I’m a retired master machinist of 40 yrs. in my early years I had the pleasure of cutting internal key ways with a shaper on couplers just like this. Not many of us around with that skill anymore. Really enjoyed you video. Very professionally explained and professionally executed. I miss them rewarding days.
My favorite things about my favorite TH-cam machinists: Abomb79: his precision K Rucker: his technical knowledge K Fenner: getter done All three are great machinist and their end result will always be the best for the job. I don't want to take away anything from any of them, since I learn so much from all of them and they are all such good people willing to share their expertise. I just wanted to highlight my favorite parts of each of them. Thanks, Adam for all of your videos.
I have 50 years as machinist/toolmaker Adam, and you impress me totally, glad I am subscribed. Your a top machinist Adam, kudos to you! Thanks for all your videos.
Over many, many months[15?] I've watched your shaper go from a rusty wreck with broken feeds, filthy oil, etc to a fully restored working machine doing useful work. Very well done, Adam - a true pleasure to watch an expert at work. I learn so much from your videos !
I was worried about how close the keyway cut came to the outside of the part. But when I saw the other side of the part, I remembered the interior hole was tapered. Nicely done!
I know very little of machining but watching your videos for years now and with the proliferation of CNC technology, yours is a fine art. I enjoy watching as you measure up and execute a plan.
Well done Adam, I used to use a large Butler Shaper when I worked at B.H.P Steelworks, Tool room. Brings back memories. Today they say, "CNC's can do anything" I'd like to see how they could do an Internal keyway in a tapered bore, and get it anywhere near as good as you did with an "Oldschool " Machine.
Who said shapers are old retired. From what I have seen of them the surface finish is good. The speed is ok too. Also for such an old machine, to take 0.001" off a surface is amazing. Great job Adam
Expertly done! Such an nice machine tool, I've been enjoying your series of videos on it. I have an old shaper I wish I could save somehow. Our workshop is going to be bulldozed to make way for new apartments, so sadly I have to let it go, hopefully to a new home and not the scrapyard. Never got the chance to hook it up and learn to use it. I now realize it could have been put to good use. Great to see people appreciating these old machines!
Great video Adam, super high quality. Your videography is as well done as your machining. Your clear and plainly spoken narration matches the video perfectly. Camera angles are ideal and the job seemed a simple one, but required attention to detail. Your whole presentation here is an example to everyone of how to make the perfect TH-cam video. 👍
Adam I've spent many years working in the Motorsports industry in the UK as a welder/fabricator/ sheet metal worker. I have worked with several old school Manual machinists from yesteryear, each of them brilliant at there job. I have to say that you are right up there with them though. With out doubt you are the best manual machinist I've seen on TH-cam, and your shaper is definitely one of the best machines on here to...Keep up the good work man!
Crazy how modern we think things are, but we still need to lay things out by hand with marker and squares and scribe. I love it. All you students take note. Great job Abom.
Adam. Thank you! Somehow you filled 2018 with some form of energy I could tap into via your videos. They do say that energy cannot be created nor destroyed. They are of course wrong! Shared happiness is double happiness. Let’s continue in 2019. You share, I double! 😘
I'm amazed every time you do something on your shaper. I've watched from the first time you brought it in the shop and did all of the restoration to it. It seems as if you and the shaper are a pair not to be separated. Great work.
I'm a woodworker and there is just something very sensual and satisfying about running my hands over a finely sanded and smooth project that I have applied finish to and completed especially when I know there is a joint there but can't feel it. It seems akin to the feeling a machinist must get when he runs his/her hands over raw steel after turning and polishing.
I miss doing this all day. Thanks so much for taking me back to work. Retirement (Forced from injury) really sucks.Thanks so much for your posts. They take me back to better days my friend. I live to make chips and great pieces like this. PS, , , Your shirts are looking a bit big ! Well done fella !
Watched this just before bedtime. It's like a bedtime story so I'll dream some sweet dreams of chips flying through the air. Thanks Adam. Wishing you a great New Year! I'm sure it will be for you, with upcoming plans.
Adam, looks like you are making that Shaper "pay its rent" - way to go!! it's more useful than I thought and you are obviously using the HECK out of it!
For anyone who wonders what a shaper is good for now days, this is a good example. If that were anchored and could have run at full tilt with no camera work, it would have been done much faster and no need for a tapered broach plug. Even this was probably faster than having to make one of those. There's something very satisfying watching the shaper make those nice even shaved curls of steel without throwing them all over the place.
I’m not understanding g some of these comments. People the bore is a taper. Never heard of sweeting a taper. And key way was cut parallel with the bore. Watch the video again. He tilted the table to make a parallel cut. When he cut the bore, I’m sure the face and gear diameters where all zeroed. Good job.
I"m never going to own one of these machines, but thanks for letting me into your shop and watch you learn how to use it. Granted, you're no novice, so you show me the basics that apply to all machining operations. I'm getting more and more accurate with my existing tools too, so thanks.
Good afternoon Adam here in Brazil we call this rolling mill machine I've never seen the machine very well preserved like that it cuts smooth like butter kkk very good
I could watch the shaper all day... what a brilliant machine. I hope you and Abby have a great New Years Eve and a Happy and Prosperous New Year from me and my family here in England UK.
Shaper work is a hoot to watch. Very relaxing on the eyes and mind. Going up though looked a little awkward for you but in Abom style ya got her done! Hope to see more shaper work from ya. Great Job.
Haven't watched many videos lately. Dude you have lost a ton of weight! Looking good! As always great video. Thanks for the shaper content. That thing is pretty cool
I had always wondered "how in the hell is a square hole drilled?" "how is a taper bored?" "how is keyway cut?" Thanks for enlightening me, Adam. I love machining and truly enjoy watching your work.
Big Bertha done it again! Love watching you do work on this shaper and taking pride in not only bringing her back, but also doing great work with it!! NICE JOB MY FRIEND!!
So cool when you break out grandad's Starrett gauge Adam. Yes it's a testament to a quality instrument, but even more a testament to multiple generations of quality machinists.
I have recently been introduced to the Davis keyseater. Before that I was all arbor press or hydraulic press and plug. Very cool to see a third way of doing an internal key, although I'll probably never get the opportunity to operate one. The only time I have ever seen one in person was at a naval machine shop meuseum.
Adam, I enjoy watching your videos. You are a lucky person, someone who enjoys what he does for a living. There aren't too many people who do. Take care, hope you had a Merry Christmas. Hope you have a happy and successful new year.
That may have been a pain in the butt using the up-feed but this is exactly the kind of job I have been waiting to see! Nicely done, keep on keepin on!
Thanks for sharing.. What an amazing machine.. The engineering that goes into making something that large but yet so precise is mind boggling.. (I mean the shaper, lol) God Bless you and yours from UK..
Enjoyed watching that. Its been a very long time since i have run a shaper. Or much of any manual machines these days. Computers have taken the skill out of the trade. Watching your show takes me back and makes me miss doing this kind of hands on work. Keep up the good work. I enjoy it
Good to see the Anchor Lube back in action. I use it a lot in my home shop. Great stuff. You could make a set of soft jaws for the vise with the center relieved to use the shaper down feed. Jeff
Another great video Adam. It's interesting to see just what these machines are capable of. If anyone hasn't already mentioned, I recommend that the one hold down stud for the table clamp be taken out and work on getting the nut out. Then reset the stud in the table with some non-permanent locktite. That way the wear will be between the nut and stud not between the stud and table when adjustments are made.
I have just watched Adam use the shaper to make a a keyway. To verify the final size, he used measured sized blocks. These blocks are very precious as I found out as a apprentice many years ago. I unfortunately have acidic sweat and after using these blocks without using cotton gloves, my finger prints were all over the blocks I had used. These were discovered by the instructor which sealed my demise! So I share this information to help all not make the same foolish mistake as it ruins the blocks.
A lovely machining journey, Adam. I really liked scribing the red Dykem and how you showed some machinist mastery with the calipers, triangle and inside micrometer. Thank - You!
hi , I always enjoy watching you youtube videos, a very neat way to tackling this job, one point, DON'T forget to put the table back for the next job, all the best JB. the Uk England.
I saw you on "This Old Tony". That was great. You are great. Tony is great. You did an excellent job. I LMAO. (I asked my Granddaughter if I did that right). ;-)
Awesome stuff, always love these shaper vids! I'm noticing you've got those magnetic dial indicators for tracking your X (Is that X?) travel. Maybe a good project would be a more robust indicator holder that clamps onto the ways, like a lathe stop. That way you could see the dial better, and not have to worry about bumping the indicators and losing your zero? Just a thought.
I’m a retired master machinist of 40 yrs. in my early years I had the pleasure of cutting internal key ways with a shaper on couplers just like this. Not many of us around with that skill anymore. Really enjoyed you video. Very professionally explained and professionally executed. I miss them rewarding days.
Wow. Great thing to hear this from you sir. 🙏
My favorite things about my favorite TH-cam machinists:
Abomb79: his precision
K Rucker: his technical knowledge
K Fenner: getter done
All three are great machinist and their end result will always be the best for the job. I don't want to take away anything from any of them, since I learn so much from all of them and they are all such good people willing to share their expertise. I just wanted to highlight my favorite parts of each of them.
Thanks, Adam for all of your videos.
I have 50 years as machinist/toolmaker Adam, and you impress me totally, glad I am subscribed. Your a top machinist Adam, kudos to you! Thanks for all your videos.
Thanks Frank 👍🏻
You are so natural on camera. It's like watching my big brother teach me something. I'm the oldest of 4 sons so that is a unique feeling.
Thank you!
Over many, many months[15?] I've watched your shaper go from a rusty wreck with broken feeds, filthy oil, etc to a fully restored working machine doing useful work. Very well done, Adam - a true pleasure to watch an expert at work. I learn so much from your videos !
Jay Leno is impressed.
140 strokes!!! That machine running 140 strokes per minute would be terrifying!
Love your videos Adam. Thanks for taking the time & effort to produce and share them. The quality is superb.
Where would my Saturday nights be without my Abom79 fix?
Beautiful to see the old G&E shaper working it's magic again!
Another beauty! I've said it before and I'll say it again: The shaper is such an impressive piece of machinery and so fun to watch!!
I was worried about how close the keyway cut came to the outside of the part. But when I saw the other side of the part, I remembered the interior hole was tapered. Nicely done!
Meticulous and PATIENT methodology produces high quality components. Well done Adam.
I know very little of machining but watching your videos for years now and with the proliferation of CNC technology, yours is a fine art.
I enjoy watching as you measure up and execute a plan.
Well done Adam, I used to use a large Butler Shaper when I worked at B.H.P Steelworks, Tool room. Brings back memories. Today they say, "CNC's can do anything" I'd like to see how they could do an Internal keyway in a tapered bore, and get it anywhere near as good as you did with an "Oldschool " Machine.
The machine wasn't really running, Adam was actually pulling and pushing the arm forward and backwards and manually feeding it up. What a beast!
So that's how he's losing so much weight!
As always, beautiful precision work and excellent photography. Thanks Adam, for sharing with us.
Who said shapers are old retired. From what I have seen of them the surface finish is good. The speed is ok too. Also for such an old machine, to take 0.001" off a surface is amazing. Great job Adam
Expertly done! Such an nice machine tool, I've been enjoying your series of videos on it. I have an old shaper I wish I could save somehow. Our workshop is going to be bulldozed to make way for new apartments, so sadly I have to let it go, hopefully to a new home and not the scrapyard. Never got the chance to hook it up and learn to use it. I now realize it could have been put to good use. Great to see people appreciating these old machines!
I've never seen anybody use a shaper as nicely as you do Adam..... You really bring out the fine art of the machine!
I’ve been with you on that shaper since the initial pick up for delivery to your shop. It’s a Monster and I love it so much!!
Great video Adam, super high quality. Your videography is as well done as your machining. Your clear and plainly spoken narration matches the video perfectly. Camera angles are ideal and the job seemed a simple one, but required attention to detail. Your whole presentation here is an example to everyone of how to make the perfect TH-cam video. 👍
Adam I've spent many years working in the Motorsports industry in the UK as a welder/fabricator/ sheet metal worker. I have worked with several old school Manual machinists from yesteryear, each of them brilliant at there job. I have to say that you are right up there with them though. With out doubt you are the best manual machinist I've seen on TH-cam, and your shaper is definitely one of the best machines on here to...Keep up the good work man!
Crazy how modern we think things are, but we still need to lay things out by hand with marker and squares and scribe. I love it. All you students take note.
Great job Abom.
A man could get some deep sleep with the rhythm of that shaper ...Thank's
I have no idea whats going on. I have no urge to start work like this, but damn your videos are so interesting I cannot stop watching!!
Adam. Thank you! Somehow you filled 2018 with some form of energy I could tap into via your videos. They do say that energy cannot be created nor destroyed. They are of course wrong! Shared happiness is double happiness. Let’s continue in 2019. You share, I double! 😘
Happy new year buddy.
I'm amazed every time you do something on your shaper. I've watched from the first time you brought it in the shop and did all of the restoration to it. It seems as if you and the shaper are a pair not to be separated. Great work.
I'm a woodworker and there is just something very sensual and satisfying about running my hands over a finely sanded and smooth project that I have applied finish to and completed especially when I know there is a joint there but can't feel it. It seems akin to the feeling a machinist must get when he runs his/her hands over raw steel after turning and polishing.
I miss doing this all day. Thanks so much for taking me back to work. Retirement (Forced from injury) really sucks.Thanks so much for your posts. They take me back to better days my friend. I live to make chips and great pieces like this. PS, , , Your shirts are looking a bit big ! Well done fella !
I appreciate your can-do attitude and your approach to your projects.
Thank you for showing the indicator positions on the shaper. It helps me to understand how you are achieving your accuracy.
Adam, I have learnt so much from your videos and I have learnt something new today, many many thanks.
Watched this just before bedtime. It's like a bedtime story so I'll dream some sweet dreams of chips flying through the air. Thanks Adam. Wishing you a great New Year! I'm sure it will be for you, with upcoming plans.
Adam, looks like you are making that Shaper "pay its rent" - way to go!! it's more useful than I thought and you are obviously using the HECK out of it!
Great example of using a machne in a different method to get the job done, think outside the box 101. Well done!
Your attention to detail and precision never fails to amaze me. Happy new year to you and your family, Adam.
For anyone who wonders what a shaper is good for now days, this is a good example. If that were anchored and could have run at full tilt with no camera work, it would have been done much faster and no need for a tapered broach plug. Even this was probably faster than having to make one of those. There's something very satisfying watching the shaper make those nice even shaved curls of steel without throwing them all over the place.
I’m not understanding g some of these comments. People the bore is a taper. Never heard of sweeting a taper. And key way was cut parallel with the bore. Watch the video again. He tilted the table to make a parallel cut. When he cut the bore, I’m sure the face and gear diameters where all zeroed. Good job.
I"m never going to own one of these machines, but thanks for letting me into your shop and watch you learn how to use it. Granted, you're no novice, so you show me the basics that apply to all machining operations. I'm getting more and more accurate with my existing tools too, so thanks.
Adam, dude. I think it's a forgone conclusion that we'll like the video... Especially shaper vids! 😁🇺🇸👍
Good afternoon Adam here in Brazil we call this rolling mill machine I've never seen the machine very well preserved like that it cuts smooth like butter kkk very good
I could watch the shaper all day... what a brilliant machine.
I hope you and Abby have a great New Years Eve and a Happy and Prosperous New Year from me and my family here in England UK.
Shaper work is a hoot to watch. Very relaxing on the eyes and mind. Going up though looked a little awkward for you but in Abom style ya got her done! Hope to see more shaper work from ya. Great Job.
Haven't watched many videos lately. Dude you have lost a ton of weight! Looking good! As always great video. Thanks for the shaper content. That thing is pretty cool
Takes me back near 60 years to the first machine i used as an apprentice.
I had always wondered "how in the hell is a square hole drilled?" "how is a taper bored?" "how is keyway cut?" Thanks for enlightening me, Adam. I love machining and truly enjoy watching your work.
Your boss must love you. You are a valued employee with incredible talent.
@jacktheripped I remember that!
@jacktheripped Adam was very classy about it too!
That was the most difficult setup I've ever seen. Incredibly well done. Huzzah!
Great job Adam,
Always amaze's me how a machine that is so heavy can be adjusted to do such fine detailed work. thanks for posting 👍
I must confess, I've been searching ebay and craigslist for small shapers lately. Keep up the good work Adam.
As we say in Sheffield... " nowt like a good old un" that was poetry. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍
Love seeing you do your work with such precision very relaxing 👍🏿
Just looks so wrong to take out so much material but used these couplings before and it's the norm. Great stuff, so love watching your channel.
Big Bertha done it again! Love watching you do work on this shaper and taking pride in not only bringing her back, but also doing great work with it!! NICE JOB MY FRIEND!!
Adam it’s a pleasure watching you do machine work. A man that knows his craft! Thanks!
So cool when you break out grandad's Starrett gauge Adam. Yes it's a testament to a quality instrument, but even more a testament to multiple generations of quality machinists.
I have recently been introduced to the Davis keyseater. Before that I was all arbor press or hydraulic press and plug. Very cool to see a third way of doing an internal key, although I'll probably never get the opportunity to operate one. The only time I have ever seen one in person was at a naval machine shop meuseum.
Every video of yours I see I think to myself "This dude is an absolute Fricking beast!" Keep it up!
Adam, I enjoy watching your videos. You are a lucky person, someone who enjoys what he does for a living. There aren't too many people who do. Take care, hope you had a Merry Christmas. Hope you have a happy and successful new year.
Adam I can hear you giggling as your adjust your cuts by hand, SOOoooooooooo cool to see it being used in such cool ways.....so cool
Excellent work Adam, honored by a swiss precise mechanic engineer.
That may have been a pain in the butt using the up-feed but this is exactly the kind of job I have been waiting to see! Nicely done, keep on keepin on!
thanks Adam, I really like the way you show us every little bit of your setup. thanks mike
Perfect job for the shaper. In fact I can’t even imagine how you’d do it without a shaper. Nice work Adam
Thanks for sharing.. What an amazing machine.. The engineering that goes into making something that large but yet so precise is mind boggling.. (I mean the shaper, lol) God Bless you and yours from UK..
Fantastic shaper build Adam and the part turned out great Love watching you and Keith do your thing
Love seeing this machine in action. Just love it!
Another top notch performance by the Master.... Thanks for sharing Adam, its a real pleasure to watch you and learn....
Good to see the old way being used again. Thanks for your videos :)
Enjoyed watching that. Its been a very long time since i have run a shaper. Or much of any manual machines these days. Computers have taken the skill out of the trade. Watching your show takes me back and makes me miss doing this kind of hands on work. Keep up the good work. I enjoy it
Good to see the Anchor Lube back in action. I use it a lot in my home shop. Great stuff. You could make a set of soft jaws for the vise with the center relieved to use the shaper down feed. Jeff
Another great video Adam. It's interesting to see just what these machines are capable of. If anyone hasn't already mentioned, I recommend that the one hold down stud for the table clamp be taken out and work on getting the nut out. Then reset the stud in the table with some non-permanent locktite. That way the wear will be between the nut and stud not between the stud and table when adjustments are made.
How to put a square peg in a round hole, lesson 1. Great video, love the variation in ways to use the shaper, such an awesome tool!
Fun video Mr Booth! Thanks for all you do! The shaper work keeps me motivated to get my 1900's 20" standard Cincinnati shaper up and running.
I have not seen a shaper being used for years, good job, nice to see that there are still some of the old methods still being used good luck to you.
Love the way you explain your work in detail. Happy New Year 2019
Thanks for taking us along to the shop Adam, as a learning machinist these videos are very helpful. If you ever get to South Dakota stop by our shop.
Great demonstration of what a shaper can do - I learned a lot from this video!
I have just watched Adam use the shaper to make a a keyway. To verify the final size, he used measured sized blocks. These blocks are very precious as I found out as a apprentice many years ago. I unfortunately have acidic sweat and after using these blocks without using cotton gloves, my finger prints were all over the blocks I had used. These were discovered by the instructor which sealed my demise! So I share this information to help all not make the same foolish mistake as it ruins the blocks.
You should have an apprentice that you teach these things to, i.e., You seem to be one that would be a good teacher.
He's got 254,000 apprentices...
What a versatile machine. Thanks for sharing another interesting and informative video.
Thanks 4 video.I learned the importance of the acme & finishing tool for quick & proper keyway👍👍👍
A lovely machining journey, Adam. I really liked scribing the red Dykem and how you showed some machinist mastery with the calipers, triangle and inside micrometer. Thank - You!
Love the vid , Adam!👍 That shaper just might turn out to be the most valuable tool in your shop!!🙂
That was pretty darn cool! I've never seen that done before, thanks for sharing it with us!
Nice job , handy not having to make a broaching guide for every job , cheers .
Nice one :)
Maybe next time, try cut the key at 9 o'clock or 3 o'clock instead of 12...? then you can use the auto cross feed and the auto down feed?
You will also be cutting a lot closer to the vice jaw, reducing the load on the part and the vice considerably.
hi , I always enjoy watching you youtube videos, a very neat way to tackling this job, one point, DON'T forget to put the table back for the next job, all the best JB. the Uk England.
Great set up and execution. The rougher looked like an Acme thread tool, perfect for that....Dave
Love that shaper. I've always wanted one of those.
My nephew lived there in Penscola and he loved this type of work,keep the videos coming.
That's the way a video should start Monarch for the intro blasting chips. Sweet shaper footage.
I saw you on "This Old Tony". That was great. You are great. Tony is great. You did an excellent job.
I LMAO. (I asked my Granddaughter if I did that right). ;-)
27:06 The Shaper, being too cool for school, is blowing perfect smoke rings.
Wow. Not coming from a machinists background, I find what you do fascinating!! Been glued to the screen watching how all these complex parts are made.
Nice job. It's amazing how accurate you can be with a shaper. I really like how the bar turned out!
You made that job look easy, well done Adam.
Thank You for your wonderful videos Adam
Awesome stuff, always love these shaper vids! I'm noticing you've got those magnetic dial indicators for tracking your X (Is that X?) travel. Maybe a good project would be a more robust indicator holder that clamps onto the ways, like a lathe stop. That way you could see the dial better, and not have to worry about bumping the indicators and losing your zero? Just a thought.
I think this is a VERY appropriate and profitable job for the shaper!!!