Shop Tour- Garage Bound LLC
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ต.ค. 2024
- While in Chattanooga TN, we visited the Michael Brandt of Garage Bound LLC. Mike is a welder, fabricator, and does many different types of repair jobs for his customers. I met him at the meet & greet and he invited me over to check out his shop. He's got quite a large and growing collection of machinery and tools.
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that dude seems like an awesome genuine nice guy, thanks for sharing, going to look up his work now!
What an awesome philosophy on life. Sure seems like he has his shit together. My favorite shop tour so far
Anthony Molyneux wow! Thank you! I am not sure all my shit is together, but I sure try!
Garage Bound, LLC. I feel the same way about learning and having useful skills. Education is always a good thing but college is a suckers game. Get out there, use your hands and build some cool shit
Warms my coddles to see another hard workin friendly feller enjoying his work. You both get a gold star...
4fuzzybear thanks! Makes me happy to inspire others!
He has it set up man. He is living the life. Being able to do what you love and love doing it goes a long way with leading a happy life.
Matt Davis I am truly blessed to be in this current position!
That is very good to here. As am I Buddy. I envy your want for more and to learn new things. I’ve recently opened my doors to a lot more and I’m starting to do the same. Keep on keeping on brother!!!!
That was cool.. His shop, I could place 47 of my shops in his..lol... Thank you for sharing this tour. I feel inspired to build something now.. I love this feeling.. time to get busy..
RESPECT! For a shop that tells of a hardworking dude that knows his shit.
Lots of great stuff.... He is such a nice fellow engineer... Adam, you should do some machinist teaching sessions. You're so good at explaining how you do jobs...
I bought my first Lincoln 225 in 1963. Used it for 25 years when I replaced it with a Lincoln 300 - 300 TIG. Both worked perfectly, sat for decades in a damp un-heated shop. Trouble is, new welding technology beckons and my existing welder will not falter and give me an excuse to upgrade. Life is cruel.
Starts right off with a 23 series Packard... i'm in.
Abo / Mike. Great deal on the Colchester lathe. Looks great condition. Best to urgently move the pedstal grinder far away from the lathe. The grit will destroy the precision beds. Im sure you will tell him Abom.
What a cool guy. Thanks for introducing him to us, Adam. Those goggles are the bomb!
He looks like someone from "Mad Max"..
Thanks Adam, always looking for a great new TH-cam channel to watch. My new subscription!
louverdudski thank you for subscribing!
That turret drill press is neat.
And Woof to the bouncy dog!
Thanks.
Good to see you doing well Adam and glad to see your in good company!
Awesome shop! I wonder if those big steadies would be close to the right size for my 40" swing Monarch? I used to have a COE Chevy like that. :-) Very cool to see his projects!
Totally agreed with this guy about the college thing.
Thanks for bringing us along.
This is a super shop tour with an outstanding host. What a gem. The enthusiasm & the positivity from this guy is incredible, infectious in fact. He'll do very well whatever he puts his hands too. Mike, greetings from across that big pond from Ireland. Man i feel pumped after watching that. Signed off over & out. Thank you very much.
could do with more foke like him here in ireland, serious workshop so hard to find machines and tooling like that here
The only thing better than an Ol'tennasee boy is a ol'kentucky boy.
Really two of the same. Great looking shop, great video.
He has a great work ethic. Always great to see.
You're totally right about college. Here I am, a mechanical engineer, working through a huge set of manufacturing drawings, watching your video out of the corner of my eye while I work, wishing I were actually making things myself at work!
I'm really digging these shop tours, keep'em coming!
We still have a few more to go
Adam, Michael sure has the right attitude and I appreciate your sharing this great tour. Another new subscription here as well.
hankus253 thank you for subscribing!
Hi Adam, what a cool guy, and he's wearing This Old Tony goggles, really cool. Kindest regards. Joe.
What a great shop👍 Got all the bases covered. Thanks for the video Adam. Nice work
I had always wanted something like one of those massive Reed vises, what a "chunk of quality" tool from days gone by. That truck is a sweet piece of history, and that shop wow - room and equipment to build virtually anything within reason. Good to see young guys carrying the old skills torch so to speak, there will always be a need for people to keep the world turning. Hopefully the resurgence in machine and fab work keeps growing so we can get back to the "can do" mentality this country used to be proud of and known for.
yambo59 excellent statement!
Hey thanks but I cant really take much credit, theres lots of us old guys (58 here) that feel the same way and who grew up with it being a rite of passage to know how to fix and fab your own stuff - especially if broke like we were most of the time-lol Im no machinist just an ex mechanic / DIY guy who loves to create/build and/or repurpose things instead of just throwing away and buying new chinese crap all the time. I love all those old machines and vises from the WWII or earlier era, stuff was really built to last back then - end of soapbox rant-lol
Hello there man, greetings from Ireland. I could not agree more with your posts. What a spirited video with a wonderful host. Similar happenings in Ireland where young kids are happier with their heads buried in i phones or smart devices uninterested working their hands. Its a tragedy really. Well i'm kind of like Mike above with a suite of old metal and sheds full of character. Blessed with two kids that have already worked hammer & anvil and now tasting some woodturning at 5 & 6 years old. Get them young and plant that seed. Encourage & reward!. Good heath & God bless you fella.
Thank you much sir, and hello to Ireland from America - I fear one of our worst problems here in the U.S. is many in our own government dont want a population of self reliant critical thinking working class people who might challenge the govt, but rather a bunch of placated drones who are easily manipulated and will vote their way in exchange for keeping themselves in power and money. This is why the govt. often seems to favor special interest groups they can pander to and use to dilute the working class conservative American vote like minorities, LGBT, illegal aliens and anyone else who will vote their way for special favors, welfare and a free phone. This is one reason for all his faults I like much of what pres. Trump has done, hes upset the applecart big time among the career politicians and its the first time ive seen a US president actually doing something about bringing jobs back and killing some of these anti American trade agreements etc etc. -- but once again im off on a tangent. lol
Hell yea brother your an amazing guy and I’m only 16 and the impact you’ve had on me and making me want to go out to my shop and fabercoble stuff and make something to be exact and not just farmer hack it is amazing and I’m starting to make my shop up and get it up to a good size and it’s so much fun, I’m in grade 11 and when I finish school I don’t want to sit behind a desk for the rest of my life I want to be a heavy duty ag mechanic and I hope to accomplish my dream and I just want to thank you for being a great dude and showing people how to do something and do it right to!! Thanks man
Great attitude to have! People need guys like you so follow your dreams! 👍🏻
Abom79 Thanks man I try my best to do so!
Pretty cool and nice guy with some good hustle! Got a story for everything in there. Was nice to go for the tour and hear a few of his stories!
Bradley Macaulay thanks! I love all my stuff and work hard for it ... even if hustled!
Very good viewing,thanks.
Thanks for sharing. He seems like a great guy love his shop!!! Have a great day. God Bless!!!
Neat tour today bud. Many thanks !
Great video - Michael's clearly got it goin' on!
Loving the tours
nice friendly guy
That truck looks just like the trator unit from the Cannonball tv series from 1958. Iused to always watch it. The truck was the star.
tractor
@@colmone5592 Cannonball GMC
Very cool stuff. That short wheelbase wrecker is awesome. They don't build them like that anymore.
Great Shop. Great Guy, and even better, I saw a 1950's Studebaker at the start of the video. Great job Adam. Thanks.
Awesome shop tour! That dude has an amazing vibe about him. That shop has anything a guy would need. Very nice! I appreciate the shop tour Adam and thanks Mr. Brandt for allowing all of us to see your world a bit. I subbed to your channel and IG!
American Machine Thanks for the great compliment! I am pretty passionate about my slice of life and feel very privileged to be where I am and to have the friends I have! Happy to make friends with Adam and am grateful of him sharing my slice with all his followers! Thank you for the follows!
You are more than welcome Sir!
Very cool Abom! We still use these old press brakes everyday on our production floor. We have a lot of Cincinnati press brakes. Awesome again bro. Parts are becoming obsolete for these machines that's where I come in as a machinist! Thanks again for the vid Adam awesome job!!
Guys got a big-ass stero speaker sitting right on the gantry - this is a cool shop. Thanks for the tour Adam.
Adam, Mike Rowe would love this guy. Maybe you get him to make an episode!
Rich
Rich206L awesome! I would really dig that!
Cool shop
Very cool stuff man. That Chevy COE is a heck of a project too...love it.
What a awesome shop and guy. I really like these shop tours you’re doing. I’m about 5 hours away from Chattanooga and definitely will try to check him out next time I’m down that way. That was a nice pile of stuff on the table you got your vice from. I subbed as well and great to find a new channel.
I really enjoy these shop tours Adam. I hope you continue them.
Nice shop, I hope Michael has much success.
Thank you. I work very hard for all that I want!
Just checked out his sight. I'm sure he'll get a lot of subbs out of this. Good on you!
He's absolutely right about college. It's lunacy to spend six figures only to end up in a cubicle and in debt for 20 years. Start making things. You'll never regret it.
Nice shop! Thanks for the video.
This dude is cool. My kinda guy. Kudos!
What a nice guy! Very cool shop, thanks for sharing!
That turret drill press is super cool wish I had one
Crossbow Hunter you can buy mine! I could use the space
How does the turret go around do u do any thing or wat I never used one also
Crossbow Hunter I would take a grand for it. How many miles from Chattanooga?
How much u want? I live in Ohio I do not have a way of Bring it back to my shop
Crossbow Hunter you could put it in the back of a pickup truck
Wow Adam, if I had known you were so close to me, you could have stopped at my house and had supper. I live 20 mile's south of Chatt Town right off I-59 little town called Trenton Georgia.
I'm up in soddy daisy lol
How in gods name does this man have only 279 subs!!?!? Great video and great guy and shop!
He has more now thanks to ABOM.. Way to go Adam
I thought the same thing! I did notice alot of his videos are shorter, maybe because he utilizes IG more perhaps. I hope he starts working his TH-cam a bit with longer videos. I think he would be great!
I just subscribed to his channel. Super cool guy!
He hasn’t been very active on his TH-cam channel but he plans to. Mike uses Instagram mostly for daily updates.
Most of us guys would trade off our Brides for that COE Chevy inside the shop,,,Great tour,,thx Adam,,Bear
Really nice guy and host.
Wow what a shop wicked good stuff
Very cool segment Adam, I enjoyed that very much... thanks for sharing ;)
Great view of life!
You know why I like this guy, it’s because we have the same taste in machinery.
You have the same model Colchester lathe as I do, yours would be about a 1968-70, the later model didn’t have the foot brake.
When they made them they had no inline oil filter, I fitted one that filters the oil down to 5 microns.
great video adam and he looks like he knows what hes doing and great you got a free vice aswell,
Mike has a nice shop and would be a great guy to work with.
Awesome video Abom!!
Love the keepers creepers truck in the shop, looks like it only gets to eat fuel every 21 years 🤣🤣🤣👌👌👍😍
HAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!! I am the guy who bought that Dividing Head!!! :)
Well done, Michael!
I was hoping that you still had the old shaper outside and that it was going to show up with a story of how you restored it!
Chris Palombo great to hear from you!!!
Chris Palombo the shaper found a new home to a tough guy that was super excited to restore it!
Even better! It is good to see those old girls get restored and put to use. Peace, man! Glad to see you have gone big time!
Also, if you ever have more tools to sell, give me a ring via FB. I am still adding to my garage shop. :)
Seeing the Colchester Lathe brought back memories, cut my teeth on those machines when I was in engineering in the 90’s.
Wwwhhaattt! You were in Chattanooga!?! That's my hometown!
I've been following your channel for a while now and I find it fascinating that you always have a clean work place and indeed a clean workshop environment and I was wondering if perhaps you might dedicate an episode describing time and effort it takes to maintain a healthy workplace.
I am very much interested to see how you clean out the mountains of chips and stuff under or around and in between your work pieces. That would be cool.
I can't imagine you using air to blow stuff all over the place. ....just find it interesting that's all.
Cool place. Thanks for sharing
Great vid, wish i could be like this guy..
What a Neat Shop.
That is a awesome guy with a awesome story.
very good video and thanks for the tour
cool shop, cool dude, thanks for the vid!
VintageSpeed Garage thank you! Just subscribed to your channel, too!
i wish i had come by your shop while i was out there riding the TransAmerica Trail. maybe next time! thanks.
VintageSpeed Garage you are welcome to visit anytime!
If you haven't already...you should cut that top die in to sections...1",2", 6". Or what ever. Then you can fabricate box shape's on that brake. I grow up in the country and my dad had a shear and brake shop/ barn. Built wood stoves and trailers and a lot of stainless steel restaurant equipment like countertops and deep fryers and stuff like that. you need to get a good shear and a gooseneck die cut into sections and then re-fab that truck. Cool place.
that was a cool place. and he has a lot of machines
@sosametalworks blue hammer at the end is pretty cool !! TH-cam sosa metal works if you don’t know who Cristian is ..
jfranco7923 just about ready to start using it on a paying job!!! Stay tuned!
Old clutch type flywheel brake, Ive had to make new bearings for one of those cluthes.
Anybody else get a Jesse James/ West Coast Chopper vibe with Mike?
yeah
Cyril Hudak awesome compliment. Thanks.
I was going to make exactly that same comment. Totally agree.
Great video Adam. Where can I get myself one of those Abom drinks thermos/travel cup? Been on the storefront and I don’t see them. I would like to get some toolbox stickers too if they are available?
Could be wrong but I think that's just a plain mug with one of his stickers on it
I knew it was a Reed vise before he said it and I never had seen one or thought about that there are
different brands/sizes/forms/use of vises before I subscribed here a few weeks ago 😎🛠🔩👍
Awesome shop tour Adam
I have that same old lunchbox Mitutoyo DRO on my Bridgeport..
That was a great tour! Thanks
Thanks for the tour. Nice shop. Maybe Michael could wheel and deal with an HVAC contractor and get him some A/C in there, I have no idea what he would need, but y'all looked a bit warm in there. Where I live, a good security cage for the outdoor unit of an A/C may get you somewhere with them, perhaps a dozen or so; I don't know what works for where Garage Bound is.
Ohh Paul yes. Pretty hot on that day!
The swivel locking mechanism in Wilton vises is terrible. The bolts just hang down and try to tilt over when you rotate the vise, which effectively shortens them causing the swivel motion to stop. I have solved this in my Wilton vises by machining blocks to keep the bolts straight then tacking the blocks inside the swivel housing. It makes using the swivel tolerable.
Great video. Thanks.
Really great!
That guy's so chilled and laid back!
Those steady rests seems to be Skoda brand. We've got Skoda SRM 125 at work and it's steady rests are very much alike.
Great shop tour, I want to play.
Awesome vid/tour/shop/person....and great “seagull”...lol
8:47 BTW, Chattanooga is the birthplace of the wrecker.
AustrianAnarchy yes! And we have the tow truck museum! Have you been?
Haven't been yet, have been wanting to go for a long time.
We've got a Clausing just like that one at work, but it's not hooked to power and is hiding under a pallet rack shelf. I'd love to have it, but would be too big for my garage and I really want a small Bridgeport first.
My uncle has a Reed Mfg. 408 vise, there's not much it can't hold, handle is about 3 feet long
Sorry, but, seeing him at first with those glasses on, my first thought was "Dr. Nefario!"
diggerop haha
hope I didn't stick ya with an unwanted nickname :-)
diggerop too funny! It’s all good ... I am sure I have been called something worse sometime in the past! Lol
Nice shop.I subbed.
monkey12345648 thank you very much! More content soon!
Looks like quite a rare Packard outside ,1949 / 50 Custom Eight with the 9 Main Super Eight ?
Derrick Rees yes. 1949 with straight flathead 8
nice shop
Cool Love it