What If?

[@Abom79]

Excellent video Keith! You showed a prime example of what life in the job shop is all about. Everything from your quick thinking on how to get the job done, to running multiple machines at once, to pressing a cuttless bearing in and out. Your move to weld a plate on the bore to help press the sleeve out was great! Sometimes you need just enough help from some welded materials to help get a job done. Well executed my friend. Thanks for sharing this quick job with us. The guys who give the thumbs down just don't realize or respect the work involved and what we have to do day in and day out. Two thumbs up from me. Thank you for sharing, and I enjoyed watching this project. Adam

[@jimmilne19]

Couldn't have said it better! Nice video. I love the running explanation describing what and why Keith is doing what he does. Great stuff.

[@jcrdesigns719]

Nice comment Adam I don't subscribe to much but when I do it's you and kieth

[@darrenjlobb]

Keith I love what you do, such a skilled person with such care and attention to the job in hand. I learn something new in every video, and enjoy your channel very much. Thanks again!

[@jeffryblackmon4846]

Great solution and execution. Thanks for bringing us into your shop.

[@snowflakemelter1172]

I built up my propeller shaft by welding after watching one of your videos, and got it re machined, it worked out great and saved me a small fortune, thanks Keith.

[@pjhalchemy]

Rippin good...ingenuity...the key to getter done! Was a little surprised you didn't brush out the bore though...but boom, boom ~1hr...done! Nice and fun to watch a fine mind at work!

[@12ozbuds]

Your repair and maintenance videos are the best. I have been in situations where I need to replace a bearing or just replace a part. Watching your videos have given me new ideas on how to approach the problem. Thanks

[@AaronKimmins]

This is a prime example of the value of experience! Knowing there's more than one way to skin a cat won't really help, knowing the ways to skin that cat is the key!

[@jcims]

Experience and ingenuity work well together! Neat video, loved the way that plate just plopped in there while it was still hot off the table...got to be nice not having to hog out a shape by hand and then true it up on the lathe. Satisfying sounds from the press, too...like an old man trying to get up off the couch. haha! Thanks for taping this one!

[@MrJonn0]

Some people are brought to their knees by the small problems that make you come alive Keith. Thanks for inspiring us to getter done!

[@jmwarden1]

Another good solution to a problem. It worked great and saved the customer some money. Great video Keith, can't wait to see more of getter done.

[@raincoast2396]

Keith, so glad you share your "out of blue" jobs for the younger upcoming generation of would be machinists and metal workers. Nothing like experience showing and doing, to teach different methods of accomplishing the same end. Cheers.

[@brianpburch]

great stuff Keith. as always, thank you for sharing your knowledge and skill with us.

[@Lu47Dan]

Keith, Nice cure for a tough problem. I replaced more than a few hardened steel bucket loader bushings by welding inside the bore to shrink them and than freeze the new bushings in liquid nitrogen to shrink them enough to press in easily. Dan,

[@jpdemont]

You are awesome Keith. Thanks for making and sharing the videos.

[@outsidescrewball]

Enjoyed the video Keith ......simple/smart!

[@physicsguybrian]

It is a true pleasure to watch you think Sir!

[@Barefoot3us]

Keith, Great job and the pusher plate saved the day. Thanks for the video.

[@63256325N]

Don't ya love it when a plan comes together? That has got to be satisfying. Great job Keith. Love this stuff.

[@noeltillery8950]

I love it when a plan comes together,that's what I call thinking outside the box.Keith you are the man

[@LeeRobertsMe]

Sweet example of getting her done. Loved the exit on the end :)~~~

[@stevecox2530]

I'm amazed that I've only just found this... 18 months after posting. Absolutely brilliant. I love the way you find different ways to do awkward jobs, and aren't afraid to tell the KZbin world how you did it too. Thanks Keith, you're a star :-)

[@bogdan_n]

Not just "Get it done", but "Get it done WRIGHT" !!!

[@michaelfiller3452]

I am always impressed with your skills. I would like to thank you for your generosity in making these videos. I know it takes time from your bread and butter and I've benefitted tons from them. I work with computers all day, these help me converse with the mechanical engineers at work. I also love it when you chuckle, something ain't right, you take it in stride. You have a lucky wife. Thanks for all you do! Merry Christmas!

[@Max_Marz]

I love your press too keith, excellent presentation.

[@waynekwoods2799]

Nice when a little thought brings great results . Make use of what you have and we all learn something in the process. Great learning from what you do !

[@dmmdmm5435]

This takes me back to my early gruntwork days in machine shops. My job was bearings of all sizes and types, shaft straightening, extracting broken, frozen or seized tooling-fasteners ect.

[@MWL4466]

Way to go Keith. I wish I could weld as good as you. Like you said " I love my press". The press we have at work has been a real time-saver over the year's with rush break-down jobs in the middle of the night. Cheer's from Canada….keep the great vid's coming.

[@gregg4164]

Great idea Keith, nice job.

[@GRMS_Ian]

Good thinking Keith! I sure like that press of yours. Thanks for the vid and the lesson.

[@bertpeijmen6960]

That was very imPRESSive!

[@Paddington60]

Very well done Sir! May I say Thinking outside the box at its very best!!!!! ;-)

[@not2fast4u2c]

That was Awesome when it popped loose and the press was shaking the camera !!!

[@theoldbigmoose]

Man, did I learn something from this video! Pure brilliance! I have had this problem many times before in a smaller size. Never thought of this great solution to bearing removal!

[@BuildSomthingCool]

Love your press. If you were to build another one. What would you change or add to your design? Thanks for another great Video

[@KeithFenner]

***** I would jack up my HP from 3 HP to 5 HP and if I was give a 6" diameter cylinder I would change those two items everything else would be the same. That would put me between 40 and 50 tons. I had 20 years of running other presses before building my own, I pretty much took the best from all the designs I favored. ;{)-----

[@BuildSomthingCool]

Keith Fenner Thanks for getting back to me!! Your hydraulic press really is the best design I have found. Thanks for sharing it on KZbin. Dale d

[@tomscorner3838]

The tricks of the trade. Thanks for sharing.

[@Peter-V_00]

Slick Keith! Glad to see your Kerney & Trecker mill in the background, I also have a K & T #2 5hp, very good machines.

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

What if worked out very well !! Great fix for the problem situation , That was wonderful man .. My Kids and I enjoyed watching you..

[@DeanLorman]

Always a pleasure and a trip down memory lane keeping company with ya.I worked much the same as you recovering all kinds of stuff for BC's largest interior log and farming operation for over 20 years.Now retired(SUCKS).Love yer shop,all the necisary stuff and the way to make things work.What else can a customer do without blood(and burns)like outs.Great stuff sir and always lookin for the next head scracher !

[@loader980]

good looking shirt! great video as always.

[@cat637d]

Very nice process!

[@acsmarine]

As a guy who's battled with removing cutlass bearings from blind stern tubes, I'm impressed - and envious. Good thinking on your part. Nicely done.

[@CaptCouillon]

Nice trick... Sure I will be able to use it (or a variation) somewhere in the future. Thanks!

[@RaysGarage]

Hey Keith, Excellent extraction, well done! Ray

[@buddylineman]

Hey Keith, this is why I like to watch videos like your's, it makes one think outside the box. Thanks, Buddy

[@manuelmonroy3267]

Outstanding injenuity Keith you always come thru always find a way....I use some of your determination when I am wor,king on something and run into "how am I going to do this" type of situation. I refer to the master Keith Fenner and I do gettter done !!! :)) Thanks for sharing Manny

[@heliarche]

Beautiful job! You'd better be careful, the villagers are going to think you're a wizard or something! I'd love to come up there and clean up in your shop just to absorb as much as I can! Thanks for sharing all your work and giving out informal apprenticeships.

[@burtlade1705]

Well done. Thanks Keith!

[@Oldschoolmetalcraft]

Job very well done!

[@tombellus8986]

Nice job---------so simple with the use of the plasma cutter I really like my Rigid drills -----have had one for quite a while ( no trouble ) so I bought one of the impact drills love it Tool box package coming your way

[@KeithFenner]

Tom Bellus Got it today after I had made the box video, so I quickly added it after dinner, will be rendering it and adding it to the video I'm involved with this weekend! ;{)-----

[@mack255]

You did it once more Great Job.

[@bobbyw9046]

Kieth, I am a long time Abomb, Tom Lipton, Tubalcaine, AvE, and Diresta subscriber but I just subscribed to your channel after watching the competition between you and Adam at the meet. I watched 7 or 8 of your vid's and was very impressed with some of your less than text book methods that just plain work! I really liked your drill bit extensions with steel rod while you were working on the two bronze castings. I also liked the way you took the Chinese MSC Grinder and got it to within acceptable specs Excellent channel - glad I found you! .

[@mack255]

That is one hell of a nice press you made there Keith.

[@petespencer23]

A lot of the tugs and workboats I repair have bearings pressed into steel pipe stern tubes. Because the tubes are part of the hull, and can't be removed to remove and replace bearings, I split the bearing shell with a sawzall, to relieve it prior to removal.

[@jasongladen82]

That was slick. Awesome magic trick!

[@RayFinkle]

Keith Fenner is officially my hero. lol great video Sir.

[@ChrisB257]

Great result Keith - love it. Ingenuity (and adequate equipment) saves the day. :)

[@TheDivineImpulse]

a great video... thinking outside the box makes a difference.

[@smtnh]

Now THAT'S walkin' the talk right there: quick, effective, and workmanlike. I like it!! Thanks, sean.

[@gordonmillar998]

Very interesting, enjoyed my visit thanks.

[@workshop_from_nothing]

awesome its talent to slot a job in amongst others in a shop and get her done with little interruption on the shop

[@mosfet500]

Interesting way to accomplish that Keith. What I've done is make two cuts along the length of the sleeve across a diagonal and dropped out the insert. Just a different way to do it. Rob

[@johnlee8231]

Great example of working smarter and not harder

[@tom7601]

That "groaning" when you pressed the old bearing/bushing out was almost painful! :>)) Tom - Vista, CA

[@Panzax1]

Great video and great solution. Love the comment at 2:14 !

[@1ginner1]

Really nice job Keith, If I might make a suggestion, you might want to try using a bronze plug instead of steel, that way they both warm up at the same time and you have less of a chance of the weld failing because of dissimilar material temperatures.One other technique you may want to try is cutting the rubber out in 2 locations at 180 degs to each other and brazing a couple of studs to the shell and pulling it out instead of pushing. I work for a pump company and we do this all the time, and like you say any way of getting that sucker outta there rather than turning it out is a big bonus, like your style buddy.

[@glenncpw]

Good lateral thought - Bloody nice Press

[@timothysvec8568]

That was awesome Keith!

[@raedwulfone]

AND, you wind up with a decent sized coffee cup !! Thanks and Have a GREAT Thanksgiving !

[@CompEdgeX2013]

"Pushing" that out would be akin to pushing a rope. "Pulling" it out like you did was a great idea. I love your press too... ;-) Colin

[@jeffspam2791]

Gives added advantage of poisson’s effect helping instead of fighting. When pushed things get fatter. When pulled they get thinner.

[@lindsaynicholls3110]

love your work keith

[@emtffzartman666]

Great video.. Multi tasking well there.

[@KnolltopFarms]

That was epic! Kinda like those mornings when you pray "something" will happen before a long road trip or a day away from home, that feeling of relief was just awesome! :D Congrats on the success...Aloha, Chuck

[@andrewlloyd9454]

dealing with this in a regular basis usualy i have a diffrent procdure. use a sawzall to split it on the inside in 2 or three spots usualy 6 -8 inches if you can then get a cold chisell and lift up a section of the berring so you can get a vice grip or drill a hole and you can slide hammer it out. if you need more cut on the berring it is easy to relive it more . usualy done on the boat without removing the berring holder. basic tools and about a hour you just need patince. on fiberglass boats the berring holder is built in and it is hard to chuck up the whole boat. =)

[@mikec.1259]

Hey Keith, Nice to see you over at the Olde Press again. Ha Ha A good press or a good arbor are hard to beat! Rock on.

[@dogbuggy32]

that went pretty easy Keith. that is a sweet press!

[@mainesailah]

Awesome Keith! I just scored a massive hydraulic press down in RI yesterday at auction. Not I need to figure out how to move it haha. I see a little gear on the press bed that looks like a southbend gear...pete

[@RandallMoore1955]

Out with the old in with the new. No time to fart around, Great job Keith.

[@therealspixycat]

you could try to AC weld the bronze to use a bit of a cleaning action cycle to get a nice weld puddle. Still looks good Keith!

[@gigabytex64]

I just remembered that I have seen lens protectors for you hood and as each layer gets scratched tear it off and throw it away, they come in 10 sheet and 5 sheet stacks. They are the same as the ones for motorbike racing and most car racing. I just allows you to pull off a layer at a time, save on new shields. The price is good but didn't know your lense size to give you an exact price. They have them for welding helmets as well.

[@RJGMWR]

That method is genius. I imagine it could work just as well on a bearing still on a boat.

[@Cnctrldotcom]

Nice solution to a tricky problem.

[@bobaroo58]

Brilliant!

[@DaveSender66]

nice work !!!!

[@Poksutin]

nice...this WILL come handy... thanks for teaching something new :)

[@Oscar_1123]

2 thumbs up Keith, making a hard job look easy.

[@toddavis8603]

Looks like a marine application; workboat, or tugboat? NICE JOB COMPLETED.

[@daleburrell6273]

You're a real artist-!!

[@chrisstephens6673]

Nice fix, and it goes to prove the old tool collector's mantra, "The more tools I have, the more options I have". Now where can I find a TIG, PlasmaCam and a big press real cheap I wonder?

[@joetiller1031]

Great job I knew you would come up with something, by the way I love your press wish I had one like it.

[@paulhenry4205]

Nice problem solving/fix! I’m not a machinist, but I think I would’ve taken a wire brush down the inside of that part before I put the new sleeve back in. But that’s just me..😁 I spent a lot of time cleaning stuff. Sure makes it nicer to work with.

[@tle79250]

its nice to see you excited about a repair Keith haha

[@binks166]

Great technique. and video. You may know that same weld technique is the easiest way to remove valve seats from cylinder heads.

[@GK1918]

Yep problem solving at its best. Odd enought we went through this last week, except the customer sawzalled the bearing. Next the origional is Taiwan, next best the new one was like .055 over. So thats a few trips to the yard with my snaps and mics and mud on my pants. Turned it milled a flat for a set screw, turned a stub, and sent it home with a 3 pounder done......oh I flapped the threw hull with a battery drill. Shaws Boat Yard Dighton Mass......

[@TheJmz1983]

It's because your a boss at what you do !!!!!!!!!

[@99benjohns99]

great video Keith Fenner i was using a press at work to day but is way only 1/8 the size of yours.

[@TSKseattle]

Wow, the sound of that thing finally breaking loose in the press - that's a lot of force.

[@pauls5745]

excellent solution to something that might not be just a cut and dried deal

[@Jacob-64]

brilliant. .... git -er-done Keith

[@mrbluenun]

Hello Keith, And what a clever idea to weld the plate like this. I can see this idea getting copied by many in the future! . . . Oh yes and, you have to get your caffein fix to complete all your great work. Take care mrbluenun

[@jimkoonce6574]

Like Adam says, 2 thumbs up!