It's amazing. At least half of these comments are people telling him how he should have done something. I don't see any of those commenters putting up videos to show their great work.🤔
I see very few comments telling him how he should have done something. Of those that are telling him something, almost all are about the lazer. A machine that he himself said he doesn't know much about and is using for his first project.
Not only do you show how your Machine Shop Equipment works and repair things but it's also a history class as well when you tell us about the History of that equipment and old things you repair!!!
I have great respect for your work, which you do solo, and I admire your ingenuity 👍👍👍. I know well what it means to work in a solo workshop, because I also work like that - but with wood, a bit easier, but at 68 I sometimes bang my head against the wall.😉
Keith, I much prefer a triangular Babbitt scraper to the spoon type. The spoon types always seem to bounce along the top of the babbitt rather than smoothing it, especially on large bearings.
It is hard to imagine what kind of a "bump" that old mill received to break both main bearing caps. That must have been a near catastrophe. Great project, Keith. Thanks for sharing the rebuild with us. Watching you cut gaskets out for a 19th-century machine on a 21st-century machine was a hoot.
Hey Keith, some lessons learned from doing a lot of laser cutting, it's like any cnc sheet cutter (plasma, torch...), it's best to cut "inside out" in this example put the circles on a different layer in lightburn (select the circles and click the layer colour at the bottom) and move that layer to the top in the layer window on the right. if you cut outside in, the parts can shift and the holes will end up in the wrong spot. Doesn't always happen and sometimes it doesn't matter, but sometimes does.
You really surprised me Keith! When you got a drill out and "free-handed" drilling the set-screw hole... that's not the "that's within a couple thou" thing I expected (lol). I figured you were going to trot-out one of those fancy electro-magnetic base drills and laser-align it or something. But knowing when to use "Kentucky Windage" is why you're a master!
Keith - I thought I saw that the oil holes on the top bearing caps were threaded. If so, my bet is they used an eye bolt threaded into the hole as an attachment point for lifting and setting the top cap in place. Also, great lifting practice by yourself. You never got any part of your body under the load. After seeing a brand new 300-ton rated Kevlar strap snap on the first lift of a 150-ton turbine rotor, I never get near the drop point of a lift.
Very impressive Keith. Really getting a perspective on how massive this project is with the assembly process. Nice job on the babbitt pour. Everything is lining up perfectly. Thanks for sharing the process. Have a good week.👍🇺🇸👍
If this retired machinist thing doesn’t work out, I think the longshoreman have a position waiting for you. That’s some serious heavy metal; well done.
How so? Can we see imperfections? Yes. Can we see knowledge and ability? Most definitely. Because I am learning horizontal milling especially, I learn a lot from this man.
Time-wise, the laser cutter can run circles around hand cutting, once the CAD is done. You can whip off another sheet of those shims faster than you can install the first set. Very useful for production runs. And the up-front time for the CAD will decrease significantly with practice.
Laser is a great tool for this application. One thing you might want to do is to cut out the circles, any internal cutouts, first before the outer. This will ensure that everything stays aligned during all the operations. You should be able to input the order of cut into the lasers control. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic video!!! Most impressive machine shop action I’ve seen in a long time. Your mastery of this craft shows, making a seemingly impossible job for one man look easy. This isn’t just physics and mechanics, it’s art. My hat’s off to you sir.🫡
Reminds me of my grandma’s old clothes mangle. I enjoyed turning the handle for her many moons ago. Very impressed with your skills thank you for sharing. Steve UK.
Keith, I always enjoy watching your videos. This project is a very interesting because it's so big and heavy duty. Can't wait to see in running. Keep up the great work and videos. Boe
Love to learn from your channel. Those tie wraps will cut you to pieces.. got to cut them clean to the lock or not at all. Your former company is also our friend's former job in Raleigh Durham. In '95 we met a Dr. Rees in Pensacola. Not sure how close his contact would have been with yours with Bayer. Found the channel watching Tally Ho, Sampson Boat Co., and glad to see and learn. I'm in Lee county AL.
With all the precision measurements that you do every video, and how many measurement tools you have, I was surprised that the gap for the bearing was too small. Murphy gave you a visit. There's just too many things to think about when making a video and safely putting big heavy machinery together on a tight schedule. Thank you for taking the time to show us what you do.
On lightburn, change the color of the lines and use that to define the cut order by rearranging the colors in the cut stack. Cut interior features before exterior.
Gotta admit it, Keith, the cane mills aren't my favorite, but a BIG cane mill, that's another story. Glad you've got good material handling equipment! Nice demonstration of how that big gear moves that monster of a roller with so much less effort than when you used your pry bar.
I would have thought that large gear was cast iron. I've often wondered if a lubricant would be beneficial for tapping, but everyone (typically) says cast iron needs no lube for tapping since it has graphite. You used anchor lube on it- was there a reason why? EDIT- I just had to edit to add: my god... that was an exceptional fit on those babbit bearings! This series has been fun to watch if anything- just due to the size of the parts. But really this has been a master class on getting it done. Through fighting rusty frozen parts, to moving huge chunks of metal, to turning big drums... Well done, Keith! This is phenomenal!
In Lightburn, you can change the color of all the circles then give them the same settings or custom settings, then drag that operation/color to the top. Then they will cut the circles first then the outside last.
This mill resembles a Golden New model #54 or #63 . The # 54 rated for 400-550 gallons of juice per hour # 63 was rated for 550-650 gallon of juice per hour. Ratio on #54 19/1 and #63 20/1. I have all a catalog from Golden 1918 series that was shared digital form and I’d be glad to share it with you if 0:04 interested. I have just reworked a Golden New Model 27 and plan on putting it in service next season
I see an opportunity to power your gantry crane's trolley's horizontal movement to add in positioning heavy stuff like that. I give you tons of credit for working on heavy stuff like this mill, by the way.
Wow, you’re sure getting into bigger and bigger jobs. Can’t help thinking that power on the chain falls would save you a lot of arm work, but it does beat hitting the gym. I don’t know if they make it, but a strong magnet would help with handling those heavy bearing caps, allowing you to pick up awkward shaped heavy pieces. In any case, it’s great to watch you (as we used to say) ‘suss’ out how you’re going to do things. Thank you.
Putting a motor on the chain fall hoist would defeat the purpose of the small adjustments that you can make. Electric hoists tend to move in larger increments and that fine tuning would be lost.
I built a lot of patterns for the suger mills in Hawaii years ago. Mostly bartow, scraper and pinion gears. Not sure how big those mills were, but this would be a small one. The pinion gears were all as cast teeth about 18" on the face and about 3' on the diameter. Castings were made at western steel in Seattle. 1970's era.
Just curious about why you haven't purchased an electric chain hoist? Seems to me it would make things a little easier. In any event I truly enjoy watching you work. Thanks for all you do.
In the step where you were using the large nippers to cut off the overfill, it occurred to me that an oscillating multi tool (aka "buzz saw") with a flat metal cutting blade might be used. I believe it would make quick and accurate work of the task. Just making a comment for the Al Gore rhythm.
Is sugar cane still grown anywhere in Georgia? Anything left of the molasses industry? I was fascinated by the history of the turpentine history of Georgia after I reviewed it after one of your projects. Love to see that mill crunching some cane.
Very impressive solo wrangling those massive pieces of iron. Bearings are beautiful.
It's amazing. At least half of these comments are people telling him how he should have done something. I don't see any of those commenters putting up videos to show their great work.🤔
I see very few comments telling him how he should have done something. Of those that are telling him something, almost all are about the lazer. A machine that he himself said he doesn't know much about and is using for his first project.
YEP I AGREE
Not only do you show how your Machine Shop Equipment works and repair things but it's also a history class as well when you tell us about the History of that equipment and old things you repair!!!
Rucker is a throwback to maker knowledge for the generations- FIRST!
That's a lot of work for just one man!
I'm amazed at how much work and progress one man can accomplish. Thank you Keith ,you the MAN!!😊
It's always amazing what you do with large pieces on your own.
I have great respect for your work, which you do solo, and I admire your ingenuity 👍👍👍. I know well what it means to work in a solo workshop, because I also work like that - but with wood, a bit easier, but at 68 I sometimes bang my head against the wall.😉
Hey Keith, thanks for another great installment on the monster can mill restoration. Cheers!
I’m truly amazed at the vast skill sets Keith continues to display. He moves from one to another with such ease that is breathtaking.
laser is not cheating. it is making life better and consistent. but know how to do by hand is a good skill to have.
Two men and a mule would have done that assembly in the past. Well done Keith!
Hi Kieth "we Aussie" whom play the DRINKING GAME really need for you to say "oil" at least once every 15 mins.
Thanks
Love your shows 👍
I had no idea these ever got this BIG!
Keith bringing out the farrier tools and big wrenches makes me feel inadequate!
What a very impressive project and for a one man shop. 👍👍👍
Keith, I much prefer a triangular Babbitt scraper to the spoon type. The spoon types always seem to bounce along the top of the babbitt rather than smoothing it, especially on large bearings.
It is hard to imagine what kind of a "bump" that old mill received to break both main bearing caps. That must have been a near catastrophe. Great project, Keith. Thanks for sharing the rebuild with us. Watching you cut gaskets out for a 19th-century machine on a 21st-century machine was a hoot.
I can imagine somebody tipping the cane mill over on one side.
Hey Keith, some lessons learned from doing a lot of laser cutting, it's like any cnc sheet cutter (plasma, torch...), it's best to cut "inside out" in this example put the circles on a different layer in lightburn (select the circles and click the layer colour at the bottom) and move that layer to the top in the layer window on the right. if you cut outside in, the parts can shift and the holes will end up in the wrong spot. Doesn't always happen and sometimes it doesn't matter, but sometimes does.
Keith just thanks for the time you take to give us all the “Vintage machine” and hands on work you share with us !
You really surprised me Keith! When you got a drill out and "free-handed" drilling the set-screw hole... that's not the "that's within a couple thou" thing I expected (lol). I figured you were going to trot-out one of those fancy electro-magnetic base drills and laser-align it or something. But knowing when to use "Kentucky Windage" is why you're a master!
Keith - I thought I saw that the oil holes on the top bearing caps were threaded. If so, my bet is they used an eye bolt threaded into the hole as an attachment point for lifting and setting the top cap in place. Also, great lifting practice by yourself. You never got any part of your body under the load. After seeing a brand new 300-ton rated Kevlar strap snap on the first lift of a 150-ton turbine rotor, I never get near the drop point of a lift.
I enjoy your work with old machinery and most of all babbit bearings In my work i have tested scraping babbit for millrollers
I can't get enough of your cane mill videos, Keith. I'm addicted!
Very impressive Keith.
Really getting a perspective on how massive this project is with the assembly process.
Nice job on the babbitt pour.
Everything is lining up perfectly.
Thanks for sharing the process.
Have a good week.👍🇺🇸👍
If this retired machinist thing doesn’t work out, I think the longshoreman have a position waiting for you. That’s some serious heavy metal; well done.
This guy is NOT a Machinist!
Machinery owner, yes, Machinist, no!
How so? Can we see imperfections? Yes. Can we see knowledge and ability? Most definitely. Because I am learning horizontal milling especially, I learn a lot from this man.
@@cameronlilly4814 Pay him no attention. He seems to like hanging out on this channel and bashing Keith. Some people badly need a hobby.
I have so much fun watching what you do. Thanks for sharing.
Love watching you work on historic items, Keith. That's gotta be the biggest mill I've ever seen.
I'm realy excited to see the rest of the build. I hope you can show a demonstration of the mill in use after it is rebuilt.
You’re a hero with that anti seize
What a work out.who needs a gym when you have such huge jobs.Amazing how much Keith can do by himself.Great job!
I cannot imagine how much cane that thing could crush per day in a production set up.
Time-wise, the laser cutter can run circles around hand cutting, once the CAD is done. You can whip off another sheet of those shims faster than you can install the first set. Very useful for production runs. And the up-front time for the CAD will decrease significantly with practice.
The fact that you didn't film at least as much as you did film, shows what a bear this job was. Nice work.
Thanks for this, Keith. It’s hard to imagine there are still machines like this in use, but you are keeping them in service.
Laser is a great tool for this application. One thing you might want to do is to cut out the circles, any internal cutouts, first before the outer. This will ensure that everything stays aligned during all the operations. You should be able to input the order of cut into the lasers control. Thanks for sharing.
put the circles on another layer then you can change the order of cutting.
Fantastic video!!! Most impressive machine shop action I’ve seen in a long time. Your mastery of this craft shows, making a seemingly impossible job for one man look easy. This isn’t just physics and mechanics, it’s art. My hat’s off to you sir.🫡
Reminds me of my grandma’s old clothes mangle. I enjoyed turning the handle for her many moons ago. Very impressed with your skills thank you for sharing. Steve UK.
Well Kieth, This is just plain great.
Nice work. If you weren't so far away I would love to come and help..
Fun to see that big drum turn so easily.
Looks like it needs another shim or two on final assembly. Seems pretty tight right now.
I think Keith gained his experience from his first job, building the pyramids.
LOL
Great job Keith.
TREMENDOUS! Well worth watching start to finish. You sure tamed that monster Keith !
Can't wait to see the rest of this project.
Keith,
I always enjoy watching your videos. This project is a very interesting because it's so big and heavy duty. Can't wait to see in running. Keep up the great work and videos. Boe
Love to learn from your channel. Those tie wraps will cut you to pieces.. got to cut them clean to the lock or not at all. Your former company is also our friend's former job in Raleigh Durham. In '95 we met a Dr. Rees in Pensacola. Not sure how close his contact would have been with yours with Bayer. Found the channel watching Tally Ho, Sampson Boat Co., and glad to see and learn. I'm in Lee county AL.
With all the precision measurements that you do every video, and how many measurement tools you have, I was surprised that the gap for the bearing was too small. Murphy gave you a visit. There's just too many things to think about when making a video and safely putting big heavy machinery together on a tight schedule. Thank you for taking the time to show us what you do.
On lightburn, change the color of the lines and use that to define the cut order by rearranging the colors in the cut stack. Cut interior features before exterior.
That’s a HUGE mill
Keith, you need to get yourself a multi tool. For small cutting and sanding jobs there is nothing better.
Like I always said you can do anything if you have the right tools
Awesome episode, well done.
Nice to see that even with the modification you used a square head screw. Looked right at home.
Gotta admit it, Keith, the cane mills aren't my favorite, but a BIG cane mill, that's another story. Glad you've got good material handling equipment! Nice demonstration of how that big gear moves that monster of a roller with so much less effort than when you used your pry bar.
Feed the TH-cam algorithm with a comment. Great video. Thank you!
Oscillating saw would be great for rough cutting the babbitt
Henceforth a pouring mandrel shall be known as a Rucker barbell. 😁
Amazing vid, as always.
Whoa ! 30 min 20 secs, that must be SOOO satisfying !
might want to first cut circles then cut out shim. Learned this from C&C equipment metal C-n-C cutting.
It's not a waterjet or metal cutting CNC. It's laser cut so nothing should be moving during the cutting process.
@@deathk26thx for clarification......
What keeps cut pieces from moving, if only slightly?
Hello from Siesta Key Florida
I would have thought that large gear was cast iron. I've often wondered if a lubricant would be beneficial for tapping, but everyone (typically) says cast iron needs no lube for tapping since it has graphite. You used anchor lube on it- was there a reason why?
EDIT- I just had to edit to add: my god... that was an exceptional fit on those babbit bearings! This series has been fun to watch if anything- just due to the size of the parts. But really this has been a master class on getting it done. Through fighting rusty frozen parts, to moving huge chunks of metal, to turning big drums... Well done, Keith! This is phenomenal!
Nice work sir. Keep it up. It’s special to save old equipment. Thanks
In Lightburn, you can change the color of all the circles then give them the same settings or custom settings, then drag that operation/color to the top. Then they will cut the circles first then the outside last.
You have had a good workout today! Thanks.
Your vision and your amazing work are an absolute joy to watch! Best wishes.
Love that smooth editing transition you made when lifting up both sides of the gear!
You need a bridge crane. Nice job Keith.
Vintage Machinery Gym. Build those muscles by lifting HEAVY stuff!.
This mill resembles a Golden New model #54 or #63 . The # 54 rated for 400-550 gallons of juice per hour # 63 was rated for 550-650 gallon of juice per hour. Ratio on #54 19/1 and #63 20/1. I have all a catalog from Golden 1918 series that was shared digital form and I’d be glad to share it with you if 0:04 interested. I have just reworked a Golden New Model 27 and plan on putting it in service next season
Thanks Keith. The laser cutting was interesting.
Nice work 👍
I see an opportunity to power your gantry crane's trolley's horizontal movement to add in positioning heavy stuff like that.
I give you tons of credit for working on heavy stuff like this mill, by the way.
That home made "flap disc" worked better than I thought it would! I would've bought some $25 bit but your way was probably better.
What a work-out, barely a one man job. I hope they realize the effort involved in this major challenge.
Wow, you’re sure getting into bigger and bigger jobs. Can’t help thinking that power on the chain falls would save you a lot of arm work, but it does beat hitting the gym. I don’t know if they make it, but a strong magnet would help with handling those heavy bearing caps, allowing you to pick up awkward shaped heavy pieces. In any case, it’s great to watch you (as we used to say) ‘suss’ out how you’re going to do things. Thank you.
Putting a motor on the chain fall hoist would defeat the purpose of the small adjustments that you can make. Electric hoists tend to move in larger increments and that fine tuning would be lost.
The savior of cane mills
Keith, this has been a great series, Thanks.
You have the right tools! There is no assembling thoso parts without that gantry crane.
I built a lot of patterns for the suger mills in Hawaii years ago. Mostly bartow, scraper and pinion gears. Not sure how big those mills were, but this would be a small one. The pinion gears were all as cast teeth about 18" on the face and about 3' on the diameter. Castings were made at western steel in Seattle. 1970's era.
Outstanding!
looking forward to when you finish the Cane Mill Restoration.
I can’t believe you move all that heavy equipment around by yourself.
Way to go, Professor. That was awesomeness extreme fun!
Neet an electric winch on that job. Awesome stuff. Looking forward to more.
Good job well done !
Nothing like a Rucker Rodeo in your shop
Sheesh that thing is a monster. Amazing work as always.
I really appreciate your skills, your videos!
I guess both gear stages together will be around 1:22 (just eyeballing 12:80 and 12:40 teeth)
Thank you for sharing.👍
Great video, Keith
Just curious about why you haven't purchased an electric chain hoist? Seems to me it would make things a little easier. In any event I truly enjoy watching you work. Thanks for all you do.
In the step where you were using the large nippers to cut off the overfill, it occurred to me that an oscillating multi tool (aka "buzz saw") with a flat metal cutting blade might be used. I believe it would make quick and accurate work of the task. Just making a comment for the Al Gore rhythm.
Nice work Keith 👍 millwrights unite
Great work. You need an electric overhead hoist but I bet they cost a fortune
Is sugar cane still grown anywhere in Georgia? Anything left of the molasses industry? I was fascinated by the history of the turpentine history of Georgia after I reviewed it after one of your projects. Love to see that mill crunching some cane.
Thanks Keith
Great job.
Is there a trade school or an engineering university where you might get an apprentice? Some of what you're doing looks tough for 2 men!
Thank you Keith!
Nice job. 😊