Odds & Ends 73: Viewer Mail, Shop Update, Grinding WHeels, Bar Z Summer Bash

[@thehungryterrier1]

I recall several years ago when I was going out with this fellow who was a machinist/structural steel fitter/welder and he was giving me a tour of his shop and showed me how an optical center punch worked. Brought back a nice memory watching this video. Get that book rebound. The old ones are the best and we have to care for them.

[@001desertrat3]

Keith - Shop is really looking good, but I would Strongly Recommend that you put some kind of CLEAR SEALER on those plywood walls. My first home shop had bare plywood walls and after a couple of years the dust in the air had made the walls darken and look grungy (hard to clean as the dirt gets into the wood pores) . Also, if you accidently get Machine Oil or anything else splashed on the wall, it soaks in and makes a permanent STAIN. Ended up sealing & painting my beautiful plywood walls.

[@elmarqo_3448]

your shop is incredible. thanks for sharing

[@bcbloc02]

Your shop is looking beauty pagent ready! :-)

[@DavanEtelamaki]

Yours should be there before too long, the floor is looking good so far.

[@elsdp-4560]

THANK YOU...for sharing.

[@tompuckett9937]

Boy!!!!! You really hit the jackpot with those beautiful hand tools and tooling from your viewers!!!!! Easily worth over $2,500+!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just found your videos and subscribed!! Very interesting info in all of your shows.

[@jeffmoss26]

nice as always...I have started to pick up those oilcans when I see them at garage sales!

[@joetiller1031]

Family and work takes priority.

[@mikenixon9164]

Good video.

[@charliewood4158]

The 3 sided mic is great for checking out of roundness when centerless grinding I used one for 30 years every day when grinding carbide pins just put the part in the mic tighten down and spin part It will let you know real quick if the part is round

[@davidhoward2237]

another great vid and wow on grinding wheels,

[@RoelTyros]

Hello Keith, Great odd&ends and the shop is looking great ! Looking forward to the next video ! Many greetings from Roel.

[@StreuB1]

Thank you for the video Keith!!! The shop is looking amazing already! Cannot wait for it to be complete.

[@vaalrus]

Veritas is the design/manufacturing arm of a retail tool outlet up here called Lee Valley Tools, which is our go-to specialty retailer for cool and unique woodworking and gardening tools.

[@PeterWMeek]

For anyone needing one, that second optical center punch is available from Lee Valley Hardware with the branding Veritas™. Good quality; I have one. Usefully, they have operations in both the US and Canada so no cross-border problems there.

[@googacct]

An optical center punch is one of those tools that once I got it, I wondered how I lived without it. The next item to put on your wish list is an optical center for the mill.

[@HandToolRescue]

I really should send you some Stanley planes!

[@davidhoward2237]

would be nice to see you two make a vid together (not in person but work on same thing) and maybe make new viewers for both channels

[@HandToolRescue]

Thanks! Keith does a much better and more professional job than I could ever do.

[@davidhoward2237]

dont cut your self short you make some amazing repair and restoration vids. the best was the gas circular saw

[@DavanEtelamaki]

His may be better restorations, but they also take exponentially longer. With the amount of tools you restore there is no way you could give each that much attention.

[@qfly6]

I love your videos

[@Wyld1one]

You might want to contact your local library book preservation dept. If the book is rare or not archived, they would be very interested in it.

[@douglaslodge8580]

In Keith's defense it's not all roses. Build that building, pour the concrete, install the electrical, put in the plumbing, get the inspections, then take time out of your life to make videos for the education of the general public. On top of that he owned a fair amount of the tools out to the museum and he wanted them home in his own shop, which any one can understand. Not to leave the museum high and dry he started collecting tools so the museum would have a set on site. I have met Keith personally and gave him tools, and after our first meeting I decided he is a man of integrity and gave him some more tools, knowing they will more than likely end up at the museum. You tube pays pennies for those commercials that run on a channel and the add has to run for at least 30 seconds for the content provider to get paid. Ask yourself how many adds have you skipped. Only an independently wealthy person could afford to do this with no outside help. The electric bill alone is enough to show you some pain. In closing Keith Rucker is not a greedy man, he is whats known as a good solid citizen giving back of himself to his community. By the way Keith when I come south this winter I have some more tools for you. RANT OVER

[@rodneygibson2237]

Thanks for that information Douglas. I will let the adds run all the way through for Keith in the future.

[@garyc5483]

Nice haul on the grinding wheels Keith. Shop is looking great. Don't know if you have a fault on your mic but now and then it seems to pickup a booming noise. Hope its not anything serious. Looking forward to some new projects when you get time. regards from the UK

[@WilliamTMusil]

Wow, that is a pile of wheels. :-D

[@rickbrandt9559]

Rich content deserves rich rewards. Carry on.

[@scottprice7574]

You're getting that shop set up so nice that now you'll have to retire from the day job and start up a job shop!

[@randomdude1786]

love your videos you always got something interesting, thinking about hitting you up for one of them wheels, and also those old books usually got some good stuff in em' share it if you can cause information is machining gold!

[@robertkutz]

keith nice video.

[@Blazer02LS]

I think those 5/8 threaded wheels are stone/concrete wheels.

[@erikjohansson1814]

Hm, I was hoping to see some measurements of the surface grinding done earlier. Most comments said it was done wrongly / not accurate and would therefore be interesting to see. Plus it was said it will be done. Anyhow, hopefully you get more time on your hands for some machining :o)

[@caskwith]

Great stock of wheels. Shame the postage would be killer to the UK.

[@WillyBemis]

Thank you! The link to Dennis's video does not seem to be in the video.

[@Blazer02LS]

Click "Show More" under the description.

[@WillyBemis]

Thanks!

[@fasousa4798]

i would just send a bunch of those grinding wheels FOC to the guy that sent the optical dublidoo and the aloris TP and the levels. Even all the other guys that invest their money and time sending you stuff to make these videos.

[@jijzer3284]

That would be fair

[@mgmoody42]

Veritas? (optical center punch)

[@derwissenskiosk8041]

I thing gremany is to faw away... :D For shipping.....

[@wonderc66]

maybe ask the big man adam if he needs one or two Grinding WHeels

[@conrad6598]

Maybe scan the book so save the information.

[@davidphillips6571]

What is your day job?

[@giovannipetitti1588]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@stevewatr]

Okay. I feel like an idiot saying this, but I can't find your email address in the description. I see the other links. I think I still have it from our wells index conversations, so I'm sure I'll find it.

[@molitovv]

Steve Watroba [e-mail]

[@stevewatr]

Matt Simpson thanks, i did find it in my contact list. I sent him an email but I think most of the 6" wheels are spoken for.

[@Blazer02LS]

[e-mail]

[@onebadsavage26]

It's pronounced... veri as in Very and tas as in taz. From your friendly Canadian

[@tommyboy2855]

Keith I love ya but saying your email is right down here and then trying to find it is a whole lot of looking

[@rustymachineshop9456]

keith like ur channel and content but people send u stuff all the time u tube pays u for views u get money donated guys come work on ur shop tool company's give u tools and lots of other stuff why dont u give back to the people that help u but u got to sell what u got man thats greedy. ur just greedy

[@Moosinne]

if you don't see how great a deal $10 is then go pay retail. He is most likely selling them so people that don't really need them are not wasting his time.

[@zifnab6824]

Rusty machine shop..... quite whinning

[@markinoz4795]

i reckon keith is on top giving out with all of his varied output. good luck with the enterprise!

[@brianwalk108]

First, those wheels are heavy and fragile, shipping and packing costs alone on a hundred+ would prevent him from just giving them out, he's giving people chances are a really good deal on them. Second, he gives back to us every time he makes a video. you think hes obligated? He's shared so much knowledge, information, entertainment, etc. get your facts right before posting, Third, you cant even type "you" and "your", should you really be judging anyone else?

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