Gilbert Pump & Mechanical Shop Tour 

Man, this shop tour really hit the heart. I often wonder what people who aren't in the manufacturing world; whose families for generations haven't been involved in this type of stuff. Would think about a video like this. For people like us though.....these videos are where it's at. That lathe was built 19 months before my dad was even born and he's 75 right now.....76 in October. Your dad and granddad would be proud of you man. You're doing right by them. Thanks to everyone at Gilbert Pump for letting this happen.

This machine has been a blessing and a privilege to use at our shop since I started working there. The noise she makes when you hit start is one of a kind for sure!

boy Adam you can really see your weight loss. looking great man. love the video thanks

Supper with Abom 3 evenings in a row!!!!!!!!! Lol! That lathe makes me look at my 16" South Bend like it's a mini lathe. Another nice shop tour! I went back and re-watched 3 of the first videos I saw of yours, the "Heavy Metal Turning" 1, 2, and 3, and man that really made your weight loss show up! Your mid-section is alot smaller! I'm a bigger guy as well, so it's harder to see weight loss on us at first, but it really shows if a guy compares your older videos to now. Keep it up and thanks for all your work and thanks for sharing! I appreciate it!

She is a beautiful beast. I bet she was glad to see you as well.

Nice tour Adam. Such a nice lathe.👌

I'm sure if you wanted to run your old Monarch again they'd gladly put your skills to use.

It funny when you see your old machines , you see all the history. Dings and scratches ,we lost are shop four years ago. and now I work for some won else machine shop. She's a beautiful lathe

I'm 71 years old. When I was 16 years old , I worked in a local garage as a clean up monkey. I was showed how to reface valves on a Snap on valve grinder. This was the first time I ran a machine. 6 months ago I was able to buy this old and worn out valve grinding machine. I have it in my shop just to look at and remember the day's I used it. I know what it means to see an old machine { friend} you used to use. Enjoyed the video, thanks for posting it.

Thank you to Adam and Gilbert Pump for the cool tour!

I like seeing all the trashcans and chip barrels. Keep the shop clean, no walking on chips, no tripping over stuff.

Very cool. Memories. Neat. I enjoyed seeing you giddy too. You looked happy! I enjoy the shop tour videos. Thanks.

What a joy to have the chance to run your old Monarch again. Really nice of them to let you visit their shop. Nice video Adam! Thanks for sharing!!

That Monarch is a BEAST!!!!!!

Loved it! Your comment about this being the stuff that keeps your world working the way you want it to, is spot on. I'm actually surprised we still have so many people who know how to do this stuff. It's a big country and there's so much stuff in it.

It's so amazing that these older machines made in America are still in action and providing a livley hood for people. What a dream come true it would be to revitalise​ American manufacturing.

Thank you and Gilbert Pump for the tour! ....13

Man I'd be nice to see the "ole Monarch back in your shop, great looking piece of machinery there.

Adam...I love to see you reminiscing about the equipment you had with your Dad and Granddad! You honour their memory...Great work!

Actually I can say I also grew up on Monarch my Dad bought. From my youth I learned the trade on a 12", 24", and 36" swing Monarchs. All 1940s models and still great machines to this day. Other machines I cut my teeth on were a 54" swing Bullard VTL, Cincinnati #6 horizontal with vertical head, 12" Morey Vertical Shaper with built in rotary table, 52" by 10' between centers Sydney engine lathe with herringbone gear headstock, and 9" and 13" column Morris radial arm drill presses. My Dad loved a good machine when he saw them, and he would do his best to have it follow him home! 😀

that is a clean organized shop

I get it. I heard a motorcycle on RU-vid a while back. I knew it instantly from 38 years ago. Machines can be old friends. Glad you ran it down. _Dan_

I just want to thank you again Adam for stopping by our shop and seeing us I’ve been a shop foreman here for the last 10 years and even though I went to school for welding machining I leaned on Adam a lot in the beginning for advice on how to do big pump work as a 3rd generation machinist he has always been knowledgeable about the ins and outs of what we do. Keeping the tradition alive and well buddy thanks again

had a brain tumor out last year, all clear but im finding time during my recovery to watch some youtube. Thank you for introducing me to metal lathes and machinists work. Your a good teacher and ambassador for your chosen line of work. Nice to see sure care taken over quality and accuracy. Thanks again sir.

Great to see the old Big Monarch! Did you have the Aloris on it when you had it?

If you nicked your finger cutting oil would come out.

It's so great to see the old iron still in use like that, especially since it's something that means so much to you. Thanks for bringing us along on the tour, Adam. Hope you are doing well! - Tom Z

Brought a tear to my eye. Glad you know where your old lathe ended up. I hope they’ll give u a call if they ever want to sell it. You could start a gofundme to buy it back.

It's a good thing, seeing the old tools that Pops and Grandpops taught you the skills you now possess!! Man, this was THE coolest vid I've seen this week!! NOW, WHERE do I get that MoNarch TEE?? My MAN!! MoPar or NoCar!! MoNarch or MoHandWork!!

Nice to see the shelves full of packaging, with the name Grundfos on 😎. Nice a small country like Denmark still can provide the big USA with quality parts 😂😂 Btw, nice to see your old lathe.

I ran a LeBlond Regal and it wasn't that noisy, had a nice hum to it. Then again, it was also larger than that one, though of a similar design, even had the same plastic gear-change handles. Built in 1970, still running for the original owner, but unfortunately, one of the gear-pairs was stripped before I got there. Don't know how anybody could do that, some kind of super-Bozo right there.

Another awesome vid Abom! This kind of environment is home to me! Shops like this and all is what makes me happy and pays my bills! Thanks for the tour! Always interesting to see someone else's shop. Keep the vids coming. I always enjoy your content.

The memories must be really flowing today my friend. The old girl looks well loved. All shinie in just the right places. What a sweetie. These new machinists wouldn't know how to run the old girl. Great tour of what looks like a well managed and maintained shop. Thanks a bunch my friend.

That solid chuck is something else! Thanks to both you and Gilbert for the trip down memory lane and through their shop. It's pretty awesome of all of you to let us see these types of things.

I don't think that I could have kept it together, like you did, upon seeing it and talking about Pop. Great job Bro! God Bless!

big lathe,but looking small compared to Brian Block series 90 Monarch...40 horse compared to this 25 horse...40 inch swing ,compared to 32 on this one....16ft between centers...that is real monster...biggest Monarch there is...Brian wins biggest lathe contest,and biggest cut LOL

Nice to visit an old friend.... :-) (Monarch) Thanks for sharing!

Beautiful design on the tailstock, streamlined casting so reminiscent of 50s and 60s machinery, style and function in perfect harmony.

Thanks Adam for the look-see at the old lathe you learned on, how cool is that! And thanks to the guys at he Pump Shop.

That is a beautiful beast! Lots of memories for sure. Biggest machine I ever used was a 15" swing Colchester which an old uncle of mine had in his garage business. What a super amount of space in there. Great tour Adam. :)

That Monarch big boy would sure look good in your shop, but in the mean time you've done a pretty good job of filling up what space you already have. BTW Thanks for sharing the Blue Angels with us this past weekend at the Seattle Seafair Festival.

What built America !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh man, I had a lump in my throat watching that, honestly....its like you never really own any old metal in a lifetime only it gets moved on to another shop for someone else to enjoy and so on. As Johnny Cash once sang;- you can have it all my empire of dirt. I thouraghly enjoyed that video. I wonder will you ever get a chance to buy back that old MONARCH?? Good luck to you man. Whats for you, will not pass you.

after watching those great american made machines it made me love my Hamilton sensitive drill press pre WWII era even more.

The most iconic start-up sound is from starting an APU to power an aircraft for service. But, I'm a former USAF member, so I may be biased.

Awesome video... love that Monarch! Any idea what it weighs? Just curious!

Great video, being I''m a fairly new viewer, your dad must have had a huge shop/business to have a lathe that size, what kind of work did you guys do there? thanks for posting, always fun to see other shops.

This is actually breaking my heart. To have to let go of a machine with that much history would kill me.

I make parts for grundfos pumps

10:12 Kieth Rucker´s model K, is nowadays in slightly better cosmetic condition.

Isn't it amazing how little things like the sound of a motor spinning up can bring back such a flood of memories.

I'm not big on shop tours, but this one was an exception...maybe because you were so giddy looking at the old lathe...

Hope you help to restock their fridge with some cold stuff.

,I live in Versailles Ohio it's 15 min from ware ur old monarch machine was made lol

always good to see more Americans continuing to do the machining required to keep our civilization humming along

Further: Drift clutch when changinbg to a ghigher speed ... is that 'riding' the clutch so the gears mesh better, rather being in a teeth butt condition - opposite to a double clutch on a truck ...

So why was the electric motor placed on top of the Monarch, didn't you have enough space on the floor?

What a Beautiful Machine! Thanks Adam!

I know your a normal person man but it sure does seem like you got a good heart , and you have a passion for machining it's great and these vids changed my life I think

Ohio used to be the "Silicon Valley" of manufacturing in its time. More patents and inventions came out of that state than any other for a very long time.

I may have to buy a Robbins & Sons Hardware hat. If it's good enough for Abom, it's good enough for me!

Ladies, get you a man who looks at you like Adam looks at a monarch lathe. This was a neat tour mate. Cool to see you go back in your history with that visit. Cheers

Working in Florida summer heat and humidity just plain sucks.

You were like a guy who was seeing an old lover, when you were around the Monarch. Would love to have the LeBlond, if they don't use it. Great shop tour. American workers making things for America. Thanks Adam.

Damn that is a big lathe.

Abom next time you go back to Decatur, Al stop by in Cullman and I will show you around the Fire Department.

One day you will get her back. I'm certain of it.

EPIC AWESOME .. I so ENJOYED ! thanks Adam .. Great visit .. There looking down and are proud of you !!

Hey man! Could you please teach us how and when to use the tail stock with the device you've shown @ 4:08 ? I can't figure out ...😢

*_Reunited And It Feels So Good!_*

Hey Adam what is the max spindle speed on that Monarch? Fast enough to use carbide tooling? Thanks for the video.

great video Adam, good to meet the folks at gilbert pump and see the old monarch ya that taper attachment is something else they look like they stay pretty busy there with the prevalence of floods I bet the county and city governments are scrambling to make double sure the pump systems in in great shape to prevent any trouble... so awesome work gilbert pump

Hey Adam, why did you guys decide to sell the lathe originally?

Gilbert, I have some relatives. Seeing that lathe again was like seeing an old friend I’ll bet.

Thanks for the shop tour Adam. I was lucky enough to have recently bought a Bridgeport 2hp variable speed with the shaper attachment. I just finished rebuilding the top end, new bearings and shafts. I’m yet to make any chips with it yet. Oh and Christmas came early today, my new Kurt 6” vice was delivered.

Hey Abom have you ever used/seen a hendey lathe and if so what year and size?

Hello mi name is ricardo martinez im new viewer of your videos.

I love that motor sound thanks for sharing Adam. I’ve always wanted to be a machinist but nobody around my area that could teach me. Watching your videos makes me want to move to your area so I can come over occasionally so I can watch you work so I can learn. Keep doing what you do friend. You’re awesome.

gilbert does some beautiful welds on the flanges of those elbows.

Praise public service responders.. they save lives

Wow that is one ABOM sized lathe. Must have taken over most of the shop. Nice to see an old friend being used by guys/gals who care. All the best! Eric

Adam when you mentioned that your old Monarch was a 22 M, made me curious about my first Monarch It is also a 22 M but the actual swing is listed as 24.5" I also noticed that the tailstock has a riser block that mine doesn't. Makes me think your old one has been raised(by Monarch?) to increase its swing. Also noticed that the gear shift levers on your old one have a pivot mechanism at the lower end and mine do not. Monarch must have had a few things in their bag of tricks to make changes in their machines Mine is 72" between centers but still must be over 10,000 lbs.

The expression on your face was like seeing an old girlfriend at your 10th high school reunion. Thanks

be cool if they would sell you the back the monarch

It's great to see that lathe being used Daly. It would be a shame if it sat around not being used. Wonderful tour Adam.

Hey Abom... Was that a tear in the corner of the eye I saw... Cool video. Meeting old friends is good.

Hi Adam, I used to work at a ballscrew factory in Coventry UK , they had that same monarch lathe same colour it had a extension bed with chip tray original option it made the machine twice its length, useful for turning long ball screw shafts, once they used to have a grinding attachment for grinding track o/d & journals, great videos thanks , from Coventry UK.

Some, never part of the culture of making physical things, might find it odd an otherwise sensible person would feel affection of a sort towards something inanimate like a machine tool, a car or motorcycle or truck, sports equipment, a firearm, a boat, musical instruments, aircraft, well built furniture, a house, etc but not to me. I walk into my shop it's like a comfort zone, a place of amiable familiarity where good things have happened over the years, difficulties overcome, improvements made, skills sharpened, quirks accommodated, etc. Sure, it's mere stuff not to be confused with real relationships with family and life-long friends or even cherished pets. OTH there is a real and undeniable attachment a skilled craftsman feels for the tools and equipment he uses everyday for years. I can sure feel fellowship for anyone revisiting a first machine tool, trying the controls, hearing the sounds, noting the passage of time, and rejoicing in its survival and solidity. The 10" South Bend lathe I was raised with is in the hands of a fellow who makes fishing poles who I'm told uses it to make ferrules and reel mounts. Even though I haven't seen it since I sold it in 1971, I think about it a couple times a year. Call it an oddness people who don't work with their hands may not understand but I think it might be a cultural characteristic shared over all of humanity. I recall a scene in a grade school film where an Alute fisherman gazed fondly at a bone net gage he took from his bundle before going on to mend a net. If a nine year old can pick up on that it's no wonder generations later he could smile in complete understanding at Adam's reunion with his dad's old Monarch lathe. Thanks for taking us along.

Adam, Absolutely Awesome video as Always thanks for sharing your first machine you learned on and most importantly thank you Gilbert Pumps for use a tour of your shop.!.!.!.

Adam, my son and I purchased two old junk mortar mixers and were given a 3600 rpm motor from a masonry saw. We worked on the parts and rebuilt them into one decent mixer. We had to add another jack shaft to reduce the rpm of the motor down to a use able speed for mixing. We still have it but it has sat idle since 2002 due to my back injury. BUT, a friend of my son's wants it to mix potting soil for his green house. Like you and the Monarch lathe I would love to see the old mixer being used again. Thanks for the tour, Greg.

Great tour Adam. Nice to get a look round a working shop now and then. Always brings back memories of days in the dockyards. regards from the UK

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Wow that broth back some good times. I served my apprentisship runing a 36 inch Monarch with 18 feet between centers working in the Mineing industry.

Thanks for taking us with you Great to see the Monarch we have have heard so much about. Hope work is going well for you your first week back. Have a great day. God Bless!!!

That is a beast of a lathe, i wonder how true is that bed.

Adam, at the beginning of the video when you were driving I was thinking that Dodge fits you. It wouldn't have looked quite right to see you in a Subaru . American Arn! Great video thanks

Very enjoyable video, Adam. Thanks to the people at Gilbert Pump for letting us into their corner of the world. It is places like that that really do keep our world working, and in more ways than one.

I know of a Mazak 30 that is looking for a new home. 12" through spindle big boy lathe.

Another great video with a sentimental story. I wish you could get another similar one going and offer it as a sentimental swop to this place...wild thought. Working on that from 17 safely says a lot.

And Adam instantly turned 17 again. You can just see how much he loves that machine. Epic tour man.