There ya go Keith, I love the way you get old but not worn out machines back working. There really is something refreshing about giving something another life. I'm glad for that viewer that will receive this back in shipment

Great to see the teeth being cut, a job well done.

Keith, it's been an absolute pleasure to watch your gear cutting mini series, thank you so much for producing and posting it all for our entertainment. Best wishes and hi from England 🇬🇧

It was great to see this project from beginning to end. It is very satisfying to see the final result.

Aaah! The satisfaction of a completed project! I know I like to look at my handiwork for a bit, and then set it aside/send it on, and get on to the next thing. Each of those transitions gives its own sense of Getting Things Done.

Keith, you are a true "Gear Head." I certainly have enjoyed this series too. There is something satisfying about watching something so pure and precise appear out of a rough chunk of iron. Thanks for sharing.

That entire project was satisfying to watch. It was also satisfying to see that you broke out a fresh shop apron 🙂

Thanks for sharing your passion, Keith. It's always a pleasure watch you cutting gears

At our Keith Rucker viewing party, the "Bet" was whether the band-aid would stay on for the duration of the episode. I was rooting for it... but lost! Love the details. Thanks for sharing.

This might be the first time I’ve seen you use oil when machining cast iron. The way that gear turned out it worked pretty darn good!

Always a pleasure watching you apply your skills.

I am a novice big time at 66 years old and certainly appreciate each and every one of your videos! Thanks for being such a fantastic teacher!

Good morning Keith. They came out really nice. Another great project.

keith,we all enjoy watching you cut gear teeth starting from a blank to the finished piece! really educational!

Beautiful Job Keith. This is a great series. Thanks for sharing the whole process. Take care, Ed.

My cheerful friend. (... who doesn't know me!) That straight-on-cutter shot was pretty cool! I like symmetry.

Afternoon Keith from the uk , i feel your pleasure from gear cutting, i gave only made 5 or 6 gears but really enjoy it too

Awsome job Keith you are a true machinist. Great video and as always a super great teacher. Larry

Keith, it's very satisfying for me watching you do this kind of work.

Thank you for sharing. Very nice job, thanks for taking us along.👍

I don't think I want to go to that dentist! Awesome job as always Keith.

I feel at home now. The dirty band-aid makes me smile. My hubby does that, my boys do that, my brothers do it, my uncles do it HA HA HA Thanks

Good morning Keith and shop dog. I hope you are having a good day today

I just noticed You are looking fine yourself. And a new or laundered Vintage Machinery apron, Nice

Thanks for sharing your interesting projects Keith. Love watching you channel from Australia.

This method of using a threaded bolt or 2, to lock on a shaft to a gar, has alwas facinated me. There are all sorts of ways to do this. Many names.. woodriff.. just standard keyways, and all manner of other variants. Screws in there was most likely easiest for what they could do WAY back then? Shaping out keyways is heh.. kinda complex really. The involuted gears always are, and always interesting to see. Somehow, I think these are some of Mr. Rucker's favorite jobs.

Curious, did the large pressed on gear teeth require timing to the smaller machined gear?… no mention in your set up

Another great project. Thanks for taking us a long.

Keith it is a pleasure to watch you make these gears, my dad was a machinist for years at Lockheed Martin and to be able to see how he made some of the things he did is very interesting thank you for sharing what you love to do I appreciate it very much!

COOL! Gear cuts are sure a delicate process!

Keith lovin' that new super spacer!

Great video, it brought back fond memories. I always marked the first tooth cut when cutting gears on a dividing head. That way, if I have to take a few thousand's off the blank I insure that every tooth is cut

Big Thank you Keith..... :) outstanding to view your work, lot of happies to view....

Aha! So that is why you did not cut the keyways on the shaft! I did not realise that it was going to be a threaded key.

I always enjoy your videos . a nice variety of topics and well narrated

thank you for sharing Keith.

Great series and job well done... 🙂

Yet another excellent video.

Amazing work!

Job well done thanks for sharing Keith

Excellent. Thank you for sharing

Nice series. Thanks Keith!

Great series thank you Keith

Good stuff Keith. Enjoyed this project

Great job thank you for sharing

Great video Keith.

Love your vids thank you.

Nice work. Well done !

Spiracular job, thanks for sharing.

Another interesting video.

Top job Keith

really good job

Very interesting project, thanks.

Your a SMOOTH operator !😊

Good job

Congrats on a job well done. Looks nice, too.

Dura-Bar is wonderful stuff to work with. I've made several parts with it, and it machines like a dream.

really enjoyed it. cutting gears at 10X speed is pretty entertaining.

You have a promising career as a dentisit!

i'm glad you finally finished this up. These videos were getting a little bit long in the tooth. LOL

Hello Keith, I like it also to cut gears but on my work do only 3 time in the last 45y , nice vidio aswell 👍👍

Good to go 👍👍👍

Nice...

Another job completed with your awesome attention to detail and high quality parts reproduction. Did you ever complete the steam stoker engine? I missed a few of the final episodes for some reason.

Fun video series. Long time viewer. Patron supporter. Well worth a couple of bucks a month. 👍

Love the new apron 😂

The one part I didn't see was indexing the two sets of gears on the shaft to each other. Or is that not necessary?

Hiya Keith

KEITH, love watching you cut gears, because I never got to try it. My question is, the location of one tooth to the other when two gears are on the same shaft, is it important for the system to work. thanks Dave.

You seem to be holding your hand when tapping those 2 holes, have a tap handle just like that and it seems to hurt us as well, took some old soft rubber air hose and pushed it up on our handles, made a world of difference and seems easier for our hands ✋️

At 15:13, after you put in the set screws, but before you turned the OD, did you do another facing? It looks like you got into the the set screw on one side, which is how I noticed.

Great series... as always! At about 3:55 into the video (starting the centre hole with the 3/8 in drill bit) the drill noticeably deflects. Please explain. Thank you.

Always fun to watch. Wondered if there was any alignment requirement between the two gears on the same shaft. I know “centered up” was mentioned for cutting the teeth in the larger gear. Just curious. Thanks for the video.

I must have missed an episode. What was the multi fingered bandaged event?

Too funny... "Meet the dentist"... 🙂@18:18

Did the thigh require any alignment with the smaller gear?

Well done job but also think about the camera work and editing. Lots of camera position changes to give the viewers the best look.

Keith, do you put any kind of maker's mark on parts?

Good dentist 😊

We haven't seen the shop cats for a while. Are they OK?

Out of curiosity (I'm no machinist but have done some metal working), wouldn't one need to clean the tap lube out of the holes for the loktite to work?

Just wondering, what’s that being a cast-iron gear how come there was no heat treat needed it would seem like the cast-iron gear would be too soft and you would have excessive wear again is there some reason why that you don’t heat treat it?

Does the lubricant you apply when threading the screws prevent the locktite from settling the screws on the shaft. I am trying to learn. I will never be a machinist. Jerome Manhattan Ks.

When I tried drilling a hole on the line between cast iron and mild steel it started ok and then drifted towards the cast iron. Solutions to this??

last time I cut a gear it got really hot. Should I use mist coolant? Oil on an acid brush didnt seem adequate. I sent the cutter out to get it sharpened.

Is cast iron better than steel for making gears?

900th 👍!

What's with the bandaids? Art from Ohio

What did you have wrapped around you head that left those marks on your neck and face at 19:50

14:00 *SNAP* :)

Did the two gears have to be aligned to each other or did it not matter?

Rucker Dentistry :)

Algorithm BOOSTER!

I thought that you didn't use oil machining cast iron. I guess I'm confused.

KEITH, I'M SURE THE GENTLEMAN WELL JUST LOVE THEM, TELL ALL HELLO...

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260!

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Every time I watch there is less Rucker to see.

Any information on the Stoker Engine?