Heavy Milling head Service finished up!

[@robjchristopher]

Saturday morning in the UK - time for a coffee and an update from Steve. A good start to the day.

[@ktappio]

Same here in Finland😁

[@Kopsu87]

Steve's channel is currently my favourite. I can't get anything done on a saturday before I watch this. Greetings from Finland as well.

[@magnussimonsson8734]

And Sweden

[@MoondyneJoe]

Saturday arvo in Western Australia 🇦🇺 I have to wait in anticipation for my delayed gratification! But it is always worth it Steve has a uniqueness that Force's you to slow down and relax Tony from Western Australia 🇦🇺

[@michalzi]

... germany as well 👍

[@ronwhite6719]

Hey Steve, great progress on the mill. .251 to .500 pins coming soon. Glad to be a part of the ride. God bless you and your family.

[@TheAyrCaveShop]

Right on Ron !

[@SteveSummers]

Thanks Ron👍, you are awesome!

[@codfishknives8526]

I watch a lot of KZbin channels. I realy only look forward to Saturday morning with Steve. I am not a machinist but your calmness and precision to detail is extremely enjoyable to watch. Can't wait to see the Dewall make chips.

[@flick22601]

Check out Mustie1 on Sunday mornings.

[@SteveSummers]

Thank you😁👍

[@jonathangriffin1120]

"Reading the instructions would probably have helped" Probably one of the coolest epitaphs ever!

[@domdipyatic3997]

One of my favorite sayings is “ When all else fails, read the instructions”.

[@flick22601]

LMAO Jonathan. If I was planning to be buried, I'd definitely have that engraved on my tombstone.

[@jonathangriffin1120]

@@domdipyatic3997 That's a real old'un, I remember on my only visit to the US, Christmas/New Year '97/'98, I saw it on a poster outside a church on Tybee Island GA, it also showed a picture of The Bible.

[@peterg.8245]

Machinists Halloween graveyard

[@traitorouskin7492]

@@jonathangriffin1120 I like that memory/story. Can I pinch it off you?

[@robertpeters9438]

EEEEEEEWWWWWE, THAT REMINDS ME OF WHEN I REPACKED THE GEARS AND BEARINGS OF ALL MY MOM'S KITCHEN APPPLIANCES AND DAD'S TOOLS.

[@TheMadJestyr]

I am a mechanic at a large repair/cnc shop. I have never seen a knee mill that used grease in any of the gear boxes. It is usually oil.

[@paulg3336]

Grease gets lighter as it ages. Grease lubricates by releasing the oil lubricant from the soap carrier. That is why old grease has appeared to "dry out" ,when all that is left is mainly the soap. Weighing the depleted soap will only give you an approximation of what the original content was.

[@christianmccollum1028]

Thank you for taking us along for the ride, Steve. Nice addition to my weekend. Respect from Texas

[@andypughtube]

My little Harrison has a similar tapered pin to automatically hold it slightly out of tram :-)

[@SteveSummers]

Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. Good thing is they don't have to be used😁

[@erichockuly9819]

Use a same size taper reamer to clean it up after it is teamed in and held tight

[@andypughtube]

@@erichockuly9819 On my Harrison there is an eccentric bush which slightly complicates things. I imagine that the bush is meant to allow for adjustment, but, of course, it doesn't, as the holes can only intersect in a maximum of two positions.

[@MichaelLloyd]

I agree with your window choice. Sunshine and a creek out of the windows keeps the mind clear

[@fpoastro]

The sacrifice in wall space is a small price to pay for the beauty of that wall and the view. Our shop here is window-less and I dont know how we'd ever rearrange if we lost the wall space but the last portion of your video alone with the bench work n the bent handwheel shaft and that glass behind the bench, the sun going down, light changing, would be a very hefty motivator especially in your situation. Your not in an urban setting, theft, etc.. and even if you ramp up to more paid work that glass will give you far more reward than any amount of wallspace. Well done.

[@skitzochik]

that was really cool music you put in after you spoke about your shop windows...kind of a descent into madness.

[@Dwarfracer88]

Damn hard to get anything done with the boss crawling up your back and looking over your shoulder all the time.

[@rictecilder]

Great video, love to see old machine restored. Nice to see all the machinery getting a home in the shop. Those large windows behind the workbench's are great in the daytime for all the natural light. Just don't spend all day staring out them looking for all the Squirrels. LOL

[@teedawg2112]

Steve might be the Bob Ross of youtube machinists

[@thom3124]

Good mornin' I always look at spending some time with you on a Saturday mornin' , Coffee in hand. Thanks for doing what you do. Have a great day.

[@CatNolara]

Small tip: if you bend something like that, look at the indicator reading before you press, while you press and after releasing. The difference between the latter two gives you an estimate on how big the spring back is. If you keep that in mind while pressing it further, you should be able to get it pretty precise without having to go back and forth much.

[@traitorouskin7492]

Good tip. It makes sense when I think about it but I've never thought in the past. Ta.

[@bcbloc02]

After planting corn the last 2 days I was just thinking earlier how nice it is that everything works on my tractor and it runs so well. No futzing about just got on hooked it to the planter and went to work. Of course the planter had other ideas but a bit of tinkering and it went on with its work as well. So glad to beat the rain!

[@geoffreykail9129]

You're right. The windows make it a comfortable environment like working outside without the problems. Nothing like lots of natural light.

[@joncaulfield9]

A trick we use at work for dumping a whole tube of grease in quickly is to open both ends of the tube, put a ball of rag in the bigger end like a piston and using a hammer handle like a con Rob push the rag in to the tube. An entire grease cartridge is empty in literally 2 seconds. Great content Steve, keep the squirrel sections coming. Jon

[@TheAyrCaveShop]

Good Morning Steve, The mill is coming along nicely. That thing holds more grease than a fat hog..Lol. Nice to see my buddy Ray stop by ! Enjoyed the video...ATB

[@k5at]

It was great to see Razor Ray!

[@hy78an]

Natural light makes everything better.

[@haroldphipps3457]

Good choice on the windows! Makes that part of the shop awesome!

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Finding problems before they happen and making sure they don't happen again is one of the best feel good things for sure. The shop is so spacious now. Going back a couple of years now no one would know this is in the same location. Once again my Saturday morning fix, fixed all my woes. Thanks a bunch Steve. You and your great family (critters too) are always a feel good thing. Take care and stay safe. See ya next week my friend.

[@davidwatsonii9469]

THANX FOR BRINGIN US ALONG FOR THE JOURNEY

[@midgoog2]

Steve consider putting flyscreens on the opening windows to help ventilation on hot days and keep flying critters out mate. Cheers Eric

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

The shop looks absolutely fantastic! Lots of hard work paying off there. Keep up the good content

[@SteveSummers]

Thank you👍

[@robertstredde6798]

Yay! LYON metal! They’re just down the road from me, where they’ve been for 100+ years.

[@gabewhisen3446]

Unfortunately I had to work yesterday so Sunday morning coffee n video before church

[@JamesThomas-gg6il]

The bent bicycle pedal reference was spot on. That has to be one of the worst things to deal with in life.

[@melgross]

I certainly hope that will be the biggest thing you ever have to worry about.

[@ericcorse]

Brian has Baily and you have Chesnut. Those windows make the shop.

[@donaldnaymon3270]

Nice work Steve. Do all mill will be excellent when your done. Great video. Thank you for sharing.

[@georgesherman5345]

I love how PEANUT just takes over when he's in the shop. He is so stinking cute!! He's getting BIG!!

[@paulcopeland9035]

I believe "Peanut" is long gone to the woods for his/her natural progression. This latest "rescue" was named "Chestnut" if I am not mistaken.

[@joandar1]

Steve, I always like your Videos before I watch! I know they will be good always, watched all of your shed project with great interest as to how you solved every problem along the way. Now after making my comment I will see the rest of the video. My comment is, there is a dowel pin, usually tapered on most serious machines and no matter how loud I shouted dowel pin, you could not hear me. It is most likely an Imperial Taper Pin size that off the top of my head I think is a 1 in 48 taper. Metric 1 in 50. May be the wrong about what is what without looking it up. Another great machine to your workshop. John, Australia.

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday Steve, there is nothing better then playing in your shop with tools and machines that you’ve takin the time to bring back to working condition, yes it can be a real pain in the ass to do some of the repairs but the feeling afterwards is worth every drop of sweet, thanks Steve, throughly enjoyed watching once again, cheers

[@par4par72]

"Perfect example" ..after making your case for installing those windows, the next shot emphasizes your point. At the bench, in front of the window, natural light ..perfect !!!

[@KandRCustomModels]

I learn so much watching your videos!

[@par4par72]

I hope you can schedule your VIP's to help your with the reinstall of the Knee? FYI, I saw that mill on Craig's list and almost bought it. Glad you beat me to it (I would have put in storage till I had a place ..doesn't look like that's going to happen, so...)

[@paulcopeland9035]

Steve mentioned the "knee" has not been sent out yet. It seems he has to wait for a place in line at the grinders.

[@MY-bw2nb]

Best thing i did with my parts washer is made an angle iron base with 2 casters and 2 rigid wheels under it made it so the legs just sat in the angle iron now use it in middle of floor so not to slop up wals then roll it in a corner when I dont need it . The heavy items i have adjustable legs that are set so i can just get my pallet jack under to move around. Pallet jack was one investment that was worth it once you have one you wonder how you survived without it. That mill is looking good doesn't look like its been molested aside from using grease instead of oil 👍👍🐿🐿

[@dalepomraning299]

I like the big windows, I have worked in many machine shop none have windows, and it makes grim working in those places

[@AlmostMachining]

Great video Steve! Thank you for sharing.

[@amandagardner565]

RTFM lol in 2010 i did a pre-apprenticeship course (3 days a week, split between welding and machine shop), one of the last projects was making a bench vice from 8mm plate, the store-man (who liked me because we both have old vehicle's) gave me some 10mm plate that was wrongly ordered and thought i'd be able to use it, it turned out that the steel needed to be preheated to weld properly, so i was the only person in the class that got experience with a temp stick.

[@carlwilson1772]

Hello Steve from the UK 🇬🇧 The taper pin with a nut to extract it is standard on Harrison milling machines, used on the vertical head. Harrison are part of the UK machine tool conglomerate 600 Group, as were DoAll at one point.

[@amanitamuscaria5284]

That handle shaft removing with that music was very dramatic, just loved it. Never cared as much about steel shaft :-) Genious:-)

[@Uncleroger1225]

Happy Saturday evening Steve! I love the shot of you at the press with a squirrel on your shoulder as an observer! Just like a Dad and hid Kid. Great experience as we have come to enjoy, small steps, small gains, large satisfaction. Thank you Steve and Family for a good feeling Saturday. I love the view in your shop. Keep on keeping on!!! God Bless>

[@wayneacaron8744]

Steve, i watched this video yesterday morn. the do all is turning out the entertaining project, bravo!! chestnut lookss so big and friendly. we cant have their kind as pets, here. bubonic is endemic in the rodents in nor-cal mountians. used to be skunks, possoms, coons, frogs, toads wild in the backyard. sadly, not that much anymore.the fires! and the drought. take care all poppy

[@valkman761]

That reference to farm tractors is just spot on! I live in an area of farms and you see them all the time. My father in law is a farmer. The mindset of a farmer is so completely different. They just want to jerry rig everything together, the machine barely works and all money on spare parts are waste of money in their mindset. It's all about saving a buck and labor is free. On the other hand, I always wonder why most farmers are still overweight. The things I see at the farm are just rediciolous. Leaking tractors, oil and grease everywhere, dust accumulation on electric motors beyond any cooling capability, belts loose or falling apart and hanging literally on the last thread, watering hoses leak at every joint, all kind of crap is being stored from earlier generation in warehouses, where the roof is leaking and sun is shining through the metal sheeting wall nail holes (because the sheets were dismantled from an old building and reused). It's just horrible to watch. And on top of that, every job starts with charging the flat battery...

[@CraigsWorkshop]

Awesome - that mill is coming along very nicely. I am jealous of the red box and the pin gauges inside! :) Cheers, Craig

[@WreckDiver99]

@39:02 Steve, you were watching Derek over at Vice Grip Garage weren't you...You just described the farm truck he just got running (that he grew up with) that hadn't run since around 1986 or 1989...No seat to speak of, overfilled on the oil (but tar), Hydraulics and PTO bailwired together, etc. Derek is AMAZING over there at VGG!

[@patrickcolahan7499]

Thanks very much for sharing this with us. I look forward to Saturday mornings to see your videos. Looking forward to my shop when I retire next year. Then my work will begin, buying equipment and restoring it. Steve, you have been a great source of entertainment and motivation. Buying a lot of small machine shop items that I can fit in my storage unit, measuring equipment, accessories for my lathe and such.

[@bostedtap8399]

Great looking workshop, the windows and their placement are superb, pretty sure a house seller would love it. Thanks for sharing both.

[@jamesmorris3175]

Even if the glass needed cleaned everyday I’d reckon it’s worth it for that spring green view. Throw up some ornamental ironwork grills to deter any nogooders. They can be aesthetically pleasing and sharp at the pointy bits. Classic solution to an age old problem :)

[@boriskarloff598]

That's a well organized gauge pin box. Wonder what my 4 year old daughter would do with that? She likes to help daddy with tools in the garage, she sorted out my tig cup assortment box.😄

[@BiddieTube]

At 7:15 I grease small gearboxes often. I put the tube in the gun, pump away. The tube empties quite fast. I pump 2 1/2 tubes each time I get a rebuild, a few times a year. Seen you do this in previous video. The hand pump is much faster and easier, and less mess.

[@tobymilo8625]

I love your content and look forward to your next video. You’re calming voice also makes me calm. I enjoy that you show different things on your channel. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent. I love the way the shop looks. Great job!

[@stuartlockwood9645]

Hi Steve and Elizabeth ☺ the mill will work better than its done in a while once your finished getting it back to std, can't wait to see it making chips, and the shop is looking real nice, it must give you a good feeling after all the hard work you put into it, thanks for another great video, stay safe guys, best wishe's to all, Stuart uk.

[@jonnafry]

Always look forward to this instalment .... cheers Steve

[@denniswilliams8747]

Years ago I used a pasty grease in lennox furnace motors. It was designed to break down into oil for the motor bearings. I t was used in the "Cup" style grease cups that needed a screw down every year during service. Those old electric motors would run near forever "IF" they got the yearly turn. Thanks

[@sharkrivermachine]

Good to see Ray, I also met him at the 2018 Bash. Thanks for sharing.

[@keaphotoscom]

Saturday night, glass of malt and Steve, cheers from the deepest south

[@thekaduu]

I think the windows are perfect where they are. For the people stealing your stuff.... You already have first thing you need which is the ample space to burry the bodies :)

[@millwrightrick1]

If you want a cheap bearing /pulley heater just get an electric frying pan and use that. Easy to adjust the to the temp you need.

[@joshward7896]

I straighten shafts all the time. Three days ago I straightened a sawmill arbor, 6 feet long and 2.937" dia. in my lathe. I would have straightened that shaft in the lathe. Just chuck her up hanging way out and build up some parallels from the ways with one of your more funky veeblocks. The next step is a hammer.......probably get it dead straight too.

[@TrPrecisionMachining]

good job steve

[@scottvolage1752]

One step closer to finished. May you never run out of projects to work on.

[@Melw44]

Looks like you are getting lots of use out of the Forklift.

[@TheAyrCaveShop]

Thinking the same thing...

[@donaldshulman6771]

The shop looks so much better. It actually looks bigger. Best of all - the windows. they look great and looks out to a beautiful view.

[@unclebobsbees4899]

🤣🤣🤣 Steve: "Thought I bought too much grease". Wow, with this beast you might have to buy a SECOND case. Love the head locating pin, certainly less of a hassle and dead on.

[@johnmccanntruth]

Leaving us on a cliffhanger like that... Ready to see the big surprise. Vacation = tool time.

[@erneststorch9844]

My boss gave me a extra long expansion ream that was bent like a dog's hind leg and asked me if I could fit it. The NC machine tried to reposition before the reamer cleared the hole. I knew I had a chance as it was a expansion reamer .I told him I don't know but I would give it a try . I bent it back most of the way in a press . Then got it closer hit it between centers . Expanded it and regrond the OD and touched up the margins . It worked and the boss said it would have taken two weeks to get another . They didn't have to stop the job. I felt pretty good about that.

[@thecanadiantradesman7916]

You are on point with the tractor story haha. And absolutely right about taking a little extra time to make the things that you use as a hobby and relax from your everyday work as intended or possibly better makes your time very enjoyable when you use them. Even just the satisfaction of knowing that it works the best that it ever can and ever did is sometimes just as rewarding as using the machine to make something. Thanks for sharing Steve. I have iron envy but I know people say that to me also lol.

[@donmittlestaedt1117]

Thank you Steve. I found Rays site after I added a y to the name of the site = Rayzorworks.

[@aspedersen1]

Link? Can't find him....

[@toddincabo]

Yep, those windows are the shit!

[@michaelr5460]

That shaft would have been a good reason to use the Eutectic TeroDyn Spray Weld system. Turn it down to straight, then build it back up and machine to size.

[@Ham68229]

While I do agree with what was said about the windows, easy to break in, constantly cleaning. However, they DO bring in a lot of natural light. Once thing I did try to suggest to you when you did the roof, skylights. In many cases, natural light is far better than even LED lighting. This is why I refuse to turn my hobby of woodworking into a full time job. I truly enjoy it, and refuse to turn it into a full time job in which, I'll get burnt out on. Great video as always. Cheers :)

[@watahyahknow]

about heating up stuff : i use an old single plate electric hotplate you can set that at 100 degrees lay the part on it you want warm or hot and walk away , the part will heat up evenly untill 100 degrees , works great for bearings as you can drop some grease on them and it melts straight in between the races before mounting it on the shaft and you can heat up a case before dropping a cold bearing in there without using force saves on gasbottles too though gas probably works faster

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Hello Steve, I 100% agree with you that if you are going restore an old machine you might as well do it properly... Good show today... Take care. Paul,,

[@gregm312]

nice fix on everything

[@51ubetcha]

How is the grinding on the ways of the knee coming along? You videos are always enjoyable to watch.

[@BennHerr]

Nice music selection. The classical version of "Go Gadget, Go!"

[@natekelly4667]

Waking up to a new video. Love it buddy. I’m in eastern Ky. It’s nice to see you and Brian representing our great state. I recently bought a tree mill with the same locking pin on the turret. Keep up the good work and positive outlook man. Thanks.

[@cavemansmancave9025]

Hi Razer! Safe travels. Steve I’m repairing an old Index out of necessity. I’ve had equipment failures recently and was offered the Index as a way to get back into production. It was dropped and left outside for awhile, so stuck table, bent and broken handles, etc. We’ll get there. First things first and one step at a time. Thanks, John

[@mhbh1979]

Great video Steve, fitting my kitchen but had to stop to watch. Don't listen to the nay sayers. I was thinking how nice and bright it looks in your shop now just before you spoke about it. Over here in the UK before gas light or even electricity all the workshops and mills had large windows. That's why on old large factories they have a saw tooth shaped roof. The vertical bits were glass and generally south facing. Awesome to see you now making good use of the whole building. Its been a journey but definitely worth it💪

[@dannyl2598]

Thanks Steve, I learned something very useful, watching you straiten that shaft. I like your set-up on that. I'm also envious of that fork lift.

[@582tird]

I see the new "Inspector"is on duty...🤣

[@kajem575]

I saw Sasquatch in the window.😲 🙂✌❤

[@notajp]

I was thinking “Squatch 253 is paying a visit “……

[@grntitan1]

Mill has no nod, no problem. One less thing to tram. 😂

[@tomkrause62]

TRAK DPM vertical CNC milling machines have a grease zerk in the head that does nothing but dump grease into any empty cavity, had several part, nothing in there but grease.

[@dlstanf2]

Have you thought about using a spray on sealer on your block walls? Something to keep the oil splatter down.

[@ericmiller5559]

Steve another great video, thanks for sharing with us. You might consider moving the inspection plate away from direct sunlight through the window. You would be surprised how much that affects the accuracy of the surface plate. Learned that from Richard King when taking his scraping class.

[@gregdawson1909]

You must have gotten the deluxe badge version DoAll! That dehumidifier water makes great coolant diluent, no mineral content, guessing by the prevalence of limestone in your videos your water is pretty hard, also if you are really concerned about something breaking your window 1/2" hardware cloth should keep most things from breaking glass, but still allow you to see through it and let in light.

[@bulletproofpepper2]

Thanks for sharing!!!

[@cennsa140driver]

Dehumidifiers are nice but they heat the shop. That's not bad when it is cool outside but unwelcome in the summer time. You have to put a mini split heat pump on your list of things to install. They heat, cool and most have a dehumidify mode too if you don't need any temperature change.

[@elsdp-4560]

THANK YOU...for sharing. I myself like the windows. Watched and enjoyed.

[@bigbird2100]

Great video 👍 What about makeup a solar power setup for the dehumidifier save on electric and key tools etc dry.

[@woodenlathestools8668]

Great channel, excellent work!

[@MaturePatriot]

Reminded me of the left handed screw in the small handgun. Why would that not be a gear oil bath, in both those sections, instead of grease?? Steve, do you have a manual for the mill? I agree with you about the windows. A great video. Rob Christopher nailed: A great start to the day!

[@SteveSummers]

Yeah, sometimes it's not obvious. I've fought several battles with repairs only to find out I was doing it wrong 😁

[@smekula]

The windows are really making all the slaving worth it in the end. "s h o p a e s t h e t i c s" - Steve Summers 2021.

[@brianrhubbard]

Seeing the bent shaft reminded me of a Keith Fenner trick I once saw. He used a torch to straighten a bent shaft. Not to sure it would work on such a short shaft but at first I thought thats what you were gonna do lol.

[@paulcopeland9035]

Easier said.....Keith Fenner is a master at straightening shafts. He has built and sells a custom set of rollers for the specific purpose of shaft repair I believe it is a major part of his job description.