SNS 204: Thread Repair Inserts, Boring Mill, Large Gearbox Build, G&E Catalog 

I enjoy your videos very much, I have been a machinist all my working life , now 80 years old, and have seen and worked with many good craftsmen. I am pleased to add you to the list. Others like Keith Fenner, Keith Rucker, Lyle Peterson, Tom Lipton, and David Richards are also on the hall of fame list. Keep up the good work! Ed from Colorado

Always nice to see people showing that they do mistakes. We are all people, and people make mistakes, but you need to be a man to admit and show the Internet a mistake. Good work Adam, appreciate the content.

Adam, all I can say is that you are certainly making your father and grandfather proud of you and bringing back the respect of the machinist trades. My hat off to you sir from Greater Chicagoland.

Hi Ol' Ron here Been watching you channel for quite awhile, and really enjoy it. At 87, and have worked with an for the machine tool industry all my life. Whent to schools like K&T and cincinnati Milacron., at the beginning of the Yape controlled machines . I also worked for Wilson instruments and was instrumental in the development of the first digital Rockwell hardness testers. However, one of my fondus memo ries was back in the late 50s, I had a par time job at a small machine shop called "Special Die set Co" The owner Ross Foothrap made these Die blanks Male/female in sizes up to 3 ft square and they were made on a Shaper. It wasa belt driver machine about 10 foot long as I remember. My job was to cut the 4" plates to oversize with a gas Panograph. ll of this equipment was as old as dirt.. I worked with his son Bob and he set up the planer. one day he had a hot date ,and wanted to finish the job he war working on and kept increasing the depth of cut the planer was taking. ALL OF A SUDDEN . The big flat belt running the return slide broke and the table went through the wall of the shitterr ,and his father was on the throne. Fortunately he didn't get hurt, but there was water all over the place. Keep up the good work, it's nice to see workmanship like your. Pertty soon it will e a lost art. Gramps

Nice shirt! 21:15 great tip about the ear protection, after 45 years I have learned hearing loss happens, best to start when you are young as that protection is way more important than later on. You have no indication of loss until it is way too late. As for the work, this is a great documentation of your uncompromising work ethic, this is what brings repeat customers and new ones as well, bravo Adam!

As a week-end machinist hobbyist, that's just amazing. Thank's so much for sharing, taking the time to shoot the video, edit, & upload. Say a big thank you to your boss, for allowing us a small look into just what it takes, to get the job done right.

One thing that I always admire about you, Adam, is that when you make a mistake..... You readily admit it, and you explain how the mistake was made. In my own experience I have found that when I seek to know why I made a mistake..... It helps me to not make it again. It's also nice to see that, considering the calibur of your machining skills and knowledge, you still can mess up once in awhile. Congratulations! You're human!!!! (We're all part of the mess up club) 🤗

I’m not a machinist. But find your videos so interesting. Your expertise is amazing.

Wow, that was awesome! Old AVE subscriber, stumbled onto TOT, stumbled on to you. Amazing to see your precision work and attention to detail. Plus you plainly explained everything you did. Thank you for this, you have me as a new subscriber!

Great video. There is a lot of pride in your work showing the gear box. Your grin goes from ear to ear.

Every minute interesting and exciting! Great camera work, too! Loved those shots from below and above. They really make me feel like I am right there and understand the situation. Thanks over and over again, Adam. I really appreciate the work you put into these videos and the very professional and expert work you do.

THANKYOU! for the catalog segment, I wish modern manufacturers weren't so scared about sharing the level of detail about their new machines that is shown in this book

NIce camera angle from above while you hammered in the inserts. Cool seeing you always improving your skills as a film maker. And that big gearbox at the end...so smooth! You can tell you work at a shop where people have pride in their work.

I absolutely love the "side-effect" of people helping people. This is the basic goodness of humanity. All these people know is that Adam has a problem and they have a solution. So they send it to him. They have actually never met, but they know they can help him, so they do. Sending him the example part, helping him modify it; Wonderful.

I see you picture at end of clip and reminds me how we are aging and must go on. I lost my father and still haven’t coped with his death but somehow look at your picture and see you as young man and seen your clips age. I’m shore you have deal with your lost and showing the respect of your family only makes me feel I can keep moving through this so called life. Well thank you for for clips and hope! Keep up great perfection work.

Going back and watching some of the older stuff. Always love what you’re doing and thoroughly appreciate it. It is important for people to know what really goes in to manufacturing

I can't imagine how long it took to indicate each hole, check it, check it again, , drill it, tap it, check it, check again, and set the insert. I really admire the precision and pride that goes into everything you touch.

Amazed at how easily that large gear train turns, swiss precision

I started my working life as a turner miller in the aerospace industry, August 1981. Not stood on the duck boards for many many years but so enjoy these videos. Love the way you tackle the jobs and explain things. I did not realise how much I had forgotten. Cheers , Ian Derby.UK

This is awesome work. Not only are you saving your clients a lot of money, but you're giving a quality rebuild that's virtually defect free. Buying a whole new part would raise questions or worries on factory defects for a client. Your work and passion is what guarantees quality!

Anybody else notice that since Abbey came along Adam wears the rubber gloves a lot more! The things we do for women! Excellent video.

You are a patient, honest and humble man. I am not sure that I would have allowed the video of my making an error to ever see the light of day.

"Adam what the hell are you doing" "I'm measuring this board Joe... It's a 64th too long, let me go set it up in the mill." "You know what Adam maybe I should finish the patio roof"

Really find your videos satisfying! Thank you I’m a finish carpenter so I appreciate the precision work.

That gearbox is a work of art! Kudos to you and the rest of the folks at MI. It's obvious a lot of pride went into that assembly.

How could somebody downvote this video? I thought it was awesome. Abom, your talent in this field blows me away every time! Keep up the GREAT work!

This guy is among of a few that's a dying breed now machinist are more like computer operators rather than machinist

I learn a lot from watching your videos. You are a great teacher.

I have watched all of these but I still use them to help get to sleep at night. How it can be so interesting and so relaxing at the same time is a mystery to me.

I love your attention to detail and the fact that you have an incredible work ethic. I wish you were close enough for me to bring you all my machine work. Hopefully, you're getting plenty of work, my friend. God bless you. 👍👍

people with u'r attitude and skill level are a true treasure to this planet.. thx for sharing all u do .. been watching for a long time now ..

That gearbox looked like CAD model renderings in some of the shots. Don't see them that clean and shiny for long!

I'm amazed at what I learn from your channel every time I watch a video. Thank you so much for making these great videos and passing on all of that knowledge you've obtained over the years.

Hallo Abom79, ich verstehe kein Wort, aber das was du alles gezeigt hast, daß braucht keine Worte. Richtig gut gemacht von dir. Hi Abom79, I do not understand a word, but what you have shown everything that needs no words. Really well done by you.

33:15 - You're the first machinist on RU-vid video that actually follows the instructions that come with the tap - to occasionally back up every so often - to break off curls, etc.

You are very smart to protect your hearing. Bad enough it gets worse with age without giving it a head start.

Enjoy you videos. My grandpa was a machinist for Hayes aircraft. But I did not get to see him work.

Nice looking gearbox. I actually work for the last helicopter manufacturing company here in the UK, so it's always good seeing other people working on gears and shafts like these. I also work on a hobbing and shaping section in the shop, so its good to see you have the G&E shaper ;)

Beard's coming along nicely there fella - thanks for keeping me edu-tained for the past year!

Adam, That is one hell of a gear box! Thanks for another great SNS! Have a good one! Dave

I never knew you had to work at such levels of precision while machining huge pieces. I thought one thousandth scaled up to one tenth, but I was obviously wrong. Keep posting, your videos are amazingly instructive.

Massive tapered roller on that shaft!! Awesome as usual!

When I hear the intro music I can feel my body relaxing into the show. I even find myself wondering what it's like around there, what people are like and the surrounds etc. I'm in Australia btw. Thanks for the videos!

All those new lights really make you and the stuff in the shop look 3-dimensional! Keep up the videos!

really enjoyed seeing the thread repair work, and always cool when you can show us the final assembly on the shafts you machine

I ran a Gould & Eberhardt shaper back in the late 70's. One of my favorite machines tools.

I am amazed at how easy it was to move that huge housing into alignment! And how easily the table rotated with the enormous weight on it.

Beard looks good on you Adam

That is awesome , turning all those gears with just the tip of your index finger, now that is perfection. More great work and another great video. Thanks...ken

Thanks for showing the rest of us your part in keeping America moving forward. I enjoy seeing how you accomplish various machining tasks and have great respect for your knowledge and quality of work. Much love and respect to you.

Another great episode of SNS. I really enjoyed this one. Neat trick with gettin that dent out. Thanks for showing the use of the threading inserts, Abom

Adam, I've written before and will have to say it again, I really enjoy watching you use your skill and ingenuity to solve problems. I especially liked your solution to remove the dent from the round steel cover plate using a ball bearing. It made perfect sense! Although I'll never own one, I like watching you work on your new shaper, making sure the lubricating system works properly. Once you start using the shaper, it will last for many years to come. And if it ever malfunctions, you'll have the familiarity with the machine to correct the problem. Keep up the good work!

I've never done machine work to the magnitude you do and you do a great job.. That said you really make me miss doing the work.. Machinist ended up being my second choice and I went into Industrial HVAC but man you make me want to work on that stuff on every vid. Great job and know there"s probably many of us out here partially living through you...Great job keep it up and be safe.. Thanks

Amazing what you can do with the right equipment. Machining has always fascinated me. Excellent work. Love watching you, keep it up!

ABOM, Thank you for taking the time to do these videos. Since watching them I have learned so much about being a machinist even though I have never in my life turned any metal. I so want to start out on a Mini Lathe, but my loving wife put her foot down and said hell no, your not buying a Mini Lathe. So any help from you with would be soo freaking cool. Today also happens to be my last day active duty in the US Air Force. Starting tomorrow, I am retired due to medically condition that made me unfit to finish out the last 10 months and 28 days till I would have hit 20 years in the Air Force. But Thanks again good sir for these videos. Maybe in the future I can convince my wife to letting me buy a Lathe machine.

I enjoy watching a craftsman work and you are one ! thanks for your videos.

That monday moment! We all have them from time to time!

good evening Adam you are blessed to be able buy old stuff there. may i say, that, you are a comfort to me, you see i hadda stroke two years back, totally paralyzed one side, i can walk, have half use left hand, lost 38lbs muscle and went from a very young 69 to an old 72, when i watch you, i oft fall asleep, the sound your voice is soothing Do't get me wrong, I can still build stuff, if you get a mo' take peek my vids kind rgds Stuart

Brought a real smile to my face when you showed the broken bolt, and another when you heard the fork go clonk :)

Would love to see more of the Monarch catalog man, great video and work as always!

That thread repair was brilliant and I reckon that was a pretty long job, what with set up time etc. Very nice. That sure is one big-a$$ gear box! What a beauty.

It's amazing how little effort it took to spin that enormous geartrain by hand. That's a testament to some damned fine machining!

Man, you have the sweetest tools to use! So technical and fun to watch.

Those tapered roller bearings are enormous! Amazing work on those shafts!

Cool video Adam. I spend most of my days on a Lucas horizontal mill, so i know how hard it is to climb up and down that thing all day. They didn't worry much about ergonomics back in the 40's when they built those machines.

Them giant gears spin so easy! Now that's precision!

Hey Adam. Thanks for the ride along. It was great to see those large machines and equipment.

The Gear box is a thing of beauty!!

As a fellow machinist, we can both honestly say the part was indicated in on the wider side to make sure it was a straight as possible. Right? LOL Nice work Jeff

I can't imagine the engineering that was involved in that gearbox...I don't want to imagine. that's 30 years beyond me

Absolutely love those thread inserts. Worked where helicoils were failing

In reference to the jib crane for the G&E Shaper - I was thinking you might be able to put the shaper in a position so that your crane could service both the shaper and K&T. Just a thought. Thanks for bringing us all the great content.

Amazing video! I love to see the stuff you've worked on installed into the gear boxes.

Great ,Your Best Vid Yet !!!Yes Yes On The Books .Really Looking Forward To It. A#1

Very HUGE gearbox! I mostly do aluminum repair in old Harley parts, so a helicoil is the main form of thread repair, although I like timeserts for spark plug hole repair (most of the time). Wicked big insert there!

Thanks for a really good video with excellent photography. That gearbox is just inspiring.

Your lack of coffee ☕ at the beginning was a good opportunity to show us how the table rotates and aligns. 📐

Re-rolling that flange was fascinating to me.

Love that Excuse on that mess up Adam, I’m Definately gonna use all 3

Great repair job as always adam, early in the morning can catch the best of us out thanks for showing the gear box

Abom is getting svelte. Good job, I know how much work it is.

....6:02....excellent, last time I looked, those Starrett planer gauges were over $400.... I'm looking forward to 'how to use a Planer gauge'....! With automatic oiling system, that heavy duty looking Shaper should last a lifetime. And those books! Old School books are usually pretty good material...

Thumbs up for the Monarch catalog!

Some good quality bearings in this gearbox. It moves so easily. :D Great video, the threaded repair inserts were interesting.

That gearbox is amazing,,,, looks like an ABOM79 size quick change gearbox for your lathe. Great video Adam

Mondays should be banned! Good job Adam, I first joined your channel at about the time you were organising the purchase and logistics of your G&E shaper. Without doubt the best 'easy watching' and inspiring engineering channel out there. Thank you.

Awesome video. Great work. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expert skills. I really appreciate all the videos and the detail you share.

Nice work. That bearing on the tool reminded me of an English wheel in mechanics at least maybe. Those gears meshed very nicely and rolled smooth. Great work Adam.

Saves a whole lot of setting up by being able to swivel that table, nice touch showing how to rectify a monday morning booboo, agreed we'll go with the lack of caffeine, we've all been there nice job.

It's great to see a real old school machinest using old school machine tools & measuring devices.No CNC machine centers. Schools have stopped teaching the old ways & it is really sad. Machine centers are great for production work but repair work & one off stuff needs old school in most cases. I worked in a old school shop my senior year of high school . The newest lathe we had was built in 1942. All the industry left the area & the shop is closed. Sad day and my life long friend didn't make enough off of the sale to pay his bank note. Dave Huffman

Excellent repair job on the tapped holes

That is one super huge gearbox adam .. ENJOYED !!

Always love the multi part projects like that arm you built before. really cool to go though what you show of your thought process

Thank you adam for all of the thread and machine repair items youtake the tinme to explain for those of us who never touch anything bigger than a grapefruit. LOL

Damn Adam, Your ARE the BOMB. Abom79, you do great work! Thanks for the videos!

Thanks Adam, great video. Those are some impressive roller bearings on the gearbox, and good tolerances on everything. It doesn't look like it took much effort to rotate the shaft and the gears.

That gearbox at the end looks like the one I used to install in the paper mills and crushing plants. Thanks for sharing.

Fantastic work Adam....thanks for sharing !

seeing that gearbox literally made my month, thanks adam!!!

“Maybe not today” after all you only had 1 cup of coffee and it’s early Monday morning 😁