48" Mill - Mighty BIG Crankshaft!

[@SmaulPart-pb5hm]

Can't wait to see the rigging of this beast when it comes time for assembly. Thanks for the interesting content.

[@jims6323]

When we replaced the bearings on the crushers in the salt mine, the journals looked like that. The procedure was to slowly tighten the new shell while the lube man pumped gallons of grease into it, to "bed it in". Talk about smoke!

[@4GSR]

A 132,000 lb. crank shaft sitting there. The way it's sitting there, it looks like it just wants to roll right off its pedestal. Yikes, that's a chunk of iron! Be interested to get some filming of them re-machining the journals with the portable equipment they have today.

[@devinholland2189]

That failed bearing cap might make a good display instead of melting it out.

[@YoungstownSteelHeritage]

Babbitt is quite expensive and we need to reuse what we can to have enough to recondition the other bearings.

[@mikeschmidt5328]

​@YoungstownSteelHeritage I work in a scrap yard, if you want if and when I do get equipment in that has babbitt in it I can save it for you.

[@devinholland2189]

@@mikeschmidt5328 yes save it if Rick cant use it i can find it a good home.

[@Arkay315]

Very cranky

[@KubotaManDan]

🎄 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ❄

[@sharonfieber6458]

Talo used lub 48 in mill? Talo rendered beef fat, takes super high steam temps. Hydrocarbon oils at high steam temps form "crystals" in lubrication lines.

[@randymusselman4504]

Rick (I thought this text was sent this morning, apologies if it’s a duplicate……) Very interesting video, thank you for posting. Will be interesting to see the in-place journal machining. Curious how they would align the axis of the two primary journals without spinning the whole thing on a lathe. What a massive hunk of machinery! You don’t get a sense of how large the fillet radii are on the shaft steps until you zoom in….the reversing torque cycles this crankshaft experienced must have been torturous! Your video series on this will be great to follow. Regards, Randy Musselman Wyoming, DE

[@elsdp-4560]

Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas 🎄☃🎄

[@davelewandoski4292]

Great video, and explaintions.

[@Gin-toki]

Merry Christmas and thanks for the video :)

[@Jim-ic2of]

This is how the Pyramids were built 🤔👍.

[@coolruehle]

SIXTY SIX TONS.

[@bwobbles2368]

What about this video is making me feel like it is a VR recreation? Honest question. Anybody else?

[@TronVila]

There’s still real life out there

[@daleolson3506]

I don’t know......the surface speed of that large of surface is going to have to be pretty accurate or no lube will protect the journal.

[@timeflysintheshop]

Hey Rick. Do you remember Michael Manwiller? 🤔👍🤔

[@YoungstownSteelHeritage]

Yes I do. He is now out at the Heber Valley. We talk from time to time.

[@timeflysintheshop]

Cool! I graduated with him from Beaver Falls Highschool and I attended his graduation party at Youngstown Southern and rode the train. That was all so long ago. I remember on the return leg of the ride, there was a radio playing and Ozzy Osborn's CRAZY TRAIN came on! It was perfect! Have you guys ever considered some sort of collaboration between your organizations?@@YoungstownSteelHeritage