Hardtail Vise Build Ep. 11: Shaping Ends of Dynamic Jaw Body 

Not “weird” at all that you enjoy the scent of the old wooden caliper case. Thanks for sharing that. There are many scents that make me feel nostalgic. I watch every video to the end to see your 3 generation photo and appreciate when you talk about your dad and granddad and their tools. Merry Christmas to you and Abby.

Matt at Diesel Creek just ran on his channel his unboxing and mounting one of these vises on his new shopmade shop table. That huge vise and his table, newly made of a long abandoned steel plank were just made for each other. Fireball certainly makes some awesome gear.

It is awesome how you are setting the example of what it means to have fun and just enjoy the process with your tools. For hobbyists, it's why we are here. Great video.

Something therapeutic about watching the old machines work.

I can imagine when you open up that box it smells like old furniture 😂that must be awesome.

I agree if that was my vise I would make her shine even though it’s just a tool who says you can’t take pride in your work and make it look and work the best that it can Merry Christmas to all

it's great to see all the different ways to get the same result, and the finishes they leave. Nice video Adam.

That shaper is amazing. It's fun to watch it work.

The only thing missing here is an old guy about ABOM's size but 30 years older in a well used leather shop apron with a dead cigar stump in his choppers, an oily rag in his hip pocket, watching and listening over his faithful charge singing it's song - "skreeek - tok, skreeek - tok, the song of the clapper box. Can you imagine him setting up a workpiece using a DRO on this old gal? Somewhere I have a picture looking down a line of 30 or so shapers, each one with its faithful operator. May have been taken at the long gone BUDD in Philadelphia. Merry Christmas to you and Abby!

This old guy loves old school, the fact that takes a lot of imagination and forethought is awesome. Thanks for the content brother!

Loved the slo-mo to high speed segment around 22 minutes

Love the shaper and any content back at your home shop! Thanks!

Merry Christmas! Nice to see the shaper in action once again. Nice set of calipers as well!

Adam, you're a great teacher. I definitely learn something new form every one of your machining videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

LOVE IT!!! Awesome content Adam.

The smell of things brings out strong memories. I have a lot of stuff from my Grandpa’s garage, rest his soul, in my shop and if I go in there after a few days of it being closed up the smell takes me right back to helping him out with jobs when I was a kid. This series is just superb. Thanks!

The finish on the ends is probably because of the way the torque flexes the post and holder, leaving that difference in finish from when the machine is surfacing on the top of the part woth the tool hanging down. IDK, just thought about that when you mentioned it. Love this content! Ive learned so much.

yeah just a relaxing shaping machine...ridiculously methodical

I love when the ‘Shaper’ is showcased. It’s such a clever machine.

This is another EPIC win for us to have a rare Christmas Special from Adam, hope everyone enjoys the 25th as much as possible!

Love your channel sir. Being a former machinist, I love watching your videos.

Love how you talk about your Dad and Granddads tools. The smell of stuff is a strong link to memory.

Merry Christmas to you and your family. I'm going to admit that, I am from Mobile and I'm stuck in the far frozen north, and I watch your video's so I can see home sometime. Thanks for having the door open. Looks like its a beautiful day.

Love the shaper, love the auto downfeed. :) Looks awesome man, thanks for the content!

Thanks Ad on for what you do

Great video. Thank you, Adam.

Yes, the old way of doing things are often visually appealing and "in one's face" figuratively, and if you put your face too close to the "business end" of the shaper, it is experienced literally as well!!! 😂 Thank you as always!

Old machines built so well

Wonderful content and advice Abom79. 3rd generation experience machining, with older machines and new current machines.

28.345" . Enjoyed the way you brought this process to us Mr. Booth! 0.016" per stroke, 223 strokes across the face was the guestimate here. Of course we cannot count it, measure it or remember what your dimensions were? Still it's a nice job. I have a vice under repair here with broken cross threaded bolts to extract. So that the new jaws can go on. A massive RECORD branded surplus catch. Lots of room for improvement as it is ageing hard out nowadays.

@19:00 There's that loving Clapper sound.....

Thanks Adam for another year of excellent content. Oh,and there is Nothing wrong with a little Aroma Therapy with the caliper box! Aromas will bring back nostalgic memories quicker than anything else and there's nothing wrong with that, reflecting on Dad and Granddad and all the shop memories is a good thing. Thinking back to the days in the shop when you were "Wet behind the ears" and they taught you all the little things that gave you this trade and now you share those with a Worldwide audience. That's Dad and Granddad speaking to them through you, always remember that. The knowledge you share helps so many people learn and enjoy the same skills you do and that's a wonderful gift you give to the world.

So nice to see the Shaper in action, and just to revisit the home shop. Just something special about the home shop. Memories of days gone past.

Beautiful ... Thank You Kindly for sharing. peace

Absolutely gorgeous job, as always, Adam. Very enjoyable to watch that fabulous machine do its thing.

Love the G&E. Thanks Adam Merry Christmas

It is well established that our sense of smell evokes memories more than any of our senses. More than what we see or hear. Smelling old smells from your past is one of the most comforting things we experience.

Thats one heck of a yard stick

Liked the walk in shot of the shaper.

I love the vise build series, it's very thorough and comprehensive, and it's great to see all those machines going at it. Say, how about making this vise a giveaway:-)

Love the shaper videos.

Gorgeous finish. 👍👍👍

I absolutely LOVE my 24 in shaper, and learning all I can about it. Thanks!! My shaper down feed is adjusted by the distance up a tapered ramp, its set almost all the way to the end for light cuts, etc.

Love to see these old machines run!!!

Nice video,Adam.Ready to see the internal shaping of the main body.Thank you.

Merry Christmas Adam and Abby! Thanks for all the great content!

This was just the video I needed today. Thanks m8

That smell in the calipers box might be Spanish cedar or a combination of cedar and light oil.

thanks I love the shaper

You should make a lady leg sticker for the down feed advancing paw. It looks like a leg with the toes pointed straight out. lol. Nice video.

There are few things greater than the smell of specific wooden chest! My grandfather had made a few chests of Cedar in his younger years and I'll be damned if opening one isn't a time capsule that'll bring me back to what I was feeling every other time I've been in it. Smell is a powerful thing!!! Bless you and Abby this 2024 brother!!

Such a beautiful machine ! And the sounds it makes.

Merry Christmas everyone

Great video as always. I love the old tools and machinery!

Great job. Thank you 😊

Beatiful videos!!! Love the old Shop!!1 manual machines!!!

Just really enjoy your work and problem solving, thank you for all your work 😊

The vise project is coming right along. Love watching use of the old manual mills. Enjoy your videos very much. Thanks for sharing.

Love the old tools alot like my Dad had in his garage "shop". Lots of fun and good memories. Thank you.😎

Adam, you devote an _entire_ channel to cooking, and often show a "smoker." Where do you think the wonderful flavor of smoked meat comes from? Many, many different woods have lovely odors, and these odors are not destroyed by fire. On the contrary they are released unchanged to float up in the smoke and coat your food. Take that box and use it to cook a steak, and you will get a delightful meal.

Man, that G&E shaper has the sound and action that is ASMR. Always good filming. Sounds like Adam actually has machining in his blood.

@27:00 Holy Cow! nice original set of Abom sized calipers

Merry Christmas, Adam. You're right, love to see the shaper at work. Thank you for doing the work to bring us along.

Most excellent.

❤ I like watching you work with the shaper. It brings back memories of running them. I like the series you are doing with your vice and I am looking forward to seeing the next episode. Keep em coming. ❤

Absolutely love those slow-motion, up-close video shots of material being removed...

Love this vice project!! Really great content!

I'm not here because of uncle fumblebuck . Three thumbs up👍👍 from Denmark 🇩🇰

Dear Adam, your Dad's calipers are amazing. I'm not a machinist at all. I do use some similar too what you use but i've never seen a pair of calipers that large. When you opened that box my heart stopped for just a sec. They are super cool. I bet that box smells amazing.

there is something hypnotic about watching a shaper

the shaper is a dream tool no wonder you fell in love that book amazing machine.

That's cool seeing that machine has so much use that the feed cam plate has been worn down and brazed back up.

What a beautiful machine ( G&E ) as always - Just the way it works, the sounds it makes, and just everything about it.....Your "work" keeps us going!!!! Merry Christmas to you and your families!!!

SHAPER IS KING COOL.👍👍✌✌

Heck yeah....... Good stuff

Brother those lifting chips of paint are killing my soul! It's almost time!

You are doing very good, I do enjoy it.

Love seeing you doing machine work again. Here is wishing you and Abby a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Merry Christmas!

I can't explain it, but of all the machine in shop the one I like the most is the shaper. To get it to work right, it gives the most pleasure watching the chips being (in my opinion). Merry Christmas! KOKO!

I really enjoy that machine! Thanks for taking the time to use it. The smell of way oil and 3 in 1 always reminds of my dad's shop. Not weird at all.

Man, that whole shaper head is gorgeous

Great video, I'm not a machinist but I always enjoy watching the work you put out. Wish I was exposed to it when I was young.

Merry Christmas

I SEE THE BIG SHAVER OUT SIDE . AT LEAST. MAYBE ONE DAY THAT WILL BE A PROJECT.

I was sharing your video with my brother in law. It the season of sharing and he was gobsmacked that you had a shaper. He was going nuts about it. His mind was racing on how many jobs it could do.

Great job, I have the inherent ability to grab defeat out of the jaws of success. When trying to build something precise.

We have the clapper for relief in a return stroke of a top cut, but no relief with a lateral cut.

Merry Christmas Adam, another great example of traditional machining excellence, your Grandpa must be very proud.

Thanks for all the great videos. Merry Christmas to you and Abby!

I have a Starrett Last Word Indicator and love the smell inside the box. I feel lucky, not weird, that I can smell it.

Nice Christmas Gift! Thanks for sharing 👍

Yeah Old shop action on the Shaper. Merry Christmas Adam & Abby.

Merry Christmas to everyone!🎅

And the sharper steals the show. Love that old machine. Great video Adam. Thank you and merry Christmas to you and your family 👍 🎄

I remember when my eyes were good enough to read a vernier without magnification.

Love the Home shop videos, Nice to see the Old School tools make the new school work. .. Maybe it's just me getting old ... I believe these videos will one day come in handy for this new GEN . which the ones i have to work which arent looking to good !!! with that aside..... MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!

I do like that shaper, thank you Adam. Oh, that was a very informative explanation of how to read the callipers, many only use digital now and would not know about how to read them accurately.

Hello Adam! First of all I want to wish you a Merry Christmas, and then tell you that I really like your videos since you explain things very well. Thanks and a big hug!

Abom's shaper on Christmas morning Thank you Adam and merry Christmas