Steam Powered Machine Shop 79 Shop Work 

I remember watching your very first episode years ago you were wondering if you were going to be able to make the cut well I'm very happy to say that every episode has been entertaining and educational and nostalgic. My congratulations sir on a very successful series!

What a pleasant Sunday evening surprise! Hi Dave!

Yes the best RU-vidr has another video. I missed see your videos so much that I started rewatching all of your old videos. Please keep them coming.

Hey hello Sir! Nice to see a post! Thank You!

Great to see you posting Dave, I hope all is well with you.

Yay! Another great video, Dave. This time with a cliff hanger

Welcome back Dave. Another great video. Thanks.

Like a well oiled machine. Just wonderful.

This brings back fond memories from my childhood. I am now 76 but grew in my fathers machine shop learning from him all about the trade. I would love to go and see this shop. I really admire this machinist, Just look at his hands and they tell the experiences he has and reminds me of my dad. I would bet there are only a few like him left in the USA.

Glad to see you made it thru the winter, it's good to see you back again.

I love your shop. And I love to watch you work.

Good to see you're doing well. Thanks for sharing 👍

Great episode as always. Looking forward to the next installment.

Love your channel. Welcome back.

I always find your videos inspiring and relaxing!

I was fortunate enough to have worked in an old machine shop some time ago. When that boring tool started to make its cut I got goose bumps from the symphony of cast iron being incrementally shaved away.. If there is a place in the sky hopefully shops like this are up there. Well done.

Nice work Dave . Good to see you back . 👍👍👍

Doc Brown would be proud!

Dave - Thanks for saving another engine, we all need this history preserved. And, thanks for bringing the clock back online, sounds just like my grandmother's kitchen (without the steam sounds of course)!

Good job old timer, stay well and keep them coming.

Always a pleasure to watch you Dave and get my mind off of things going on in the world today. Thanks buddy

Enjoyed watching. Great to see the old machinery working. Tony

Blown away with that , sleeveing that cylinder is absolutely fantastic your shop probably more than any other shop iv seen is exactly what i and most other vintage / steam / machinist / mechanical sort of guys long for it is absolutely blissful to behold Top man keep it up 👍🏻

Thank you for all you do! I can honestly say I have learned a lot.

awsome work sir.what a great shop.larry

By watching this man's videos through the years, he has fostered a real interest in manual machine work with me. Its like learning at "The knee of the master!" For example, my mechanic mentioned I might have a bent axle in my truck. I thought how might Dave check this out? I said, "Pull out the axle, put it in a lathe with a steady rest and check it with a dial indicator."

Fascinating work. You're also quite good with video. I will continue to watch them.

Nice work David, always enjoy watching. thanks.

l don't know how l missed this one David ? But here l am lol....lt is good to see you ans thanks for the video.....Shoe🇺🇸

I LOVE that this is still in operation... I think there may come a day very soon you will be grateful you kept it going.

A really careful achieved piece of boring and sleeving David ,Thanks for showing it .

Great to see the old shop making chips. Your projects are always interesting to watch and learn little tidbits. Thanks

Good to see you posting Dave. Always enjoy your craftsmanship. Stay safe.

Use a telescope gauge when line boring on both sides of the bar roughly opposite of each other and then add the exact diameter of the bar. Opposite sides of the bar will account for any kind of bend in the bar. Learned that trick when doing portable boaring

The beat of the machinery is wonderful, as well as the work you do. Thanks for the look and listen.

Thanks Dave! I always enjoy your videos and it makes my day whenever you post a new one.

Thanks Dave. Always a pleasure to see your uploads.

Sir, just found your channel and wanted to comment that your shop and work is amazing and will be watching some of you older videos. Hats offf!!!

Delighted to see a new video from you, displaying your usual meticulous work! 🙂

Always enjoyable and interesting. Thanks

Another great video. During my limited time in an automotive machine shop, my least favorite job was honing cylinders. Then we got a Sunnen CK-10, I think the second one in Oregon at the time. Life got a lot better after that!

I sure like watching you repair and fix machinery like we use to you make it look easy but I know you have a gift to repair or build most any thing you get your hands on. Always looking forward to your next Video 👍

Thanks for sharing!

Beautiful work on that sleeve David. Good to see you a gain!

Beautiful work.

So cool I've been watching for years now and still cant get over how impressive your shop is

Thank you Dave, and it still amaze me how usefull century old equipment is. Other channels i follow is Adam Booth and Stefan Gotteswinter

I'm always thrilled and excited to see a new video from you. As always so appreciated, thanks again Dave for all your time and effort!

Great seeing you again . I really enjoy watching your work good job

Another good one Dave, thanks for sharing.

You sir are a true craftsman, thank you for the effort you put into making these videos.

Another amazing video and machines at work , raw talent Dave !

Nice to see a new video from you Dave ! I love seeing your shop in action. I enjoyed the boring and re-sleeving on the G&L as well .

Good to see you are staying busy with projects!!

Hi Dave I hope you are doing well, and great work on the sleeve job. thanks

Good to see you again!! 😃

Thanks for sharing enjoyed

Great to see you again.

It would be awesome if there were shop classes. Lathes etc are about the same ( older southbend Lathes with the belt drive ) but very few people have experience with steam power . Awesome videos . Thanks for sharing.

Nice setup!

how things were done, before computers.... i miss that world

Great video 🇬🇧😐

First thing I noticed is wearing a short sleeved shirt. Cotton T's can rip away pretty easily which is good.

Gday Dave, I always enjoy seeing a new video from you, it sounds like you’ve been quite busy mate, im really looking forward to seeing the next instalment, cheers

amazing "steam" powered drill, with a cord

Thanks for a other entertaining and informative video🤗😎🤗😎

Nice careful work Dave.I especialy enjoyed the technique for inside measurement .I always learn something on your channel.Thanks. Msgt/ret Norm

Nice to see you again. Was hoping to see you working on Keith's tractor engine head. Take care. Thanks for sharing your work. Regards.

It's amazing how quiet that machine is running balls out

Good video.

Thanks Dave!

That is beautiful :D !

Using some o that good ole steam era tungsten carbide tooling.

i'm not surprised that this series exists, but i am disappointed i didn't find out sooner

Thanx Dave for another boring video! I always look forward to your videos so keep up the good work!

Welcome back Dave. Missed you!

Good to see you again Dave, loved the video, missed the tick tick of the laces on the pulleys. Just a suggestion, next time winter comes around I would love to see what you do to all the machines to preserve them, and what it takes to get them going again. I don't have that snow problem in Queensland Australia.

I love the sleeve job I have a 2hp Stover KA that’s needs one.

Missed you. Welcome back

Thanks for posting a new video, Dave. I always look forward to them. If any UK readers in the NW would like to check out our museum - the Anson Engine Museum, in Poynton near Manchester - you'll see this kind of thing happening near you. There are lots of videos posted by visitors on youtube, and we have a website. Later on today I'm off down there to work on a 1928 Crossley diesel (so a bit new for you Dave 🙂), 18.1/2" bore, 28" stroke, 13t flywheel (it was on a big press for forgings). It passes the time! cheers Mark

Thanks dave

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely love your channel have had phone trouble lately lost all my subscriptions but I found you again an resubscribed so I got you again now

Good to see you are up and running the shop. The plan is to make a trip back to NY in October, will try to catch up with you then for some jaw flapping.

Back in 1962 there was a machine shop out in the countryside of Iowa. The equipment was all run by jackshaft and originally by a waterwheel that still existed but at that time run by a big old electric motor.

Dave your video reminded me of someone that is no longer with us ,a cousin of mine who had a 1903 austrian lathe on leather belt .Granted it had a modern electric engine(but spindle drive was leather wide belt ) but that sound it made . . . exactly as on 28:23 .There is something to those flat belts and how they flap around like plak plak plak plak ,you cant hear that sound on any modern machine . Good to see you again !

welcome back Dave

Hi Dave, great to see you again. I was curious so looked it up; the first tungsten carbide cutting tool was 1927 (according to Wikipedia) so your workshop was right at the forefront of technology in 1925 😉

There are so few people left who know how to grind a cutting tool

Am using a boring head at the moment in a mini-mill. Much smaller hole, and in aluminum… It sounds much the same, though, save at a quicker pace! Yes, many, many passes, a few thou at a time. Gradually sneaking up on .875 inch, telescoping gage and a 0-1 mike.

hey dave just stumbled across this video and decided to watch it through. first thanks for the video, the shop is very cool, secondly i noticed a duplicate shot that was put in during editing. the shot goes from about 10:34 -11:16 and then it repeats from 11:17 - 11:50. - Elijah

It’s balls out!!

I did my Stuart #1 bore between centers.

I heard you did a great job on the tractor engine of Pete from just a few acres, respect

Wohoo! Back! :)

David when I was in the trade we made something similar but for die casting injection cylinder, a hardened sleeve was pushed in. It was 3.5"od of sleeve, interference fit of 008". It was a tough job pushing it in under 100ton press. Sometimes the sleeve would jam. Only way to get it out was to bore the sleeve completely out. The hole was blind.

Stick with steam Dave, that newfangled sparky electric will never catch on!

Back to the Future

Been watching Pete at Just A Few Acres Farm. You recently fixed up the head from his MD diesel that dropped a valve. I commented to Pete you could make it right.AL B.

even the modern electrical power is still steam generated !