Hardtail Vise Build Ep 8 

Even after spending my days as a Mechanical Engineer (before I retired) working on and watching machines run I can still watch old machines run for hours! 😆

I think I can speak for most of us when I say we definitely ARE enjoying this series! Thank you for showing us this really cool project unfold.

I will speak only for myself, although I'm sure others feel the same: I am enjoying the heck out of this series. These tools, even the "obsolete" ones, are what made America.

I just can't get enough of the shaper. It's so relaxing to watch it cut chip after chip. How simple machine it is, but how efective. Plus the finish it can give is just so perfect.

Adam deserves to make some money for the time and effort put in to create and edit these videos. Its his channel. I have no problem with any of it.

It is absolutely great to see someone who is old school that is so willing to learn new machines and machining techniques. ROCK ON!!

With out a doubt this will be the most precision bench vise ever made! Good job Adam.

thanks for showing the internals of the shaper, I had no idea how it works. What a beautifull machine

Once you've finished this series, it would be fantastic to get a shop tour from fireball where they are made so that we can see differences between your methods and how they do it production wise.

Respect to the machine designers of shapers.

I'm seriously enthralled with this whole project! Some people lean towards production,production,production. Have fun and teach MR.Booth.

Everything is great, but we have been watching vise for two months.😁

LMAO,🤣 We had a 16” Cincinnati Shaper in the tool room and when we had a rush rush job we ran that thing so fast it looked like you running that G&E at 10x speed haha

I absolutely loved how simplistic the mechanics of the shaper are.

A true craftsman is not in a hurry to finish his work because he enjoys it so much he would like to continue honing his craft.

Wow , that really brings back memories of my days running a shaper in the 1970s when I was making die’s in the shop !!

Adam you are perfeclty right again. You have managed to collect and earn plenty of very nice tools and equipment. its not all about production and money making. Enjoy the life you are building too :)

It always amazes me to think of the people dreaming up a machine, designing the castings, gearing and tooling and make them work.

The sound of the shaper almost put me to sleep. I love the sound of old school machinery.

That shaper is my favorite song.

Loving this series. Machining castings presents some interesting problems with setup and workholding, and there's a lot of machining on a lot of castings here. Really love it when you bust out the old machines, (They may be outdated, but lantern toolposts are cool, lol. ), and also enjoy the new CNC stuff. Keep on rocking!

Abomb I use to watch all ur vids but then u went all tool salesman on us. I rarely watch now.. but these type vids are on point for us machining loving fans.

I'm glad you touched on the oiling system. I was going to comment on the last video that the apparent oil sheen on the scraped trapezoidal ways looked awesome. Love this stuff! Edit: Very excited about the internal shaping as well!

These videos are so relaxing to watch and enjoy the perfect calm video I need after a long day at work!

Used to love running shapers. We always aimed them to shoot the chips toward a wall. Half inch deep cut in 6150 steel with .020 inch feed. Those chips were hot and nasty. I still own three shapers. One is a Swedish Varnamo 16 inch and two 8 inch Atlas bench top units. Shapers still come in handy for lots of uses if you use them correctly.

I've learned more tricks about workholding and fixturing real life parts for machining from this channel. Love that trick of using the round bar on one side. Please keep it up!

I am amazed at your skills and one of your best is teaching you cannot believe the amount of information you pas in your normal conversation.

I love to hear the enthusiasm in your voice as you describe the inner workings of the shaper. Thank you!

The casual amount of skill you demonstrate is just astounding; thanks so much for sharing your craft with us!

Tasty beverage. Tasty cigar. I'm a product of the 70's education system where all machining was taught like this. Adam, you could make a 2 or 3 hour video and I'd never consider hitting the fast forward button. Can't wait to see how you machine the inside of the base of the vise. I'm thinking the shaper and your custom boring bar! That would be a treat to watch!

I have been around machine shops all of my life from Junior High to 2018 which is when I retired. I am an electrician and have had numerous machine shops as customers. I am impressed by your knowledge and expertise. Thank you for sharing; you see I have been an electrician in Cincinnati, Ohio and Cincinnati Milling machine was one of my customers. I really liked how you explained about the milling machine. It's incredible when you think about it how intelligent the Engineers were way back then. Thanks for making an old man smile. Outstanding! P.S. I always had to watch the machines I worked on to "make sure they ran right"

Sunday morning in Australia cannot begin without a new Abom79 video! I’m not a machinist but you are the consumate, engaging and passionate teacher that makes learning so enjoyable. Be very proud of your uniquely positive videos. 👍👏👌

Love seeing your videos pop up on a day off to kick back and relax to

I have always been in awe of the massive CNC machines accurately making parts like crankshafts for high horsepower ship engines and the like; but the CNC machines of today would not exist it wasn't for the fine machinists that made this shaper and machines like this one. Once again, your attention to setup is admirable and leads to a very fine precision product. Thanks for the tour of the operating mechanism.

I think it will be the most precise vise of this type ever! 🙂

Adam I like how you show your different machines doing the work. You show how it was done many years ago before rotary mills and CNC. Keep up the good work.

MAN THAT IS SO NEET. at first I thought I could smell the oil. Dave

This is a great series. It’s really fun to give a wide range of machines an outing. As the G&E finishes its scenes and heads back to the trailer for a couple of cold ones and snacks, it’s cue K&T on set please, and plenty more stars waiting in the wings.

I’m glad it’s a long running series. Thanks!

Great job again adding education to your work and being conversational at the same time! You would have been a great formal instructor! Excellent job!

My favorite kind of video when chips are flying!

Yep another Aussie who couldn’t sleep on an early hours Sunday morning, and clicked on this within minutes of it uploading. Can’t tell you how much I’m enjoying this one Adam. We know it’s not a production run for Fireball Tools, it’s a personal passion project. Really enjoy the methods you employ to teach others, the filming & production values are likewise excellent. You thoroughly deserve your success, you’re earning it over & over again. My only criticism is that a week between vids is too long to wait, I’d watch one a day if you could produce them that often as I’m sure would the majority of your subscribers. I figure you’ve done your hard yards with production work early in your career, essentially making money for early employers (in this case your forebears) so you have paid your dues in production machining. Nowadays your skills and knowledge are more valuable teaching others. Look at the corpus of work you have created with your library of videos. To say that others appreciate what you do is an understatement - it’s a life’s body of instructional work, not unlike what Mr Pete has created in his later life after a career of class room teaching. You have a class room of willing participants who span the globe, and I’m guessing your legacy will live on long past your physical lifetime to benefit a great many others over due course of time. Don’t listen to the nay sayers Adam, just keep doing what you’re doing, because it is working for you & for us your thankful audience. 👍👍👍🇦🇺

I've spent my afternoon watching this serie, I'm french and I do not understand any of the imperial measurements, but this is so cool to watch, I've been watching the G&E serie a few years ago, and I this is fascinating, I'm not a machinist at all, but I don't know I love this 😅

HaHaHa .. Sorry Abom..It's not just about you !!! It's about US we love your videos both new shop and (for me) the home shop more so.. I'm not sure you understand just what your videos mean to some of us.. as crazy as it may sound your videos help take the edge off after working all week for me and maybe others might agree your videos are Therapeutic and Relaxing !!!! Thank You Sir..!!!!

I think my favorite part of the shaper is the sounds it makes!

Very much enjoying this series! And after watching the stress test that he did on those vises, you gonna have a life long vise that can take MASSIVE abuse!

I want to put that shaper vise on my little Bridgeport at work 😂

I restored a shaper a few years ago. I think the rapid return mechanism is genius

Loving this series seeing many of your shops tools in play - keep rockin' it Adam.

I love these old machines. I enjoy learning about these machines as much as i enjoy the machining. Thanks Abom.

I love it Adam, the finish from that shaper is fantastic! Please do whatever you like I will watch and enjoy, Thanks.

Keep doing it as you are Adam love watching all the different machines

Thanks for the view of the bull gear and how it works to adjust it. Fascinatingly simple.

Mesmerizing watching the shaper do it's thing.

Thanks so much for the view inside the shaper!

Everybody laughs a me because we still keep our Cinci Horizontal......after seeing this I love it more then ever! ----- Like they say,,,,,"Anything but a profit" We use a coal shovel to keep the chips from piling up around the Horizontal when it's :kickin; butt" Cold have done that part that Adam is doing in less then an hour COMPLETE and over 1/2 of that would be set up. BUT Adam got it done and done very well. Good work!

Really nice job. Good to see the shaper back in use. I'm having a great time also watching you do what you do best. Thanks.

Awesome seeing the working insides of this amazing machine. Thank you for that experience and lesson!

Adam, as always first class work and highly instructive. Completing in the CNC is a great idea as you mentioned. All the best to you! Eric

that machine is really cool thanks for the open machine look :)

Hey, Adam; good to see you back on the shaper. I’ve been along since you did all the vids getting it back in shape! just watched “ the science of flatness” and thought of you. It all started with precision. And, in the science museum in Paris, we can see the first precision lathe. Everything descends from that crude lathe. I would love to stand beside you as you set up the various projects you show us on your channel! Been a follower for quite a few years. Keep it up! Mike C

After see how it works, I love the shaper even more.

This series is awesome bro. Reminds me of the old school abom home shop videos.

Why do people have to be so critical and always try to correct you on what you're doing... I just enjoy watching the chips and the parts change before your eyes... As well as your dedication to get everything within a .0005 tolerance. 😁 👍

I know you have to make money to earn a living but these are my favorite videos of yours.

Thanks for the show Adam 🍻 🇦🇺

Adam, again a great video! I look forward every week to see what your next steps are with finishing this vice,

There is just something soothing about the sound of a shaper cutting cast iron

I remember when you disassembled and restored that knee. It was this shaper that got me started with Abom.

first time i have seen inside of this thing. wow so freaking cool!!

Antiquated or not, I just love watching the Shaper Videos

❤ I am enjoying the series very much plus I like watching the older machines working. I am sure there's people out there who are learning about different setups and operations that are using the older machines. ❤

I love watching your work. you sir are a true craftsman

Thanks Adam, the look inside your shaper was great. I knew the velocity of the top arm wasnt a sin function but I hadnt thought it through fully. Seeing the connecting arm pivot from outside the cam ark (akin to bigend on a piston conrod) reviels all. Great view thanks.

Great video. Thanks Adam. We are enjoying your machines, tools, and especially measurements as much as you are. So take your time, and do it your way.

Adam you do what you do, I look foward to your content every Tues and Saturday, I have gone back and watched everyone of your videos on RU-vid

I LOVE watching a shaper make chips!! I originally followed your channel because you had such awesome footage of that other shaper you used to use (and for some KEWL powder deposition welding!! 😎), then the G&E shaper came along and I knew you were there, man.

That's like a scotch yoke on a pivot. Real cool!

REALLY enjoying this series Adam. Its good to see you doing some old school machining in the old shop.

Quite an excellent project,Adam.Thank you.

nice to see you working back in the home shop. Great work!

I love the shaper! Seeing the inside of it working is fantastic.

Yes enjoying every bit of it. Thanks for the video

Kinda nice to be back in the old shop. Of course u should finish it in the CNC. Better content for us and better training for u. 🎄😎

I really enjoyed these videos on the shaper . It was the first machine I run back in Vo-tech school and the first shop I worked in .

Great video, Adam, I enjoyed it very much. I've enjoyed watching every video featuring your shaper, starting six years ago when those volunteers helped you get it from Pennsylvania. I especially enjoyed watching the cleanup/setup process. Lots of hard work went into that machine to get it where it is today. It certainly has proved to be worth it.

Great series!

wow! the inside of the machine is so cool!!

Fantastic traditional machining as always Adam, thank you for the G&E shaper lesson good sir 🍻

I just love this series, Adam... thanks so much... !!! :)

this is what i remember about abom 79 old school thats where it is thanks man so cool

Good job. Thank you 😊

The ram mechanism is called a scotch yoke, at least here in the UK

I really like this machine 👌

So good to be back @ the Old Shop, seeing the shaper @ work.

Awesome series! ⭐🙂👍

THANKS FOR SHARING ADAM ... BEST TO U & ABBY

You should try to collaborate with the Slow Mo Guys and get some ultra slow, close up shaper video.

I think we're all enjoying it too Thanks for the video

Makes my saturday evening complete ☆☆☆☆☆ Grtz from the netherlands Johny geerts