SNS 148: Machining 12" Shaft, Internal Threading, Hand Tapping

This week I'll start off with a couple viewer gift items I received. I also rant a little about customer service.
At work I have been working on a 12" diameter gearbox shaft. I show some footage of pressing the gear off, and then the setup in the Pacemaker lathe. One end requires an internal 2 1/2-4 thread, so I do some single point internal threading, then make use of a 2 1/2" hand tap and my Greenfield No. 22 tap wrench.
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[@randymckinney3390]

Finally someone says it! I feel the same way. My grandad told me when i was little "everything you do is the same as your signature" i hear him saying that im my head on every project i do. I guess more people should have listened to my grandad.

[@Parents_of_Twins]

Yeah a person's word is the only thing in life that they own and if it has no value neither does the person as far as trust goes at least.

[@tremolux13]

Abomb79 Been watching you for some time now, love what you do makes me want to push myself further to really learn machining from what I learned back in the day... Thank you for what you do. I cant even pretend to imagine the impact you have had on many of us that view you on KZbin, specially after reading many of the comments through out the years but thanks man... You do a service to us all, you certainly are a master and a gentleman in what you do for us all. ..... Marry Christmas and a happy new year, Jesse C.

[@tremolux13]

P.S. I see Ave'S got you chooching ... Lol...

[@Abom79]

Thanks Jesse and Merry Christmas!

[@zoranstankovic2599]

That tool you found @ flee market is Peck Stow & Wilcox Co (or PC&W Co) Wing Divider. It was made of forged steel and was available from 5" to 24" and 3 finishes, polished (#35), nickel plated (#135) and gun metal (#235). If I'm not mistaken it's damaged, nut for fine tuning is missing and stud that allows curved part to flex (and fine adjust angle in between wings) is broken and probably some how secured to left wing. Spring is in max tight position. Tool has many uses, from navigation (reading maps) to marking in metal fabrication etc.

[@94XJ]

I can't believe this was 5 years ago already! The rant about customer service is on point. I think the problem is that much worse nowadays because people *DON'T* call it out and just excuse it as "that person's having a bad day." Even if that's true, when you're in a customer facing position, that's part of the job! You gotta offer service and take care of the customer. I'll not say "the customer is always right" because anyone whose worked such a job knows damn well that isn't true, but it's not a difficult thing - communicate and always try to under-promise and over-deliver. Tada...happy customers.

[@mdshunk]

The "&W" calipers are P, S & W for Peck, Stow, and Wilcox. They mostly made tin knockers tools

[@ramanshah7627]

When I saw that tap and tap wrench, I smiled big and exclaimed, "Abom size!"

[@connorzanoskar6038]

I know this is an old video but as soon as you said you had to “call” I was listening but then when you said the distributor had a date and the middle man who sold you the product didn’t have one I felt your pain. True quote “ it either get better or gets worse” and judging from the videos you have posted after this you got threw it absolutely love the content, I’m not a machinist but I am a perfectionist. (Keep it coming)!!!

[@stevesus3295]

You are a very rare individual. In a country where many professionals hate their work, you get to do the work you love.

[@thenextstepp]

The thing you said about customer service is spot on man. On rare occasions I've been impressed with a few select individuals at restaurants and such but it seems those people don't stay around long. I've done architecture for years and no matter what the client asked for, if it was at all possible I would always do whatever I could to make it happen. There were times where I worked 8am til 2pm the next day to make it happen. The way I look at it is all about building relationships with customers and hopefully the customers remember that next time they need services.

[@kevinlwiltfong7941]

Your "rant", as you called it, about crap service from others, is spot on, Adam. Do not feel guilty for being a man of character who speaks truth.

[@StreuB1]

No worries on the rant buddy, I know we all agree with what you said as we have all been there and experienced it as well. Service and quality is lacking these days and it burns your ass when you strive for perfection for your own customers then get crapped on when you go to spend money. Great footage on the start of the shaft work. My dad and I sat and watched it and he was blown away at the size of that job. Going to be a fun one!! Thanks buddy and Merry Christmas!!

[@Abom79]

Thanks Brian! Yes it kills me to get crappy service when your paying for it. I'll be talking to these people next week and let them know how I feel. Glad you and Dad enjoyed the videos, and Merry Christmas!

[@turbocobra]

Sux about the car port. The company that put up my new shop building were awesome. They were actually pushing me and wanting to start sooner than I was ready which is rare. Loved that internal burning work!

[@vintagespeed]

old video i know....but you're right Abom! all we expect in life is the same treatment we give others. and it's rare to get the same in return. love your videos and all that you give to the community. thank you.

[@davidstevenson7102]

i found your work on youtube. Your Grand pappy and Pops gave you work ethic. Your word is your bond. Nice to see and thanks for keeping me sane during 2020 craziness

[@charlieb1613]

Adam, regarding your rant about poor customer service. You are right. I’m over 65 yoa and have seen the complete disregard for customer care from services across the isle. People have no respect for others. Paying customers are treated as if they could go to hell. It is my unfortunate opinion that this will continue. There is no pride in workmanship by any trade today. Thank goodness some like you still do care and provide honest, courteous customer service.

[@zachmetcalf3892]

I'm a commercial and industrial maintenance electrician. When a customer calls we jump. Take care of your customers and they'll take care of you. As you said customer service is a lost art. Really enjoy and look forward to all the videos Thanks from Maine

[@Abom79]

Your absolutely right Zach!

[@todesgeber]

i love the camera on the machine. the sounds and bass it picks up make Abom's videos stand out.

[@Abom79]

I would love to hear it on a nice home audio system.

[@michaeltuckerman6983]

Nearly four years later you are still a rockstar you go boy thank you Jesus

[@weldmachine]

Hi Adam. You were talking about Lack of / Poor customer service. This type of business makes it easier for people who do the right thing. In time the guy who is out there doing the right thing, is the guy who will only get more business. What Goes Around Comes Around.

[@Abom79]

+Peter CCR ENG The guys who do good work and treat people with respect always have a job too. 👍🏻

[@iiredeyeiiredeye1569]

Hope you don't mind a suggestion Adam...Weld a piece of 1/2" round bar to a square block, clamp it to the carriage and rest the tap wrench against it. Start the machine and follow the wrench with the carriage...when the tap reaches the bottom it'll just bend the bar out of the way and spin harmlessly...no need to bust your nuts trying to hold it. Love your channel, please keep up the good work. Greetings from England

[@bretthogg7453]

I dont know how I feel into this channel but I'm hooked and have no idea 90 percent of time what u are saying but your pieces of work are true art. Adam

[@craigsbully]

I feel for ya pal, there is no such thing as appreciation for one's customers. Customer service is a thing of the past for sure. That's why when I find a company that services there customers like they should I use them exclusively even if they are more expensive then there competitors. Having that helping hand from a vendor is sometimes worth gold. Thanks for all your hard work! Merry Christmas.

[@titter3648]

Those knipex parallel pliers is a really good tool. I think it is one of the best hand tools i have ever bought. They have so many uses, and they don't chew up the things you use them on like normal channel lock pliers do. I use the knipex a lot on nuts in stead of finding the right size wrench, or using those horrible adjustable wrenches. They are a little expensive, but it's defiantly worth it.

[@ScottishB0b]

Agree completely. I've been using Knipex tools for quite a few years; they are superb quality. There are tools we buy to get a job done. These are tools that will not only last my life time but my son's and I think his son's too. Proper high quality, old-fashioned reliability

[@Abom79]

Keith said in his letter they are great for use on hex nuts and retainers also!

[@cogentdynamics]

Adam, I don't know if you read these (old video) but I have a set of dividers just like yours but much more "Abom sized" as they are 10". Mine are Roy's & Wilcox which make them easy to date because of the company changing to Peck Stow and Wilcox later. Mine are marked clearly and were stamped. 1870s is what I found. Someone's initials too. I love holding them, I think I can feel some of the other hands which have used them. I really appreciate and enjoy your videos and am trying to watch them all. You are a great guy from whom I have learned much. Thank you.

[@jesperdahl1486]

Merry Christmas to you too Adam On your next vacation you should visit any country in Europe, and you will NEVER think you got bad service from any business around you, no shop or restaurant in Europe that I have visited, knows what good service is, SOME craftsmen and workshops DO know of the concept of service, like my local Volkswagen dealer, they will give you good service for about 175$ an hour I really enjoy your videos, and look forward to the next one, even while I watch the present. Keep up the excellent work, both in content and video production.

[@tesladrummer]

Dividers are Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co. Often known by their later branding "Pexto".

[@ianlevine273]

Merry Christmas Adam. I've been appreciating your videos all year and hope you have a great celebration with your family.

[@daver681]

I love this huge shaft machining, I will be looking for more of these videos every day,

[@jeremydoblinger3609]

Really love to see you making these shafts of such a big diameter.. At work for me we make a lot of 3,4,5,6 and up to around 8in shafts for construction equipment but the one your doing here dwarfs em..keep up the great work and I always draw inspiration from you and your videos. As always thanks for the great content!

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

Adam, I share your frustrations! It may just be me, but it seems as if here in the South it has gotten out of hand. I just returned from spending Christmas in the northern part of San Diego County. I have never been so impressed with the attitude and treatment I received there! I was made to feel as if I were the most important person in their business and that was every where I went! I get back home here in the South and it's like "I'll wait on you if I feel like it". And it's not just in the area where I live. I lived 16 years just a few miles down the road from you. Same thing. I moved back home a bit north of you and same thing. Sad, sad, sad! You just keep on being who you and give the service you know you should because you are the only person you have to look at in the mirror every day. This sad entitled generation will come to terms with themselves eventually.

[@jamieroberts6345]

Merry Christmas and thanks for the videos. Dont worry about the rant. Nothing more frustrating than finding someone who will actually do the job you're paying them to do!

[@3347861]

LOVE watching you work, Adam. Always learn something... And from a helluva nice guy. Thank you, Sir.

[@GregorKropotkin-qu2hp]

Have a really great Christmas and New Year, Adam! and thanks for all the excellent, instructive videos you put out for us all the time. I know it takes a lot of care and effort so I'd just like to say that it is really appreciated and I just hope you don't get too bored with it all! Very Best Wishes from all of us here in the UK!

[@Abom79]

I'll keep them coming Gregor, not bored yet. :)

[@Barefoot3us]

Adam, No worries about your rant, you are justified for sure and it's your video. I totally agree with what you said about customer service and how we are treated. No excuse being treated that way but the best when you pay for any kind of service be it a carport or a dinner at a restaurant! Enjoyed the video as always and thank you for it. Happy New Year. Jeff

[@threadtapwhisperer5136]

I'd likely have canceled the work if they aint on time, I aint about that and refuse to pay for half added stuff. Sorry you are having that issue, love the videos regardless. Looking over the shoulder of a crazy skilled and experienced individual is worth millions to me. Watching the skilled hands at work and the fluid detail you finish to is mesmerizing. Keep on keeping on. Knipex is some rowdy good tools

[@kyleoliver9785]

I have to agree about the service comments Adam. The one thing that makes someone give true customer service and respect seems to be how a person is raised. There's no doubt your parents did a great job teaching you manners and respect. Keep up the good work buddy.

[@cozzm0AU]

No better way to spend Christmas Morning in Australia than to watch some heavy turning with Abom Torque.

[@Abom79]

Thank you!

[@marklindquist493]

That was an awesome video Adam - watching the big metal and the large tap stuff is always great entertainment. Not only that, it definitely separates the men from the boys. Takes a lot of experience to work on that scale. Thanks for sharing with us. - Mark

[@unjohn]

I enjoy watching someone who knows what they’re doing. I’m sorry you’re getting the run around. Thanks for sharing!

[@39racingdirt]

Merry Christmas Adam. Really appreciate your time and effort in making your videos! Enjoy the holidays with your family and friends !

[@SuperAWaC]

treat every customer like they're your best customer

[@JC-11111]

Until you find one you need to fire. Then fire their ass and never look back. You know the ones...theyre trouble from the moment they walk in the shop. Calling 6x/day to check on their stuff after trying to talk you down in price because the guy across town only charges $300 to do the same job! 🤯🤬🤣 I'm an automotive tech but every shop has em. He just seem to have A LOT at automotive repair shops lol.

[@bogomir67]

Knipex is highly regarded in Germany. I have a side cutter from them that was my dad's before, so it is several decades old. Still cuts great, no notches or chipping on the cutting edges. Also the hinge is still perfectly tight with no play. Good gift you got. X-mas-red handles, too ;-)

[@gibbsey9579]

About the service, I'm hearing you big fella. Here in Australia, we have the same problem. They say they'll be here on Thursday before lunch, so you take the day off.....Then they don't turn up. Any way thanks for the many hours of entertainment during the year, and have a very merry Christmas. Ken

[@Abom79]

Yep same here. I wanted to take that day of work so i can hang around and keep en eye on things.

[@bcbloc02]

Sorry to hear about the sorry service. I liked the measley little 2in drill bit though. That12in shaft looks close to the limit of what can swing over the carriage on the Pacemaker. Merry Christmas and thanks for the heavy work vid. :-)

[@Abom79]

Thanks Brian!Yes the 12" is getting pretty close to the limit over the carriage, maybe another 1 or 2" can fit. Merry Christmas!

[@silasmarner7586]

Great thread job, perfect tolerance! Abom torque in all it's great glory!

[@Godshole]

Seasons greetings to you and yours there Adam. It has been a pleasure this year to wait with enthusiasm each week for your filems and as ever I enjoyed and learned with every one. Here's to another year. It's a bugger with that there car port situation but unfortunately some companies just don't get that 90% of the job is customer relationships. I could really sense in that promo your company did that you linked to back in the summer? how important customer relations was to your company and I take my hat off to you and them for that. I must say as well how appreciative I am that your work lets you filem while working. It gives any prospective engineers a real idea of what working in the trade is really like. All the best man, keep em coming :)

[@Abom79]

Thats one of the things our company strives to do is delivery great customer relationships. It's our job to get the work done and communicate with them. Sadly many others don't operate like this.

[@Godshole]

Nice to hear from you Adam and thanks for your comment. I never will understand the dismissive attitude some people have to their customers. It is really apparent in all the community on you tube, the Keith twins, Tom, Mr Pete, yourself and many others that key to business is the 100% dedication you all have to the product and the customer and that shines out above all else. Long may it continue :).

[@michaelmarks8954]

I have a go to drawer with all my Knipex tools they are definitely worth the price paid. I thank you for your videos so much better than TV.

[@larrysperling8801]

adam your rant is tight on the money.i was a service manager for over 30 yrs. when you are providing a service,communication can't be stressed enough its sad today that a mans word is not enough. you need a signed contract that provides you with all the information you need, including a clause that provides you with protection (a refund) if things go south. i hope it all works out in the end. merry xmas and have a great new year and thanks for everything you do .

[@6stringsbrainfingers]

I work in Drill & Tap at Supersteel in Milwaukee. Just a horrible job. But I just found this channel and really love it. Almost makes me hate my job a little less. Subbed.

[@richexs]

Darn Adam you are not kidding about that truck being low mileage. I have the same truck same year only a 12V with 385742 miles. Thank you for these videos and have a happy holidays.

[@RGSABloke]

Hey Adam, these are the Knipex Pliers Wrench tool I have been mentioning to Keith Fenner, Mr. Pete et. al. There are awesome, they are a great substitute for the crescent wrench. Also check out the 'Raptor' pliers for getting seized nuts off. You are 100% correct to rant about poor service, companies as you described are either making too much money or about to have a major crash. As you mentioned, the are other fish in the pond. Keep sharing young man. Kindest regards. Joe

[@geosutube]

Superior series using techniques from pre-CNC days. Thanks much for this. A great addition for anyone setting up to study machining. Start young and follow through!

[@ShevillMathers]

Adam, we now live in a different world. Customer service, quality products etc seem to be part of an era we will not see again. I live ‘down under’ where once upon a time we made things and employed people, sadly, not anymore. Our government & manufacturers finds it easier to get stuff made in another country-we export all our quality raw materials and import them back as cheap badly made crap. Welcome to the 21st century. I have tools that were my dads, over 100 years old now, but made in England with Sheffield steel, still as good as the day they came out of an English factory. Today, it is all about profit and greed. In many ways I am happy to be over 80 rather than 18. 👍🇬🇧😁🛠🇦🇺🦘

[@StizzyChrizzy]

I was not expecting videos on Christmas eve, merry to Christmas and a happy new year

[@johnnyholland8765]

That last picture looked "ganksta"..... I said to myself I know he ain't gonna grab that tap wrench. I have done the same but not with a tap that big. Man yall get it done. A very merry Christmas to you and your crew and the best of the new year.

[@ericjohnson8482]

I know the feeling about bad service all too well. I told the plumber who came into my house that if I wanted half assed work I'd done it wrong myself and not have to pay someone to do it. I can tell you stories upon stories of such stuff, sometimes I think I'm asking too much just to have something done right.

[@nickrandol9133]

I 100% agree with your assessment and frustration with poor service. I have very similar thoughts and problems. I give and sacrifice for my customers, too, and bend over backwards for them. I also communicate, if plans change or if delays develop.... It’s so very irritating to get sub-par (or worse) service from others when I’m the customer.

[@Lou-je7nh]

Adam, merry Christmas to you and yours! :) I hear you with your rant. I'm right there with you bro. if I treated my customers the way you were treated I would get my butt chewed out without a thought. I think the difference is that we are "service" people. sales folks, in my opinion, don't give a hoot about much once that sale is made. and I also think we are the better people because we care..

[@williamsquires3070]

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you and your family, Adam!

[@greasydot]

Merry Christmas Adam. Hope you and your family are safe and healthy.

[@cup_and_cone]

I agree with you, Adam. I found your channel not too long ago, and I live next door to you in Baldwin Co. I had my porch screened in and gutters put on a new house...no pride by either company, and they were supposedly the best in the area. Like machinists, imagine if surgeons, pilots, etc. didn't do a good job... they wouldn't have a job very long. Yet somehow we let other professions "get away with" crappy service.

[@lisenby85d]

Adam, It is funny I had a very similar experience with a carport company here in Oregon. I ordered the carport from a middle man dealer and was contacted by the manufacturer to confirm my order. They told me it would be delivered in 2 weeks and they would call me 2 days prior to let me know when they were going to be there. After the THIRD week of not hearing from them I called and they told me it was going to be two more weeks. After a few choice words expressing my displeasure, They managed to have it up a week later. Needless to say I will not be using that company again. .

[@MaestroPrep]

It's now June 2021... I hope the carport has arrived!! .....Love the videos Adam! If you ever throw in the towel on the Metal Machining business... I really think you have a great eye for Photography and Videography ! Love the videos!!

[@stuart.w]

I know what you mean about customer service. It doesn't take much to treat people well. What I do is I always try and make a big deal out if it when I get good customer service. If people are rewarded for it, hopefully, they will keep it up.

[@SuperDave21]

Brother.... you're not alone with the rant .... I feel the same way. I appreciate your videos, love that machine work!

[@jimrager4770]

Those new wrenchs with the red handles are called CHANNEL LOCKS. Jim from PA.

[@insertgoodname4809]

I swear to god I could watch this all day!

[@Abom79]

Good thing you can repeat huh! Thanks!

[@derekspender1303]

Hi, here in New Zealand Christmas Day is coming to an end. My whole family came for lunch, I had a great day. I hope that you do too. Keep up the good work and rant all you want.

[@Abom79]

Merry Christmas Derek!

[@carloslam5587]

Hi Adam thanks for the videos enjoy every one... hope the SOB carport guys by this time, they come arround and comply with the installation you paid for... This note is for complimenting you for all the time and effort you give us to share the videos Merry Christmas and vary happy New Year yours Carlos Lam from Costa Rica

[@hifikampy]

Merry Christmas Adam! I am with you with your rant. It's the same here in Sydney Australia. You really have to select wisely the people you do business with. Good and bad in every industry.

[@1970chevelle396]

That really sucks about that Carport. It shouldn't take very long to get it. You need to use Abom Torque on them.

[@apfyts]

When they said "the week of the 19th" , you should've asked "what month and year ? "

[@terrylarotonda784]

I agree with you Adam, people just don't seem to care anymore. I see the same type of service here in KC.

[@terrorfirma2764]

The dividers could be M&W for Moore and Wright, a company that was based in Sheffield, England. They made engineering measuring and marking tools.

[@karlpechotsch9769]

Merry Christmas Adam to you and all you love.

[@rwbishop]

Your going like those Knipex parallel jaw pliers... don't just toss them in your box, you'll find more and more uses for them; and soon wonder how life ever existed before. :) I have a pair of 10" & the smaller 6", and use both a good bit; with both the 12" & 15" on my wish list. Note their clever rack/pinion arrangement delivers astounding amounts of 'clamp' leverage, and their forged construction is practically indestructible. Your right about businesses (and people) with communication issues, don't even get me started... cool seasonal 'special effects at the beginning of the video, Merry Christmas!

[@Abom79]

Oh for sure. Keith give me a list of useful things they are great for!

[@jimswenson3021]

fun tip, with the 2 TPI lead screw any even number thread can be cut without the dial at all, anywhere the halfnut drops in will line up perfectly Mine's an 8 TPI screw, so it'll only do that while cutting 8, 16, 24, 32, etc

[@grahamsengineering.2532]

Hey Adam. Merry Christmas from the land down under. If you are not getting the service, tell them to put it where the sun don't shine and go to their opposition. Those Knipex Pliers are the ants pants. All my Circlip pliers are knipex and are well over 25 years old. Very well made. The Dividers look like an old Moore & Wright. Happy machining.

[@pooldoctorofclermontinc5788]

I am a pool repair contractor and I treat my customers with respect. The number one complaint I hear is how hard it is to get companies to call them back or show up. I don't know how these big companies stay in business. If I didn't answer my phone or return calls I'd go out of business. The larger companies hire people to run their operations, but those people just don't care about their jobs. They only need to collect a pay check and could care less about the company they work for as well as the clients of the company.

[@veno8mm]

For a minute there I thought u were @ Elliott Machine Shop. I loved it out there.... 2 decades ago.

[@vernondau5686]

Yes I have one of the dividers like you are holding. Mine has the brass washers at the pevot point as yours as well as yours. However my dividers has a fine tune adjusting nut and has a threaded shaft that passes through the divider shaft above where your thumb is with a nicly knurled thumb nut. The manufactures stamp reads as follows. P.S. & W..Co. with a ric rack border in compasing the manufactures name.Below the thier name reads Forged Steel .On the opposite side there is what looks like an Army Ordinance flaming bomb insignia. So mine where probably purchase for the US Army. I also purchasd the dividers at a swap meet or a garage sale many years ago. They are still blood drawing sharp..I hope this is of some help. I rely enjoy your vidios and find them educational and I learn many adaptable ideas. Thanks, Vern

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

That's not a rant that is the truth ! Thumbs up Adam . MERRY CHRISTMAS ! Thumbs up forever man ..

[@Abom79]

Thanks Shawn!

[@beachcomberbob3496]

Thanks Adam, you've just given me the confidence to use a 3/4 x 12 tap to centre thread a new backing plate for my recently acquired 4 1/4" Pratt 3 jaw (from a 1" long slice/bar end). I only hope my tailstock is up to the task. As you can guess from the bore size, my lathe is a little bit smaller than yours ;-)

[@racineful]

Sad how thinks have changed with costomer service. I run in to the same thing. I own, run and do the work for a home remodeling bussness for 22 years. And treating people right always helped to grow my company. Totally agree with you on your comments! Thx for the videos. Very enjoyable.

[@demonknight7965]

Merry Christmas Adam and Family. Hope you get your carport soon.

[@Blackcountrysteam]

Merry Christmas Adam good video and support your rant for many years I worked with high voltage and if I didn't do my job properly either myself or someone else would get killed slso thousands of folks would have been without power even longer !!! keep the videos coming and hope you get the car port sorted

[@walterjoncas12]

Merry Christmas Adam. Thanks for all you do to advance the trade.

[@gregmarchegiani6656]

Merry Christmas! May the Torque be with you!

[@KillSpawn47]

Merry Christmas to you too Abom79 thks for the great videos I look forward to them every week hopefully more heavy work pieces come your way so we can see more of them

[@VerilyRude]

'Jee that brings me back... A real legend and likely hero, even today, for the past present and future. I remember being 8 or 9 years old, Abom79 poster on the back of my door, and all the trading cards too! Delivering newspapers everyday... Rain, Snow, Sleet, even Tornados, and through a union strike, I saved every quarter I could just to pick up that mint hologram Abom79 in rare British pipe thread, the card of all cards. I kept it proper; vacume sealed glass brick, the sunscreen exposure shield. Made sure not one single photon would change that perfect Abom hologram shine and damn it was worth it. Got me through highschool, two tours in the Coast Guard, and then paid up the down payment on my first home. I still keep one of the Max Torque and Precision Finesse tournament boosters from the first starter deck in the back of my wallet. Memories' I tell you.

[@martineastburn3679]

I have a pair of those like that - longer - and were circ 1930's. I got mine from Paul Montgomery, a electronic hobbyist and the nations oldest Actuary working for a Dallas insurance company. My Father-in-law delivered mail to him every day after he returned from WWII. Nice lifting Eye. I have some for my surface grinder. I'd need a larger overhead than the shop has. So they are on heavy pallets and work fine.

[@whiteblock8]

happy Christmas Adam, those pliers are great, just be careful to make sure that the little slip button is properly engaged, they can be used like a ratcheting plier for smaller nuts, so are directional.

[@patricksullivan9951]

Adam, Merry Christmas! It's not just you, I have to agree with your rant! It's really not too much to ask to be kept in the loop when you contract out work. I have both good and bad experiences, the good I rehire, the bad, they are still bad, they are just not working for me!

[@Abom79]

Yep, a simple phone call to keep in touch does wonders to people on the waiting and wondering end.

[@GTLee9]

107k subscribers. Congrats. I remember when your were excited you had 20k.😁 you're great!

[@Abom79]

It's been awesome!

[@brandonb9452]

GTLee9 climbing up on 400k

[@TheKhamed]

Thx for yet another great video - and for my new "abom hoodie". It arrived well before Christmas even with the shipping to Denmark. I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year

[@Abom79]

Awesome! I got mine delivered yesterday, just in time for Christmas gift giving!

[@agentbertram4769]

In the UK we have a saying for when we get let down by a supplier... "Screw 'em". We learned this from our American cousins and I am proud to acknowledge this. Buy your car port from someone else Adam. These people are not a worthy company to receive your hard earned money. BTW - Knipex are great quality and they cost the earth!

[@mikeraphael9021]

when I saw that piece of 12" round hanging one end off that tiny little center , I couldn't help but think of the loads on/ forces acting upon that live center- and the tailstock- not to mention the steady. Hard to believe that kind of accuracy with that amount of mass.

[@scrout]

I calc'ed a little over 2k lbs, so 1000 lbs on the tailstock....pucker...

[@davidrudolph846]

Adam, cancel he order. In fact when they show up to do the install, tell them to leave with their product. I do customer service for a living. I sell auto parts for a major Toyota dealership and if we get complaints like yours we have 1 or 2 choices, either fix the problem or hit the road. There is no excuse for the way your being treated.......... Ok rants over. I enjoy watching you and the work you do is superb

[@keithhansen3963]

Thank god, I've been waiting all morning to get my Abom fix. Merry Christmas Adam.

[@gerrittklashorst7306]

I grew up with your reputation is only as good as your work and I live by that to this day. When I was a roofer I treated every roof I worked on like it was my own home because that's how my dad was taught by his dad. Outside of the trades you rarely seen the kind of service that's actually worth paying for...