I was marveling at the new shop and how far you've come. I went back and rewatched your "Welcome to My Machine Shop" video from 2013. That whole video is a story of Booth Machine Shop sizing down over the years. What's cool there's no way that you can have imagined where you would go from there. And extra cool is how you haven't changed a bit. Still humble as ever. Thanks for all the hard work you do. You're an American treasure. Industrial arts is alive and well, no matter how many schools don't teach it anymore. :)
Abomb vids are famously informative and education but this is one of my first viewings and I really appreciated you explaining how you use the indicator and take your measurements. You must have put a lot of thought into what we viewers might not know and I appreciate it!
It's seriously amazing how far you've come. A precision home shop that's grown into a serious roughing/ precision shop. Old iron that is still as good if not better than new iron. And your still learning stuff.....so are we. Your now on the verge of precision cnc work.... this ladies and gents is what real drive and passion can achieve. A huge thankyou to Mrs Abom for always being there with great camera work and behind the scenes support. You have yourselves a great day, big hugs to family and friends
As Mrs Abom is a marketing person, I would suspect that her influence goes far beyond just support; more like a suggester and an ' at arm's length' overseer of all of these new arrangements with machine manufacturers.
Professor Booth you have the best Labs in practical machining. Just so understandable, complete with tips and tricks from years of experience. Your basically offering experience in a bottle, outstanding!
Adam, new shop is awesome. Hard work is paying off. Looking forward to seeing the CNC in full operation. You are a great teacher for those of us who are just beginning.
I think Adam is enjoying learning new things and instead of complaining you should be happy with all his great content. Be happy for him, I don't personally know him except from his videos but you can tell he's a down to earth hard working guy. Keep it up Adam, and to hell with the trolls.
Hey Adam... Congrats on the new "Throne of the Abom Empire" ! Thank you for allowing us to follow in your journey! Blessings and prosperity to you and Abby! I can't wait to see what is next!
You will most likely need to install a back-flow preventer on your coolant mixing system, to prevent contamination of the water supply line if the city ever has a water main break.
It’s called a non return valve. Here in the U.K. we have to use them even on an outside tap! It’s a spring loaded one way valve that prevents backflow.
Also, what you said about the DRO Adam (looking down at the indicator) might be a business idea - having a small DRO extension readout mounted down there. Better patent that quickly :)
Really enjoy your shop update video. Mr. Precision. The extra time in setting everything to be as close to perfect, the more your work will be spot on. Really nice layout in your shop n office. Thanks for all you do n share with your viewers.
As a novice to machining the amount of times I have read the depth micrometer the wrong way around but now stop and think before reading it and then doing a double or triple take on the reading
Man you're killing it for the size of that shop. I never imagined you could really fit SO MUCH in there! You've got some big-ass machines. (in the way of a normal machine shop that is)
I've got 1500 sq ft, 3 Large cnc bed mills and 1 monster Cincinnati Milacron cinturn 12u, and I have room for a few more, but I need a bigger shop, my inspection area is in my basement currently. Adams got some space, and a good owner uses every SQ FT he can to maximize profits.
Wow, very nice. It’s cool to see Your excitement about Your Shop and the way You are planning everything. I think You are doing a really nice Job Atom. Great video
Love the job shop stuff, it’s nice to see these little jobs showing up on the channel again now that the new shop is up and running. Side note, it’s absolutely nanners how quickly you filled up that big ol’ space with cool machines!
An idea for the office you collect all the old tools and drill charts you can display them on one wall showing the history of machining some of your father and grandfather’s tools would look great
machining stuff and building out an office are more interesting content than delivery of machine or vendor setting one up. just a dude messing around with stuff is what I'm here for
finally some video about how's the office, i've been waiting for, very nice table for computer and pretty big screen, and nice to be able to see out there when sitting and working. Not any boring for me, i would have liked to see the clean new toilet also.
Hey @adam - won't be long until your channel is ten years old, I think. Look how far you've come in that time - amazing stuff. Keep up the good work chap!
We have some of those hydrablend setups at work that pull from 55 gallon drums of coolant concentrate. We have started switching to a new coolant mixing setup, not sure why really. The hydrablend worked well enough for us to burn through a drum of coolant every 3 months or so.
Just so you know, Adam: those gear like things are tone rings. They allow anti-lock brakes to operate by pulsing the system from a sudden, violent stop.
Thanks for the update. It's coming along nicely, despite the difficult times in supply chains. Keep up the scraping practice... Be patient until you get the knack back.
That is an impressive shop. Congratulations on reaping the rewards of hard work. I also second the comments below about security. Hopefully you have a good alarm system but I would also recommend security film for the glass door and side window. That stuff is impressive. It really, really slows down smash and grab types. Given enough time they can get through anything but they don't like doing it if it takes too long or requires too much noise. If you have a glass break detector and/or some other sound detecting device integrated into your security system anything they try to get through the glass with security film on it would set off the alarm. Beyond that some really, really good doors, frames and locks. Nothing is fool proof but the harder you make it the better. Congrats again on the impressively equipped shop.
If I may make a recommendation: get an inexpensive 2 stage filter (even a 1 stage should be fine) to remove Chlorine [and other salts] from your water supply before pumping it into your fancy machines. Shop's looking nice, last video I watched you were grouting the crane!
It would be cool if someone made remote indicators for the DRO that you could freely mount wherever you want. I know Kurtis has one where he can read values from a gauge way down in a bore.
I have a Unique G-Box - in Black Silk. The wood was covered over in black with leather and silk. It was War tool set. It was at the hardware store that Dad and I bought his(mine now) Sheldon L 11-36? with some nice tooling and he picked some up and I later. Using it 70 years later !
Wow what a beautiful shop, thanks for the tour. Not a lot of these places here in Sarasota, my son is in Pace, when I need work done I would love to be able to utilize your expertise. Love the Monkey!
that coolant filling will be a gamechanger for you :) we have something similar for coolant at work. Only smaller and it goes directly on a 80 gallons barrel instead. But same principal. water in mixing with the coolant.
The shop progress is awesome! I've already seen the FlexCNC set up video, and that's even more awesome. There is so much potential in this space. Looking forward to your storage deliveries as well as the granite surface plate install.
Like other people have said on here, you need better security in your office area! Maybe a roll-down shutter on the inside of the glass doors (or the outside)? And some reflective window film so people can't see into the office from outside. As how it is now, someone might try a smash and grab entering through the office.
I understand the reason for your new stuff but I think you are like me mainly manual machines I like all your old stuff better because I can relate but you are young enough to expand into the new technology great work
Next time you install a big machine like that, get a DXFor DWG file of the bolt pattern, and get a surveyor with a total station to mark the bolt holes, then you don't have to move that heavy machine after marking the bolt holes on the floor. I do a lot of these type of set outs for big industry here in Sweden.
Hi Adam, Gee your new lathe lathe sounds great and looks like a quality machine. You set up jobs in 4 jaw chucks exactly the way I do it as well. A lot of machinists don't like 4 jaws as they take too long to set up but I would prefer a 4 jaw to a 3 jaw any day. Once you master how to do it, its easy. Cheers Ian - New Zealand
1:12 Not a gear BTW, it's a reluctor wheel for the speed sensor. A magnet senses the notches passing under it, counts the pulses and calculates the speed of the wheel.
The decimal equivalent chart at 27:15 in the background, my wife's aunt retired from Nelson & Storm a few years back. Bought alot of things there over the years, they are still operating at the same location. Neat to see that in FL.
If you are excited about something and want to share it with us, then I want to see it. Don’t you worry about whether people will be bored. We are privileged to be with you as you grow and those of us who care will appreciate seeing you succeed :)
I have a preference for the creators who publish the videos they want to make. Their energy and passion are less present when they get shoehorned into a box by the critics in the comment section.
I am no machinist at all. I have been sub to your channel for a few years an had to resub cause the old phone I had died and lost everything. The time I have watched you with everything over the years is crazy what you. The new shop is awesome. The new things in your shop with cnc an the fact you are learning how to use those machines is great. I love to see what them guys at Titan do an the fun videos they put out with crazy machining to the way you do things with old school make the best of both worlds. You guys safe an God bless.
ASome acoustic panels on the ceiling and walls in the office will make it much more pleasant space to work. Specially if you like to listen muisic while working on computer.
The shop is really well laid out and set up. But Adam, you need more shop now. Seems like you have no room for stock to do projects. Hard to tell from the videos, but seems awfully tight in there. Thanks very much for sharing.
Very nice Adam! I like how the scrapingpattern for retaining the oil looks in the pictures in the end! Cant wait to see the Pacemaker in action! Have a good one Adam!
Great mix of old school turning and tour of all the new fancy stuff. Don't know how you're pulling it off (You can't be rich if you're selling old work pants on Marketplace), but good on ya!
Master Chemical is a pretty interesting company. I dealt with them for 3 decades. I learned a lot about coolant managing an entire shop coolant system. I gained more knowledge and understanding from them than any other supplier or manufacturer. I took their coolant system maintenance and management class in their facility. It was an excellent course and was foundational to subsequent success. Chemistry plays an enormous role in managing coolant systems and few tradesmen were stellar chemistry students. Master Chemical really helped this chemistry challenged maintenance technician. Our company loyalty to Master Chemical flagged and we then worked with competing manufacturers and vendors. In our experience, Houghton Hocut was ahead of Master Chemical in managing bacteria and that prompted our supplier switch. Trim products appeared to catch up and I would have liked to have switched back to Master Chemical. I eventually built a shop wide coolant mixing station and delivery system piped to every machine tool. Operators could add make up coolant every shift by simply opening a ball valve emptying directly into their machine sump. We were buying our coolant concentrate by that time in bulk and pumping it directly into the concentrate tank from a tanker truck. The other biggest coolant sump life management practice we found successful was equipping every work station with a dedicated coolant skimmer and coalescing oil separator that ran 24/7. This pretty effectively managed tramp oils. Coolant management is worthy of a career commitment, but our shop wasn't big enough to support dedicated staff. No one really wanted the task. So we had to come up with a management system that required little labor, made up for the inconsistency of operators actually taking every shift refract readings, effectively PM'ing sump chip accumulation and filth, and reducing disposal costs while managing environmental constraints. What does a small shop like yours do to manage disposal costs and environmental restrictions? We couldn't waste any of our cutting fluids to the sewer and we're shipping tanker loads of spent coolant every few weeks. At the worst of our experience, our disposal costs exceeded our new product purchase costs by 200-300%. A huge portion of that expense was antiquated systems for chip disposal. Chips were stored outside and exposed to rain and snow. Oily rainwater had to be kept out of our storm water. I finally came up with a solution that the DNR approved and eliminated this slightly dirty rainwater contamination and resultant disposal expense. Does FL DNR micro manage small shops like yous? I have often wondered if small shops are forced to comply with environmental laws or if that burden is on larger shops that are likely much larger environmental pollution threats.
You'll crap when you have to buy cheap plastic parts for that Hydro-Blend mixing pump. It's an OK setup, but for no more coolant than you'll ever go through you'll be miles ahead just manually mixing it.
I highly recommend putting a backflow preventer on the potable water line to protect the potable water in that building. Even if you do not drink the water in that building, depending on the design of the plumbing system in that building you can potentially contaminate the water in the other units. Any time you connect a potable system to some sort of industrial system you need a backflow preventer.
Shop looks absolutely amazing Adam 👍. Looks like the office needs a little bit of Abby's touch maybe, she can throw some idea's your way? Cheers Blessings.
That is so cool, Adam. I never knew how they got those scrap marks on machines. I love the shop update videos and I would be excited too! You have come so far. Keep up the good work. P.S. I love how the bathroom only has "Men" on it. Your domain.
@Abom79 may I suggest that you install grills on the inside of your entrance like the ones that jewelry stores have, because you are the first workshop in the building, and there could be a high possibility of people with bad intentions looking through the window, and if they see expensive tools and expensive EDB equipment, then you don't know what can happen. You may remember when your workshop at home was broken into, you were definitely not the most positive man in the world at the time.
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I was marveling at the new shop and how far you've come. I went back and rewatched your "Welcome to My Machine Shop" video from 2013. That whole video is a story of Booth Machine Shop sizing down over the years. What's cool there's no way that you can have imagined where you would go from there. And extra cool is how you haven't changed a bit. Still humble as ever. Thanks for all the hard work you do. You're an American treasure. Industrial arts is alive and well, no matter how many schools don't teach it anymore. :)
Abomb vids are famously informative and education but this is one of my first viewings and I really appreciated you explaining how you use the indicator and take your measurements. You must have put a lot of thought into what we viewers might not know and I appreciate it!
It's seriously amazing how far you've come. A precision home shop that's grown into a serious roughing/ precision shop. Old iron that is still as good if not better than new iron. And your still learning stuff.....so are we. Your now on the verge of precision cnc work.... this ladies and gents is what real drive and passion can achieve. A huge thankyou to Mrs Abom for always being there with great camera work and behind the scenes support.
You have yourselves a great day, big hugs to family and friends
As Mrs Abom is a marketing person, I would suspect that her influence goes far beyond just support; more like a suggester and an ' at arm's length' overseer of all of these new arrangements with machine manufacturers.
Professor Booth you have the best Labs in practical machining. Just so understandable, complete with tips and tricks from years of experience. Your basically offering experience in a bottle, outstanding!
Adam, new shop is awesome. Hard work is paying off. Looking forward to seeing the CNC in full operation. You are a great teacher for those of us who are just beginning.
I love how you always end with the photo of you, your dad, and your grandpa. I think they're watching, too, and enjoying every minute!
The shop is fantastic. As an old school job shop machinist I can totally appreciate what you are doing.
No matter what you do. Keep explaining everything. Never know if a newbie comes and watch. Great job
I think Adam is enjoying learning new things and instead of complaining you should be happy with all his great content. Be happy for him, I don't personally know him except from his videos but you can tell he's a down to earth hard working guy. Keep it up Adam, and to hell with the trolls.
It's really good to see you advancing in your business, and i'm pleased it is all coming together for you, , well done.
I absolutely love these videos, they’re the perfect thing to watch when you’re winding down to go to sleep!
Because they are so boring?
If he ever gets his CNC anywhere near that of Peter Stanton at Edge Precision, you'll need a stiff drink instead of the Horlicks, lol.
Hey Adam... Congrats on the new "Throne of the Abom Empire" ! Thank you for allowing us to follow in your journey! Blessings and prosperity to you and Abby! I can't wait to see what is next!
You will most likely need to install a back-flow preventer on your coolant mixing system, to prevent contamination of the water supply line if the city ever has a water main break.
It’s called a non return valve. Here in the U.K. we have to use them even on an outside tap! It’s a spring loaded one way valve that prevents backflow.
Awesome desk set up. So happy to be a part of this process. Thanks for sharing.
Dear Adam, It warms the heart to see your videos. God bless and look forward to seeing that lovely workshop develop.
Man I remember your first video and you have come such a long way so proud and happy for you and Abby best of luck all the best
Also, what you said about the DRO Adam (looking down at the indicator) might be a business idea - having a small DRO extension readout mounted down there. Better patent that quickly :)
Absolutely impressive how much work you are getting done.Thank you.
Really enjoy your shop update video. Mr. Precision. The extra time in setting everything to be as close to perfect, the more your work will be spot on. Really nice layout in your shop n office. Thanks for all you do n share with your viewers.
when are you going to be able to maximise usage of all these industrial grade equip yourself?
As a novice to machining the amount of times I have read the depth micrometer the wrong way around but now stop and think before reading it and then doing a double or triple take on the reading
Thank you for taking us along on this exciting journey Adam 👌👍🍺🥰
Man you're killing it for the size of that shop. I never imagined you could really fit SO MUCH in there! You've got some big-ass machines. (in the way of a normal machine shop that is)
I've got 1500 sq ft, 3 Large cnc bed mills and 1 monster Cincinnati Milacron cinturn 12u, and I have room for a few more, but I need a bigger shop, my inspection area is in my basement currently. Adams got some space, and a good owner uses every SQ FT he can to maximize profits.
Wow, very nice. It’s cool to see Your excitement about Your Shop and the way You are planning everything. I think You are doing a really nice Job Atom. Great video
It's fun to watch you add more and more machines that you don't know how to use.😜
Love the job shop stuff, it’s nice to see these little jobs showing up on the channel again now that the new shop is up and running. Side note, it’s absolutely nanners how quickly you filled up that big ol’ space with cool machines!
When doing a set up like that I always kept 2 indicators in use and play back and forth as I tighten up the jaws. As always good work.
I think Adam should hire a CNC guy who want's to learn old-school machining. That way the could teach each other.
That shop is amazing! Careful how one dreams, they can come true!! Wishing you good health to enjoy! Ireland 🇮🇪 sends many blessings!!
An idea for the office you collect all the old tools and drill charts you can display them on one wall showing the history of machining some of your father and grandfather’s tools would look great
That’s actually a really good idea! Hope Adam sees your comment
IMO definitely need a backcheck valve between tap water and that mixer.
There may well be one in there.
machining stuff and building out an office are more interesting content than delivery of machine or vendor setting one up. just a dude messing around with stuff is what I'm here for
finally some video about how's the office, i've been waiting for, very nice table for computer and pretty big screen, and nice to be able to see out there when sitting and working. Not any boring for me, i would have liked to see the clean new toilet also.
Hey @adam - won't be long until your channel is ten years old, I think. Look how far you've come in that time - amazing stuff. Keep up the good work chap!
We have some of those hydrablend setups at work that pull from 55 gallon drums of coolant concentrate. We have started switching to a new coolant mixing setup, not sure why really. The hydrablend worked well enough for us to burn through a drum of coolant every 3 months or so.
You're putting more machines into your new shop than I thought would fitlol. Looking forward to seeing them in use.
Just so you know, Adam: those gear like things are tone rings. They allow anti-lock brakes to operate by pulsing the system from a sudden, violent stop.
Thanks for the update. It's coming along nicely, despite the difficult times in supply chains.
Keep up the scraping practice... Be patient until you get the knack back.
Thanks very much for this type of content. It's a pleasure to see how people actually do work in a shop.
That is an impressive shop. Congratulations on reaping the rewards of hard work. I also second the comments below about security. Hopefully you have a good alarm system but I would also recommend security film for the glass door and side window. That stuff is impressive. It really, really slows down smash and grab types. Given enough time they can get through anything but they don't like doing it if it takes too long or requires too much noise. If you have a glass break detector and/or some other sound detecting device integrated into your security system anything they try to get through the glass with security film on it would set off the alarm. Beyond that some really, really good doors, frames and locks. Nothing is fool proof but the harder you make it the better. Congrats again on the impressively equipped shop.
Thanks for the tour. I enjoyed watching your videos from your trip to Chicago.
If I may make a recommendation: get an inexpensive 2 stage filter (even a 1 stage should be fine) to remove Chlorine [and other salts] from your water supply before pumping it into your fancy machines.
Shop's looking nice, last video I watched you were grouting the crane!
It would be cool if someone made remote indicators for the DRO that you could freely mount wherever you want. I know Kurtis has one where he can read values from a gauge way down in a bore.
I have a Unique G-Box - in Black Silk. The wood was covered over in black with leather and silk. It was War tool set. It was at the hardware store that Dad and I bought his(mine now) Sheldon L 11-36? with some nice tooling and he picked some up and I later. Using it 70 years later !
Wow what a beautiful shop, thanks for the tour. Not a lot of these places here in Sarasota, my son is in Pace, when I need work done I would love to be able to utilize your expertise. Love the Monkey!
that coolant filling will be a gamechanger for you :) we have something similar for coolant at work. Only smaller and it goes directly on a 80 gallons barrel instead. But same principal. water in mixing with the coolant.
The shop progress is awesome! I've already seen the FlexCNC set up video, and that's even more awesome. There is so much potential in this space. Looking forward to your storage deliveries as well as the granite surface plate install.
I know that looks like a gear but it’s the tone ring for the wheel speed sensor.
Like other people have said on here, you need better security in your office area! Maybe a roll-down shutter on the inside of the glass doors (or the outside)? And some reflective window film so people can't see into the office from outside. As how it is now, someone might try a smash and grab entering through the office.
Great review Adam. Be interesting to see the new Flex machine set-up and running. Looking forward to more of your videos.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the update the new shop is really coming together.
I understand the reason for your new stuff but I think you are like me mainly manual machines I like all your old stuff better because I can relate but you are young enough to expand into the new technology great work
I think he has the perfect mix of manual and cnc
Next time you install a big machine like that, get a DXFor DWG file of the bolt pattern, and get a surveyor with a total station to mark the bolt holes, then you don't have to move that heavy machine after marking the bolt holes on the floor.
I do a lot of these type of set outs for big industry here in Sweden.
man your camera work and camera quality has just come so far. the focus on the shots, the framing. really nice
Hi Adam, Gee your new lathe lathe sounds great and looks like a quality machine. You set up jobs in 4 jaw chucks exactly the way I do it as well. A lot of machinists don't like 4 jaws as they take too long to set up but I would prefer a 4 jaw to a 3 jaw any day. Once you master how to do it, its easy. Cheers Ian - New Zealand
Even if you have a Security Alarm
That a lot of expensive gauges and fixtures to have right next to a glass door, in New Cabinets.
1:12 Not a gear BTW, it's a reluctor wheel for the speed sensor. A magnet senses the notches passing under it, counts the pulses and calculates the speed of the wheel.
Bless, Adam's gonna need some staff and a shop cat!
The decimal equivalent chart at 27:15 in the background, my wife's aunt retired from Nelson & Storm a few years back. Bought alot of things there over the years, they are still operating at the same location. Neat to see that in FL.
That's some beautiful scraping you're doing there. I love the look of a hand-scraped finish like that.
Definitely a dream shop
If you are excited about something and want to share it with us, then I want to see it. Don’t you worry about whether people will be bored. We are privileged to be with you as you grow and those of us who care will appreciate seeing you succeed :)
I have a preference for the creators who publish the videos they want to make. Their energy and passion are less present when they get shoehorned into a box by the critics in the comment section.
Good lord, Christmas came early, color matched by factory box lower. Long way from Fanny May. 👍👏🇺🇸
Thanks for the tour. You have an enormous amount of new stuff to learn now! Good thing you are still young :-)
Mirror tint the door and side glass.
I am no machinist at all. I have been sub to your channel for a few years an had to resub cause the old phone I had died and lost everything. The time I have watched you with everything over the years is crazy what you. The new shop is awesome. The new things in your shop with cnc an the fact you are learning how to use those machines is great. I love to see what them guys at Titan do an the fun videos they put out with crazy machining to the way you do things with old school make the best of both worlds. You guys safe an God bless.
ASome acoustic panels on the ceiling and walls in the office will make it much more pleasant space to work. Specially if you like to listen muisic while working on computer.
I certainly like the job shop work!
Damn right we do.
Once again, thanks for explaining as you go. It makes your already awesome videos that much better.
Adam you have come a long way. You deserve it all. Good luck sir
The shop is really well laid out and set up. But Adam, you need more shop now. Seems like you have no room for stock to do projects. Hard to tell from the videos, but seems awfully tight in there. Thanks very much for sharing.
Great video Adam, I love the shop and all the awesome new CNC stuff..... Great job!
Big variety in this video
Good job.
Very nice Adam! I like how the scrapingpattern for retaining the oil looks in the pictures in the end!
Cant wait to see the Pacemaker in action! Have a good one Adam!
I’ll truly look forward to seeing some chips flying! Your shop is filling up with the new equipment.
Those gears are reluctor wheels for sensors usually speed and ABS.
Shop looks amazing!
Great mix of old school turning and tour of all the new fancy stuff. Don't know how you're pulling it off (You can't be rich if you're selling old work pants on Marketplace), but good on ya!
Master Chemical is a pretty interesting company. I dealt with them for 3 decades. I learned a lot about coolant managing an entire shop coolant system. I gained more knowledge and understanding from them than any other supplier or manufacturer. I took their coolant system maintenance and management class in their facility. It was an excellent course and was foundational to subsequent success. Chemistry plays an enormous role in managing coolant systems and few tradesmen were stellar chemistry students. Master Chemical really helped this chemistry challenged maintenance technician. Our company loyalty to Master Chemical flagged and we then worked with competing manufacturers and vendors. In our experience, Houghton Hocut was ahead of Master Chemical in managing bacteria and that prompted our supplier switch. Trim products appeared to catch up and I would have liked to have switched back to Master Chemical.
I eventually built a shop wide coolant mixing station and delivery system piped to every machine tool. Operators could add make up coolant every shift by simply opening a ball valve emptying directly into their machine sump. We were buying our coolant concentrate by that time in bulk and pumping it directly into the concentrate tank from a tanker truck.
The other biggest coolant sump life management practice we found successful was equipping every work station with a dedicated coolant skimmer and coalescing oil separator that ran 24/7. This pretty effectively managed tramp oils.
Coolant management is worthy of a career commitment, but our shop wasn't big enough to support dedicated staff. No one really wanted the task. So we had to come up with a management system that required little labor, made up for the inconsistency of operators actually taking every shift refract readings, effectively PM'ing sump chip accumulation and filth, and reducing disposal costs while managing environmental constraints.
What does a small shop like yours do to manage disposal costs and environmental restrictions? We couldn't waste any of our cutting fluids to the sewer and we're shipping tanker loads of spent coolant every few weeks. At the worst of our experience, our disposal costs exceeded our new product purchase costs by 200-300%. A huge portion of that expense was antiquated systems for chip disposal. Chips were stored outside and exposed to rain and snow. Oily rainwater had to be kept out of our storm water. I finally came up with a solution that the DNR approved and eliminated this slightly dirty rainwater contamination and resultant disposal expense. Does FL DNR micro manage small shops like yous? I have often wondered if small shops are forced to comply with environmental laws or if that burden is on larger shops that are likely much larger environmental pollution threats.
No three generation photograph on the wall?
That’s not a gear on the hubs, it’s a tone ring for the wheel speed sensor, and they are not very robust.
That's not a gear on the hub. It's a tone ring. That's what the antilock brake sensor uses to detect tire slippage.
The shop looks absolutely amazing but isn't it only temporary for just a couple years?
I have that same depth mic from when I used to machine truck blocks in chassis. Handy as heck.
Try not to listen to the ney sayers and enjoy your learning, besides its your shop enjoy the ride.
You'll crap when you have to buy cheap plastic parts for that Hydro-Blend mixing pump. It's an OK setup, but for no more coolant than you'll ever go through you'll be miles ahead just manually mixing it.
Very happy for your hard earned success!
Keep chewing away at the American Dream Adam!
Thank you as always!
-CY Castor
Richard would say you should be moving your body not your arms as it gives better control when scraping.
I highly recommend putting a backflow preventer on the potable water line to protect the potable water in that building. Even if you do not drink the water in that building, depending on the design of the plumbing system in that building you can potentially contaminate the water in the other units. Any time you connect a potable system to some sort of industrial system you need a backflow preventer.
They are usually code. I know that they have been in the cities I’ve worked in in South Florida and in Jacksonville, Florida.
AND will all that premix go 'bad' sitting around for months in the hose reel?
Thank you for your video. Always a pleasure to watch em. Looking forward to the next one!
Shop is coming along great! Thanks for the tip on the Shaq chair. Gonna look into one of those for myself.
Shop looks absolutely amazing Adam 👍. Looks like the office needs a little bit of Abby's touch maybe, she can throw some idea's your way? Cheers Blessings.
That is so cool, Adam. I never knew how they got those scrap marks on machines. I love the shop update videos and I would be excited too! You have come so far. Keep up the good work. P.S. I love how the bathroom only has "Men" on it. Your domain.
Super nice workshop
They do the setup in the chuck with a coat hanger wire in Pakistan.
Hey looks like you’re getting everything lined out and going! Great job👌
Enjoyed the video
@Abom79 may I suggest that you install grills on the inside of your entrance like the ones that jewelry stores have, because you are the first workshop in the building, and there could be a high possibility of people with bad intentions looking through the window, and if they see expensive tools and expensive EDB equipment, then you don't know what can happen.
You may remember when your workshop at home was broken into, you were definitely not the most positive man in the world at the time.
Very excited to see the flex cnc in action! Such a cool shop, Adam.
Need more shaper hopefully soon