Will never forget the one armed boss that sent me into the back end of an Okuma to track down a coolant leak, machine was E stopped and the operator was notified. Crawled behind the electrical cabinet and sat on top of the main spindle motor, started feeling down the coolant lines running through the casting till I felt the frayed wires. Yelled out that I found it and the one armed fella yells out “alright, hey Justin, turn it on and turn the coolant on to be sure.” My hind end hath never puckered up so much in my life when I felt all the contactors click on in the electrical cabinet I was leaning up against whilst sitting on top of a 26 horse motor. Needless to say I don’t work for that company anymore.
@@ADBBuild The problem is schools are setup to reward kids for blind trust and obedience for 13 years, then they get dumped into the shark infested real world. So most need some sort of lucky close call to break that indoctrination, some are more lucky with minor incidences or second-hand experiance, and others not so much.
When I started at my previous job they told me that the EDM was brand new because the previous one had caught on fire while they were doing electrical work to it with it powered on because the owner didn't want it to lose its memory... I didn't stay there long
I was shocked you didn’t heat up the bracket with the MAPP and beat it back into place with mini sledge…but you vindicated yourself with the weld quality. 😂
Haven't had a Fuckoff Friday in years, but somehow, it's happening today. I applaud your timing. PTSD'd the shit out of me, fingering those telescoping guards (had to look that one up)... Not sure if it's the same situation, but jets have titanium plates like that - turkey feathers - bridging between the engine and airframe. They get sharp as hell over time. I watched a Marine drop a Hornet engine door and slice through the tendons in his hand. But I digress! Thanks for hanging out on this glorious lazy day!
dang.. those variable geometry nozzles are mechanical marvels, but I never thought about that aspect of them! When I was working on A-4 Skyhawks, I managed to cut myself on the worn edge of an access panel. Over the years, it had worn thin on one side, just waiting for someone like me to slide their hand in just the wrong way. Nothing serious, but I sure wasn't expecting it. Can't imagine getting tendons cut though! Ugh.
@@SkyhawkSteve Feels like guitar strings breaking, *PLINK* and then agonizing pain. Caught myself in the palm with a dull box cutter pretty good once. Takes absolutely forever to heal up, would not recommend.
I feel like I walk into the movie "Mouse Hunt" whenever I walk into the shop. Mouse shit everywhere. Why do they feel the need to waste all that energy to climb up my work bench to shit on my vise? The view isn't that great, I checked!
That sign on the tool mount “Not to be operated by. . .” Oh the irony. . . Splendid video, Old Son. Even a guest mention of our Favorite ElectChicken. Thank you for the Moral Boost.
This won't beat into place, in place. Spoken like a true wrench. All you're missing is the 50 year old boss, who's been a boss for 30 years telling you how he would have done it faster and better when he was a mechanic.
A friend of mine recently had to have the water pump replaced on his wifes Ford Focus(?). For some reason, manufacturers have decided that it's a GREAT idea to put them inside the timing cover, thereby requiring replacement of the timing components as part of the job. Our local, independent shops were willing to try it but, wouldn't guarantee the work BECAUSE the cam locking tools are such low quality. The car ended up at the Ford dealer and the repair was finished 3 days later.
Either a 3.5/3.7 V6 or 3.5 EcoBoost (water pump is driven by the timing chain and is located within the timing cover. Or could have been a 1.5/1.6L Sigma or EcoBoost which has the water pump behind the timing belt. The 1.5/1.6L isn’t that hard to do though
Easy, don't go to a fucky garage Those waterpumps should be replaced with the rest of the timing stuff as preventative maintenance to save you from suffering down the line Big question is, why wasn't it replaced?
@@martienthestar I know how it's supposed to work! The reason it hadn't been replaced is that the interval for replacing the timing belt hadn't come yet, the water pump went bad first. It's a bad design no matter which manufacturer is doing it!
Luminium needs multi-ton-press action before it goes into the fire, that way can fit more of it and it doesn't make as much mess when chucking the pieces in.
It never ceases to amaze me, but doesn’t surprise me at the width/breadth of your skills. A true renaissance man. I want to know about this casual, “while prospecting for gold”. You can do a whole series of how did I get here.
I had to look up whatever it is you're building (found Lisle makes one out of metal too) cause I couldn't understand what it was supposed to do. So there's two spots on the camshafts that are slightly bigger than the shaft, cut in straight lines, which prevents them from turning with this thing. Considering VW figured out the whole "timing two cam gears" thing years ago, this Ford solution is hilarious to me.
I have to tell you when I was in tapping 200 6/32 holes in Boeing parts , working for a machine shop here in Oregon. Loading in 3000 lb billet aluminum into the HASS. I have never seen anything been s*** like that in my life. You are the most unique individual I've ever met besides myself. Outstanding I hope you get her fixed.. Tappy Tappy Yo-Yo. LOL.❤❤❤
Ive seen pans, or "skirts" as some guys called them, fold up like an accordion on VMCs, 16' of stainless steel stacked up like an old timey log jam. Makes one helluva racket, too. Working on these machines is like living in Sliver City for a few hours, the microscopic stainless or alloy steel you can barely see are the worst since theres nothing to hardly grab with the tweezers. Dont miss them days.
We use some Dynatect energy chain at work. There's a decent chance they won't sell you that part directly. Something about Haas wanting their cut. However, seems like a guy like you could fabricobble a sheet metal brake using a Dear John compact tractor.
A long time ago I needed a cam setting plate for an engine I was working on. Didn't have any fancy tooling so I used a wood router on so aluminum plate. It was 100% skookum.
One trick I like doing before hitting the cycle smash for real is adding my final z depth (plus 0.100” or so) to the z offset and dry running right above the work to make sure everything looks proper skookum before making any chips.. helps ease the pucker a tad
Try welding clamped to a copper backing plate. Also, 'in air', it's a case of just enough current to melt the base material, or tig. 1mm mild steel is feasible with stick!
Something sorta neat. In an aluminum reverb furnace they count on the aluminum haveing high surface tension to not leak. If the burner gets stuck on and overheats the furnace. The aluminum becomes more like water and it just starts leaking out of all the cracks in the refractory. It's neat how it works. Not neat for the guys in the plant that now have to try to scrape a slab of spilled aluminum that has molded itself to the floor and around any near by structure.
Dude. Get thee some Tomcat brand rodent catchers. Two finger squeeze to set, super easy to make the trigger but a hair. And I’ve yet to have the dirty bastards steal the bait.
I've been contemplating using a hydraulic press to press the swarf into bricks and then smelt it. I don't know if that will work ant better, but it will reduce the surface area to atmosphere. I may pipe in a little argon if I use an electric furnace.
Greetings, (12:13) S.S. weld projects, try clamping a thick piece of brass or copper to the back side of the work as a heat sink. Weld a little then cool air and repeat...Jim.
You can melt chips, cans and other scrap with small volume and large surface area area by adding them to a crucible of molten aluminium. There'll be very little oxygen available to increase oxidation. Just make sure everything is absolutely dry and not too dirty or you'll get molten aluminium flying everywhere.
Edit: I should have watched a few minutes longer - looks like you're already using flux. Bah. I'll keep this here in case someone else needs the info. For remelting the aluminum chips, you need some flux. Sodium Chloride (table salt) and Potassium Chloride (a salt substitute) mixed together is used in commercial remelting. Use a bunch over the top of the aluminum and melt away. Keeps out the oxygen, helps break down the oxides. I'd probably get a bag of salt and a bag of potassium chloride from a water softener supplier. A bag of each should last even through that Canadian winter.
Congratulations you made a tool you could use two wrenches and two vise grips to hold the cams in place but hey it's each their own I love your Channel
I've been burning my brass and copper mill scrap. I tried putting them in molten metal, but it never worked. Next time I'll try to put it in first and throw some solid pieces on top.
This is very strange, it's Sunday here in Australasialand and the next job I have to do is make tooling for my BMW timing chain job tomorrow. Must be a parallel universe thing.
I'm sure you know a tin knocker or three that has a brake and a pile of scrap steel. That Z-track would be a cheap three-minute job (not counting poking the screw holes) with a small brake.
when i'm doing a diy fix on something like that i cut it across at or above the bend then swap them around so the bend is at the end of travel, so it doesn't bind. i.e. keep the unwarped metal in the middle of the run. all you have to do is redrill the mounting holes. and weld both ends at the join.
Have you ever tried the spinning liter bottle over a couple of gallons of water in a plastic bucket? Peanut butter and jelly on the liter bottle suspended with a wire in the middle of the bucket horizontally. Piece of board ramps up to the end of the wire from the ground. Mouse runs up the ramp, jumps to the peanut butter, liter bottle spins dumping said mouse off into the water. Bingo ready for the next subject. I have seen as many as a dozen in the water and they continue to come. Sorry, I have no sympathy for the destructive little buggers. This works great because you don't have to tend it much. Extremely effective compared to other methods. None escape to die in wall cavities or attics. They can't seem to resist the peanut butter and jelly.
Can you readjust home or touch off on the longest point of anything that is put in the fixture on the X axis? My particular machine knows its boundaries and I can always manipulate them without crashing a tool or workpiece.
Can you make s finger smasher for our engineering team something that looks like a piano key cover that attaches to the keyboard. So when I have to walk to the office from the shop floor I can just whip that down on their fingers. Please and thanks
@AvE I was on first name terms with Stanley Kubrick, I worked for him for over a decade. He recounted many stories but none of them involved faking the moon landings.😂
Saw a post on fb earlier ranting about mice and one of the comments said mix corn meal 50/50 with baking soda and set it out. Supposedly gives them gas and they can’t fart so it’s a rodent gut grenade.
Didn’t think I’d be giving the master of deconstruction tips but here goes. Instead of banging away on that bent sheet metal use a hydraulic press and manipulate it back into shape. It’s a bit to late for this now but maybe next time.
