Making your bushings was genius, such an improvement to the working of the Baldor. They (Baldor) should take note and make improvements to their product with your ideas! A proper engineer and good to see. 🇬🇧
Adam. My Uncle Derwood was a machinist on the USS Lexington CV2. I remember as a young man him telling me that when anything broke on the boat machinists were the ones called because In the Pacific you couldn't just pull into a parts island and get a new one. The Machinist either fixed the broken piece or made a new one. As I watch you and other machinists on this channel I am mesmerized by your ability to at times , pull a rabbit out of your hat, to fix something. Kuddos to all machinists. You are the closest to a magician I have seen. Thank you Uncle.
Thank you Mr. Booth for teaching us the trade. Before following your channel, I literally knew nothing about machining. Now I can, confidently, work on various machines. Thank you very much for sharing your skills. I shall share such skills with future generations. Thank you ever so much.
Ashamed? Those are accessories. Obviously they're not going to put the time and effort into them that a single person can put into a single set. They've got thousands upon thousands to do. I doubt it's any better or worse than anyone else's.
I have to agree. If you pay a premium price, it's not too much to expect premium quality. We're not talking about harbor freight tools, this is baldor. Adam is a lot more tolerant than I would be...
JC ..You obviously don’t know anything about Baldor. They are suppose to be a premium product. And yes, their competition is doing it better, I’ve owned several Palmgrens (Baldors are suppose to be about the same) and have never seen this. They have to build the tooling to manufacture them anyways...why not manufacture them to a higher tolerance? If they can build that high quality of unit, they can surely build the “accessories” to suit the quality. And they aren’t “accessories”. They are required to use the unit. Do you call the wheels on your car accessories?
I would agree, also surprised to see paint on the shaft too. I guess not detrimental to performance, but just makes you wonder about the preparation. Still looks a very nice piece of kit. Tempted myself to find a decent UK sold kit of similar quality to upgrade from 6" polishing wheels
NICK CRAIG well who do you think created the demand for those cheap tools? Not the consumer. The bizarre capitalist system we live in now is no good for anyone except the companies that makes their money on producing crappy stuff, skewing the whole market, creating a demand for shitty stuff and forcing the great manufacturers out of business and decreases consumer knowledge about what is right and should be expected of a product. My two cents.
This video reminded me of the latest from Steve Summers who is poring a new concert floor for his shop. He spent 30 minutes trying to get a 1/16th inch deviation out of his forms. Ya gotta love the machinist's desire for perfection. Love your videos, these two were the best 70 min. of my day! Abbie's editing is spot on! I like the new editing where you talk about what you did, and then watch how you did it. Perfection!
It was 1/32 of an inch at one point... on that section that was in the wrong place and he had to move it anyway. I swear if it wasn't for the squirrel cutaways, I'd be yelling at the screen. I kept chuckling to myself "Never send a machinist to do a contractor's job"
Everything you have done in this video is absolutely the way to do it.. I am glad I found you, I will certainly be looking for other videos you put out. Thank you for doing these video.
This is exactly why we follow you ! The commonsense logic of something most of us don't think about . Like , are the flanges actually machined true ? How many times have we blamed the stone or the wire wheel ? Just a few minutes time and they're now running true . Thanks brother , stay healthy .
I checked the price on the Baldor grinder and it's not cheap, you would think at that price point the flanges would be square to the bore and run better. I sincerely hope the rest of the grinder is better quality.
I would say the most valuable asset to your shop is your connections. You know so many people and I love that you outsource locally. If you like nails on a chalkboard sound skip to 9:55
A couple of years ago I had to fix my hydraulic leveler pump, same as yours looking at the video. I was lucky to find a used armature as mine was ruined by oil from a seal leak. It did require machining on the lathe and mill to modify the end of the armature to match the old one but wasn't too hard. Lucky the replacement was larger in dia so I could modify to fit. RV's do require nearly constant maintenance when they get a little older.
Great job on bushings and backing plates. Your right all those wire wheels and grinding wheels bushing are cheap and sloppy. Great stuff Adam. Thank you for sharing.
I am not a machinist, just a handyman. I eliminate the run out in my miter box and wet stone saw blades (both 10") by rotating one of the provided washers at a time until there is no run out. What a wonderful difference. Ron W4BIN
Your 8” wire wheel, you can also get it with nylon or some kind of plastic bristles that work really well for deburring and it doesn’t tear your hand up if you hit it by mistake. The wire always sticks your hand when you touch it...lol. We use them at work.👍👌
From the very first second I saw that Baldor running, I knew those flanges were going to end up on the lathe, your OCD was never going to allow those to go past!
You may want to look into a Brother label making machine. I use mine to mark all my outlets and machines for voltage. You can adjust the size and the font and even frame the label with different art. Not a very expensive machine and it uses a wide variety of tapes and colors.
I second the Brother recommendation. The tapes are durable and easy to removed if needed if you go with the p touch tz tapes as they are all clear laminated over the “ink”.
The motor assembly looks rock solid on that buffer, but I cant believe how bad the runout was on those flanges before you fixed them! good job; but one you shouldn't have had to do.
Wow!, that’s smooth and you can’t tell how fast it’s running. You can balance a wire wheel a little but yours seems ok. Looking for forward to the pillar build or buying it. Thanks for sharing
Adam was fired up about his new toy not behaving like the rest of the tools in the shop... it was great. That company should use his bushing drawing.... That was dope. Good stuff.
This is a Baldor grinder. A top of the line "Made in USA" industrial grinder. No Chinesisum here. The US needs to stop resting on our laurels and up our game.
I wouldn't say that 12v brush motor is bad, just reading to ground. It's just loaded up with carbon dust . Clean the Armature with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol flush it several times letting it dry each time. Then reface the commutator and etch the mica between each slot. you won't be out much more than a half hr of your time. I've Brought back to life many a Starters that way . Give it a try !
Yes, fine, as always, amazing information. And I always give a like. But I gave a like this time for when Abbie came out. Because the two of you are adorable together!
We have that same baldor buffer at work and ended up lasering some smaller bushings so we could utilize more of the wheel vs having to replace then when they were only half worn
I know you shouldn't have to fix your new tool, but we all do it. I mean, even in woodworking, my new plane irons and chisels (no matter the price) don't come flat or sharp. So it is nice to see a way to improve a buffer / small grinder.
Thanks Adam I have another smaller type of bench grinder that I need to do this to. Im so sick of it not running true. Man I love that Baldor always wanted one of those big Baldor buffers with long arbor shafts for buffing big stuff and long knives. Maybe someday I want to get a good belt grinder too. I might end up making one.
Great video! I have a Baldor 6" buffer in my shop and it has some vibration issues. I am not a machinist but a welder fabricator. This gave me some ideas to solve my issues. Thanks!
Talking about your videos in general. Pretty interesting stuff. I never knew what all was involved. I just dropped the stuff off and picked it up when ready.
Adam, You need to question Fernando's work with putting L14 connectors and receptacles (Rated for 125/250v) on 480v serviced items. I would recomend greatly that those 480v connectors be replaced with correct L16 receptacles and plugs (which are 480V). I can see in 5 years you buy a expensive antique piece of equipment that is 240v, with a L14-20 connector on it, accidentally plugging it into the no longer labled wall receptacle that it fits in, and frying said equipment with 480v and starting a fire. You don't settle for less than perfection in the great work you do and products you create and share with us all. Do us a favor and not skimp with not using correct connectors in your own shop!
Hello Adam, I modified my wire wheel and have 3 of those wheels stacked on one mandrel and now it has awesome performance compared to the original wobbling all over the shop.
Like so many products these days- they are really "movie props" that are just standing in for what they are supposed to be. You have to repair them before first use- standards of quality!
I converted all the old ballast type flourescent fixtures to 120 volt LED. A very simple wiring mod, toss the ballast out and what a great difference. I think they are better than the leds that go in with the ballast remaing in place. Eric
I think machining the angles on the flanges would add to the balance; same for the inside of the flanges. It may be overkill, but the more precise balance supports longevity of the motor bearings.
Lightly use a diamond hone stone to true up the wire wheel. Or lightly apply a file while the Baldor is running to smooth out the highs in the wires. Also using a hand grinder with a cutoff wheel counter rotating against the wire wheel rotation will work to true up the wire wheel
Great improvements to that Baldor! It’s a shame that you were required to do them in the first place. Those aluminum disks were terrible. No way they should have had that much runout on them. The company spends all that time making a great motor and shaft and then they ruin the machine by placing those terrible flanges on the shaft esp so far out from the centerline of the motor where the vibration will be exaggerated.
I ended up making my own bushings and Flanges for bothe my grinders too. Pretty sure the 1 has a bent shaft. What a difference it makes having true flanges. Very cool to see you truing them up.
Polishing motor is the bomb, the fitting are shameful! How can they degrade their high quality motor with such junk? You fixed it up great but that shouldn't have been required...
For the electric outlets, you could also try to color-code them to add an additional level of identification for each voltage. Color-coding is a great way to verify things at a glance. Great video Adam!
@@kevinhewitt1428 Yes, NEMA L14 for single phase 125 or 250 volt, L15 for 3 phase 250 volt and L16 for 3 phase 480 volt. Add a -20 for 20 amp, -30 for 30 amp followed by a P for male cord plug, a C for a female cord connector or an R for a female wall receptacle.
Its like EVERYTHING nowadays, “its good enough, nobody cares” No pride or craftsmanship. Glad this garbage was pointed out. Just waiting for the baldor vid to come out lol!!!
Making your bushings was genius, such an improvement to the working of the Baldor. They (Baldor) should take note and make improvements to their product with your ideas! A proper engineer and good to see. 🇬🇧
Adam. My Uncle Derwood was a machinist on the USS Lexington CV2. I remember as a young man him telling me that when anything broke on the boat machinists were the ones called because In the Pacific you couldn't just pull into a parts island and get a new one. The Machinist either fixed the broken piece or made a new one. As I watch you and other machinists on this channel I am mesmerized by your ability to at times , pull a rabbit out of your hat, to fix something. Kuddos to all machinists. You are the closest to a magician I have seen. Thank you Uncle.
You should send this video to Baldor's quality control department. Not that it matters, they already cashed your check.
It really is so nice to see someone who actually knows what he's doing. IT IS A PLEASURE TO WATCH
Thank you Mr. Booth for teaching us the trade.
Before following your channel, I literally knew nothing about machining. Now I can, confidently, work on various machines.
Thank you very much for sharing your skills.
I shall share such skills with future generations.
Thank you ever so much.
Adam is teaching nearly half a million people valuable lessons in not only machining, but life in general. Thanks for all your hard work Adam!
Just not in proper electrical connections
@@eqrunner I'd say hes doing pretty well to find people who know what they're doing when he doesn't
Baldor should really be ashamed at putting out products of that quality. Great fix.. really night and day from how it came out of the box
Ashamed? Those are accessories. Obviously they're not going to put the time and effort into them that a single person can put into a single set. They've got thousands upon thousands to do.
I doubt it's any better or worse than anyone else's.
I have to agree. If you pay a premium price, it's not too much to expect premium quality. We're not talking about harbor freight tools, this is baldor. Adam is a lot more tolerant than I would be...
JC ..You obviously don’t know anything about Baldor. They are suppose to be a premium product. And yes, their competition is doing it better, I’ve owned several Palmgrens (Baldors are suppose to be about the same) and have never seen this. They have to build the tooling to manufacture them anyways...why not manufacture them to a higher tolerance? If they can build that high quality of unit, they can surely build the “accessories” to suit the quality. And they aren’t “accessories”. They are required to use the unit. Do you call the wheels on your car accessories?
I would agree, also surprised to see paint on the shaft too. I guess not detrimental to performance, but just makes you wonder about the preparation. Still looks a very nice piece of kit. Tempted myself to find a decent UK sold kit of similar quality to upgrade from 6" polishing wheels
NICK CRAIG well who do you think created the demand for those cheap tools? Not the consumer. The bizarre capitalist system we live in now is no good for anyone except the companies that makes their money on producing crappy stuff, skewing the whole market, creating a demand for shitty stuff and forcing the great manufacturers out of business and decreases consumer knowledge about what is right and should be expected of a product. My two cents.
Gettin' all that centered will contribute fantastically to the lifespan of the motors internal bearings. Great great work Adam!!
Those Baldor improvements will absolutely extend the life of the machine and produce better results. Nice work
It's sad that it takes this much EXTRA work by a master machinist to make it a quality tool.
This video reminded me of the latest from Steve Summers who is poring a new concert floor for his shop. He spent 30 minutes trying to get a 1/16th inch deviation out of his forms. Ya gotta love the machinist's desire for perfection. Love your videos, these two were the best 70 min. of my day! Abbie's editing is spot on! I like the new editing where you talk about what you did, and then watch how you did it. Perfection!
It was 1/32 of an inch at one point... on that section that was in the wrong place and he had to move it anyway. I swear if it wasn't for the squirrel cutaways, I'd be yelling at the screen. I kept chuckling to myself "Never send a machinist to do a contractor's job"
Every good shop needs a concert floor.
Thank you Adam I always enjoy watching your videos I am from South Africa
Everything you have done in this video is absolutely the way to do it.. I am glad I found you, I will certainly be looking for other videos you put out. Thank you for doing these video.
Everything was awesome, including the sky at the powder coat shop.
This is exactly why we follow you ! The commonsense logic of something most of us don't think about . Like , are the flanges actually machined true ? How many times have we blamed the stone or the wire wheel ? Just a few minutes time and they're now running true . Thanks brother , stay healthy .
I checked the price on the Baldor grinder and it's not cheap, you would think at that price point the flanges would be square to the bore and run better. I sincerely hope the rest of the grinder is better quality.
To be able to have the tools to be able to make things, to make your life easier or better: Priceless.
I would say the most valuable asset to your shop is your connections. You know so many people and I love that you outsource locally. If you like nails on a chalkboard sound skip to 9:55
A couple of years ago I had to fix my hydraulic leveler pump, same as yours looking at the video. I was lucky to find a used armature as mine was ruined by oil from a seal leak. It did require machining on the lathe and mill to modify the end of the armature to match the old one but wasn't too hard. Lucky the replacement was larger in dia so I could modify to fit. RV's do require nearly constant maintenance when they get a little older.
Dayum! I thought those arbor racks looked nice in bare metal, but that powder coating is awesome.
Nice job on those arbor bushings & that powder coating is killer!
You really improved that rotation big time....those bearings will thank you
Adam great video ..Baldor should pay you for fixing their lousy machining great job you did to repair their equipment........
I am a bit taken aback at Baldor, excellent quality motor and Chines factory thirds for the bushings and backing plates. We need to get this fixed.
Great job on bushings and backing plates. Your right all those wire wheels and grinding wheels bushing are cheap and sloppy. Great stuff Adam. Thank you for sharing.
The pride of people shows a lot about a person
I am not a machinist, just a handyman. I eliminate the run out in my miter box and wet stone saw blades (both 10") by rotating one of the provided washers at a time until there is no run out. What a wonderful difference. Ron W4BIN
When you turned the buffer on at 19:58, it was nothing short of magic.
The older your eyes get the more you appreciate LIGHT.
I look forward every week for the SNS episode. Always good.
Your 8” wire wheel, you can also get it with nylon or some kind of plastic bristles that work really well for deburring
and it doesn’t tear your hand up if you hit it by mistake. The wire always sticks your hand when you touch it...lol. We use them at work.👍👌
The powder coating on the racks turned out awesome Adam! I'm proud to have my products in your shop!!
ZTFab racks like that would also be perfect for hanging our CNC lathe spindle liners.
Those arbor brackets are beautiful after powder coat those are freaking awsome
Baldor might have mighty fine electric motors but their accessories leave a lot to be desired.
Fantastic work truing those wheels! Very satisfying to watch.
Good to see the big show still enjoying his hobbies after all these years
From the very first second I saw that Baldor running, I knew those flanges were going to end up on the lathe, your OCD was never going to allow those to go past!
You may want to look into a Brother label making machine. I use mine to mark all my outlets and machines for voltage. You can adjust the size and the font and even frame the label with different art. Not a very expensive machine and it uses a wide variety of tapes and colors.
I second the Brother recommendation. The tapes are durable and easy to removed if needed if you go with the p touch tz tapes as they are all clear laminated over the “ink”.
Big Clive has one and raves about it.
Thank you - really good stuff! It was to see Abby too.
The motor assembly looks rock solid on that buffer, but I cant believe how bad the runout was on those flanges before you fixed them! good job; but one you shouldn't have had to do.
Wow!, that’s smooth and you can’t tell how fast it’s running. You can balance a wire wheel a little but yours seems ok. Looking for forward to the pillar build or buying it. Thanks for sharing
The only way those flanges could be any more crooked would be if a politician made them.
Adam was fired up about his new toy not behaving like the rest of the tools in the shop... it was great. That company should use his bushing drawing.... That was dope. Good stuff.
Those flanges sure are a quality "made in USA" product. At times the US needs to up our manufacturing game.
Robert Harker They are more than likely made in China. USA stuff is usually top notch.
This is a Baldor grinder. A top of the line "Made in USA" industrial grinder. No Chinesisum here. The US needs to stop resting on our laurels and up our game.
I don’t know if Baldor makes the flanges or if they have those parts imported. I agree they should be made to better standards.
Loved seeing the wheel balancing and improvements to purchased wheel flanges.
so, if you want a Baldore, just buy a lathe first...
Two videos in one day? Awesome
Always enjoy your content Adam, keep them coming .
I wouldn't say that 12v brush motor is bad, just reading to ground. It's just loaded up with carbon dust . Clean the Armature with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol flush it several times letting it dry each time. Then reface the commutator and etch the mica between each slot. you won't be out much more than a half hr of your time. I've Brought back to life many a Starters that way . Give it a try !
Yes, fine, as always, amazing information. And I always give a like. But I gave a like this time for when Abbie came out. Because the two of you are adorable together!
We have that same baldor buffer at work and ended up lasering some smaller bushings so we could utilize more of the wheel vs having to replace then when they were only half worn
I know you shouldn't have to fix your new tool, but we all do it. I mean, even in woodworking, my new plane irons and chisels (no matter the price) don't come flat or sharp. So it is nice to see a way to improve a buffer / small grinder.
Thanks Adam I have another smaller type of bench grinder that I need to do this to. Im so sick of it not running true. Man I love that Baldor always wanted one of those big Baldor buffers with long arbor shafts for buffing big stuff and long knives. Maybe someday I want to get a good belt grinder too. I might end up making one.
Awesome work with the buffer man, thanks for sharing! I'm definitely going to put some of those fixes on ours too
Man you scared the crap out of me, thought for a second you started the lathe with a parallel in between the 3 jaws..... ty for the video!
What a difference. Wish you a great week
I got a new Machine, now lets fix it True. Love You Abom79
Awesome powder coating! They look amazing!
Great video! I have a Baldor 6" buffer in my shop and it has some vibration issues. I am not a machinist but a welder fabricator. This gave me some ideas to solve my issues. Thanks!
Talking about your videos in general. Pretty interesting stuff. I never knew what all was involved. I just dropped the stuff off and picked it up when ready.
Adam, You need to question Fernando's work with putting L14 connectors and receptacles (Rated for 125/250v) on 480v serviced items. I would recomend greatly that those 480v connectors be replaced with correct L16 receptacles and plugs (which are 480V). I can see in 5 years you buy a expensive antique piece of equipment that is 240v, with a L14-20 connector on it, accidentally plugging it into the no longer labled wall receptacle that it fits in, and frying said equipment with 480v and starting a fire.
You don't settle for less than perfection in the great work you do and products you create and share with us all. Do us a favor and not skimp with not using correct connectors in your own shop!
Hello Adam, I modified my wire wheel and have 3 of those wheels stacked on one mandrel and now it has awesome performance compared to the original wobbling all over the shop.
Nice mod and choice of materials for the bushings. It will extend the life of the bearings for sure.
your shops so cool ! Thanks Abom
Nice work Adam, and Hi to Abby too. It's a shame but we do sometimes have to finish tools that went out on a friday afternoon...
Good job Adam, really made that grinder smooth running. Thanks for sharing with us so we have an idea to repair our own. Fred.
I loved the minute taken at 10:30/35:11 to marvel at how out of true that flange was! I could just hear the 'WTF' in your head at that moment 😂
I love those arbor racks! I have some 50 taper arbors laying in a big file Cabinet that needs to hang in those!
Like so many products these days- they are really "movie props" that are just standing in for what they are supposed to be.
You have to repair them before first use- standards of quality!
Gotta love it when you buy a new toy and have to "fix" it before you get to use it.
Baldor should be ashamed to put out a product that poorly made.
I converted all the old ballast type flourescent fixtures to 120 volt LED. A very simple wiring mod, toss the ballast out and what a great difference. I think they are better than the leds that go in with the ballast remaing in place.
Eric
I think machining the angles on the flanges would add to the balance; same for the inside of the flanges. It may be overkill, but the more precise balance supports longevity of the motor bearings.
I enjoy all of your videos 👍
Shame, a beautiful buffer cheapened by some bean counter providing garbage adapters.
That is pretty disappointing to see the poor quality of the mounting hardware supplied with that $700 buffer.
Yeah, I'd have been pretty upset about the quality of the machining on those castings.
Very very nice powder coating!
Fernando is doing a great job on the electrical , HVAC guys are great electricians .
was waiting for the sirens. was not disappointed.
Damn, Baldor should pay you for that fix!
Lightly use a diamond hone stone to true up the wire wheel. Or lightly apply a file
while the Baldor is running to smooth out the highs in the wires. Also using a hand
grinder with a cutoff wheel counter rotating against the wire wheel rotation will work to
true up the wire wheel
Great improvements to that Baldor! It’s a shame that you were required to do them in the first place. Those aluminum disks were terrible. No way they should have had that much runout on them. The company spends all that time making a great motor and shaft and then they ruin the machine by placing those terrible flanges on the shaft esp so far out from the centerline of the motor where the vibration will be exaggerated.
Those Scouts were badass!
Adam, i was listening to this with my headphones on and I could HEAR the vibration.
You did an excellent job on those wheels. The company's you bought those parts from should be ashamed.
The powder coating finish looks like ancient iron: seriously rad!
I ended up making my own bushings and Flanges for bothe my grinders too. Pretty sure the 1 has a bent shaft. What a difference it makes having true flanges. Very cool to see you truing them up.
Polishing motor is the bomb, the fitting are shameful! How can they degrade their high quality motor with such junk?
You fixed it up great but that shouldn't have been required...
Love to get me an early bronco love them nice shop he has
Since you reorganised your shop. it looks so clean and efficient.
Great SNS as usual, Thanks Abom.
best sns let in my thoughts thank yall
This guy is a good dude
For the electric outlets, you could also try to color-code them to add an additional level of identification for each voltage. Color-coding is a great way to verify things at a glance. Great video Adam!
Spraying the cover plate and plug body the same color by voltage world be great
Proper receptacles and cord ends do it all. They don't fit where they shouldn't.
@@kevinhewitt1428 Yes, NEMA L14 for single phase 125 or 250 volt, L15 for 3 phase 250 volt and L16 for 3 phase 480 volt. Add a -20 for 20 amp, -30 for 30 amp followed by a P for male cord plug, a C for a female cord connector or an R for a female wall receptacle.
The center of NEMA receptacles are already color coded.
Nice job. Looks to me like Baldor has lost all quality control.
Man... that's night and day different. 👌🏻
I can't wait for you to be able to stream live. Great SNS Adam!
It’s coming, just been to loaded up with jobs lately.
@@Abom79 I know Adam, I just keep seeing all the fun ways it will increase your content. P.S. are you planning to announce it?
It used to be when you bought (invested in) a tool like a Baldor grinder, you would use that to fix other, lesser tools, looks like them days is over.
Great show! Smart fixes. Super film.
Buffers are dangerous. Reminds me of flinging tools across the shop with my dad. RIP Steve Howard
i can hear the baldor exec's and QC cringing in my mind lol.
They should be cringing. Pathetic quality.
It's really embarrassing.
Its like EVERYTHING nowadays, “its good enough, nobody cares” No pride or craftsmanship. Glad this garbage was pointed out. Just waiting for the baldor vid to come out lol!!!
Man the runout on those Baldor flanges is truly embarrassing.