I have already learnt a ton of things that I never would have, if it weren’t for Diesel Creek. I like to work on my own ‘87 VW Passat (Santana/Quantum) and Matt has helped me without even knowing it. Diagnosis of problems and how to make do with what one has is a great advantage. Diesel Creek is my teacher! Keep on going dude!🤘
I am just astounded at what you are able to do in repairs - many faeted tasks, and not just by trial and error - being able to keep your senses under control and more or less quietedly go long the various steps to accomplish the goal! I am 82 years old, former schoolteacher and principal, yet always interested in the trades- never followed those in my education except for some shop classes in junior high and highschool. My brother was an automotive mechanics and he , if still alive would have loved watching the various TH-cam channels that I watch! thanks for showing your repairs on a variety of machine, the old ones from the fifties, etc. which I was able to see operate in post war Holland. Thanks again!! Keep on showing the stuff!
''Free'' and ''Ran when Parked'' always give me concern when buying used. haha You always make the best out of any situation though Matt, and that's one thing I love about your channel and can do attitude! God bless!
Well i think there are two tier of FREE, the ''it's free because it could run fine with a hundred bucks and moderate quantity of man-hour work and i don't have the time or the effort to do that'' and the ''it's so far gone that even a scrapyard wouldn't take it but i'm lazy so come pick it up and have fun dragging it to the yard buddy''
I have a little Fiat Diesel. 1.3 litre, 16 valves, 70bhp stock 90bhp with a remap. But it broke the cam chain so I paid £100 plus getting it home. Parts to fix £350 plus any up-grades I might choose to add. Bargain car for under £500. OMG diesel costs £2 per litre. Yes, but this car does 70 miles per (imperial) gallon - about 15 miles per litre.
I know the editing is a killer, you're doing a fantastic job! I dont know if its just me, but I sure do look forward to sitting down and watching a hour + of Diesel Creek. Beats watching some stoopid netflix movie everytime Thanks for all your hard work!
THANK YOU ! I've been doing stuff like this for 65 years and it never crossed my mind to install bearings so you can read the number without disassembling the whole thing. Great tip.
@@brucecliffe6213 Yeah.. I learned to be anal about checking over everything as I'm putting stuff back together. I'll look ahead and build the thing in my head over and over as I'm going along-- just to make sure I don't have a random part laying there------ because I've done it too many times.
@@calholli As the old saying goes "He who has never made a mistake, never made anything". I always say "Mistakes are our best teachers". Those of us that build stuff and repair stuff know only to well the path to learning is littered with our mistakes. Speaking for my 76 year old self here mainly. LOL. Cheers.
@@brucecliffe6213 There's another old saying that goes = Fools learn from their own mistakes, wise men from the mistakes of others. So far I haven't achieved wise man status. Maybe some day.
I truly look forward to all your videos, I was a machinist, heavy wheel and track mechanic in the army, diesel mechanic and field rep, and spent 14 years fixing office equipment (copiers mostly), I see you doing things I have done but cannot anymore and it takes me back, thank you for letting me live vicariously through you.
That’s one good and proper shaft repair, right there. Anyone who says otherwise hasn’t tried to do it with a crusty old lathe in a shipping container in the woods, running on a generator.
I hope the TH-cam money helps make up the cost you've sunk into this machine. It's always a treat to see how you push through the problems and find creative solutions. I learn a lot from you. Thanks!
If I had a dollar for every time I put something together then realized a part was left out 😭. Great video Matt I can't wait until the shop starts going up
You are not afraid to show any mistakes, I would have done the same thing concerning the pulley removal. The thing is you roll with the punches and figure out a way to solve the issue and repair the problem. Definitely thumbs UP to you for showing us the good and the bad!
Good job Matt. I am an Engineer of 40 years and I pay my best guys around 100 grand per year (Australian). I doubt they could have done that job by themselves in such trying conditions. Never doubt how good you are Mate. You have my respect.
Once upon a time, I disassembled a 1956 Rockport surface planer. My colleagues all thought I would never get it back together again. Before taking it apart, I painted a 12 by 3 tabletop bright white and then took every part and placed it exactly where it appeared on the exploded diagram that I had taped to the table surface. It went together just fine. Still didn't work very well. I was born in 1956 and I don't work very well either. :)
True. I have zero interest in heavy machines. I work at a place that makes precision parts that mostly go in cars and have no connection with anything that Matt does. But I still find the things that he does highly entertaining and somewhat informative.
The welding on the shaft while being "slow rolled" in your lathe was very interesting and impressive! Once again, most enjoyable and another learning episode for me! Keep up the great work Matt and thanks for the extra efforts to keep us happy with your videos!
Really interesting! You’re taking old worn-out equipment, repairing, rebuilding, bringing it back to usable! That’s exactly what many of us including me dream of doing. I watch ECC too , he has a huge beautiful shop and all the beautiful tools, but you get ‘er done like he does. Keep up the excellent work and one of these days you’ll be where he is! Thanks Matt!
If I could have a hunch as to the life of this machine.... It was bought and ran with no maintenance until it failed. After it failed the owner had the best mechanic on the pay roll look after it and he did the best job he could offering it the life support that the bean counters would allow. After it failed again due to no maintenance you bought it and we all can see the determination that you have for resurrecting these awesome, powerful machines. I thank you for all of your efforts! You do on a VERY large scale what I did on a small scale, learning mechanical repair resurrecting abused motorcycles purchased from tow yard auctions. The similarities in failure are strikingly similar. Lack of proper maintenance leads to vehicle failure. Some fail on the field of construction, some fail on the highway. (some fail due to nefarious reasons which is why they end up in tow yard / police auctions).
Matt, Welding that shaft up and turning it down was impressive. I was wondering if your ground clamp was going to maintain electrical contact as it turned or if it was going to cut out your weld and make it less consistent. Looks like it worked great. After a $1200 bill for the main shaft repair, I'm sure you needed that self repair to go right. As for the commenters who didn't think your tiedown was going to work, those are from people with zero mechanical aptitude or those who haven't hauled anything heavier than a case of beer in their Prius. LOL Keep up the good work and content.
I was impressed how well the ground clamp did its thing dragging on the part. Matt i'm sure didn't clamp the ground clip to the lathe directly to avoid sparking damage to the spindle bearings, it's really not a good idea to put large amounts of current through point contacts of a bearing.
very nice video. I enjoy your efforts to restore these old machines. I think that old roll will serve you well in the end. just keep it full of grease and roll on......
Again, I know you said you gotta cut the videos down because of your editing time but I do love the long videos. This video shows that you aren’t perfect and mistakes have been made. We all do it in life. You shouldn’t be ashamed. Keep grinding out these puppies and we will keep watching. I’m so excited for part 2 LoL
I absolutely know that feeling to find a part that was supposed to be installed well before where you are at at the time. But look at it this way, way better to catch it than and not at the very end. Parts left over at the end is usually a nut or bolt. But you never want an integral part left over. That does make for a seriously sick feeling and usually a "done for the day" idea as well. Thumbs Up!
It's awesome how someone made such a nice hard flat area for you to work on...someday soon I expect we will see a roof, lighting and maybe an overhead crane. Great job...enjoyed as always. As for taking 8 hours to edit a video down to 1 hour, my hat is off to you! You do an awesome job! I was working on one trying to get it down to 1 hour and my editing software crashed. I lost it all (well, I still had the raw footage). It's so hard to go back and start all over. Looking forward to seeing this compactor do it's magic on your building pad!
Matt, I'll sure be happy for you when you get your shop done so you can have all your tools about you when doing your projects and be able to properly place your parts in a place and manner for storage in an organized way for easier re-assembly. I do enjoy how you do your 'field fixes' when you don't have the right tool with you which helps me solve my problems when I don't own the right tool, however, it is more enjoyable to learn how to use the right tool with the right technique.
They are called AN nuts if standard thread an KM nuts if metric. Taper lock adapters are very common in industrial applications. This from 31 years working in a Pulp mill warehose were we stock at the spare parts for out mil. Keep up the Great work on your videos Matt.
Once again, I have to hand it to you, Matt! Your ability to fix heavy equipment boggles my mind! Of course, I don't have the training and experience that you do but your skill at this kind of thing is amazing. I sure hope that big tow behind roller will work well and meet your needs on the new shop pad. Congratulations on the rebuild, my friend!
When you held up that spacer two things came to mind. One, hindsight is 20/20. Two, There's never enough time to do the job right but there's always time to do it over.
Great job on putting the big roller back in place and I hope that the rest of the rebuild goes back in just as well. I enjoy watching the longer videos even though I know they are a pain to edit (sorry) . However they are a lot more informative and I think that is the best part of any video and the main reason I have always enjoyed watching your channel. Stay safe and God Bless.
Matt that was impressive the welding the shaft and turning it down so everything went back together right,I can just see your smile on your face when you complete your jobs on your equip,ment to keep them as top notch as possible.
Greasy jobs like that are precisely why I have various degrees of getting dirty cloths. I'm impressed at how well that seemed to go together without a helper or 2 to spot and help position things to line up. Great job can't wait to see it in action
Just a suggestion Matt that when you use sand paper or Emery paper on a lathe it's a good idea to put down some thing down on the Liner rails to stop the fine metal falling on them, Because the fine metal and cutting oil make Valve Grinding Compound so when the carriage goes over it can wear down the rails. And thanks for making video too.
Kudos my friend. You and Andrew Camarata have some seriously great work ethic! The amount of effort in labor and in dollars that you put to get that old equipment running again is impressive. I end each of your video's with "I'm too old for that shit" (50's) in regards to taking on a rebuild project like that roller. I don't know how you manage so many different projects at once. It would stress many people out! Thanks for taking us along as it's much better to watch someone work that hard than to actually do it ourselves!
I would refer you to farming fixing and fabricating if you want to see work ethic. Not that the Matt isn’t good. Dairy farm with three brothers and their father I think and other family and employees Syracuse New York close to .
Matt, when I get some printed material such as a parts manual or just a few pages, as in your case, I scan them into the computer then I can print them out when working on the machine and it does not matter how much grease I get on the page. The original is still in perfect condition in the computer for the next problem. I also write up the dismantle process so that I am making a workshop manual as I go, because, sure as hell, I'm going to be back into it at some time in the future. Annul Retentive ?, probably LOL. Love your work man, greatly appreciated. Cheers from OZZ.
I’m always amazed with you Matt. You do a great job, especially working on your own. Your editing is really good too. Doesn’t matter how long you make them, I’ll watch em. Keep up the good work fella. 👍🔧🇬🇧
Watching DC videos gives the same feeling I get when I get off work after a productive day, sit down with the boys, crack a bear, and let the entertainment role. Cheers and thanks for the video.
Your time consuming efforts to make the viewing of the difficulties you are faced with, is very much appreciated by us all. "Thank you," from London, UK.
Thanks for being consistent, We the viewers can tell you put a lot of time and effort in not only the projects but in documenting the process and editing the videos for us! Thanks for the great content brotha! We really appreciate your hard work!
You made me laugh, complimenting Matt for all his hard work (BRAVO) and then you can't be bothered to spell "brother". I think that is really funny, no offense though.
Amazing. Reminds me of my (long ago) youth, getting greasy and “fixing” things though certainly nothing near this complexity. I’ll look forward to seeing you complete the project. You are indeed a talented individual.
I’m glad I’m not the only that puts things together and that one part finally clicks in my brain where it goes! You’re a man of many talents and lots of patience.
Matt: Kudos to your ability to do all this heavy stuff by yourself with the help of some serious equipment. I always enjoy watching you. I felt your pain when you discovered the bushing that should have been installed after step three and your were at step 8 in the process. Ouch that hurts. hang in there buddy and waiting for the capstone episode on this roller project.
I can only imagine the amount of work it is to work AND edit but I sure do love the longer style videos, perfect for relaxing in the morning and watching some work get done.
Thanks Matt for getting that roller back up and hopefully running in short order. It’s so helpful when you take particular care in explaining your mistakes and how you learned from them, I’m sure there’s a lot of folks watching like me that truly enjoy your adventures working with these wonderful machines, please keep up what your doing. Best Mike from Arizona
I myself am retired now, so I can watch you work all day, and I do! I love the way you make do with what you have, and you adapt and overcome obstacles in creative ways which is very entertaining even if sometimes you overlook a part here and there and have to do it over. A lot of folks would edit out their mistakes, but you point them out which is very honest and very refreshing. Keep 'em coming, I hope to have another 20 or 30 years left to watch your videos.
What you were calling a taper lock is a tapered shaft adapter sleeve. taper locks/ QD (quick disconnect) bushings have 3 holes to draw a gear or pulley onto a shaft. adapter sleeves pull the taper into the bearing, QD bushings have a keyway between it and the shaft so you can lock a set screw on the shaft and pull the gear or pulley onto the taper lock.
Thank you Matt, I cannot do much any more due to a stroke. I totally enjoy every video you have done. In the past I researched it watched online video and jumped in and did it. Overall I saved money, lost time, but learned a bunch and had lots of fun. Your attitude is perfect, thanks for letting us come along. Looking forward to the shop! Good luck, Joe
Sorry for your stroke. Went down When I was about 42 and now 62 in October. Never give up sir. Always ways to give back in your community whether it is Reaching out to people encouraging them or staying active in church. Everyone has something they can keep doing. God bless
Hard to believe you’re taking on these jobs solo and then filming and spending hours editing yourself. Appreciate the channel and watching your hard work & ingenuity.
Howdyyawl from the land down under. For a one man band you do a fantastic job. Not many would tackle the jobs you do. [ aplause]. You might want to invest in a couple pairs of overalls.😊
it always amazes me to watch you do all this work alone when so many people cant even change a light bulb by themselves! great work Matt! 👌 great video as always!
I was a roller operator when I did asphalt work about 12 years ago. My dad was a machinst & past way when I was 7. Always was interested how machine equipment works. I love to see the old equipment being repaired. Great job on the roller repair.
Nice work getting all that figured out and fixed up. 20-30 minute videos are just fine by me. They're easier for me to sit down and watch, plus we'd probably hear from you a bit more often which is a plus in my book!
I've seen worse worn shafts. I didn't think the lath would turn slow enough.Good call.Everyone's from time to time missed a part somewhere inside the assembly and had to go back to make it right. I miss working.
I am amazed at all the work you get accomplished working by yourself! There were only about a hundred places in this where you'd think, "the helper would hold/do this/that...." except there is no helper. I have a similar process as I work alone mostly, yours is refined. Thanks for all your effort bringing this to us!
I have always considered myself a decent FIELD mech. Watching you just like others I am able to increase my knowledge of tips tricks and what not to do.. OUTSTANDING job ..
I know it’s rough making the long videos like you do, I just wanna say, it’s one of my favorite things about you and your channel👍 I like watching your whole process. Thanks for the good entertainment as always👌
I don't do this kind of work anymore but when I did and had really greasy clothes I was given a tip by an oil field worker to put a can of coke in the washer before you start it up. Worked great.
Well done Matt. I was thinking: How on earth is he going to get this heavy shaft back into that roller? But you always come up with ideas involving excavators, skid steers and other machinery. BTW: I believe, that one ball thing is not a bearing at all. It is was generates the vibration. By rotating the heavy ball around in that race, the roller will start to vibrate. I hope you assembled both sides pointing into the same direction. Keep on that good work.
Sometimes I hesitate to comment because I know he reads all of these and I don't want to slow him down ;> Replying to people's comments goes a long, long way in my book.
Thanks for the video Matt. Sometimes these projects just seems to be an up hill battle. Good luck with the rest of this rebuild and with the workshop. We all can't wait till you can get started on the autocar and other projects out of the elements.
Good job welding & machining....so operator, mechanic, welder, machinist, engineer, gambler, jack of all trades. Love it, Attitude & comments. Its HOT 97 or so in Alabama today, Watchin' you work today!
Got to love when you forget something after you put it together and have to take it apart again to put that peice back on we all do it though Matt 40:50 @Diesel Creek
That thing will be worth it to repair. At the company i work for we have a tow behind roller too. Im not sure if its the same size or a few sizes bigger but, it compacts freaking much. On one construction site where we were preparing a site for two gas drillings we had both our tow behind and Dynapac CS252 (about 19t or 42000 bananas) and the tow behind compacted at least as good as the normal roller
Most enjoyable! Love the way you have a sensible but low key clever way of solving the problem! Look forward to seeing you completing the restoration!! Thanks!
I mean who else is going to tear apart that old viberater when there is way better out there????Matt.....I totally respect what you do!!!I love it and I am the same!!!and there is plenty out there like us in fact 635 thousand others.,..;.Matt you Rock!!
I think we've all been there, Matt, to have something 90% of the way back together and then the next part picked up is something that goes deep within the bowels of what is being assembled! Fully understand the need to curse like a stevedore with a stubbed toe while taking off everything that has to come back out to put the part in!
Thanks for all the work you put into these videos Matt. I know how much work it is in post to turn all that raw footage into a video. Maybe cut them into 30 minute episodes and let one out a week. Looking forward to seeing this beast get busy pounding the dirt for you new shop. 🙂
When you showed and started welding on that shaft it reminded me of my dad. He was a welder for GE on the Iron Range. Except he welded massive crushers that had a 3 ft diameter. Great place to work in the winter as it was really warm in the building. Summer wasn't that much fun though.
I knew what you were going to do to the shaft, they have spray welding now to fix those kind of shafts on a bigger scale awesome job Matt common sense Genius always wins in the end love your work ethics are top dog your clothes paid the price of success Rock on brother.
I have welded for close to thirty years or more it is a tricky business to contend with at best not easy at all to do it right or to hold up esp with hydraulics are meta forces love your channel
Simply amazing Matt! I felt that this would be a unit that may not be put back together. Your skills show on every video and cannot wait to see you get back on the Auto Truck. By the way your rebuild on Christien rocked keep up the amazing work.
I was happy when I was able to change my bike spark plugs this morning without lifting the front of the gas tank, but yea, you got me way beat - as usual. Bravo!
I’m glad I’m not the only one that buttons everything up only to find that washer/spacer/seal hiding in plain sight….dang-it! Thanks for the time and effort it takes to make your videos “we” do appreciate it.
I really enjoy seeing you tackle these projects, and your closing outtros showing us what might be coming up is fun to look forward to. Best wishes on the
Impressive job welding and repairing that shaft Matt.
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Not to mention the effort in edditing the video!
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Ever watch “Cutting Edge Engineering?”
7 am just fired up the smoker to start some brisket and watch some Diesel Creek. What a good Sunday to be alive.Hello from mid Missouri
That’s a good day.
You just made me HUNGRY.
I'll be there in a few hours. What time are we eating?
You live life right buddy
share !!
Bull dog determination, admitting mistakes, great field repairs, some of the best videos on the web, thanx Matt.😃💥🛠🔧⚙
Comparing him to Meatball might be unfair. :) When will we see the Meatball and the other dog again. :)
@@dennis2376 Plus, we never saw Matt chasing any balls !🤣
a man that cant admit his mistakes is a man i dont care to be around
No such thing as a mistake, it’s just working. The only mistake is the one you left when your done.
I have already learnt a ton of things that I never would have, if it weren’t for Diesel Creek. I like to work on my own ‘87 VW Passat (Santana/Quantum) and Matt has helped me without even knowing it. Diagnosis of problems and how to make do with what one has is a great advantage. Diesel Creek is my teacher! Keep on going dude!🤘
I never get tired of hearing that turbo in your Ford Matt!
I am just astounded at what you are able to do in repairs - many faeted tasks, and not just by trial and error - being able to keep your senses under control and more or less quietedly go long the various steps to accomplish the goal! I am 82 years old, former schoolteacher and principal, yet always interested in the trades- never followed those in my education except for some shop classes in junior high and highschool. My brother was an automotive mechanics and he , if still alive would have loved watching the various TH-cam channels that I watch! thanks for showing your repairs on a variety of machine, the old ones from the fifties, etc. which I was able to see operate in post war Holland. Thanks again!! Keep on showing the stuff!
''Free'' and ''Ran when Parked'' always give me concern when buying used. haha You always make the best out of any situation though Matt, and that's one thing I love about your channel and can do attitude! God bless!
Well i think there are two tier of FREE, the ''it's free because it could run fine with a hundred bucks and moderate quantity of man-hour work and i don't have the time or the effort to do that'' and the ''it's so far gone that even a scrapyard wouldn't take it but i'm lazy so come pick it up and have fun dragging it to the yard buddy''
I have a little Fiat Diesel. 1.3 litre, 16 valves, 70bhp stock 90bhp with a remap. But it broke the cam chain so I paid £100 plus getting it home. Parts to fix £350 plus any up-grades I might choose to add.
Bargain car for under £500. OMG diesel costs £2 per litre. Yes, but this car does 70 miles per (imperial) gallon - about 15 miles per litre.
@@TheAndre8900 , Ha ha ha!
Matt too many commercials.
@@ronaldwprovo5530 You do realize he has no control over that? It’s all TH-cam…
I know the editing is a killer, you're doing a fantastic job!
I dont know if its just me, but I sure do look forward to sitting down and watching a hour + of Diesel Creek. Beats watching some stoopid netflix movie everytime
Thanks for all your hard work!
Right there with ya!
@@cedrusthe1st - Me too.
Roger that
ME 2 !!!
True dat!
I really appreciate the amount of time and consideration you give us in the production of ALL your videos!! Thanks so much Matt.
It is appreciated.
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Much appreciated
Your teasers at the end of the video are so good!
Matt, You are only human. A little off camera cussing is allowed now and then. A tip of the cap to my favorite heavy equipment mechanic. 👍👍
THANK YOU ! I've been doing stuff like this for 65 years and it never crossed my mind to install bearings so you can read the number without disassembling the whole thing. Great tip.
Seeing Matt smiling in the face of adversity when a problem arises, puts setbacks in projects into a proper perspective. Excellent job Matt. 👍👍
What else can you do when its your mistake, ya just gotta grin and bear it. Speaking as one with plenty of mistakes to my er er credit. LOL
@@brucecliffe6213 Yeah.. I learned to be anal about checking over everything as I'm putting stuff back together. I'll look ahead and build the thing in my head over and over as I'm going along-- just to make sure I don't have a random part laying there------ because I've done it too many times.
@@calholli As the old saying goes "He who has never made a mistake, never made anything". I always say "Mistakes are our best teachers". Those of us that build stuff and repair stuff know only to well the path to learning is littered with our mistakes. Speaking for my 76 year old self here mainly. LOL. Cheers.
@@brucecliffe6213 There's another old saying that goes = Fools learn from their own mistakes, wise men from the mistakes of others. So far I haven't achieved wise man status. Maybe some day.
I truly look forward to all your videos, I was a machinist, heavy wheel and track mechanic in the army, diesel mechanic and field rep, and spent 14 years fixing office equipment (copiers mostly), I see you doing things I have done but cannot anymore and it takes me back, thank you for letting me live vicariously through you.
That’s one good and proper shaft repair, right there.
Anyone who says otherwise hasn’t tried to do it with a crusty old lathe in a shipping container in the woods, running on a generator.
I hope the TH-cam money helps make up the cost you've sunk into this machine. It's always a treat to see how you push through the problems and find creative solutions. I learn a lot from you. Thanks!
If I had a dollar for every time I put something together then realized a part was left out 😭. Great video Matt I can't wait until the shop starts going up
Never a let down to watch Diesel Creek on a Sunday or any other day 👍
Great Job Mat
You are not afraid to show any mistakes, I would have done the same thing concerning the pulley removal. The thing is you roll with the punches and figure out a way to solve the issue and repair the problem. Definitely thumbs UP to you for showing us the good and the bad!
Good job Matt. I am an Engineer of 40 years and I pay my best guys around 100 grand per year (Australian). I doubt they could have done that job by themselves in such trying conditions. Never doubt how good you are Mate. You have my respect.
That is one heck of a compliment. You got any work going in Tassie by chance.
@@seanworkman431...Interestingly no. They don't like to pay mainland prices.
@@elmonteslim3711 thanks all the same.🙂
Once upon a time, I disassembled a 1956 Rockport surface planer. My colleagues all thought I would never get it back together again. Before taking it apart, I painted a 12 by 3 tabletop bright white and then took every part and placed it exactly where it appeared on the exploded diagram that I had taped to the table surface. It went together just fine. Still didn't work very well. I was born in 1956 and I don't work very well either. :)
This is almost as good as watching Curtis from cutting edge engineering Australia!
Not sure why the repairing heavy equipment is so interesting.
Kurtis absolutely rocks.... Without doubt the best engineering and machining Channel.
Kurtis is the god of welding
True. I have zero interest in heavy machines. I work at a place that makes precision parts that mostly go in cars and have no connection with anything that Matt does. But I still find the things that he does highly entertaining and somewhat informative.
The welding on the shaft while being "slow rolled" in your lathe was very interesting and impressive! Once again, most enjoyable and another learning episode for me! Keep up the great work Matt and thanks for the extra efforts to keep us happy with your videos!
I never thought it was possible ! 😳
Amazing resourcefulness trick there ! I'm in awe !
Thanks Matt for being an example of the "can do " attitude. Seeing your videos has helped me overcome things I never thought be able to. Thanks again!
Really interesting! You’re taking old worn-out equipment, repairing, rebuilding, bringing it back to usable! That’s exactly what many of us including me dream of doing. I watch ECC too , he has a huge beautiful shop and all the beautiful tools, but you get ‘er done like he does. Keep up the excellent work and one of these days you’ll be where he is! Thanks Matt!
If I could have a hunch as to the life of this machine.... It was bought and ran with no maintenance until it failed. After it failed the owner had the best mechanic on the pay roll look after it and he did the best job he could offering it the life support that the bean counters would allow. After it failed again due to no maintenance you bought it and we all can see the determination that you have for resurrecting these awesome, powerful machines. I thank you for all of your efforts! You do on a VERY large scale what I did on a small scale, learning mechanical repair resurrecting abused motorcycles purchased from tow yard auctions. The similarities in failure are strikingly similar. Lack of proper maintenance leads to vehicle failure. Some fail on the field of construction, some fail on the highway. (some fail due to nefarious reasons which is why they end up in tow yard / police auctions).
Matt, Welding that shaft up and turning it down was impressive. I was wondering if your ground clamp was going to maintain electrical contact as it turned or if it was going to cut out your weld and make it less consistent. Looks like it worked great. After a $1200 bill for the main shaft repair, I'm sure you needed that self repair to go right. As for the commenters who didn't think your tiedown was going to work, those are from people with zero mechanical aptitude or those who haven't hauled anything heavier than a case of beer in their Prius. LOL Keep up the good work and content.
I was impressed how well the ground clamp did its thing dragging on the part. Matt i'm sure didn't clamp the ground clip to the lathe directly to avoid sparking damage to the spindle bearings, it's really not a good idea to put large amounts of current through point contacts of a bearing.
Would a whole case fit in a Prius?
@@MGower4465, Do they have enough power to haul a case of beer? And I mean good beer, you know, the stuff that’s cold!
very nice video. I enjoy your efforts to restore these old machines. I think that old roll will serve you well in the end. just keep it full of grease and roll on......
That is one nice repair of that clutch shaft 👌
Being a forestry mechanic I absolutely love heavy engineering
Your commitment to resurrecting old iron is something to behold. Keep it up Matt, love the vids.
Again, I know you said you gotta cut the videos down because of your editing time but I do love the long videos. This video shows that you aren’t perfect and mistakes have been made. We all do it in life. You shouldn’t be ashamed. Keep grinding out these puppies and we will keep watching. I’m so excited for part 2 LoL
I absolutely know that feeling to find a part that was supposed to be installed well before where you are at at the time. But look at it this way, way better to catch it than and not at the very end. Parts left over at the end is usually a nut or bolt. But you never want an integral part left over. That does make for a seriously sick feeling and usually a "done for the day" idea as well. Thumbs Up!
It's awesome how someone made such a nice hard flat area for you to work on...someday soon I expect we will see a roof, lighting and maybe an overhead crane. Great job...enjoyed as always. As for taking 8 hours to edit a video down to 1 hour, my hat is off to you! You do an awesome job! I was working on one trying to get it down to 1 hour and my editing software crashed. I lost it all (well, I still had the raw footage). It's so hard to go back and start all over. Looking forward to seeing this compactor do it's magic on your building pad!
Matt, I'll sure be happy for you when you get your shop done so you can have all your tools about you when doing your projects and be able to properly place your parts in a place and manner for storage in an organized way for easier re-assembly. I do enjoy how you do your 'field fixes' when you don't have the right tool with you which helps me solve my problems when I don't own the right tool, however, it is more enjoyable to learn how to use the right tool with the right technique.
What is this word “organized “ sounds scary.
I feel your pain, sir. You have my deepest sympathy. Forgetting that piece and having to do all that work again.
They are called AN nuts if standard thread an KM nuts if metric. Taper lock adapters are very common in industrial applications. This from 31 years working in a Pulp mill warehose were we stock at the spare parts for out mil. Keep up the Great work on your videos Matt.
Once again, I have to hand it to you, Matt! Your ability to fix heavy equipment boggles my mind! Of course, I don't have the training and experience that you do but your skill at this kind of thing is amazing. I sure hope that big tow behind roller will work well and meet your needs on the new shop pad. Congratulations on the rebuild, my friend!
When you held up that spacer two things came to mind. One, hindsight is 20/20. Two, There's never enough time to do the job right but there's always time to do it over.
Great job on putting the big roller back in place and I hope that the rest of the rebuild goes back in just as well. I enjoy watching the longer videos even though I know they are a pain to edit (sorry) . However they are a lot more informative and I think that is the best part of any video and the main reason I have always enjoyed watching your channel. Stay safe and God Bless.
Matt that was impressive the welding the shaft and turning it down so everything went back together right,I can just see your smile on your face when you complete your jobs on your equip,ment to keep them as top notch as possible.
Greasy jobs like that are precisely why I have various degrees of getting dirty cloths. I'm impressed at how well that seemed to go together without a helper or 2 to spot and help position things to line up. Great job can't wait to see it in action
Looking forward to seeing the roller in action and the dirt fully compressed - ready for the next stage of your workshop construction.
Just a suggestion Matt that when you use sand paper or Emery paper on a lathe it's a good idea to put down some thing down on the Liner rails to stop the fine metal falling on them, Because the fine metal and cutting oil make Valve Grinding Compound so when the carriage goes over it can wear down the rails. And thanks for making video too.
Kudos my friend. You and Andrew Camarata have some seriously great work ethic! The amount of effort in labor and in dollars that you put to get that old equipment running again is impressive. I end each of your video's with "I'm too old for that shit" (50's) in regards to taking on a rebuild project like that roller. I don't know how you manage so many different projects at once. It would stress many people out! Thanks for taking us along as it's much better to watch someone work that hard than to actually do it ourselves!
I would refer you to farming fixing and fabricating if you want to see work ethic. Not that the Matt isn’t good. Dairy farm with three brothers and their father I think and other family and employees Syracuse New York close to .
Love the way you call people out on their b.s. Matt!!! Keep up the good work, enjoy watching your videos!
Matt, when I get some printed material such as a parts manual or just a few pages, as in your case, I scan them into the computer then I can print them out when working on the machine and it does not matter how much grease I get on the page. The original is still in perfect condition in the computer for the next problem. I also write up the dismantle process so that I am making a workshop manual as I go, because, sure as hell, I'm going to be back into it at some time in the future.
Annul Retentive ?, probably LOL.
Love your work man, greatly appreciated. Cheers from OZZ.
I think even Abomb79 himself would be proud of the way you welded-up and machined that shaft. Nicely done.
You do outstanding work. I'm always impressed by your determination to fix these machines and invest your time to document it. Keep up the good work!
I’m always amazed with you Matt. You do a great job, especially working on your own. Your editing is really good too. Doesn’t matter how long you make them, I’ll watch em. Keep up the good work fella. 👍🔧🇬🇧
Watching DC videos gives the same feeling I get when I get off work after a productive day, sit down with the boys, crack a bear, and let the entertainment role. Cheers and thanks for the video.
Your time consuming efforts to make the viewing of the difficulties you are faced with, is very much appreciated by us all.
"Thank you," from London, UK.
Thanks for being consistent, We the viewers can tell you put a lot of time and effort in not only the projects but in documenting the process and editing the videos for us! Thanks for the great content brotha! We really appreciate your hard work!
You made me laugh, complimenting Matt for all his hard work (BRAVO) and then you can't be bothered to spell "brother". I think that is really funny, no offense though.
Great video! I thoroughly enjoy every minute of these videos. They are worth every hour you put into editing. Thanks!
Amazing. Reminds me of my (long ago) youth, getting greasy and “fixing” things though certainly nothing near this complexity. I’ll look forward to seeing you complete the project. You are indeed a talented individual.
I’m glad I’m not the only that puts things together and that one part finally clicks in my brain where it goes! You’re a man of many talents and lots of patience.
Matt: Kudos to your ability to do all this heavy stuff by yourself with the help of some serious equipment. I always enjoy watching you. I felt your pain when you discovered the bushing that should have been installed after step three and your were at step 8 in the process. Ouch that hurts. hang in there buddy and waiting for the capstone episode on this roller project.
I can only imagine the amount of work it is to work AND edit but I sure do love the longer style videos, perfect for relaxing in the morning and watching some work get done.
Thanks Matt for getting that roller back up and hopefully running in short order. It’s so helpful when you take particular care in explaining your mistakes and how you learned from them, I’m sure there’s a lot of folks watching like me that truly enjoy your adventures working with these wonderful machines, please keep up what your doing. Best Mike from Arizona
I myself am retired now, so I can watch you work all day, and I do! I love the way you make do with what you have, and you adapt and overcome obstacles in creative ways which is very entertaining even if sometimes you overlook a part here and there and have to do it over. A lot of folks would edit out their mistakes, but you point them out which is very honest and very refreshing. Keep 'em coming, I hope to have another 20 or 30 years left to watch your videos.
What you were calling a taper lock is a tapered shaft adapter sleeve. taper locks/ QD (quick disconnect) bushings have 3 holes to draw a gear or pulley onto a shaft. adapter sleeves pull the taper into the bearing, QD bushings have a keyway between it and the shaft so you can lock a set screw on the shaft and pull the gear or pulley onto the taper lock.
I'm sure it's nothing to you guys, but I was mighty impressed with the shaft and lathe welding bit. Great job Matt.
Agreed, would love to see more shots of work done on Matt's machine tools!
Thank you Matt, I cannot do much any more due to a stroke. I totally enjoy every video you have done. In the past I researched it watched online video and jumped in and did it. Overall I saved money, lost time, but learned a bunch and had lots of fun. Your attitude is perfect, thanks for letting us come along. Looking forward to the shop! Good luck, Joe
Sorry for your stroke. Went down When I was about 42 and now 62 in October. Never give up sir. Always ways to give back in your community whether it is Reaching out to people encouraging them or staying active in church. Everyone has something they can keep doing. God bless
Matt you really are amazing. I suspect very few people would have taken that job on but nothing seems to deter you. I admire your determination.
Hard to believe you’re taking on these jobs solo and then filming and spending hours editing yourself. Appreciate the channel and watching your hard work & ingenuity.
Howdyyawl from the land down under. For a one man band you do a fantastic job. Not many would tackle the jobs you do. [ aplause]. You might want to invest in a couple pairs of overalls.😊
No applause... just throw $MONEY$.
it always amazes me to watch you do all this work alone when so many people cant even change a light bulb by themselves!
great work Matt! 👌
great video as always!
I was a roller operator when I did asphalt work about 12 years ago. My dad was a machinst & past way when I was 7. Always was interested how machine equipment works. I love to see the old equipment being repaired. Great job on the roller repair.
Videos are well done. Content is great. Matt's ability to resurrect most anything is fun to watch.
Nice work getting all that figured out and fixed up.
20-30 minute videos are just fine by me. They're easier for me to sit down and watch, plus we'd probably hear from you a bit more often which is a plus in my book!
I've seen worse worn shafts. I didn't think the lath would turn slow enough.Good call.Everyone's from time to time missed a part somewhere inside the assembly and had to go back to make it right. I miss working.
I am amazed at all the work you get accomplished working by yourself! There were only about a hundred places in this where you'd think, "the helper would hold/do this/that...." except there is no helper. I have a similar process as I work alone mostly, yours is refined. Thanks for all your effort bringing this to us!
I have always considered myself a decent FIELD mech. Watching you just like others I am able to increase my knowledge of tips tricks and what not to do.. OUTSTANDING job ..
I know it’s rough making the long videos like you do, I just wanna say, it’s one of my favorite things about you and your channel👍 I like watching your whole process. Thanks for the good entertainment as always👌
Yes! And I watch it at normal speed - some other vids need to be played at 1.25 or 1.5 to make it interesting
Can't wait to see this compactor back smashing dirt again. Looking forward to seeing it back rolling again
I don't do this kind of work anymore but when I did and had really greasy clothes I was given a tip by an oil field worker to put a can of coke in the washer before you start it up. Worked great.
Well done Matt. I was thinking: How on earth is he going to get this heavy shaft back into that roller? But you always come up with ideas involving excavators, skid steers and other machinery.
BTW: I believe, that one ball thing is not a bearing at all. It is was generates the vibration. By rotating the heavy ball around in that race, the roller will start to vibrate. I hope you assembled both sides pointing into the same direction. Keep on that good work.
I have noticed that you read ALL of the comments! Kudos to you for the time and effort that you put into all your videos.
Sometimes I hesitate to comment because I know he reads all of these and I don't want to slow him down ;> Replying to people's comments goes a long, long way in my book.
@@evanscreekbrahman7511 Comments actually helps a channel too , the interactions help with the youtube algorithm.
@@richardthomas1743 Though TH-cam might have changed that and if they did it sucks.
Thanks for the video Matt.
Sometimes these projects just seems to be an up hill battle.
Good luck with the rest of this rebuild and with the workshop.
We all can't wait till you can get started on the autocar and other projects out of the elements.
Good job welding & machining....so operator, mechanic, welder, machinist, engineer, gambler, jack of all trades. Love it, Attitude & comments. Its HOT 97 or so in Alabama today, Watchin' you work today!
Got to love when you forget something after you put it together and have to take it apart again to put that peice back on we all do it though Matt 40:50 @Diesel Creek
That thing will be worth it to repair. At the company i work for we have a tow behind roller too. Im not sure if its the same size or a few sizes bigger but, it compacts freaking much. On one construction site where we were preparing a site for two gas drillings we had both our tow behind and Dynapac CS252 (about 19t or 42000 bananas) and the tow behind compacted at least as good as the normal roller
Most enjoyable! Love the way you have a sensible but low key clever way of solving the problem! Look forward to seeing you completing the restoration!! Thanks!
Enjoy your videos Matt. They're vary informative. Impressive machinist work!
I mean who else is going to tear apart that old viberater when there is way better out there????Matt.....I totally respect what you do!!!I love it and I am the same!!!and there is plenty out there like us in fact 635 thousand others.,..;.Matt you Rock!!
I think we've all been there, Matt, to have something 90% of the way back together and then the next part picked up is something that goes deep within the bowels of what is being assembled! Fully understand the need to curse like a stevedore with a stubbed toe while taking off everything that has to come back out to put the part in!
Thanks for all the work you put into these videos Matt. I know how much work it is in post to turn all that raw footage into a video.
Maybe cut them into 30 minute episodes and let one out a week. Looking forward to seeing this beast get busy pounding the dirt for you new shop. 🙂
When you showed and started welding on that shaft it reminded me of my dad. He was a welder for GE on the Iron Range. Except he welded massive crushers that had a 3 ft diameter. Great place to work in the winter as it was really warm in the building. Summer wasn't that much fun though.
I knew what you were going to do to the shaft, they have spray welding now to fix those kind of shafts on a bigger scale awesome job Matt common sense Genius always wins in the end love your work ethics are top dog your clothes paid the price of success Rock on brother.
I have welded for close to thirty years or more it is a tricky business to contend with at best not easy at all to do it right or to hold up esp with hydraulics are meta forces love your channel
Matt, you have that attitude that will enable you to defeat any brick walls that get in your way!
When there's a will there is a way! Love this channel for all the great content, ingenious tips, and tricks you share thank you 👍👍
Damn man that things a pain in the arse...pretty impressive job on that shaft rebuild!
Simply amazing Matt! I felt that this would be a unit that may not be put back together. Your skills show on every video and cannot wait to see you get back on the Auto Truck. By the way your rebuild on Christien rocked keep up the amazing work.
I'm totally impressed!
I'd like to hear more about your machine shop experience! Nice job on building up that shaft!
I have a hobby machine shop.
I was happy when I was able to change my bike spark plugs this morning without lifting the front of the gas tank, but yea, you got me way beat - as usual. Bravo!
That’s awesome. So many times I wish people would repair stuff like that. Very awesome to see it done.
Well, Matt. You have given a new meaning to the phrase "turn and burn" with that lathe/welder trick!
Sure enjoy watching you tear apart and rebuild. Good job Matt 👍👍
Brilliant video, Matt, thank you for sharing.
I love the ingenious solutions that you come up with to make these old things work !
I enjoy the down to earth and humbleness of these vids.
Real life stuff.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that buttons everything up only to find that washer/spacer/seal hiding in plain sight….dang-it! Thanks for the time and effort it takes to make your videos “we” do appreciate it.
I really enjoy seeing you tackle these projects, and your closing outtros showing us what might be coming up is fun to look forward to. Best wishes on the