Hi! I’m so jealous, I’d love to have my own shop. Just started watching this and I love it. But on a lathe the coordinate system is actually Z and X, not Y. Z is “length” and X is diameter.
We had a similar situation when we started our makerspace, The MakerBarn. A school offered the use of an old horse pole barn. It was full of junk, rats, and bad wiring. We cleaned it out and built a 3800 sqft building within the building. All the work was done by volunteers. We advertised in the tools section of Craigslist for people who would like to come by, pound a few nails and hang sheetrock. We had plenty of volunteers every weekend. Funds were donated from prospective members and a few corporations. A half mile of new wiring and a year later we were in operation. Your Grandfather would be very proud of the work you have done.
Just a tip for your blast cabinet: try and get a piece of the glass that they use at the grocery store checkout scanner. It's got a thin layer of diamond to prevent wear. Put this on the inside of the viewing window. You already know you need light on the inside of the cabinet. And don't run the air pressure too high. 40 PSI is about all you need. Higher pressure than that just crushes the glass bead prematurely so you don't get maximum usage out of it.
I work at a company that among other products made transparent ceramics and some genius came up with the idea to replace the windows on our sandblasting cambers with that stuff, works so well that it's still completely clear after years of daily use in our tool shop
@@AlessioSangalli Any cheap white paint should do. Use a thick wide paint roller on a shaft. Of course white walls give better light in the garage than brown light absorbing walls.
I have never seen a band saw of that size without it. Also, it should have an annealer, otherwise the welded part of the saw will be too rigid and eventually crack...
I've been working my way backwards through your videos for the past couple of days and I have to say there's nothing more inspiring than knowing that there's a device that takes your power and makes it into more power. And after making it all the way back to this one I can definitely say I'm looking forward to you learning how to use the Cadillac Gauge. Plus my dad has a fully functional woodshop that he used to make guitars in so...
Nooo a VFD does not make more power! I assume that device is a VFD. Maybe it's not variable frequency. However typically the three phase output of those devices, when under load shows fluctuations when the single phase power is close to the zero crossing.
Having now watched your complete back catalogue I've finally arrived at your origin story. I find your content is very therapeutic and high quality and I look forward to following you for many years and over many interesting projects.
Well done! I miss the manual machining days growing up. I'm now stuck in the office while my guys have fun on the CNC'S and the few manuals we have left. Thanks for posting!
Thank you! I'm not 100% ruling out CNC sometime in the future, but right now I really just want to get back to the old ways of manual machines. Machining by hand is like therapy
Just discovered your channel and had to watch, my hubby Mark became a machinist after many years as a journeyman mechanic and an injury. As we watched this video it brought back memories of setting up his shop inside our two car garage. He has 2 mills and a lathe. As we watched you showing the parts washer we both cringed and said "oh my gosh, flammable liquid next to an unprotected electric outlet???" We both hope you protected the outlet before there is a fire in the shop. Best of luck as you work with all of these treasures from your grandfather 😁
Your grandpa was machine devoted man. I am amazed, how he saved all his tools and take care of them. Look that drill bits, they are all in there ( none missing or broken in half ) i respect that type of machinist who love and care about their tools. Something same is happening in my family ( my dad ) !
Brandon, I have only two words to say. "I'M JEALOUS". It's taken me years to get to a quarter of the collection you have and I'm nearly twice your age. All I can say is enjoy. Regards from Canada's banana belt.🤞🇺🇦🕊️🇨🇦🍌👍
Great video and really nice shop! My only critique is on the lathe description. Cross slide is the X axis. Carriage (spindle axis) is the Z axis. Y axis on a lathe is a milling attachment. The DRO says X and Y because it was cheaper to not change the letters (most DROs are still made like that). That's what I was taught 30 years ago and still use everyday. Keep up the great work!
Wow... you are totally right! Rotation axis is always Z... I've always seen that DRO with those labels and never gave it a second thought. Thanks for the correction!
@@InheritanceMachining Thanks for taking it the right way. Most new and hobby machinist don't realize that, it's certainly not intuitive to 'a new guy'. Your doing a great job, keep it up.
Just found you. What a lucky man you are. May your grandfather rest in peace, he must have been a interesting man. All the very best to you and your family and here's looking forward to many projects. Good luck...
I can't even begin to express my level of jealousy here! Great machines, great setup! Seeing that drafting table brought back some memories for sure. I took drafting my junior year of high school. If I'd been smart, I would have pursued that so that as I got older it would have been easier to move off the shop floor and into design. Oh well, even so I have no regrets. Machining help support a wife and three kids. It's a great life!
@@InheritanceMachining it's all good, man. My hope is that with all of the channels like yours that show machining for the craftsmanship it is more people will get interested in the trade again. We NEED manufacturing in this country again. Desperately.
Stumbled upon your channel today thanks to the YT algorithm. I grew up with most of these machines in my dad's basement and have been out of touch for the last decade. These first few videos have put a tear to my eye. Looking forward to whatever you have coming in the future!
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Great shop set up dude. Not sure if that lathe is a Japan made Mazak Mate but looks very similar.
One is a Mazak made in Jinan, China. The quality was good at first, but it was canceled due to a company issue causing the quality to drop. You can check out the Yamazaki Mazak on my cover.
Happy you are going to add another chapter in your family's book of machining. Looking forward to Paige's (watching Her's for a couple of years now and learned quite a bit about different topics) and your videos. Also, sharing a small bit of your life. Hope the heavenly father gives you time and small ones to bring forth a chapter three in the world of machining. Sure, you will be able to teach this old (65) man something. Most of what I've learned has been working in welding and mechanic shops. All the best to you and yours.
I am so grateful for the position I am in to be able to continue where I started. Thank you for following along! There will certainly be more to come. We are just getting started.
I used excel to layout my machine, auto and wood shop before I built the building! It worked great! I actually increased the width from 32 to 34ft as it allowed room for two auto plus side bench areas. After the shop got built, the extra foot on each was really needed.
I grew up with my father's machine shop at the house since I was about 7. I also moved away for college, but made trips back to the shop whenever I could. I have moved around a lot further away for the last 6 years and all the chips I've made are with hand tools. Watching your more recent videos really brought back my fond memories of drafting and machining. Never would have guessed I'm just about your age ('89). Most people I meet that know how to use a manual lathe and mill are about a decade older. Keep up the fantastic work making it all seem so approachable. After your videos I'm chomping at the bit to get back to the shop and make something.
Wow Your grandfather sounds like he was an amazingly talented machinist and a really cool guy. I admit to being a little envious of the time you were able to spend with him learning and that he left you all his machinery. From what I have seen of your video's you are no slouch when it comes to machining and I appreciate your sense of humour...Very much looking forward to wandering this road with you . Thaqnkyou so much for sharing
Brandon, I've been binging your videos over the last few days and I just got around to watching the early stuff. Having seen the newest videos first, I now have a true appreciation for the amount of work you put into restoring all of these tools and machines. The amount of rust and therefore restoration to get to its current state must've been massive. Thank you for documenting it all.
Glad you found your way back here and thank you. It is a lot of work but it's also pretty fun getting everything cleaned and set up just the way I want
I enjoy your dry humor. Your videos are very informative yet also relaxing/theraputic. And beautifully made. So glad the YT algorithm introduced you to me.
Been watching your youtube for a while now ....and now, after seeing you move all of your grandfather's machine shop now I like your show even more.I love all of the projects I have seen you work on
I wish I had these machine in my garage. I learned to use all these in high school in Chicago 20 years ago. We had all these machines and a few others. Cool channel definitely going to binge watch all the videos.
I just discovered your channel recently and went to look for the earliest videos to understand the meaning behind the name. I love your approach, it’s fantastic that you’re able to do this. I have many tools (not a machine shop) that I got from my father (he was a motor mechanic) and from friends. Each time I use them I can feel the connection and the history. Whilst I still buy new tools, I love the feeling of using the older ones
That enco mill is an excellent quality machine , don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise . My dad's shop had an enco mill and lathe and I found them to be as accurate as you and we kept them extremely well oiled and maintenanced. That mill will last your lifetime with just basic replacement parts or possibly lead screws if you use it like a mad man . There's alot of hype with other name brand machines and many of the parts are the exact same or slightly altered.
i wish i have that kind of workshop except the surrounding environment.im from a tropical country and id say your solutions to theseproblems have been addressed intelligently. more power.😊
I installed a dehumidifier in my own shop and it is awesome! When the humidity is under 50% nothing rusts. Strongly recommended for those who like to keep their investment shiny.
This is my 2nd video I have watched and I’m loving the commentary and what the machine does. I will definitely enjoy watching all the different projects you do. I would love to have your skill.
Hi Guy, i am a curious and beginner in MACHINING , you have awesome beautiful machines, juste by seeing them i want to dive immediately deep into MACHINING, be blessed
Thanks for the MEMORIES... my father was old school german research and development tool and die maker on another level... my father and his team did alot of nasa/military contracts to help build the space shuttle during the 70s and other military things.. he could not speak about what he was building/design to anyone.. it was always a mystery. The entire U.S MILITARY wanted my father to work directly for them.. I always saw uniformed men at his shop! He would work all day till 12 am with the doors always locked.. I miss my father very much.. super smart man .. great father! THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEO! God bless your grandfather!!!!!
Revisiting some old videos, I forgot how rough all that equipment was when you first pulled it all in there. Man you have came a long way already. Grandpa would be proud. 🍻👍🏻
Hahaha! Excel CAD. I used Excel to a reasonably accurate redesign/remodel of my last house. It worked well for both picturing the floorpan changes and explaining it to my wife, and later the contractor, the vision we had created. Long-short, it blew both of them away. Nice walkthrough, overview, and explanations. I sub'd weeks ago, but every video is so informative and has the right amount of humor. Well done Sir!
Brandon, Discovering your channel is a real delight. I have more years repairing and maintaining machine shop machinery than you have in life, but by binge watching your channel I have to accept that you have more machining skill than I do. My new hobby shop is 40x82. Setting up my shop, reconditioning old industrial machinery, learning to manual machine and teaching what 6 know and am learning to my grandsons is among my greatest retirement pleasures. Keep up the videos. You are teaching an old dog some new tricks.
I come from a similar background as you. I grew up in a small village next to the middle of nowhere and my father was a machines/millwright. Love the shop. As an electrician I was screaming when I saw the add a phase but after watching some of your other videos I saw you changed that to a VFD. Really enjoy the videos.
This workshop is my dream. But it seems to me that it gets even better if you do all the grinding work in an isolated room. You can air dry for free. It is enough to circulate the air from the room in a circle through a thermally non-insulated pipe with a conventional fan.
The separate grinding room would definitely be a must have for future expansion. That's an interesting idea with the pipe. Im guessing the humidity condensates on the metal and you catch that? Still need to power the fan. This dehumidifier doesn't actually run all that much during the winter. I've spent entire days in here and it hasn't kicked on. The vapor barrier in the walls helps a lot I think.
@@InheritanceMachining The running costs of a traditional duct fan are minimal compared to a dryer compressor. Outside the heating period, the ventilation can be adjusted depending on the air temperature and relative humidity. Do not ventilate if the air brought into the room from outside exceeds the existing humidity. This is a simple conversion.
I use to work at Northwest Airlines we had a machine like no other this video brings me back to that time and the fun projects we had to make it was nothing but FUN. Love this video. You're a very lucky man to have this.
Sir, I cant say how happy I am to have found your videos. I am a freshly graduated engineer with a job, saving for the day that I can purchase machining equipment for myself. I learned to use the equipment in college and yearn for the day to get back to it! Consider me a lifelong subscriber!
Good channel. Good story. Nice equipment. DROs on lathe and mill! Bandsaw is huge. Surface plate. Sandblasting cabinet. All the measurment instruments.. Man, this setup is a dream. I can not imagine how much $ it costs, and how many years it takes to get it all together. It is obvious that your grandfather knew what he was doing. As somebody who is only making first steps to get his own set of tools, I find it extremely pleasant that all those equipment did not end up on the scrap yard. It is now in good hands. Your grandfather should be proud of you. Thank you for making this channel. Your calm narration, attention to details, perfection in designing and manufacturing - I appreciate it all. Best wishes from your new subscriber from Ukraine.
I'm a CNC guy myself, currently I program and run 2 wire edm machines in a tool and die room, but I loved the manual machining part of my education so much I bought myself an old bridgeport and just over 100 year old 16x40 Southfield lathe that needs a bit of work to get running, and the mill needs some tlc but for now it is temporary wired to a vfd that needs to be made more safe and permanent. I'm glad to see that others in my generation are keeping manual machining alive, and glad you had a great mentor like your grandpa.
Love it...I'm vicariously living through you with these videos. Reasons, is by far, the BEST reason to have not only a surface grinder...but everything else your luck to have...I wish I was your neighbor.
Worked in a machine and tool grinding shop for 31 years , I was the main tool and cutter grinder there for our custermers and our tools. 31 years the best part of my working life , small place but a loyal employer I will never forget
I am so glad you include a lot of your mistakes. We’re all human and constantly being bombarded by people pretending to be perfect is so mentally exhausting.
Jim 922 from Arkansas. I to enjoy working in my workshop. I even have the nerve to call myself an “Inventor” . I love your chosen name for your Chanel, I’ll be watching for your adventures in the machine shop.
Nice shop. Keep out the “ Museum of our Industrial Heritage” located in Greenfield, Massachusetts or here on TH-cam. The museum has all the early machine and machinist tools that were made in that area like Starrett, Miller Falls, Greenfield Tap and Die. They have nice displays and working machines. Thanks
The good thing about having a building inside a building, is zero dust ! Dust is a major issue in drier climates like Queensland Australia… I make it a habit to wipe down and re-oil the slide ways and components down before using my lathe… Queensland also can be very humid which is a constant issue… I wipe everything down with an oily rag as often as I can…
Excel CAD, that's a new one on me. Will try it out now that I am retired and turning the storage junk pile into a workshop. Humidity is a big issue and that internal room should work here too.
Love your shop! Very nice! I just inherited my grandfather’s machine shop. Much smaller machines than you have but very nice too. I put myself through college 30 years ago working in a machine shop. I feel so comfortable in my shop zoning out making parts. Please reach out and let me know if I can be of any assistance to you.
I have too inherited my father's machine shop which included a 22" metal shaper, and a South Bend lathe with a 16" swing and 36" between the center, those are wonderful machines and I would like to keep making cutting tools but the carbon steel went up on prices a few years ago since then is not profitable to fabricate those cutting tools so I have been looking for some other similar pieces to fabricate, by any chance, have you some advice about some mark trade high carbon steel (2 % C). Thanks and apologize for being so straight
G'Day👋 You have a lot of precision machinery there. When de-rusting, try and avoid abrasive methods like sandpaper or scotcbrite, even your sand blaster. Get yourself a large ultrasonic cleaner (cheap) and check videos on electrolysis rust removal. You can't afford to remove even half a thou with abrasion. Be extra extra careful cleaning up your micrometers and gauges. Spindle runouts will be important and belts and bearings may need replacement. Get your spindles within a thou at worst. All the best mate. Michael 🇦🇺 NO ABASIVE METHODS! 😉 oh, and the parts washer is for oil & grease removal only, not rust or dust or dirt or paint. And NO ABRASION!
Adds a lot of accessibility to install full extension slides with either drawers or flat slides in the bottom of your bench and or any cabinets. Makes all those back corners easy to fully use.
Just found you on TH-cam. Amazing story. Can't wait to see more videos. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Keep milling. Fab On. Keep Making. God bless.
Good work, consider getting a horizontal bandsaw with coolant, essential for cutting stock materials before machining, and in some cases after the first op. My bandsaw is broken, a big issue!
Yes horizontal bandsaw with a hydraulic downfeed cylinder is worth it’s weight in gold in a metal working/machine shop. Roller conveyor on each side of the saw with a manual length stop is also very handy for making repeat cuts of the same length, much more accurate and repeatable than hand marking. Set her up, start the cut, then walk away and do something else (but never go too far away…!) But yes, unfortunately they do take up considerable room in a shop. When you do get a horizontal, try and get one that has a 60 degree mitre both ways, and don’t get a little tiny thing, they never cut straight. Get a decent blade of about 1” or above, they track straight as an arrow. If (when) you get a TIG welder and need good fit up, trust me you will be glad you got a straight cutting saw! Vertical is useful too, but mostly for cutting curves in small pieces of plate. Larger plate/sheet pieces will require a plasma cutter, oxy cutter, or jigsaw if you’re keen. Or do what i do, and design 2D metal objects on CAD and get the local CNC laser cutters to cut the metal for you. Then it rocks up at your workshop ready to go, and you’re welding and assembling ‘man grade’ lego! Enjoy the journey, and remember, you will never stop learning in this craft
You should position any grinding equipment on the opposite end of your shop away from the lathe & mill. In a separate room would be even better. Do what you can to keep the grinding dust away from the ways.
That's a good point. The belt sander and grinding wheel are the farthest away from the lathe and mill but the surface grinder is still kind of close. It has a dust collector and a guard so hopefully it doesn't cause too much of a mess once I get it running.
"Do I have something in mind that requires this level of accuracy? Nope. But I still need it. For reasons." That's the best reason of all - no reason! :)
Great looking shop!!# my stuff came to me as shops I worked at went out of business. i would try buying things at auction or failing that buy stuff from a couple local used machinery dealers... My mill is a total Kluge, made from larts of several different bridgeports... I love your trailer... I ended ip with a Texas rollback which has been used until its toungue is hanging out... The 22 foot deck is nice, but there have been a few times the shorter deck of yours would be better...
Very nice shop! One small tip on stopping the lathe safely, we have a similair one at work. Always stop it with the footbrake. That way if you lean in to measure you'll never accidentally push the handle and engage the motor.
fabulous shop...I especially love the drafting table...when I planned the layout of my shop I used paper cutouts ...lol...slow but effective...great video
It's good to see someone able to continue to use the machines acquired over someone's lifetime. Too often that is not the case as few people have the space, money and interest to do that. I've had friends that have left their shops to their children or grandchildren as a group and in most cases everything ends up being auctioned off as everyone wanted their share and the only way to come to an agreement on value was to sell everything.
I'm not only grateful to have inherited them but also to be at a point in my life that I can adequately manage them. I did have to "buy-out" the machines from the estate, but my family was easy to work with on finding fair market values for everything. I have heard horror stories, so I consider myself lucky.
Thanks for watching! Stay tuned for the next video on Friday, February 4th at 10AM Eastern where I'll be restoring the mill. See you then!
Very nice shop tbh
I know the video is old and all but the lathe moves in the x and z directions. The Z axis is always parallel to the spindle in any machine tool.
Hi! I’m so jealous, I’d love to have my own shop. Just started watching this and I love it. But on a lathe the coordinate system is actually Z and X, not Y. Z is “length” and X is diameter.
We had a similar situation when we started our makerspace, The MakerBarn. A school offered the use of an old horse pole barn. It was full of junk, rats, and bad wiring. We cleaned it out and built a 3800 sqft building within the building. All the work was done by volunteers. We advertised in the tools section of Craigslist for people who would like to come by, pound a few nails and hang sheetrock. We had plenty of volunteers every weekend. Funds were donated from prospective members and a few corporations. A half mile of new wiring and a year later we were in operation.
Your Grandfather would be very proud of the work you have done.
That's so awesome! Thats also a ton of space!
Just a tip for your blast cabinet: try and get a piece of the glass that they use at the grocery store checkout scanner. It's got a thin layer of diamond to prevent wear. Put this on the inside of the viewing window. You already know you need light on the inside of the cabinet. And don't run the air pressure too high. 40 PSI is about all you need. Higher pressure than that just crushes the glass bead prematurely so you don't get maximum usage out of it.
That’s actually really useful info. Thank you!
I work at a company that among other products made transparent ceramics and some genius came up with the idea to replace the windows on our sandblasting cambers with that stuff, works so well that it's still completely clear after years of daily use in our tool shop
Why do so many Americans leave the osb sheets unpainted to go darker and darker instead of painting them white?
@@erik_dk842 painting OSB sounds like a nightmare... but I never tried, is it really effective?
@@AlessioSangalli Any cheap white paint should do. Use a thick wide paint roller on a shaft. Of course white walls give better light in the garage than brown light absorbing walls.
That built in blade welder was the coolest thing I've seen all month
I have never seen a band saw of that size without it. Also, it should have an annealer, otherwise the welded part of the saw will be too rigid and eventually crack...
I've been working my way backwards through your videos for the past couple of days and I have to say there's nothing more inspiring than knowing that there's a device that takes your power and makes it into more power.
And after making it all the way back to this one I can definitely say I'm looking forward to you learning how to use the Cadillac Gauge.
Plus my dad has a fully functional woodshop that he used to make guitars in so...
The converter doesn’t make more power, it simply translates the input into something his machines can use
@@stealthboost2805 It's almost like it's....converting
Nooo a VFD does not make more power! I assume that device is a VFD. Maybe it's not variable frequency. However typically the three phase output of those devices, when under load shows fluctuations when the single phase power is close to the zero crossing.
Having now watched your complete back catalogue I've finally arrived at your origin story. I find your content is very therapeutic and high quality and I look forward to following you for many years and over many interesting projects.
Well done! I miss the manual machining days growing up. I'm now stuck in the office while my guys have fun on the CNC'S and the few manuals we have left. Thanks for posting!
Thank you! I'm not 100% ruling out CNC sometime in the future, but right now I really just want to get back to the old ways of manual machines. Machining by hand is like therapy
@@InheritanceMachining
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Just discovered your channel and had to watch, my hubby Mark became a machinist after many years as a journeyman mechanic and an injury. As we watched this video it brought back memories of setting up his shop inside our two car garage. He has 2 mills and a lathe. As we watched you showing the parts washer we both cringed and said "oh my gosh, flammable liquid next to an unprotected electric outlet???" We both hope you protected the outlet before there is a fire in the shop. Best of luck as you work with all of these treasures from your grandfather 😁
Your grandpa was machine devoted man.
I am amazed, how he saved all his tools and take care of them.
Look that drill bits, they are all in there ( none missing or broken in half ) i respect that type of machinist who love and care about their tools.
Something same is happening in my family ( my dad ) !
He definitely kept a meticulous shop. Which I appreciate (and probably got some of that from his as well) haha
Brandon, I have only two words to say. "I'M JEALOUS". It's taken me years to get to a quarter of the collection you have and I'm nearly twice your age. All I can say is enjoy.
Regards from Canada's banana belt.🤞🇺🇦🕊️🇨🇦🍌👍
I am definitely fortunate... and I never forget it!
Great video and really nice shop! My only critique is on the lathe description. Cross slide is the X axis. Carriage (spindle axis) is the Z axis. Y axis on a lathe is a milling attachment. The DRO says X and Y because it was cheaper to not change the letters (most DROs are still made like that). That's what I was taught 30 years ago and still use everyday. Keep up the great work!
Wow... you are totally right! Rotation axis is always Z... I've always seen that DRO with those labels and never gave it a second thought. Thanks for the correction!
@@InheritanceMachining Thanks for taking it the right way. Most new and hobby machinist don't realize that, it's certainly not intuitive to 'a new guy'. Your doing a great job, keep it up.
Of course. I’m here to learn after all. Thanks for the support!
Just found you. What a lucky man you are. May your grandfather rest in peace, he must have been a interesting man. All the very best to you and your family and here's looking forward to many projects. Good luck...
He was definitely an interesting man and I still think about him every day. Thanks for the support!
I can't even begin to express my level of jealousy here! Great machines, great setup! Seeing that drafting table brought back some memories for sure. I took drafting my junior year of high school. If I'd been smart, I would have pursued that so that as I got older it would have been easier to move off the shop floor and into design.
Oh well, even so I have no regrets. Machining help support a wife and three kids. It's a great life!
I'm sort of taking the opposite path. Went to school for engineering and got a job in design. Now trying to find my way back to machining.
@@InheritanceMachining it's all good, man. My hope is that with all of the channels like yours that show machining for the craftsmanship it is more people will get interested in the trade again. We NEED manufacturing in this country again.
Desperately.
@@lonnieporter8566 I couldn't agree more
Stumbled upon your channel today thanks to the YT algorithm. I grew up with most of these machines in my dad's basement and have been out of touch for the last decade. These first few videos have put a tear to my eye. Looking forward to whatever you have coming in the future!
Great shop set up dude. Not sure if that lathe is a Japan made Mazak Mate but looks very similar.
Thanks, man. From what I’ve been reading it’s a Chinese rebrand of the Mazak Mate.
One is a Mazak made in Jinan, China. The quality was good at first, but it was canceled due to a company issue causing the quality to drop. You can check out the Yamazaki Mazak on my cover.
@@InheritanceMachining That lathe is just fine.
@@davidrule1335 I'm not worried :)
Happy you are going to add another chapter in your family's book of machining. Looking forward to Paige's (watching Her's for a couple of years now and learned quite a bit about different topics) and your videos. Also, sharing a small bit of your life. Hope the heavenly father gives you time and small ones to bring forth a chapter three in the world of machining. Sure, you will be able to teach this old (65) man something. Most of what I've learned has been working in welding and mechanic shops. All the best to you and yours.
I am so grateful for the position I am in to be able to continue where I started. Thank you for following along! There will certainly be more to come. We are just getting started.
I used excel to layout my machine, auto and wood shop before I built the building! It worked great! I actually increased the width from 32 to 34ft as it allowed room for two auto plus side bench areas. After the shop got built, the extra foot on each was really needed.
The filmography is superb. You got good pace, you shot well, and know how to tell a history. I'm already addicted to the channel!
Thank you so much! We'll keep them coming!
I grew up with my father's machine shop at the house since I was about 7. I also moved away for college, but made trips back to the shop whenever I could. I have moved around a lot further away for the last 6 years and all the chips I've made are with hand tools. Watching your more recent videos really brought back my fond memories of drafting and machining.
Never would have guessed I'm just about your age ('89). Most people I meet that know how to use a manual lathe and mill are about a decade older. Keep up the fantastic work making it all seem so approachable. After your videos I'm chomping at the bit to get back to the shop and make something.
Such a solid systematic approach for all things, I like it. Catched by new videos, but turns out old videos also good.
Thanks. Also welcome!
Wow Your grandfather sounds like he was an amazingly talented machinist and a really cool guy. I admit to being a little envious of the time you were able to spend with him learning and that he left you all his machinery.
From what I have seen of your video's you are no slouch when it comes to machining and I appreciate your sense of humour...Very much looking forward to wandering this road with you .
Thaqnkyou so much for sharing
Thank you for the kind words! He was a great man and not a day goes by that I'm not thankful for my time with him and what he taught me over the years
Brandon, I've been binging your videos over the last few days and I just got around to watching the early stuff. Having seen the newest videos first, I now have a true appreciation for the amount of work you put into restoring all of these tools and machines. The amount of rust and therefore restoration to get to its current state must've been massive. Thank you for documenting it all.
Glad you found your way back here and thank you. It is a lot of work but it's also pretty fun getting everything cleaned and set up just the way I want
I love the Excel-0-CAD idea! as an ME myself I have never done this and will add it to the toolbelt now! Thanks!
i am not a machinist, but this series truly intrigues me. i look forward to the series. :)
Thanks for sharing. Grandpa had good tastes in equipment and knew what he was doing. Enjoy.
I enjoy your dry humor. Your videos are very informative yet also relaxing/theraputic. And beautifully made. So glad the YT algorithm introduced you to me.
Been watching your youtube for a while now ....and now, after seeing you move all of your grandfather's machine shop now I like your show even more.I love all of the projects I have seen you work on
I wish I had these machine in my garage. I learned to use all these in high school in Chicago 20 years ago. We had all these machines and a few others. Cool channel definitely going to binge watch all the videos.
Your grandfather would be very proud of his equipment being refurbished and useful properly. Kudos to you brother
I just discovered your channel recently and went to look for the earliest videos to understand the meaning behind the name. I love your approach, it’s fantastic that you’re able to do this.
I have many tools (not a machine shop) that I got from my father (he was a motor mechanic) and from friends. Each time I use them I can feel the connection and the history. Whilst I still buy new tools, I love the feeling of using the older ones
Thank you for the well produced video. I look forward to seeing your progress.
And thank you for watching! There will definitely be more to come
You have been given wonderful gifts. The gift of time with your grandfather and the tooling that you can now use.
You are absolutely right :)
That enco mill is an excellent quality machine , don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise . My dad's shop had an enco mill and lathe and I found them to be as accurate as you and we kept them extremely well oiled and maintenanced. That mill will last your lifetime with just basic replacement parts or possibly lead screws if you use it like a mad man . There's alot of hype with other name brand machines and many of the parts are the exact same or slightly altered.
love the documentary style video, can't want for more!
i wish i have that kind of workshop except the surrounding environment.im from a tropical country and id say your solutions to theseproblems have been addressed intelligently. more power.😊
Thank you so much for captioning these videos
I installed a dehumidifier in my own shop and it is awesome! When the humidity is under 50% nothing rusts. Strongly recommended for those who like to keep their investment shiny.
I second this!
This is my 2nd video I have watched and I’m loving the commentary and what the machine does. I will definitely enjoy watching all the different projects you do. I would love to have your skill.
This looks like a fun ride 👍
Hi Guy, i am a curious and beginner in MACHINING , you have awesome beautiful machines, juste by seeing them i want to dive immediately deep into MACHINING, be blessed
Thanks for the MEMORIES... my father was old school german research and development tool and die maker on another level... my father and his team did alot of nasa/military contracts to help build the space shuttle during the 70s and other military things.. he could not speak about what he was building/design to anyone.. it was always a mystery. The entire U.S MILITARY wanted my father to work directly for them.. I always saw uniformed men at his shop! He would work all day till 12 am with the doors always locked.. I miss my father very much.. super smart man .. great father! THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEO! God bless your grandfather!!!!!
Thanks for sharing. That's very intriguing! So much mystery and secrecy during the cold war. If only you knew what went on inside that shop!
Revisiting some old videos, I forgot how rough all that equipment was when you first pulled it all in there. Man you have came a long way already.
Grandpa would be proud. 🍻👍🏻
Hahaha! Excel CAD. I used Excel to a reasonably accurate redesign/remodel of my last house. It worked well for both picturing the floorpan changes and explaining it to my wife, and later the contractor, the vision we had created. Long-short, it blew both of them away.
Nice walkthrough, overview, and explanations. I sub'd weeks ago, but every video is so informative and has the right amount of humor. Well done Sir!
Now that's taking it to the next level haha Thanks for following along Alan!
Brandon,
Discovering your channel is a real delight. I have more years repairing and maintaining machine shop machinery than you have in life, but by binge watching your channel I have to accept that you have more machining skill than I do. My new hobby shop is 40x82. Setting up my shop, reconditioning old industrial machinery, learning to manual machine and teaching what 6 know and am learning to my grandsons is among my greatest retirement pleasures.
Keep up the videos. You are teaching an old dog some new tricks.
I love to hear that you're passing on your knowledge. That will be invaluable for you grandson later in life. Thanks so much!
@@InheritanceMachining GrandsonS! I currently have 16! 😁
I come from a similar background as you. I grew up in a small village next to the middle of nowhere and my father was a machines/millwright. Love the shop. As an electrician I was screaming when I saw the add a phase but after watching some of your other videos I saw you changed that to a VFD. Really enjoy the videos.
Awesome start to an amazing channel. Can’t wait to watch the backlog as well as any new videos!
Damn! This is like inheriting a goldmine, only more exciting!
I agree!
This workshop is my dream. But it seems to me that it gets even better if you do all the grinding work in an isolated room.
You can air dry for free. It is enough to circulate the air from the room in a circle through a thermally non-insulated pipe with a conventional fan.
The separate grinding room would definitely be a must have for future expansion.
That's an interesting idea with the pipe. Im guessing the humidity condensates on the metal and you catch that? Still need to power the fan.
This dehumidifier doesn't actually run all that much during the winter. I've spent entire days in here and it hasn't kicked on. The vapor barrier in the walls helps a lot I think.
@@InheritanceMachining The running costs of a traditional duct fan are minimal compared to a dryer compressor.
Outside the heating period, the ventilation can be adjusted depending on the air temperature and relative humidity. Do not ventilate if the air brought into the room from outside exceeds the existing humidity. This is a simple conversion.
I use to work at Northwest Airlines we had a machine like no other this video brings me back to that time and the fun projects we had to make it was nothing but FUN. Love this video. You're a very lucky man to have this.
That's awesome! Thank you for watching!
Sir, I cant say how happy I am to have found your videos. I am a freshly graduated engineer with a job, saving for the day that I can purchase machining equipment for myself. I learned to use the equipment in college and yearn for the day to get back to it! Consider me a lifelong subscriber!
I was there too. You'll get there! Thanks and welcome!
Good channel. Good story.
Nice equipment. DROs on lathe and mill! Bandsaw is huge. Surface plate. Sandblasting cabinet. All the measurment instruments.. Man, this setup is a dream. I can not imagine how much $ it costs, and how many years it takes to get it all together. It is obvious that your grandfather knew what he was doing.
As somebody who is only making first steps to get his own set of tools, I find it extremely pleasant that all those equipment did not end up on the scrap yard. It is now in good hands. Your grandfather should be proud of you.
Thank you for making this channel. Your calm narration, attention to details, perfection in designing and manufacturing - I appreciate it all.
Best wishes from your new subscriber from Ukraine.
Thanks and welcome! I am definitely beyond fortunate to be able to hang onto his life's accumulation and put them back to work!
I'm a CNC guy myself, currently I program and run 2 wire edm machines in a tool and die room, but I loved the manual machining part of my education so much I bought myself an old bridgeport and just over 100 year old 16x40 Southfield lathe that needs a bit of work to get running, and the mill needs some tlc but for now it is temporary wired to a vfd that needs to be made more safe and permanent.
I'm glad to see that others in my generation are keeping manual machining alive, and glad you had a great mentor like your grandpa.
Those sound like some awesome machines! I love hearing there are others out there that find joy in this old art format well.
Can't wait to follow your journey.
Love it...I'm vicariously living through you with these videos. Reasons, is by far, the BEST reason to have not only a surface grinder...but everything else your luck to have...I wish I was your neighbor.
lol Thanks!
A fantastic video and I'm very excited to see where you take this workshop. Best wishes from Australia!
Thank you so much!
Worked in a machine and tool grinding shop for 31 years , I was the main tool and cutter grinder there for our custermers and our tools. 31 years the best part of my working life , small place but a loyal employer I will never forget
Thanks for sharing!
A very interesting shop tour. Thank you for taking the time to film the shop and explain the layout and it’s contents. 👏👏👍😀
My pleasure. Thank you!
I am so glad you include a lot of your mistakes. We’re all human and constantly being bombarded by people pretending to be perfect is so mentally exhausting.
That Excel-O-CAD thing is actually genius
Jim 922 from Arkansas. I to enjoy working in my workshop. I even have the nerve to call myself an “Inventor” . I love your chosen name for your Chanel, I’ll be watching for your adventures in the machine shop.
If you're making things that don't already exist I think "inventor" is appropriate 😁 Thanks for the support!
Nice shop. Keep out the “ Museum of our Industrial Heritage” located in Greenfield, Massachusetts or here on TH-cam. The museum has all the early machine and machinist tools that were made in that area like Starrett, Miller Falls, Greenfield Tap and Die. They have nice displays and working machines. Thanks
Oh... I wanna see every second of this channel.
SUBBED 😃👌🏻
The good thing about having a building inside a building, is zero dust ! Dust is a major issue in drier climates like Queensland Australia… I make it a habit to wipe down and re-oil the slide ways and components down before using my lathe… Queensland also can be very humid which is a constant issue… I wipe everything down with an oily rag as often as I can…
Nice video. I have found another favorite machining channel!
Glad you enjoy it!
Excel CAD, that's a new one on me. Will try it out now that I am retired and turning the storage junk pile into a workshop. Humidity is a big issue and that internal room should work here too.
Thank you, what a great video! I appreciate your teaching style, and that you want to bring all of us with you.
My pleasure!
Love your shop! Very nice! I just inherited my grandfather’s machine shop. Much smaller machines than you have but very nice too. I put myself through college 30 years ago working in a machine shop. I feel so comfortable in my shop zoning out making parts. Please reach out and let me know if I can be of any assistance to you.
That's awesome! I'm glad you had the interest to keep them around like myself!
I have too inherited my father's machine shop which included a 22" metal shaper, and a South Bend lathe with a 16" swing and 36" between the center, those are wonderful machines and I would like to keep making cutting tools but the carbon steel went up on prices a few years ago since then is not profitable to fabricate those cutting tools so I have been looking for some other similar pieces to fabricate, by any chance, have you some advice about some mark trade high carbon steel (2 % C). Thanks and apologize for being so straight
I like your sense of humor.
G'Day👋 You have a lot of precision machinery there. When de-rusting, try and avoid abrasive methods like sandpaper or scotcbrite, even your sand blaster. Get yourself a large ultrasonic cleaner (cheap) and check videos on electrolysis rust removal. You can't afford to remove even half a thou with abrasion. Be extra extra careful cleaning up your micrometers and gauges. Spindle runouts will be important and belts and bearings may need replacement. Get your spindles within a thou at worst. All the best mate. Michael 🇦🇺 NO ABASIVE METHODS! 😉 oh, and the parts washer is for oil & grease removal only, not rust or dust or dirt or paint. And NO ABRASION!
Adds a lot of accessibility to install full extension slides with either drawers or flat slides in the bottom of your bench and or any cabinets. Makes all those back corners easy to fully use.
Are you reading my mind!? I have a big project in mind along those lines.
Just found you on TH-cam. Amazing story. Can't wait to see more videos. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Keep milling. Fab On. Keep Making. God bless.
Thank you so much! Welcome!
Appreciating your videos
Nice videos you make. Look forward to seeing your progress.
Thank you!
Good work, consider getting a horizontal bandsaw with coolant, essential for cutting stock materials before machining, and in some cases after the first op. My bandsaw is broken, a big issue!
My grandfather had one but I passed on inheriting it because I was running out of room. It’s my only regret from the whole ordeal
Yes horizontal bandsaw with a hydraulic downfeed cylinder is worth it’s weight in gold in a metal working/machine shop. Roller conveyor on each side of the saw with a manual length stop is also very handy for making repeat cuts of the same length, much more accurate and repeatable than hand marking.
Set her up, start the cut, then walk away and do something else (but never go too far away…!)
But yes, unfortunately they do take up considerable room in a shop. When you do get a horizontal, try and get one that has a 60 degree mitre both ways, and don’t get a little tiny thing, they never cut straight. Get a decent blade of about 1” or above, they track straight as an arrow. If (when) you get a TIG welder and need good fit up, trust me you will be glad you got a straight cutting saw!
Vertical is useful too, but mostly for cutting curves in small pieces of plate. Larger plate/sheet pieces will require a plasma cutter, oxy cutter, or jigsaw if you’re keen.
Or do what i do, and design 2D metal objects on CAD and get the local CNC laser cutters to cut the metal for you. Then it rocks up at your workshop ready to go, and you’re welding and assembling ‘man grade’ lego!
Enjoy the journey, and remember, you will never stop learning in this craft
Excellent video and well filmed mate thanks for sharing and best of luck with the shop.👍
Thank you!
This entire situation is exactly too good to be true...
This is my dream to own this level of machineries.
Honestly it hasn't completely hit me yet. It really is a dream.
Man, I'd LOVE to find a drafting table like that. Even if it needs repair.
You should position any grinding equipment on the opposite end of your shop away from the lathe & mill. In a separate room would be even better. Do what you can to keep the grinding dust away from the ways.
That's a good point. The belt sander and grinding wheel are the farthest away from the lathe and mill but the surface grinder is still kind of close. It has a dust collector and a guard so hopefully it doesn't cause too much of a mess once I get it running.
Thanks for the tour mate. Looking forward to more videos.
You bet!
This is a beautiful inheritance
Thanks for the explanation about 3 phase motors. I was wondering how you were able to power up.
Nice set up. Sure has a lot of potential. Retired Machinist 👍🏻👍🏻🇨🇦
Love the bench
Great shop. Thanks for sharing and good luck with it
grate place!! about the rust on the machines there are 2 fast options, you apply with a cloth some mechanic oil or some petrol (it's safe)
"Do I have something in mind that requires this level of accuracy? Nope. But I still need it. For reasons."
That's the best reason of all - no reason! :)
I'm glad you see things my way!
My new favorite channel
Thanks!
Awesome!
Love your videos Brandon. Keep up the great work!
Thanks!! Will do!
OLD SCHOOL THE BEST
Came across your video by accident and loved your story and how you set everything up..I subbed so I could hear more.. Take care and God Bless...
Thanks for the support! Much appreciated!
Cool video, I share your sense of humor. Thanks for the chuckles
😁
Great looking shop!!# my stuff came to me as shops I worked at went out of business. i would try buying things at auction or failing that buy stuff from a couple local used machinery dealers...
My mill is a total Kluge, made from larts of several different bridgeports...
I love your trailer... I ended ip with a Texas rollback which has been used until its toungue is hanging out...
The 22 foot deck is nice, but there have been a few times the shorter deck of yours would be better...
Wow!! You got Cà Lem commenting on your channel 💪🏼🔥🔥🔥👍🏻🤣
You have everything in there. I wasn’t expecting a parts washer and a sandblaster.
Very nice shop! One small tip on stopping the lathe safely, we have a similair one at work. Always stop it with the footbrake. That way if you lean in to measure you'll never accidentally push the handle and engage the motor.
Oh interesting. I thought I saw Abom79 doing that but figured it would wear out the shoe. Thanks!
@@InheritanceMachining just tapping it to activate the stop switch would be enough.
@@Rngdeeee oh that makes sense because of the reset. I’ll be making a habit of this now
I sometimes use excel to make draft layouts in nano-meter scale silicon chip at work, so its more than capable of workshop layout 😀
fabulous shop...I especially love the drafting table...when I planned the layout of my shop I used paper cutouts ...lol...slow but effective...great video
thanks. that honestly might have been faster. manipulating shapes in excel isn't all that fast.
It's good to see someone able to continue to use the machines acquired over someone's lifetime. Too often that is not the case as few people have the space, money and interest to do that. I've had friends that have left their shops to their children or grandchildren as a group and in most cases everything ends up being auctioned off as everyone wanted their share and the only way to come to an agreement on value was to sell everything.
I'm not only grateful to have inherited them but also to be at a point in my life that I can adequately manage them. I did have to "buy-out" the machines from the estate, but my family was easy to work with on finding fair market values for everything. I have heard horror stories, so I consider myself lucky.
You're living the dream!
I can hardly believe it myself!