to the tears. Sounds off, but as my grandfather would say, “ I know nothing of what you do” “ but a blind ground squirrel picks up a nut, or two along the way” I thank you for taking the time out to show us.
This knowledge of working metals is much more important and useful than a college degree. I am amazed how you do all this. We need more people like you!
Well Honolulu, with no college degree, I can assure you, NEITHER the lathe, the round bar of steel NOR the 4140 Alloy would exist! Nor for that matter your computer or smart phone on which you are watching this video. It always pissed me off, when in 50 years of providing and operating industrial machines one bozo on our staff saw me with a wrench in my hand, and said- "About time you do some real work/" ... but we digress.
Working on a manual lathe is art,turners are underrated in SA.I’ve done a lot of work pieces on a lathe from big to small.good finishing bro🙌🏾.wish to work with someone like you in the future
Posted 2017 for my viewing pleasure here in May 2020 - The year of lockdown in South Africa. Thank you Abom79. I am an amateur carpenter and love all kinds of wood. But there is a world in weight to be said for this kind of metal work. Beautiful. Thanks!!!
Thanks guys. I had talked the boss before the last two projects I have shown and they give me the ok. They don't want me doing it daily, but saving it for the bigger projects, maybe once a month or so.
Thanks for this video. Excellent reference on how large machinery parts are made. The set up of the 4 jaw chuck was great to watch as opposing chuck jaws were adjusted quickly as the micrometer was referenced to center the shaft! Right away I knew this was going to be interesting.
It's so interesting watching you makes these parts and very relaxing to watch the mill/bits/etc take metal off. Love this channel so stoked I came across you guys. Cheers.
Now I know why 4 speed transmissions are so heavy. Great video, thanks for sharing. Now, only engineers would think of centering the material before turning the product. Ain’t that metal beautiful! Wow! At 75 I am still learning.
The music that you use is so perfect to accentuate the beauty that you rend from rusty blanks. You are an artist Sir, your precision, your attention to detail and your innate understanding of the forces of nature are truly inspiring and... BEAUTIFUL. Thanks for allowing me to see the process, even if I don't understand the fine points.
I've said it before, but I really like how you don't speed up or skip past too much on this channel. It's pretty therapeutic watching the cut happen in real time and watching the chips drop down
I got in an argument with a UA-camr about manual versus CNC machines. He was adamant that CNC was better in every way and I was saying that a good machinist could equal the quality of a CNC with manual machines. It is very gratifying to see you proving my point on stuff 5-10 bigger than what we were talking about.
*ONE OF AMERICA'S FINEST SKILLED LABOR FORCE, AS MACHINISTS!* *~ ONE AWESOME MACHINE SHOP!! ~* *NOT EVERYONE IS SUPPOSED TO GO TO COLLEGE, BUT WHAT THESE SKILLED TECHNICAL MACHINISTS AND WELDERS DO, FEW ARRIVE AT THIS LEVEL!*
I’m always amazed that from one end of the Atlantic sea to other (UK) the engineering terms . When working are exactly the same. We share the language terminology and skills. Respect to you.
That’s a nice chip 👍 I’m a (CNC) machinist. I dabble in manual machining (taught on a Southbend) & just bought a tiny hobby lathe. I like the dials & handles. You’re a specialist. I hope you charge for the special skill set. Keep up the vids. Good job on the wood toolbox tour as well. Reminded me of the old PBS docs & shows on Sundays.👍
Thank you so much for this video. I work at a milling/turning company in the Netherlands, we do mostly small precision work in the space and flight sector. Your videos are so humbling. the culture at my place of work is like the bigger the easier, i think your Channel proves the opposite. This one was the first of your videos i’ve seen, and you’re gained a sub! Keep up the amazing work!
Only a former machinist can really appreciate watching the metal chips fall away! I'm a former machinist for the National Supply Company in Gainesville, Texas where we made National Oil Field Pumps (big, big parts!). Excellent video!
Enjoyed that, brought back a ton of memories from the assorted lathes I ran at Dresser from 74-98. I bid off machines at the end and finished up as a Test Stand Inst. Mechanic my last 9 years. Miss cutting chips, but not holding half thou tolerances lol. You do your Dad proud, and no mistake!
Explaining as you go along would help some of the viewers understand the steps like when you have to find center and centering. Former trade school graduate of machine shop. Thanks for the memories.
Kinda small tapped hole for this sized shaft we would go to a 1.25" or 1.5" tapped hole because sometimes you need a big threaded rod to pull a coupling on
+Realtime1501 Original shaft don't even have tapped holes in center, I put them there to do the guys working on it a favor. You'll see two more tapped holes later.
Abom79 guess the gearbox is pretty old we have many units designed before 1980 that have either one small tapped hole that can't be used to pick up the shaft or no tapped holes at all
Seeing you adjusting the chuck to zero out the gauge is basically like watching someone do a rubiks cube. I can't see any pattern but you obviously can.
Summer Why would you would use a DTI to true black bar?? Pencil is all that’s required. Biggest job I turned weighed 20 tons and was 15 ft dia. Heavy machinist for too many years to mention. Oh and coolant would give much longer tool life although I see why you wouldn’t use it to video. Stay lucky!
Namrise haha exactly, here at Sheffield forgemasters we have the ability to cast over 500 tons in a single pour. The VBMs and lathes probably wouldn’t be able to handle that weight so it’s up to the millers to machine it. At the moment I’m working on a VBM with a 20ft diameter chuck and I can take 10mm DOC. I find it hilarious watching the small CNC machines running at 2000 rpm whilst I’m sat here spinning up to a maximum of 10.5 revs 😂
Use your centre finding head on your combination square set to scribe, punch and hand drill your centre will be much faster for the purpose of a clean up spot for your steady rest. If more accuracy is needed do the above steps on the opposite end then put the shaft in the lathe backwards, dial in your 4-Jaw chuck, then cut your steady rest clean up then set your steady rest to that spot up at your chuck, then remove shaft from lathe, slide steady down to the tailstock end and place shaft proper direction in the lathe. This is also great for a shop without suitable Horizontal Boring Mill or a shop that has other guys or jobs or set ups in their horizontal boring Mill so it’s just quicker and better doing the job with 1 job, 1 machine, less scheduling involved and less logistics of moving to different areas of a shop or facility.
My lathe is about 11" by 20". It is so odd for me to watch something this big and heavy being turned, even though it is really no different than what I do except that if it falls out it will squish you like a bug. One has to really pay attention and not get distracted I guess. Very cool to watch thanks Adam!
Great works! You can see the unfinished sides of the shaft body dance at 5:50 before truing it up. Thanks for sharing this and ending with a nice generation photo finish.
Adam, my Father had a business where he sold inserts to the auto companies in Detroit, I used to flip through the manuals but it never really grabbed my attention at the time. I watch your videos and it seems I understand how you lay it all out and it is fascinating. Thanks for the entertainment, it is really interesting to watch how these parts are made.
This is a fantastic video. Just great 👍 You didn't talk talk talk talk.. much appreciated 🙏 you let us watch and think !!. Thank you for your thoughtfulness and skills.. very very interesting Very enjoyable 😎
Exactly, and in Industry the vast majority of machinists will have mountains of work like this coming at them, all required asap, plus foremen and managers breathing down their necks...
My Dad is a Marine Engineer who began his career as a Fitter and turner. I showed him you videos and he watched the whole process intently before saying that you were a true professional. Believe me, that is praise indeed!
I only wonder as an amateur mechanic myself. I run a landscaping business, and save quite a lot of money servicing my own equipment. Mostly single cylinder engines. This year, I've had to replace one engine, and rebuild another due to employees not paying attention and running over things (like the bolts at the base of a lamp post, for instance), both of which resulted in a bent crankshaft. Fortunately, I had an engine from an older mower that needed too many parts to make relaible, but had the same engine (Fujikawa FJ180V Kai, which is apparently quite popular). And another with the same engine that had a broken connecting rod from which I was able to salvage the shaft. Not nearly as costly as it could have been.
Nothing better than turning a rusty ole piece of steel and finding that beautiful shiny metal underneath.... Watching you center that piece in the 4 jaw reminds me that you can't put a price on experience.
Magnificent!! Loved the piggy-back ride on the gearbox shaft as you rotated it, starting at 20:08 and stepping through, frame by frame to the remount at 20:58! Great view of the workshop layout, and of the old shaft?? at the far end of the lathe bed. Thank you Sir, John Greenwood
I worked in an R&D shop for about ten years. I had to design, make, modify, assembly parts, and demonstrate the finished machine for customers. Very challenging work, but very satisfying when the customer was presented with exactly what they were wanting.
Nice job brother. I'm an aerospace machinist, 20 plus years. I primarily work landing gear so job shop work isnt what I get to do anymore. Miss it alot. Great to see u continuing our trade. I'm in Alabama. Names adam as well. Hats off brother
Trenton and Heath said to check out your channel. Had fun watching you and your craft! I don't know much about metal working but love watching people at their craft!
I'm not a machinist, but I work for a steel supplier running band saws and have to cut large diameter 4140 all the time. The trouble it gives me trouble sometimes getting square cuts, so I can only imagine what it's like machining it. Much respect to you machinists making wicked awesome things
Nice throwback to the original gearbox shaft videos with the shaft-cam whilst craning :D I've never machined anything in my life, but your videos are an absolute pleasure to watch, and I've been through near every sns so far haha. You're a brilliant machinist, and you really seem to have all your ducks in a line! Keep it up, and stay safe during this insane weather you're having!
Brings back memories. I am an older retired Air Force Machinist from 1969 on. Then worked in the Rolla Research Center for 27 years as a machinist. It never gets out of your blood. Still miss those days.
Adam. Another great video. But I worry about you . . . Pretty big storm coming your way. I know you are further up but even the panhandle will get some rough weather. Hunker down brother.
I miss the abom videos like this. Big projects for customers.
A real joy watching somebody who knows what they're doin'. No idle chatter, no editorializing, just solid, useful information. Thank you, sir.
Yes certainly someone who uses inches with decimals knows what he's doing.
The annotations of cut depth, feed rate, and RPM were a great addition - I'm sure it was a pain adding that to the video editing process. Your efforts are appreciated! I am learning a lot...
Yeah - it's made me start making a feeds table for my lathe ! So there's one already on it - but I'd never taken any notice of it ;) Now I've looked at it, I see the data is in 3-4 'different languages' - so I'm converting the data all into thous per spindle rev then will convert the finished table into metric values.
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As an engineer who draws these parts I absolutely love watching a skilled craftsman make it. I learn a lot from it. It makes me think more about the possible problems a craftsman can encounter.
As an engineer who draws better parts than the guy above me I absolutely love watching a skilled craftsman make it. I learn a lot from it. It makes me realize that my drawings and designs are perfect to the point where the craftsman will not encounter any problems.
lmao
As the Toolmaker/machinist that has to make the parts the guys above me draw; it's my job to catch all their mistakes and make the parts correctly the first time under budget. Sometimes I even amaze myself.
@@johnbell1396 I wholeheartedly agree with you. It is however, part of our job to have to draw up assembly's with weldments, lathed and milled parts considering all other purchased parts, sensory etc. But I/we do consult the craftsman very often when we run into uncertainty.
i do only what ive got in my life term,, i cant do things better than man ever made
i hv motor as simple in size
to make as it is to take my time in a simple things
to get , to spend, to take a part wharever whenever
thats how metal part in me.
A brilliant Video, loved it. My Dad did this for G.M for 34 years he was a toll maker and he was shit hot at Maths
the things he made i still remember today. Brilliant Video - Ian u.k
I am, every now and then, running into these old videos. And I watch them to see an Old Master at work (yes, Mr. Abom79, you have crossed into the domain of Old Master - this from an Ancient Used To Be ;-).
But what really touches my heart is the picture of the three generations with which you closed (still do?) All your movies. This shows respect to those who came before you, and reminds/teaches those that came after you that a middle aged master can produce excellent quality and that special wonderful beauty using tools conceived thousands of generations (lifetimes, really) ago, and built some 70-80 years ago. Such tools were built without any digital (or even electronics) circuit doing the measuring (or accuracy + quality assurance) for you. That all a man needs are some very basic tools and in a few iterations (generations) he can re-build our civilization from scratch. And these needed basic tools can be produced by anyone with the basic understanding of our tools and machines. Thus, our continued survival is assured with the basic understanding that God has given each of us.
Now, I am not saying that we think this two-bits philosophy goes through our mind with every job we run. But we do, at times, think of these things, at least in part, every now and then.
Thank you Adam, for reminding us who we are and what we are thankful for.
[And I do the PIC thing & sign my real name]
Simon
Huge amounts of respect for Machinist like you.
As a Mechanical engineering student, watching your videos teaches me many things!
Hats off to you sir!
whenever you have the chance also do your best to go in the machine shop and watch the guys work on your projects, also talk to them about points that can be improved (sometimes you can get really good feedback).
Very nice, I’m a Tool & Die Maker. I never make anything that you can’t hold in one hand, nice to see something large being made. Most blissfully unaware people don’t realize that almost everything that is manufactured today, at some point takes a Machinist or a Tool Maker to make any product a reality! Automotive, Medical Devices, Food, Energy, Defense, Aerospace, Construction, and many more industries all depend heavily on Machinists and Tool Makers. We are by far the most highly skilled workers in manufacturing, and we are among the most unappreciated and underpaid professionals in the job market today!
I am an old machinist myself...thanks for the memories.. and for keeping the trade alive
Love you guys, you built the modern world for us. I have a book on the Saturn V Rocket, and it says in there that we couldn't build a Saturn V today due to the lack of extremely skilled machinists for key components like the Turbopump on the Rocketdyne F-1's. I'm sure youngsters can do it, but we need to pass these hard won skills on, who knows when we will need it again? The death of Apprenticeships and lack or work, for all the benefits of CNC the amazing skill of an individual to do it with eye and instruments to incredibly precise tolerances is amazing. Technology used to enhance skill, now it replaces it.
Awesome to see your work I did the opportunity to be around thr machinist in shipyard when I were working at the hull repair and is awesome to see the shaft does come to you guys and you guys make become so shine and clean it give tears to my eyes sometimes.. and it's been 10 years that I dont work on the shipyard thank you all machinist to make my shipyard keep working and my boats floating
Thank you for such informative videos.
I've never run machines like that, and the sheer patience you exude while coaxing the final shapes out of cold hard steel is impressive.
I am a retired manufacturing engender/ Machinist. I have so much information in my head. It’s good to watch your videos. And enjoy what you do
Great video. Machinist are so under appreciated compared to other trades. Manual machinist are skilled craftsmen
I wish I had the skills these guys have! Such an art.
Some of us are but some of us are just too dumb to do anything else.
trades are under-appreciated in general compared to things like programming which adds hardly any real value to society outside of a few uses of it
Under appreciated by who? I am pretty sure that machinists make a ton more than the other trades.
mechanics are way more under appreciated then machinists
I really did not understand everything that my grandfather told me especially about tool and a dye until I started watching what you're doing a month ago. he was Tool & Die maker for 40 plus years AFTER World War II (He was a POW) reminds me so much of my grandfather and how unforgiving he was in how everything had to be just so I never understood Y until now!!!! Ty he was perfecuonist... NOW I get it.
The only thing I like better than machining, Is watching you machine always such smooth moves
I’ve been a mechanic 40+ years I enjoy working with my hands building things from wood metal stone ect. Watching you make a precision machine shaft was very interesting. I’ve dabbled with very small lathes in various shops the way you trued and centered the chucked end told me if your lathe doesn’t have this setup you can’t do precision work. Enjoyed watching someone with such talent great work!
Adam,
We did our heavy turning between centers. This allowed for secondary work on the cylindrical grinder to run between centers. We acquired a G&L Endomatic in the mid 80's to prep our rough material. The G&L used self centering vises to establish an ind ensure varying material diameter was always centered on the machine. Mill heads rapidly simultaneously machined material to finished length. Center drills then simultaneously drilled center drilled holes on each shaft end. This machine eliminated all the lathe set up effort that your video process required.
The G&L was fast to set up, repeatable and accurate. This was easy for the machinist to use, but this machine was among the most difficult machines for the maintenance mechanic (me) to level, align and keep mechanically true.
Prior to the G&L purchase, we had to use similar lathe processes to your demonstration.
The G&L was ideal for production work (our world), but proved just as effective for one-off work. Due to embracing Lean Manufacturing methods One Piece Flow required one-off production with SMED set up changes. About 2015 we upgraded our processes and considered replacing the early 80's CNC lathe and the old G&L with current CNC lathe with full milling functions and two spindles. This option could not out perform our G&L and standard CNC lathe cycle times, required larger shop footprint and much larger machinery investment costs. We purchased standard (older) lathe technology (although a brand new CNC machine) and rebuilt the old G&L.
It is fun for me to see you still embracing older methods with older machinery. In my retirement I am moving from being the machine repairman to learning to do manual hobby machining in my basement shop. There are a handful of you UA-camrs that are my constant companions and instructors. You are a favorite. Keep the content coming. I like your transition to your own shop nearly as much as your Motion Industries days. I especially enjoy references to your father and granddad. I am currently training a bevy of grandsons and other boys into electricians. My boys followed me into the trades and now I am getting to shape the next generation into that direction. I wish for you that you could have sons that would accept the next generation mantle. I had 5 sons and now 13 grandsons that I get to help shape.
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How refreshing to hear someone admit to a measuring (temporary!!) mistake!. Also very much enjoy your articulate commentary on what you are doing and why. Excellent! Many thanks.
Awesome! Pardon my dumbness, but it's simply amazing how you treat metal as if it was wood. Never seen such a beautiful thing!! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you very much for NOT putting some terrible "music" aka NOISE on your videos!! Actual machine sound is all the music they need!
Hey Adam, just wanted you to know that I enjoy and appreciate your videos. I am not a machinist, I have been in the plumbing/ HVAC trade for over 45 years. I learn a lot from watching you.Thank you.
I'm a jewelry Model Maker and just got recommended from Trenton and Heath! I work with machines on a much smaller scale! Your page is amazing!!!
Great camera angles and superb editing -- just the right amount of time on the various angles, and your smooth narration, you combine these in a straight forward & honest way that relaxes, educates, entertains.
deesine For real, anyone that’s ever tried to shoot in their shop/garage will realize that it takes a lot to get the lighting, angles, editing etc perfect, not to mention doing it safely and quickly 👏👏
I love watching your old videos.
I have a Colchester Triumph 15" swing lathe. Built in 1964. Been fine tuning it and she is cutting a test bar within half a tenth. Remarkable so proud of the old girl!
Cutting to half of.0001 inch??!!!! 😮
I love watching this stuff all day. Shows me what I WISH I was doing. Thank You !
Thanks for this video. I have been checking in for several years and oh boy HOW many views?? I love that great camera angle at 2:08, showing a really heavy piece en route to nestle into the 4 jaw etc.
I spent 5 years working at a scrapyard and seen many varieties of turnings come in barrels. To keep from feeling like a brain dead zombie running a a magnet through the turnings to separate the iron from the alloy I'd always look at the details of the turnings and put a story to how it came to be. From the variation in colors to the how smooth some of the edges were compared to how rough others were. Even like finding the longest fry from McDonald's there's finding the longest spiral from the machine shops. Now I get to see my stories unfold😆.
I do the same with pubes in public toilets
I'm wondering why would anyone come here to watch Abom's channel and put a dislike on it... I mean: you come to watch a machinist do his thing and Abom obliges and does his thing like the pro that he is... What's there not to like? OK you can be not interested (in which case, why are you even here?) but why the dislike? Anyhoot... I like your vids, Adam. Well made, informative, interesting. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Nice to watch someone that can visualize the finished part inside the raw stock, understands end-to-end runout (and how to manage it), and can properly add roughing allowances when working from both ends of the part. I got soooo tired of having to go out to the shop and hold someone's hand and instruct them step-by-step, or have to cross-examine them to figure out how they managed to make a crooked shaft or have one segment too short. Retirement is nice! P.S.: Love the Mighty Mag trick and wireless hoist control!
I have been in construction for 48 years, so I know the pressures of perfection, and may all of you who are not in these fields, the sweat and blood, is more than any one can imagine. Hats off to you guys who have the courage to start and finish.
Their can never be any mistakes, mistakes that could shut down the entire operation. my admiration for you guys can only be appreciated By the gallons of sweat to the compared to the tears. Sounds off, but as my grandfather would say, “ I know nothing of what you do” “ but a blind ground squirrel picks up a nut, or two along the way”
I thank you for taking the time out to show us.
Love when you give the feeds/speeds/insert data in the video... nice touch. Glad you're able to give us more day-job video. Stay dry and safe.
Love watching your older videos. Thank you
Dude, your skills are very impressive! I wish more kids would aspire to learn your trade and be like you!
This knowledge of working metals is much more important and useful than a college degree. I am amazed how you do all this. We need more people like you!
Well Honolulu, with no college degree, I can assure you, NEITHER the lathe, the round bar of steel NOR the 4140 Alloy would exist! Nor for that matter your computer or smart phone on which you are watching this video. It always pissed me off, when in 50 years of providing and operating industrial machines one bozo on our staff saw me with a wrench in my hand, and said- "About time you do some real work/" ... but we digress.
Working on a manual lathe is art,turners are underrated in SA.I’ve done a lot of work pieces on a lathe from big to small.good finishing bro🙌🏾.wish to work with someone like you in the future
Hi... It is nice to hear that you have done lots of work on Lathe... Me too...
please let me know your mobile no.
Posted 2017 for my viewing pleasure here in May 2020 - The year of lockdown in South Africa. Thank you Abom79. I am an amateur carpenter and love all kinds of wood. But there is a world in weight to be said for this kind of metal work. Beautiful. Thanks!!!
Nice to see you videoing again at work. I see they woke up ! Thank you Adam.
I was a lathe operator for several years. I have been retired for 8 years now and this sure brings back memories. Thanks to you and your boss.
Please thank your Boss for letting us into his shop.
I was going to say the exact same thing
seconded. and thirded.
Yeah, thanks boss 👍
Doug Bush
Thanks guys. I had talked the boss before the last two projects I have shown and they give me the ok. They don't want me doing it daily, but saving it for the bigger projects, maybe once a month or so.
Perfect job! As a Machinery guy, i couldn't think more complimentary word say to you, i just cant leave the screen for a sec.
Oh how I love these where we get to see a shiny part emerge from bare rusty stock!
I can tell that's the most satisfying part of milling and turning
Well, if ya LOVE it so much- then why don't ya MARRY it?!
@@daleburrell6273 there is no finger to put a ring on...
@@jumi9342 ...that's true-!!!
@@jumi9342 GOOD ONE-!!!
Thanks for this video. Excellent reference on how large machinery parts are made. The set up of the 4 jaw chuck was great to watch as opposing chuck jaws were adjusted quickly as the micrometer was referenced to center the shaft! Right away I knew this was going to be interesting.
You think this is large? Check out some of my videos.
It's so interesting watching you makes these parts and very relaxing to watch the mill/bits/etc take metal off. Love this channel so stoked I came across you guys. Cheers.
I have a very high appreciation for you guys and girls that machine. Thank you for what you do.
Now I know why 4 speed transmissions are so heavy. Great video, thanks for sharing. Now, only engineers would think of centering the material before turning the product. Ain’t that metal beautiful! Wow! At 75 I am still learning.
The music that you use is so perfect to accentuate the beauty that you rend from rusty blanks. You are an artist Sir, your precision, your attention to detail and your innate understanding of the forces of nature are truly inspiring and... BEAUTIFUL. Thanks for allowing me to see the process, even if I don't understand the fine points.
I've said it before, but I really like how you don't speed up or skip past too much on this channel. It's pretty therapeutic watching the cut happen in real time and watching the chips drop down
I got in an argument with a UA-camr about manual versus CNC machines. He was adamant that CNC was better in every way and I was saying that a good machinist could equal the quality of a CNC with manual machines. It is very gratifying to see you proving my point on stuff 5-10 bigger than what we were talking about.
*ONE OF AMERICA'S FINEST SKILLED LABOR FORCE, AS MACHINISTS!* *~ ONE AWESOME MACHINE SHOP!! ~*
*NOT EVERYONE IS SUPPOSED TO GO TO COLLEGE, BUT WHAT THESE SKILLED TECHNICAL MACHINISTS AND WELDERS DO, FEW ARRIVE AT THIS LEVEL!*
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I’m always amazed that from one end of the Atlantic sea to other (UK) the engineering terms . When working are exactly the same. We share the language terminology and skills. Respect to you.
That’s a nice chip 👍 I’m a (CNC) machinist. I dabble in manual machining (taught on a Southbend) & just bought a tiny hobby lathe. I like the dials & handles. You’re a specialist. I hope you charge for the special skill set. Keep up the vids. Good job on the wood toolbox tour as well. Reminded me of the old PBS docs & shows on Sundays.👍
Thank you so much for this video. I work at a milling/turning company in the Netherlands, we do mostly small precision work in the space and flight sector. Your videos are so humbling. the culture at my place of work is like the bigger the easier, i think your Channel proves the opposite. This one was the first of your videos i’ve seen, and you’re gained a sub! Keep up the amazing work!
Good centre lathe Turner , great job, nobody appreciates how the 4 jaw Chuck is our friend. Keep it up.
Retired Journeyman Machist it's nice to see the old engine lathe still spinning and doing its job. Can't beat them. Good job.
Sometimes, I can smell the cutting oil when it smokes... Thanks for sharing these videos!
Awe that just brought a nice memory to mind. Thanks
I know this is an old post but reading this made me smell it lol
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Same here! Can still remember how it smelt all those years back, as an apprentice in the early 1970's
Only a former machinist can really appreciate watching the metal chips fall away! I'm a former machinist for the National Supply Company in Gainesville, Texas where we made National Oil Field Pumps (big, big parts!). Excellent video!
Enjoyed that, brought back a ton of memories from the assorted lathes I ran at Dresser from 74-98. I bid off machines at the end and finished up as a Test Stand Inst. Mechanic my last 9 years. Miss cutting chips, but not holding half thou tolerances lol. You do your Dad proud, and no mistake!
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Explaining as you go along would help some of the viewers understand the steps like when you have to find center and centering. Former trade school graduate of machine shop. Thanks for the memories.
Very enjoyable. Reminds me of helping out at my dad's factory when I was a teenager.
A true master of his trade! He makes it all look so easy which tells me a lot as a fellow tradesman
Anyone else find it super satisfying to watch that rust fly off with the chips to reveal a super shiny new metal underneath? Hell yeah. :D
+youtubasoarus I do!
Thanks for the reply brother! Awesome channel! Always a pleasure to watch those chips fly! :)
I fapped to that the entire time lol
youtubasoarus I have been a machinist for 47 years both cnc and manual. There is nothing like really removing metal fast with some serious horsepower
Yea, And the bright deep purple chips...Love the way they look.
What a good professional and person you are! Thank for sharing your joy of being doing what you love with us!
Kinda small tapped hole for this sized shaft we would go to a 1.25" or 1.5" tapped hole because sometimes you need a big threaded rod to pull a coupling on
+Realtime1501 Original shaft don't even have tapped holes in center, I put them there to do the guys working on it a favor. You'll see two more tapped holes later.
Abom79 guess the gearbox is pretty old we have many units designed before 1980 that have either one small tapped hole that can't be used to pick up the shaft or no tapped holes at all
The care taken to make these videos is much appreciated, Awesome job
Seeing you adjusting the chuck to zero out the gauge is basically like watching someone do a rubiks cube. I can't see any pattern but you obviously can.
Tighten the highs, Loosen the lows. The indicator tells you everything. Rubik’s cubes are a lot harder
Summer Why would you would use a DTI to true black bar?? Pencil is all that’s required. Biggest job I turned weighed 20 tons and was 15 ft dia. Heavy machinist for too many years to mention. Oh and coolant would give much longer tool life although I see why you wouldn’t use it to video. Stay lucky!
@@kevinwalton4538 20 tons is nothing xD
Namrise haha exactly, here at Sheffield forgemasters we have the ability to cast over 500 tons in a single pour. The VBMs and lathes probably wouldn’t be able to handle that weight so it’s up to the millers to machine it. At the moment I’m working on a VBM with a 20ft diameter chuck and I can take 10mm DOC. I find it hilarious watching the small CNC machines running at 2000 rpm whilst I’m sat here spinning up to a maximum of 10.5 revs 😂
@@kevinwalton4538 a bit like the Coolent that is being used in this video ?
Skip to the end mate !
Use your centre finding head on your combination square set to scribe, punch and hand drill your centre will be much faster for the purpose of a clean up spot for your steady rest. If more accuracy is needed do the above steps on the opposite end then put the shaft in the lathe backwards, dial in your 4-Jaw chuck, then cut your steady rest clean up then set your steady rest to that spot up at your chuck, then remove shaft from lathe, slide steady down to the tailstock end and place shaft proper direction in the lathe. This is also great for a shop without suitable Horizontal Boring Mill or a shop that has other guys or jobs or set ups in their horizontal boring Mill so it’s just quicker and better doing the job with 1 job, 1 machine, less scheduling involved and less logistics of moving to different areas of a shop or facility.
My lathe is about 11" by 20". It is so odd for me to watch something this big and heavy being turned, even though it is really no different than what I do except that if it falls out it will squish you like a bug. One has to really pay attention and not get distracted I guess. Very cool to watch thanks Adam!
Yes. Lathes are really dangerous machines. They will destroy your work, themselves and you if you are not paying attention!
I love your old videos. Big parts, lot of chips, short: Heavy work.
This is just amazing to me! I am a journeyman mason, and the smallest measurement we usually get down to is 1/8th of an inch. Lol! Your good!
Great works! You can see the unfinished sides of the shaft body dance at 5:50 before truing it up. Thanks for sharing this and ending with a nice generation photo finish.
11:40, just some quick adjustments and he is dead on center, impressive
Tore M same at 22:00. Love that stuff. Dead nuts true.
Centering a 4 jaw chuck isn't particularly difficult... but he does it SO fast! Man has mad skillz!
I could watch these videos all day long...! I’m still amazed at how you configure, measure and setup the equipment...
11:40, just some quick adjustments and he is dead on center, impressive
Adam, my Father had a business where he sold inserts to the auto companies in Detroit, I used to flip through the manuals but it never really grabbed my attention at the time. I watch your videos and it seems I understand how you lay it all out and it is fascinating. Thanks for the entertainment, it is really interesting to watch how these parts are made.
Adam is a really good teacher.
This is a fantastic video. Just great 👍
You didn't talk talk talk talk.. much appreciated 🙏 you let us watch and think !!.
Thank you for your thoughtfulness and skills.. very very interesting
Very enjoyable 😎
Wow! i'm used to seeing hobbyist machinists, but industrial shops don't mess around: .400" depth of cut is no joke
Exactly, and in Industry the vast majority of machinists will have mountains of work like this coming at them, all required asap, plus foremen and managers breathing down their necks...
I cant imaging why anyone would thumbs down such a good video. I can only assume the subject matter is well above their comprehension.
You're editing is getting so refined Adam. Always enjoyable to watch
Thanks for sharing
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The task is of mental proportion, but was made to look easy by the professionalism.
Great and educational skillful video.
Very few people can appreciate or enjoy the sound of chips being cut off a piece of material like we do.
Only 6,5 million people 😂
My Dad is a Marine Engineer who began his career as a Fitter and turner.
I showed him you videos and he watched the whole process intently before saying that you were a true professional.
Believe me, that is praise indeed!
i saw the shaft, now i definitely want to see the gearbox :)
I'm just curious as to what the hell happened to the OLD shaft!
^^^This!
renard chenapan should be kinda small
BlackEpyon usually cracking on keyways or radia
I only wonder as an amateur mechanic myself. I run a landscaping business, and save quite a lot of money servicing my own equipment. Mostly single cylinder engines. This year, I've had to replace one engine, and rebuild another due to employees not paying attention and running over things (like the bolts at the base of a lamp post, for instance), both of which resulted in a bent crankshaft.
Fortunately, I had an engine from an older mower that needed too many parts to make relaible, but had the same engine (Fujikawa FJ180V Kai, which is apparently quite popular). And another with the same engine that had a broken connecting rod from which I was able to salvage the shaft. Not nearly as costly as it could have been.
Nothing better than turning a rusty ole piece of steel and finding that beautiful shiny metal underneath....
Watching you center that piece in the 4 jaw reminds me that you can't put a price on experience.
Magnificent!!
Loved the piggy-back ride on the gearbox shaft as you rotated it, starting at 20:08 and stepping through, frame by frame to the remount at 20:58!
Great view of the workshop layout, and of the old shaft?? at the far end of the lathe bed.
Thank you Sir,
John Greenwood
+Aristakas Yea I did that a few times before and the viewers really enjoyed it. 👍🏻
I worked in an R&D shop for about ten years. I had to design, make, modify, assembly parts, and demonstrate the finished machine for customers. Very challenging work, but very satisfying when the customer was presented with exactly what they were wanting.
25:20 that massive amount of steel removed with one pass. Impressive.
Is that why the lubricant or coolant was being sprayed?
Bryan Teany ye stops the tool over heating and becoming weak.
Bryan Teany also reduces friction.
hogging some serious iron.
What's the cut depth though ?
Nice job brother. I'm an aerospace machinist, 20 plus years. I primarily work landing gear so job shop work isnt what I get to do anymore. Miss it alot. Great to see u continuing our trade. I'm in Alabama. Names adam as well. Hats off brother
Top machinist I respect your skills
YES, it is magic ...... Never ever have used a lathe, but looks amazing !!!!
Trenton and Heath said to check out your channel. Had fun watching you and your craft! I don't know much about metal working but love watching people at their craft!
Adam,you are very good at operating the overhead crane. Very little swing,left to right, or forward and back
Thats called control
Слишком много шума 26:26 от резца .
Вот как тихо точит .
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+1 Just looking at that hunk of steel gently and precisely moving around the shop was impressive. The 4140 blank was pretty cool too
I'm not a machinist, but I work for a steel supplier running band saws and have to cut large diameter 4140 all the time. The trouble it gives me trouble sometimes getting square cuts, so I can only imagine what it's like machining it. Much respect to you machinists making wicked awesome things
Very nice work Adam as always !!
As a home shop machinist, I can testify that Abom
is a truly artist in every sense of the word!
Nice throwback to the original gearbox shaft videos with the shaft-cam whilst craning :D
I've never machined anything in my life, but your videos are an absolute pleasure to watch, and I've been through near every sns so far haha. You're a brilliant machinist, and you really seem to have all your ducks in a line!
Keep it up, and stay safe during this insane weather you're having!
+Pictometry This one is very similar to the first one so I'm trying to give some different info and views from before.
Abom79 I love it! I meant to say, I thought it was cool haha. Thanks for the reply, I'm a little star-struck to be honest! :D
Craftsmanship and machining at its best!!! Respect!!!
That’s one of the most amazing things I’ve seen
Brings back memories. I am an older retired Air Force Machinist from 1969 on. Then worked in the Rolla Research Center for 27 years as a machinist. It never gets out of your blood. Still miss those days.
You'd drive by that building and never know what cool shit was happening in there.
That is so satisfying to see a professional at work.
Adam. Another great video. But I worry about you . . . Pretty big storm coming your way. I know you are further up but even the panhandle will get some rough weather. Hunker down brother.
My area of the panhandle is not under a hurricane watch. Looks like Pensacola will be spared the worst of the storm.
it needs to be hell of a storm to blow out Abom lol
Category 5 isn't as strong as Abom torque.
The rain can still get you, I'm in Houston, be safe
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Really enjoy 22:29 when you’re truing the stock to the lathe using the dial indicator, and chuck. Love that attention to detail.
Four jaw chuck is where it's at.