Metal Planer Restoration 69: FINALLY - The First Chips Have Been CUT! 

Fantastic accomplishment. It’s amazing that a precision machine from the early era is back making a living “making chips”. Your dedication and perseverance is inspiring. Thanks for taking us on this l o n g journey from rusted, broken hulk with missing parts to an important part of your shop.h

Outstanding Kieth! Just beautiful! A BIG CONGRATULATIONS! Adobe well done. Thanks

That machine is a real beauty, just as mesmerising as a shaper, but more calm and comforting :) But what is worth much more is to know all the work that you put in and now it repays you with working fine - congratulations, Keith!

Thanks! Keith for the restoration journey and the first cut and allowing us to be part of it! Waiting for the next one.

I am waiting a long time to see this oldie work. Its a amazing machine. Dangerous but beautifull. Thumbs up for Keith. And thank you sharing this special moment with us.

That is just simply W O W ! What a machine and virtually lost to time until you came along. This is just fantastic & the saving of a tangible entity of what is Historical American Technology! Welldone!

Congrats!

This is so awesome to see after having seen the whole restoration effort.

Absolutely amazing! Let's recap this a bit. You got yourself a pre-1900 metal planer that likely had at least one foot, maybe two, in the grave. You rebuilt the thing to as good, if not better, than original, engineered a means to have it completely self-contained and still operate from flat belts, and have already had potential money-making jobs put before you. Add to all of that, you still have a day job that does not allow you to be in the shop 24/7. You have had some amazing help from awesome people to bring this piece of Americana back to life. Way to go! And this is only the beginning. The care you put into your machines is a testament to the respect you have for these old, but still useful, machines.

Great to see an old machine lovingly put back together and doing what it was built to do. Well done.

Congratulations Keith. It is a true working showpiece of a bygone era.

Congratulations Keith! It's very nice to see the success of this project. Thanks for sharing it all with us.

Well done Keith. You have put a huge amount of work into this project to get it up and running. It's simply amazing to see it cutting so well. I am always fascinated to see how they engineered the forward and reverse mechanism back in 1890. So wonderful to watch !. Thanks for sharing. 😃😃😃

Congratulations Keith! You should be exceedingly proud of not only the work on the machine but the video work. Thank you.

Sir Edmund Rucker has Summited Mt. Metal Planer! Congratulations!!!

Just Awesome!

Outstanding!

Edge Precision has just made some really good Toe Clamps

I'm tickled pink for you. Thanks for your work restoring this piece of history.

We celebrate your accomplishment on a beautiful restoration of a vintage machine. Also, we also laughed on the second belt.

2 years !! Has it really been that long ?! Dang ! Great job sir. Its nice to see these old workhorses brought back to life again. After nearly 30 years of machining, i can say for sure.." they dont build them like they used to." These old machines and even up to the 60's and 70's era machines were built simple and tough. There are a lot of ww2 vintage machines still around in my area. Bullard's, Bridgeports, Milluakee, Lucas, Cincinnati's , Monarch, LeBlond, on and on.. They are fairly easy to repair. Most of the time, the electrical systems dry up and let go. Anyway ...great job Keith !!

Theres probably only a tiny number of metal planers this old that still function and a much smaller number that have been as exquisitely restored. If you feel an immense sense of pride, its warranted. 👍

Hi Kieth, really pleased to see the planer up and running. Something to be proud of along work the other machine work you constantly turn out, mistakes and all, we're only human. Great Video always waiting for the next one. Regards to you and yours Richard 🇬🇧

What beautiful curls your baby has! Congratulations, Keith! Future project idea... Infinite vise for the planer bed.

All sorts of forgotten ways to have an accident with this machine! Well done Keith.

Love the mechine . Belts switching in the background. Noise . And your concentrating. So awesome. Thanks for sharing 👍

Hallelujah Lordy! What a great accomplishment Keith! Congrats!

Episode 69! Keith, I am amazed with your perseverance. Real inspiration. Amazing work! Time for belt guards? No need of duplicating mistakes from a past century! We need all your fingers for future restorations.

Congratulation Keith. You have the patients of Job. Enjoyed very much going through the restoration you so kindly shared. God Bless.

Nice chips coming off that camel back. Would be interesting to see a gang setup of 4 or 5 straight edges in a row, if that is possible. Great job Kieth, outstanding.

Congrats on the first chips.

Totally flabbergasted! I can certainly see why the shaper was developed. Still, it's amazing to think of 140 or so years ago someone working on that machine to produce steam engine parts or what ever. Great series.

Incredible. Huge effort has paid off! So glad you saved it from the scrapper. It can now run for another 100 yrs.

fantastic to see this old machine rescued and restored, i have followed the whole series and it's great to see all your hard work and skill come to fruition.

That is what we were waiting for. Congratulations on a job well done. Thanks for the video.

Very nice Kieth. You are a jewel amongst machines. Thanks for all of your knowledge.

I'm so glad i got a chance to see a machine like this in action. It's absolutely fascinating.

Big congratulations with 200,000 subscribers it just shows that what you do is something many people love to see

Totally awesome see this old machine running again.

Thank you for sharing. Chips are flying. Fantastic job Keith.

Hi Keith, great job on the planer. This takes me back to our old cabinet shop. We had several machines that still used flat belts, some still leather, others some type of rubberized canvas. Our alligator lacing machine was one that you used a big shop vise to squeeze the teeth together. We found that when we used rawhide pins instead of metal, we got a lot more mileage out of the lacings. Thanks again for bring history back to life!!

Excellent job Keith. Niece to see another old machine back to working condition. That machine has got real caricature. All the best. Mike.

The 45You made we cut both down and up to save time and touch up the tool edge for the last down cut GREAT to SEE the machine up and running !!

a great day in the shop lots of hard work and patience pays off, the ultimate shop is coming together one step at time, the old elephant just got a little smaller.

I told my wife watching that machine run is like having a time machine. That's the way work would have been done here in CT 130 years ago. Great to see it run finally.,

You said it best Keith Finally And its awesome

Great to see the planer running!! On the 45° down cut on the straight edge, you clapper box is orientated in the wrong direction!

Well Done That Man!! You now have something you can be Really proud of.

MAKING CHIPS!!! Great accomplishment by you and your shop. Patience and persistence TRIUMPH over time.

Keith what a fabulous job that old refurbished machine has done only because of your do diligence to bring her back from the late 1800s.

Ran a Rockford belt drive planer similar size to yours when I was an apprentice over 35 years ago. This is where I learned how to grind HS tool blanks into cutting tools. Been there and done that with the belt lacing. We used a belt dressing stick on those slipping belts. We’d rub the dressing stick onto the gripping side of the running belt. That sticky belt dressing helped with heavy cuts.

Congratulations on the birth of your antique metal planer. Daddy. Well done Keith

Fantastic accomplishment. Wish you the best for your success. Thanks for sharing your restoration.

Great to see this project bring a machine back to life.

Good to see the first chips off the old planner. Thank you for sharing the process.

Hi Mr Keith! New subscriber courtesy of Hand Tool Rescue. Just wanted to say thank you for all the content you've created, presently working through the back catalog( just finished Victor Safe 11). I've learned more in the first few weeks of watching you than I have some channels I've been watching for years. Really appreciate the time you take to explain your process and the thoughts behind them. Also wanted to say Congrats on 200,000 subs, you definitely deserve it!

Congratulation on a job well done! That was fantastic watching you make the first chips in ages on that incredibly beautiful piece of Vintage Machinery. Outstanding!

A historic day indeed. Huge smile here.

Congratulations Keith. What an accomplishment. Can't wait to see what the future holds for this machine.

Congratulations! You must have a great sense of satisfaction? Beautiful restoration. Long may it run. Thanks for sharing.

Congratulations Keith, a really awesome project. Thanks again for sharing with us.

Well done Keith. It's great to see this machine doing what it's meant to do.

Wish I had some colored font available because this is a RED-letter day! Congratulations on getting to this point. It’s apparent that it will do what you dreamed of when you started. We, your loyal viewers, are as elated as you are now that we have another reliable machine that we can call upon when necessary. I see this machine playing an import role in the salvation of many other rusty relics. Good job. 😁👍👀

Watching those belts sling from side to side is mesmerizing and impressive. (as I was writing this the belt slipped off drat lol) Awesome job saving history!

CONGRATULATIONS, KIETH! Amazing work as usual. Excited to see what projects you will use it for.

Quote "I'm happy with the results". So you should be, that was a long road - nicely done. Congratulations.

Keith, you you did one fine job. And it's amazing to see it cut chips. Job well done !

I am so happy for you Keith. I was watch you looking at the cut and it made think about the guy in the 1890's watching his work being done.

Congrats on completing the restoration of this 19th century tool!

You should be very proud of yourself for the fine job that you did on your shaper. The pride you have must be beyond belief.

Congrats on another great restoration Keith. Well done.

Congratulations on another successful restoration Keith. God Bless

Another example of the saying, "when you design it right, it's always right". Congratulations to you for proving that axiom with this machine!

Nice work Mr Rucker. You have reinvented this machine. Always learning and fine tuning :)

Congrats, Keith. Definitely a milestone...as is your subscriber count on the verge of 200k!

Keith, your toolholder has some flex. You can see it move at the beginning and at the end of every contact with the workpiece, i think its from the clapperbox. Congratulations to that great restoration! I really enjoyed it.

Learning and enjoying as we go. Thanks for the look.

Congratulations Keith!!! you nailed it!!!!!

Congratulations Keith your perseverance paid off

A brilliant restoration of a truly magical old machine, so great to watch the belt shifting mechanism, and the cuts and finish are really good. Well done Keith and thanks for sharing!

Hi Keith. Amazing to see a 100 year plus machine put back into service. I do believe once the correct cutter grind angles are sorted a mountain of work will be knocking at the door.

Smile from ear to ear. Impressive machine more impressive restoration. 👍

Congratulations! All your hard work finally pays off! Can't wait to see how you use this machine in the future!

Good for you Keith preserving a piece of history for future generations to see how metal machining used to be done in years gone by. As you say, it would no longer be of use in a modern machine shop but better for it to be saved than sent to the scrap metal merchant. Thanks for the video.

Congratulations, I was along the whole way. Pretty awesome thing you did sir!

It's like an orchestra! Congratulations!

Followed all the way , Trial & error , Gremlins , but your perseverance came through !!! Awesome work ....Making CHIPS !!

Well Done!!! Failure cannot live with perseverance and persistence! :-)

Fascinating design and function. Amazing to believe that was created in that time period.

You know folks are going to buy those straight edges just to have something produced on that machine. :) I'm so thrilled for you getting to use it, after all that work. Congratulations, my friend.

Wow. Well done. Respecting your skills and dedication. Ian. England.

Very cool chips! Nice and smooth, but not quiet... Congrats on a wonderful machine restoration! Lovely work!

I will never have a machine like that... But I've enjoyed watching this project more than anything I've seen on RU-vid in a long time! I understand your excitement! I don't have a machine shop but I'm going to buy one of the straight edges from you!

Congratulations! Loved watching this series, you are an inspiration Keith!

Awesome. Glad to see this wonderful piece of history run. I love the sounds it makes while running.

Finaly the first cut since the restoration, been a long road getting there. For tool grinds I guess Abom would be the one to ask, he might have some ideas after all the work with the shaper he has done.

Wow!! Congrats Keith!!! 👍🏾👍🏾💪🏾💪🏾😊😊

Thanks for sharing this job Keith! Congratulations!

Congratulations, Keith! It cost you an arm and a leg, but the machine works. Amazing that this ingenious contraption already worked 130 years ago.

A very enjoyable series. Congratulations on accomplishing the first chips.