Monday Night Meatloaf 117

[@johnirwin1837]

The bailout sw. is used by the pilot to turn on red lights at the other crew members positions to signal them to get out now. Flip it up to actuate it. Down is a safety off. It is used on the larger aircraft such as a B- 52 or any multi position aircraft. Just so you know I am a retired USAF Crew Chief type mechanic.

[@DennisDijkman]

Ja mmh.

[@colemanadamson5943]

Just before 10:00 he mentions using Kroil. Surprised he'd be using over-priced over-hyped products. Gave the video a thumbs up for the heirloom micrometer. Really appreciate such tools. I have a hammer head over 2 lbs that was forged by my Great, Great, Grandfather on my father's side. I used it every day for the 12 years I was in the shop. The handle itself has been changed many times but the one on it now is still a handle my father attached. Now my father has passed but the hammer is still with me (despite my younger brother...nuff said) and I still use it on occasion.

[@georgewocosky]

Tom, I think you might be surprised with the last lapping plates you showed . . . Seriously ! Tin, or babbit mix can cut some very hard materials. Tin is the premier material for lapping and polishing stones as hard as Sapphire ! ! ! * When you said it might be good for lapping copper, I was a bit shocked . The right combination of lap material & lapping compound / polishing compound is the ticket. Considering that plexi-glass as a lap, with cerium oxide as a polishing compound will polish quartz (remarkably); I think you're underestimating the value of soft laps having incredible potential for cutting hard material ! Congratulations on your tool finds :D ! Thanks for sharing the meatloaf !

[@richie4540]

Great video, I laughed when you pulled out the separate metric ruler for us "special folks"

[@bulletproofpepper2]

Nice finds and great kit. Thank for sharing

[@MrPhil1969]

The air tool is a tire buffer used to rough up the inside surface of the tire to apply a patch. The reason for the Jacobs chuck is for easy swap out of the buffing head.

[@mg-shop6996]

wow! Seriously good video. You made some innovative steps for scrapping that should be noted by us wanna-bes. A new, mess-controlling spotting dye, a new tool for "pecking" fine points and FLEXIBLE scrapers. Mess and repetitive motion injury are not small things and I applaud and thank you for bringing some these ideas out. Solution, techniques and doing are what bring me back thirsting for more. Thank you Mr. Wizard!

[@stevemackelprang8472]

Great stuff Tom,,, as usual,, you are the man when it comes to variety and technical detail

[@ericrichards5862]

Hi Tom, The bailout switch would be a switch to a signal lite let the paratroopers know that they were over the drop zone. I've seen similar switches in the DC-3s that I used to work on.

[@johnroberts4789]

Tom, you went back to my favorite meatloaf recipe with this one!

[@RRINTHESHOP]

Nice tool finds. Very nice of you to find a Deckel for me. Love you new scraping tool, nice way to reduce the tunnel carpel pressure. Thanks for sharing your finds.

[@somebodyelse6673]

Oh god yes! I can't grip tools for hours without my hands cramping up into claws. I'll definately be working out some slide-tapping scrapers.

[@akfarmboy49]

it's good to go back and re-watch the old videos

[@MikeBramm]

Love that meatloaf Tom! More cool stuff to show off. I used one of those tool grinders about 30 years ago on 1/4" carbide cutters when I made embossing and debossing type for date codes on food cans.

[@TheZoraccer]

Hi Tom! Great video, as always! Maybe you'll find this useful during scraping : in our lab, for the most precise job (>50 dots\inch) we recently tested fluorescent dye as spotting dye. Scraping is done in a dark room under a UV light. Can't call it comfortable for worker or fast method, but contrast and readability of the slightest spots is excellent.

[@jeffryblackmon4846]

It's always nice chatting with folks about a favorite subject- machining!

[@TheMetalButcher]

Lockbox was actually disappointing. I wanted to see what that book had. Man, I must be getting old.

[@killtune]

Wow, nice score on the Skyhook, I have one that I thought I got a good deal on at $300, $30 is a screaming deal. They are great on the lathe and mill.

[@bcbloc02]

Tasty meatloaf! I think you might be over detailing the scraping operation though. I struggled with the same thing, you think its a super precise process but it is really more of an averaging out. As machinists we focus on the material we remove as that is what is important for what we have left. In scraping it is a mix of what we remove and what we leave that makes the finished result. I find it a different mindset for me.

[@oxtoolco]

Hi Brian. I figured if I could do the 40+ points doing 25PPI would be falling off a log easy. There are other uses for scraping besides sliding machine ways. Cheers. Tom

[@somebodyelse6673]

Sounds like a video subject. I bet most of us hobby machinists only picture scraping for those sliding ways, and maybe reference surfaces. I promise I would watch a video on other applications!

[@ROBRENZ]

Great Meatloaf Tom, love the slide hammer pinpoint scraper! ATB, Robin

[@Stephen1455]

Worked on Deckle mills and then Deckle/Maho CNC mill very solid machines!!!!

[@warrenjones744]

Richard will be here next week. This will be our second class with Rich. He is indeed a treasure trove of information. I have learned a lot from him too. BTW nice triangle casting. I will quiz Richard about Aqua Wash the ink you show.

[@wlogue]

Now you need a table with a bushing in the center for your gasket cutter, we always had allpax ones in the shipyards, very versitile tool. Thanks Tom

[@artt3165]

Tool naming suggestion and slogan. The OxTools Pecker...... the only tool to use when you need to get into a tight spot! LOL ..... just couldn't resist that one ....cheers.

[@Rob_65]

Nice finds. I love the little chain hoist but the book is the one that got me interested as soon as I noticed it on your table. Most likely we both would also be interested in the "Aluminum composites" title from the same "author" still on sale at Amazon 😁

[@wrstew1272]

Used to use yellow artist paint for setting gears in helicopter transmissions and tail rotor gear boxes. Was easier to read than the blue and washed off easily.

[@PeopleAlreadyDidThis]

The bailout switch is essentially identical to some WWII USAAF examples that followed my dad home after the war, including the luminescent tip on the bat. He didn’t get the cool guards, though.

[@juliejones8785]

The hammer scraper makes so much sense. A couple thoughts: given that you don't need to push into it maybe it doesn't need to be so long. And then I would try to use it tapping toward myself to make it even easier to see fine detail of what I was working on. (My perspective from working lately under a magnifying ring light probably.)

[@natesteiner5460]

Copper hammers such as that were supplied with many British sports cars to remove wire wheels. Thor was a common brand.

[@jrkorman]

I wonder if the gentleman didn't work for Naval Public Works at Alameda. My dad was a machinist (apprentice in the early 60s) at the Norfolk Public Works Center, Norfolk NOB,NAS. They did work all over the base.

[@horkinyorkin]

that little pin point scraper is great.

[@Robonthemoor]

Did you notice the indent in the container for the centre hole of the tape rested inside. Sweet.

[@ArcticWolfSilver]

I love that scraper you made! LOL! "ox pecker" XD I love it!

[@mattcurry29]

Great big serving of meatloaf tonight! Thank you for sharing Tom. Matt C

[@deltamachine2059]

Nice! Been missing these

[@BuildSomthingCool]

I like your small hammer scraper. I wish I would have thought it. :-)

[@casual257]

i could be wrong but that air die grinder, could be a tire tool, i seen some like that, for grinding the rubber on the inside to smooth it out for a patch, they would put a rubber hose on the exhaust port, to keep rubber dust from collecting inside the tire

[@PaulSteMarie]

Nit, but Prussian Blue is a material: ferric ferrocyanide. It forms an extremely fine colloidal precipitate when it's made, and then filtered off and used as a pigment in inks and paints.

[@davidwatson4649]

i once watched a video on a pneumatic engraver i wonder if something like it could be used for scraping

[@bkupiec]

What is the brand of tweezers you are using at @28:26 ?

[@1010tesla]

I would like to know too. If you figure it out please come back and leave a comment.

[@bkupiec]

They almost look custom made, like a punch was split in half and a springy thing joined to the end.

[@ThrowingItAway]

I got such a good laugh out of the book safe. Thank you for sharing

[@bhoiiii]

Tom, great group of items here. I just picked up a 14x18 cast iron plate. Would love to see some video of scraping, when you do it. Thanks!

[@James-fs4rn]

👍thanks for another one.

[@dsfs17987]

speaking of those aluminum laps, got me thinking, if one takes a clean flat piece of Al like that one, charge it with particular diamond grit, and then goes and anodizes it, then the anodizing will grow "out" of the surface just as much as it grows "in", basically enveloping and incorporating the grit into the anodizing layer, as the diamond wears, the grit is harder than anodizing, it will abrade it and expose new grit, that might be the mechanism behind those expensive laps and since I own and operate a small anodizing line, I just might go ahead and try making one of those, see what comes of it... granted mine will be regular anodizing, not hard, still, good idea for a project

[@393strokedcoupe]

That's a great little design you have there Tom! I have the perfect name for the little spot scraper. Tom's Little Pecker. 😁

[@chrispac6264]

Tip for you about that bigger scraper with the large head you made. Put that large head just in from your shoulder and below your collarbone and you can actually get your body behind it. That leaves two hands to control the tool while you lean into it with your shoulder. Much less tiring and much more productive

[@chronokoks]

Oh I had the same exact idea for the finishing scrape (pecking) with a very refined edge. I also wanted to put a rotating pivot on the weight with a handle so you don't have to grip the weight but a perpendicular wood handle (that rotates), that can also decrease the shocks and should be easier on the wrists because you grip it perpendiculary to the weight sliding axis. Great to see the thing is actually practical at all but aiming it seems to require a bit of a practice.

[@aearles7]

Hi Tom, thank you for creating such enjoyable and informative videos. You have inspired me to a have a go at a few things myself. My first project is, surprise, surprise a welding table. This will be my workbench for everything. I bought your book which arrived just the other day and I thought that it was fate as there is an entire section devoted to “flame straightening”. The inch thick table top I have has a moderate bow in it. It is about 6 feet long, but 3 feet wide. I read what you wrote and will give flame straightening a go (although with such a big piece of steel plate, I am not sure what the results will look like.) If you could do a video on flame straightening, that would be fantastic. The second thing I would like your advice on is how to hold, drill an tap a sphere. I want to replace the handles on my drill press. The only “out of the ordinary” machinery I have is a drill press, so no DRO to find the center of the sphere and I am not sure how to effectively clamp the steel balls either. Any tips would be great. Cheers, Al

[@rosserpace3602]

Love me some spicy meatloaf.....you definitely have higher class flea markets than we have in our area. Adam will love the grinder.

[@deltamachine2059]

I've got a nice alpax gasket cutter. Solid bronze cutter body. It was destined for the scrap pile so I saved it. Unfortunately all the attachment s made it to the trash before I could get to them. Maybe you are interested in it tom. I am local and would let you have it if you want. I met you once before at the studio open house. Let me know

[@OldIronMachineWorks]

Tom, always enjoy your videos.

[@bobgodburn5874]

The name for your tool is obvious: the Lipton PickOx. We used to make the same type if slide/hammer unit for lapping split-ground stripper inserts in diework. That tool-your PickOx-will be popular, I assure you. Nice going Tom.

[@1010tesla]

Who makes those tweezers with the knurled handle? I would like to get a set.

[@akfarmboy49]

liked the slide scraper, I know Richard King. smart guy.

[@machiningbasics1729]

Hammer might be a Thor . Made in Birmingham England. And still to this day!! Nothing like British tool. Great meatloaf we had a lil vice identical to your yellow one at tech sadly it had been butchered

[@danielbuck]

that scraping tool, I have had an idea very similar for "pecking" off welding spatter. the little BBs that are stuck to metal after welding. I normally grab a flat chisel and a hammer, but I got to looking at a slide hammer and thought, that would be perfect! Your application is probably alot better suited though, it doesn't take long to peck of spatter, scraping you are probably doing that all day long :D

[@bluedeath996]

That's the sort of book that attracts me too, though it would be well camouflaged on my bookshelf at least, amongst the other machining books.

[@Bowtie41]

I like the Ox-Pecker.I've been thinking on making one based on an automatic center punch,maybe even with a trigger pull......

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

Thanks for the tasty meatloaf.

[@elrayox8932]

Bailout switch is very useful. I hit it when I left my corporate job.

[@RGSABloke]

Right on Tom, its a steel RULE not a ruler. As a veggi I really enjoy your meatloaf!! Kindest regards Joe.

[@philgarbarini9645]

Try TESA #4970 2 faced tape. I have found it to work great. Thanks for the great video.

[@TommyBoy7Heads]

I was an F-15 mechanic in the USAF and the ejection seat related controls were always black with like yellow diagonal stripes. Maybe that is an ejection switch from an earlier era when men were men and didn't need fancy colorful caution tape levers to eject. ;)

[@tristanpatterson3843]

Over here we have a ruler and then we also have a scale ruler for scaling off plans. What do you call the ruler for scaling off architectural plans?

[@yanwo2359]

How about using a solenoid to drive the weight on the Ox-Pecker?

[@dtec30]

i like the idea of the little hoist will you do a bit of more indepth on it would it be easy to make one at home from scrounged parts or things you could purchase ? and also the anchor points too.

[@Robbievigil]

Heptane will remove the sticky from the tin without ruining the ink on that sticker. Coolest item you bought.

[@martineastburn3679]

When you need to escape - the red cover guides the eye. When you look at the switch head - see the green ? Put into sunlight and look at it in darkness. Radium spot to glow at night. I have a number of them but not with that cover. Mine from B36 and B47 and B52(early). Pipe flange gasket cutter - all Round. I suppose some are donuts with holes and are small... Hoist is way cool - take a chuck out - chuck an eye in the jaws -and extract - wing to rolling table or a hanger. Nice indeed.

[@pauldevey8628]

Tom, love the sound effects!

[@ronalddavis]

I have cut literally thousands of gaskets in the shipyard with gasket cutters. We had the allpax brand.

[@63256325N]

The switch is from the B-29 from Dr. Strangelove.... thanks for the video. Gotta say you picked up some nice stuff in your travels.

[@duobob]

Duncan MacKenzie B-52

[@63256325N]

Nope, B-29. Google it.

[@duobob]

OK, I Googled it. It is still a B-52... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove www.bing.com/search?q=doctor+strangelove+aircraft&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&pq=doctor+strangelove+aircraft&sc=0-27&sk=&cvid=7B1952E4EF8F4C17A23CEE0EFDBDDF97www.bing.com/search?q=doctor+strangelove+aircraft&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&pq=doctor+strangelove+aircraft&sc=0-27&sk=&cvid=7B1952E4EF8F4C17A23CEE0EFDBDDF97

[@63256325N]

I stand corrected. My minds eye had props instead of jet engines, wrong era. Sorry.

[@tylerhensley2312]

That would be the first book I would pick off the shelf!

[@turbocobra]

Good meatloaf Tom, lots of cool stuff!

[@laddhooks]

That "die grinder" is like a high speed tire buffer. It would've come with that chuck when new.

[@wileecoyoti]

Huh, I have lots of litho ink around (I'm another printmaker, though haven't had a press for a while). I might have to try that out next time I try scraping

[@Th3_ENGINE3R]

I want your tweezers Tom. LOL

[@Latex1945]

Than Snap-on wrench is from 1959

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Mrs. Ox sniffing out the Snap On stuff.

[@twwtb]

I think you explained this once. Scale is used for drawing since you are drawing to scale. Ruler is used for measuring physical objects.

[@dizzolve]

Awesome - a whole hour of meaty goodness. I have a sneaking suspicion that grinder is going to Robrenz

[@mudnducs]

Problem: I was given an intact part that a guy want to duplicate. I was given no tolerances only that it needs to be “close tolerance”…so I’m trying ( and generally not getting there) to get to the nearest mil. How do you handle a project when you have no drawings or dimensions and the owner has given no tolerances?Thank you for all you do!!

[@billlee5307]

Thanks for the meal! Any makers name on that vise?

[@dsfs17987]

what those single lip grinders go for there in US? I was sort of looking around for one here in the old world, saw couple pop up in auctions, and there was a lot of interest on them, both went for around 500EUR (probably near 600USD), and both were this style, with the "fixed" spindle

[@turningpoint6643]

The last price I saw on a brand new bare bones Deckel single lip grinder was $10k. Nope not a typo.

[@christurley391]

The best cure for a loose handle I have found is a wicking grade of loctite type thread lock. Soaks in deep swells the wood even fills minor gaps. If you try it let me know what you think.

[@nevetslleksah]

What is the name of the company that makes the chain hoist?

[@ajtrvll]

Financial bailout switch?

[@wktodd]

i want that vice! I've been looking for one for ages :-)

[@rcleveacp]

How about the Oxpoint?

[@dirk4926]

The tin that tape came in does look worth saving.

[@MillerFourFingers]

I know this is off track but, I'll ask anyway. Did you ever finish the Etching Press? I binge watched them a year ago and KZbin keeps telling me to watch them again. They're so good that I do...

[@akfarmboy49]

your Snap On wrench was made in 1959 from date codes I saw on the wrench

[@Copozeras]

What happened to the etching press project?

[@wktodd]

if the switch is original, then I'd guess it's for letting the crew (bomber?) know that it's time to leave their post - via the windows!

[@FreemanPascal]

A partner who is on the outlook for tools for you, how she's a keeper.

[@jonanderson5137]

Some of the parts at my job use Nitto... sticks like nothing else.

[@tom7601]

Do you ever run across stuff with a JAN (Joint Army Navy) part number?

[@DoRC]

Babe the Blue Ox Pecker

[@Mr_Feyshade]

...and Thomas Edison's last roll of electrical tape. Good haul overall.

[@tasmaniansportstv4154]

keep up the good work mate, always entertaining :)

[@dtec30]

maybe the bailout switch is like the last man out switch to turn off all the lights lol ?

[@2lefThumbs]

We all need a friend like Carla! Nice to see you referencing lapping of alumin(i)um and copper,! Are either of these practical to surface grind prior to lapping?

[@zylacone3219]

Wow. Good stuff! I am wondering how gage blocks stick together. I saw a YT video where a guy wrung a pair together and a second after he let go of one of them there was a loud snap and they flew apart a couple inches. So I was wondering if they could be pushed together, and if they can how much pressure it takes. You and Davey Jones (another YTer) might be able to come up with a strain gage to measure the pressure. This mission, if you choose to accept it, Tom, could change the world. Well, it might at least be interesting anyway. Zy.