As a mechanical engineer, I love seeing US businesses that are successful and growing. The staff at Mill Mechanical appear to be sharp, busy and professional. Hope they keep on growing their business and servicing US industry. Thanks Adam for the tour
@rogerwaits20323 жыл бұрын
Papi - So True...being an 4th generation engineer... it warms my heart to see a group of well organized people and you can bet it is FUN...
@johneverson24333 жыл бұрын
I’m impressed that they can take older machinery like those lathes and modernize them
@ericmiller55593 жыл бұрын
Adam, it's awesome how willing you are to share your knowledge and experience with others. That is the sign of a true Journeyman of his trade. Thanks for the great content.
@oh8wingman3 жыл бұрын
For your automated subarc system you should convert over to 1000lb wire rolls in cardboard barrels. Your lathe bed is heavy enough to carry two barrels side by side so that when one is depleted your can reload fairly fast and then replace the empty barrel with a fresh. Your barrels wire will require a simple shop made decoiler to keep the wire from becoming tangled as it spools out. You can build a flux suction system using an air powered venturi vacuum that will recycle your flux back up to a storage hopper set up with a screen and magnets to pull out metallic particles as the flux flows by them and then use a blow system to jet the cleaned flux over to your subarc feed hopper so that you only top up your flux once or twice a shift. I set up a subarc for doing boilers this way years ago.
@michaelwhinnery1643 жыл бұрын
I am not a machinist, have no intention of ever becoming a machinist...but I fricking love these videos and giant machines.
@HappyHands.3 жыл бұрын
same
@RayTheMickey3 жыл бұрын
Mill Mechanical was started to buy me Gatorade. Doug Massey (Guy in the red shirt at the end of the video)started Mill Mechanical while he worked for MRT as a salesman. I needed some Gatorade for my crew at AK Steel and I had no vendors who sold it. I asked Doug if he would buy it and sell it to me and MRT did not want to so he formed Mill Mechanical and from time to time he would buy stuff I could not get from an authorized vendor and then sell it to me. When he left MRT and went on his own, Mill Mechanical became a real machine shop! I still do business with Doug and the fab shop started with some orders he did for our Tube mill in Illinois.
@geckoproductions41283 жыл бұрын
Really nice video Adam, very interesting. You might consider doing a little consulting for the spray weld guys. They could use a tech rep like you to go out and newbies and help customers solve problems. With your clear, easy style, you would be a natural. IMHO
@tonynagy20423 жыл бұрын
LOL...Adam is independent...LOL
@bigdawgsbusa23 жыл бұрын
Kool beans by the time I get my spray welder system in hand I'll be ready to go I was trying to keep count this is your third or fourth demonstration at someone's shop plus the many times at your shop I can't wait to be able to add this to my tool chest. Thanks for sharing.
@olddawgdreaming57153 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing Adam, that was a great job stopping by the machine shop In Ohio and teaching a demonstration on spray welding. Awesome job!! Fred.🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👋👋
@levitated-pit3 жыл бұрын
that live center is toast
@bcbloc023 жыл бұрын
That is a nice shop with lots of good sized machines. Thanks for the tour!!
@mrbakerskatz3 жыл бұрын
You’re an awesome friend for the things you do to help others ! God Bless !
@mrbakerskatz3 жыл бұрын
And while I’m at it Thanks for the way you treat your lady ! My neighbor never learned that I guess !
@BruceBoschek3 жыл бұрын
We miss you workin' on the big, heavy stuff, too, Adam.
@dalegawne52863 жыл бұрын
i could see a series of videos visiting places like this, doing big work, being really popular
@kenmachine99513 жыл бұрын
Hey Adam unbelievable tour. Great equipment 👍 .You know your business ⭐. I love the big stuff. Whole lot of welding going on. 🔥 Have a good day.ken
@mfc45913 жыл бұрын
Adam is surrounded by awesome machines, and don't forget the solid table, its a monster. Thanks for the tour
@thomasmckelvey89613 жыл бұрын
GREAT video! I enjoyed it immensely, the video imaging was some of the best, clearest I've seen, Adam! Keep up the good work!
@donaldnaymon32703 жыл бұрын
Awesome shop. Big jobs and loads of tools for the job. Great video. Awesome weld build up. Thank you for sharing.
@davemanley87002 жыл бұрын
I’ve worked on big stuff and small stuff in my 45 year career as a machinist and retired as a tool maker. This video really brings back memories .
@jjbode13 жыл бұрын
Dave, thank you for the tour. Very informative talk. Thanks for going there, Adam.
@ajbuschm3 жыл бұрын
You could chuck my lathe up on the blue lathe and spin it. Haha
@metalbob33353 жыл бұрын
It's one thing to make accurate machinery, it's a whole keg of worms to maintain it as it was intended. Great episode, Abom.
@danharlan803 жыл бұрын
Eutectic should put you on the payroll with all the training you've been doing lately.
@the_hate_inside10853 жыл бұрын
He is full time KZfaq.
@Zappyguy1113 жыл бұрын
I suspect they're making "little" contributions, and I'm glad they're doing it, otherwise Abom wouldn't be doing KZfaq full-time.
@rodneywroten29943 жыл бұрын
Awesome job Adam. and a great shop and wow on the awesome weld table. THICK
@tonynagy20423 жыл бұрын
6:43 to be exact Rodney Cheers.
@lukebrennan57803 жыл бұрын
That was interesting! A delight to see these Thumping Big Machines. I really appreciate that you both took the time and let us see this stuff.
@RobertKohut3 жыл бұрын
When I was in college for my millwright course in 1979 we had a spray weld demo. So it's been around a long time... :-)
@seansysig3 жыл бұрын
This was a cool tour & demo. Adam had a kid in a candy store look. Kudos to Big Boys & Bigger Toys.
@michaelcothran40643 жыл бұрын
Abom, I have used the Terodyne, often in shaft repair & I found after the bond cost I use a dry stainless brush to clean the black off before final coat, love this stuff!!!
@TheKnacklersWorkshop3 жыл бұрын
Hi Adam, It is always good to see other workshops and there setups... Thank you. Take care. Paul,,
@TDOBrandano3 жыл бұрын
That lathe lamp got a bit cooked at 35:45. I think a more open frame lathe would have been better for this job, possibly with a more sacrificial tailstock?
@MoondyneJoe3 жыл бұрын
What a great shop tour Adam and Abbey, its fascinating to see a person's career set out in a visual way, and Dave has every reason to be so proud of it. It is amazing Adam that Eutectic don't pay you a commission for each demo you do for them hint hint! Tony from Western Australia 🇦🇺
@LouSalamone3 жыл бұрын
You do your videos very well. It's also nice when you include your wife in your endeavors. The very best to you and yours.
@GeorgeMLong3 жыл бұрын
This shop is just a short drive from me.....made a few of those crane wheels myself and turned some of those same types of rolls....for AK Steel formally Armco Steel here in Middletown.
@RGChandler3 жыл бұрын
9:30 "The Boss is coming. Quick, hand me that broom!"
@tonynagy20423 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaa... I missed it... A clean shop is better ..Cheers.
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@garthbutton6993 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking us along on this field trip🤗🤗🤗
@RobertKohut3 жыл бұрын
Nice!! Great shop and Abom size stuff, especially the table...:-)
@andresrodriguez39773 жыл бұрын
Muy bueno tu programa Adam!! Que lindas herramientas me gusta mirar se aprende mucho. Y muy buena tu demostracion con la soldadura spray. Saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾
@patrickcolahan74993 жыл бұрын
That is an amazing shop. Got a chance to tour ESCO Bucket plant in Oregon, this reminded me of it by scale of equipment. Their buckets are large enough to park a dump truck in. truly huge equipment to produce the end product. Thanks for sharing this Adam.
@valvemonky47343 жыл бұрын
the rollers at 5:25 if im not mistaken were built in the uk by Bodes of leek Staffordshire they made alot of welding position equipment of all shapes and sizes
@adamstripp393 жыл бұрын
Great video. Working in a job shop like that is a privlage only the best get in
@FabFunty3 жыл бұрын
You can clearly see this on the specialist at 41:57 🤣 j. k., he for sure has more knowledge about machining than I have 😉
@tiagolomar3 жыл бұрын
You should be official instructor from Eutectic.... That steel table is impressive.....👌
@chetjantz98553 жыл бұрын
That's why you were not home today. Your way off in Ohio! Stopped by to say hi. I always enjoy the content of your videos.
@francisschweitzer84313 жыл бұрын
Fun episode to watch. That is some BIG OLE METAL WORKING
@apollorobb3 жыл бұрын
i was sweating about that live center the whole time thinking man i hope thats one they wanna trash lol . You need that big ass Abom size table
@AtomSmasher53 жыл бұрын
meanwhile the light in the back of the machine is melting and smoking. A piece of it falls off at one point.
@FabFunty3 жыл бұрын
Others go spray tanning when on holydays, Abom goes spray welding 🤣 Great shop tour and some very cool machines 👍🏽
@andrewterry80923 жыл бұрын
Way cool, thank you, Adam!
@jasonhill21803 жыл бұрын
Awesome tour! Reminds me of McNally Mfg. in Pittsburg, KS. It was a large shop focused on the coal industry. Had some huge VBMs.
@mikemarriam3 жыл бұрын
Great shop tour. Thanks for sharing.
@csnelling43 жыл бұрын
Great workshop guys, thanks 👌🤙🇬🇧
@flyifri3 жыл бұрын
Always a joy and pleasure to watch.! Thank you all for sharing in this update.!
@t.d.mich.70643 жыл бұрын
Machining weldments can get to be a real challenge! Have done many, but nothing as large as this shop makes.
@tonynagy20423 жыл бұрын
I concur...that was impressive Adam.... Looks awesome!.
@smartgorilla3 жыл бұрын
That's one nice lightsaber
@ccrider53983 жыл бұрын
Bravo Adam! In someone else's shop, on an unfamiliar lathe, with someone looking over your shoulder on a part that's a giant heat sink, put on a spray weld that machined well. Also pass on congrats to your hosts for manufacturing in the USA. Too often it's hard to get banks to work with you when you say you're not going to off-shore your machining. Even though FlexArm gets their tables from Spain, they still do a lot of work here. Investors also have been programmed not to invest in helping USA build things. I used to attend the CalTech Enterprise forum where small businesses would present their plans to a panel of experts, and even if you had the equipment, a family run business, and a Just-In-Time process the big put down was "You cannot manufacture in the USA - it's cheaper to send your equipment overseas and have the finished parts come back again by freighter ship." Good for you and your colleagues.
@silverbullet74343 жыл бұрын
Adam this shop is doing what I use to do at a shop working my apprenticeship years. We hand welded rollers not quite as big but 5' plus 2' of journals we did the journals n roller then my job cutting it back to specs. Steel mills must use lots of these things . I have to have remachined a thousand of them. Besides milling the blocks on a boring mill run by overhead pulleys. I think it built the ark for Noah. Sure taught me how to keep tolerance on antique machines. NY open side planer shaper was about the newest piece. I miss those 72 hr weeks. Not
@Abom793 жыл бұрын
I believe Dave said the steel mill has 800 of them on the line.
@vudeulash76453 жыл бұрын
I love the video. Awesome shop tour and amazing to see that scale of projects. I would definitely move the computer for spray welding. not only it will keep the computer working, but also the worker will do a better job. Because the worker wont be worried about destroying the computer. Another thing I would worry about is the center support. maybe add some protection for that so it last a good long time.
@thuan123red3 жыл бұрын
I have visited Mill Mechanical a few years ago for a grill out, great people. Never work there but I have a buddy that did.
@4Lucky3 жыл бұрын
Hello~ Nice to meet you 👋 Thanks for sharing👍🥰 Wishing you stay safe & happy. God bless you 🙏🍀🤗💕
@MySynthDungeon3 жыл бұрын
Great Walk About ,,Enjoyed!! Cheers!;-)!!
@jdmccorful3 жыл бұрын
Great tour, enjoyed! Thanks.
@michaelkoch21092 жыл бұрын
I love your videos! Thank you for showing! - Yes, I enjoyed every time! Greetings from Dresden (Germany)!
@keithameerali94743 жыл бұрын
Lots of machines etc. Very impressive. They even have a machine with a broom. It looks very human like.
@stephenf.caudill28223 жыл бұрын
Glad you visited. I live near Monroe and had no Idea this business existed.
@cromag1413 жыл бұрын
@Abom79 YOU NEED THAT TABLE! and the V Blocks at 42.20, MASSIVE
@johnlee82313 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed seeing this shop tour. Always happy to see a thriving shop
@bearsrodshop70673 жыл бұрын
I can see the HD table but a grind on our face (@@)!! Great tour and nice to see Job Shop's still help our great country keep in motion,,Thx Adam for sharing. Bear
@sparty942 жыл бұрын
very cool tour.
@MisterDoro3 жыл бұрын
What a great guy to give a tour! Very knowledgeable!
@grahamsengineering.25323 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing Adam. Very nice variety of work in that shop.
@your_utube3 жыл бұрын
definitely Abom79-size stuff here. All the right stuff. Thanks Adam!
@johnathonmullis42343 жыл бұрын
Great stuff. That was good of you to show him how you do that spray welding. I gotta say the parts you machined after spray welding looked much nicer than the one spray welded then cnc machined in this video. They’ll get their speeds and feeds figured out. Great video
@bearbon23 жыл бұрын
Adam, you really fit into the heavy machine shop arena. Kinda miss the old videos when you were at Motion but it's better having your own shop.
@clydecessna7373 жыл бұрын
Wow! The beating heart of America.
@izzynutz20003 жыл бұрын
Holy moly I dig the fact that they're building that brace but how the hell do they transport it once it's done that thing's damn near a city block long 😵
@randywl89253 жыл бұрын
That's so strange, I see the size of your shop and then I see the size of that operation....... and you're teaching them? Very, very impressive. I think the first video I watched of you was spray welding. Done was totally different with two separate nozzles nothing like that space age thing you were using here. Love watching the stuff that you're able to do. 👍
@kenwhite51323 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed that table is 1 hell of a chunk of iron... THE BEAST....
@ronnydowdy74323 жыл бұрын
Very informative and enjoyable show but I would not use that lathe for spray weld build up. That machine will be toast pun intended lol. Really good show.
@assassinlexx19933 жыл бұрын
When they say are set up table doesn't move they really really mean it. That is a whole lot of gravity for a table.
@heinstrydom8643 жыл бұрын
This is a serious shop thanks
@outsidescrewball3 жыл бұрын
WOW!!!!….great video…thanks for sharing
@kingblatz3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, guys well pleased!
@121AHCRvn3 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video! Thank you!
@Ddabig40mac3 жыл бұрын
The scale of machining there is huge! That's a serious weldment going on, half inch fillet everywhere takes a long time. I was a bit surprised they can mix fluxcore and metalcore. That's a major no-no at the shop I work for.
@1995jug3 жыл бұрын
That was a great video i can't get over that table one hunk of metal.
@kennshotts72583 жыл бұрын
Another 5 part series
@2packs4sure3 жыл бұрын
I sure hope we get to see a quarter inch cut and the chip it produces one day !!
@ydonl3 жыл бұрын
Vintage Abom on the "little" Monarch: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eNlddrWrvavSfWg.html Or some work at Motion on the aforementioned American Pacemaker: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gaieZJuIlp-UaJc.html
@2packs4sure3 жыл бұрын
@@ydonl Thanks !
@ydonl3 жыл бұрын
@@2packs4sure You betcha! Fun stuff. There are others in the archive. Maybe try a search for "heavy" or "large" or "chip"!
@Roarman573 жыл бұрын
You can’t hide behind those glasses Dave…. we all know it’s you superman!
@lesbender2363 жыл бұрын
Not to be critical, but for the spraying , it looked like it was firmly in the chuck, so the center and tail stock could have been moved away and covered IMHO
@Mountain-Man-30002 жыл бұрын
That mill had stairs up the the table. That's how you know it's a monster.
@shnepper3 жыл бұрын
Cool shop and great video!
@holyhammerironworks23843 жыл бұрын
I love your shop tour videos!
@randytravis39983 жыл бұрын
you still in the area ? i am in NEW YORK , just over the PA state line off route 20 ..good to see you stopping at other shops ... keep up the great videos ..
@jamesbarisitz47943 жыл бұрын
Get yer Spray Weld T-shirts! Killer machine shop tour. Thanks. ✌
@chrisleech15653 жыл бұрын
KZfaq views of the big stuff at your job with Motion were huge @Abom79 :-)
@pneumatic003 жыл бұрын
Holy crap, that is some big boy stuff. I'd sure be worried about torching the CNC control panel! Not just flame, but radiated heat and stray particles all over. They need to get a crappy old all-manual old school lathe to blast that powder.
@davidsellars43273 жыл бұрын
Impressive!!!! I want that table!!!!! What are the economics of building up parts with the flame spray system? Would it be practical to, say, build up Cat rollers?
@thebotformalityknownasdale25642 жыл бұрын
Some of that equipment reminds me of a time I did overhead door service work at Hitachi Canada where they made the biggest turbine engines I'm shur ever used primarily to run generators for monster power needs all over the world. They had a lathe that was 12' across and a hudge tool gantry. And I was there when the where prepping the footings for a lathe that was going to be twice the size the foundation for that was to the top of concrete cassones where 15' to 20' 3' diameter below floor level they told ,e the shop allows was under 8.5 acres of roof 120' to the roof eave. And the floor was clean enugh to eat off of. Start of every shift they had Japanese music to lisen to wile every body subcontractors doing service work included would do strecheing warm up befor you did any work. Sory for my rambling very cool place to see