Saturday Night Special 57 

Thanks for an interesting Video At 82 with crock Knees and Back I don't get out to my workshop much these days but I get great pleasure in watching videos and learning new ways of doing things even if I may not get to use them all. All you RU-vid folks are much appreciated.

Adam, I just found your channel looking around on utube. Sir you are a gentleman and a awsome craftsman. Thanks for taking the time and effort to share your skills. I've been machining for approx 37 years but I've learned something from every video I've watched. Keep up the good work. Thanks again. Keith

the Monark handle is for old coal,wood burning stoves, It is used to shake the grates to cclear ashes from the burner chamber into the ash shelf

Not only does it take time to edit and upload, but it takes a lot (more) time to machine WHILE filming. Projects slow down quite a bit while filming. Another good one Adam.

Hey Bud, Thanks for the shout out. Nice flea market big wrench scores. Nice un-bozoing work on the wheels. Talk to you soon. --Tom

Adam, your Monarch mystery tool was made by the Monarch stove company. It is a grate shaker to shake the coals down from the firebox. It is diamond shaped, I think that made it stay on the shaft a little bit better, or it could have been unique to their stoves. Cody in Ecuador

I don't know the first thing about machine work, but your patience and problem solving is incredible. Love this channel, love this content. Nice work man.

That crank(Monarch) is a handle that you use to shake the grates of a wood cook stove..you would turn it like half way thru a circle and back and fourth to allow the coals in the burner chamber to fall into the ash tray underneath the fire box..then slide out the ash's and empty it..and put it back..

my specialty is the machining and adaptation of components for motorcycles .. I congratulate you for a job well done, thank you for showing us your machining art

Hi Adam Great vid Just the right balance of content That mandrel made the wheel repair look easy Best John

Hi sir adam your video given a lot of help. I'm from the Philippines... 13 yrs..of working in machine shop. Thanks a lot for sharing your skills... it helps a lot sir...

Adam your video's are awsome, ever since i was a small kid i never really knew what i wanted to do with my life but i saw one of your blogs and now i have a small milling machine and a very small 8x16 bench lathe and i have found my groove in life im in the middle of building a stationary steam engine, I have a whole list of things im going to build , you've inspired me so please keep the video's coming once again thank you joe from England.

I too stumbled accross your channel and now can't stop watching your quality of workmanship. Scott from tasmania Australia

Adam, I have been watching your videos for some time. Your machinist skills are beyond AMAZING! I can't even imagine how much time and effort it takes to record, edit and upload your work. I am also involved in a cool film worthy line of work. I have even flirted with the idea of starting a RU-vid channel. Truth is that I am barely keeping up with my current workload and couldn't imagine adding to it. That being said I want to thank you for taking the time. I guess I need to get off my butt and get after it myself. Thank you for the motivation 👍

Adam, You have a great shop and a good way of talking through what you're doing. Thanks for all of it. I'm probably late with this but the mystery tool is a Monarch grate shaker. Google that and you'll see lots of pictures.

I could watch this you for hours, what a great display of skill and knowledge

Great job Adam. Thanks for showing the setup and explaining why to set it up like that. Always great videos. Awesome job

Nice fix on the wheels. I had to do the same thing on my wheels after powder coating. Fortunately the front wheel has a little tolerance as the calipers will self center within reason, same with the rear. And the sprocket carrier has some with the angle of the chain a few thousandths won't make a difference. I like your bushing setup, a lot cleaner than my junk setup I did.

Awesome work bro!!! I'm just getting into machining myself, and throught youtube I found your channel! your helping people like me bro! thanks!!!!

Děkuij za Váš příspěvek-je to moc poučný pořad,jsem už dost starý ale je se stále se co učit !!

I think the Monarch crank could be for a wood burning stove. It's used to turn the grate to shake the ashes into the ash box. My grandmother's stove has a similar profile.

I only found your videos a few days ago . I have never seen lathe work before , and so this stuff is fascinating for me ! Well done , you are a skilled technician ... and a damn good video maker too !

Glad to here that a lot guys here on on the same page, this is a fantastic series & the effort, energy & time you put into your videos shows and is greatly appreciated Adam. Great stuff, makes my Saturday every week buddy

I've got a 14x40 lathe and a small mill. It's nice to see an actual pro in action. I don't have anyone around here to ask. I've been inspired to do some new projects. I made a cool clock using a rotary table on my mill. Uses individual LED lights for HMS. Looks like a big 12" donut with 60 holes for secs, 60 for min, and 12 for hours. In concentric circles. Made it out of 0.25" aluminum plate. Polished the aluminum up pretty nice. That clock kid inspired me. LOL

Thank you Abom for your amazing videos!

Thank you for your hard work in making these videos. It is a lot of work and appreciate it. I love metal work and you have helped me so much

The monarch hand crank that you had in the in Saturday Night Special 57 is a hand crank for a wood cook stove. They are used to turn the grates that dump the ash from the fire box into the removable ash bin

Been looking through your channel. The too I believe gose to a wood burning stove .my mother has a similar too on hers .it's used to open the bottom of the burner plate to dump ashes . I know it been some time may have been answered already. Thanks for the videos. Good job.keep it up

It's also nice to see all the differnt camera angles you make the effort to show us. Keith F is another one who's good at doing this.

Your attention to detail shows people up and comming the right way to do things . well done that man big fan keep it going .

Hey Adam, Man, I hope you never let it get to you. I would hate to see you get discouraged and let any negative comments interrupt our flow of videos. I have never seen better videos. I love the flea market finds and the new tools. I look forward to your new projects each week. The welding table is just awesome. I watch Keith Rucker and Fenner, Tom at OxTools, doubleboost, MrPete and several others and You are at the top of the list. Keep on keeping on brother. I appreciate what you do. Mack

Hello Adam,The Monarch "tool" that you found at the flea market is a grate handle.I found it after searching on Google for "Monarch tool " for a few minutes.Keep the viejeao's coming!Cheers,Jan Maarten Oolman from The Netherlands.

About that rusty handle you got from the wrench guy, I believe it is an ash receptacle handle for an old Monarch wood burning stove. The stoves had a square shaft sticking out the burner side and when there was too much ash sitting in fire box, you put that handle on the shaft and move back and forth and that would allow the ash to drop into the ash box, which you could pull out later and dump.

Another great video. I really like your format. There is more to our lives than just the machine work. Its all the stuff that goes into "shop life" that I like to see as well. I really enjoy the market finds. Wish I had one near me! Again, be very careful wire wheeling those old tools! Keep up the good work!!

Hi Adam, relatively new to your channel but it's a goldmine. I really appreciate the work you do. I'm a desk jockey who started out in detail parts manufacture and assembly. A long way from that now but it's still in my blood. All the best from south West france.

Hi Adam a big fan of yours here in Australia..... Your the bomb man when it comes to technical machining.... Anyways that thing your holding in your hands is of an Antique Wood Stove made by Monarch its for shakin them coals....Antique monarch wood stove shaker Google it and check out images..... 1940's circa

Amazing what people would do to "fix" their mistakes. Dremel to clean up a machined surface is like doing the dishes with a sledge hammer. I wish we had those kinda prices for tools here in norway, even for fleemarket! Great videos Adam!

I've been a mechanic, professionally, for 22 years. I have never had a situation that required an impact driver until I got ahold of my 9" South Bend. The young kid in the shop was flabbergasted when I asked to borrow his. "You mean to tell me I have a tool that YOU don't have?" Good times. These videos, along with Doubleboost's Sunday Night Nightcap vids, are the highlight of my week.

justonly found your channel abom watched all day cool stuff love the old books and the respect you have for your mentors and viewers .from ireland.

I really like your shop cause it's clean and uncluttered, organized and lit well. JD

Your flea market crank find is probably for shaking down the grates in coal and wood stove. Really enjoy your videos. Ernie Johnson Olds Alberta Canada

Great video. To your comment: "You've seen that before." I always like the setup and indicating segments of your videos. When you have time to add them to any shop video it's much appreciated. It may be old hat for some, but I enjoy it.

Great video. Cool how you never know what you will be spinning in your lathe. Motorcycle rims who would have thought!

The Monarch 'tool' is the crank handle for the ash grate in a monarch cook stove. It should be a very loose fit on a 5/8 sq shaft.

I use the unknown tool at my work, it is the key that turns the gear and cable to raise and lower the deck on an old dake 100 ton press. Its been sitting on the press table at my work for over 20 years and is nearly identical other than the brand to yours.

Hello MR.abom the handle you have there is for a coal stove shaker grate just wanted to say thank you for sharing your knowledge on the lathe

Keith, this works only for standard nuts , does not apply to heavy or extra heavy nut, Nominal thread size, (1/2" for 1/2 -13) divided by two (1/2" / 2 = 1/4") then that dimension is added to the nominal dim (1/2" + 1/4" + 3/4") equals wrench size. Old trick in the Steamfitters trade. Nice work as always. Dan.

You bought some good items. I had some massive wrenches at my parents' house that either a neighbor gave or my grandpa and I think they were thrown out after a flood they had. The crazy thing is I managed to load my car that Xmas with tons of stuff prior to the flood and it was just luck I grabbed my massive 1/2 socket tool box with Snap on ratchets that my grandpa gave ,e . That all would have been ruined. I go to country auctions and the old tools sell for a fortune. I will check more of your videos. Thanks

nice vid FYI wrench size for a standard nut is 1 1/2 times the nut size.Extra heavy nuts are 1 1/2 times plus 1/8".

Adam, I love your content! I just discovered your videos and have been watching at lease 4-6 episodes every night! I’m an old mechanic and really appreciate a machinist such as yourself! Thank you buddy!. I now look back at turning brakes and think, damn, I wasn’t very precise! Lmao

Adam Vlcheck (Pronounced Vel-Check) was started by a Czech immigrant, good quality tools. Bonney ceased production in the early 1990's so that chisel may not be real old. That big Armstrong is cool I'd give her a couple of drops of oil if you haven't already. Really enjoy the mixed bag on this one. It occurs to me the MC guys around there are lucky to have someone like you.

you do good work, clean shop, I envy you and you're a good entertainer. YOU DO WHAT YOU ARE DOING VERY WELL. Thank you.

Another great video Adam - always enjoyable watching the flea market finds as well as the machining! Cheers, John

You should bill the power coat guy for the mandrel and bushing work. Nice video, thanks. I do so look forward to them.

This really is therapy... relaxing.

Thanks for all the hard work you put into to the videos.

Very interesting and very instructive vids. Good to know how to do some tasks, even though I do not have a lathe, nor am likely to.

Adam ; You should be able to get replacement bits for your impact driver at a good auto supply store. The socket that the bits fit into will come off the driver and you can use 3/8 sockets . Those tools are indispensable when working on older motorcycles.....Hal

I would kinda think the best way to p-coat the wheel is to do it all the skim them. It'd be really hard to mask those small areas. Nice v-mail in the SNS too! No updates on the KT hydraulics?? AND, That handle is for when the power goes out and you have to finish the job... ;-) Colin ;-)

Cool stuff Adam. Thanks for sharing. Learning alot about what you do. Fun to watch.

thank you for the vids, i have learned alot and i feel motivated to purchise a small hobby mill or lathe to play with so thank you once more.

Really I like to see your work videos, it's a beautiful and difficult professional kind of job. I think you have been studying a lot for do your great job. Thanks.

Precision dremel lol. Great video and thanks for all the help you have given me through your channel.

Awesome videos Adam, I'll come over and cleaned up for you. All I want in return is some of that knowledge of yours.

Another nice mix this week. Welding table build viewing after I get done eating.

Adam, thatnks for taking the time for another great SNS video. I just recently received a stash of taps with an inch and a quarter pipe tap but you got me beat with that inch and a half :)

I bet the Taiwan rachet runs smoothly. That Armstrong is made for heavy industry. Love the content

Adam, you say about cleaning up your machines. They always look immaculate to me. Do you have any tips for cleaning machines. One thing I was told years ago was never to use compressed air to clean off chips as it can drive them into gaps under the saddle etc. I see you use the air allot for clearing chips....what are your views on this??? As basic and simple as it sounds I think it would make a really interesting video on Machine Cleaning. How about it?? Still really enjoying your videos. Keep up this fantastic channel please. Roo

Thanks for showing the wheel setup.

The Monarch handle looks like a grate shaker for a wood stove.

Wish I had that big of throw!! Nice set-up Adam.

Nice work on the fixtures for the wheels. That Monarch sure sounds smooth and sweet for her age. Joe

hey Adam, good work on the videos, very interesting work that you do. Nice editing too, straight forward and no BS. Really informative, I am not in your line of work but you explain it well and I can understand what you are doing. thanks.

I enjoy your videos, I wish I knew how to do half of what you know how to do. Thank you for making your videos I look forward to watch each and every one of them

I am confused on how the jig works for the wheel. I would think when you put your tool on it it would cause the wheel to spin independently on the shaft. Is it because you're taking very light cuts? Is there a shoulder somewhere I didn't see?? Good video btw!

I agree with Les Bender. My parents had one back in the 40's when I was quite young. I remember Dad and also Mom shaking the ashes down using that kind of crank.

hi adam some fantastic flea market finds. brilliant video takes a professional to sort out an amateurs mistakes. i bet the wheels looked excellent when you finished them .

AvE Recommended Your channel and since he did i'm hooked to your channel you got some nice thing going on,a nice shop,nice projects many thing you learned me and almost every new vid im learning new stuff So Thank you very much !!!...

Good stuff Adam! I really enjoy watching your work.

I'm not sure what that tool is used for but I believe our might be for a coal furnace.I know ours has a square drive on its auger for when we need to relight it

Keep up the viewer appreciation and flea market finds! (Though why anyone would go out of their way to purchase fleas when my old hound would happily give them away I don’t know!). P.S. in 1944 Plymouth built a pick-up style auto which was hand crank start. Guess who made the start handle and linkage? If you guessed Monarch..you’re be correct. I couldn’t tell from the brief glance on the screen when you showed it but it looks VERY similar to that start crank made for that particular vehicle. I would not be at all surprised if that is all of the few of those vehicles that has survived to this day!

Hey Adam, Excellent job on the wheels man! Makes me wonder what some people are thinking or should I say not thinking, who would do something like coat a machined surface.... Great SNS buddy! Ray

Amazing work! Keep up the good work and inspiring solid work ethic and positive attitude!

Consider picking up a 3/4"sq to 1/2"sq reducer female / male for that great ratchet spanner as it may work wonders with various stuck nuts and it won't allow you then to stress your 1/2" ratchet....just a thought, really great channel keep them coming...

Precision face, pea grinding is like freehand 4" grinder, line boring! LOL nice shirt... ;{)-----

Mr. you do a GREAT job!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Great guess on James's truck man ! Loved the wheel powder coating work as well , Kids and I say THUMBS UP ..

Now how he'd mount that ?? - and that was Your very next detailed explanation which we were after. That's what we like and enjoy about Your work. Your sharing of practical knowledge for all and sundry to benefit. That's tremendous, if not magnanimous. Superb, we'd say !!! Keep it rolling and all the best. aRM

Monarch made the innards for coal stoves back in the day, it looks to be the wrench to work the grates in the coal stove.

Great job in cleaning up the wheel mess you should always tape them up yourself, don't leave it to the powder coater. there may be some bleed under the tape but you can then use a single sided blade the clean the excess power coat off. the owner may have to shim the disks

Here is a hello from Uppsala, Sweden! I really enjoy watching what your doing. You always make me happy when you upload something new. Keep up the good work!

You're a boss man! I'm a ME major and your videos inspire me. Keep it up!

Hi, Adam - Great video, really appreciate the time you put in on these!

I look forward weekly to this Adam. Keep up the awesome work.

Will you not have misalignment of the break rotors and chain sprocket by removing the material as they should have been finished dimensions?? Love your videos mate,

I have used the impact drivers for 30 years in the motorcycle industry, for the metric bikes there is no better tool for screw removal, don't use anything else for engine case screws. Excellent tool for the money.

I'm looking at the blue case on the bench and thought "that looks just like my impact driver". Then when you opened it up, yup same one.

That handle you found may be for an old wood cookstove.There is an ash grate and ash shaker on some of them.

Hello Adam. Thank you for the videos

All you need to do now is get your buddies up at NYC CNC to whip up some embossing dies and get your business cards done real fancy. If your local printer has a platen or any old Heidelberg cylinders take a look at the mechanisms of how it does it all. Old school machining, easily outlive either of us combined if you give it a squirt of 150 weight every now and then