Thanks Keith. I'm just getting into scraping but have been watching you for years. Blast from the past!

I have four cast iron flat plates all scraped in to 40 points/inch. I learned scraping while employed at Kingsbury Machine in Keene NH. I was employed at Kingsbury for 27 Years. In the early years of my employment, Kingsbury acquired a company named You Hansen grinders. That Venture did not last more than 2 years, But I did learn from two trained way scrappers from the old Country. I own my own scrappers still, but lost my power flaker to a stupid part of mine to lone it to skilled trades at Chrysler in Indiana. I love to watch scape on KZfaq. I still coach and instruct this process when needed at my present position at the Kokomo transmission plant to keep th old girls working as correct as possible. Enjoy this channel so much. Thank You Keith

After having taken so many naps in the factory while the machine was completing a long automatic cycle, I keep falling asleep while watching these videos. The sound of metalwork is just so soothing.

Always nice to see the horizontals in action. Shop is really looking good.

Keith rucker rules.. loved the video.. Now that i have been making videos for my own you tube channel I now know first hand the time and effort that goes into making videos getting the right shot . So i want to thank you for the time and effort you put into your videos and channel

I enjoyed the process; it went by pretty quick but all the info was there. I know when I was demonstrating bricklaying skill to my classes I only went into the basics to keep down distractions. You've learned the skill of keeping our attention very well as far as I can see. Thanks again Keith from Southern Ohio, Greg.

It's great to see you set up in your home shop to where you can do multiple operations on various machines. Hope it'll be a long and productive summer.

Thanks so much for sharing Keith

scrapping cast iron is like painting a fine painting to Me. Maybe some will recognize the true art in at a later date.

ALWAYS fun to watch your videos

it is great that you always remind me of machining basics.I tend to forget because I am new to this and I get excited about it!

Can´t wait for your scraping video!!

Nice work Keith

Thank you!

cool video making machinery better is always cool though. you've done a lot of that and your videos just keep getting better and better. its fun watching you put that whole shop together I know the feeling

Good video but a couple of suggestions; Clamp the part down on the largest non machined surface for the first cut, not on some tapered shims and praying it won't move. Make as many cuts as possible with as few setups as possible to utilize the accuracy available in the machine and tooling. Example, mill bottom and right angle in one setup and they will be aligned with the base casting. It still amazes me that I see so many mills on you tube that have no protection for the ways behind the saddle, especially when dumping cast iron dust on them. A few dollars worth of pond liner and some metal strips can save a machine from a great amount of wear. If you check with landscapers you may be able to get some leftovers for very little. Attached with magnets, hooks or clamps it is easy to remove for cleaning. I have built them with "French cleats" so they could be removed when cleaning or they were in the way. I am not trying to be pedantic but everyone talks precision yet many don't take the steps to use and preserve the precision built into their machine. Mike (o\!/o)

Keith, love the content, no doubt the camera perspective is a bit different to real life but several times I found myself looking away as you pointed things out seemingly very close to the cutters.. Get a disposable plastic or wood pointer and keep those fingers!

Thanks Keith, I'd love to see scraping.

Enjoyed!

I am not sure exactly why, but that was particularly pleasant video.

You said it right the first time, it's not a finished project. I see you're thinking ahead. :)

Great Video Keith!! :-) Very Helpful!!

love the Milwaukee

Many ways to skin a cat but I would have set it on it's side and machined both end and top in one setting then the other faces. The end result will be the same though. After machining I would leave the tools outside for a week or so for nature to do some stress relieving on them. Love your vids Keith.

great video!!!

A separate scraping video would be really nice.

Logic would dictate the first set up is with the largest flattest surface clamped to the mill, not one with two drafts.

I would love to participate in one of those scraping classes. Unfortunately I do not live anywhere remotely near where Richards business is or where he goes. (I live in the Netherlands). Oh well, I do get a taste of the experience by watching your video's!

Thanks for the video Keith. Look forward to seeing the scraping class postings (enjoyed the last one) and the camel back being scraped video. May I ask a naive question?.. At the end where you show the finished milled part, when the part is flat on the table the foot of it sits flat and appears, by eye, to be a sharp point. With the exception of your right hand side nearest the camera. There is a shadow under it which appeared again later when the part was moved elsewhere on the table. Is this the relaxation of the piece as you described? or a low point in the casting? or just a visual illusion?

Funny, the sound of a fly buzzing past at 2:01..

Hey keith i appreciate your talent and video production ability. I also want to point out a trend i've noticed in your shop and many other's doing machinist video's.........UNPAINTED INTERIOR WALLS!! I will gladly whitewash (interior restoration for a restoration guy) for a mere fee of a new video. my skills with a roller exceed one with a lathe/mill . all in jest seriously. just an observation.

thanks for another great one, any plans next months to do casting?

Great vid! Is the sight glass leaking oil?

Why did you use aluminum(?) flat stock under your risers during the first operation? Is the Steel Riser on in the bed a bad idea?

Do you cold treat these to stabilize the casting.

Gary Cude sells the camel backs.

Richard, quick question, would there be any value to mounting this into a surface grinder and hitting all the machined surfaces before moving on to the hand scraping, or would the time and effort required to do so be better spent just taking it from where it is and scraping it flat? Also, just came across your video series on building your foundry, and after watching it I did a little looking around to see you putting it into use, but couldn't find anything. Have you used it yet, or has it been back burnered due to everything else you have going on? If so, I completely understand, only so many hours in a day, but really am looking forward to seeing you use it, as I also enjoy watching when SV Seeker puts out the occasional casting video.

If all you had was a Bridgeport, which surface would you have used as the reference surface? What other changes to machining order would you have made? Most of us don't have a horizontal mill.

Once you have the bottom scraped in will you measure everything to be sure the 45 and bottom are parallel with the back edge and each other?

Hello What is wrong with just surface grinding thr edges? grinding is good enough for a lathe bed Eddie Harper

just a general question Keith, do you or any of your friends know how much material is removed with a file stroke. I used to file keys and getting them down to the correct size took some amount of filing, I think I removed a thou for every ten strokes but not sure. Can you help?

Bad practice to keep your finger so close to a running machine Mr Rucker! I have not seen you do that earlier, and i don't want to see it again. :) Stay safe in the machine shop, and practise safety at all times.

Is there a reason why scraped cast iron is better for this sort of thing than ground hardened steel, besides the price? I realize that you can't scrape them if they are made out of hardened steel. But if I were making something like this, my instinct would be make it out of tool steel, heat treat with an emphasis on lots of tempering cycles to stabilize it, grind it and then lap it. Yes it's more involved, but the thing would be very wear and dent resistant.

Will you grind the surfaces before you start scraping?

Why on earth are those blocks called 1-2-3 blocks? Honest question. Beside that, nice video.

Good editing, Keith. Watching a face mill cut for 45 minutes is not very interesting. Glenn

Hand scraping, the magic behind precision. ...OK why are a third of the reputable vloggers in mill work named Kieth? No, really?

Sorry if this is a distraction, but your breathing sounds like you have a serious health problem.