SNS 301: Flexarm First Use, Broken Screw Removal
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- We finally get the FlexArm ready for use! I show a little demonstration power tapping some 1/2' & 3/4" holes, and I also get the vises mounted to the work table. I also show a little broken screw removal job I did in an old Carter carburetor. The carb was being saved because it's being restored for a restoration project.
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I was just sitting here watching when I realized your camera was moving without you doing it, then I realized it has been doing that a lot lately. I do believe that deserves a bit of recognition and appreciation.
Thank you, Abby (Abbey, Abbie? hey we hear it, don't see it writing ) for all the outstanding photography work you have done for Adam and the rest of us.
Yep she has been a huge help to the videos! 👍🏻
Never heard of one, never seen one, I don't have a need for one, I WANT one!
Lol me too
Neat trick for small fasteners in heat-sensitive materials is using a car battery to heat it up. Using jumper cables to ground the object, then connect the hot side to the fastener. Usually takes just a few seconds, more corrosion = more resistance, and extremely localized heating. Old mechanics' trick from when cars still had thin metal headlight buckets with the chrome rings and screws that rusted instantly.
Right at 14:00 you can see a real legit smile of grown up kid playing with a new toy. Love to see it man.
I’ve been watching since 2015 and you still pull out tools I’ve never seen anywhere else, amazing
That carb looks like it spent WW2 under the ocean!
That was a good smile after you tapped the first 3/4" hole man. Looks like fun. Love your channel man.
Adam's luck! Great save on that carb. The FlexArm looks like a real time and energy saver.
Fantastic seeing an actual machinist with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of real equipment still has problems getting broken bolts out. I feel just a smidgen less of an idjit now.
This is about the most ridiculous tool I've ever seen in a home shop.
I love it.
I have used a smaller Wilton flex arm in a small fab. shop. Amazing speed boost for threaded parts.
You're just jealous.
The design of that chuck alignment tool is so simple and beautiful. It's just a magnet on a shank, I would have never thought of that.
That's the neatest screw extraction (in close confines) I've seen. Such precision, I guess that's why I like following this channel. Top job!
Hey Abom,
Your Grand dads extractor set is cool. Haven't seen one before.
What I do is get good quality torx bits and use them the the same way. If you give the end of the bit a negative rake on a lathe. You can use it kind of like a cutting tooth as you pound the torx into the hole. Even a good flat grind works great.
Works amazingly.
BTW I have the little brother to your articulating tap arm. Taps up to 5/8"
Love that thing.
Keep up the great videos!
You looked so happy after that first hole was tapped!
If you don't have a fluted screw extractor what I do is drill and then pound in my fav torx bit. Twist left and pray. 😁👍
I was gonna suggest the exact same thing. Can be a life-saver.
17:05 now that smile says it all, it put a big grin on my face too. Although I am not a machinist, I really enjoy your videos. Greetings from The Netherlands.
Very cool. Good eye on getting the drill centered.
My great Uncle was Joe Carter, he was a design engineer for Ford, he designed the Carter Carb, he later became the one of the VP's of the Ford tractor division, and was chiefly responsible for putting the first diesel engine out of a tractor into a pick up, which later turned into the first consumer Ford diesel pickup. I used to go up to the suburbs of Detroit and visit them in the summer on some cool lake. He took us on some cool tours!! I remember they had this BIG hill behind part of the test facility, and had a BRAND NEW John Deere at the top of it with a bunch of things bolting on it. He said that they were getting ready to roll it down the hill to see how it did. He said they bought hundreds of tractors from other brands every year to crash, tear apart, blow up and abuse... LOL what a job!!!
Badgermatt75 2016 haha what a life!
Awesome! I'm sorry you have to see what edelbrock is doing with the design nowadays though, I had one on a F.E. once, complete P.O.S. finally threw on a worn out Autolite 4100 and it solved most of my problems. Wish I could find a original Carter carb.
Love that mag drill. And the finished flex-arm bench is beautiful.
big cheesy grin after tapping the first hole. A bloke that likes his tools.... :-)
A $200 job on a $50 carb. It is nice to watch you work.
Laddie It’s up to the customer to determine what they want to invest in an item. That was an original oem part that he’s restoring to use on a 69 Plymouth restoration.
@@Abom79 Vey good more power to you. Have fun stay safe.
@@Abom79 Funny, before I found your comment I looked up the carb number on the net. Carter AVS 4638S (assuming I read it correctly from a screen shot of your video), used on '69 383 with A/T and AC. Original equipment carbs are hard to come by anymore, so saving this one was a score for your customer.
I am loving that giant shop towel roll/holder. Need that.
Always nice to have a variable speed reverse. As Donald Sutherland said "we like to feel we can get out of trouble, quicker than we got into it" (Kelly's Heros 1970). I thought I was the only one saving all the broken studs I've extracted. That bag represents a lot of skill and patience. I found those Blue Point extractors to be some of the best for that type of work as they don'e expand the broken stud. Nice work!
Hehe, Oddball in da house!
That carburettor needs some serious Mustie1 love! 🛠
Hay mate I use my torx bit tools to extract small bolts like that.works a treat
I love the flexarm ! Very neat screw removal. Thanks Adam.
After the first tap, the smile of a happy man! Well done.
Just a tip as a backup for when a left hand drill doesn't break a bolt free like that, try a cordless hammer drill on speed 1 in reverse with the left hand drill, it doesn't always work but it has saved me before and it is rather low impact energy with the cordless drills as it's more of a vibration than a hammering motion. While unlikely with a good quality left hand drill, this could damage your drill so do so with caution.
I originally read the title as "Flexarm First Use, Broken Tap Removal" which was pretty funny
I love seeing your extracted bolt collection. Also that tapping with the arm is freaking sweet, could just see on your face how nice that was to use.
man that mag drill is old school. no messing around with that beauty.
The hand-held cinematography is great in this one.
I was wondering why you got the flexarm but after seeing it in action now I know! That is such a cool tool!
Love the Flexarm. Thank you for sharing so much knowledge with us.
Great job Adam , Not everyone could get that one out .. Hard one there !! ENJOYED
That ziptie tail is killing me :D
Always intersting - Adam, please don't ever drop the closing still of your dad and grandad - family is importanr
The first time I saw that all those years ago I almost teared up, instant sub right then and never missed another episode.
I was a apprentice engineer in 1979 here in the UK and specialised in Jig Boring and Spark Erosion. The thing I remember the most was learning off the old boys, they were amazing talented people.
I had my own Moore and Wright jig Boring machine for the whole of my four years as a apprentice, so watching your video's brings back many happy memories for me.
I also removed many broken taps with the spark eroding machine. many thanks.
Looks like you are getting that shop put together. Hope you and Abby are well. See you this summer. Thanks for sharing. Bill from Ohio
I’m guessing your girl ran the camera during the tapping. She did a really good job. Nice and smooth visuals.
AvE showed a cool trick for removing broken steel screws from aluminium. Make a "dam" of clay to contain the liquid and then let a water solution of alum sit for a day. The alum will eat the steel but won't attack the aluminium.
Adam, I was a machinist Apprentice back in the day, gave it up to become a truck driver, but I really still enjoy the videos you create, keep them coming, sure wish I had a shop like you!
Sort of the same here, only I was a truck driver that was unemployed and worked for a few months in my father in laws machine shop, this brings back memories.
Looks like an old Carter AFB.. They were popular on Chrysler engines when I wore a younger man's clothes.. lol. Cheers! Mike in Louisiana
i've just seen the worlds most expensive tapped hole
ok, so im not the only one that thinks this. i was legit going to post this same comment.
then he just goes back to the end mill @ 25 min??? instead of using the new toy?
then he just goes back to the end mill @ 25 min??? instead of using the new toy?
I love that the first holes were drilled with a Bux that looks like it was salvaged from Noah's Ark but they were tapped with something that wouldn't be out of place in a NASA laboratory!
abom is one of the most humblest machinists on planet earth. kick ass.
that is a real classic mag drill love it. every time I see it I fall in love with it .what a drill
Great camera work Abby!
Love the flex arm! I might have mounted the machine vice slightly more onto the table 'caus I know I would always catch my pockets on the shaft. I was so engrossed in the bolt extraction I blew the chips away on my iPad! Thanks For your good work Abom
How would you operate the vice?
All the tools to do all all the work that is required to do inside a shop like yours Adam. Keep up the great work.
That's going to be a very useful table.. I'm blown away by this well set-up shop and grounds .
Man that is one expensive tap handle :D
Check brushes in mag drill if not done yet, cheaper than new armature. If you can only get brushes that are larger than needed you can emery them down to size. Good old drills need preventive maintenance.
I love that old mag drill Adam! You can see it's heft when you are bumping it around lol. I have an old paint mixer from the 1940's made in Galt Ontario and it runs so quietly with a 5 gallon pail of paint you wouldn't know it was on. It has sat in the same spot since I found it and brought it home because it takes 2 men and a dog to move it:) Keep up the great work and extended videos. Thank you
LOL- the bolt-out-o-hole bag is amazing!
At 9:10 that's some Florida style pulse width modulation 😁 love it
lmao
The flex arm has the capability to be used in 4 axis . Impressive machine .
Great vlog, serious skills on the carb needle valve removal.
Great photography by Abby.
Thanks for sharing and stay safe all.
Спасибо Адам ! Смотрю и наступает полное СПОКОЙСТВИЕ . Молодец !
Some guys collect stamps, others collect broken bolts drilled out of holes.
Best stamps to collect are tax stamps
4:30 Can you make another set of holes for the flex arm further down the table for the once in a while times you might want to reach the far end of the table? Better yet, fab up a block to hold the flex arm that sits on a pair of ways like a lathe has that allows you to move the flex arm back and forth along the edge of the table.
You'll never tap another hole on the mill with that flex arm being so handy. Love the little broken bolt museum. lol
That thing is a BEAST! This is my first time ever seeing a tool like the FlexArm, and though I have no practical need for it I WANT ONE!!!
To get small broken bolts out I use Torx or hex bits that everyone has laying around from the “75 piece” screwdriver sets. I wonder if there was a seat at the base of the threaded hole.
That mag drill would look incredible with a proper restoration.
A BIG Congrats on the success of your first run at the FlexArm !!! And, also for setting up such a great work area for it! That's an awesome new tool!
Adam Thanx. I was going ask why why you were toggling the drill with on and off, but I didn't need to ask. You were on it. Great videos.
Would it be practical to mount your FlexArm mid table but still on the edge.
This would make possible to reach all four corners of you work table.
Just a thought..
24:49 Focus you fack! Oh wait, wrong channel...
A new toy for the shop. Love it
I've got a job on the drawing board that need about 200 tapped holes. This is perfect for that
Flew Arm is really handy tool/machine some thing I'll think about.
You smile like a kid with new toy (I would too), happy for you :-)
I want to add big NEMA steppers to those arms and make it CNC :D
Adam, Well done job, enjoyed watching all content sure like the Flex Arm, thanks for sharing your video.!.!.!.
Tapped holes in the tabletop are so much more of an elegant solution than through-bolting the vises. How convenient that you have a flex arm to tap them 😂
that Carb looks feral. I wouldnt bet on much else on it coming apart easy or even sealing up tight.
Not just feral it looks like the origin of tetanus....
Yep, looks like it's been lying on the ground at some junkyard for years.
every time I watch an abom video i can't get over how ridiculous imperial is "so we're going to go ahead and use the tap drill 27/64th's". Who in their right mind decided that would be a sensible r easy way to set up sets of units.
Its just so crazy to me.
Both systems are easy to deal with, just gotta get used to it for a few days.
@@miles11we: You telling us you got the number and letter sizes memorized in relation to the fraction sizes in the imperial system?
@@wssides no not letter sizes but converting decimal (or at least getting close in your head) is quite fast if you do it often enough.
I use metric in decimal and imperial in fractional and decimal daily so it's super easy.
My only problem is when people whine about imperial when if you actually work in almost any industry, you are gonna need to use both even if it isnt super frequent.
How about imperial metric, Browne and Sharpe, number, letter, decimal, starrett, and probably a dozen other measuring systems I can't think of. That's nothing to this guy. He probably has them all memorized. He probably makes his own bolts
@@chrisrage5836 starrett, brown and sharp? Those are measurement systems not companies?? My whole life is a lie!
That was the BIGGEST smile I've ever seen from you after you tapped the second hole!!! LOL That thing really is awesome!!
Man that is a great tool. It’s gonna take you till you retire to pay for everything. Absolutely love watching you work. Was watching this old tony and he made reference to you and that’s how I happened to start on your channel. I’m not, nor have ever been a machinist but had some desire to do it. At sixty you have taught me a lot already to understand many processes in your field. Great channel Adam.
I also found this channel by way of This Old Tony. I'm a big fan of the cross promotion. ❤️
I prefer variable speed power tools also. The one's that aren't, I have a 15 A variable speed plug, that I plug the power tool into, adjust the speed range, then drill whatever speed you want. Thought you may want to know.
Funny I can watch you clean and fix your shop while I am sitting in mine. Seems like that would be a good time to clean mine up? Nope ;-)
A good "excuse"/ reason to buy a smart TV or laptop for the shop. :-)
How great is seing a kid with a new toy! Never saw you smile before, great vid, great machine!!
Not often You can see somebody who really enjoys his job. I'm IT person but in my parallel life, I will have tool shop like this :)
That reminds me. I have to cancel my dentist appointment.
Yeah, I winced and grabbed the arms of my chair when I saw that needle blow gun he whipped out to blow stuff out of the newly tapped carb hole! Yikes, lol.
Can you move the FlexArm to the center of the table? It will reach anywhere on the table then.
Great job on getting the needle valve out. Enjoy watching.
FlexArm is beautiful.
You could see on that small tip that you were spot on center on that broken bolt.
Installs amazing tap arm. Uses hand tap on the carb.
buying tools is easy. programing your brain to use it in your daily work flow is the real hard part.
The only thing that carb needs is a trash can
Congratulations, Adam - you have been infinitely patient in getting this FlexArm installed and running. I bet it was very satisfying tapping those first holes!
That FlexArm is such a beast!
I’m confused could you not use the flex arm to drill the holes
I learned something today....learned I can't afford a flex arm tap machine...lol
thats a slick tool for sure.
He who dies with the most tools wins... I think Adam just levelled up!
Even Adam who spends countless dollars on machines will buy cheap ratchets from HF. Love that. No snob.
Test the Icon line against Snapoff. I think you'll find it very surprising.
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The most important thing about a ratchet handle is the feeling, the feeling that no matter how hard you push on it, it is not going to slip and mash your knuckles. The brand is irrelevant, I have a couple of expensive brand and a some cheapies, in many cases the cheapies feel more trustworthy then the brands.
If I missed the question being asked i apologize, but why not mount the arm centered at the back of the table so you could make use of the whole table.
Although that would allow the arm to reach the whole table end-to-end, I'd suspect that 80% of the work done on that table, like on any machine, will be pretty much in front of the spindle, centered. So the Flexarm would be stuffed up into itself for most work and there would end up being limitations with how close the Flexarm spindle could get to the rear edge of the table. In other words, it would create a no-go area in the shape of an arc where the thing could not operate. There is no perfect solution, but IMO the end-of-table mount is better. Rgds.
Those little pump oilers are awesome! Always have a couple with cutting oil and way oil around.
It looks like it’s working so smooth with the FlexArm
We had a flex arm at the machine shop I used to work at. It wasn't very useful at all and after me and a few other employees broke several taps we returned it. The application we had maybe wasn't the best for it. Cool tool but it is definitely not for all applications.