This is the Abom I've always loved., a working shop. Although I like seeing machines showcased, the product showroom shop never felt real. More of the home shop please. Love to see that radial arm drill restored too.
I love the new shop stuff too but I miss the home shop sometimes... I hope the shaper comes back into rotation eventually, he's made some very cool stuff with it!
Another job done well to Abom standards. I really enjoy seeing you back in the home shop like old times. I certainly don't begrudge you expanding your business in the new shop with all the neat new machines but as a long time viewer I do miss these home shop episodes. I'm an old- time manual machinist so change is hard for me.
My bearing heater is a 100W light bulb. The globe shape allows only the inner race touch the glass bulb. So far it has worked every time and costs $4.00 Thanks Adam.
Now that is a bright idea! But seriously, I am going to start doing that. Already use bulbs as enclosure heaters, don't know why that never occurred to me for bearings. Thanks!
Abom79 isn't even in the same class as Curtis at CEE. Lightyears beyond Abom79. Constantly creating new tools and techniques. I think he did a single road trip to a tradeshow and his shop wasn't mysteriously filled with new equipment when he returned home.
Great to see you back in the home shop. Watching you operate in your sweet spot is a great deal more entertaining than the videos of those computer program machines. You are a master machinist, not a computer programmer.
I also really miss the content from the “ old” shop. Just doesn’t seem to be much machining on this channel anymore. Bummer because the Abom79 channel was my favorite.
This is the way life used to be regarding mechanical devices. Repair item if strength and usefulness could be maintained, and only repair or replace what is worn or damaged. Truly environmentally friendly and created jobs. Great work!
The old school videos are great and i get the new shop as well. We will continue to see these types of videos from Adam even in the new shop. The new machines, a lot of you don't seem to be a fan of, give him the opportunity to not only do one off jobs and repairs but also a chance to start a production environment where he can create new parts, maybe even an Abom79 product line in the future. Like it or not, it's the start of something bigger than many of you realize and I'm here to watch and learn, old school, new school, or a mix of both. I want to see where this journey leads to and appreciate Adam bringing us along for the ride.
I have been watching adam since about SNS 100 and i did watch from #1 ( big job ). I had a relatively simple job to do today and adam is almost at my shoulder. At one point I actually half expected my wife to say that adam and abbey had popped in for tea! And I live in Johannesburg! Something special about having such a mentor. Cant wait to find a task needing a spray repair so I can go out and find the gun and other stuff. Unlikely to happen since my workshop is a hobby and not a job shop. Getting into CNC at present. Tony
I first saw this sort of spray buildup repair in the late 1970s in the Aussie army when the welders started using it to repair worn drive sprockets on the M113 APCs I never ound out why they started doing that but the results were the repaired sprockets were lasting 3 times longer than the new ones due to the spray material being more resistant to thr wear of the tracks rubbing between the teeth o the sprockets. I beleive while this repair rather than replace stayed in place it saved the army in the region of a few million dollars on one part which required 4 of them on each APC. ever since then when someone rercommended to me that some worn part i had on a vehicle or equipment on a farm etc or even my car be repaired in this way i would go for it and enjoy saving the money for a new part as well as knowing in most cases the repaired part would outlast a new part anyway.
Nice repair! Cool to see the sign, my Dad retired from Adams in 1993 after 47 years of working there. The sign most likely came from a special machine they built.
I grew up in Lansing! I _know_ where Adam's was. Oh my, oh my. Wow, that brings back old memories. Lansing is the capitol of the State of Michigan, and the home of Oldsmobile. That factory now makes Cadillac SUVs.
Master machinist! Personally I have no trouble with the cnc stuff or even the product placement (within reason and following youtubes rules) but it is nice to see you tackle near impossible seeming tasks like this old school and just show off all your years of expertise
Like to see how it's done in other countries. We used it on large industrial shafts and we call it metal flame spray or in short metal spray in South Africa where I worked. Keep up the good work.
This type of content is so soothing and relaxing to me. I’m not a regular viewer, but I’ve been coming here on occasion over the last 5 years or so. Keep up the good work Adam. Thank you for still sticking to your roots 👍
PLEASE READ Adam, I posted this on an old flame spray video, but you may not have read it. I work in thermal spray R&D, and I'm a bit concerned at the lack of safety precautions when spraying. If you're not careful you'll wreck your lungs. Metal powders are no joke, just look up the SDS for whatever alloy you're spraying and it will give you all the health risks. This process generates a lot of dust, and if you are spraying any alloys containing chromium then you also have hexavalent chromium to worry about. You need some sort of spray hood that extracts the air, or at the very least a fit tested P3/N95 respirator or positive pressure air fed respirator. PPE is a last line of defence though, engineering controls are always preferable.
@@swedishpsychopath8795 I do this for a living, so this is my trade as well. I can't in good conscience let someone work in an unsafe manner without at least warning them.
@@Spurioushamster I totally understand AND agree with you and I know this is dangerous AF. Just like many hobbyist welders that welds galvanized stuff and metal mixturres they don't know what metals are inside of. Some have no problem grinding tungsten rods and breathing the dust either. Normally, however, you see a lot of hobbyist (and workshop) welders that don't protect their skin on hands, arms, neck, etc, since they are just doing a "quick" weld. BUT they DO wear goggles since they think it is all about protecting their eyes.
You’re making a great point, however Adam is a know it all type of person so he will just keep doing what’s he doing and not take your suggestion to heart.
Another option for getting the bearing on (since the part is small) is cooling the pully. Freezer or CO2 extinguisher or keyboard duster (can upside down as you spray) sometimes gives you enough shrink...especially combined with putting the bearing in the oven @ ~200F. Limits the chances of overheating the bearing if you are concerned with going too far with the torch.
I like it how you do your jobs: with a high amount of knowledge and a lot of experience. And besides that I like that you show your dad and your grandpa at the end of each video. We have all our roots and we shouldn't forget how much the most of us owe their parents and grandparents.
Another thought is putting the part in a freezer to shrink the diameter of part. When I worked at Waner &Swasey on rebuild turret lathes bearing races we put them in a freezer for a while . If you got them started straight the race would drop to the back of the bore. With the warmth of the casting it would lock in the bore instantly. Very nice repair.
For many years I knew of Micro 100 in Meridian, Idaho. I was back in the area for Christmas and was surprised (and a little bummed) to see a new sign on the building. But it turns out that its just a new owner and they are keeping the Micro 100 brand name.
Love watching the old school machining content Adam! Was looking at 10:00 on the video. About time to show us how to machine a new bolt for the quick change tool post? Just poking at you brother! Great jobs as always!
Great work, I can see that your fixtures would also make a better mass heat sink and even out the heating of the part. Turning the fixture right before in the same lathe doing the work is a plus. Thanks for sharing.
We had at least 15 of these pig Reeves adjustable drives back in the 1980's. Was told that if you did not adjust the speed to maximum & minimum speeds several times a month they would freeze on shaft. Every time one went bad we would replace it with s C face motor bolted onto a gearbox and install a VFD to control speed. Most of them were buried deep inside a machine that might take 3 guys an entire shift to replace. They attempted to use some kind of high tech plastic key & neverseeze to help pulley from seezing up on shaft but maybe due to damp area due to nightly wash down they seemed to never last more then a year.Nice vid.Worked 50 years in large maintenance shops and was always amazed how many modified lathe tools the old timers collected over the years.
Great Repair Video Adam. I love watching the Eutectic spray weld repairs. Its a procedure that I have always been interested in but not much exposure to it. Thanks for sharing.
How cool to be able to see someone recording videos of the profession, this serves as an incentive and learning, thank you very much and we are here in Brazil watching your work, unfortunately I don't have machines to record I also think it's very cool to share with friends from work around the world
I hadn’t watched your channel in years but came back for this. I love your process videos. Came here at the recommendation of Ave years ago and the algorithm has sort of blocked you out of my feed.
Well, you may be an aspiring student of the digital approach, but you are also clearly a seasoned master of the old ways, too. That was really fun to watch.
As usual love watching your entire video, I learn something new on each one …… I still like your home shop videos as they have a special feeling compared to your new shop. 🙂
Adam, I've been collecting signs similar to this for several years now. I plan to hang them in my shop when I get that far. I've got a sign from a bank for not roller blading, a cattle crossing sign, a sign for coin usage for a car wash, and some equipment and a few old business signs that the company is now gone out of business. All told I've got about 30 of them.
People were being truthful about the hatred of the 'showroom' work shop, more unboxing of new machines, instead of actual machining, I don't think he liked that people were being honest, so comments got turned off 🙄
Its like watching a talented craftsman work. The CNC stuff req's a different type of skill, sure, but its just not the same. This type of machine work is from a time when men were men.
Wonderful video, and great save for the JET mill. Thank you for sharing your experience and talent, I for one, really appreciate you taking the time to make these videos. Likewise, thank you for taking your time to fix the Reeves variable-speed pulley. It is similar to the Clausing variable speed drive lathe pulley, this is significantly more effective than the replacement pulley I fabricated!🙃
This is the Abom I've always loved., a working shop. Although I like seeing machines showcased, the product showroom shop never felt real. More of the home shop please. Love to see that radial arm drill restored too.
Thank you Adam, this is exactly why I subscribe from the beginning real machinery videos
Nice two flame jobs in two days! CEE & Abom79 Priceless!😉🤔🤯🤓😁
Finally, some machining and actual work! Thanks for bringing these back, Adam. It’s greatly appreciated.
Finally some machining. I love it😀
Love the content you make in your ‘old shop’ Adam. It has more history, blood, sweat and tears ☺️
Ye[, this is what it's all about.
I love the new shop stuff too but I miss the home shop sometimes...
I hope the shaper comes back into rotation eventually, he's made some very cool stuff with it!
Another job done well to Abom standards. I really enjoy seeing you back in the home shop like old times. I certainly don't begrudge you expanding your business in the new shop with all the neat new machines but as a long time viewer I do miss these home shop episodes. I'm an old- time manual machinist so change is hard for me.
My bearing heater is a 100W light bulb. The globe shape allows only the inner race touch the glass bulb. So far it has worked every time and costs $4.00 Thanks Adam.
Now that is a bright idea! But seriously, I am going to start doing that. Already use bulbs as enclosure heaters, don't know why that never occurred to me for bearings. Thanks!
Mine was an electric frying pan. Worked great even on 100mm ID bearings.
Again that Abom perfection! The old shop just feels like home.
Machining content! Thank you!
Old shop and flame spray never gets old
Miss the old shop
Two of my fav machinists, two vids apart, doing spray metal to cast iron...Abom and CEE
Abom79 isn't even in the same class as Curtis at CEE. Lightyears beyond Abom79. Constantly creating new tools and techniques. I think he did a single road trip to a tradeshow and his shop wasn't mysteriously filled with new equipment when he returned home.
I learned something new! I didn't know you needed to thread that area to flame spray weld it. This job turned out perfectly!
So happy to see some machining again. Fantastic, thanks .
Great to see you back in the home shop. Watching you operate in your sweet spot is a great deal more entertaining than the videos of those computer program machines. You are a master machinist, not a computer programmer.
FINALLY!! A real Abom video from Adam. Thank you. Please more of this! You are at your best, doing what you know and what we love. 😍
We love the machining video Adam, thank you!
Nice to see you back to what you do best, and what piked my interest in your channel
*piqued
It must be a relief doing something you're already good at.
I also really miss the content from the “ old” shop. Just doesn’t seem to be much machining on this channel anymore. Bummer because the Abom79 channel was my favorite.
hello Adam I prefer the home workshop it is more user-friendly it reminds me of your debut on TH-cam
Couldn't agree more. This is what people subscribed for.
This is the way life used to be regarding mechanical devices. Repair item if strength and usefulness could be maintained, and only repair or replace what is worn or damaged. Truly environmentally friendly and created jobs. Great work!
Good old incandescent light bulb is great for heating bearings. Just set it on for a bit, heats the inner race most.
Great tip, in the memory bank for next time. Thanks
The old school videos are great and i get the new shop as well. We will continue to see these types of videos from Adam even in the new shop. The new machines, a lot of you don't seem to be a fan of, give him the opportunity to not only do one off jobs and repairs but also a chance to start a production environment where he can create new parts, maybe even an Abom79 product line in the future. Like it or not, it's the start of something bigger than many of you realize and I'm here to watch and learn, old school, new school, or a mix of both. I want to see where this journey leads to and appreciate Adam bringing us along for the ride.
There's no place like home, shop. All the history is here. The reason I subscribed years ago is here.
Nice to see the Old shop again.
Nostalgic.
Awesome seeing a video in your old shop
I have been watching adam since about SNS 100 and i did watch from #1 ( big job ). I had a relatively simple job to do today and adam is almost at my shoulder. At one point I actually half expected my wife to say that adam and abbey had popped in for tea! And I live in Johannesburg! Something special about having such a mentor. Cant wait to find a task needing a spray repair so I can go out and find the gun and other stuff. Unlikely to happen since my workshop is a hobby and not a job shop. Getting into CNC at present. Tony
These are the videos I'm here for! Keep this sort of content top priority!
I first saw this sort of spray buildup repair in the late 1970s in the Aussie army when the welders started using it to repair worn drive sprockets on the M113 APCs I never ound out why they started doing that but the results were the repaired sprockets were lasting 3 times longer than the new ones due to the spray material being more resistant to thr wear of the tracks rubbing between the teeth o the sprockets. I beleive while this repair rather than replace stayed in place it saved the army in the region of a few million dollars on one part which required 4 of them on each APC. ever since then when someone rercommended to me that some worn part i had on a vehicle or equipment on a farm etc or even my car be repaired in this way i would go for it and enjoy saving the money for a new part as well as knowing in most cases the repaired part would outlast a new part anyway.
Nice repair! Cool to see the sign, my Dad retired from Adams in 1993 after 47 years of working there. The sign most likely came from a special machine they built.
I grew up in Lansing! I _know_ where Adam's was. Oh my, oh my. Wow, that brings back old memories. Lansing is the capitol of the State of Michigan, and the home of Oldsmobile. That factory now makes Cadillac SUVs.
This job showed me why you love it so much - what a beautiful result! Very satisfying.
Out standing work Adam. Have not seen Miss Abby lately she must be very busy
Additive manufacturing Abom style! Always love these flame spray videos. So cool.
Your customers must be very happy to have you offering this service
Sure is better than watching some of those sheet metal made cnc things. Thanks for your time. Pete in South Carolina
Adam, you make this look easy!! Always a pleasure to watch.
That turned out absolutely perfect.....its amazing what you can do with the correct equipment and the talent to go along with it.
Double flame spray episode this week- one from Adam 🇺🇸, one from Kurtis at CEE 🇦🇺
I was about to say the same
*Kurtis
@@tutekohe1361 edited
Master machinist! Personally I have no trouble with the cnc stuff or even the product placement (within reason and following youtubes rules) but it is nice to see you tackle near impossible seeming tasks like this old school and just show off all your years of expertise
Adam you do the best videos out there, really informative on just the fine details of spray welding!
Awesome sign!! My grandfather and his brothers started Adams Tool & Engineering back in the 1950s. Small world!
Great to see you doing such good work again
I'm happy to be back at the old shop.
Like to see how it's done in other countries. We used it on large industrial shafts and we call it metal flame spray or in short metal spray in South Africa where I worked. Keep up the good work.
First class repair job and saves the part instead of replacing, nice to be in the old shop for a bit
This type of content is so soothing and relaxing to me. I’m not a regular viewer, but I’ve been coming here on occasion over the last 5 years or so. Keep up the good work Adam. Thank you for still sticking to your roots 👍
Gooood afternoon from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great day! Great to see you doing shop work!
PLEASE READ
Adam, I posted this on an old flame spray video, but you may not have read it.
I work in thermal spray R&D, and I'm a bit concerned at the lack of safety precautions when spraying. If you're not careful you'll wreck your lungs. Metal powders are no joke, just look up the SDS for whatever alloy you're spraying and it will give you all the health risks.
This process generates a lot of dust, and if you are spraying any alloys containing chromium then you also have hexavalent chromium to worry about. You need some sort of spray hood that extracts the air, or at the very least a fit tested P3/N95 respirator or positive pressure air fed respirator. PPE is a last line of defence though, engineering controls are always preferable.
In Sweden you are not allowed to scare youtubers with comments like yours. You are supposed to trust the youtuber knows his trade.
@@swedishpsychopath8795 I do this for a living, so this is my trade as well.
I can't in good conscience let someone work in an unsafe manner without at least warning them.
@@Spurioushamster I totally understand AND agree with you and I know this is dangerous AF. Just like many hobbyist welders that welds galvanized stuff and metal mixturres they don't know what metals are inside of. Some have no problem grinding tungsten rods and breathing the dust either. Normally, however, you see a lot of hobbyist (and workshop) welders that don't protect their skin on hands, arms, neck, etc, since they are just doing a "quick" weld. BUT they DO wear goggles since they think it is all about protecting their eyes.
You’re making a great point, however Adam is a know it all type of person so he will just keep doing what’s he doing and not take your suggestion to heart.
In the old shop, just like the old days.
Another option for getting the bearing on (since the part is small) is cooling the pully. Freezer or CO2 extinguisher or keyboard duster (can upside down as you spray) sometimes gives you enough shrink...especially combined with putting the bearing in the oven @ ~200F. Limits the chances of overheating the bearing if you are concerned with going too far with the torch.
I like it how you do your jobs: with a high amount of knowledge and a lot of experience. And besides that I like that you show your dad and your grandpa at the end of each video. We have all our roots and we shouldn't forget how much the most of us owe their parents and grandparents.
Another thought is putting the part in a freezer to shrink the diameter of part. When I worked at Waner &Swasey on rebuild
turret lathes bearing races we put them in a freezer for a while . If you got them started straight the race would drop to the back of the bore. With the warmth of the casting it would lock in the bore instantly. Very nice repair.
For many years I knew of Micro 100 in Meridian, Idaho. I was back in the area for Christmas and was surprised (and a little bummed) to see a new sign on the building. But it turns out that its just a new owner and they are keeping the Micro 100 brand name.
Good to see the old shop.
Oh ya the Abom of past is back, this is what people subscribed to see!!!!!
He didn't seem that happy, the big Abom smile wasn't there today.
Love watching the old school machining content Adam! Was looking at 10:00 on the video. About time to show us how to machine a new bolt for the quick change tool post? Just poking at you brother! Great jobs as always!
Great work, I can see that your fixtures would also make a better mass heat sink and even out the heating of the part. Turning the fixture right before in the same lathe doing the work is a plus. Thanks for sharing.
My thoughts also - if the fixture is a close fit one might consider the thermal mass of the whole rather than just the part 🤔
Another great video! The spray welding videos are some of my favorites!
This is the stuff I come to your channel to watch. shop set up is ok, but job shop work is what I really enjoy.
Love the home shop.
I love the new shop, but do I ever find your home shop comfortable looking. Nice to be back
We had at least 15 of these pig Reeves adjustable drives back in the 1980's. Was told that if you did not adjust the speed to maximum & minimum speeds several times a month they would freeze on shaft. Every time one went bad we would replace it with s C face motor bolted onto a gearbox and install a VFD to control speed. Most of them were buried deep inside a machine that might take 3 guys an entire shift to replace. They attempted to use some kind of high tech plastic key & neverseeze to help pulley from seezing up on shaft but maybe due to damp area due to nightly wash down they seemed to never last more then a year.Nice vid.Worked 50 years in large maintenance shops and was always amazed how many modified lathe tools the old timers collected over the years.
Beautiful job Adam . I enjoyed this whole process very much .
I continue to be in awe of the amazing skill set you have developed. Bravo.
Great Repair Video Adam. I love watching the Eutectic spray weld repairs. Its a procedure that I have always been interested in but not much exposure to it.
Thanks for sharing.
Great way to start the new year. Nothing like an Abom79 repair in the home shop. Thanks for another great vid.
I put bearings in ziplock bags, and drop them in boiling water for a bit, well below max temps before damaging the bearing.
How cool to be able to see someone recording videos of the profession, this serves as an incentive and learning, thank you very much and we are here in Brazil watching your work, unfortunately I don't have machines to record I also think it's very cool to share with friends from work around the world
I hadn’t watched your channel in years but came back for this. I love your process videos. Came here at the recommendation of Ave years ago and the algorithm has sort of blocked you out of my feed.
Well, you may be an aspiring student of the digital approach, but you are also clearly a seasoned master of the old ways, too. That was really fun to watch.
Another great instructional lesson ! Great work Adam !
Adam, Glad to see U doing what you do best
You can also heat the bearing in a microwawe oven.
Just put it in a wet rag. There will be no sparking and it is safe way to heat a bearing.
Nice one.
As usual love watching your entire video, I learn something new on each one …… I still like your home shop videos as they have a special feeling compared to your new shop. 🙂
That repair did came out looking great, nice job👍
Always love the flame spray videos!
Neat job there, thanks for filming & sharing these nifty and interesting jobs.
Wow, that's so cool. The process and the gesture ! What a neat process. I've never seen anything like this. Thanks man !
Amazing how the spray weld material actually made small chips while You were turning it! Nice job!
Thanks for sharing this educational job and excellent work !! 😅
Adam, I've been collecting signs similar to this for several years now. I plan to hang them in my shop when I get that far. I've got a sign from a bank for not roller blading, a cattle crossing sign, a sign for coin usage for a car wash, and some equipment and a few old business signs that the company is now gone out of business. All told I've got about 30 of them.
Nice educational video. Just what I need as a novice. Just wondering where all the comments have gone from the previous video?
People were being truthful about the hatred of the 'showroom' work shop, more unboxing of new machines, instead of actual machining, I don't think he liked that people were being honest, so comments got turned off 🙄
@@oggydogg4147 Apparently that's considered being an hater or something.
love the machining process .Great Repair..
"ADAM'S" Dont forget to addd an apostrophe between the M and the S ... Also, beautiful camerawork by Abby there!
wonderful to see the accuracy and cleanliness of your work
Its like watching a talented craftsman work. The CNC stuff req's a different type of skill, sure, but its just not the same. This type of machine work is from a time when men were men.
Really good to see another machine saved from the scrapper.
Good to see Adam back at his home shop doing projects
Happy new year Adam & Abby .
You've still got that touch,thanks for the video🤗😎🤗😎
I enjoy the results of the spray weld as it is being machined.
I love those little propane plumbers torches. They work great for starting the grill too.
G'day Adam.. I always like watching your Metal Spraying Videos, so easy to watch & setup. Well done catch you on Your next video
Wonderful video, and great save for the JET mill. Thank you for sharing your experience and talent, I for one, really appreciate you taking the time to make these videos. Likewise, thank you for taking your time to fix the Reeves variable-speed pulley. It is similar to the Clausing variable speed drive lathe pulley, this is significantly more effective than the replacement pulley I fabricated!🙃
Absolutely beautiful job, it was a pleasure to watch.
What a save! Great work!
Nice neat well finished job.
Yet another great job. Keep the videos coming. Thanks
Very cool seeing you back doing these awesome repairs. That flame spay unit is the prefect answer indeed👍👍