Keith, I don’t know anything about machining, but I do find it fascinating watching you work. This Tally Ho project continues to pay dividends. Thank you sir, for the excellent entertainment!

I don't know that it's my end only but I have all kind of weird audio artefact and they are repeatable, so it's not my wireless headphone setup and interference. Great project, I can't wait to see it go forward.

Hi Keith from South London UK, I just wanted to say how much I am enjoying this series. I love that the geometry is all offset and its great to see how this can all be achieved with manual machining.

Morning from rugby UK coffee ,toast and Keith, Fridays sorted

Turning on that lathe and then using that press for broaching brings me back to my trade school days and then the beginning of the "job shop" days. I am no longer a machinist but still have the skills. After about 8 years in job shop and then gear hobbling for a few years with Gould & Eberhardt i gave my life a rethought and then became a maintenance mechanic/ technician and traveled with my company. What i have learned i never regretted and i can fix just about anything. I am 66 now and i am thinking of getting a metal lathe from a friend and perhaps i can help local people out with thins and make a few bucks to pay for the electricity and have fun...Time will tell. In the mean time i get to watch a guy living the dream.

This just amazes me to see this project and the amount of work that so many talented people are putting into this piece of Tally Ho's equipment. I'm sure Leo is beyond grateful . I can't wait to see this piece of history working on Tally Ho.

It is an enormous pleasure to me to watch Kieth machine something like this piece. His trained fingertips run those micrometers perfectly. It is trivial to change the micrometer reading by several thousandths with bad technique. The joy to me is that this part _will_ perfectly fit the parts being made in Millbrook, Torpoint, Cornwall, England, which is 4,250 miles distant. In addition this is far from a trivial part to machine. Wonderful. Just wonderful to watch.

As a non-machinist I really appreciate how you explain when certain dimensions or other attributes are important vs when they are not, due to later steps.

For unique parts the metric/imperial debate finally reduces to one fact. The machinist is far less likely to make an error if they use the measurements their machines are calibrated for and they have most experience using.

Hello Keith, No problem in working in Imperial. I'm in the UK and I work in metric & imperial, due to my age I was taught imperial in the 60's then metric came along in the 70's and as most of the machinery I work on is American with German or Japanese engines I end up working in both, I use metric for fine measurements down to 1mm any smaller I go thousands? Large measurements feet, yards or miles ? Hey Ho. Makes life interesting. Regards Richard 🇬🇧

Thank you sir for expressing that measuring systems are different languages that we speak to build things.

Thanks, and of course I will comment! I've never done any machining work at all, but it is fascinating to watch folks do it who are willing to share their expertise.

Sensible to work in your familiar units instead of SI. Less likely to make a mistake. And the original capstan probably used imperial too.

Years ago I'd watch This Old House, couldn't get enough. I rate your channel, your personality and subject matter even better. Thanks and wishing much success!

Love the Capstan Project

Kinda makes me miss my 33+ yrs in a machine shop. It was hard work but quite satisfying when you got it done correctly. We used to say, If it were easy, everybody would do it..

Fascinating work. Found you through Tally Ho. Thanks for sharing this with the world. 🇨🇦

Good morning to everyone watching from Lincolnshire UK, time for a coffee ☕ Keith don't apologise for using your native language, most of my metrology is from before the UK decimalisation like me and my motorbikes & car 🙂

Many peoples, several different geographic locations, a collaborative effort. You sir, are a brave man. I always think of the 1999: NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter failure, A NASA review board found that the problem was in the software controlling the orbiter's thrusters. The software calculated the force the thrusters needed to exert in pounds of force. A separate piece of software took in the data assuming it was in the metric unit: newtons.

Oh! I am in Canada, I was in secondary school when we were forced to adopt the metric system. I love the "relationship to the human body" with the Standard Measurement System, and for certain things, the simplicity of the metric system to move between units is nice too. The reason for the change was that the S.I. (System International - or Metric System) was good for trade. But our biggest trade partner is still the United States of America. Then suddenly, communist Chinese goods flooded the market... which is No Buenos, in my humble opinion. Our family always supported the Democratic Taiwanese efforts.

I’m an electrician. I’ve worked in machine shops. Installing and repairing lathes and mills. I’ve always been fascinated with the work the machinists were doing. It is just amazing.

At some point there was an unknown hero of machining who figured out if you replaced the exciting bar with a boring bar the results were more predictable. Dad jokes aside, it's always fun watching you work on projects.

In 1987 I started working for Dominion Engineering making wood working machinery in England, West Yorkshire, I’m now an HGV Mechanic, but find your work fascinating. My great grandfather was a pattern maker during the 2nd world war, it’s funny how this tally ho project is bring all my interests to one point and making all the dots connect in my life. I think technology and progress is a wonderful thing, but love the delving into where it all came from.

Nice work Keith. I enjoy you commentary that talked about when to be concerned about run out, when not, and how to compensate by executing the proper steps during the turning to get the final part compliant to the drawings tolerances. Thanks for sharing!

Good morning Keith. Gave a great weekend. Thanks for the videos.

Wow...they give you plus .05mm on the drawing, and you go and take an extra .000031" in conversion error. Nice job. (The preceding portion of this message is what I imagine someone on the internet actually telling you with a straight face, because "they know the truth" of machining) With the sarcasm turned off, I want to say I love your work. I am a machining student in Spokane Washington and this kind of work is inspiring.

I learned lathework and metal working 44 years ago in technical school in the netherlands. I liked being able to form hard metals into the shapes you want to great precision very much. I enjoy following the proces of making parts for the capstan and think this craftmanship is priceless. Looking good; can't wait to see the capstan in function.

Looking at this from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 good to watch

As Curtis at CEE would say “bananas”!!! 😂

Am I the only one who seemed to hear the lathe making noises that sounded like words in a foreign language? Great work Keith! Edit: actually it may just be some audio glitches either in the recording or from my computer.

Very enjoyable to watch this machining being done. Your explanations are clear and precise like your work. Old school pride of craftsmanship shows throughout your videos. Leo has once again picked the right partner for the job. The Tally Ho project has been a showcase of American know how.

couple thoughts, one, face a side then turn the od better than half way, bore your through hole all in the same setup, then flip it and use the bore and turned od to get it dialed back in, no need to set up on an arbor and the more features you can do in a single setup the better your part will be (saves time too) and lastly oil the backs of your keyway broaches, helps prevent them from fetching up on the shim or bushing and causing them to dive.

Remember to do the bolt hole radius to 3.284 inches as you machined the capstan base to, not the 3.248 as showed on the blueprint diagram.

Thanks Keith. That's a ton of work in that thing.

From a naked blank and some line drawings to a piece that will only be seen by the builder. Really awesome work.

Hi Keith. In the UK we call feet and inches "Imperial" measurements. At school I was taught Imperial, that is until "metric" came in circa 1970. So I am used to both systems.

Love your work Keith.

thank you Keith we appreciate you making this material for us to enjoy!

After watching you face the first side and hearing the chatter along with the drag out marks of the tool and then the drill chatter , it’s a good indication that the spindle bearings are loose!! 40 + years as a Journeyman Industrial Machine Repairman leads me to that conclusion 👍

Thank you Keith!

Love your work Keith, plus came to laugh at the inevitable comments telling you that you're doing it all wrong!

Dave thank you for making these videos these videos! 😊

Thank you for sharing.👍

Great video thanks for sharing

Thanks Keith 👌👍

Really enjoy watching your videos, like always another great video and thaks for sharing!

Hey Keith, I might be old school but I work in inches too. I can visualize 12 inches in my head but I don’t have a clue what 12 meters looks like; same goes with gallons vs liters. Lol I still say Leo told the designer he wanted the Capstan modernized with an electric motor, which he did but didn’t think it through. Originally there was a hole in the deck for the base, “what’s that, like 4 inch diameter?” plus the mounting bolts. Now with the motor mounted on the bottom of the base a large opening will have to be made in the deck to accommodate that adapter and motor. I said this before and someone said no the motor would be mounted lower and just a shaft would come up through the deck but that is obviously not the case. If he hasn’t already figured it out someone needs to call Leo and say hey, do you realize you will have to cut a damn big hole in your deck to mount this thing? I don’t think the necessary support to allow a large opening has been designed into the deck structure. I hope I am wrong but this might all a waste of time.

Hi from Boston and thanks Keith!

Thanks for the video. dedication to precision is fantastic

Hey Keith, great as usual. 100% on the English/Metric discussion. I use both all the time. Anybody from the UK complaining...just remember, they use MPH on their freeways...at least when I was in London last I was confused because I saw 60 on a freeway, and said "Wow, pretty slow...60KPH? They said "no, 60 MILES per hour". So I don't want to hear that Metric/Imperial Argument from them. LOL. I did notice you have some audio issues going on. At first I thought the Dura-bar was sending subliminal messages @9:54, almost sounded like it was saying "English units are the enemy". LOL Then I heard it more often. I heard it at the Arbor Press, and quite often at the lathe. Almost like there was some kind of interference with your mic, or there is a issue with the mic interface...lots of compression artifacts.

Thank you for another great video. Cheers

Great job

Excellent as usual.

thank you Keith

I’ve been watching the Tally Ho restoration from the beginning. And I do have to say, it is nice to see all these other channels get some light and recognition from it. Hopefully your channel grows, as well as Windy Hill and Dave Clark’s. There is a lot of decaded knowledge, skills and experience on all your channels that deserves to be shared.

I like this project a lot, thank you.

Thanks Keith. I finally understand which way up the whole assembly will be! I had assumed the spindle / sleeve pointed "up" but now realise it points "down" and in fact will protrude down through the deck. Great watching things progress! 😊

Nice work Keith. Thanks for sharing the process. Have a great day.

Keep up the good work.

This has been one my favorite videos I’ve seen on your channel. Really shows off your machining skills.

I really enjoyed this video. Your descriptions of what you're doing is very educational. Thank You.

Watching your expertise and experience from England and Sir you make an excellent video with as much precision as your end products. Brilliant to watch you creating! Thanks for sharing Really like you explaining technique and obviously every machinist has their own as long as the end result matches the drawing! Hat off to you Sir

Thanks Keith

Nice work.

It’s a good thing Leo only paid $1 for that boat because he’s going to have a small pile of money tied up in converting the capstan to power drive. Nice piece of machining work on this one!

Hi and thanks Keith Rucker

Looks great! And looks like a lot of work.

Thank you

A great video.

Found your channel on utube, I am watching Tally Ho from the beginning and the rebuilding of the Capstan project with the making of the new casting ! This capstan has become a real project for everyone!

Nice job.

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. It is truly fascinating to learn some machinist tricks and the know-how of processes from someone who truly knows their trade.

What a marvelous smorgasbord of metal lathe working. Looking forward to the milling machine segments

Keith, you are the "Captain" of your shop.

Good job. 😊

I would put some long smooth shank bolts in the capstan base, then wax the iron, build up a little perimeter wall in plastilene, and cast a piece of plaster or urethane resin against the bottom of the base. Pull the bolts and pop the plaster off and you would have a pattern that the top face of the adapter has to match. If you have a pantograph, you could use the plaster to mill the surface down to match the pattern.

Keith, as long as your inches to metric conversions are good and you keep speaking in thou it's all good 👌🏻 another fine job sir 👏🏻

I assure you that I have enjoyed your videos about capstain absolutely as much as I've enjoyed any of Leo's videos. It matters just as much. And you completely understand and know what you're doing. That's obvious. Very well said and done. Thank you so much for your support in Leo's dream. You're making such a HUGE difference!! Thank you.

I’m really enjoying watching these machining processes, i think I’m a frustrated metal worker!! Best wishes from Southern Ontario. Canada.

I really in joyed your videos!!! I just wish I could do such interesting work.

Most excellent.

To anyone complaining about him not doing this in metric... consider how much it would cost to retool his lathes to metric dials; and obtain all the different scales/dial-indicators/micrometers/etc. in metric instead of inches. It's all about tolerances, if he can hit them as requested on the print, the unit system is irrelevant.

Edutainment as always ❤

Nice to see a master at work good job Keith

Hi Keith, thank you for your videos, the respect you have for the quality of your work is fantastic. My late father in law was a fitter/mechanic on aircraft in WW2 with the Australian Air Force. He was also a great man for the quality of his work - do it once and do it right - would just about sum him up. A great man. cheers, 👏Max

Good job

Thank You Keith for sharing this wonderful video with us! Great Job, way to go. I work in a job shop type of machine shop and of all the hundreds and hundreds of metric prints I’ve made parts from, every single one was made in inches for the last 40 plus years. I feel you. I’ve noticed many comments on how you should have done things but, YOU are the one doing it aren’t you! Keep on keeping on. Thanks again!

Nice work Keith I also is calibrated to Inches and feet. Thanks for the video!!

I have keyway broaches and an arbor press for my model engines - boy, what you have there is enormous by comparison 😀Keep going Keith I'm enjoying watching it very much!

Interesting video looking forward to the next step. :o)

Excellent

We had an engineer at work who thought he was the bee's knees , "that looks intricate, I said to him " , " yes I work to the nearest thousandth of an inch, was his reply " . My response " I always work to spot on , you slapdash merchant " . Funnily enough he was the only person in the workshop not to find it amusing . Fantastic machinist though , to be fair to him . But ! He knew it.😂

A hint I used on boring bars that were doing a Precicon bore but I had to have a long thin carbide bar - chatter. Solved by super glue a right-angle bar to the back side that fit in and it kept the chatter out of the long extension I had to use. The bar comes off with oil. Kept it with the bar as a reminder.

I am interested to see you are going to bolt this to a 'rough' casting face, in my ignorance I would have 'lightly' skimmed' the casting to ensure it had no high spots, as I would expect cracking if uneven forces are applied via the bolts, can I ask for the rational?

I love yer Gerstner boxes

looks like I am the first to comment. I support Leo in his fantastically high-quality restoration. this capstan will be the crowning piece. SUCH a lot of work has gone into it. I am so impressed.

Im not a machinist but i thought i knew machining from my military trade school training. Watching this shows how much more there is to it that i was never taught

I am in Canada so we are Forced to work in both Imperial (my first choice) or metric when we have to. Anytime I see sparks when working with cast iron it says sand to me.Keeping those jigs and fixtures is always a good idea. Who knows when they may be needed again. They are time and resorse friendly for the shop. When I was still working these one off jobs were my favorite things to do. They make us think ahead. Thanks for another great post Keith. Have a great weekend eh!

I’m a long time subscriber and just wanted to say that your work has always been interesting and you keep going from strength to strength. You are such a high quality youtuber now, one of the very best in your genre. I’m metric but so enjoy watching you work in imperial. Maybe one day there will be an autonomous robot helicopter on Mars built in metric, it could say hello to the imperial one that’s already there…

Thank you, as always, for your content, and patience with those who choose to criticize. Often, it is better to keep one's mouth closed or fingers off of the H.I.D. (human interface device), and be thought a fool, rather than open it (or actually use the H.I.D) and confirm it!