I HAVE GOT TO SAY THAT IS JUST AWESOME AMERICAN INGENUITY. I DO NOT even own any machinery. But i like learning this stuff. Have run the you crap out of a lot of Equipment. I know excellence when I, see it though. ( Operator and set up of Mechanical presses, welding lathes.Vertical Mill, CNC SHEAR, CNC Turret punch, bed Laser, Migged a lot , Tigged some.) I am a Has been high volume production worker that wore out my hip and my back over the years. Your videos are better than whats on TV. You and Abom79 are the ones I like the most. Keep em coming and you take care. .-Keith Kelly Cant type fer sht though. lol
God I would love to be your assistant and follow you around your shop just soaking up information. If you ever plan to develop an upholstery division to your shop or just adopt a 44 year old man child I got 25+ years experience at both. Your videos are inspiring. If I ever win the lottery I would build my own personal machine shop so that I would never have to outsource the parts we need made. Its baby step though when building a business on a budget. This year is building a new 3,200 sq ft shop. I am hoping by next year we can work or way into some CNC equipment or at least an old school lathe and bridgeport. It's frustrating having to rely on other companies to make the parts we need. We custom build motorcycles and even though we have a ton of equipment when it comes to the upholstery and painting side of the builds. Welders, chops saws,torches, and plasma cutters just aren't quite enough that every bike ends up requiring at least something that needs to be fabricated. It's either rare or really expensive to find an outfit that already has the parts we need and made the way we want them. I got a cousin who is a god when it comes to CAD and designing parts, but without the proper equipment in house we are still forced to out source. That's why I like watching videos like yours that show people how they can build the equipment they need and not have to rely on just what is for sale out there. I saw a cool video of this guy from Rogue Fabrication, who builds and sells his own tube / pipe bending machine kits you can assemble yourself and just purchase the actual dies you need. So instead of a bunch of crap dies that wrinkle your pipe the money goes into quality parts that work. I believe his kits start at around $650, which for a good hydraulic machine can be beat. I saw another outfit I forget their name with a kit designed to turn your hand held plasma machine into a flatbed plasma setup like what you had. It doesn't make the builds necessarily a ton cheaper per say but it at least allows you to spend your money exactly where you need it so that your equipment ends up tailored to your needs much like your press and bender is for you. I look forward to your upcoming videos.
@vondeliusc Hi Christian, Well their not getting picked up until tomorrow, I'll get them up on the saw horses for a full end shot and show it later, in a video of the press... My torch is a SL60, was using a 30 amp. tip, running at 100 IPM's The tonage is yet to be known, I will be picking up a gage for it and we'll all find out in a video coming soon. Its not supose to be clean? :)
@Jim911Bo I built the press myself, I'll be doing a video on it soon after the video on the 2HL mill coming soon, so I'll hold all the details, until then...
@mnrjohnson Well heat straightening is easier if you can spin it on rollers and the amount of bend is less than extreme. The press is best if your bending flats, squares and hex's or extreme bends on rounds to get them close enough to then switch over to heat straightening...
@billdlv Ever watch Armageddon!:) Most of these tools are not in true line of sight from the operators view, giving a bit much angle to the dangle or un foreseen materials like bolders or as I mentioned, operator technique. Its not like any of us have ever pushed a little harder on tooling than designed, ever before:)
@DieselCrawler86 No, I do not bother with a stress relief process after, the material is still in the anealed state... The bending is cause by operator technique, so if the operator uses the same technique, bending is posible...
In the two video; Press Talk I give a once over on my press including how to gauge your tonnage. Tube is harder to bend back to shape, but can be done if cradled right and heat the inside, of the bend, so it stretches back to size and minimizes the bulging if it has to travel though a bore. ;{)-----
@Keith and @Brian O'Dell, this music is " New life " by Jack White. Two other melody by Jack White that Keith put on his videos are " Something to prove " and " 33 Top ". Also " Now and forever " and " Love comes " are same kind of melody you can appreciate ;) Getter done.
Keith Tell you what man'n since the first time I seen your press I must say I've fallen in love. That's one sweet press I can only imagine how much it must of cost. Envy oozzzing out over here. What make is it? Looks like it may be a 150 to 200 ton unit. Keep them coming.
looks like a giant chip removal tools they sell LOL. Do you know how they got bent, was it due to over-torque? Whatever bent those must have caused some excitement when it happened. Looking forward to a video on the press.
I like your music, but I have a confession to make. During this video I was playing the theme from "Shaft" in my head. Is that so wrong? It's amazing how that plasma cutter will cut that plate and not distort it. I want one. Great vid!
Hi Keith how do yo decide which method to use for straightening the shafts, I notice that sometimes you use flame straightening and this time you used the press. Thanks for the videos Ryan
Hi Keith first of al i love your videos and i learn a lot from it. Do you treath the shafts after you made them straight again. Are you not scared that the bended places are weaker. And it would be nice if you can make a smal video of things you repaired back in action. Keep up the work and i wish i did not live 10000km away from you i would love to have you as a teacher.
Thanks for the info! Found it at Melody Loops dot com under Electric Guitar Background Music number 09 title "New Life". There's a ton of good music on there!
Greetings, do you heat re leave them after they have been pressed straight? And do you have many issues with them bending again right away after they have been bent once?
Of course, the most important part of the tool is the text! I never would have thought you able to get the 'noodler' straight again. Would have liked to see an end view after completed. What plasma torch do you use? How many tons is your press? And finally, your PlasmaCAM table is WAYYYYYY too clean :-) -Christian
A clever tool and, a great repair.! Your customers are very lucky to have someone like you in the area!!
Great job!!! nice to see how to fabricate tools to get the job done.thanks for taking the time to make the videos.
Spectacular job! Great talent and knowledge of your materials!
That was awesome. Man, you could see the huge press table flex with all the power of the ram.
great job as always Keith...really enjoy your videos, thanks!!!
Just found your channel and look forward to seeing some more, fantastic stuff !!
It's great to watch a pro at work...
Very knowledgable guy , nice videos i learn alot
Once again, you have amazed me.
thanks
Wow, awesome tool design and execution. At first I thought you were making some kind of emblem for your trucks tailgate.
I HAVE GOT TO SAY THAT IS JUST AWESOME AMERICAN INGENUITY.
I DO NOT even own any machinery. But i like learning this stuff.
Have run the you crap out of a lot of Equipment. I know excellence when I, see it though.
( Operator and set up of Mechanical presses, welding lathes.Vertical Mill, CNC SHEAR, CNC Turret punch, bed Laser, Migged a lot , Tigged some.) I am a Has been high volume production worker that wore out my hip and my back over the years.
Your videos are better than whats on TV. You and Abom79 are the ones I like the most.
Keep em coming and you take care.
.-Keith Kelly
Cant type fer sht though. lol
Thank you! ;{)-----
God I would love to be your assistant and follow you around your shop just soaking up information. If you ever plan to develop an upholstery division to your shop or just adopt a 44 year old man child I got 25+ years experience at both. Your videos are inspiring. If I ever win the lottery I would build my own personal machine shop so that I would never have to outsource the parts we need made. Its baby step though when building a business on a budget. This year is building a new 3,200 sq ft shop. I am hoping by next year we can work or way into some CNC equipment or at least an old school lathe and bridgeport. It's frustrating having to rely on other companies to make the parts we need. We custom build motorcycles and even though we have a ton of equipment when it comes to the upholstery and painting side of the builds. Welders, chops saws,torches, and plasma cutters just aren't quite enough that every bike ends up requiring at least something that needs to be fabricated. It's either rare or really expensive to find an outfit that already has the parts we need and made the way we want them.
I got a cousin who is a god when it comes to CAD and designing parts, but without the proper equipment in house we are still forced to out source. That's why I like watching videos like yours that show people how they can build the equipment they need and not have to rely on just what is for sale out there. I saw a cool video of this guy from Rogue Fabrication, who builds and sells his own tube / pipe bending machine kits you can assemble yourself and just purchase the actual dies you need. So instead of a bunch of crap dies that wrinkle your pipe the money goes into quality parts that work. I believe his kits start at around $650, which for a good hydraulic machine can be beat. I saw another outfit I forget their name with a kit designed to turn your hand held plasma machine into a flatbed plasma setup like what you had. It doesn't make the builds necessarily a ton cheaper per say but it at least allows you to spend your money exactly where you need it so that your equipment ends up tailored to your needs much like your press and bender is for you. I look forward to your upcoming videos.
@vondeliusc
Hi Christian,
Well their not getting picked up until tomorrow, I'll get them up on the saw horses for a full end shot and show it later, in a video of the press...
My torch is a SL60, was using a 30 amp. tip, running at 100 IPM's
The tonage is yet to be known, I will be picking up a gage for it and we'll all find out in a video coming soon.
Its not supose to be clean? :)
You sir are a master of metal.!!
Keith, your making me want to invest in that Plasma Cam more and more!!!!
Love your work, you're ingenuity is contagious thank,s for helping me think . i don't subscribe to many You and Abom and samurai carpenter.
O SENHOR E UM MESTRE NA ARTE DE TRABALHAR O METAL... GENIO. PARABENS...
@Jim911Bo I built the press myself, I'll be doing a video on it soon after the video on the 2HL mill coming soon, so I'll hold all the details, until then...
@mnrjohnson Well heat straightening is easier if you can spin it on rollers and the amount of bend is less than extreme. The press is best if your bending flats, squares and hex's or extreme bends on rounds to get them close enough to then switch over to heat straightening...
@gonetoworkbbackin5mi Thanks for the Kudo's and your welcome!:)
@billdlv Ever watch Armageddon!:) Most of these tools are not in true line of sight from the operators view, giving a bit much angle to the dangle or un foreseen materials like bolders or as I mentioned, operator technique. Its not like any of us have ever pushed a little harder on tooling than designed, ever before:)
@DieselCrawler86 No, I do not bother with a stress relief process after, the material is still in the anealed state... The bending is cause by operator technique, so if the operator uses the same technique, bending is posible...
@huerdon Ya! and a few attachments for it...
It's taken me a while to get that piece just right, for rounds and flats! ;{)---
Here's another vote for a video detailing your press!! :)
In the two video; Press Talk I give a once over on my press including how to gauge your tonnage. Tube is harder to bend back to shape, but can be done if cradled right and heat the inside, of the bend, so it stretches back to size and minimizes the bulging if it has to travel though a bore. ;{)-----
That text is called, Gunship, a PlasmaCAM font...
Lol Keith !! youre just showing off now !!, lol, Don't Blame you, I'd do the same! Great machine though. That Font looks GREAT
@Keith and @Brian O'Dell, this music is " New life " by Jack White.
Two other melody by Jack White that Keith put on his videos are " Something to prove " and " 33 Top ".
Also " Now and forever " and " Love comes " are same kind of melody you can appreciate ;)
Getter done.
You straightened that saxaphone back into an arrow!
That was a free download somewhere, or one of the ones I picked up off of Melody loops dot com ;{)-----
Nice one keith
@gregoryscottsr Make sure the twist was running straight:)
@morammo Ya, my customers don't like when I talk about retirement:)
That was a very dramatic opening, Keith. It makes me wonder if you can change the order in which the plasma CAM cuts out the shapes?
Keith
Tell you what man'n since the first time I seen your press I must say I've fallen in love.
That's one sweet press I can only imagine how much it must of cost. Envy oozzzing out over here.
What make is it? Looks like it may be a 150 to 200 ton unit.
Keep them coming.
looks like a giant chip removal tools they sell LOL.
Do you know how they got bent, was it due to over-torque? Whatever bent those must have caused some excitement when it happened.
Looking forward to a video on the press.
I like your music, but I have a confession to make. During this video I was playing the theme from "Shaft" in my head. Is that so wrong?
It's amazing how that plasma cutter will cut that plate and not distort it. I want one.
Great vid!
You can pick a choice of standards or self pick your own choice. ;{)-----
Hi Keith how do yo decide which method to use for straightening the shafts, I notice that sometimes you use flame straightening and this time you used the press.
Thanks for the videos
Ryan
Great job straightening those shafts. Do you know how they got so warped originally? They sure looked torqued! lol
Hi Keith first of al i love your videos and i learn a lot from it. Do you treath the shafts after you made them straight again. Are you not scared that the bended places are weaker. And it would be nice if you can make a smal video of things you repaired back in action. Keep up the work and i wish i did not live 10000km away from you i would love to have you as a teacher.
Cool!
Where did u get that great guitar music? Keith.
Thanks for the info! Found it at Melody Loops dot com under Electric Guitar Background Music number 09 title "New Life".
There's a ton of good music on there!
On my blog site I have contact information, with address to send to. Blog site link is on my about page of my TH-cam channel. ;{)-----
Keith, As a long ago tool maker, I have some tools that I would like to send to you, please give me instructions.
Bob Miller
Greetings, do you heat re leave them after they have been pressed straight? And do you have many issues with them bending again right away after they have been bent once?
what font is that on the reach over?
Driver technique! ;{)-----
Um, how many ton is your press?
I need to bend a vice jaw tube back about .21" or so. Is possible? In order to salvage the vice? Use heat?
What would you do if they were twisted some?
Of course, the most important part of the tool is the text!
I never would have thought you able to get the 'noodler' straight again.
Would have liked to see an end view after completed.
What plasma torch do you use?
How many tons is your press?
And finally, your PlasmaCAM table is WAYYYYYY too clean :-)
-Christian
MAGNA CUM LAUDE!