Adam I think it's great that your employer lets you film, if a customer ever has a question of what you company is able to do, all they need to do is watch your channel! You do great work my friend and I look forward to every weekend when your videos come out!
I love your attention to detail, Adam, you even chamfer a hole which will be at the bottom of the tube which no one will ever see. But that is the point about attention to the details. Well done!
When i was around welders in the oilfield, you could tell an experienced/professional welder when they run a Excaliper (7018) and the flux falls off in sheets with a light tap. Great job and thanks for the step by step on these.
I had a 'ring' style gland fitment, and it raised and lowered a slasher - it was extended for lowering , so it carried the weight of the slasher most of the time; it eventually pulled out. It was tricky to fix, though the machinist knew what he was doing and it was a simple fix. Your idea is much better!
Adam, Thanks for another great SNS! I've never seen hydraulic cylinders built from scratch like that before. You usually order what you want and then modify the mounting or fittings to meet your needs. Have fun at the scraping class. It's great that someone still teaches a lost art. It's like blacksmithing. Thanks again! Have a good one! Dave
I've been watching for some time and have learned a lot. Probably the most important lesson has been your attention to details at every step. like precise angles for your welding grooves, measuring and taking small cuts. So many guys don't do that. You Sir, are an American Craftsman. I hope your hobby gets some young people into the trades. By the way, I ordered a bunch of Edge stuff for work the other day with the promo code.
That's a beautiful starrett tap wrench!! Hey Adam, I've watched about 90% of your videos in the last two years or so. I really appreciate all that you do. Thanks for all the great content.
nice job adam. i am surprised that you had to build so many parts. there is so much available off the shelf, i totally agree with your choice of a threaded gland , its hard to get new seals past the wire relief in the cyl tube.
I worked at a hydraulics place and when I went to ream a welded rod eye they said I was being a time waster..good to see your company lets you do it right
I don't like finding rod eyes that have not been reamed or bored out properly. On the larger stuff I undersize the hole, weld it to the rod, then bore it in the boring mill. I've shown some of those jobs in the past.
Not much else to say, than just another fantastic fab job by Adam! I surely would have thought, that there were some " off the shelf" cylinders that would have worked, but I'm sure glad they didn't find them, and opted for you to build them! Great job, buddy!
thanks adam..lol was watching you @keiths on friday ..sunday now and your telling us your on your way.. hope all is well for you and yours..travel safe
Tuning in from the UK and really enjoy watching your videos and the work you do. Fantastic work and skill every time,and your a good guy,easy going and informative,keep up the good work,and I look forward to future projects.
Adam, Watched Keith's video showing you early birds down there for the scraping class. Enjoyed this video. Sure do like watching you stick welding with the 7018 rods. The welder we have is an oldie I think made back in the 50's and it's two phase. Still going strong. :-)
Hey buddy, I'm a little north of Atlanta. Been to tifton a few times. I'm not a machinist but I appreciate your hard work and precision. I can tell you are a good person and good at what you do. you take a lot of pride in your work and it will carry you far in life. Keep it up, Justin
Abom79, I live a little south of Helen but my family is originally from there. If you're ever up that this way again, let me know. I'll show you some amazing sights the tourists don't know about.
Even though I know it's a video I still can't help but look away from the welder LOL. I can't get enough of your vids man, love the technical & attention to detail aspects. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us all, keep em coming!
Adam, another fine SNS! There hasn't been a video of yours that I haven't learned something! Picked up a couple of the Edge Vise Stops, nice tip, I let the Edge Tech know you steered me to the clamps! Nice work on the cylinders, keep up the great work!
I'd feel better (if it was my vise) if I filled that with JB weld and filed it off flush....for a little camo. Wouldn't have to have my eyes focus on it.
I hope you're enjoying your scraping classes. I watched one of your old videos where you break out the surface plate and test gauges. Two hours later I'm down the rabbit hole watching tom lipton measure how thick sharpie marks are 0.O After a while you start to question stuff like "What is flat?" This rabbit hole goes as deep as they can. Not even math knows what "straight" is. cool stuff
On the cylinder endcap and lug you could drill a larger diameter blind hole through the endcap and just into the lug. Next weld the hole up again and drill through the centre of the weld to meet the tapped hole in the lug. This way if the lug gets damaged on the welded outer edge it still won't leak.
I'd like to see a scraping relief of Stella from you next week... I know it's not the purpose of scraping to produce something that isn't flat and uniform but it would still look great...
Adam, great video. Sure wish we could see more of the hydraulic cylinder stuff. How about raffling off a log splitter project build? You could cover your cost and more, I'm sure.
Hey, great content this weekend. Hope your having fun scraping. Looks like you are getting some good metal scraping and some plate scraping after eating with Keith and the guys at night.
Can't wait to get a closer look at the projects you took and what it all really means. Hope they don't work you too hard at the day job to make up for it. :-)
Not sure if you have done one already, but a video on parting would be great. Just covering the differences between carbide insert and hss parting tools, grinding and proper setup.
I see the "blind welder" has been at it again! ;) - Finally getting a chance to catch up on videos. Looks like you've been rocking it at work, sir. Hope all is going well! Sincerely, Tom Z
hey adam. i seen your test bock. thsts amazing for power scraping. thats a lost art. congratulations on learning. i hope you do a video to teach viewers.
Adam, That Starret tap handle sure is sleek looking. Have you ever thought of making a larger one as a project? We like seeing you busy. lol Hope ya'll are having fun.
Nice looking work all along this project. That butt-plate to cylinder-eye weld is going to be under a lot of stress. As the hydraulic fluid gets between them it puts tension on the weld equal to the force of a hydraulic cylinder with a circular area the same as the rectangular area inside the weld, so it not only has to be strong, but fluid-tight (no pinholes). I expect you are going to be watching the pressure testing of these cylinders fairly carefully. I hope you can show the testing when the time comes.
I live in Fairfield county Connecticut. Bridgeport CT is right up the highway from me 10 minutes. Where the bridgeport mill was made amoung other things. There are buildings lining i95 of old manufacturers and factories, empty falling down, been like that for as long as I remember im 35. Sad
Hi Adam, I have two Jacobs chucks it says on them "Made in Sheffield England" I wanted a new one for my mill, so I thought I will support British engineering and buy another Jacobs. Well I was disappointed when on it`s arrival it said on the box "product of China". I have had it about two years now and had no problems though. Regards Chris
jusb1066 I thought so showing my age now. sad to think of all the good stuff that was made in UK and now gone. it always makes me laugh when you hear Americans talk about imperial measurements as if they invented it HAHA
Nice cylinders there. Used to repair lots of those. Never liked that hooked retention ring either. Some were square stock, some round and they always allowed some longitudinal movement that created a raised lip inside making disassembly more difficult. Was also wondering why the rods were not welded fully around figuring they were single acting until you said that. Do you ever do a lock screw on the gland circumference?
Doug Bourdo sometimes the steel rings get seized up in the groove and it's a total pain in the ass to get apart. We've had to machine the gland of to get it apart before.
As always quality work, and a real pleasure to see you make something from scratch. When is your next build of something for yourself ? Perhaps a, Abom Barbecue?
regarding the American made Point you got across. from a quality standpoint I am with you brother. Its just that ppl are the same where ever you go and we gladly buy your American stuff over here in sweden, mabye i was kinda hoping it wouldnt be a discomfort of sorts to buy for example Swedish tools in America.i´d have you as a fellow Citizen any day.thanks for all the good stuff man! i Watch it all :)
Can you explain or show some time how to set an adjustable reamer to a certain size? I've never had much luck mic'ing across a reamer and getting it to make the size hole I just mic'ed across the reamer. I do it as more like -ream hole, measure resulting hole, adjust reamer up in size a little bit. There must be a better way, right?
It looks like while tig welding, you were having tungsten issues. As there were a bunch of sparks coming off the end to the cap welding. Or possibly touching the tungsten to the filler metal. Still looks good to me.
Why a check valve in the piston? Isn't it actually a pressure relief? I can see no purpose for a check valve in the piston on a single acting cylinder. Thanks for still getting out an SNS while you are working hard at Keith's! :-)
bcbloc02 I have yet to figure that out Brian. It didn't make much sense but they asked us to replicate the original cylinder just the way it was built.
When I need to put a single part to one side of the vise, I like to throw another part on the opposite side so the screw is pushing flat. I've wasted a few tools and plenty of parts by forgetting that.
Is there any measuring the cylinder bore for roundness after welding? I know the plug has the pilot to keep from egging the bore. Just wondering if there was a concern there? A very good video. I've been involved with the shop Autocad drawings of cylinder similar to those.
If it's being held round by a plug no need to worry about that end. if you have to weld on the gland end you tyically have to hone the tube because of warpage.
What is your filler rod, flow rate, Argon??, Gas lense in your cup? I sometimes get a porous weld and I'm thinking that my shielding gas is blowing away. I sometimes resort to using 308 for filler on carbon steel. It's ok for most stuff.. Suggestions Please
Filler is a standard E70s tig welding rod, 3/32" or 1/8" most of the time. Flow rate is about 30-40. I don't have the gas lense style cups. Make sure the area to weld is clean, even any mill scale on there causes problems.
