SNS 351: K&T Horizontal Milling, Single Point Threading Pipe 

Adam, Thank you for this video. I began my industrial maintenance career repairing the identical Kearney Trecker mill as yours (1982). I don't know how old the machine was, but it wasn't new. It was an all day, every day use machine. We ran a Series 2 Bridgeport for our manual vertical work and the KT only saw horizontal work. I really enjoyed working on the KT. Most functions on this mill are hydraulically controlled with manual porting. Each dial position ports oil via a small hydraulic tube and/ or internal casting porting. The engineering and manufacturing of these components is beautiful work. Separating casting sections rewires small O rings for sealing. Counting the dial settings lets you see how many porting paths are required to do the manual gear shifting. This design was the hallmark of KT. No other manufacturer that I serviced exploited this design like KT. It gave a lovely beauty in the internals of the machine. Removing the front knee casting cover, keeping the knee internal casting mechanical components aligned while managing the weight was a chore for a skinny technician and required use of a fork lift to support the weight. I learned so much about industrial machines servicing our KT. We upgraded our KT after our plant flooded in 1993. I haven't touched a KT since. I never operated our machine, but I have many hours inside it. It was unique to our shop. It was unique to my long career. I enjoy seeing your machine still making chips. When you resurrected your machine I wished that I could be on hand advising you. It would have been fun for me to be back inside the KT. Our shop was set up so that virtually every machine was 100% fully loaded for every shift. Our machinery saw a lot of production hours.

I have to tell you, I was watching some of your older videos and I can't believe how beautiful that G&E shaper is. As old as it is and runs damn near like a new machine. It sounds quiet. I'm jealous 😫. I love that thing. That massive shaper that fireball has is great. Its not as nice as that G&E though. I've been a machinist most of my life. I never had the opportunity to work with one. Well, I made parts for firearms in my fathers little gunshop. Nothing on the scale you do brother. Keep the videos coming brother please. PEACE ✌

This would be a great place for the Slomoguys to come film.

Man that staggered cutter looked like it was making roll pins instead of chips. Had no idea that machine could work that hard in a single pass.

Cutting threads is very satisfying, kind of like looking at a campfire.

Looks like Adam is in the lead for Chip Of The Week!

Now that's some entertainment I can wrap my head around. What a beast of a machine! I've never seen one of those. The slomo shots were the icing on the cake. Nice effect!

You aren't just a machinist, you're a videographer! Really compelling shots. Was a little surprised that those pipes weren't threaded standard pipe thread, i.e. tapered, threads. Seems standard.

What a cool slo-mo shot! I really like how the alternating teeth shoot chips left and right.

Back when Manual machines were King . Just a level of pride in making a part with a manual machine vs. CNC Love the slo-mo shots.

5/8" DOC.... wow. Adam you do live by the motto "Go Big or Go Home"

You could be a renowned professor teaching a new generation of machinists old school technique, patience and perspective. Wait, that's what you do now! Please keep up your very informative videos. Thanks.

You always make me laugh whenever the video goes slo-mo. I know you do that because you love to see chips fly 😀

Nice to see a decent bit of horizontal milling.

Once again, I love those slow mo shots, and the audio compliments it perfectly. Great job on the editing there Adam.

That machine is a beast! Excellent operator as well. Great video.

Nice work Adam Good to see the K&T back up and running

Very cool how the cutter seems to be rotating faster than the mill

They still have so many of these machines at Portsmouth Navel ship yard V.A. and New Port News Ship building V.A. cool seeing so many different kinds all lined up in a row. Including the Giant versions. When I was in the Navy 93 - 04😎👍

I especially like the "measure twice - cut once " method on the pipe...... As always, a joy watching your vids

That vise held well, I'd a chickened out and put a stop at the end of the test slot. Combination of sharp/true cutter sounded nice. That feed is WOW! Ya people either need a new thing or they gotta fix the old thing a fundamental truth!

I always enjoy your videos. When I was a young man I spent many hours with my machines but as my health started going downhill I had to give them up because the strength in my hands and diminished so much and I was afraid of wrecking something.

Visually very satisfying to watch, and very reminiscent of chocolate shavings, so I almost expected them to be poured out on a metal cake afterwards! Abomb79 levels of metal removal!

Watching you work is looking over the shoulder of a master. I've learned more from you than I have reading books.

Doesn't anyone send you stuff anymore? I loved when you talked and showed items what fans have sent you in the start of every SNS video :)

Those horizontal cutters made great chips. Looking forward to the face milling!

When I worked for an electrical contractor, we cut and thread those light fixture hanging pipes all the time to get a specific look the customer wanted. Just used our Rigid pipe threader, similar to what plumbers use. I find it a little interesting that your customer couldn't have an electrical contractor do it, whatever...

OUTSTANDING, those first chips on the Mill looked like spiral roll pins,thanks for the video, funny we hung some pendant lights in our kitchen some time ago,the in stock pipes were also to long,they wanted to order shorter ones,we shortened and threaded same all's good🤗😎🤗😎

Loved the slow motion. Mesmerized watching the cut and the chips flying

Watching you from Trinidad for many years now always very detail reminds me of my young machinist days ,good vids for those who wants to be one.love how you finish on journal sizes

in trade school, the only horizontal mill they had in the machine shop was not properly secured to the floor. the vice project we had to build involved using a 1.25" staggered carbide insert cutter to cut a groove similarly deep. that thing was throwing off blue chips like a machine gun and making a small earthquake at the same time.

Nice work and demonstration. Thanks for the look.

those slo-mo shots were delightful to say the least. machinists ASMR at its finest.

Really enjoyed those slow motion parts, it made the chips look even better, and I could understand how they were stacking up like that. I can't recall if you're submitting pictures for chip of the week at this time but those seem to qualify.

Oh man, Classic Abom79, giving his machine a good workout. Love listing to the mill work hard. What it was designed for. Chip of the Week...

One of the most best slow mo cut that really give meaning.

your overall knowledge of the type of work you do is amazing....thank you for sharing

First time I really saw how much the feedrate affects the temperature. As soon as you started to crank it up the cooling really had to work. Nice, thanks!

A K&T like yours is on my bucket list. Thanks for sharing.

Another interesting video. From the camera view those chips look just like roll pins. First cut they’re nice and bright, second deeper cut a light straw color.

Looks like a good candidate for "Chip of the Month."

Adam - the slo-mo shots are awesome! I love the sound your key makes on the jaws.... Makes the end of my week to see you'v posted another video. Always look forward to them. Thank you!!!

Oh my, what incredible shots!

You do really good work. You're good at helping friends and other people.

Those chips look like roll pins coming off there when you upped the feed rate ! Thanks Adam. Great content as usual. Especially liked the close up of the thread cutting.

Your making some awesome roll pins😉

Paitently waiting for you to start a stand for that big old Reed vise! I miss those fabrication/machining videos, like the weld/rotating table build.

what a great chips that can make damascus forging wow

7:03 I finally understand how the Italians make those funky pasta shapes 😂

packed in cosmoline would make Squatch253 proud!

That was really cool!! I’ve never seen a milling head like that before! It works really well!

Our little shop in Indiana in the 70s had both a horizontal and a vertical K and T . They were really good old workhorses. The horizontal mill had a 440 motor but I ran it on 220 without any problem…. Just avoided any high speed milling. Heavy cuts….slow speed… no problem. Incidentally, both machines had mechanical feeds. We had a couple of Bridgeports for all the lighter work. ….. with Travedial…..no DRO!

That horizontal mill and the shaper are my favorite machines you own. She didn't even stutter when you increased your feed rate by 200%.

Never a dull moment. I like playing on the manuals at work have yet to experience, or learn, the threading function. Something ive been wanting to try.

Thanks for sharing with us Adam, those machine’s sure make the job so much easier. Great job!🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👋👋

Slo-mo was awesome! I'm not a machinist but I do like to watch the chips fly.

Those mill chips would look cool in a resin table top.

A bunch of wonderful 6's and 9's!!! Kind of like ASMR for machinist watching the chips fly 👍

Great video. Very skilled craftsman.

That slo-mo was gorgeous!!

Be pretty cool to get with smarter every day to really see how different tools make different chips.

That's chip of the month their..

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed watching it.

Imported ceiling fan down rods. Man I did 1000s of them back in the 1990s you doing great better than factory.

That looked like the fastest roll pin making machine I've ever seen! :)

Wow. The camera strobing makes it look like everything is moving in the wrong direction.. Thanks, I always enjoy!

Great stuff. More Horizontal milling Please. Total newbie, just bought my first mill and its a horizontal. G

31:48, totally looks like a rooster! Great video as always Adam.

Quality content as usual Adam !

Very nice Adam. Thank’s for the demonstration. It’s good to experience what it’s like to see a machine cut with an even chip load. Seems like a lot of machines cut on a fraction of the available teeth.

Love these machines, K&T rocks 👍👌✊️… wishing you well from 🇬🇧

Excelente trabajo maestro y muy eficientes esas herramientas bendiciones.

Great video 👍 Nice slowmo action .

Beautiful chips

Trust me, you could sell those chips. That was so cool!!

That could be a chip of the month award.

That Mill is a beast! And those chips, beautiful. It’s wonderful to see you keeping the old machines alive, and your skills sharp.

Looked like a pile of roll pins. I got to get the parts for my k&t mill to cut horazonal. Great video.

Nice machine Nice tool Nice cut Nice guy Nice video Need i say more?

Sehr gut gemacht👍👍

Dude, those chips are money!

Awesome 👏 always fun to watch !!

Those big face mills are still my favorite I think, but those big horizontal cutters are awesome as well! Way cool chips.

Hehe , Those Side and Face Disc Type Cutters are very very very quick in removing material , Big big cuts 🌸🌸

That should win Chip Of the Week for sure..

That girl was realy hungry for some chip :) Nice vid as always Adam.

quite smooth once it gets into the full cut

Wow! Mass produced split pins!

Those metal chips would make a great fill for Micarta knife scales. I’ll buy some from you Adam!!

Cool slow-mo at 9:46, that cutter is badass! So is the machine! Looks like ur making roll-pins!

I believe those thread on in the other direction. I have put together my share of ceiling fans & then some. Nice work as always.

The chips look like a huge pile of 22LR casings haha.

Really cool looking chips

very nice job as always! I love NOGA tools too, but I am more careful about my hands near the knives :) few times injured already :)

Enjoyed! Great Camera work!! Cheers! ;-)!!!

I read the title "Single Point Threading Pipe" and instantly thought I was going to see the black magic of single point threading NPT threads. Needless to say I was mistaken by the title hahah

My local hardware store has a pipe machine, Rigid I believe. Speed chuck and cut, ream, and thread in one set up. I think it took 2 minutes each.

I never can understand why anyone would give a thumbs down, perhaps they were expecting a baking channel ? interesting to see the chips produced are very uniform in many ways .

Antique Truck Show September 5th in Harford PA at the Harford Fair grounds, great opportunity for some videos!

I was waiting on that cylinder to shoot out of your vise into your Monarch, lol. Nice video.