Vintage Machinery Update: Retirement News, Road Trip, ArnFest 2024

[@nwedrikkozijn]

Retired means being busier than ever doing unimportant things that can be postponed till tomorrow, but has your immediate attention for the time being until your missus interrupts you for really silly reasons like drinks time, dinner time even time to take a bath because visitors are coming. Good luck.

[@The_DuMont_Network]

I retired at 75. Didn't want to, but Corporate America burned me out. I made it almost a week before the phone started ringing.i now get to pick my projects and mentor some folks who WANT to learn. Having fun at 77, Enjoy, my friend!

[@MrDLWheeler]

Keith...this is great news. I've been watching your channel for a long time and your fans know you've had your challenges. But you look great and in good health and I'm so happy to learn you'll be able spend your time engaged in the work you love and which we love watching you do. Here's to many more years vintage machinery fun!

[@danielelse3914]

Don't burn yourself out, Keith. WE NEED YOU!

[@calvinculpalt]

I doubt he will.

[@charliemason4355]

Congratulations on retirement, Keith! After my Dad was retired for a while, I asked how he enjoyed his retirement. He said retirement was harder than working. He explained that when you work, the day has a beginning and end. When your retired, you're retired 24 hours a day. There's no excuse to stop. I took early retirement and my Dad was 100% right! The things you have always said that you'd get around to one day, well. it's that day...every day.

[@formerfarmer1718]

Even retired (no livestock) so I was mostly semiretired most of my life. Busier than hell in spring and then again at harvest but basically not much pressure in between. So essentially I’ve always considered myself “semi-retired” in between. Retirement to me just represented an extension of my life. So enjoy it KR. You’ve got a hobby. Your shop is your hobby. You’ll be fine.

[@aserta]

0:31 congratulations! That's an achievement. Dad retired at 71, my uncle never got to retire and grandpa was 64 when he finished his career and unfortunately, he only got to (almost) 70. You're still young, so ENJOY it. With big capital letters. As a long time viewer, i'm very happy for you.

[@johanea]

Young? On average humans live until 72. At 36 you become middle aged. Keith is anything but young.

[@grandmtnman]

So proud of you and all that you have accomplished! What a great legacy you are creating. you have got to be one of the top channels in the machining category along with ABomb and Blondihacks. It is so great that your path has afforded you the opportunity to pursue your passion. Keep up the great work and keep bringing your challenges to our attention. As you learn, we learn. bBut mor importantly, as you share, we are engaged. Again, we are very proud of you, keep up the great content!

[@phillipjones3342]

Well I have to admit that is one heck of a trip I would love to see all the places and the people you talked about I do watch them all and I'm amazed at your drawing it looks like a chicken

[@davidapp3730]

When I saw Retirement News I thought is he shutting the channel down. Congratulations on retirement from your day to day job. I really enjoy watching you fix old equipment. Some of which I have never seen before. Pouring Babbitt bearings is something I have read about but never seen done. Thank you.

[@msracingcomponents6550]

Congratulations! Welcome to the club! 😉

[@RustyInventions-wz6ir]

Man. I’m jealous, also glad. Retirement is a dream, but means to me that I will see more of your videos. Great. Enjoy

[@jimfiles3307]

Congratulations Keith. I have been retired 3 years and I am restoring a newly acquired Atlas Lathe. The hardest part of retirement is not spending all day with your buddies and talking all day. With you being a support/ spokesman, it will be a challenge not chatting all day. Thankfully you have a silent audience for you to lecture to. Congratulations again and may your health be well and allow you to continue working in the shop. Looking forward to seeing more videos. 🎉

[@Smallathe]

Congrats on the retirement. Have fun with the family and kids - and looking forward to see more videos :)

[@bobvines00]

Keith, Congratulations on retiring, especially at 56! When you & Clarke make your road trip, you should try to visit the American Precision Museum in Windsor, Vermont, if you can add it in. I've never been able to visit, but from what I've seen of it in KZbin videos, I think that you'd really enjoy it.

[@gangleweed]

It's now the happy time for you..........mostly you will work more hours than before but that's your personal preference.......keep well, I've been retired for the last 20+ years and love it......I'll be 86 this October.

[@stewkingjr]

Congrats on the retirement! Looking forward to more content from you! More videos will be great, two a day would be fantastic! (i can hope, can't i?) Again, congrats! You picked a good time to run through MA in the fall to see decent color in the trees, and you'll pass within a stone's throw of my house on your way to the Cape.

[@diggerddawg]

Congratulations on your retirement. I'll be retiring too in about 6 months.

[@ihrescue]

Best wishes to you as you work through your plans and increase your work in the shop.

[@garyreiman856]

Congratulations on retirement. I retired three years ago to the machine shop. I love it but I warn you it is easy to get lazy. I have to push myself. Love your content

[@elmarqo_3448]

Your trip sounds like a lot of fun. Lots of content. The outline of your trip looks like a road runner.

[@deezworkshop]

Excellent news. You get to work on something you love full time now. Agree with others, don't burn yourself out. Enjoy the content and look forward to all your videos. Congrats on the retirement.

[@DanielBravo-f3h]

Keith, Perhaps this is a good moment to congratulate you again for your work with Tally Ho's capstan. The videos are great and seeing the final result, with the capstan in operation working smothly in recent Tally Ho videos is a real pleasure. Again congratulations and keep it up.

[@hemanthharrilall6469]

Congratulations on yor retirement. Enjoy. I retired one year now.

[@claycaras5462]

Congratulations on your new chapter. If you’re going to be in New London you should consider adding the American Heritage Museum in Hudson Massachusetts to your itinerary. It’s about another 1 1/2 hours north. It’s a fabulous collection of armored vehicles and I’m sure you could talk them into showing you their maintenance and restoration facilities in back.

[@redsnappa7837]

Congratulations on your retirement Mr Rucker! It sounds like you will be busier than ever, chasing all over the country!

[@benstown7209]

Thanks for posting this, and congratulations! Looking forward to more great content!

[@StormbringerMM]

Keith, congrats! Make sure it’s still fun - don’t lose the fun in what you do by pushing out more content to appease the algorithm.

[@KayleeKerin]

Wow, that's a crazier route than I did last year. Enjoy the visits and your "career change"!

[@farerse]

awesome! I thought the channel was going to retire but instead we get more content!

[@wmcwings4343]

Good for you! I retired from my "full time job" at 53 after 30 years. I quickly found that I had no idea how I got anything done while working. Never enough time in the day. I also learned that I can't just sit still. Went back to work within a couple months and have been working ever since. Love your videos!

[@jeff1176]

I, too, recently retired at 56 yrs old. Congrats. I just recently bought a mill and lathe to just get into machining as a hobby during the winter. Looking forward to watching your channels for tips and tricks to figure out this craziness.

[@dianelabelle6939]

Keith , one thing to do in Mystic CT is Mystic Pizza. In Essex CT the Griswold Inn is really neat, the oldest continously operated in the US I think. There is a Train Museum in Essex. The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels is worth a visit. Have an amazing trip..

[@steveskouson9620]

Congrats, Keith! Did the same, last March. steve

[@HaxbyShed]

Interesting to hear about your career, thanks. Good luck in retirement and in the shop.

[@inspector1794]

Looks like a fun trip. It's the kind of trip I'd like to make but it's not the kind of thing that "she" enjoys. You might consider stopping at the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village near Detroit. We found it a day well spent. Some of us would enjoy a bit of a travelog of places we aren't likely to see so maybe Wednesdays could be outside the shop or chats with other you tubers. Enjoy your retirement

[@mattrich680]

Congratulations Keith! I've been waiting for this for a long time, well, not as long as you have I'm sure. I can't wait to see all the new videos and I'll support you as much as I can. Thank you for finally revealing your regular career. I knew you were a professional of some sort, but didn't guess agriculture. i was thinking more like aerospace or defense quality assurance. I fully respect the conflict of interest considerations and I salute you for respecting them too. What a great American success story! Now on to even more fun!

[@johnscanlon4966]

Great news. I love your videos.

[@johnnyknap]

Best wishes for your retirement Keith! Sounds a great roadtrip! Just starting to build a.new garage that I can kit out as a workshop so your videos are very helpful. Regards from the UK

[@avan8386]

Good deal, I am going to try to retire at 55 and am building my own machine shop up larger for income and I am happy you are succeeding in your plans

[@MeltiahNye]

Good job, Keith! I retired from high school math teacher a year ago and each day gets better and better. I wish you the best and hope you thoroughly enjoy yourself. I don't believe there's any question of you keeping yourself busy!😄

[@masteruniverse3506]

Congratulations! I just had my 1 year anniversary from retiring. There is still not enough time to do everything want to do.

[@smaggies]

Agriculture life, I miss my young days at the farm. Great Work History Congratulation's with supporting Ag. :)

[@RicksterX-92fs]

Wow!! What an eye opener! Agriculture researcher and science is an amazing and important job! I’m more than impressed and look forward to more shop vids!

[@boboshop55]

A few videos of your K&T friend to document that knowledge would be fantastic. If he's willing.. the future would appreciate it!

[@whhsfordian]

ROAD TRIP!!!! AWESOME! Wave to me as you go by the Syracuse, NY area!

[@jardine1able]

Happy retirement Keith, enjoy ! All the very best Mike from Cornwall UK

[@richardkelleher1711]

We had an opportunity to visit the National Railway Museum in York, UK in 2017. It was amazing to see the progression from the early trains to the modern.

[@donkelly8803]

You will be near Detroit you might like to stop by The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. Lots of cars, farm equipment and engines. Greenfield Village is a group of buildings including the Wright Brothers bicycle shop, Fords first plant, Edison Lab. It would take all day to see them both. Enjoy your retirement and your trip

[@davidmasters9793]

Nice road trip, enjoy you earned it!

[@davidc6510]

Wonderful career Keith! I see your research was very successful farming a field of crops that produced machine shop components and tools. What a wonderful harvest you have in the shop to work with now that you have retired. Congratulations!!! Now get back to work making us amazing entertaining machine shop content :p A great update Keith thanks for sharing!

[@formerfarmer1718]

My tag……formerfarmor……should explain my admiration for what you did KR. I kinda had a hunch you mighta been a farmboy. Good luck with your future Old man!!

[@richardsweet7452]

Congratulations on your retirement. I have been retired for 28 years and l have never had a better job. Do all of the things that you have been putting off before you get too old to enjoy them.

[@tedmiles2110]

I am glad to hear you and your wife aree starting on to some new adventures. Do plan for a whole day at Mystic Seaport, it is the maritime equilivant of the Illinois Railway museum it is huge! For tthe New York area, plan to stay outside of Manhattan and save a bunch of money. It sounds like a great trip you are planning. TM Retired but still likes ships and machinery

[@richardcavalloro8355]

Congratulations on your retirement Keith!!! You'll love Mystic Seaport and the submarine museum, they are two great places. If there was any way to squeeze it in you should head up to Alna, Maine and visit the Wiscassett Waterville and Farminton Railway museum. It's absolutely unbelieveable what they have accomplised there. They are in process of scratch building a 2 ft gauge steam locomotive in their shop.

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

Congrats to retiring! 56 years old.. You're a lucky young man. Being full time retired for 8 years, begun stepping down 12 years ago now having a wonderful time.

[@busman2000]

Keith you floored me when you said that you were a field technical rep for Bayer. I always had feeling that you were a high school shop teacher . Just goes to prove how wrong we all can.be. Enjoy your retirement years and don't stop having fun. You're never too old for that. Take care

[@donhoffman3206]

I always thought that Keith was a Senior Executive advising sales rep/consultant for a major tooling company....like Makita, Milwaukee, DeWalt etc. I, too, got the Golden Hand-shake at 55 and now do Cadillac restorations 7 days a week. Gotta luv retirement! Thankyou as I've learned a lot...patience being # 1. I, too, like you have learned the 3 step process....initial cost/time estimate, proceeding thru the project, and digitally recording the process steps/milestones..

[@truracer20]

He's mentioned numerous times what his field of occupation was. Not his job title, nothing indepth. But he showed a picture once that either showed him in a Bayer shirt or with Bayer crop signage, it had something to do with peanuts.

[@The_DuMont_Network]

Wooo! If Keith had been my shop teacher, I would have stayed behind as long as I coukd. What a narvelous teacher/mentor he would be.

[@donhoffman3206]

@@truracer20 Another famous peanut farmer from Georgia! Pass me a Billy Beer please!

[@roadking52]

I’m a retiree from Helena Chemical CO’s manufacturing division. We did a lot of work for Bayer, and were a subsidiary of Bayer when I went to work there in 1981.

[@tonyn3123]

Congratulations. My first retirement was at 53 years old and then another 12 years with another company. I highly recommend retirement. I too had a company vehicle and phone my whole career. At least after cell phones became portable and cost effective. Kind of a learning curve acquiring those items for me as well. Thanks. Also, it's a small world. I live about 20 minutes from Sweetwater, TN.

[@TwistedSou1]

When you're passing through Western NY, swing by Letchworth State Park. The leaves should be starting to turn, it's a beautiful place.

[@johnvanantwerp2791]

Keep going! One of the guys in my hometown ran his machine shop until he finally decided to retire in his 90s.

[@yoyopg123]

Holy crow, given your productivity on the channel, I assumed this was your full time job. My hat is off to you Keith. Congratulations on your retirement. Now get busy! ;^p

[@MikeBaxterABC]

21:58 .. Great Video kieth .. thanks for the update .. very interesting!! :o)

[@johncassidy7967]

You're not far from LS Starrett in Athol Ma. You should visit them.

[@ronaldoleksy8264]

Congratulations on retirement

[@johnhollyfield1458]

Congratulations on your well deserved retirement!!

[@seldendaniel8819]

Congratulations! I look forward to spending more time with you.

[@tomscott4723]

Many hours of fun to come! Thanks!

[@stevenclaeys6252]

Welcome to retirement, where you work twice as hard to keep your head above the top of the to do list. Thank you for another Great video. Cheers

[@Ervan-l9v]

Sounds fantastic. I am envious of all the neat places you are about to visit. You will love Mistic. I was fortunate to be there and visit a secrete facility no one know about thanks to Roy Underhill. The collection is huge and they are constantly repairing old sea going vessels. I too have a small machine shop and recently retired and hope to begin some long awaited projects.

[@nmccw3245]

Congrats Keith. Retiring two years ago at age 58 was the best career decision of my life. 👍🏻

[@aussienebula8331]

Great news Keith for both you and we subscribers. We get more content. Your video's have been great. Lots of different problem solving. fabrication and machining. Cheers 🍻

[@The_Modeling_Underdog]

Always proud of you, Keith. Just take your time, get adjusted to the new pace of life and - above all - enjoy it. You're one of the great examples for younger people that trades can not only earn you a living, but also make it count in the greater picture for other folks. Cheers.

[@johnmolnar2957]

Great trip you have planned there.

[@pileofstuff]

I retired a bit early under similar circumstances. Highly recommended for anyone who can pull it off!

[@amateurshooter6054]

Thanks Keith

[@TAITheAsian]

I can't believe you had a career in agriculture! I thought you worked in a machine shop constantly especially given how well setup and honed you are tackling all the various projects and also the machines and equipment you've amassed. Its pretty dang amazing you retired so early. I do hope the upshift in content and going full on mode on working on projects plus video editing isn't too intense. As a viewer I'm always glad to see every new video release and just see stuff get done in the shop. I do hope you get more projects like the capstan for Tally Ho since that was really awesome how it integrated various youtubers/industrial workers making that.

[@rlewis1946]

Congratulations, Keith. Looking forward to watching and learning from you and your Subscribers for many years to come. Best wishes and highest regards, Roy Lewis Buffalo, NY 🇺🇸

[@johneriksen5504]

30 years where you enjoy work enough to stay with the company is GREAT! Becoming more unusual these days. Congratulations from a fellow retiree.

[@charlieromeo7663]

Congrats on what sounds like a wonderful, fulfilling, and enjoyable career. I just retired after 37 years of processing and launching space shuttles and big rockets. I think I know the emotions in retiring from doing something you loved to do. I tell folks I truly looked forward to going to work every day. It was a difficult decision to leave behind dozens of colleagues that I enjoyed working with very much. Retirement is treating me very well, so much in fact I don’t really have enough time to do everything I planned! I will find the sweet spot, I’m sure. Anyway, looking forward to more quality content. Congrats again.

[@ottostasi197]

Wow ,I'd love to do a trip like that and see all the interesting places and people , unfortunately I can't . My Dad used to say you don't need to travel you can watch it on TV . So I guess I'll be watching your travels on TV or U-Tube .

[@matthewporter6890]

So glad I tuned into this episode with Keith letting us know a bit about his career and his enthusiasm for the future - enjoy your "retirement". When you enjoy your hobbies you have cracked it!

[@tsmartin]

I retired several years ago from the ag industry as well but in the area of tree fruit. In addition to what people think farmers are they also don't have a clue as to where their food comes from. As far as they know it comes from the store with no inkling of what it took to put it there.

[@UKDrew]

Awesome as Always... Happy Retirement Now you will be Busier than ever :) Look forward to what comes next

[@michaela.palumbo9954]

Congratulations on your retirement! Enjoy life a little too .

[@floridaflywheelersantiquee7578]

Thanks for update Keith

[@V8freaks]

Many good years to come for you! Wise move to retire early. Wishing you nothing but the best! Am following you for a long time. God bless you! Marlon from Germany

[@Blazer02LS]

If you get a chance on your way across NY you should visit a couple of the Erie Canal locks and see what old machines really are like. The best ones to see will be right in Lockport NY North of Buffalo. Most of the canal uses the original 1900's DC motors and brass switch gear to operate the locks.

[@marineguyuk]

I was always impressed, I am so, even more. Great life, great career.

[@coniferman1313]

Looking at the depiction of your route on the map, I would call it the roadrunner trip.

[@mechaform]

Looking forward to seeing you more often. Congrats on switching to your alternate vocation.

[@DonMedford-vl2yt]

Congrats on your retirement. I took early retirement when I was 51. Best decision I ever made. I look forward to seeing lots more shop videos from you.

[@terminalpsychosis8022]

Congratulations on the retirement Mr. Rucker! And whole new adventure that's just begun.

[@paulputnam2305]

Congratulations on your retirement Keith. Thank you for sharing your personal life with us. Busy, busy, busy! Stay safe and extremely healthy!

[@edsmetalworks8426]

Congrats Keith, did the almost exact same thing at age 55 and here 15 years later things are just fine. My shop provided a nice cushion for my finances also. One warning, time will fly. Enjoy your shop time!

[@markpeterson5479]

Time seems to ride on a rocket at mach 6.

[@billdoodson4232]

Well done on RETIREING Keith. As my brother in law says every day is a Saturday. I'm still trying to work out were all my time goes to. Seemingly I spend a lot of time watching you, Abom, CEE and many others, instead of getting out in my workshop. And now it looks like you are going to take more of my time. 😊😊

[@12370ts]

Awesome news!!! Your trip sounds amazing !!! I wish you the best on your retirement and on your trip!!

[@george-b3i-d2d]

Happy retirement !! looks like the Big Boy 4014 engine is making a swing kinda in your area, Indiana, Arkansas soon check out the schedule for Big Boy, have a great road trip!!!!!!!!!

[@hitoortega1616]

Excellent I’m retired on 2019 I fill better thank lord 😊

[@richardtaylor7199]

Great job.

[@derbyshirebirdwatcher6054]

Hello Keith I too retired at 56 and have never regretted it. You are now playing in the sandbox of life, so enjoy it. One word of advice; variety - make sure that you have a few other things to fill your time or your passion can become a drudge. Cheers from the UK.

[@mhansl]

That is quite a tour of America!!!

[@mucholocodawg]

Congratulations, and best wishes!