Brian Block's Barn Shop Tour

[@bcbloc02]

Really cool shop and I enjoyed the tour. That guy has some pretty serious machines for doing work on larger jobs. If I had some big stuff needing machined I would certainly see what he could do. :-)

[@Abom79]

Block’s Heavy Machinery! 👍🏻

[@joebradshaw8205]

Adam, you have a winner in Abby. Any lady that will go around to these machine shops with you is a winner.

[@jimm2099]

That was cool Adam! I really appreciate the tour of Brian's place, he's got to be the hardest working guy I've seen on KZbin. Thanks.

[@SteveSummers]

Got some real heavy iron in that shop. Loved my visit. Got to stop by and visit again and see that big lathe👌.

[@bcbloc02]

Maybe you could come help me unload and position it and get an up close look at it. :-)

[@SteveSummers]

100% for sure Brian. Just let me know when you plan to move it I would be glad to help.

[@nferraro222]

When Brian says he might just jack up a barn and move it, you don't know whether he's kidding or planning his weekend. Nice job Adam. I don't know why, but his shop and equipment seem a lot more gargantuan when somebody else is running the camera.

[@billwilson7782]

Brian, Thanks for sharing all your treasures. Keep up the good work.

[@joeashbubemma]

These shop tours are awesome. Great, down to Earth people. Cool to see.

[@bigdawgsbusa2]

Hidden treasures for sure thanks Adam and Brian for letting us take the tour with ya nothing like cool toys to keep a guy busy

[@Cavemannspace]

Block, Booth, & Baily, good ol' boys with nice toys. Great visit video.

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

brian is the most unassuming guy I have ever seen. The guy would be at home at the control seat of a billion dollar company and make it go well. I hope and pray he has a long long life of good health.

[@mdouglaswray]

Great tour! Thanks guys! Salt of the earth shops like this keep America's antique innards WORKING!

[@johndunbar2393]

If ever there was a mother load of tools, Brian has got it. Sweet farm/shop/barn tour!

[@jimdorman1550]

Brian is a very interesting man. And that was a great video!

[@wheelieking71]

Brian, you are one bad dude! "660 hand drilled 3/4" holes" The stuff you accomplish by yourself is downright amazing! Ohh, I want to see more about "work truck"! I'm bummed you guys didn't pop the hood! That thing is bad ass!

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Great visit. What a wonderful old southern home my friend ! The shop and visit are really busy. Thanks for the post my friend.

[@nothermarkgnomex]

I always enjoy seeing what Brian is up to. That is one impressive shop. I am looking forward to see what projects he takes on when he gets it done.

[@stevengarner3479]

Just saw that vid when Brian dropped the Carlton, PURE SHOCK and AWE! I'm very glad Brian was not physically injured, tho I'm sure he had a bit of PTSD after that, I think I woulda peed myself LOL.

[@robm9860]

Great video, I got a good laugh when Abby got caught up in the spiderweb/cobweb.

[@weldmachine]

Yes there would be a few of those there??? He uses the spiderwebs to stop stuff from falling over.

[@bostedtap8399]

@@weldmachine , Never heard that saying before, one to remember.

[@johntompkins147]

Love the shop tours Adam, Thanks Brian for allowing us in.

[@mitsmillman1652]

I suddenly feel better about my shop organization :)

[@alexsails80]

Amazing people, amazing passion.

[@saschaoswald480]

Brian's shop is legendary!!!!

[@turbocobra]

Been a big fan of Brian's for a long time. He helped me find my Cincinatti Mill. Good to hear some of the family history and see some of the house and hand water pump.

[@bcbloc02]

Thanks Gary! Big fan of you and your awesome paint skills too.

[@StreuB1]

Got to be one of the most anticipated videos and man, it didn't disappoint. Brian's property is great, so much history and little bits and pieces hidden all over the place. Got to be one of the nicest guys out there as well. Thanks Adam for taking us on a tour and thats Brian for opening up the property for us all to check out! Next time I'm heading south out of IL on my way to "freeer" states, I'll be sure to send you a msg and see if you're around.

[@Abom79]

I’m sure he’d love to meet you too Brian. Bring your work cloths and help him out for the day 😆😎

[@bcbloc02]

Come on by Brian. BTW you going to Mr Pete's meet and greet?

[@StreuB1]

I just might next time I am passing through. Depending on how this semester goes at school (taking some night classes), if this class doesn't work out I am likely heading down to the Cape (FL) for some R&R (Rockets and Relaxation lol). If that happens, I'll plan it out so I can swing by and put in some work and hang out for a bit as well. As for Mr Pete's meet n greet. I never heard about it so not sure when it is. We don't live too far from each other. Hes down near Ottawa, IL and I am in Aurora; bout 40 miles.

[@2brothersinagarage995]

It is very important to pass on the old tradition of how America was made when big wars and big equipment broke out. I am a young man at the age of 29 and I have for the past year been saving old milling equipment as to an old Bradford lathe, 16 inch south end lathe, a Cincinnati horizontal mill, and now I just saved a ex cello 602 vertical mill. And I am going to get more. Great work on these videos and the great individuals that still keep the China machines out of the metal shop.

[@highwatercircutrider]

Good for you ! When SHTF you will be the survivor that helps rebuild civilization !

[@1995jug]

I love Brian's shop, man he's got lot of stuff never a dull moment there.

[@victoryfirst2878]

Brian you must be the hardest worker PERIOD. The energizer bunny goes to you for energy. Very nice video. I just hope one day I can see your nice place in person. You can call it my bucket list.

[@christianmccollum1028]

What a cool dude. Busy, busy....and I thought I had too many projects going on at once. Difference is, I see him getting them all done quickly. Thanks for the interview!

[@gordonclass1]

Ran a G&L about 45 years ago with a 6 inch spindle. Great machines, we had one of the first digital readouts on it. Back then we had to keep the power supply for the readout in the office so it would stay cool. Lucas also made a horizontal boring mill but they are left handed, meaning the head and table face the opposite way as a G&L. Third generation machinist thanks for the videos they bring back memories.

[@bcbloc02]

6in spindle is a big machine! I bet you got to run some interesting jobs on it.

[@Za7a7aZ]

It is a treat everytime again to see that something uninteresting can be a treasure for somebody else..

[@kjangmy]

Oh Brian, I can see a Barn Shop extension in your future :)

[@larryrobinson7492]

Great video, loved seeing around the place. Brian has so much stuff.

[@63256325N]

Just poked around on Autotrader and found some 51 all original Chevy Deluxe's with 5 digit price tags. A beauty for sure. Great tour. Never knew Brian had so much nice stuff. Looking at the crane structure and all the construction in the barn amazes me knowing that Brian did _all_ of it by himself, or at least 99% of it. Thanks for the video.

[@joeheilm]

Great stuff! You and Brian are extremely busy guys, thanks for taking the time to make and share such great content. Cheers

[@gatekeeper84]

Seems like Brian and I have a similar method for organizing our stuff.

[@doctwiggenberry5324]

I am so anxious to see those big machines work. I do subscribe to Brians channel. Thanks Abom for giving us a tour.

[@victoryfirst2878]

Brian you have a great shop fella. I know now that is will be the place to stop by and take a snort of some great liquor. Nice shop fellas too.

[@rickbrandt9559]

Been there, great shop, a real one man talented person watched from the 1st video. Nice to see 2 of my watched u-Tubers. Thanks for tour.

[@workwillfreeyou]

Brain, spectacular shop & skill sets! Awesome channel. Jim.

[@kentuckytrapper780]

Hard to beat a good ol'Kentucky boy. Great tour,

[@DeutscheReichsbah100]

I wish i had the money to come over and help Brian out with his shop and also Keith

[@kevinzucco8358]

Great video of his property and shop.

[@PabloCool100]

I love the videos!! I’ve been a M.E. for 20+years and I still learn from good machinist. I always tell new design engineers to hang out in the machine shop as much as possible and learn the operations. This knowledge helps so much when they get back to CAD. You’re doing a great service. Thanks. I’d gladly hang a Abom stick in the office.

[@lomax6620]

Just like my shop, you can trip and fall but never hit the floor lol

[@thenuffnuff]

That's a hell of a shop, and some great old iron

[@elvispressedtalot9899]

Thanks for the video. Enjoy seeing others doing the grind . Enjoy !!

[@bostedtap8399]

Great video Adam and Abby, Brian is a very knowledgeable guy, his engineering expertise is impressive. Both great machining You Tubers in the same place/video. Clever positioning of the high level lights. Again many thanks Adam, Abby and Brian, oops, and Bailey.

[@peternicholson233]

@23:20, plenty of us not real pretty; just living life as best we can. Good on ya Brian, and Abom.

[@francoisfouche2568]

Great video, loved the machinery, but goodness, I will go stir crazy in that shop .... thanks for keeping yours tidy !!

[@stanwooddave9758]

Wow, that was great to see some BIG IRON!!!! It's amazing to see what some people do for enjoyment.

[@tristanpatterson3843]

With the capability he now has, he's probably the only guy in a 4 state radius who can do some jobs. I think It's now a business.

[@petervance9886]

Adam glad you stopped to see Brian I almost jumped out of chair when he dropped that big drill .

[@dalelathwell7219]

What a great insight to American machinists working lives most old machine just get scraped in the uk I'm getting a shaper soon needs a total rebuild but I'm looking forward to it as iv been inspired by your videos on shaping Adam

[@phlodel]

Brian has the space for really big machines. So many of the old large machines go to the scrap yard simply because no one has a place to put them and the electricity to run them. That HBM suits you, Adam!

[@saurabhsharma-ts6ky]

ohh he also have a horizontal boring machine i love it.

[@gecko8808]

Thanks for showing us Brian's shop Adam. It's good to see you southern boys doing a little machine shop work when you're not busy making whiskey! BTW: we LIKE that bourbon over here in South Texas!

[@Bkrites]

We had 3 big Monarchs about that size at the shop I used to work in. Made just down the road in Sidney Ohio. We had a big Caralton like that too

[@copasetic216]

I actually like the environment. Kinda reminds me of my life, especially my love life. Thanks for sharing man.

[@jesusisalive3227]

Gorgeous property! Looks like deer and Turkey country to me!

[@tonyrmathis]

Some of us can't sleep if we have too many projects going at once. Bryan can't sleep if it doesn't. I envy him.

[@shiro-r4m]

85 pounds of boost, that's top fuel dragster levels of boost mate holy shit

[@bcbloc02]

Back in the days when we only had stock cylinder heads I built engines that ran 300psi of boost with 3 stages of turbos. Now we make a lot more power with half the boost. If we thru 300psi to one of todays motors the block would blow in half pretty much instantly. There is a lot of cylinder pressure/torque in one of those things!

[@shiro-r4m]

I had no idea, I knew old big american engine blocks were strong but that's amazing! Also amazing is that you have all that machinery to build and fix pretty much whatever you want provided you have the time.

[@stevenmarsh7138]

That would make an interesting video you talking about them.

[@vintagespeed]

wow! Brian is a busy guy! and i'm a slacker. good stuff!

[@hankus253]

Good interview/tour Adam. Seeing a lot of things that go on at Brians' place that he keeps secret. Also saw that fella from north of the border lurking in the background.

[@AverageCitizen333]

ive had 4 roses. its okay, but Wild Turkey is my main squeeze. Thanks for helping it get made!

[@elvispressedtalot9899]

i had tested out , on what he said. "old barn shop" . See nothing but his shop!! Nice

[@woxnerw]

The Machine Shop Community is alive and well here on KZbin.. Thanks for the Video..

[@brianhostak3961]

Really some Abom size machinery !! Thanks Adam for the share.

[@mannycalavera121]

There's a video of him dropping that radial drill off a trailer, managed to weld it back up. True skill to do that.

[@Split10uk]

No kidding kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnLOoGidqt6thMk Damn that made me jump when the cable went!

[@jerrypeal653]

I like Brian’s matter of fact way .

[@outsidescrewball]

Enjoyed the tour and visit

[@Ron_EZ]

Well hell, my garage doesn't look that bad now... LOL!

[@argonthesad]

It's like an episode of American Pickers.

[@akfarmboy49]

Machinist pickers

[@coleboonecustoms]

About shop organization. I see many comments about it. The bottom line is that organization does not take any extra time, it actually GENERATES extra time at the end of the day. Loved the tour, especially the barn find Chevy and hand well pump. The half culvert garage is a time capsule.

[@suzylarry1]

nice to see you have work for this Horizontal bore machine !

[@donpollard9460]

The Case Tractor (17:00?)- a C or D series? We had a couple of C series and gave/sold them to Larry Perkins (an Australian race car dxriver) for his museum. My Uncle Bert (Dad's brother) had a D series Case - he called it Dexter ... Interesting - thjey ran on Power Kerosene - you started them on petrol and warmed them up and then switched to kero.

[@davekorn6516]

Hershey Pennsylvania? Hell thats right down the road from me! Loving these types of videos adam

[@bcbloc02]

They have great car shows if you like that sort of thing, or at least 20+years ago they were.

[@bobvines00]

Seeing Brian's large micrometer reminded me of when I designed a 38-39-inch mic for measuring wear on an aircraft carrier's arresting gear equipment below decks. ;)

[@millomweb]

Miss - that's an inch short for a metre !

[@darrendean21]

Brian, could you not have a shop build day like Kieth does, I'm sure people would love to give you a hand with those sheets ..

[@mikemarriam]

Thanks fort a little behind the scenes at the Old Barn Shop. For all the excessive compulsive folks, he gets it done, and that's what counts.

[@chuckbuckets1]

abby is a trooper.

[@schwab019]

I laughed when she started swatting a bug in his shop at the beginning.

[@Dobbo2958]

Great visit really interesting video, thanks.

[@F59465swl]

simply WOW !

[@eosjoe565]

Man, that is some big iron right there! :-)

[@afpienaar4604]

Thanks Brian

[@sblack48]

What a capable guy

[@makagallinger]

Thank you for turning me on to Brian

[@TheLeeMacDonald]

I love that white 4 door dodge that is my dream truck. Very nice!

[@bcbloc02]

The only one like it in the world. :-) Not many people can say they drive a one of a kind. lol

[@StubProductions]

That’s a serious crane super structure!!

[@yosmith1]

Excellent!

[@jesp7657]

that's a nice place. :) the D11 camlock is not easy to find at least here in denmark.. i also need a 4 jaw for my Colchester mascot 1600. i was lucky to find one with a 91mm bore normal is around 75mm but only got all the toolholders and the 3 jaw.

[@stevengarner3479]

WOW Adam, when I saw that Carlton it brought back the memories when I worked in the boiler shop at the naval base in San Diego! had one just like it only it was gray. I liked seein' the old Dodge pick ups, I have a 98 ram 1500 and it's the best truck I've ever owned, even better than a Tacoma that I put 400,000 miles on. Thank you for the vids and keep livin' the dream. Hope to see you at a meet and greet some day'

[@curryhopper188]

You was about three hours from the house amazing how many people near Hopkinsville like your work lol...

[@TheAndy331]

wow ! awesome shop ! talk about muti-tasking half a dozen irons in the fire. Brian needs a company golf cart to Cruise from shop to shop but that's how he stays skinny eh !

[@allenthomas5479]

I'm gonna make it out there one day myself. I just picked up an American hole wizard radial arm drill press today 4'×13" not as big as his but 12000lbs

[@tonyrmathis]

I love wealthy people, and make no mistake Brian is wealthy compared to most people, who don't present themselves as such.

[@stevengarner3479]

Wealth is a relative concept, I make about $1100/mo. but I feel wealthy because of what I get to experience through Adam and Brian's channels.

[@Zt3v3]

Took me a few reads to understand you comment. "I love wealthy people who don't present themselves as such. Make no mistake, Brian is wealthy compared to most people" I think that might read easier. I'm no english major, maybe my correction sucks.

[@mattcurry29]

Great tour Adam, Thank You. Matt C.

[@michaelmcclain5091]

Don't forget a lot of ceiling fans to get your heat down from the the top back to where you are working!

[@hedge685]

BigAssFans is just down the road in Lexington, KY ---www.bigassfans.com

[@MrHowieZ1973]

I am over here in Madison Indiana . Kentucky makes good drink . lol

[@chuckhaynes6458]

I'll second the motion on "The Horizontal Surface Syndrome" It's a Gremlin that haunts every shop.

[@attackhelicopter2473]

Brians got a beautiful piece of property. Defiantly something to pass on to the family. Keep up the good work, I'm now a subscriber!! btw, I'll buy that 4 door dodge dually off ya Brian! :)

[@AverageJoe2020]

What a nice fella.