This amazes me. I'm a 40 year mechanic with a fascination but zero experience with machine work. Also stuck in bed with Covid and these videos have been getting me through. I have wondered how you do not crash the part while threading into a shoulder like that and is it not possible to thread outwards from the shoulder to the open end? Just 1 of many questions I ponder while watching. Don't I wish I were younger and had someone such as yourself to assist and learn this trade from. It amazes me how you go from just a picture of an obsolete part and reproduce it. Thank you very much for the time and effort you put into these videos sir. Especially these videos on machining rough castings into perfectly fitted new parts.
Creative thinking was put into just about every component of vintage steam engines. What a fantastic time it was to be a machinist/designer of the then new breakthroughs in technology. : )
16:18 the part where it all went south but only the camera saw it. :-0 The screw apparently unscrewed as the run out sure looked worse and you can see the work go in and out from the cutter. Luckily it still did the job and the piece turned out just fine. :-)
Very nice indeed Keith, one thing I noticed is the top holes for the adjustment screws should be slotted to allow the shoes to move out as they wear and are adjusted.
A year too late, but I've just come to your channel after watching hand tool rescue. I've liked and subscribed. What a great collaboration, I love the camaraderie .
I had no idea you guys did this collaboration.. I'm a long time viewer of both your channels (Keith Rucker and hand tool rescue) and had no idea you were working together on this project!! Can't wait to see that engine spring to life after how many years underwater!! It was such a nice surprise to see the two of you working on the same steam engine! Eric is one of my favorites to put on some music and watch!!
Hello Keith, I've been a Toolroom Machinist (just retired last year) for over 50 years and seen lots of fixturing. I like how you handled that job. Holding the part is 90% of the job, If you can't hold it You can't machine it. I make TH-cam Videos now. It's lots of fun, Yours are great.
Thoughts about machining while watching Keith's video today... Who was the ancient person who imagined doing these things with and to metals. Thousands of years from now the future people will have this entertaining record of how it used to be done... back in the early 2000's. They will be watching Keith Rucker, and many others.
Attention to all pattern makers: Always add shrinkage to your dimensions, add increased thickness to heavy areas to eliminate/reduce shrink dimples. This was very visible as Keith cleaned up the diameter on these beautiful castings. The edges started to form the diameter long before the other dimples cleaned out. In injected plastic we call them sinks. All molten materials shrink and sink as they cool. In our industry the mold designer must address these factors, in the metal industry the pattern maker is responsible. I am amazed to see someone taking a cast part, putty the holes closed and using as a pattern. The shape will be there but most dimensions won't! One of the best examples was offshore 1948-1953 Ford 8N tractor exhaust manifolds, antique farm tractor exhaust manifolds tend to warp and break from the heat. Instead of making a pattern with the proper shrinkage added they simply would use an old manifold. When that was replaced they use one of their products for the next edition. Eventually our farm stores were selling manifolds with the exhaust runners being so near the mounting bolt heads a socket wrench couldn't be used!
4:10 Keith - that tool tip is loose on the tool body ! I thought on the facing process something was loose. In fact, at 7:51 it is even lifting when you go past the centre of the work !
I saw Eric's channel and I had to check out the process to get to the end product. I am going to check out what kind of things that you do. I really do like how you narrated each step. That's a wild looking steam engine he restored. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to watch more of your video's.
That part is probably better than it ever was.....Fine workmanship.....Thanks Keith my friend....l love watching your channel & Clark's channel....God Bless....!
I work in a bronze foundry and machine shop, we make something very similar to these and machine them the same way. Except they weigh about 700 lbs each lol
Fabulous Keith. It was worth not getting on with other things to follow the first part straight away. It is always a pleasure watching a craftsman at work.
Nicely done! Kinda makes me miss an old job. I worked making oil well drilling equipment so it was mostly big steel parts. Hand Tool Rescue sent me. Subbed.
After being just a voice in the wilderness of TH-cam, and a fan of this channel for many years; I had a chance to talk with Keith yesterday on the ARW discussion forum {ARW channel}. Great to exchange shop experiences with you Keith!👍👍👍
The early bird gets the worm. It must be an acquired taste. The second mouse gets the cheese. When threading to a shoulder we'd like to see a split shot showing the work piece and a shot showing the magnificent hand coordination on the handles to prevent a crash into the shoulder. Nice job.
I was hoping Keith would turn the threading tool upside down with lathe in reverse and thread from the shoulder left to right. Much credit to him for good hand/eye coordination.
Hey Keith, as I mentioned in Part I, great working series for the steam engine. going to complete my watch for Eric's part II putting your part together to finish up. Have a happy New Year!!
nice work! great attention to detail in your explanation whole you work. I feel like I am learning from a master when I watch your videos. Thx for taking the time to do these videos as more than entertainment.👍👊
Hey man, it's not cold and snowy all the time up here. In fact, it was really damn hot this summer. ;) Really enjoyed these pair of videos. I'll check out more of your channel, for sure.
Great job! I was wondering if the top holes (those ones with the shims underneath) had to be oval, because of the tapering. If the bronze pieces are adjusted by removing a couple of shims, the holes are no longer exactly above the threads.
When it was stopped, it looked like that was much wider at one end and you would run out of material to cut off but once it was turning it looked different. Just an optical illusion from the taper.
All the TH-cam antique machine shop shows should form a cooperative group and work on group projects to recreate the past machining industry. For me it is a bit scary is that I have worked on machines older than in your shop in jobber shops. As the saying goes, old machines never die, they just fade away.
Hi Keith, My thoughts on the adjustment slots on the sides of the brass shoes, If making them the length as the total height of all the adjustment shims (spacer washers) it would allow the full adjustment throw if all the shims (spacer washers) were removed. Nice job 😃👍😄
The ultimate adjustability is defined by how much wear can be tolerated on the thickness of the shoes, not on the screw length. Given the thickness of the shoes at the base, I doubt it would tolerate adjustment of the entire length of all those current washers. Not sure if the current slot length is more than the min shoe thickness.
@@kindabluejazz I doubt that it will ever be adjusted again after the initial set up. It's going to end up a "look at" piece, not a working steam engine.
Curious if you considered or if it matters: I would have maybe put a 45 deg chamfer along the edges of the parts before attaching them so that the interrupted cuts would have a softer landing as the part comes around to contact the insert. I know this is a relatively soft metal so probably not an issue, but I wonder how those edges felt right off the lathe and if you decided to clean them up after?
Here from Hand Tool Rescue; Great to see the process.
This turned out so well! I can't wait to touch it and put it to work. Thank you again!
How about some vids? I've already necro-watched all your previous content twice.
This is exactly what an evil overlord would say!!!
Great work, Keith.
Very nice job Keith.
Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic cooperation both camps deserve to share the wonderful credit for a job well done.
Had to see the man that saved Eric's butt! great work! subscribed!
This amazes me. I'm a 40 year mechanic with a fascination but zero experience with machine work. Also stuck in bed with Covid and these videos have been getting me through. I have wondered how you do not crash the part while threading into a shoulder like that and is it not possible to thread outwards from the shoulder to the open end? Just 1 of many questions I ponder while watching. Don't I wish I were younger and had someone such as yourself to assist and learn this trade from. It amazes me how you go from just a picture of an obsolete part and reproduce it. Thank you very much for the time and effort you put into these videos sir. Especially these videos on machining rough castings into perfectly fitted new parts.
Creative thinking was put into just about every component of vintage steam engines. What a fantastic time it was to be a machinist/designer of the then new breakthroughs in technology. : )
16:18 the part where it all went south but only the camera saw it. :-0 The screw apparently unscrewed as the run out sure looked worse and you can see the work go in and out from the cutter. Luckily it still did the job and the piece turned out just fine. :-)
Very nice indeed Keith, one thing I noticed is the top holes for the adjustment screws should be slotted to allow the shoes to move out as they wear and are adjusted.
A year too late, but I've just come to your channel after watching hand tool rescue. I've liked and subscribed. What a great collaboration, I love the camaraderie .
Great job, Keith! I like the finishing touches, they are the hallmark of professionalism.
I had no idea you guys did this collaboration.. I'm a long time viewer of both your channels (Keith Rucker and hand tool rescue) and had no idea you were working together on this project!! Can't wait to see that engine spring to life after how many years underwater!! It was such a nice surprise to see the two of you working on the same steam engine! Eric is one of my favorites to put on some music and watch!!
The old Boys sure had some simple but elegant designs to make things work, and this is one of them!
Glad to see you were able to machine all that dross off of the surface of the casting. Looks real good.
Thank you for sharing your passion. This project was a joy to to watch.
...it's time fitting.......steam our way to success.
ThnXs for the Share and the helping hand........................good job. :-)
That was fun. Great Job. I love your fixture idea.
Hello Keith, I've been a Toolroom Machinist (just retired last year) for over 50 years and seen lots of fixturing. I like how you handled that job. Holding the part is 90% of the job, If you can't hold it You can't machine it. I make TH-cam Videos now. It's lots of fun, Yours are great.
Simply here from Eric, beautiful to see your craftsmanship, subscribed, will see more of your work.
Thoughts about machining while watching Keith's video today... Who was the ancient person who imagined doing these things with and to metals. Thousands of years from now the future people will have this entertaining record of how it used to be done... back in the early 2000's. They will be watching Keith Rucker, and many others.
Attention to all pattern makers: Always add shrinkage to your dimensions, add increased thickness to heavy areas to eliminate/reduce shrink dimples.
This was very visible as Keith cleaned up the diameter on these beautiful castings. The edges started to form the diameter long before the other dimples cleaned out.
In injected plastic we call them sinks. All molten materials shrink and sink as they cool. In our industry the mold designer must address these factors, in the metal industry the pattern maker is responsible. I am amazed to see someone taking a cast part, putty the holes closed and using as a pattern. The shape will be there but most dimensions won't! One of the best examples was offshore 1948-1953 Ford 8N tractor exhaust manifolds, antique farm tractor exhaust manifolds tend to warp and break from the heat. Instead of making a pattern with the proper shrinkage added they simply would use an old manifold. When that was replaced they use one of their products for the next edition. Eventually our farm stores were selling manifolds with the exhaust runners being so near the mounting bolt heads a socket wrench couldn't be used!
The whole process was a treat to watch, and that brass in contrast with the cast iron just looks so good. Thanks for sharing.
4:10 Keith - that tool tip is loose on the tool body !
I thought on the facing process something was loose.
In fact, at 7:51 it is even lifting when you go past the centre of the work !
Saw that too, figured someone would comment!
I saw Eric's channel and I had to check out the process to get to the end product. I am going to check out what kind of things that you do. I really do like how you narrated each step.
That's a wild looking steam engine he restored.
Thanks for sharing and looking forward to watch more of your video's.
That part is probably better than it ever was.....Fine workmanship.....Thanks Keith my friend....l love watching your channel & Clark's channel....God Bless....!
As always, great job, Keith
I work in a bronze foundry and machine shop, we make something very similar to these and machine them the same way. Except they weigh about 700 lbs each lol
That looks beautiful.
Part one was great!
Fabulous Keith. It was worth not getting on with other things to follow the first part straight away. It is always a pleasure watching a craftsman at work.
Goodness, those are probably a nicer pair of bronze shoes than that engine had when it was first built.
Nice work Don't forget to stamp/engrave the parts to indicate there placement
Great job Keith, it's great to see builders helping each other out.
I'm getting ready to tackle a gib for my sebastian lathe.
Beautiful machining Keith. Imagination and creativity is your forte' Eric will be thrilled.
Well done my friend.
Beautiful finish
Nicely done! Kinda makes me miss an old job. I worked making oil well drilling equipment so it was mostly big steel parts.
Hand Tool Rescue sent me. Subbed.
What an interesting video. I'm not a machinist but I found the lathe and mill work fascinating.
After being just a voice in the wilderness of TH-cam, and a fan of this channel for many years; I had a chance to talk with Keith yesterday on the ARW discussion forum {ARW channel}. Great to exchange shop experiences with you Keith!👍👍👍
Thanks for sharing!!!
Great job making those jig fittings and calling out the center drill to get ready for the final machining nice solid result!
The end result works perfectly! 👌
That was awesome!
Thanks I learned a lot watching this little challenge.
Once again, great fabrication and explanations... WELL DONE!!! 10/10
A very nice bit of work there Keith 👍👍👍👍
Great job sir.
Always great when you can work with Eric and Clarke 👍
Awesome work as always.. can't wait.for.the next video
The early bird gets the worm. It must be an acquired taste.
The second mouse gets the cheese.
When threading to a shoulder we'd like to see a split shot showing the work piece and a shot showing the magnificent hand coordination on the handles to prevent a crash into the shoulder. Nice job.
I was hoping Keith would turn the threading tool upside down with lathe in reverse and thread from the shoulder left to right. Much credit to him for good hand/eye coordination.
@@ellieprice3396 So much easier, .I commented on an earlier vid suggesting the same thing, but , Keith is Keith. lol
Not an option on a lathe that has a threaded spindle (looking at you south bend!)
really enjoyed that, now I'm gonna binge watch your other videos.
subbed.
what would be really nice for all the lathe channels would be a well synced strobe light setup
Gorgeous parts and solving interesting machining problems. It just doesn't get better.
Made it look so easy. Great work.
Great work!
Awesome work!
Amazing work !!
Great videos on this project! Turned out very nice.
Great job Keith. I hope you got your requested maple syrup. 🍯
Hey Keith, as I mentioned in Part I, great working series for the steam engine. going to complete my watch for Eric's part II putting your part together to finish up. Have a happy New Year!!
Very interesting!
Canada is not always frozen, it is more like freeze or fry, not a whole lot in between. :)
Wow, I had no idea how you were going to turn that.
Amazing content, thank you👍
Really nice work Keith, thanks for sharing
nice work! great attention to detail in your explanation whole you work. I feel like I am learning from a master when I watch your videos. Thx for taking the time to do these videos as more than entertainment.👍👊
Stopping the single point threading tool. 010" away, awesome
Clarke made some nice and clean castings once again.
Nice work Keith...
Nice part! Pretty neat lil job !
good video keith
Excellent work on this Keith - very nice indeed! Cross-border collaboration at its best!
Hey man, it's not cold and snowy all the time up here. In fact, it was really damn hot this summer. ;)
Really enjoyed these pair of videos. I'll check out more of your channel, for sure.
No complaints from me this job got a dose of just what it needed,great video Keith.
Great job! I was wondering if the top holes (those ones with the shims underneath) had to be oval, because of the tapering. If the bronze pieces are adjusted by removing a couple of shims, the holes are no longer exactly above the threads.
Thanks Keith!
Wow, impressive 😀
Thank you for sharing. Watched and very much enjoyed.
Really nice from plan, resources, to completion. Thanks Keith.
Probably your best video yet, thanks Keith. Thoroughly enjoyed this problem solving video. Top work.
That's really quite beautiful.
Great video and great camera work.
Very interesting project. Fun to see these sort of repairs
Great job👍
When it was stopped, it looked like that was much wider at one end and you would run out of material to cut off but once it was turning it looked different. Just an optical illusion from the taper.
I had the same feeling!
All the TH-cam antique machine shop shows should form a cooperative group and work on group projects to recreate the past machining industry. For me it is a bit scary is that I have worked on machines older than in your shop in jobber shops. As the saying goes, old machines never die, they just fade away.
Great project!
Good morning Keith
interesting project
Nice.
And it looks pretty too.
It's 79F in the great frozen north today
Frozen white north...I wonder if he has a steam engine on his snowmobile.
Thanks for sharing!
Hi Keith,
My thoughts on the adjustment slots on the sides of the brass shoes, If making them the length as the total height of all the adjustment shims (spacer washers) it would allow the full adjustment throw if all the shims (spacer washers) were removed. Nice job 😃👍😄
I thought the same
The ultimate adjustability is defined by how much wear can be tolerated on the thickness of the shoes, not on the screw length. Given the thickness of the shoes at the base, I doubt it would tolerate adjustment of the entire length of all those current washers. Not sure if the current slot length is more than the min shoe thickness.
@@kindabluejazz I doubt that it will ever be adjusted again after the initial set up. It's going to end up a "look at" piece, not a working steam engine.
Curious if you considered or if it matters: I would have maybe put a 45 deg chamfer along the edges of the parts before attaching them so that the interrupted cuts would have a softer landing as the part comes around to contact the insert. I know this is a relatively soft metal so probably not an issue, but I wonder how those edges felt right off the lathe and if you decided to clean them up after?
Excellent work!!!!!!
Love watching both of you guys, smart and creative. Thanks for sharing 👍
Are you by any chance crosseyed?