Really really broken 4 jaw chuck repair. Part 2

[@brianlittle3452]

Watching a Steve Summers video is a wonderful way to enjoy a cup coffee on a Saturday Morning.

[@SteveSummers]

Glad you enjoy it! Now thay you mentioned it, I have to go make me a cup😊

[@johnpfaff7328]

@@SteveSummers Then when asked how you will hold that in a 4 jaw, you can say "here--hold my coffee and watch this". Great problem solving 👍👍

[@johnlee8231]

Happy to see you back in the shop and have time to take us along.

[@mumblbeebee6546]

hear, hear!

[@SteveSummers]

I appreciate you stopping by and hanging out with us here on the channel.

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Thanks for recognizing the few of us gals out here. 👋👋

[@SteveSummers]

You are very welcome. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I figured there were at least a few of you gals watching😊

[@jonnafry]

The whole repair was cleverly thought out and executed. This was a great watch!

[@herilo19]

A while back, my girlfriend and I used to drink coffee and watch your videos every Sunday morning. She mostly watched for the animals. Anyway, our son is 3 now and I'm looking forward to keeping the traditional alive with him.

[@SteveSummers]

@herilo19 Thanks, I'll have to find a baby squirrel this spring and have it on the channel

[@Paul-FrancisB]

Hi Steve, great to see you and Cora back for another video on a Saturday morning. Best wishes from Lincolnshire UK 🇬🇧

[@TheOwlman]

I echo that sentiment from Lincs 😁

[@michaelstockdale]

My Saturday mornings are much better with a video from Steve Summers! Glad to have you back! Praying for you and your family!

[@1911wood]

My wife appreciated your intro. Thank you for making it easier for me to watch machining video on a Saturday morning. I could be watching a Hallmark Christmas right now. Appreciate you Steve.

[@kenjay3490]

Hey Steve! As one living 64 of 68 years in Missouri, one has to ‘Show Me’! You always do! Thanks! ❤😂

[@paulhunt598]

54 of my 68 years in Missouri. I live near Troy, any chance that we live nearby? I haven't watched Steve in a long time. This was a fun project to see. I am still a hack machinist, learning as I go with my KZbin shop teachers. I have added to my fleet of machinery this year. The bigger additions are an American Pacemaker and an Elliott. I maxed out my 3 phase capacity to run these larger machines, and I started to build a larger rotary generator. I stalled with unanticipated issues. Other unrelated projects ate up my generator project time. Cold weather has driven me out of the unheated machine shop. I compensate by moving into my heated woodshop. Some of my boys helped me swap out my table saws on Thanksgiving. The woodshop now sports a functional, but tired Powermatic 66. It served a makers' space before coming to me. It suffered use and neglect, but it has good bones and some high cost upgrades. I have been working on its issues since. I am nearly finished. I have hopechest projects demanding my attention. The PM66 will be the heart of my woodshop, so I am taking time now to get it where I want it. The side blessing is that I have a 3HP heavily modified vintage Delta contractor table saw in the large machine shop and mechanic shop for those quick construction type tasks. You watched Steve's project with Show Me skepticism. This indicates that your experience and skill may be more parallel to mine than Steve's. I spent my career as a maintenance technician, skilled electrician and mechanic. 3.5 decades of carrying for a large production machine shop, mostly CNC, introduced me to machining. I have done just about any type of troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance on a wide range of machines, but in our shop, I had little opportunity to operate machine tools. My retirement hobby is collecting, rebuilding, restoring, and learning manual machining skills. I have become a friend of Lysle Peterson, and I now own his ST optical comparitor. I hope to see him next Saturday at the Lost Creek Machinery open house.

[@kenjay3490]

@ Not too far away. Brookfield. 90 miles West of Hannibal.

[@DAKOTANSHELBY]

Thank you Steve for an amazing video. I could not comprehend how in the heck you were going to create new threads in that jaw until you performed the operations. Clearly outside the box thinking on your part.

[@argee55]

Great job. Always glad to see someone save a busted piece of equipment.

[@patrickmazzone9066]

Excellent job made it look easy

[@patrickmazzone9066]

Thanks for your response love your channel

[@molnaromatic]

What a clever fixture solution, good job Steve!

[@rickwinter2547]

Nothing as satisfying as bring "old iron" back to life. Great job! Wishing the best for your wife and you.

[@josephrogers9701]

Love Cora supervising from the warm spot! Shows her intelligence! Nice save on the chuck Steve!

[@jonbracken9394]

Hello Steve, I truly hope Elizabeth is doing better, and am so glad to see you back. Really hope this is a great holiday for all of your family! Keep posting, Scott.

[@jongmassey]

Some really thoughtful approaches to measurement and fixturing here. Great to have you back!

[@cullendolan5619]

That set up and being able to see and hear your thought process is why i love your videos. Each video lets us see an expert doing meaningful work

[@pforbom1844]

What a brilliant repair! 🇨🇦

[@joekanicki5306]

That was both impressive and enjoyable to watch Steve! Excellent work. You and the family be safe and well.

[@irritantno9]

Some of the smartest people I knew were machinists. It’s fun to learn something great from a great machinist! Thanks!

[@0xFEEDC0DE]

You are a wizard!

[@opengchris18]

Couldn't wait to see how this was going to be done...thanks Steve, we've missed ya buddy!

[@kenny5174]

Once again, you have totally impressed an old man! Super job! Thanks for the video.

[@timc3600]

Hi Steve, This is exactly why we have missed your content 🙂 There is no way I would have ever though about that process to re-create the threads.

[@stanWorkshop]

Incredible set up in the lathe! Inspiring, thanks

[@RGSABloke]

Steve, as a teacher for over thirty years I love you teaching style; professional, relaxed and focussed, you would have made an awesome teacher young man. Kindest regards from Bonnie Scotland. Joe.

[@SteveSummers]

@@RGSABloke Thank you 😊

[@colleenmicheletti3406]

Hi Y'all! Thanks for the shout out to the ladies. Been following your adventures for years. Love the 'Johnny Cash' truck story and that it's Elizabeth's truck! Peace and Health to you and the family.

[@CraigLYoung]

Morning Steve 😅 Thanks for sharing 👍

[@SteveSummers]

@@CraigLYoung Hello buddy, it's good to see you😁

[@tkuenzli1]

One of the BEST machining videos I've ever seen! Love seeing Cora 😻😻😻

[@elsdp-4560]

Thank you for sharing. Very nice repair👍

[@philhermetic]

Good to have you back man! Phil , UK

[@vanessalee5893]

Thanks Steve. You’re special, too!

[@blitzkrueg07]

What a nice setup.. that is one tricky project

[@TheAyrCaveShop]

A whole new version of the four jaw challenge.. Well, done 👍👍👍👍👍

[@raymondhorvatin1050]

Nothing so satisfying as fixing seemingly impossible to repair good job

[@KallePihlajasaari]

Masterful clamping for the thread cutting. Great show.

[@MrMojolinux]

As an old lathe hand, that's some mighty fine lathe work Steve!

[@evanharriman5352]

You’re such a gem, Steve! You’re so wholesome and comforting to watch and you come up with some really impressive machining solutions. Thank you for everything you do! Sending prayers and good wishes to your family in this really difficult time 🧡

[@SteveSummers]

@@evanharriman5352 Thank you

[@AirfixLtd]

An Excellent Plan, Very Well Executed. Thank you for taking us along to enjoy your success. ❤👍👏

[@charleswelch249]

That's a cool idea for the repair. It should be fine for years. And I hope your wife is doing better. I understand that family first 💯.

[@smplyizzy]

Like seeing your truck being kept in the shop.

[@jeremylastname873]

That’s a clever setup. Thanks for sharing the inspiration.

[@ssboot5663]

Thanks for the video's. Happy to have you back creating content.

[@jackgreen412]

Sure nice to see you back.

[@waikanaebeach]

Really great to see you back, we love your home workshop that would be typical…

[@billbrooks4574]

😅Hellatious problem solving there bud! Welcom back,.

[@robertschauer376]

nice repair. You explain your thought process so clearly. Thank you. I enjoyed the video

[@paulculbert1281]

Next level problem solving Steve. Awesome repair!

[@Crusher9mil]

🙏🏻For Elizabeth & Steve 🙏🏻 Happy to see you back on the machinest horse.

[@dannyjacobsen1677]

Thank you Steve I learn so much more from your machining than other utubes. Danny

[@barrytarakoff3204]

Glad to see you back Steve!

[@edsmachine93]

Very nice repair Steve. Definitely an intricate boring and threading process. Thanks for sharing. Hope you and Elizabeth and family have a great weekend.

[@11LowDown11]

Welcome back Steve! Thank you for taking us along and never forget… KY Proud!

[@PSUK]

Hi from Dorset, UK. 🙌 Now that work is real craftsmanship Steve. Very impressive. Love the jig you made. Oh, and I keep a double sided stone (course/smooth) on my kitchen countertop for my knives. Nothing worse than a blunt knife.

[@knas5289]

I love repair jobs instead of just throwing away and buying new cheap junk that you will throw away soon anyway. Well done!

[@SteveSummers]

I like the older quality tools. This chuck was worth the repairs.

[@Feivel8374]

I'm so glad to see you and Cora back in action. I really really missed your videos.

[@dougrobison1156]

Hey Steve! Masterful repair, love watching you. All my best to your family, I'll keep you all in my prayers.

[@SteveSummers]

Thank you. I'm glad you get some enjoyment out of the videos.

[@MrRicciwalker]

hi, nice 3d thinking sir...

[@scottgilliam7524]

Awesome repair and the truck still looks great

[@markmartin9671]

Nice return project Steve. Glad to have you back in the shop

[@smmaxey]

So glad you're back. Love the content. Family first always 😊

[@dimtt2]

That lathe setup was ingenious!

[@thetrevor861]

Great to see you back Steve ! I've watched machinists on KZbin for years - Fenner, Rucker, This Old, AvE, yourself and many others. NEVER seen a setup so complex and Just, So, Finicky ! Well done, indeed ! !

[@joerogi8401]

Seems the old school SS vids are back. Interesting project, thank you, and good wishes to Elizabeth.

[@charlieromeo7663]

Great job, Steve. As a fan of Hardinge HLV-H lathes I can really appreciate keeping fine tooling like that chuck alive. You continue to inspire.

[@geoffkeeler5106]

Clever stuff Steve, for me this is one of the great joys of engineering, finding solutions to problems and getting the job done. Excellent work!

[@SteveSummers]

@@geoffkeeler5106 Yep, a large part of a job like this is figuring out how to make it happen. I enjoy the setup.

[@Gary.7920]

Steve, I have really missed you. I sure hope all is OK.....Great to have you back Gary, Living in the Beautiful Ozark Mountains of North West Aransas

[@paulsullivan6392]

Well done. Fascinating repair. Hope Elizabeth continues to improve.

[@SmaulPart-pb5hm]

This was probably the most suspenseful lathe turning video I have seen. I definitely would have crashed it!

[@bat116]

It was like Christmas Morning when I got up and had another Steve Summers video to watch. Always enjoy your content. This was no exception. Praying that you and yours are doing well.

[@SteveSummers]

I really appreciate your kind words!

[@tda2806]

Steve, my wife watches you over my shoulder, loves your accent and wants Cora as her dog 😃

[@SteveSummers]

Tell her I said thanks for watching along. Cora is a great pup, I lucked out when she showed up as a stray.

[@tda2806]

@@SteveSummers Alison has just reminded me she is also jealous of you having a stream running past your workshop.

[@jimlangerie]

When you were talking about using a 4-jaw to cut the threads, my first thought was that it wouldn't work. My first idea was to fix it in a vise and use a boring head to cut it. But now that I think more, that would NOT work - no way to set 8 tpi on the up/down feed. Then I thought of welding/brazing material to the sides to let it fit in a 4-jaw. Probably would have worked, but labor. Then I saw your solution - much better. Experience counts, and you have it. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@erickvond6825]

As a point of interest it may be a better idea to make a threading block which the chuck jaw can be mounted into so that the threads can be cut with a normal tap. The threading block is made in such a way that the chuck jaw mounts into the side of it completing the threading cylinder. I looked into this awhile ago having seen a cheap 4 jaw chuck on flea-bay as I was trying to figure out how hard it would be to fix it. I had also considered making a new jaw. Any way you look at it, this kind of job is a pain in the backside. Now that I'm thinking about it more you could also mount the jaw to the tool post and put the threading cutter in the lathe chuck.

[@aoverhage5181764]

Missed your videos. Love that you explain why you make the choices that yourd make!

[@jasonhull5712]

Getting colder out there Steve.. we are going to need some more machining content to help pass the time in this cold weather season.. 😊 Nudge,nudge,wink..

[@markfoster6110]

Thanks hope the family continues to improve ..keep warm ..

[@cennsa140driver]

Nice repair! I was wondering how you were going to fixture it!

[@tomp538]

Glad to see you back. Best wishes for you and the family. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[@carlhitchon1009]

I thought for sure something would go wrong, but you proved me wrong.

[@1320pass]

That was a next level repair. I did not see that one coming haha. Thought you might have made two new jaws from a block and cut a mirror image opposing jaw then cut a bore down the middle then either used a special tap or a boring bar like you did then cut the 'jaw block' down the middle. Then the other features.. Then figured out a way to case harden it... I think your repair is awesome and will last a long time.

[@michaelcothran4064]

Just a FYI, I had to repair a 1957 half nut on Monarch lathe, tried brazing the cast iron but it would accept the brazed, so had to recut the root & build up with Belzona industrial plastic bond & had to setup the half nut halves on a faceplate & recut the acme thread, Love your vids!!!

[@SteveSummers]

@michaelcothran4064 That sounds like an interesting job.

[@johnalexander4356]

Amazing job! But you being able to share with us is much greater. I pray that family and life issues continue to improve for you.

[@seldendaniel8819]

I always enjoy bringing things back to life, and this project is inspirational. Thanks.

[@chrisneale7453]

A quality inventive repair of a quality chuck

[@billdoodson4232]

Hell of a setup to machine those threads there Steve. Good job, well done.

[@matthoward923]

Steve, I really enjoy watching the way you, and other master machinists (like Adom79 and others) come up with figures to do your work. Absolutely amazing. I wouldn’t know where the on / off switch is on machines like yours, let alone how to use them.

[@davidcashin9194]

Nice job Steve and great to see you back hope the family is doing OK.

[@iantaylor5579]

Excellent work Steve, Wansford U.K.

[@chrischapel9165]

One of the major reasons why I watch KZbin machinist content ( including the Pakistani videos) is it opens my mind up to several different possibilities in tackling various machining issues like work holding or, in the case of the Pakistanis nothing is out of the realm of possibilities particularly in making some type of tool

[@GaneshKumar21m]

instead of making a Complex Fixture, you could simply hold the job in the tool post. & fix the tool in the chuck. would have made the work much more easier.

[@bencapobianco2045]

Awesome job! That chuck will last a machinist like you forever, you keep your tools clean and don’t over tighten the snot out of it. I’ve fixed acme threads with braising rods that are very durable and strong. Happy to see your back brother! Love the channel!!

[@MrValhem265]

Well done. Fascinating repair

[@elliskinney5731]

I doubt if there are 2 other machinists in the U.S. that could do that. Amazing work. Ellis

[@geneard639]

I think you learned enough from repairing the 4 Jaw, to actually make a new jaw or even make a new custom 4 jaw.

[@grntitan1]

Nice setup Steve. Took some major outside the box thinking.

[@DK-vx1zc]

excellent work! So happy you and your family are well...

[@afnDavid]

Done lots of stuff like that by using old coathanger wire. No plastic/rubber coating of course. It makes excellent "brazing" rod.

[@marcellemay7721]

I wasn't' exactly sure how you were going to hold that damaged jaw into your lathe. This is where having "stuff" laying around in your machine shop really pays off. Even still, it's a precarious little part to hold firm to be able to machine the thread on that face. Nice work!

[@keepcalmandfarmon5401]

Amazing repair! Before watching this video I would have said it was impossible.