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That GnE shaper is awesome. I wish I had room for such a machine as that. Mine will be so small compared to that beast. The shaper although outdated to modern machines is such an awesome tool. Love it, could watch it all day.
Great job Adam, very enjoyable...Like the detail and explanation of setting the shaper up for the particular cutting operation. Nothing like watching the chips peel off, while enjoying morning coffee. Weather looking nice there, enjoy the rest of the weekend.
As a woodworker I’m not a regular on this channel. Adam I have to say. It’s clear that the workpiece isn’t the only thing getting in good shaped. Good job man.
Great shaper job, quick to set up and quick to reset head to vertical. Less bending with cutting along full length, rather than locally, ref compare to a milling cutter. Thanks for sharing Adam.
seriously, I have watched maybe 3 or 4 Abom79 videos, and I can't get over the way he literally finds the slowest way to do everything. I managed a very large machine shop for about 10 years and we there's no way in a million years we could turn a profit doing things this way. Having said that though, It's really nice to watch a young guy machining the way our fathers and grandfathers did, it's like a step back in time. I love watching chips fly, and this is no exception, but i get anxiety thinking about all the wasted time and money. I may have to subscribe and watch a few more videos so my psychologists has something to work on next time i go see him about my anxiety issues.
Man this is awesome. I think the guys that will use this for weld tests should have to watch the series on its build. just to pump them up about doing the best they can. NASA couldn't do a better job.
That shaper is SO hypnotic! (wonder if stoners watch this channel?) Still can't get to bed tho. Guess I'll just have to watch to the end. (I'm a time-traveller)
You know I was thinking the same thing and wondering how much longer a life these machines will have with people who take care of them rather than just beating the hell out of someone’s else’s property just to get a paycheck.
Take a look at Adam's previous videos when he first got the machine and was fixing her up to put he back in service. It looked even worse than what you see here. The 200 lbs. gorillas that used this machine in the past were brutal. Adam has given her a new lease on life in his shop.
I've worked a lot of years in several shops as a 'Maintenance Mechanic', and nearly every machine was hammered, no matter the value....I think a lot of employees just don't know any better, but a few do it on purpose...pissed off that they have run a dirty machine, in a dirty shop, while to boss plays video games in the office, that's video games on 2 full sized arcade machines...Soccer and Mario Bro's...what a jerk...all 3 of them...played video games when they were not fighting... I never beat on stuff, I might be the guy who has to fix it later......@@yqwgjsg
Don't know why but watchen that shaper cut is like watchen a tennis game ~ can't help but have the eyes and head move back and forth along with that head. Got rid of stiff neck doing that so thanks. Enjoyed this video as well as all the others preceding this one.
This was an awesome vid, great production! You can tell you were having a lot of fun with it, and it was really fun to watch. So the G&E seems fully dialed in now; and if I had to pick one of your videos to show someone what a shaper is all about, so far, it would be this one! BTW, those parts remind me of chipper blades.👍🏼👊🏼😉
Awesome vid Adam. I cant remember what video you first showed us using the shear tool in the shaper, but I seem to remember it was entering the material point first and pushing material away from the cut. Today you have it going the other way shoving the chip towards the cut. Was that an oversight on your setup, or does it not matter? Might be worth making more test cuts to see if one ways better, plus it'd be more time on the shaper. Can't wait to see more, Aaron.
@@SuperSwitched Your like me son. It has to be very flagrant before I mention spelling, because typos are common. If I find a typo in my comment, even weeks later I correct it.
Yeah, I have a friend who is 6'5"...weighed 350 or more all his life...he's 87 now...really took a toll on him, even though he's down to 250 for a few years now...a machinist for most of his years...heavy, standing on concrete all day....@@MaturePatriot
Hey Adam, I love watching the shaper videos. That machine sure makes short work of those cuts. Is it possible to mount the camera close to the cutting head and take some slow motion shots of those big cuts? Keep up the good work on the weight loss. I also made a goal to lose weight in 2018. I started with a goal of shedding a 100lbs. I have lost 80 lbs so far. Do you have a secret to your weight loss, simple calorie restriction? Keep it up, remember nothing tastes as good as thin feels!!
At the end when you were showing how the parts bolt to the fixture it reminded me of ToT videos because all we ever see is his black sleeves and hands. Might be time for a ToT parody video!!
Awesome work quick question though is the shaper supposed to drop down and like shimmy’s on the back feed I’m just asking because I’m curious you’re videos and work are really awesome and I’m learning off of you’re work
Really enjoying this project Adam. You seem really relaxed lately too if you don't mind me saying so :) Awesome! Y'know, there's a sort of music comes off that shaper. Hypnotic there at times.
Love the shaper footage! I don't know what era yours is but I can well imagine some old codger using that very machine during the war effort to machine parts for a plane or tank. If that thing could talk...
Now that you're self employed, even more impressive that you can take the time to still make the high quality videos…!! And your attention to details, even when they're not needed to be that close...good to develop good working skills early on...makes it easier later...! Your first big job is 'shaping' up quite well....I couldn't resist making that comment...
I love listening to the Clapper on that shaper. Music to the ears. Sadly I haven't heard that music today yet but will probably hear it a little later in the video
I'm a woodworker and I have a question for the metal guys here : At 3:59 he first tightens the vice hard up and THEN hits the work piece with the thumb-locator. Isn't it firmly held in the vice by then ? I'd get it if he half-tightened the vice before 'seating' the work piece and then using the big handle. What am I not getting here ? As I said, I'm a woodworker (furniture, windows & doors, mostly) but lately I've started watching these metalist videos. Started out nice & easy with AvE (just for shits & giggles - no harm in that) who passed me on to Old Tony and his associates. By now I recognized that I had a habit. I was deep into the intricacies of hand crafting bronze components for ancient, Greek astronomical devices. I was absorbed in the geometric complexities of gears for crissakes ! And everything is measured to a thousand of an inch. I was raised metric ! I used to be such a nice, pine scented young man. Now I'm hanging out with a bunch of greasy, suspect looking guys who deal in oiled up 12" deep thrusting shaper porn videos. The shame. The shame...
When machining, you tighten the vise then "tap" the workpiece down onto the parallels to set the work. This is common practice, even showing in my handbooks.
So you can move the workpiece with a hammer but the shaper cannot move it when it's pushing on it ? If so : is it because of the difference between a sharp tap and a steady shove (if that makes sense) ?BTW : I really like your shop Abom !
I’m just guessing here but I’d say since you are striking a hard surface that will suddenly be contacting another hard surface. If the vise were left slightly loose, the piece you strike might rebound slightly defeating the whole purpose of what you’re trying to do. I doubt there is any movement or very little from those strikes Adam gave the piece but some things are done as a good practice
As soon as you learn to read scales in Murican inches, you can be one of us! We ain’t all bad. Just jesting. When you start dreaming about cutting left handed acme threads, you’ve passed the point of no return and we’ll own you forever. 😎👍
You have followed my same progression from AVE to Tony and now to heavy metal crunching. Of coarse clickspring is always there to he,p us woodworkers believe we can do it too.
Love the vids man! Been watching since i got a job machining just about 4 years ago. Have learned alot from your videos! Also just wanted to say good job on the weight loss! Completely different from your old vids stud! Lol
Adam nice work and video. With all those interesting viewing angles of your Shaper's cutting, got me wondering: Whatever happened to your shop's large Granite Surface Plate?
I am super excited and happy for you bud! Being able to do what you like and enjoy for a living.....IN YOUR OWN SHOP!!!! NICE! I love watching that shaper work man. Hey I was watching Steeve Summers video "HEAVY TEST CUTS ON IN STAINLESS ON THE K&T MILL" take a look at the tool bit he uses at 28:54 time line. I like the results he got with it, and was thinking it might be a good experiment for your shaper, just a thought. I do low budget milling in my garage with a pair of vise grips and a tool bit.......takes me a loooong time to do a cut lol. Great job on those parts!!!
At about the 1:15 mark, he starts tapping on the head with the plastic mallet. You can see several dents in the side of the head where, I’m guessing, previous owners used steel hammers, or even worse, pieces of metal (maybe work pieces) to do the same thing. Nice to know a responsible person like Adam owns this wonderful piece of history now.
I’d watch your video even if it was a 30 minute still shot of a wall. Just in the hopes that it would help support your endeavors. Congratulations on everything, not the least of which is your health and weight loss. That said, I feel like you’ve made your “rough cut” now maybe just a “finishing pass” (if anything). We don’t wanna have to start calling you Abone 125#. Keep the content coming and chase your vision brother!
you could add a grinder to that thing and do precision grinding.. i bet there are kits for it and the finishes are the best mirror finishes if you desired it
I've always wondered. What do you do with the chips/shavings from your projects. I'm sure if you recycle them you could get some extra money... like live said. I've always wondered this
I would like to see a collaboration with Alec Steele, now in Montana. You collect all your shavings an chips from your part of the project and he makes damascus from it for his part.
Brings back memories of using the Shaper at the Halifax County Vocational School 1959 to 1961.. I used the Shaper to build the BASE for the "Knock Off" Starrett Surface Scriber.. Thanks for posting this Video, Adam..
Did you indicate the vise in off camera or was using the numerical index close enough for this job? That backpurge project turned out beautifully. Great craftsmanship. And now you can put your stamp on it😬
Morning how can I contact you I’m looking to have a couple of things made you and I’ve been following you for awhile and you work I really amazing and I would like for you to make if possible
Non machinest here, are there ever Instances where the head would bind on the backstroke? I've just been curious about that flapping action getting stuck and sending some shrapnel all over lol
Using the shaper, not because we have to, but because we can! I love that shaper! I remember back in the seventies when all the orange crops were getting frostbit. Is that some Molybedamed oil? Enjoying what you do makes life blessed. It is a shame to ruin that work of art by welding on it. LOL
Yeah I'm slowly coming round to Abom79's way of thinking, I've been in a large manufacturing industry for may years, where everything is about time and money, but now i'm starting to enjoy seeing people do things the old fashioned way. This was painful for me to watch, knowing there was a more efficient way of doing it, but then i realize he's not really doing it for profit, he's not trying to make a million bucks, he just want to earn an honest living. Am i getting old?
Sitting here in the rocking chair listening to the click of the feed, going back and forth, it's so relaxing I could almost... zzzzz. What! It's over already? Have to watch it again.
I'm glad you said that you still enjoy working with the shaper. It makes me feel better about saying "Oh boy, the shaper!" every single time. Love that thing. Thanks.
Its been a long road from watching those guys up north load the G&E, then watching you Adam, bring that old shaper back to life again. A really enjoyable journey, with a long way to go yet! Cheers.
Watching a shaper is like a fishing show you just can't change the channel. Adam great video. You are expiring myself and others out there to chase their dreams. Thanks for sharing
What can you tell us about the hand scraping on the forward external sides of the shaper head's .. dovetail (?) .. thing? the hand scraping on the sides of the shaper 😊 (sorry if you mentioned it and i missed it...)
Part of me wants to see what happens when you stick a carbide insert in there and crank 'er up...but she's a sweet old gal and doing wonderfully as she is. Then I got to thinking...carbide is too fast, HSS tools are sort of labor intensive to grind, but what about HSS inserts? Would any of them have a grind that would work on the shaper? And given that yours isn't a high speed low drag, crank out parts as fast as possible sort of operation would it even help? It'd be a fun experiment at any rate. Anyways I love the vids, not sure how a trucker got hooked on heavy machining vids but hey here I am. Thank you for making my evenings less sucky.
Another nice video Adam. Can you explain why you didn't have to indicate (using squaring blocks, e.g.) that you had the 30/60 degree angle set accurately?
mark w from uk its great to see old shaper working it bring back to by apprentice days which in turn gives me memory s of old work mates long hour with them
