Doall Milling machine Head and motor work. 

SKF - Svenska KullagerFabriken, which translates to “(the) Swedish Ball Bearing Factory”, actually invented the spherical ball bearing back in the early 1900’s. The american SKF Industries is a subsidiary of this company. So the bearings might be “American made”, but they’re Swedish at heart 😊

How is it that Steve is the only person on the planet where the wife is a helper rather than a complainer. Steve you have no idea how lucky you are or just how much we envy you.

When you do your final shop layout, consider that a press next to a big window is not a good location. In my years I have seen things pop, slip, shatter and fly out of a press a few times.

Ive been watching your channel since back when Adam Booth visited some time ago and introduced you to us, and ive watched your work on the shop ever single week - you work ethic and willingness to tackle anything and everything is really a tribute to how people used to get things done because they didnt have huge amounts of resources and money. Also kudos to all the help from your family, father, friends and the viewers / patreons who know their money is going to an honest hard working guy who just wants what many guys want, a nice shop to work in. Its not often you find someone who is willing to take the time to methodically do the job right, and the satisfaction from that is well worth the effort. You started with a building many might have just torn down but you have made the best of everything you have and it really shows. Cant wait to see how things come together this summer. Congrats-!

When you haver rebuilt a motor give each end of the shaft a sharp tap with a brass or lead hammer to take the press side loading off the bearings! Another great video Steve! Phil UK

You must be the only bloke alive who hasn't printed a label saying "label maker" and stuck it on his label maker!

I love changing motor bearings. Every time I get a new machine I convince myself that I can hear/feel the bearings in the motor grumbling.

love seeing these machines being saved..... save the things that built the modern world

Good Saturday Mornin Steve, Grits, and more learning's and inspiration! Great basic take apart video to clean and restore. The rest of the Family just puts the icing on the cake. I look forward to our Saturday Morning the whole week. Thanks and God Bless.

Ever since Adam Booth paid you a visit I went back and have been binge watching the shop construction/repair. I’m very impressed with your depth of knowledge over a broad area of technology. I have the exact tool box (with side box of drawers) but because I’m an aircraft mechanic I do not have the top boxes.as I roll my toolbox from airplane to airplane and I use the top as my personal work bench. I, too, used a label maker to help find the correct drawer,

I don't know if any viewers of your channel would be interested, but there's a restorer of very fancy paintings by the name of Julian Baumgartner who reminds me of you. Both of your RU-vid channels are quite similar in an odd sort of way. When you started explaining what a thoroughly BAD idea it was to use grease in an oil chamber I was reminded of Julian's reaction to things like people using epoxy instead of rabbit hide glue to repair old paintings. You are both masters of your craft and your work is very satisfying to watch.

Glad to see your using the fork life for an adjustable work table, my thoughts exactly

Knipex parallel jaw pliers are awesome for seating keys in motor shafts.

I want you to know I’m really getting jealous of that Walkie. So many handy uses. I think I have jealousy issues about that mill too😜

Steve, I've been working on perfecting my shop for 42 years. My wife jokes that I'll have to come back in the after life to finish it.

Good to see the work on the press pay off so quickly, won't be long before that mill is earning it's shop space.

Get yourself a little hot plate to heat up the bearings before you press them on, it'll help a lot.

I like mr steve summers because he is calm, and think things through before he does something.

It is so awesome to see someone who does handcrafted work ,in these times of wasting time programming a cnc to do a 15 min job....Good on you sir keep it up. :-)

Good to see the new pallet lift getting used, when it's not being used!. Great vlog both, thanks for sharing. John

The amount you've achieved is amazing Steve. Rebuilding your shop was an enormous task. I'm looking forward to more machining soon.

The squirrel wisperer, your wife's a natural with them. Good to see the shop getting put to rights. That transmission grease sure turned narly over the years. So much better then the Bridgeport power feed ,, strength wise anyway. In another year that new box will need an extra room for tools. Mine did and its bigger than that model. My snap on box cost more than a new car at the time I bought it. Before HF started selling them. Which I'd buy now tho..

I'm so impressed with your mobile hydraulic lift work platform! The plastic pallet you use would be super handy. Shop is looking great. Keep up the good work. Also, I heard a saying that hit home for me. " When I die, I hope my wife doesn''t sell my tools for what I told her I paid for them!"

How long before that tool chest is filled to the brim and you have to get another extension?

Yes, I like the neoprene outer shields on bearings, as you can lift the caps. Lots of the bearing on tractor mowers now, have steel shields you cannot re- grease. It is good policy to put the best grease possible, in them. That cost is minimal, I flush new bearings. Then use Penrite high temperature grease. It is water proof and has amazing adhesion. I expect there is a similar graphite grease available, that would be ideal, for your head stock replacement. Wife’s grey squirrel is cute, but they are an introduced pest in England, the native squirrel, is a red squirrel.

When using a torch to loosen things, I call it the red wrench.

Steve, great to see a true craftsman taking care of an old machine. Your skill and attention to details shows! Eric

You have surely come a long way. I am planning on buying a couple of the smaller tool boxes from HF. Plan is to have them designated to specific tasks, general mechanic's, machining, lathe, welding. At least that is the long term plan. Like you, don't have deep pockets, and as I get closer to retirement, that becomes even more critical. Thanks for sharing, thoroughly enjoy watching you adventures.

Always love seeing your squirrel friends !!! Tim

No matter the size of your shop, it will never be large enough. Tools just keep on coming....not a bad thing !

Press the bearings into the housings first and then press the housing/bearing assembly onto the rotor. This will eliminate pressing "thru the bearings"

Come for machine, stay for squirrel

Good to see the Steve-N-C lathe back in action.

Man if you ever open your own shop I would love to just sweep and watch for free to be around all these awesome activities you persue , you are a cool guy and I hope I can be like you someday , you seem like a very calm collective and confidant and intelligent person , very rare indeed person , a man's man and exemplary of what an industrious nature can achieve, awesome

Wow what a difference between the new shop and the old. I'm very jealous. Looking forward to a lot of chips flying. Keep up the awesome work.

Really happy to see the shop really coming together again.

The shop is only "done" when the old man passes away. There's always room for another improvement. Chestnuts right at the fun stage. Starting to acclimate to you guys, figuring out you're not gonna eat him lol... The Do all looks like a well made machine. I might not have considered one until you took on this one and showed us. Thanks for sharing

Excellent job on the bearing installation. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people hammering on bearings to install. ------ Every tool box I ever had was overloaded by at least 300% the first day. Then it got worse.

You are using that fork lift a lot more than you expected Steve and would be lost without it now‼️👍👏 You need to have a look at Knipex tools. German made and wish I knew about them before I equipped my Workshop. Have bought some and will NEVER buy another brand‼️ I use pipe cleaners as wicks. Elizabeth is a wonderful squirrel ‘Momma’👏👍

Its always nice to come home and look at one of your video's when one has to time or just want to learn something...:) Good luck and keep up the GOOD WORK :)

CHIPS!!! Thanks for the video. Chestnut is looking much better in such a short time!

One feature of the big DoAll mill heads that I am familiar with is the high/low range doesn't reverse the spindle. So you can label the rotation direction switch unlike the Bridgeport where you can't. Some small DoAll mills look like Bridgeport copies probably reverse the spindle too. The more you take apart the better this mill looks.

HaHa- Steve says " Measure and cut straps and sew them back on" Wife says "Just tie a bow in the back"

first machining in a long time! i started watching because of the machining, nice to see it coming back as a priority. of course the shop was in no shape to do this type of work for the past year,. the shop is looking good.

It's amazing to see how far you have come with your shop! It looks beautiful now. It has been a joy to watch what went into getting where it is now. Keep up the good progress. Glad you're feeling better.

Nice to see the shop coming to life again, love the channel. Thanks.

you need a big dehumidifier ro keep all the rust away. love the shows, keep em coming.

"you don't want to press on the outer...through the balls of the bearing, potentially damaging the race which i've on a wheel bearing years ago i had to do and immediately replace it" you and me both brother...you and me both.

I really like my US General tool chests. That little side cabinet is really handy. Much better quality than the stuff thats in the big box stores now.....

Steve, if you get vibration in the mill motor reverse one of the fan bolts. When you took it apart, they were pointing in opposite directions, but you reassembled with them in the same direction. Might be enough to affect the balance. Shop is looking really good.

Good morning! It seems no matter how old your shop is, there is always something that needs improvement. There is no finished work environment, only "good enough for now". Keep up the good work, looking nice!

That fork lift is earning its keep in many ways. You had me going when you said "write the program". I wondered if you had bought yourself a Mazak. :-)

Good choice going with sealed bearings, they are lubed for their designed life and you are correct, deep groove radial ball bearings can accept fairly heavy static and some dynamic loading, however they will fail prematurely if an impact shock load is applied, such as being hit with a hammer. (I'm a retired machine rebuilder with around thirty years of experience, l enjoy watching some one who knows what they're doing.)

A friend of mine has a similar lift, he added a remote so he could control just the lift/lower function while using it as a man lift. He also had me build a man basket for it with rails for safety. I got a bit fancy and added tool/ parts trays.

I like your video very much and you of cours your tha garet and your very good

I love 💘too see your videos and your work 💪so much ❤💗💖💕💓💜

Hope, once the shop feels finished, you'll make a compilation of the journey.

Ive become convinced that i could line the entire length of my shop wall with tool boxes and i could still find a reason for more 😀

Must be nice to have every tool ever. The largest strain you had putting your toolbox together was the unboxing.

Thanks for sharing!!!

Great update!

Thanks for sharing!

Great progress, thanks for sharing!

Shop looks better and better all the time!

Great to see the shop looking like proper shop 👍 you should be well proud of the work well done, great vid as usual

Nice work Steve. Enjoyed the content sir. My Bridgeport finally went kapoot on me. I weighed my options and instead of having the head rebuilt I opted to buy a new Acer head with the VFD. It runs like a sewing machine! You can't hear the thing running. It's amazing! Keep up the great work Steve!

Steve, 100% agree that U.S. General Tool Chests are very high quality and a great value. I have two of them and would like to sell my two Craftsman chests and replace with U.S. General. I see no need to buy one of the expensive "tool truck" brands at double or triple the cost. You made a great choice.

Great work

Love it

Steve , i guess we know why the central oiling system is a good idea. taking off from what clive asked' a week and a half!! im happy to see elizibeth has a new neck warmer. i get to see inside that mill, hard work for you. good video for the subbies! poppy's workshop sdays HI

its comming along nicely

Clicked for Chestnut, stayed... for Chestnut.

Great Progress.

THANK YOU...for sharing. Fantastic update.

Great video Steve

Lots of good cleanup on that head. There’s a ton of grease to come out of there, that should be fun 😂. I need to get over there sometime and see the shop.

Good job

Seeing you again is always great. Every time I see you using the little lift as a bench makes me wonder how you ever got along without it, LOL. It seems we have more and more things in common. I made a wooden mallet much like yours 40 years ago and have an identical side cabinet on my main tool chest. Do all the drawers have or need liners. Looks like a few hours needed to do that for sure. Your friend Al sure made a nice thing happen eh. I hope who ever stuffed this full of grease and almost damaged the whole machine is watching this and realises the poss damage they may have made. For the gearbox grease I would think a synthetic EP1 would work well in there. It's neat to see you at the lathe again. It has been a while eh. Yer lookin great my friend and as always thanks for inviting us into your world !

Nice work steve

Love that comment about shops never really being done. I've been working on my shop since I built it in 2008 and don't think it will ever really be finished. Thanks for taking us along on your adventure.

I have had various tool box brands over the years. I have had two Harbor Freight side boxes like yours for 15 years. They are by far the best box and the best values you can get. I like the handles because of the labeling capability. They hold up very well. I wouldn't buy anything else.

Is incredible to see how you're doing in the new shop; to think that just last year you were "working out of" one corner of your barn, now this place is looking like it's getting packed.

Happy for you guys.

Stay tuned next week when Steve installs a drive motor and compound low range on his toolbox!

That old toolbox is not junk its a RU-vid Restoration video waiting to happen lol

Looking good Steve. Good to see you machining again. Your shop is usable atleast. I have raw land no shop or house yet. Works in progress.

You are a delightful fella, Steve!

Good Job on the mill Steve

Look good

Thanks Steve

Workshop is looking fantastic! Worth all the hard work.

Great video. Shop looks awesome. Wow big transformation. Thank you for sharing.

I am so happy for you. Your shop is huge now.

I find your care and incredible attention to detail fascinating to watch. It borders on OCD at times! 🤭😉😆 Thanks for another excellent video, Steve. 👍👍

Another excellent video. Whenever I see a new one is up from you, or keith rucker or stephan gotswinter, I smile, get my cup of coffee, start it going, sit back in my easy chair and totally relax.

very good job seteve..thanks for your time

yea!! making chips again!! great work

LOVE seeing your shop come together! Thanks for tracking this process so carefully and taking us along. :-D

I didn't have time to watch anything, but then I saw your wife with Chestnut on the thumbnail and I couldn't help myself :D

this is the fun part of getting the shop back online, enjoy it.