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Writing information? We used to have things called books. They were full of that stuff.

There are still some remnants of the pre war machine tools, I do prefer the later or war time machines, for the modern spindle nose and tooling, thanks

Glad you made it! That looked bad.

@@Jigborer-sb4dx thanks.....I am in the middle of the state, so we did not get much rain......or wind.....others to the north were not so lucky.....cheers, Paul in Orlando

I am about to go from 800ft to 7000ft up onto the continental divide.

@@DonDyarprecision I will send a care package of old machine images.....hope you got the last one I sent......Paulie Brown

@@DonDyarprecision go slow, that oxygen is pretty thin.....no heavy exertion and drink lots of water, as your body is trying to create red blood cells to make up for the lack of oxygen....another words, don't do what takes all night now that you used to do all night in your 20's.....and get some good footage of where you are,,,,,,,best wishes, Paulie Brown.....in Orlando

That sounds about the right age, by the later 30s they advertised "Timkenized" machines. Thanks!

My war era Burke #4 has Timken bearings and phenolic shields around the spindle as Aluminum was scarce during these years.

I managed to get a lot of early photos, there were many machinery makers before the depression in the 30s. I may be able to figure out how to do a voice or sound over for the slide shows The editing program allows 10 seconds duration, some of those adds have a lot of text, and different sales styles back in those days.

@@DonDyarprecision wonderful work.......

The little shop is almost a job, thanks

I have more honing to do, thanks

I have been going through old photos, there were a lot of those interesting vises of many types. I only have found broken pieces. so far.

Yes, I believe that is it

@@DonDyarprecision Thanks, You've put that on my must have list now too! ;)

You are very welcome

The Lodge & Shipley Powerturn had a built in device called a ball stop using a sleeve with a spiral groove that retracts the tool faster than the leadscrew thread, that was nice for Acme threads. The handle retracting devices take practice but are a solution for heavy clunky machines but not near as slick as a Monarch 10ee or a Hardinge with the added leadscrew control. I am not doing work where I am cutting threads daily and it is easy to get out of practice, the machine gets sticky too.

@@DonDyarprecisionfor the really sophisticated making of nuts, you’ll want to see this.

I saw a storm is coming, be careful

Thank you! Cheers!

The long cases are like building balsa airplanes, but this wood is on the other side of hardness, I modified small circular saw blades 5" by boring them for the arbor on the shaper for slitting thin pieces. Nice to have the machine shop back up for wood working.

@@DonDyarprecision I’ve done a lot of wood working over the decades. My wife tells me that if I get rid of some of that equipment I can get more metalworking equipment, as I don’t really do much woodworking these days. But, it’s hard to let go.

@@melgross My wife likes nothing about the metal working, her father was a woodworker and builder, so there is a good balance with the woodworking. My previous experience was building shipping crates. The woodworking machines ended up at the scrapyards about 10 years ago, the 3 phase machines often free. Schools discontinued programs, cabinet shops closed and construction methods changed. I have the basic school shop equipment and the exotic Shoda spindle moulder that came out of Boeing. I use the machine shop to drastically reduce cost and expand capability.

@@DonDyarprecision it’s a different world from when I began all of this in the mid 1960s when I was in my teens. My dad was knowledgeable and encouraged me. He had an old book from 1903 which I read until it almost fell apart, Modern Machine Tools by Vandervoot. Pretty famous, as I found out later. It was written for a machinists program. I used to build some furniture and other interesting, to me, projects. I took a machine shop course as an elective in high school. We also had to take a year of drafting. This was in an acedemkc high school, no less. My life was complicated for a long time.

I had to used maple dowels in many places and used box joints on the corners and inner structure, the case can take rough handling and dropping, unusual wood, I can stand on it. The fun part of this box is, it out classes the rifle in it, and can cause irritation to some gun owners as only this rifle will ever fit into this case. I always downplay everything I do on this venue the best I can as I raise the bar.

@@DonDyarprecision Sir, you have done that and more. That piece is an absolute treat to behold. Thank you for sharing it. I hope it inspires others the same way you were inspired to construct it!

It is best to do some practice and work up to speed on that one.

Thank you too!

Thanks, I wanted to make a small as possible package.

Hi, thanks for that

The rifle itself 77/22s I bought new in 1987, the s means it has iron sights that most did not want and was dropped. The design has a flaws that reduce accuracy but not function. The problem was like a motor with too much end play, so I did much research, cut the breach end of the barrel back, made a chamber reamer from a jobbers and cut the shoulder on the barrel to get the headspace and chamber to Winchester target rifle specs. I compulsively did every possible other work from glass bedding, 2lb trigger with overtravel adjustment, recessed target crown on a free floated barrel with adjustable pressure point for tuning. I used no aftermarket parts except springs, a benefit of having the machining skills, but you cant do it for anyone else without a license.

Interesting! I have a machinist friend who recently did the same to a 10/22. They are popular to customize right now. He also cut the breach down and recut to target specs. I think he bought a chamber reamer but it really helped. It's a tack driver. He had a 77/22 years ago and wishes he had it back. I'd like to have one in .22 Hornet.

James, the coffee is great! I found I could use DeWalt carbide utility knife blades in a Stanely No, 82 cabinet hand scraper with unexpected results. I will demonstrate that, thanks!

@@DonDyarprecision Glad you like it! I have a few card style scrapers, my tool of choice for keeping my maple woodworking bench surface smooth and free of any buildup. Will check out the Dewalt blades.

@@EngineersWorkshop I will try to demonstrate that soon.

www.youtube.com/@deedeeindustrialsuperprecision/videos

A custom sporting rifle

I have plenty of that!

Leather, wood and steel not nylon, aluminum and plastic

mod 77/22s

77/22 mags, the only difference is the shape of the bottom, they have not made this model for some time.

Many thanks!

An automatic threading device could be very useful if you don't cut a lot of threads because I found myself getting out of practice. The hydraulics shops I worked in want screw threads to terminate in less than one turn without a relief groove on the cylinder rods. Not much of the early steam era machine tools survived scrap drives from the world wars. There was still some line shaft driven shops working here in the 1970s servicing farm and ranch needs and modern shops involved with the nuclear and other technology. One machine that has changed very little over time is the tool & cutter grinder.

@@DonDyarprecision true. One guy who makes these things is on TH-cam. His name, and I’m not kidding, is Phinias Whoopee. I may not be spelling it exactly. It pulls back an entire inch. It’s sad that so much of our mechanical history went to scrap over the years.

Axelson in the 1942 year put a threading stop and satin chrome dials on their lathes, this Hardinge sliding holder is good to 16 tpi with light cuts.

It is helping greatly with this older machine, thanks.

Here is a video I did on my other channel th-cam.com/video/63KHmhz8des/w-d-xo.html

Thanks!

The Holbrook lathes are very rare here, there was a machine dealer that imported a few shipping containers of machines in the 1980s including Holbrook lathes. Those were very solid in appearance, but no one knew anything about them, thanks.

@@DonDyarprecision The one I worked also had the taper turning attached. But the real interesting one was set up for eliptical turning. The real cute part was that you could turn a cone that went from round to eliptical.

That was great advice!

It is not as rigid as a regular holder, have to back off the cut a little.

Setting at 29 1/2 degrees leaves just enough to cleanly shave that right flank and help reduce chatter on hard to cut material like this 01 drill rod.

I get out to the shack when I can't find re-runs of Golden Girls or Matlock, it can happen at any time.

especially when Don is the master behind the controls....

I have found many that will do anything to avoid single point threading. In hydraulic shops it is done everyday. There the fit of the threads is most important on highly stressed cylinders, rods and pistons. In general the nut or cap/glands must spin on without bind and minimal shake or the components will come loose, if too tight will seize and cant get them apart. The threads in Caterpillar practice must not have grooves to terminate threads, both internal and external, instead the thread is faded out in the last turn. There are those that will say the groove for terminating a thread does not weaken the part, however in the most extreme cases "any Bozo with an excavator" Will likely snap a hydraulic rod if it has groove to terminate threads rather than fading the thread out by pulling the tool in the last turn, time for some tea

That is a good idea, those saw blade blanks are made of good material! I am making headway on my reorganization " selling off tools I will not use is done, now its boxes of junk I stacked in the basement and attic. I tend to underestimate time it takes to get things done in my old age.

Hi Max, thanks!

Thanks 👍 I am making progress

Hi, thanks for that

That is working out better than expected, it saves a lot of time, thanks

Hi, thanks for tuning in!

These were used up into the 1980s, this was Enco Tools first products. The front lever closers were better for long headstocks.

Little dogs have big days

This drill was knocked over a time or two has some cracks but it has a tight quill. At one time it was frowned upon to use an expensive vertical mill to do a simple job that could be done on a cheap drill saving wear on the mill. Not many remember those harder times.

I was going to buy a variable speed Bridgeport Series 2 Special or a similar Lagun locally and a Mori Seki lathe but found the Horizontal Mill and Radial Drill, then bought the old Axelson. I think the older machines are more interesting and I don't have to be too efficient. I have been thinking a VFD may be a good way to go on the radial drill.

@@DonDyarprecisionI’m very happy I’ve VFD’d my machines. As always, I warn to not use an old 3 phase motor for that unless just running it at 60 Hz. The risk of burning it out is high. Get a newer motor, one made no later than about ten years ago, or better, one specifically rated for inverter use.

Hi, yes cooler temperatures are helping progress, thanks!