Tally Ho Capstan Project: Contouring Milling & Finishing Up the Adapter Flange 

The entire Tally Ho series has been the most enjoyable, informative and educational project yet. Your explanations have been superb. Great job by all the craftsmen!

I never tire of watching your videos. Precision craftsmanship at its best.

Excellent work as always. Love to see old school tools do their thing. Thank you

The difference between making a part, which is what I do, and knowing how to make a part, which is what you do, is always so satisfying to watch.

You have every right to feel proud of yourself in creating this plate. I have loved watching every second of your problem solving. All done with good old engineering principles, maths, and a lifetime of engineering skills. ❤

Great job Keith. Really good that someone still has these machines and knows how to use them!

Anyone who makes a very complicated part like that, but doesnt have a bit of fettling to do to finesse the part ain't a proper engineer. The fact that you stated you had to do a wee bit of adjusting to get the perfect fit , just proves you're a real time served engineer, who also knows his machines like the back of his hand. A fantastic job Keith, and I really envy you having your machines- that mill is just about one of the finest ever built in my humble opinion. CNC doesn't get a look in on "Old School"!!!

It is a pleasure to watch someone who knows how to use complex machinery to manufacture complex components. No computer work here other than the computer in his head. Well done indeed.

Every morning I sit down to breakfast, then see what video Keith has posted to get me through my meal.

Well done. Mill helped but without your knowledge mill means nothing.

Wow! What excellent workmanship!

As you say, an incredibly complex part, which will likely never been seen by those, who will in the future be lucky enough to use and benefit from this now 21st century capstan, whilst sailing the stunningly beautiful Tally Ho. What an absolutely amazing collaboration this project has become, involving so many superbly skilled craftsmen within the RU-vid community. You should be very proud of the major part you have played in the restoration of such an historic British vessel. Your videos are compulsive viewing, I never want them to end. Thank you for posting such interesting and educational content.

08:04 Fascinating machine with all its accessories! Our ancestors weren't stupid people, they just didn't have our toys - imagine all the sketching & doodling that went into the design of this wonderful old milling machine! Then the high-precision machining of all the bits & pieces necessary to construct it! Whatever you do, Keith, don't break it!

I watched your videos because of Tally Ho. I've been working with machine cutting for almost 40 years, so you can't really show me anything new, but I always learn something small. It was a nice job, you are really a good professional. For some reason, I feel grateful that you helped renovate the ship, even though I basically have nothing to do with the ship. :) Thanks from Hungary.

Thank you for this collaboration on the Tally Ho restoration project. Your expertise is equal to the Top Quality craftsmanship of everyone else involved, if not more due to using period correct machinery to achieve the professional results that this project demands of all contributors.

Without a doubt one of if not the most complex parts I have ever seen machined. Glad it wasn't me. Great work! Separates the men from the boys.

I have been an ardent follower of Tally Ho since the project began and that led me to your series on You Tube. Just a bit of background; i had but one formal instruction on machining some 60 years ago. I still have my shop manual. I am a woodworker and modeler and do have Sherline lathe and vertical mill (with DRO). Your hybrid shop (older machines but with digitazation upgrades) have been so instructive to me in so many ways. Your presentations have done so much for me. You are a very skilled machinist, teacher and inspiration to me. I am hooked on your channel!

I used to think the ship saw that Leo acquired way back near the start was the coolest, most complex machine I’d ever seen, that could produce mind boggling complex shapes. Not no more.

Keith today I got to watch you complete this incredibly intricate part with pure manual milling, and got to watch Leo get the Tally Ho launched! It was a good day! Thanks for what you do Mr. Rucker!

I like your highly machined paper weight!

Thanks for doing all this excellent work Keith. I guess it all turned out to be much more than you expected when you took on the job. Still its good to see that you are maintaining the standard of workmanship that is going into the Tally Ho project.

As ever a master at work from the old school.

Great job Keith. Watched each of your channels separately for years. Excited to have watched the efforts merged. I know it slows you down to film, but even if you toss a one camera lock down and some commentary, I’d still enjoy watching a mundane lathe turn tagged on the end.

Technically, a CNC machine does circle interpolate, a series of straight-line movements. Like an Etch A Sketch drawing curves. The Resulting steps are probably smaller than the surface roughness. This is some of the most amazing manual milling I've ever seen. It sure is cool to see how things were done more than 50 years ago.

Really interesting stuff. Love that mill.

I always assumed that a part as complex as this would be cast. Having seen the challenges that Clark had with casting complex parts, I can see the value in machining to the fine tolerances of a complex part like this period. Thank you so much. For sharing this process!

That complex part turned out beautifully. Great Job!

Been around lots of machine tools over my 50+ career w/ them... I have never seen these attachments and so well used / utilized. And I thought I had seen every K&T thing that ever was - like some of the installations at AMF / Harley Davidson. My goodness, what a mensch.

I'm not an engineer, but I like your sure & steady approach to your work, with a 'get it right first time, every time' methodology.

This may be your coolest video yet! Both thumbs up

Looks like you really chowdered up that large arc, Keith.

Good morning Keith 😊 Thanks for all your work! 🚂

Keith, you're so highly skilled! Tally Ho's going to be that much better to operate, because of the effort you've put into this capstan. Outstanding!

Keith, I cannot thank you enough for all of the satisfaction I’ve gotten from your videos as well as how well you’ve been at the narration while you’re performing such accuracy while manufacturing this incredible and apparently irreplaceable piece of history for the sailing vessel Tally Ho, As a very amateur machinist and woodworker myself I appreciate the kind of quality and incredible level of skill and accuracy this takes. Theres very few honing shops that would ever consider taking this on and it really saddens me to have seen the ignorance displayed here from some of the people who wrote mean spirited comments that haven’t a clue what kind skills this level of machinist work requires let alone the machinery required which you are so fortunate to have. Thank you Keith !!

That is such a neat mill, thanks for sharing

wow hats off to you kieth on that very complex capstan part you never ceace to amaze me-- us with your machining capabilities. thumbs up large.

Wow , I used to be a machinist and never ever had to anything as complex as that . Great job Keith .

What a fantastic piece of kit; I didn't know such a machine existed.

Great work Keith, that mill is fascinating.

This is like drawing a circle with a compass. CNC is like drawing a circle with an etch-a-sketch.

Its awesome to see the capstan restored in the same spirit as the original work. :)

A tour de force in master machining.

I don't care how long you have been a machinist. That was a complicated. You should be very proud of that part.

So amazing the technology that people think is new today. But in reality it's been around for years and still functional. No modern machine is going to be around in a hundred years and still working that accurate.

Amazing to see how those big radiuses are milled on that kind of machine.

This has been a nice project. Thanks for the video ..

I have a machinist friend who was always talking in thousandths and with me doing carpentry stuff, measuring in sixteenths is usually enough and 32nds is showing off. So I thought he was showing off until I watched the way a machinist works. You guys really do think in thousandth s and it’s not showing off. Love your videos Keith. Here’s hoping your next 10 years will be as much fun for you as the last 10. And are you still at the museum?

The big arc was the perfect place for you to use your signature "getting into the short rows now," and y'all missed it. Shucks. Seriously, this is fantastic use of the versatility of the rotary head milling machine, doing something that everyone from younger generations would automatically go to CNC to accomplish. Great project.

Wow - there’s a lot going with that K&T mill!

Fantastic work Keith, Proper old schoolmachines proper old school machinist..I love it

Amazing work Mr Rucker👏👏👏

Well Keith, I must say that all the various bits of manufacture that are all used in the restoration of Tally To is quite fascinating. Right from the cutting of the wood with the old bandsaw, to the casting process and now this milling job that you did, all showed us how the "old" crafts were used and can still be used. I love digital manufacturing but there is something special for me in watching all these processes. Thanks for sharing it.

Amazing. Machining a complex part on an unfamiliar machine, on camera. Simply amazing.

Three words I’m very impressed. Your knowledge of the machine and your understanding of the process is beyond compare. I’ve also been watching every video of the restoration of Tally Ho. I think you should deliver the capstan personally.

Good morning, Keith. #TallyHo! 😊

Hi Keith, Just watched the Tally Ho launched. She is now in the water and everything looks good. Love your videos. I am a hobby machinist.

What a master class! Nice paper weight too ;)

Well you have got your life squarely in order. I'm a man over just 40 who was widowed six months ago. Everything's in disarray for me and I don't know what to do next, but you seem to me to be the very picture of a man I ought to learn from and emulate. Thanks, Mr. Rucker.

12:56 given that most people don't know that you're supposed to increase the segments of the "circle" (because there are no circles in programs, only polygons) i'd say that this mill is superior to most CNCs but the most expensive, adorned with top of the line operating systems that already math out the right proper circle when told to. I'd take this over a CNC any day. It could easily be automated to do very basic machining by adding ring stepper motors to the dials and magnetic switches to the selector levers, where applicable. I can see why people would call it "the Cadillac model", it's indeed a spectacular machine.

Tally Ho is in the water!

Such a treat to see that K&T do its thing. A pretty machine as well.

Great work ..it shows how much work is put into things we take for granted !!!!!!!!!!!

Very nice work Keith that K&T head adapter is really great .

Great stuff to the leyman it looks like a puzzle in an enigma. What a machine

I think the designer set you a complicated challenge to which you have risen to with your usual positivity

Very nice work keith. The word that describes that plate the best is . . BESPOKE.

Tally Ho is in the water! Thanks Keith for contributing to this increadble build.

Thanks Keith

You should be proud of the acheivement of making that complex part.

Amazing fit thanks Keith...

The nation needs a Keith Rucker school of machining, where students can get hands on, practical knowledge to go with what we are learning from watching you, even if it was just weekend or week long workshops.

Well done, I am amazed with the mill and various measuring instruments. The engineering that went into building such accurate tools must have been on another level, Nice to see your interest in keeping them maintained and put to use. Thanks for your entertaining and informative videos.

Wow, that was some serious manual machining! It's amazing to me watching what you can do with your machines and knowing how to set them up to do the work. Truly awesome to me. 🙂 Thanks for sharing.

Sir thank you so much for the work you have put into this fitting for Tally Ho anchor and chain motor. I bet you had some sleepless nights with this job. Great vids. Thank you once again. 🇺🇸🇬🇧🫶🏼🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Thank you Keith fantastic five star job ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

When machines and machinists ruled! Amazing work. Thanks for the video.

Wonderful work. Thanks.

Amazing work. Great Job!

that KT is a beast. The 1/2 depth of cut while radius cutting didn't even flinch. It actually sounded great, smooth as silk. Great job.

What a magical machine and magical operator!

Keith, you have all the cool toys!

Very impressive piece of work.

This project is very complex and comprehensive. I hope Keith is paid well for going through all of this

We do a good job very impressive thank you very much

The rotary head mill is really cool. For me, I probably would have either used clay or even the babbitt material to form the part first just to give me something to check against.

Brillant job ❤

Hey Keith, you have to admire the ingenuity in the design and building of a mill like this, that can still be used today to machine complex parts. Cheers 🍻

Really enjoyed watching and learning.. Thank you.

Very impressive- nice work!

I can't imagine the stress and pucker factor of making a mistake in something so complex. Fine job Keith.

my dyslexic self loves making those same "measured the wrong way errors" only one I do more is the "off by 1 (usually in the placement of a decimal point)" lol

That is one versatile milling machine. Excellently operated. Thanks for letting us look over your shoulder Keith.

Keith, your explanatory comments for the benefit of us non machinists are much appreciated. I did wonder why you chose not to mill in both directions, now I know why. 👍

You definitely illustrated the importance of witness marks as a sanity check. Keep up the good work.

What a treat to watch you cut a complicated milled part using a machine that is an old school "Cadillac". Another great video Keith. Thanks for sharing.

I wonder why you weren't cutting both directions. Wasn't thinking about the shape of the tool and how it cuts. Thankyou for letting us know why. Love you work... enjoy watching you work..

While we watch this craftsman work, consider the individuals who designed and built the milling machine. Talk about craftsmanship. Love watching you work.

Well done; true skill

So great to hear the planning process that goes on with this job

Its a beautiful piece just to look at, but when you see how challenging it was to make, it gets even better. Nice Work!