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@captainjohnh94057 ай бұрын
He can turn a new shaft, wire a 40,000 volt transformer, build a hydraulic press, overhaul an injection pump, and a dozen other things, but a GoPro baffles him. All is right with the world.
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Hahaha
@jamesmassey52357 ай бұрын
😅
@jdbas717 ай бұрын
Hey sometimes electrodigicals are confusing
@SuperKONR7 ай бұрын
Just continues to show which kinds of skills actually matter in the real world
@markkubich17797 ай бұрын
Yea, but I am in the same boat, if God had intended us to use electrons he never would of invented ballpene hammers and double jacks!!
@jefferyyoung68367 ай бұрын
Nice job, 102 years old well still producing, run by an antique pump jack. Way cool Zach, thanks again for sharing.
@johnparker2217 ай бұрын
The reason your video files get corrupted is due to the effects of Biden radiation. A dumbing down of intellectual intelligence transmission. For right now, just use the bull headed approach of moving forward with shear determination. Lol
@Mrbfgray6 ай бұрын
Coming from mining and general heavy industry, not oil industry--I can imagine oil may flow into well area from surroundings "indefinitely", under some circumstances. I'm *impressed* by this old setup.
@richardw.crocker2725Ай бұрын
I was taught to use what I got. Cannot buy every tool, though I have tried. You are good enough at the machining.
@richardlincoln84387 ай бұрын
These unit repairs and work-overs are a favorite of mine. Thanks for bringing us along Zach. Best Wishes to You and Your Family.
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@samuel.d90597 ай бұрын
Hell yeah Zack! This is just what I needed right now. Always nice to watch you work on this older equipment and explain to us how it works. It's definitely relaxing for me anyways!
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Hahaha thanks for watching
@W.Zoeller7 ай бұрын
Very neat to see a horizontal mill in action.
@smplyizzy7 ай бұрын
Good for another hundred years!
@mikeburgess73317 ай бұрын
Zach, you are one heck of a machinist!
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@sampson46857 ай бұрын
Great video. Like seeing videos like this. My dad was a pumper for Chevron for 30 years. Watched him for years doing maintenance like this.👍
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@notlisted-cl5ls7 ай бұрын
everyone knew yer dad was a pumper.
@bryanh1944FBH7 ай бұрын
Another most excellent video! Two friendly comments: 1.) Thank you so much by not boring us with endless video facing off the work (which you didn't do anyways). 2.) Next time you are at the swap meet, there's always that guy selling assorted wrenches for two bucks each. Buy some dedicated wrenches for that lathe!
@JimS-m1e7 ай бұрын
Your point #1... Exactly! That shit drives me crazy. "Regular" machinists going through the motions of stuff that is absolutely not necissary. And going for that .0001" when .001" or .01" is all that's necissary.
@greghansard3577 ай бұрын
Thank you, Zach, for taking the time and trouble to share this. Really appreciate and enjoy it!
@FishFind30007 ай бұрын
24:40 I like how it uses a ratchet strap for a belt.
@garrison36757 ай бұрын
There is no better anywhere than Texas Patch Engineering !! Thanks for the update ... and you stay in touch and we will, too ... Just keep on pumping that Texas Crude !!
@johndonahue19357 ай бұрын
Except for California Patch
@entropyachieved7507 ай бұрын
Love watching you working the wells
@davidschwartz51277 ай бұрын
Back in the day, I would align the belt sheaves with a long 1/2" or 3/4" fiberglass rod laid across the grooves in both sheave wheels for good quick belt alignment. I keep the rods under the seat of the service truck. I enjoy your video much!
@christophero19697 ай бұрын
Excellent repair! I enjoy your videos, in the field very much.
@geoffreykail91297 ай бұрын
I really like your logic for just make a whole new shaft. No pun intended job WELL done.
@HaddaClu7 ай бұрын
Thanks for keeping this piece of history working, and showing your machining skills as well. Here in Western Pa you still see some old wells randomly appearing on the hillsides of a pasture with big pvc barrel hooked up for anything that may get pumped out. Other times if youre just driving through the backwoods you may find a derelict well mostly hidden in the trees - covered in rust and moss. I also remember when I went camping to Wyoming for a few weeks back in 2008; how on the drive there I would see some of these on the plains working in rhythm .... up and down up and down. It sticks in my mind because I wasnt in a rush and wasnt driving on the interstate at the time; so I had pulled off to the side of the road to check my maps and have a quick lunch. One side of the road had this massive farm field... no idea any more if it was corn or wheat; and on the other was just regular plains with the wells.
@jeffrogers83147 ай бұрын
bet you don't have trouble falling asleep at night .keep up the great work
@robertbullcarmichael98567 ай бұрын
This is what its about. Keeping them running. Stay safe my friend.
@TerryLawrence0017 ай бұрын
I love these videos! I have oil and grease for guts.
@james945827 ай бұрын
Awesome job, Zach!! Love the old equipment and to see someone keeping it running and producing... Not just scrapped or sitting in a museum.. Wish I had that skill and life... Look forward to seeing future progress in your fields
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@kevingilbert96957 ай бұрын
I can see these making a comeback seeing how expensive new ones are.
@joespratt4137 ай бұрын
The oilfield maintenance and repair videos are my favorite. This one was especially good! 👍👍
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@donchristianson31537 ай бұрын
I'm an old guy worked heavy equipment for around 45 years . Looks to me this guy could build anything ,repair anything ,keep it running!!!!! Great job on that shaft!!!!!
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@whathasxgottodowithit3919.7 ай бұрын
Good job Zack, love your videos, and you say it how it is. I worked in the Oil Field for 40 years and know where you are coming from.
@budc8657 ай бұрын
I can see where the machining tools and the knowledge to operate them would be essential to running an operation like yours. I would think your long term exit plans would include finding the next generation operator who can multi-craft and is hands-on. Outstanding video!
@Mrbfgray6 ай бұрын
Easy call to scrap shaft. Seriously impressed you can machine your own.
@johnkemas73447 ай бұрын
I've worked on a bunch of old Hit & Miss well engines and stationary engines doing machining and restoration for guys, never a dull moment!!
@scottmatson8797 ай бұрын
Watching you do your work is kool don't know why but is kool to see you do your thing. Thanks for the video
@jonnojamwood7 ай бұрын
Being a boiler maker down here in Australia it's nice to watch someone else do the work for a change. Yahoo buckeroo
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Hahaha
@MarkRose13377 ай бұрын
Always happy to see a new video from you showing how things are done!
@abpob60527 ай бұрын
You got about as beautiful of a Feb day in OK you can get. Feels good to be out working in the sun. Love the machining skills!
@jeffcurtis54607 ай бұрын
When I’m notified of a new @TheZachLife video, immediately stop down to watch it. Thanks, Zach!
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Hahaha thanks for watching.
@robertba78526 ай бұрын
This is the only guy I have ever subscribed to, he's not fake like other shows, he does it his way and to bad if you don't like the way he does it, not trying to impress the arm chair oil men out there
@johnkufeldt35647 ай бұрын
Thanks for the quick lesson, nice t/o see you use your space and beautiful antique tools. Cheers from Calgary, Canada.
@wayoutwest49447 ай бұрын
A little TLC goes along way, your a good mechanic/business man.
@ypaulbrown7 ай бұрын
hi Zach, cheers from Orlando, FL...Paul
@danmartin95587 ай бұрын
Impressive how precise old machine shop equipment is.
@greggb14167 ай бұрын
Zach, if you had been listening…, I was yelling at you even, that the measurement was 14.5inches…, hahaha..! Excellent video, I don’t know “jack” about machining, but watch many channels here with that content, I love your step by step narration(s), and description(s). Thank you sir.
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Hahaha thanks.
@ronaldfairhurst29147 ай бұрын
I'm working on a Parkersburg 114 saddle bearing, the grease worms ate the hell out of it, looks like I will have to make one from scratch.
@JCR432216 ай бұрын
Thank you for these videos! I was always fascinated by the old oil pumps in southern Ohio and always wondered what was inside. Now i know. Thanks! Please keep up the great videos. I do a lot of the same things you're doing. 😀
@seantbr20197 ай бұрын
That video working on this well from 5 years ago got me to sub to your channel
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Awesome.
@59redwing7 ай бұрын
All that machine work you did was pretty darn Amazing to watch Zach. Funny how some of the oldest tools in the shop tend to be the best. Great work sure enjoy your content
@ypaulbrown7 ай бұрын
Enjoyed the Heck out of this video, thanks Zach....PB
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Thanks
@HangryGiant7 ай бұрын
You inspired me to get an oil field job up here in canada. Am a painter by trade, so i got a coatings job on the new LNG plant that canadas building up north! Not quite the same as what you do but excited to get my foot in the door.
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Awesome.
@timaz10667 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video Zack and thank you for speeding up the slow parts.
@duotronic64517 ай бұрын
Zach was born in an oil field and raised in a machine shop. ❤❤❤
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Awesome.
@demartin53667 ай бұрын
Hey Zach, glad to see your back out in the oil fields. I love that old dinosaur pumping unit! It amazes me how long those pools of oil can produce with proper maintenance. I take it that it produces sweet West Texas Intermediate. Hopefully you have a good producer there. It's great that you can do your own maintenance on these units. Your pumping experience is awesome, so glad to see you enjoy your work and sharing it with us KZbinrs. I know I speak for all of us that we appreciate the time you take to put these exceptionally interesting videos together. Always a pleasure to see.
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching. Yes we are Sweet WTI.
@Comm0ut7 ай бұрын
Nice to see ya saving big bucks doing your own machining. That's got to save absurd money and time besides getting exactly what you want. Knurling a shaft is an old timey repair so it may have been done long ago. It seems odd for an old US manufacturer to knurl an undersized part (though it lasted many decades) when it's so quick to machine another simple shaft like that one. Knurling was also a common way to make piston skirts a closer fit in worn cylinder bores and to make stock OD valve guides fit a loose guide hole in an engine cylinder head. (Do not confuse that with the much more common knurling the INSIDE of valve guide.) Knurling a bushing can improve a press fit too , like the common cheap spacer bushings pressed into riding mower idler and tension pulleys.
@arlynsmith91967 ай бұрын
I absolutely love your videos! Don't worry too much about the GoPro trouble you managed to get around it just fine.
@Vile-Flesh7 ай бұрын
Nice work and thanks for taking us along.
@dcw15407 ай бұрын
Zach you are amazing 😊
@RichardThompson-gc1cf7 ай бұрын
GREAT JOB KEEP UP THE GREAT VIDEOS 😊
@davekelley85207 ай бұрын
Im with you i can make parts and fix old junk but cant get along with technology great video
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Hahaha
@379insk7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the educational vid! Outstanding!!!!
@rodkirt92737 ай бұрын
I worked at a sawmill for 8 years and have taken out of the bolts from a split bushing and used them to pull out the core ; it made life much more easy to remove the pulley and replace it with one that might be better .
@mikealvarado23697 ай бұрын
Keep up the good content, that was pretty cool to watch
@joshua432147 ай бұрын
You are better machinist than I expected. Well done. BTW, the problem with your GoPro is that it is a GoPro. They pretty much suck these days.
@scottrayhons25376 ай бұрын
Hey! That was a great video Zack! Refreshed my memory on running those machine tools also. Keep those oil wells pumping that black gold. From Iowa.
@warrenjones7447 ай бұрын
Go pro's are evil! (just like trucks) They are part of the master plan to see we stay aggravated. I don't make You Tube videos and they managed to aggregate me. Well the one I had did and it's gone now. Nevertheless great stuff as always Zack, looking forward to your next repair adventure.
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Hahaha Thanks.
@Jody-kt9ev7 ай бұрын
The label on your jeans looks like the labels on my Round House jeans. If so, in my experience, these are good jeans. Made in Shawnee, Oklahoma near where I grew up.
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
100% USA roundhouse.
@thomaspotthast30217 ай бұрын
This was awesome. Well done!
@kevinkoepke83117 ай бұрын
I'm wording the answers to your questions out loud, and guess what? My girlfriend thinks I'm smart😋🥰. Thanks, Zach!
@robertbanner25037 ай бұрын
Zach, I’ve been watching your videos for years. I know it’s a pain in the ass to make these videos when you’re busy but thank you so much!! I think you’re the fucking man.
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@morgansword7 ай бұрын
Common sense and old school though process for the win. Life gets in the way of keeping up on everything
@rickburris61647 ай бұрын
I worked at a Oilfield Pipe & Supply in the early 80's and we put jackshafts on many single reduction pumping units (it was hard at the time to get any pumping units) We used I beam and pillow block bearings. I wonder now how long any of them lasted.
@jacobkane39357 ай бұрын
Zach, that’s some good machinist work in this video. As someone who went to school for it, sure there are some speeds and feeds that could be better but overall goes to show machining isn’t rocket science by any means
@jameslesliejr.56367 ай бұрын
Awesome rebuild ! 👍
@duanejackson67187 ай бұрын
The corrupted files could be magnetic disruption maybe the device or card is getting too close to metal, or an electric motor, or some type of coil. I really enjoy these videos!
@MarkMunro-y8f7 ай бұрын
Thank you Zack. I wonder If the electrical fields around your machines mess up the cameras. Old machines are not shielded.😊
@protonhead17 ай бұрын
Just found your channel, great content.
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Awesome Thanks for watching.
@andygulick60857 ай бұрын
another cool video
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Thanjs
@drummer08647 ай бұрын
I wish you had that autio file at the end, I love to hear those old pumps run.
@danielmoore85387 ай бұрын
You ain't lazy 👍🏻
@kwinterburn7 ай бұрын
Excellent work ,
@tsufordman7 ай бұрын
Adding a snap ring groove on open keyway shafts helps
@alexb.13207 ай бұрын
Gotta love straight forward equipment. As for gopros, everybody with gopros has trouble with them, for the price you'd think they'd be less buggy. If it was any other piece of equipment people would likely call them a knock off camera with a high price tag.
@stephransley43717 ай бұрын
Really interesting thanks.
@arnearne123457 ай бұрын
good work my guy gotta keep that old iron turning as long as possible
@justinbelshe7 ай бұрын
I'd feel at home in your shop.
@edkeniston47867 ай бұрын
Nicely done!
@hfdzl7 ай бұрын
Great content, reminds me of me, just gotta get stuff done!
@alberthalbert11533 ай бұрын
I used to work at Lufkin Industries in the foundry - the castings should have a part number and date code on all of them (although I don';t know when they started doing that-it was at least an 80 year old system when I started there). The first 3 digits of the date code are the Julian day of the year it was made (e.g. Jan 1 is 1 and Dec 31st is 365); the 4th and 5th digits are the year (I could have that flipped though, it's been awhile since I was there). If there are more digits, that's the mold number for that day (e.g. they ran the pattern through the mold line more than once). Hope that helps!
@GardenerEarthGuy7 ай бұрын
1921... Amazing year in history if you follow American Coins.
@TexasStormChaser7 ай бұрын
As a fellow Texan trying to learn 3D modeling and such, I wish I knew what you forgot.
@markkubich17797 ай бұрын
From a loggers perspective why don't you have a service truck, nothing fancy, mine is a one ton so over loaded as to be called "the road slug" and as l age l find the luxury of the small crane on the back very agreeable with my back!
@hodgepodge52907 ай бұрын
I was wondering the same thing. I service heavy equipment in the field, 3/4 ton 2wd chevy, with a service bed. It serves a purpose.
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
I have thought about getting one. Most of my day is spent driving around leases checking stuff and gauging tanks. A service truck would beat you to death and not get around in the mud. Most of these videos happen after that without a trip back home to get another truck anyway.
@daleolson35067 ай бұрын
Nice job
@opinionater93887 ай бұрын
Nice video like usual. Thinking about it, there probably aren't too many different size bolts on each machine. I wonder if it would make any sense to buy a lot of cheap wrenches of the most commonly needed sizes, and leave a set of wrenches at every work site which includes all the wrenches needed for that machine.
@wdcjunk7 ай бұрын
that is one hell of a tail stock on that lathe. Damn son. I've seen bigger, but I don't know that I've seen bigger with that bed length. If I can find you a new wheel for your saddle would you be interested, on my dime.
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Its a stout little machine. Ive actually got the broke piece i need to weld it back together.
@kh40yr7 ай бұрын
Harbor Frightening Tools to the rescue. Yes, they are disposables. Nice work Gasman, thanks for the oil!. You might find this funny, but I use 140wt gear oil on electric fan bushing and bearings. Shop sized or bathroom heater sized, they wont squeak for a VERY long time after a load of 140wt. 1921 - The first radio broadcast of a baseball world series game.
@misterbacon49337 ай бұрын
Respect for your knowledge!
@TheZachLife7 ай бұрын
Hahaha
@DS-es7id7 ай бұрын
Nice Chips man! and that finish too!. Haha! You even put Abom79 to shame with those cuts. (First time watcher)
@magicbox93716 ай бұрын
I used celestial navigation to get a close approximation and then comparison of the mountains in the background I have calculated your location so I may drop by and help you with your technical difficulties in hopes that any faulty GoPro’s will be donated to my channel. I will be in the Long Beach, California area on the second Tuesday of next week…..hope to see you then. (Thanks for the content)
@scrapperstacker86297 ай бұрын
Great video.
@theschwarts6 ай бұрын
Good job!
@johnberry11077 ай бұрын
No wrench and Harbor Freight disposable tools? That well can't be much good. Stay safe.
@oconeepumping7 ай бұрын
I like the oil filled humor
@russellflemister3937 ай бұрын
those long stringer chips the material looks like 1018, C's and sixes
@57moto597 ай бұрын
Great video!! I've had the same issue with Gopro on my videos. I don't just hit the record button. I power and then start to record. When done with a clip, I hit the record button to stop recording and then power down the gopro. I just don't hit record again... I power cycle the go pro to record again. That stopped me loosing audio on video clips.