They don’t make guys like you anymore. You are probably the humble guy I’ve seen on TH-cam. Your story is awesome. Thank you for sharing. I started watching your videos a few years ago, maybe only a year so I wanted to go back to the beginning.
Love your story. There is almost a shyness to this video the way you stare away from the camera but your honesty still comes through. These days you really connect with your viewers and make them feel you are talking to them individually. You have more than just a machinist talent but you have a people talent. Things like that come from upbringing.
i watched this video years and years ago and rewatching it today one thing really sticks out to me and that you seem so much happier in the more recent videos. You do explain the last 5 years were very hard and it really does show. Glad you are much healthier place.
Adam I’ve just watched you test your gordell crane and lathe in your new shop then TH-cam directed me to this, which I’ve never seen before only being subscribed for a couple years now - the thing I notice is how much happier you are buddy and I am so pleased to be allowed to watch your journey. God bless buddy.
Crazy, watching this video, just coming from you grouting a mean jib crane in your new shop 8 years from now. Amazing to see your transformation, and what you made of the shop.
Right here, a wonderful video to be turned to for an amazing piece of history. Adam, I am impressed with your knowledge and skills, so I am going back to video number one and watching all of them. So nice to know there is another man with a good heart in this world. Keep your chin up, heartfelt love to you friend. Would be honored to work with you.
Mr Booth, I've been a long time fan and have watched countless videos of yours but this one is my favorite. The shop has come a long way as has your personality on video. Much respect.
It's always a pleasure to see someone doing something they do well and enjoying it. I was a carpenter for 30+ years but the big machines have always fascinated me. It took a lot of guts to tell your life story in front of the camera for the world to see. Obviously you were a little nervous but thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the comment Jim. Its great to know that grandad was a machinist too. I enjoyed making that video of myself and share to everyone. I had been working on the new shop for about a year before I finally had it ready to use. Good luck with your shop! If you post up some videos of the build I'll watch them!
Thanks for the tip Carter. I dont really have another spot to put the tool box without rearanging everything else too. Its gotta stay there till I can figure out a better spot.
Hello Robert, thanks for the great comment. Yes I am a proud third gen machinist, and I feel very lucky and blessed to have what I have, including the knowledge I've learned from both dad and grandad. As for the tool holder I build for the milling machine, I will touch on that in another video soon. Ill go over what I used to build it and how it works. Its been a great addition to the shop.
Thank you for subscribing to my channel, and thank you. I hope you enjoy the videos. I hope that I can help some people out with some of the work I show.
I started my business in 1971. (a different industry) I ran it for 30 years, until 2001 at which time I retired. I appreciate your down to earth story about how you got where you are. Very candid and very interesting. I went through all the ups and downs as you did. Most people assume having a business means you have it made. No boss, freedom to do as you wish, lots of money, etc. They have no Idea. You told the story well. Thanks, Les
Yep, having your own business you have to be self motivated and work hard to get work done however you can. My day job pays the bills and gives me good benefits, so my home shop is now where I can enjoy my own work, and still make a little extra money from those dedicated customers. I really enjoy where I am today, but do miss the old shop.
Thank you Rich.As for the machines, I wanted the machining part of the shop kind of seperated from the welding/grinding/fab area. I wanted to keep a big enough area by my entry door to have some floorspace for fabbing and welding jobs.So all the machine tools went to the back of the shop.
Thanks guys. I already know the shop will never be completely finished. Ill be constantly moving things, building things, and adding tools and machines from time to time. I've actually got my sights on a DoAll bandsaw right now. I hope to have it added to my arsenal pretty soon.
Nice to hear from you James. Gunsmithing and machining go hand in hand. Its a good feeling being able to get on the lathe and mill and make a part that you came up with all your own. Want to say thanks for all you did serving our great country. Hope your medical issues weren't bad. Good luck with the machine work and keep checking back, I'll be posting more as fresh new jobs come in. If I can help in any way let me know. Adam
Your story is really compelling Adam. I can almost hear a bit of sorrow in your voice, along with a whole lot of pride. I wish you the best. Please keep making these videos!
Seeing this video about you and your shop. Then seeing your most recent posting on TH-cam just proves to me how much your camera presence has improved over the years. You went from one shop in your garage, expanded it by adding on to that shop and adding more equipment. Then starting to setup a new shop with all new equipment. Your willingness to learn new things is shown in your most recent delivery of a CNC Lathe. Adam it has been a pleasure for me to learn things by watching your TH-cam Channel Videos.
Really appreciate the back story. You have a great legacy. I've been a diesel mechanic and welder/fabricator for 25 years, forced to retire because of cancer. My son just followed my wife and me by joining the Army. He's going to be a certified welder/fabricator and cnc machinist. I'm happy he chose a good and rewarding career. I've had him welding since he could just about stand up. I showed him your channel and I'm sure he will learn a ton. I enjoy machining things as a hobby and I've learned so much from you already. Cheers
Awesome tour Adam, very cool that you have stuff from your dad and granddad in there .. Love your videos and learning from them,, Thanks for your channel! Joey
Without you, and this old tony I don't know how I would have ever had the courage to buy my own lathe and mill. The things you share are in valuable and you share them for free. I thank you very much, and maybe one day I can balance the scale.
I literally stumbled across this video. What an excellent testimony of true American, salt of the earth workmanship and trade craft. Wow. Thank you for sharing this.
I have watched several machinists and their shops but I have never seen a man as good as you in your shop. I watched your video on Spray Welding a special part for a company yesterday and was amazed at how much time and trouble you took just to get the piece of work chucked up into your lathe! I have never seen such precision in my life! You actually had the work so perfectly aligned that I just sat here in my chair with my mouth open! Now I am not a machinist but I can repair a lot of things. Over the course of my lifetime, I have fixed and built and repaired so many different things I can't list them all. But I have never been able to do what you can do! Now I do not have a shop like yours. In fact, all I have are a drill press a small wood lathe, metal, lathe, and a belt sander and a few hand tools. But I know several men who have machine shops similar to yours. I have watched them repair things for me I couldn't! But none ever came close to your ability or precision! I am totally amazed at your abilities. I have Subscribed to your channel and look forward to watching you in the future! And at 74 years old I have plenty of time to sit here and watch you do amazing things. Thank you, Sir.
Watching this on April 2021. Almost half a million subscribers and many Patreons like me later. You have come a long way thanks to your hard work and excellence both on machining and in making posts. Keep the good work and thank you!
Thank you very much! Thanks for checking out my channel, you may find some more videos you enjoy.
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I watch your clips every day. Sometimes i dont even know what am i watching but still enjoy it, enjoy the machines, the way you work, the way you talk.... Actually I learned a lot from your work. We have one thing in common is fall in love with the machine. I quit my job three years ago and started building my own shop from ... nothing. a lot of things to do, a lot of anxiety... and i also struggling to make money for life. Where i live is a poor country, less developed infrastructure especially in industry, machinery, equipment. u know t's so difficult to pursue passion in a comfortable, complete way... Thank you very much for inspiring people like me. Keep up the good work!
Big difference between the first video and now. I have so much respect for the talent and dedication you have, Adam. I got into screw machine work in 1976, and I'm still at it today at 66 years old. Keep up with the great content man.
Nothing but respect for the guys who don't mind getting oiled up like a thanksgiving turkey, getting dirty, getting burned, cut and bruised to get the job done. You are one of those Adem, one of the good hard working guys... You are a machinist from a family of machinists, you have loads of experience, and since I foud myself a teacher, well, you just got yourself a fan! Keep up the good work!
I really enjoyed your video. Small job shops were the backbone of industry For many years. I was trained as a Toolmaker/Moldmaker in the early 1970's. I moved into the management and engineering side Of the business many years ago and farmed out loads of work to small quality job shops. I am now retired but I have a small hobby size shop in my garage and still really enjoy the sati fiction of creating a part from raw material. I wish much success at your current job and in getting your shop set back up and functional.
In the future, you should move those welders out of there and put in a G&E Shaper. You will love all of the comments you'll get when you use it, most prevalently "Why not use the mill?"
Hey Adam, first let me say how much I appreciate your videos. I’m new to machining and have a very small home shop with a bench top lathe and mill. Watching your work has enabled me to learn so much. I am a master auto mechanic and fabricator for over 45 years and as a fellow craftsman I often anticipate and chuckle at your style. What I really appreciate is your comfort when things don’t go as planned, your ease at owning mistakes and unanticipated problems, a rare skill in today’s society. My grandfather was a machinist and block machining Forman at Hudson Motor Corp in the 1920’s through the 1950’s and I still have his hand made toolbox as well as a lot of his tools and treasure them. Keep it up Adam and thanks again !
Chris, yes I'm using a Gopro Hero 3 and I film in 1080 resolution 30 frames per second. The video software I use is Power Director 11 by Cyberlink. It's still new to me and I'm having to learn how to use it all, but I know the basics enough to make the videos you see. I hope to get a little more creative with it eventually.
Damn you ... You made me cry .... :) I'm 64 now .... My Grandfather would've loved this .... Unfortunately 70-80 years ago ... There just WASN'T the money to do this ..... He did have a stationary engine ... A BIG green one .... I have NO idea what it was .... He died when I was 11 .... He did have a big area full of hand tools .... Which hooked his Grandson right in .... Unfortunately .... He lived far away ... He couldn't teach me anything .... In my life ... I never went that way .... I was not destined to do that .... But the love for tools and machinery is still deep within me ..... You have been truly blessed in all ways ... And thank you from all of us that were never able to realise our dreams like you were able to .... :) Best wishes .... And thank you.
Emotionally awsome. The family history. The old tool box in the corner,the sweat and hot work it ha seen. The calm narrative pride with which you speak about the family,is patriotic. It’s so sad that things change,drastically,and slowly unexpected. We are powerless to prevent some life altering events. You are a bad ass machinist. Calm and patient. You can’t be in a hurry cutting iron,just like you can’t be in a hurry in an old Mack truck,the ratios are to far apart. You have powerful thinking ability. I don’t know how you have time to video, but many exponential thanks for your videos.
I've been fantasizing this last year about buying a decent lathe and tinkering in my garage. But, after listening to you about your career, I'm overwhelmed with your history, knowledge and experience--not to mention your seemingly endless number of tools, I'm having serious reservations. Anyhow, I'm sure enjoying your videos. Keep 'em comin'.
It is now Feb. 2022, and I have been a subscriber of your channel for about 5 Years, and all I can say is.... "You have come along way"...! Your personal life with Abby, the new Shop space you are moving into. It has been fun seeing the channel grow. You have a better handle on your weight now, although I am envious of your grilling and cooking. Keep up the good work, and wish you continued success in your future endeavors....! I still miss Bella...! Bill Berry-Houston, Texas
This has been a great insight to how things have unfolded. have been watching your channel for a while during lockdown and I must get back in my home workshop.
I have been watching your videos for 2 years or so. I have always been interested in metal working. I worked at a machine shop while I was a senior in high school as a draftsman and cnc programmer. I also became a certified tool setter. But after being laid off back in the 90's, I never had a chance to get back into it. I love your videos and its good to see that you stuck with it even in the harder times. Keep the videos coming. Thanks For all your hard work.
One of my favorite things about Adam is his sentimental nature when it comes to tools. I really value my grandad's tools too, I like using something that was grandpa's, then my dad's, now mine. I'm willing to bet there are a lot of guys watching this that have an attachment to some tools too.
Hi Adam- I finally watched this one after watching your channel for about 3 weeks straight, almost exclusively. It's really nice to see how you've gotten much more comfortable being on camera and have done much in the last 3 years to the shop improvements and organization. You have given me renewed inspiration to get a home-machine shop started when I can. I'm still in flux from my transition of being retired from Active Duty and starting my own business. I'll continue picking up tips here and there, but mostly binge-watching as much as my family responsibilities will allow. Thanks for everything, very glad to see you doing well, looking forward to the rest of the K&T finishing- The rotary welding table is awesome, very cool to have some old time oilers on her too- Machining was something I walked away from after high school, but after almost 30yrs, I'll now be walkin back that way, thanks to you- If you're in San Diego, I've got some respectable BBQ, some of it may make you cry- Take care and God Bless you and yours- Paul
Adam, It was nice to go back and see this video again. The way you always remember your roots is one of the things that continues to make you so wholesome and fun to watch. You have come a long way since you posted this one, and I look forward to seeing more of your great videos. I stumbled upon one of your short Heavy Machining videos a few years ago, which opened up into a whole new world of machining videos. You and others such as Mr. Pete, Keith Fenner, Keith Rucker, Tom Lipton, and Brian Block. to name just a few, are responsible for getting me into a very enjoyable hobby (sickness?). A few months ago I bought an old Logan lathe and, with no prior hands on experience, found myself merrily making replacement parts for other tools and machines I've been buying. Many thanks to you and the other TH-cam machining contributors for being true teachers.
Adam, loved this video. Started watching your stuff about a year ago and can't get enough. Its awesome to see someone who loves what they do and have a real connection to it.
Adam,thank you for making this video, I Greatly enjoyed watching it. You are very fortunate to have such a large shop and good amount of space. You also have huge experience over many of us out here who are interested in home machining. Your Dad and G-Dad gave you a fantastic foundation to do this type of work. Having done it professionally in an actual shop that was in business teaches you things you cant really learn just having a home shop on your own. The equipment you have is really heavy duty! The tooling alone is worth a fortune. Your organizing is paying off and will affect the quality of the work you can do. I love to see shops like this, keep up the good work and learn, learn, learn.....The things we make....make us!
I sold structural steel for a few years and met many master machinists. One of them reached out and offered to teach me. He recommended your videos to watch. You're a lot of fun to watch and thanks for the videos. Machining is way cool.
Good video to tie it all together and explain things to those of us who have seen your videos at three different locations: the old shop, the new shop, and the day job shop. Now it all makes sense. Glad you were able to preserve a good bit of your legacy even while doing what needed to be done in order to make ends meet.
Wow have you changed! You were almost shy back then but you’ve grown into a comfortable presence on you tube these days. I’m a woodworker and have drilled and filed metal but that’s it. I couldn’t operate a lathe, shaper, mill or a tapping machine if you held a gun to my head. But I’ve watched almost all of your videos on machining and enjoyed all of them. I’ve watched as you left work and gone on your own. I’ve watched as you upgraded your go pro cameras, shown the various tools you keep in the many drawers, cabinets or boxes. I’ve watched as you built up a following and a customer base and as you moved into your present shop. I’m sure you will eventually get the CNC to become second nature. But I’m like a lot of your viewers, I like the old school machine work. You’ve never met me but I feel like I know you and Abby. I think what drew me to your channel was the way you tried to get every job to be as accurate as you could and never said “the customer will never know”. It’s mid 2023 and I wish you continued success in all that you do. Thanks for the many years of hard work.
I have to try and keep everything well oiled. I use Starrett Oil, WD40, and well some things are just coated down with dark cutting oil too. I hope next summer my shop will be insulated and climate controlled.
This man has the best level of Education anyone on earth can get, there is nothing a school can teach you that you have learned. Schools and pieces of paper are great but the knowledge you have is from working not from books, or teachers who haven't seen machines in 50 years... I like your channel, its always interesting I always watch your videos...
Your respect for your father is something I can relate to: and so I respect you. Your story even made me somewhat emotional. I've always looked up to my Grandfather, and so when he said that he'd be happy for me to follow in his footsteps (and work for him) I was teared up with Joy.
Oliver makes me very, very happy to hear from young men in this day who still have admiration, love, and respect for their fathers. My father passed away in 2017 from ALS and he also was a man I respected and admired more than any other person on earth. Hope you have a great day friend.
thanks for the tour of your shop, great to see and you have some excellent equipment there, nice to see you kept some of the machines that your dad and grandad brought. thanks again
Great video. I am growing up almost the exact same way you did. My dad owns his own machine shop, and i started working for him when i was 12 cleaning floors. I am not 22 years old and worked my way up the ranks. I am now in charge of programing an design.
I've been following you for some time now and somehow I never made it this early in your videos until now. It's absolutely incredible to learn so much of the history behind the booth family. It's also inspiring to see the contrast of what you're home shop looks like in this video in comparison to what you've turned it into today. Additionally, the contrast from the way you engage with the viewers in this video to how confident you are in the videos you are posting now. Keep up the great work and content @Abom79. I look forward to learning more from you and sharing the experience of building up your shop, and I say that because your videos really makes the viewer feel like they're right there with you
Thanks a bunch Jonathan. Glad you found the channel and thanks for the sub. Keith has lots of good videos and he shows a lot of cool job shop work too.
Exelelent vids. and a guy like me learns a great deal watching them. It is sure good to see a man that learnt from his Dad and Grandfather. The fact that you still have and use some of your Grandfathers tools cannot be put into words. I am sure that is a matter of great pride to you. I am 59 years old and an oilfield trucker. I spend most of my spare time at the local museum fixing up old farm machinery. we recently got a 12x36 Chinese lathe and I work on it any chance I get. I have always been fascinated by machineing tools and such. I have just finished dismanteling the little lathe to give it a good cleaning (it needs it badly).
You sound like me buddy Gill whos in the Bridgeport video. He loves to work on machine tools and fix the problems in them, and he has tons of experience doing so, and is also trying to learn how to use the machines for the actual machine work. Ive shown him quite a few things on both his machines and mine that has helped him out. Thanks for the great comments and I'm glad you enjoyed the tour!
Adam, I keep noticing the ceiling in your shop and how it is not finished. I am in the process of fixing up my own shop which is a 77 year old barn. I used white pole barn metal for my ceiling, and it worked great. Pretty easy to put up, you don't have to finish it like drywall, or paint it. It reflects light really well, and cleans up really easy. Just thought I would pass that along. Have a great day.
I've been watching your videos and you make me jealous of your skill. I teach Physics and my students could learn a lot from you. Many think their college education is superior, but a man who is skilled in his craft will stand before kings...
Revisiting this video. I am so impressed and inspired how far you’ve come. You definitely are a prime example of where hard work and dedication can take you. I also appreciate how relatable and down to earth you are. Thank you so much for all the great quality content you create for us and for being an inspiration and a role model. Much respect and admiration from an inter stranger, Cheers and congrats on all you’ve achieved!
Wow Adam so cool man! Working on watching all of your videos, this one came up so I watched it. Answered some of my questions. Man 6 years now and you have really brought the shop a long way. Thanks for all the videos. Really enjoy learning this trade! Continue to be blessed my friend!!!!
Hi Adam, I've been enjoying your videos for a while and I have to say that I have deep respect on the work you are doing. I find also your personal history interesting. I grew up bit in a similar conditions as my grandpa taught me machinist profession when I was a boy. I can still remember his lessons and its interesting to see that you are actually using similar technics in your daily work. Keep up with good work, congrats from Finland, Br Pekka
I was made aware of your channel by watching This Old Tony's work, and I thought this particular video would be a good starting point to get to know you and your work. Thanks for sharing your backstory and for showing me around your shop. 😉
Cool stuff. I painted a motorcycle for a Delta 9" lathe with almost no tooling at all, and have been collecting things for it here and there. Always learning. You are blessed with that shop. Your dad and granddad did you huge favors. Great video...keep up the good work.
I usually work alone too and when I am in a bind I pick up an old tool given to me by some dead friend and think things over a while,...the old tools have experience,... your grandfather's tool box reminded me of that
What a wonderful family heritage. My Grandfather was a carpenter from the early 1900's. Never knew him, but I treasure some of his tools passed on to me. Just a few generations ago it seemed everyone was a craftsman...now that is rare. People are iPhone experts now.
Hi Adam i really enjoyed this video you have an incredible operation there , its good to see you have carried on from your dad and grandfather , with the shop .
love watching your video's, your one of those people that have a gift of talking and voice is easy going and relaxing and you have skills must tool and die do not have anymore. my dad was tool and die guy for 45 years till he retired. i went onto becoming a electrician. but my work has a full machine shop, used to make are own molds. but they only repair now. so i get to use tool room to make stuff. learning from watching you. take care, thanks for posting.
Been bugging me for ages why there were so many sirens in your videos. Just found out the answer today after going back to the beginning of your videos. Been watching your videos for a while and really wish i had manual machines to use. At my work i have access to various cnc mazak machines all of which i can run when needed. Watching your videos gives me the desire to learn manual machining as much as for pleasure as anything else. Only time i have used them was when i was in college ten years ago, and my garage just isn't big enough for any kind of machine, think the Mrs would object too! Keep up the good work.
Thanks Adam for the shop tour. I enjoyed it very much. I've watched a few other videos of yours and enjoyed them too. Getting tips and tricks from an experienced machinist such as yourself, is very helpful to me.
Not much eye contact, kinda shy, but dang what a heartfelt message about your heritage from your dad and gramps. I too was raised well by the hard work and relentless chores from my grandfather. Looking back as a adult now with a family, I wouldn't trade one second of the upbringing I had. I came across your channel by pure accident. I'm a Paramedic by trade who was raised on a farm so I don't have one once of experience with your type of work except perhaps hauling a few people from machine shops to the ER. lol I look forward to watching more of your videos. Keep up the great work, be a mentor to others when you can. I promise you, one day there will be a kid making a video telling others about the person who molded them into the person they are. Greath machinist with a ton of talent. Keep up the great work sir!
After watching your videos for about a year, I wondered what your first video was like. This was very informative, and you have got to be proud of your dad and grandfather for their excellence and leading you to a greatly fulfilling career! I enjoyed learning more about you and how you got to what you do in 2020.
I thoroughly enjoyed your video. my grandfather was a machinist and he did it for many many years and share this trade with my uncle my mom's brother he was very successful as it turned up .. He started a company in los angeles and name to tap x he was a very good mobile extractor..did anything from oil refinery is to space shuttles. anyway he retired and moved up to Placerville where my folks resided and decided to take a little slower and he held up in my my parents barn brought a lot of his equipment ,machines with him but I think he was just looking for an escape he didn't really do too much down there but when he passed a few years back, his son, my cousin you can collected a lot of the machines but left a lot of the behind. I've always been intrigued by machine work and building things and basically creating something from nothing it was needed . So just within a few days ago my mother had passed and she was the last one of the Blackwell family I guess the long short line of machinist got me thinking about a whole bunch of things and we're all my creativity and creating things and of my own and basically come in a month random and sometimes weird ways of getting things done has come from and now I think I know where so I thoroughly enjoyed your video I think it's actually inspired me to go up to that barn and take another look around maybe dust off the old lady then uncover Elox machine and just see if I can.. I don't know maybe use it get it running .I know nobody uses anything like that anymore its just like a dinosaur but my grandfather used it I'll be damned if somebody tells me that I can't use it. See right now I'm a general contractor basically just don't feel it home with any of this. Anymore.I like the creativity in freedom with running my own business .I think I'm missing my family heritage a little .my mom passed a few days ago. on it really got me thinking about things .maybe I am in the wrong business . Maybe I just miss her but you the way I want to bring a part of her back .not too late .thanks for opening my eyes make me peek around corner I might just giving run. keep up the good hard work I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future thanks again .you're the inspiration. Jason Holmes Tcbcustomz ⚡
Adam, just as you, one time when things got slow at the job-shop I worked at I was laid off (I was one of the low-men-on-the-totem-pole). That same day, another shop called me to come to work for them and did so for 2-years until called back and worked there for another 18 years. I have since got into the education part of machine shop now(when one gets old, it's harder to work those 55 hour weeks). I have never had to look for a job after learning the trade. Thanks for your videos. Later, RT.
Wow brings me back to when i first started machining about 8 years ago! Been watching ever since. The legacy series made me think about these old videos.
Hi Adam, This is the beauty of TH-cam that you can look back and see where things started and how things have progressed. I was really nice hearing about your beginnings. Take care Paul,,
hi Abom, I want to thank you for sharing your story. I recently worked for a machine/job shop and had no clue what it was about going,but was hired as a laborer but they had a brick making Dept. for old boiler's and that's where I started until they decided to stop making them because of material change,and actually this shop was the last shop in the whole U.S. to still make them. But I was promised to be taught to learn machining after the brick stopped. I showed up on time every day. I learned to run the horizontal band saw, and swap parts in and out of CNC machines, but I was also sweeping up and cleaned machines out. I was so excited to learn machining,wether it was manual or CNC, I just wanted a career and skill in something I loved to do. So after the brick stopped I painted a few walls and organized the shop and the guys told me they hadn't seen the shop look that good in years. Well after all said and done,after being told to be taught to be a machinist,and was told they would pay to send me to the local college for a precision course, they told me they didn't or couldn't keep me on because they didn't have the time to teach me. I have four kids, and bills to pay and I was really upset. But I looked into the classes offered at the college and I will be starting in January. I won't let people stop me from doing what I love. I am a huge hot rod, motocross,motorsports fan. I want to buy a cheap machine I can use at home. Should I go with a CNC or manual machine to start? also do know what machine I can get for less than 1000$ but still do jobs on? I want to make Harley Davidson parts and things like motocross footpegs and custom parts. What can I do for a job and make a little cash on? I also would like to get into engraving. If I buy a bench top lathe, can I make money making parts? what parts? how should I go about starting a side business from my small garage but still keep my day job and go to school three night a week? Sorry for the long post, I just have a hard time getting anyone to Help with advice on how to start. Any advice would be great. Keep the awesome videos coming and I hope to get some advice from such a smart machinist as yourself. thanks again.
What a great insight into your passion for machining. I gave my son the same initials as my father too, and since my father has recently passed away it has become a source of comfort for me to know that EGN lives on. Great videos Adam, I really like your easy, relaxed but knowledgable style.
Hello Adam, I'm a Tradesman now 31 years, 50th B days soon, I Specialise in GasFitting and Commercial Plumbing, also a lot of motorsport interests, I love Old School hands-on trades, I want to preserve the skills of pipefitters, sheet metal workers, machinests, specialized welders and fabricators. etc.. love your work
Thanks Opinionator! I'm just happy to know the videos are being enjoyed by guys like you, and maybe being used as a learning tool from time to time as well.
Hi Adam, Nice introduction to your workshop. Thanks for sharing some of you history. I have watched most of your video's and have enjoyed them all. Take care and all the best from Australia
I trained as a machinist's apprentice in a shop specializing in hydraulic rams and valve bodies back in the 60s and really enjoyed the whole process. For better or worse, I went back to college and graduated to become a "suit". Wish I had stayed at the shop to be honest. A lot more interesting and more fun. I have watched hours of your videos and enjoyed every minute. Keep up the good work.
Hey Adam. I've been watching your videos for about 6 months now and I love them.You seen like a true genuine guy and this is a awesome video.I myself worked in a manufacturing shop that made safes and vaults for the banking industry so I kinda know where your coming from. I just opened my own business and bought a mill and lathe. I'm new to it but I love it so I turn to your videos for helpful hints and advice.Thx again buddy and keep up the awesome work. Cheers 😁
Hi great vedio, nice story. I was a machinist for 40 years retired now. I never worked in a job shop. I worked for big companies who had their in house machine shop We did machine repairs and also made parts. I have some small machines , nothing as Grand as your stuff.I still enjoy making stuff. I do miss the machines I used when I was employed. Thanks again for the tour . .
I really, REALLY, enjoy this kind of "shop talk" and "shop tour". It´s more entertaining - at least for me - than other videos where jobs being made are shown (which are also interesting).
Thank you! I love being a small part of "Made in America"!
your missing a die filer- and a vertical slotting machine lol
They don’t make guys like you anymore. You are probably the humble guy I’ve seen on TH-cam. Your story is awesome. Thank you for sharing. I started watching your videos a few years ago, maybe only a year so I wanted to go back to the beginning.
Totally agree
Well Adam ... It's been 9 years are you done yet 😂
it's never done, the project just keeps changing
Love your story. There is almost a shyness to this video the way you stare away from the camera but your honesty still comes through. These days you really connect with your viewers and make them feel you are talking to them individually. You have more than just a machinist talent but you have a people talent. Things like that come from upbringing.
The importance of healthy traditional families and strong male leadership from men of character cannot be overstated, ESPECIALLY in this dark age.
An FBI profiler wouldn't describe it better, dude. Adam rocks !
Here Here! I love this dude. Genuine, honest, humble, and as talented and skilled as they come.
i watched this video years and years ago and rewatching it today one thing really sticks out to me and that you seem so much happier in the more recent videos. You do explain the last 5 years were very hard and it really does show. Glad you are much healthier place.
Adam I’ve just watched you test your gordell crane and lathe in your new shop then TH-cam directed me to this, which I’ve never seen before only being subscribed for a couple years now - the thing I notice is how much happier you are buddy and I am so pleased to be allowed to watch your journey. God bless buddy.
Crazy, watching this video, just coming from you grouting a mean jib crane in your new shop 8 years from now. Amazing to see your transformation, and what you made of the shop.
Right here, a wonderful video to be turned to for an amazing piece of history. Adam, I am impressed with your knowledge and skills, so I am going back to video number one and watching all of them. So nice to know there is another man with a good heart in this world. Keep your chin up, heartfelt love to you friend. Would be honored to work with you.
Mr Booth, I've been a long time fan and have watched countless videos of yours but this one is my favorite.
The shop has come a long way as has your personality on video. Much respect.
After watching your channel for a couple of years now, its nice to how it all started and how much you have progressed. Best of luck in the future.
It's always a pleasure to see someone doing something they do well and enjoying it. I was a carpenter for 30+ years but the big machines have always fascinated me. It took a lot of guts to tell your life story in front of the camera for the world to see. Obviously you were a little nervous but thanks for sharing.
Tim, welcome to my channel. Thanks for subscribing and the great comments.Glad to hear that others dont mind hearing me talk in the videos!
Thanks for the comment Jim. Its great to know that grandad was a machinist too. I enjoyed making that video of myself and share to everyone. I had been working on the new shop for about a year before I finally had it ready to use. Good luck with your shop! If you post up some videos of the build I'll watch them!
Thanks for the tip Carter. I dont really have another spot to put the tool box without rearanging everything else too. Its gotta stay there till I can figure out a better spot.
Hello Robert, thanks for the great comment. Yes I am a proud third gen machinist, and I feel very lucky and blessed to have what I have, including the knowledge I've learned from both dad and grandad. As for the tool holder I build for the milling machine, I will touch on that in another video soon. Ill go over what I used to build it and how it works. Its been a great addition to the shop.
Thank you for subscribing to my channel, and thank you. I hope you enjoy the videos. I hope that I can help some people out with some of the work I show.
Thank you Alain, I do have a Monarch lathe. Its a model 18 CY. But I dont have any manual or documentation on it.
Thanks guys. Hope everyone enjoys it.
I started my business in 1971. (a different industry) I ran it for 30 years, until 2001 at which time I retired. I appreciate your down to earth story about how you got where you are. Very candid and very interesting. I went through all the ups and downs as you did. Most people assume having a business means you have it made. No boss, freedom to do as you wish, lots of money, etc. They have no Idea. You told the story well. Thanks, Les
Yep, having your own business you have to be self motivated and work hard to get work done however you can. My day job pays the bills and gives me good benefits, so my home shop is now where I can enjoy my own work, and still make a little extra money from those dedicated customers. I really enjoy where I am today, but do miss the old shop.
Thank you Rich.As for the machines, I wanted the machining part of the shop kind of seperated from the welding/grinding/fab area. I wanted to keep a big enough area by my entry door to have some floorspace for fabbing and welding jobs.So all the machine tools went to the back of the shop.
Thanks guys. I already know the shop will never be completely finished. Ill be constantly moving things, building things, and adding tools and machines from time to time. I've actually got my sights on a DoAll bandsaw right now. I hope to have it added to my arsenal pretty soon.
Nice to hear from you James. Gunsmithing and machining go hand in hand. Its a good feeling being able to get on the lathe and mill and make a part that you came up with all your own. Want to say thanks for all you did serving our great country. Hope your medical issues weren't bad. Good luck with the machine work and keep checking back, I'll be posting more as fresh new jobs come in. If I can help in any way let me know.
Adam
I'm glad to have gained another fan Paul. Thanks for the great comment!
Your story is really compelling Adam. I can almost hear a bit of sorrow in your voice, along with a whole lot of pride. I wish you the best. Please keep making these videos!
Seeing this video about you and your shop. Then seeing your most recent posting on TH-cam just proves to me how much your camera presence has improved over the years. You went from one shop in your garage, expanded it by adding on to that shop and adding more equipment. Then starting to setup a new shop with all new equipment. Your willingness to learn new things is shown in your most recent delivery of a CNC Lathe. Adam it has been a pleasure for me to learn things by watching your TH-cam Channel Videos.
Really appreciate the back story. You have a great legacy. I've been a diesel mechanic and welder/fabricator for 25 years, forced to retire because of cancer. My son just followed my wife and me by joining the Army. He's going to be a certified welder/fabricator and cnc machinist. I'm happy he chose a good and rewarding career. I've had him welding since he could just about stand up. I showed him your channel and I'm sure he will learn a ton. I enjoy machining things as a hobby and I've learned so much from you already.
Cheers
Awesome tour Adam, very cool that you have stuff from your dad and granddad in there .. Love your videos and learning from them,, Thanks for your channel!
Joey
Without you, and this old tony I don't know how I would have ever had the courage to buy my own lathe and mill. The things you share are in valuable and you share them for free. I thank you very much, and maybe one day I can balance the scale.
I literally stumbled across this video. What an excellent testimony of true American, salt of the earth workmanship and trade craft. Wow. Thank you for sharing this.
+uriah peterson Glad you found me. Was this your first Abom video you watched?
I have watched several machinists and their shops but I have never seen a man as good as you in your shop. I watched your video on Spray Welding a special part for a company yesterday and was amazed at how much time and trouble you took just to get the piece of work chucked up into your lathe! I have never seen such precision in my life! You actually had the work so perfectly aligned that I just sat here in my chair with my mouth open! Now I am not a machinist but I can repair a lot of things. Over the course of my lifetime, I have fixed and built and repaired so many different things I can't list them all. But I have never been able to do what you can do! Now I do not have a shop like yours. In fact, all I have are a drill press a small wood lathe, metal, lathe, and a belt sander and a few hand tools. But I know several men who have machine shops similar to yours. I have watched them repair things for me I couldn't! But none ever came close to your ability or precision! I am totally amazed at your abilities. I have Subscribed to your channel and look forward to watching you in the future! And at 74 years old I have plenty of time to sit here and watch you do amazing things. Thank you, Sir.
Watching this on April 2021. Almost half a million subscribers and many Patreons like me later. You have come a long way thanks to your hard work and excellence both on machining and in making posts. Keep the good work and thank you!
Thank you very much! Thanks for checking out my channel, you may find some more videos you enjoy.
I watch your clips every day. Sometimes i dont even know what am i watching but still enjoy it, enjoy the machines, the way you work, the way you talk.... Actually I learned a lot from your work. We have one thing in common is fall in love with the machine. I quit my job three years ago and started building my own shop from ... nothing. a lot of things to do, a lot of anxiety... and i also struggling to make money for life. Where i live is a poor country, less developed infrastructure especially in industry, machinery, equipment. u know t's so difficult to pursue passion in a comfortable, complete way...
Thank you very much for inspiring people like me. Keep up the good work!
+Cà Lem Thank you!
Thanks for checking out the channel, and the great comment!
Big difference between the first video and now. I have so much respect for the talent and dedication you have, Adam.
I got into screw machine work in 1976, and I'm still at it today at 66 years old.
Keep up with the great content man.
Nothing but respect for the guys who don't mind getting oiled up like a thanksgiving turkey, getting dirty, getting burned, cut and bruised to get the job done. You are one of those Adem, one of the good hard working guys... You are a machinist from a family of machinists, you have loads of experience, and since I foud myself a teacher, well, you just got yourself a fan! Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much Mark! I am very proud of what I have, and love keeping the work flowing in and our of the shop.
I really enjoyed your video. Small job shops were the backbone of industry
For many years. I was trained as a Toolmaker/Moldmaker in the early 1970's. I moved into the management and engineering side
Of the business many years ago and farmed out loads of work to small quality job shops. I am now retired but
I have a small hobby size shop in my garage and still really enjoy the sati fiction of creating a part from raw material.
I wish much success at your current job and in getting your shop set back up and functional.
Hi
Adam
I really enjoyed that
Good size shop you have
Great that you are keeping the family business running
Regards
John
Thanks John!
In the future, you should move those welders out of there and put in a G&E Shaper. You will love all of the comments you'll get when you use it, most prevalently "Why not use the mill?"
Hey Adam, first let me say how much I appreciate your videos. I’m new to machining and have a very small home shop with a bench top lathe and mill. Watching your work has enabled me to learn so much. I am a master auto mechanic and fabricator for over 45 years and as a fellow craftsman I often anticipate and chuckle at your style. What I really appreciate is your comfort when things don’t go as planned, your ease at owning mistakes and unanticipated problems, a rare skill in today’s society. My grandfather was a machinist and block machining Forman at Hudson Motor Corp in the 1920’s through the 1950’s and I still have his hand made toolbox as well as a lot of his tools and treasure them. Keep it up Adam and thanks again !
Chris, yes I'm using a Gopro Hero 3 and I film in 1080 resolution 30 frames per second. The video software I use is Power Director 11 by Cyberlink. It's still new to me and I'm having to learn how to use it all, but I know the basics enough to make the videos you see. I hope to get a little more creative with it eventually.
Damn you ... You made me cry .... :)
I'm 64 now .... My Grandfather would've loved this ....
Unfortunately 70-80 years ago ... There just WASN'T the money to do this .....
He did have a stationary engine ... A BIG green one ....
I have NO idea what it was .... He died when I was 11 ....
He did have a big area full of hand tools ....
Which hooked his Grandson right in ....
Unfortunately .... He lived far away ...
He couldn't teach me anything ....
In my life ... I never went that way ....
I was not destined to do that ....
But the love for tools and machinery is still deep within me .....
You have been truly blessed in all ways ...
And thank you from all of us that were never able to realise our dreams like you were able to .... :)
Best wishes .... And thank you.
Emotionally awsome. The family history. The old tool box in the corner,the sweat and hot work it ha seen. The calm narrative pride with which you speak about the family,is patriotic. It’s so sad that things change,drastically,and slowly unexpected. We are powerless to prevent some life altering events.
You are a bad ass machinist. Calm and patient. You can’t be in a hurry cutting iron,just like you can’t be in a hurry in an old Mack truck,the ratios are to far apart. You have powerful thinking ability.
I don’t know how you have time to video, but many exponential thanks for your videos.
I've been fantasizing this last year about buying a decent lathe and tinkering in my garage. But, after listening to you about your career, I'm overwhelmed with your history, knowledge and experience--not to mention your seemingly endless number of tools, I'm having serious reservations.
Anyhow, I'm sure enjoying your videos. Keep 'em comin'.
It is now Feb. 2022, and I have been a subscriber of your channel for about 5 Years, and all I can say is.... "You have come along way"...! Your personal life with Abby, the new Shop space you are moving into. It has been fun seeing the channel grow. You have a better handle on your weight now, although I am envious of your grilling and cooking. Keep up the good work, and wish you continued success in your future endeavors....! I still miss Bella...! Bill Berry-Houston, Texas
This has been a great insight to how things have unfolded. have been watching your channel for a while during lockdown and I must get back in my home workshop.
I have been watching your videos for 2 years or so. I have always been interested in metal working. I worked at a machine shop while I was a senior in high school as a draftsman and cnc programmer. I also became a certified tool setter. But after being laid off back in the 90's, I never had a chance to get back into it. I love your videos and its good to see that you stuck with it even in the harder times. Keep the videos coming. Thanks For all your hard work.
Thanks Jesse
One of my favorite things about Adam is his sentimental nature when it comes to tools. I really value my grandad's tools too, I like using something that was grandpa's, then my dad's, now mine. I'm willing to bet there are a lot of guys watching this that have an attachment to some tools too.
Hi Adam- I finally watched this one after watching your channel for about 3 weeks straight, almost exclusively. It's really nice to see how you've gotten much more comfortable being on camera and have done much in the last 3 years to the shop improvements and organization. You have given me renewed inspiration to get a home-machine shop started when I can. I'm still in flux from my transition of being retired from Active Duty and starting my own business. I'll continue picking up tips here and there, but mostly binge-watching as much as my family responsibilities will allow. Thanks for everything, very glad to see you doing well, looking forward to the rest of the K&T finishing- The rotary welding table is awesome, very cool to have some old time oilers on her too- Machining was something I walked away from after high school, but after almost 30yrs, I'll now be walkin back that way, thanks to you- If you're in San Diego, I've got some respectable BBQ, some of it may make you cry- Take care and God Bless you and yours- Paul
Thanks Jeff! I hope you enjoy my videos.
Adam,
It was nice to go back and see this video again. The way you always remember your roots is one of the things that continues to make you so wholesome and fun to watch. You have come a long way since you posted this one, and I look forward to seeing more of your great videos. I stumbled upon one of your short Heavy Machining videos a few years ago, which opened up into a whole new world of machining videos. You and others such as Mr. Pete, Keith Fenner, Keith Rucker, Tom Lipton, and Brian Block. to name just a few, are responsible for getting me into a very enjoyable hobby (sickness?). A few months ago I bought an old Logan lathe and, with no prior hands on experience, found myself merrily making replacement parts for other tools and machines I've been buying. Many thanks to you and the other TH-cam machining contributors for being true teachers.
Adam, loved this video. Started watching your stuff about a year ago and can't get enough. Its awesome to see someone who loves what they do and have a real connection to it.
Adam,thank you for making this video, I Greatly enjoyed watching it. You are very fortunate to have such a large shop and good amount of space. You also have huge experience over many of us out here who are interested in home machining. Your Dad and G-Dad gave you a fantastic foundation to do this type of work. Having done it professionally in an actual shop that was in business teaches you things you cant really learn just having a home shop on your own. The equipment you have is really heavy duty! The tooling alone is worth a fortune. Your organizing is paying off and will affect the quality of the work you can do. I love to see shops like this, keep up the good work and learn, learn, learn.....The things we make....make us!
I sold structural steel for a few years and met many master machinists. One of them reached out and offered to teach me. He recommended your videos to watch. You're a lot of fun to watch and thanks for the videos. Machining is way cool.
Yes I know of Keith and his work....great guy and he makes some great videos. Ive been fortunate to have him watch and comment on a few of my videos..
Good video to tie it all together and explain things to those of us who have seen your videos at three different locations: the old shop, the new shop, and the day job shop. Now it all makes sense. Glad you were able to preserve a good bit of your legacy even while doing what needed to be done in order to make ends meet.
Wow have you changed! You were almost shy back then but you’ve grown into a comfortable presence on you tube these days. I’m a woodworker and have drilled and filed metal but that’s it. I couldn’t operate a lathe, shaper, mill or a tapping machine if you held a gun to my head. But I’ve watched almost all of your videos on machining and enjoyed all of them. I’ve watched as you left work and gone on your own. I’ve watched as you upgraded your go pro cameras, shown the various tools you keep in the many drawers, cabinets or boxes. I’ve watched as you built up a following and a customer base and as you moved into your present shop. I’m sure you will eventually get the CNC to become second nature. But I’m like a lot of your viewers, I like the old school machine work. You’ve never met me but I feel like I know you and Abby. I think what drew me to your channel was the way you tried to get every job to be as accurate as you could and never said “the customer will never know”. It’s mid 2023 and I wish you continued success in all that you do. Thanks for the many years of hard work.
I have to try and keep everything well oiled. I use Starrett Oil, WD40, and well some things are just coated down with dark cutting oil too. I hope next summer my shop will be insulated and climate controlled.
This man has the best level of Education anyone on earth can get, there is nothing a school can teach you that you have learned. Schools and pieces of paper are great but the knowledge you have is from working not from books, or teachers who haven't seen machines in 50 years... I like your channel, its always interesting I always watch your videos...
I have a couple more machines that I plan on bringing in soon. I'll be sure to share here when it happens.
Your respect for your father is something I can relate to: and so I respect you. Your story even made me somewhat emotional. I've always looked up to my Grandfather, and so when he said that he'd be happy for me to follow in his footsteps (and work for him) I was teared up with Joy.
MORE tears .... ROFL!
Oliver makes me very, very happy to hear from young men in this day who still have admiration, love, and respect for their fathers. My father passed away in 2017 from ALS and he also was a man I respected and admired more than any other person on earth. Hope you have a great day friend.
thanks for the tour of your shop,
great to see and you have some excellent equipment there, nice to see you kept some of the machines that your dad and grandad brought.
thanks again
Thanks Lee. They built a fine machine shop and I'm very thankful I still have much of the tools and machines.
Great video. I am growing up almost the exact same way you did. My dad owns his own machine shop, and i started working for him when i was 12 cleaning floors. I am not 22 years old and worked my way up the ranks. I am now in charge of programing an design.
I've been following you for some time now and somehow I never made it this early in your videos until now. It's absolutely incredible to learn so much of the history behind the booth family. It's also inspiring to see the contrast of what you're home shop looks like in this video in comparison to what you've turned it into today. Additionally, the contrast from the way you engage with the viewers in this video to how confident you are in the videos you are posting now. Keep up the great work and content @Abom79. I look forward to learning more from you and sharing the experience of building up your shop, and I say that because your videos really makes the viewer feel like they're right there with you
Hello Danny, and thanks for the sub and comment! I hope one day I'll have a cool video of the shaper in action.
Thanks a bunch Jonathan. Glad you found the channel and thanks for the sub. Keith has lots of good videos and he shows a lot of cool job shop work too.
Thanks a bunch Mohamed! Glad you have been enjoying the videos.
Exelelent vids. and a guy like me learns a great deal watching them. It is sure good to see a man that learnt from his Dad and Grandfather. The fact that you still have and use some of your Grandfathers tools cannot be put into words. I am sure that is a matter of great pride to you. I am 59 years old and an oilfield trucker. I spend most of my spare time at the local museum fixing up old farm machinery. we recently got a 12x36 Chinese lathe and I work on it any chance I get. I have always been fascinated by machineing tools and such. I have just finished dismanteling the little lathe to give it a good cleaning (it needs it badly).
You sound like me buddy Gill whos in the Bridgeport video. He loves to work on machine tools and fix the problems in them, and he has tons of experience doing so, and is also trying to learn how to use the machines for the actual machine work. Ive shown him quite a few things on both his machines and mine that has helped him out.
Thanks for the great comments and I'm glad you enjoyed the tour!
Love the early version of this garage shop. Nice and compact.
Adam, I keep noticing the ceiling in your shop and how it is not finished. I am in the process of fixing up my own shop which is a 77 year old barn. I used white pole barn metal for my ceiling, and it worked great. Pretty easy to put up, you don't have to finish it like drywall, or paint it. It reflects light really well, and cleans up really easy. Just thought I would pass that along. Have a great day.
Your shop has come a long way since this video. I enjoy the videos. Its cool to see your shop grow and evolve. Keep it up.
I've been watching your videos and you make me jealous of your skill. I teach Physics and my students could learn a lot from you. Many think their college education is superior, but a man who is skilled in his craft will stand before kings...
Revisiting this video. I am so impressed and inspired how far you’ve come. You definitely are a prime example of where hard work and dedication can take you. I also appreciate how relatable and down to earth you are.
Thank you so much for all the great quality content you create for us and for being an inspiration and a role model.
Much respect and admiration from an inter stranger,
Cheers and congrats on all you’ve achieved!
Wow Adam so cool man! Working on watching all of your videos, this one came up so I watched it. Answered some of my questions. Man 6 years now and you have really brought the shop a long way. Thanks for all the videos. Really enjoy learning this trade! Continue to be blessed my friend!!!!
Hi Adam,
I've been enjoying your videos for a while and I have to say that I have deep respect on the work you are doing.
I find also your personal history interesting. I grew up bit in a similar conditions as my grandpa taught me machinist profession when I was a boy. I can still remember his lessons and its interesting to see that you are actually using similar technics in your daily work. Keep up with good work, congrats from Finland, Br Pekka
Thanks for the comments!!
I was made aware of your channel by watching This Old Tony's work, and I thought this particular video would be a good starting point to get to know you and your work. Thanks for sharing your backstory and for showing me around your shop. 😉
Cool stuff. I painted a motorcycle for a Delta 9" lathe with almost no tooling at all, and have been collecting things for it here and there. Always learning. You are blessed with that shop. Your dad and granddad did you huge favors. Great video...keep up the good work.
I usually work alone too and when I am in a bind I pick up an old tool given to me by some dead friend and think things over a while,...the old tools have experience,...
your grandfather's tool box reminded me of that
What a wonderful family heritage. My Grandfather was a carpenter from the early 1900's. Never knew him, but I treasure some of his tools passed on to me. Just a few generations ago it seemed everyone was a craftsman...now that is rare. People are iPhone experts now.
Hi Adam i really enjoyed this video you have an incredible operation there , its good to see you have carried on from your dad and grandfather , with the shop .
Almost 7 years later your shop and style have gotten MUCH better. Fascinating to watch.
love watching your video's, your one of those people that have a gift of talking and voice is easy going and relaxing and you have skills must tool and die do not have anymore. my dad was tool and die guy for 45 years till he retired. i went onto becoming a electrician. but my work has a full machine shop, used to make are own molds. but they only repair now. so i get to use tool room to make stuff. learning from watching you. take care, thanks for posting.
Thanks for stopping by, and for the nice comments. Your dad sounds like he was the real deal.
Been bugging me for ages why there were so many sirens in your videos. Just found out the answer today after going back to the beginning of your videos.
Been watching your videos for a while and really wish i had manual machines to use. At my work i have access to various cnc mazak machines all of which i can run when needed. Watching your videos gives me the desire to learn manual machining as much as for pleasure as anything else. Only time i have used them was when i was in college ten years ago, and my garage just isn't big enough for any kind of machine, think the Mrs would object too! Keep up the good work.
Thanks Adam for the shop tour. I enjoyed it very much. I've watched a few other videos of yours and enjoyed them too. Getting tips and tricks from an experienced machinist such as yourself, is very helpful to me.
Not much eye contact, kinda shy, but dang what a heartfelt message about your heritage from your dad and gramps. I too was raised well by the hard work and relentless chores from my grandfather. Looking back as a adult now with a family, I wouldn't trade one second of the upbringing I had.
I came across your channel by pure accident. I'm a Paramedic by trade who was raised on a farm so I don't have one once of experience with your type of work except perhaps hauling a few people from machine shops to the ER. lol I look forward to watching more of your videos. Keep up the great work, be a mentor to others when you can. I promise you, one day there will be a kid making a video telling others about the person who molded them into the person they are.
Greath machinist with a ton of talent. Keep up the great work sir!
After watching your videos for about a year, I wondered what your first video was like. This was very informative, and you have got to be proud of your dad and grandfather for their excellence and leading you to a greatly fulfilling career! I enjoyed learning more about you and how you got to what you do in 2020.
I thoroughly enjoyed your video. my grandfather was a machinist and he did it for many many years and share this trade with my uncle my mom's brother he was very successful as it turned up .. He started a company in los angeles and name to tap x he was a very good mobile extractor..did anything from oil refinery is to space shuttles. anyway he retired and moved up to Placerville where my folks resided and decided to take a little slower and he held up in my my parents barn brought a lot of his equipment ,machines with him but I think he was just looking for an escape he didn't really do too much down there but when he passed a few years back, his son, my cousin you can collected a lot of the machines but left a lot of the behind. I've always been intrigued by machine work and building things and basically creating something from nothing it was needed . So just within a few days ago my mother had passed and she was the last one of the Blackwell family I guess the long short line of machinist got me thinking about a whole bunch of things and we're all my creativity and creating things and of my own and basically come in a month random and sometimes weird ways of getting things done has come from and now I think I know where so I thoroughly enjoyed your video I think it's actually inspired me to go up to that barn and take another look around maybe dust off the old lady then uncover Elox machine and just see if I can.. I don't know maybe use it get it running .I know nobody uses anything like that anymore its just like a dinosaur but my grandfather used it I'll be damned if somebody tells me that I can't use it. See right now I'm a general contractor basically just don't feel it home with any of this. Anymore.I like the creativity in freedom with running my own business .I think I'm missing my family heritage a little .my mom passed a few days ago. on it really got me thinking about things .maybe I am in the wrong business . Maybe I just miss her but you the way I want to bring a part of her back .not too late .thanks for opening my eyes make me peek around corner I might just giving run.
keep up the good hard work I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future thanks again .you're the inspiration.
Jason Holmes
Tcbcustomz ⚡
Adam, just as you, one time when things got slow at the job-shop I worked at I was laid off (I was one of the low-men-on-the-totem-pole). That same day, another shop called me to come to work for them and did so for 2-years until called back and worked there for another 18 years. I have since got into the education part of machine shop now(when one gets old, it's harder to work those 55 hour weeks). I have never had to look for a job after learning the trade. Thanks for your videos. Later, RT.
Wow brings me back to when i first started machining about 8 years ago! Been watching ever since. The legacy series made me think about these old videos.
Hi Adam,
This is the beauty of TH-cam that you can look back and see where things started and how things have progressed.
I was really nice hearing about your beginnings.
Take care
Paul,,
hi Abom, I want to thank you for sharing your story. I recently worked for a machine/job shop and had no clue what it was about going,but was hired as a laborer but they had a brick making Dept. for old boiler's and that's where I started until they decided to stop making them because of material change,and actually this shop was the last shop in the whole U.S. to still make them. But I was promised to be taught to learn machining after the brick stopped. I showed up on time every day. I learned to run the horizontal band saw, and swap parts in and out of CNC machines, but I was also sweeping up and cleaned machines out. I was so excited to learn machining,wether it was manual or CNC, I just wanted a career and skill in something I loved to do. So after the brick stopped I painted a few walls and organized the shop and the guys told me they hadn't seen the shop look that good in years. Well after all said and done,after being told to be taught to be a machinist,and was told they would pay to send me to the local college for a precision course, they told me they didn't or couldn't keep me on because they didn't have the time to teach me. I have four kids, and bills to pay and I was really upset. But I looked into the classes offered at the college and I will be starting in January. I won't let people stop me from doing what I love. I am a huge hot rod, motocross,motorsports fan. I want to buy a cheap machine I can use at home. Should I go with a CNC or manual machine to start? also do know what machine I can get for less than 1000$ but still do jobs on? I want to make Harley Davidson parts and things like motocross footpegs and custom parts. What can I do for a job and make a little cash on? I also would like to get into engraving. If I buy a bench top lathe, can I make money making parts? what parts? how should I go about starting a side business from my small garage but still keep my day job and go to school three night a week? Sorry for the long post, I just have a hard time getting anyone to Help with advice on how to start. Any advice would be great. Keep the awesome videos coming and I hope to get some advice from such a smart machinist as yourself. thanks again.
What a great insight into your passion for machining. I gave my son the same initials as my father too, and since my father has recently passed away it has become a source of comfort for me to know that EGN lives on. Great videos Adam, I really like your easy, relaxed but knowledgable style.
Hello Adam, I'm a Tradesman now 31 years, 50th B days soon, I Specialise in GasFitting and Commercial Plumbing, also a lot of motorsport interests, I love Old School hands-on trades, I want to preserve the skills of pipefitters, sheet metal workers, machinests, specialized welders and fabricators. etc.. love your work
Thanks Opinionator! I'm just happy to know the videos are being enjoyed by guys like you, and maybe being used as a learning tool from time to time as well.
Hi Adam, Nice introduction to your workshop. Thanks for sharing some of you history. I have watched most of your video's and have enjoyed them all. Take care and all the best from Australia
Thank you Sandro, thanks for the comment and checking out my videos!
I trained as a machinist's apprentice in a shop specializing in hydraulic rams and valve bodies back in the 60s and really enjoyed the whole process. For better or worse, I went back to college and graduated to become a "suit". Wish I had stayed at the shop to be honest. A lot more interesting and more fun. I have watched hours of your videos and enjoyed every minute. Keep up the good work.
Hey Adam. I've been watching your videos for about 6 months now and I love them.You seen like a true genuine guy and this is a awesome video.I myself worked in a manufacturing shop that made safes and vaults for the banking industry so I kinda know where your coming from. I just opened my own business and bought a mill and lathe. I'm new to it but I love it so I turn to your videos for helpful hints and advice.Thx again buddy and keep up the awesome work. Cheers 😁
Hi
great vedio, nice story. I was a machinist for 40 years retired now.
I never worked in a job shop.
I worked for big companies who had their in house machine shop
We did machine repairs and also
made parts. I have some small
machines , nothing as Grand as
your stuff.I still enjoy making stuff.
I do miss the machines I used when I was employed.
Thanks again for the tour .
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I love the job shop work, its a little bit everything, and a great way to gain experience in different types of repairs.
I really, REALLY, enjoy this kind of "shop talk" and "shop tour". It´s more entertaining - at least for me - than other videos where jobs being made are shown (which are also interesting).