The Quick Bearing Part 1

[@billlee5307]

Talk about all around mastery! Design engineering, human factors("take out your anger on the drive tool shaft), production and tooling design, fabrication and then coop user administration. Mr Fenner you sure can get it all done!

[@cat637d]

Wow, there is no other place where one can see and learn these kinds of techniques! Thank you again!

[@JoggingWithForks]

Lazy saturday afternoon, cup of tea and the best show on the internet.

[@Bookerb2004]

For whatever reason my days always get better when I know your posting

[@Godshole]

I think it is quite noble for you to give this gift to the world Sir :)

[@mosfet500]

Nice job Keith. I never knew how productive those Plasma Cams were until you got one. Rob

[@chuckthebull]

Hi Keith.. Well even though i fell down the internet rabbit hole today i have to say thanks again for making these videos, as i have nothing to do with boats and big bearings ( i like big bearings and i can not lie) I still am fascinated and learn something new each time to add to my mental tool box.. These ideas i gain from your videos i have used as a hobby machinist (that's only because the size of my tooling) have helped me build and design parts and tools that help me do my Job as an artist and technician as well as vintage custom builder of cars and motorcycles and some musical instruments (yes i'm all over the map)... I really enjoy your creative solutions to problems and inventiveness to improve on things, they are my most admired thing you do besides your professionalism and humor and subtle sarcasm... I'm inspired to "get er done" cheers...

[@CarterWHern]

Best audio of all the machinist group.

[@fordsure]

+Carter W Hern Ok, thanks for that input. :)

[@100SteveB]

I used to work on a 24m boat, and i know from experience just how difficult it can be to remove cutlass bearings - especially the larger ones that have been in place for a few years. I have made custom pullers, plus have had to resort to using a cutting torch on one occasion. But this is such a simple but very affective way to prevent the problem in future, a fantastic idea.

[@reideichner8597]

Hi Keith, Good video showing your use of the PlasmaCam Design Edge and how good the parts come out. I really like how you go through your thought process and what steps you do to make your parts come out right. THANKS! Take Care, Reid

[@downunderwest2501]

Hi Keith, Let me start by saying I have been watching your videos for years now, and really appreciate the time and effort you put into these while running a bread and butter business at the same time. Although I realise these videos must in a small way help generate some new work, the generous time you spend on these videos do much more in passing on expert knowledge and experience than any personal gain it could do for yourself. I would not be able to put a value on how much knowledge and know how I have gained from your videos over the years. Thank you very much!That said, I have found myself fast forwarding through some of you videos over the last year or so, as a I find the detail or the length of explanations on subjects, starting to become way too much for me to keep me glued to your videos as they did in the past. Please take this comment as it was meant to be, just a friendly observation not negative critic in any way. Maybe it’s just me getting older! Kind regards.

[@ChrisB257]

That PlasmaCam is just a superb machine.

[@jessefoulk]

That vise looked so familiar. I went out into our barn workshop and behold. We have the same exact one.

[@badazrod]

Nothing like collection volunteers! :D Nice Video and good tricks! Thanks Keith! :)

[@mainengines]

Dear Mr. Fenner or Hey Fenner, "they don't think below the water line for very long, or very hard". Boaters, please take this statement to heart. Had to go out looking for YOU, in the middle of the night, after a distress call got the crew out and underway!

[@KnolltopFarms]

+Joe Rogers Yes Sir, I used to commercial fish with hook and line out of Hawaii, where I grew up, and with the ocean being so rough and us being on a VERY small boat, we were religious about maintenance and up keep of the "Callie Kai". So of course we were always ready to assist any and all vessels in distress, and spent more than a few afternoons and evenings towing much larger and tricked out boats. Bling above the waterline doesn't impress Mother Ocean! All that time rescuing folks certainly seemed to help our luck too, so there was never a second thought as to if we'd reel em' in and motor to the coordinates radioed to us or troll at 5-7 knots, LOL! In fact, there was only one day out of 5 years of fishing that I remember we ever got skunked, and we actually caught a nice 3 pound Aku or Skipjack tuna. Better yet, that little tuna landed us about 600 pounds of mahi mahi the following day when used as a "Charlie"... Aloha...Farmer Chuck

[@markfryer9880]

+Knolltop Farms Sounds like you were putting out plenty of Good Karma and keeping the account in good credit to help keep you safe.

[@KnolltopFarms]

+Mark Fryer For sure, but it's mainly just a local thing over there. Everyone is very community minded and tries to look out for each other. Plus when you're in the smallest boat out of the harbor, it helps to be friendly...just in case :)

[@jossfitzsimons]

Nice idea leaving enough flats on the bearing.

[@kroghsmachineshop4708]

Hi Keith,that is a fantastic idea, now I have a lathe and a mill I will try to make this when my boat comes out of the water to the autumn, if you got the time take a look at my last video, there you can see how I made it on my boat. Thanks for a great video 👍

[@pierresgarage2687]

That Plasma Cam is a real do it all tool, I also use to finish machining some laser cut parts, from big specialized laser cutting suppliers, the parts were delivered pre-cut for about the price of the raw material, this really was an advantage in time and in cost... Tolerances with laser is generally within .005", good for lots of orders... ;)

[@pierresgarage2687]

Bill Lewis Lol.... It's just barely nice enough outside to start the season, I'm so desperate for nice warm weather, although this weekend seems to be the entry to Spring like temps... Something like 15 deg.C and a little more. Hope you're getting better than here, being quite more southern than here... ;)

[@tobyw9573]

Keith, that plasma cutter is a great tool for making spanner wrenches for the captive nut that mounts the chuck on your Colchester and other lathes using that American type of mount. Yours is maybe an L-1??? You would be able to ship just the hook part and let the buyer supply the bar for the handle to keep the shipping down as he wishes.

[@djadams24660]

Keith, if your notice the inside circle is nice and square to the surface, (Because you were, cutting in a ccw motion). You cut the outside of circle in a CW motion, and this direction left a slight angle to the surface. Change the outside cutting direction to CCW motion and your will get a nice 90 degree to the surface finish... Plasma cutters will always leave one edge with a slight angle, it's impossible to get rid of this profile, that's part of the characteristic of plasma cutting. Your angle will depend on the direction of cut. I've used all types of plasma cutters. Try it, you may be surprised.

[@rickyretic]

Instead of making the four slots in the nut square, push them a little deeper and make them u shaped. No filing needed. Have a great weekend Keith

[@krazziee2000]

very nice, thanks for the video

[@stevenkavanaugh4027]

"This is NEGLECT!". Best line yet...

[@timtrott4145]

interesting and use full gimick. Well done

[@thundergut6539]

You sir are a super evil genius!

[@dalegarrison5557]

Keith - great content as always. Bit of an off topic question: what kind of paint did you use to repaint your horizontal mill? I remember the rusty brown primer, but can't remember the top coat. Did you spray it or brush it? Looks like it has held up well over the years.

[@KeithFenner]

+Dale Garrison It was a two part epoxy Emeron or something like that, left over from a big job we had at Northstar, nice color on the eyes also. ;{)-------

[@WAVETUBE84]

Cool stuff.

[@johnglasblaster9903]

Кто дизлайки ставит? Мужик суперский. Мастерская - улёт.

[@63256325N]

Is this threading practice used world wide or is it exclusive to the Cape, meaning yourself and Billy? It's a great idea, maybe you guys should patient the idea and go into business...

[@tcngrr41]

In some of your earlier videos I noticed some of the plasmacam tubing cutter attachment parts installed on your plasmacam frame and never saw any videos on it directly. Did you abandon it and if so, why?

[@rogmags6337]

good stuff....👉

[@therealspixycat]

you could use a wrench design same as on your lathe chuck?

[@princebatswater]

Do you need to put a metal washer under the nut so it doesn't dig in to the end of the fibreglass tube?

[@KeithFenner]

+princebatswater no, the smooth face is enough. ;{)------

[@acklan3]

Keith have you made the drive tool with an offset square drive, either 1/2" or 3/4"?

[@KeithFenner]

+acklan3 no ;{)-----

[@CompEdgeX2013]

So now that you have threads, how about a slide hammer setup for removal...any merit? Colin :-)

[@KeithFenner]

+CompEdgeX possibly has merit, tube nut made for each over the end of shaft in place and match to the slam hammer tool. little more costly to make the puller nuts and loose the serenity of the spanner nuts! LOL ;{)------

[@localbroadcast]

can i ask something that you probably already thought of and most likely have an obvious reason why it's a no go... but why not use a solid round stock and cut the profile of the nuts, and bore and thread a hole down the center, then slice off as many nuts as you can get out of the length of the round stock you used? basically making multiple nuts out of the same material instead of cutting them out cookie cutter style with the plasma.

[@alext8828]

Question. like the water jet, i realise that these machines leave a beveled cut. Question is the obvious. Can the head change angles to compensate?

[@44R0Ndin]

You could make it do that, but I don't think it's worth the cost. Adding the ability for the machine to compensate for the cone or wedge shaped cut created by a water-jet or plasma cutter would result in a 5-axis machine, because you'd need to tilt the tool in two rotational axes. That gets expensive really quick from what I've seen, and it's part of the reason you don't see any "hobby" 5-axis mills (that I know of). Besides, water-jet and plasma cutters are inherently imprecise tools. In this respect, it's similar to a band-saw. They're used for getting "rough shape", and if you need more precision you use the mill or lathe to clean up after.

[@wither8]

Sell this, dude!! Patent it first then offer to 2 day ship people new bearings. This is a winner

[@eddiebrooks7856]

do a oil drip system like on irrigation pumps ?

[@raydavis2904]

Just curious, but can the Plasmacam software import from Autocad or Inventor?

[@DEAFBOY80]

what the CAD software u use?

[@KeithFenner]

+DEAFBOY80 Design Edge ;{)------

[@exilfromsanity]

So did you patent this idea? You should.

[@tek4]

It's not a patentable idea, it's a trade practice sure, but nothing new enough to warrant ir

[@TractorMan104]

Ratcheting wrench next?

[@reallyniceaudio]

you were going to say 'i haven't had anybody disrespect my nuts!!'

[@doubledown9333]

That's a nice big barstard at the end Keith.

[@billshuey7422]

Just another great reason NOT to BUY a boat. Great video.

[@mannuel9165]

MANY FROM GTO MEXICO thank you for making these videos are very inforrmative . i have a question i need leadscrew for a clausing lathe 5914 mine is little damaged and is 7/8-8 acme x60" i do not know if it s the original because i tried to look in ebay and many places nobody has thad sizes .can you make me 1 or tellme where i can get it the other idea is if i can converter to 3/4-8 or 1"-8 or if someone has a manual can tell me if the 7/8-8 acmE is original .thank you very much

[@jeffsilence7785]

Gloves and a belt sander = possibly a very bad day.

[@Kaderpeck]

Arrgh!

[@jaguarsrevenge]

Keith, everything shown here is totally patentable.