Watching the turning in general, but especially the bronze turning is mesmerizing... it often looks like you are watching an eclipse. Thank you for making this process more accessible to people who never took shop in school or knew how a lathe worked.

It amazes me that anyone would put a thumbs down for this series. Adam lets us into his world and shares his work with us. It's a privilage to watch. I wish I could work with metal instead of pushing paper around a desk. Thanks Adam.

Boy that bronze machines nice, you weren't exaggerating about the chips spraying either.

Just scrolling through the comments & thinking to myself Damn there a lot of respect here for the work your doing Adam. It's nice to see that 99.9998% of your subs are appreciative of the effort you put into your work & the videos you produce each week Makes me proud just to be a small part of this community. Thanks again KB

If you dont want the bronze to spray all over the shop, You can do what Keith Fenner does. He attaches a painters-brush with a magnet, rigth over the cutting tool. And the chips pile up rigth under ;) And again, awesome videos! thanks for sharing with us!

Heavy Duty and Beautiful. Looks awesome! Thanks for taking the time to explain and teach when you video. I learn something every time. Looking forward to part 5.

Wow. This table seems to become a useable piece of art.

Looking good Adam. I will be watching the next steps,, thanks,Harvey

Wife’s watching football, I’m watching Adam. Crazy. Cripes! There she goes, yelling at the tube, again. Tell-ya what else is a bit crazy… I don’t have the confidence in my dentist that I have in Adam. Love that Monarch… it’s big, it’s quiet, it’s precise; (in competent hands) and that brass sings so nice and looks like gold. Still wait’n for the 4”, 4 pitch thread Adam! Brad

Very Nice Adam! I love the new angle that shows you at the dials on the lathe and how you tap in a thousandth or two...very cool shot. Also very interesting and thank you for the tip on cutting bronze with HSS as opposed to an inserted tool, that kind of stuff is invaluable for someone like me who wouldn't have a clue as to why I was wearing half of my chips. Great tip! Enjoying the build and I'll just add my congratulations on SNS #52 here so you don't get slammed on that subject. I hope you know that I truly look forward to a pleasant evening of hanging out with you and seeing how your week has been, and hope that you decide to keep the format, or at least a weekly video of some sort. I do know it's tough, and takes time away from other things, but at least you know you're making many, many people happy when you share of yourself, and even your family. It was awesome to see the bloopers and our buddy's little "unnecessary edit" on that intake manifold, LOL, that was hilarious!!! Aloha...Chuck

Man, when you get done, you will undoubtedly have the most precisely constructed rotary welding table on the East coast!! Fantastic workmanship!!

Real nice so far. I can see a cool 6-bolt pattern keeping the tube to the base coming... hint, hint.. ;-) Colin

Excellent! It's Sunday night, and this is what I am watching. Hehe. If I was in the shop, I'd just make shiny metal things on the lathe. Not practical, just perfectly round and shiny. As always, your precision is amazing. Take care!

Thank You for sharing your work and expertise. I enjoy watching your videos and have learned much so far (I am working my way from your earliest to today). You and Mr. Lipton have re-inspired me to complete my work on repairing a Logan model 210 lathe and rebuilding a Bridgeport that the quill feed was worn out

As smooth as that bearing is you won't need a motor to turn it. Great video as usual, Thanks Adam.

Love watching this welding table build. That bronze material is purdy. :)

As a fabricator/machinist/welder I love your videos. I would proudly display one or more of your stickers on my toolbox and/or my truck. I love the way you show how to center a 4 jaw lathe chuck every time you use one of your lathes. A lot of people nowadays are using the 3 jaw chucks for round stock and almost never turn square or square-ish materials anymore. I learned to use a 4 jaw back in high school way before they started using the table top cnc machines to save money on electricity and materials. I also learned a basic understanding of german due to the fact my high school was using donated machines and all of our engine lathes came from the german navy. One was even aboard a german battleship in WW II. Thanks again and keep up the great work.

That table is going to be a one of a kind masterpiece of a shop built workshop appliance. You could get Keith's logo plated that would look real sharp plated in brass or nickel or even better real gold would be a killer option for such a special personalized item but that might cost a chip-bucket load of cash, a nice daydream though. Powder coating is likely going to be the way to go, they do metallic colors that would look real spiffy when riveted on the black tube. Thanks to Keith for burning out all those great logos for your shop especially bending the one to fit the tube, that one will be the cherry on the top. It makes the table even more interesting and it was cool to begin with and is getting classier every day.

Thanks for the double bill Adam The best part of my Saturday is catching up with Abom79

I love to watch you work. Your attention to every detail and quality of craftsmanship inspires me to try and start my own machine shop.

Adam, you're the World's Coolest Shop Teacher, especially for those of us that might not have paid attention in School or didn't have the foresight to sign up for the right classes. Great content delivered in a very pleasant way that inspires lots of 'doing' in shops around the world. Keep up the good work and thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge, skill and experience with us. Two thumbs up.

Adam, It is an absolute pleasure watching you on this project! Your professionalism and attention to detail is so damn rewarding!! Thank you again for sharing your knowledge as I know it will help me in my future endeavors. The pieces Keith cut for you are awesome, and whatever color scheme you decide on, will indeed be a focal point in your shop! I hope to be receiving one of the stickers Brad made up for you. It will be displayed proudly. Fantastic job! Razor!

Love these videos - you're doing a great job providing a real shop experience for viewers. I used to turn a small undersized "lead" diameter on smaller pressed parts, especially in softer materials like aluminum where say a pressed plug could tear itself into a hole crooked. Perfectly aligned parts to start before the press applied any pressure. But I also like those rawhide hammers :). Enjoyed your "Bridgeport delivery" video too.

Hi Adam, you should send this video series to the accountants with a note saying this is how Engineers do it when there in charge. ha ha. great video Jeff

Truly professional,Looks great, nice work on the bushing, too bad we'll never see it again.

Regarding lubrication there is a material that we use over on some farm equipment which is commonly called fluid grease that might be appropriate for this piece of workshop art. We use it in heavy gearboxes and geartrains which are inclined to leak at the oil seals in heavy working conditions. Its better than SAE 140 and does not collect muck and rubbish any where near as bad as straight grease. It will pour slowly when ambient temps are above about 15Celcius but needs to be heated at lower temps but from what I have seen that is not likely to be a problem in your part of the world! I could find out more if you wish.

great explanations Adam - this is one of You Tubes hidden gems.

That is going to be the Mother of all welding tables! I think I like the idea of having it powder coated in black. Powder coat looks so nice and even and it resists bumps, chips and chemicals very nicely. The only real down fall is it is only slightly more resistant to damage from sparks than paint. Your logo would look real good powder coated in clear to show off that it is in fact real metal. I plasma cut some logos out of 11 gauge stainless for things I have built. They look real tough riveted in place. Keep it coming!

Thor's rawhide hammer was shakin' the whole shop!!

great commentary Adam. Your videos just get better. lots of things I learn

Love the way you show your procedures. easy to follow step by step Thanks so much

I'm a woodworker! Why do I love watching this so much?? :-)

Very nice job Adam great tip on machining bronze. I've always hated being sprayed with chips too lol. We have a bit of humidity here too, but ours is a little more solid lol, we got another 4 inches of snow last night. Looking forward to the next instalment, it is taking shape very nicely. With that bearing you should have a beautiful turning action while welding. Thanks again, Ian Little

Looking good man, coming together nicely! Can hardly wait for part 5... Great job so far Adam! Ray

Hi Adam, That is so cool. Nice lines it will look like a new chevy camero rolling around your shop when its completed. Beautiful job as always.. Thanks M.K.S.

Dam this welding table going be awesome. and as a bonus you could use it as a lazy susan lol. top work Adam

The bronze is a beautiful color Super Nice finish on it !!!

Looking good Adam thanks for the double feature today. Just like Grandad always said double feature on a Saturday at the local movie house!

You did it again Adam, another quality video and job. Videos just get better and better,love the pride you take in your projects,. :-):-)

Great job Adam! 😃

Hi Adam... Love this new format... Straight into some machine work... Great ...

Hey Adam. That's gonna be quite the rotary table for welding. looking real nice. I can tell that you really love this work by the pride you take in every piece you make. As always, I enjoyed every minute of the video. I gotta say you got a real set taking a .200" cut on that bronze tube sticking out of the chuck that far! But it worked just fine. I was worried for you that the brass would grab the bit and dig in.

Very patient and an artist!

Looks good Adam thanks for the tip on indicating your tools square.

Nice when two parts fit together like they were made for each other, especially when they were. Nice job Adam it looks great, don't let that rust get at it when your back is turned.

Another great video in the series...excellent!

So much mad respect for you!

That shaft looks great !! After seeing it sitting on the base I really think it would look very nice to powder coat the base black and perhaps your logo. That shaft would pop right out if it were powder coated clear. It would be a focal point along with your logo. The logo could be brushed and clear coated, black and clear coated, or polished and clear coated, can't make up my mind. LOL. Anyway Adam, it's looking great. I do the same thing around my shop, if it's for me I like to purty them up.

You make things of beauty as well as of practicality. Sooooo nice.

G'day Adam, Sometimes with a long bush like this one it can help to machine the first 1/2" or so about 2 or 3 thou under the bore size. It is a good pilot for pressing & also gets the bush nice & square before starting to push.

You are an excellent teacher and I thank you.

Great stuff, as usual, just love it! Put a smile on my face every time....thanks.

Looking good Adam.

So massive. I love this project!

Adam, Great job, my friend! Your welding table will be the envy of every welder in the country! (I can just hear welders talking among themselves: "Have you see the new Booth welding table?" "No! But I plan on building one! I can download the plans on KZfaq!") I have thoughts flying around in my mind of how to make a welding table for myself. First, I want to make a cart to put my Millermatic on, have a small drawer for consumables and have a shelf on the back for a bottle or two of C-25. If I get into other forms of welding (stick or TIG) I will build individual carts for each process. That way you don't have a ton of welders on one table with snarled cables and gas lines. Thanks again for the quality work you do! I have learned a lot from watching your videos as I have other others in this community! Thanks for sharing! As a thought, DoubleBoost got Debs to try her hand at MIG welding. Is Elena up to the task? :-) Anyway . . . have a good one! Dave

Dude everything in this video I know how to do. So far as process. So I really appreciate you taking the time to explain the tricks you have learned over time. Your feeds and speeds, all the uses for your rules, your tool grind(I got 2 just like it with my lathe never new why such a breaker). Thats the info thata golden to me

great build adam.

Very nice work. Steve,

Looking good!

Fine piece of work.

Really looks nice.

Looks awesome Adam, well done mate.

Looking really good, strong and with some style. Looks like it'll support a battleship. Joe

the possibilities are endless with you wielding table project, i think you going to find that you will wander how you ever worked with out it.

i love the special camera effects when you started the bush into the housing with the raw hide hammer. great videos and awesome quality of work. Waz.

Looking great there Adam! Can't wait to see the next part :)

Nice job Adam. I like the way that you handle things. Thanks for sharing Ali

I'm really enjoying this series of videos !! Really like your design of this table ! Good job !

Adam, man, very professional work! Thank you for sharing, the table starts to take shape and looks awesome. :)

Looking forward to the next video,great work man.

:O Wow, that's a big chunk of bronze! Great project, this has to be every welders dream table :)

wonderful, I love your videos. That welding table is the best project I have ever seen made for personal use.

TUBULAR ! too bad it would cost so much to ship it to me here in Oregon..LOL I'm sure it's going to turn out really nice you have a great start now. thanks for sharing!

Nice I enjoyed this one very much, I have noticed that you do seem more relaxed and calmer when you work on your own stuff, maybe you dont have any rush and you end up enjoying the ttime spent. Anyway cant wait for the next update.

Hello Adam, really nice work!good job!

Another great vid thanks.

Looking good man, gonna be the centerpiece to the shop! :)

Table is shaping up nicely Adam. If you need some FEA simulation ran on the table, I can run that in Solidworks with some basic dimensions of the table.

Going to be too pretty to use for welding! Ha! I wouldn't mind having it for a coffee table in my living room! Sweet!

damn gorgeous job on the leg,great job on the bronze

We've got serious humidity issues in our locale (Redwood Coast Cali/Oregon border) and a few years ago, I switched from oil to wax as a rust preventative. Got tired of having to constantly re-oil exposed surfaces in the shop. I use either a carnauba-blend "gun wax" or a synthetic called Renaissance Wax with good results. Wax isn't perfect for every situation, but I spend so much less time chasing the rust gremlins since switching to wax wherever I can get away with it.

You do nice work.

Beautifull....it's coming so great man. You're just the best my boy! Take care Adam. Greeting from a worm Aruba...Vale!

Big fan of the bronze

Looking good Adam, that bushing pressed in there nice.. If it was Humid Out ,that means You made this vid a week or so ago..before the cold snap..lol,,always Enjoy Adam ..thanks Man..

Adam When you were talking about the tube sweating up in the humidity when you took it outside to press the bush in, it made me think, do your safety glasses fog up when you walk out of the AC ? I'm short-sighted, so I have to wear glasses all the time, and then a larger, chunkier pair of safety glasses that fit over my other glasses, so I get a double dose of fogged lenses when it's humid here. The same thing happens with camera lenses, which is bad, because the inside of the camera sweats as well, and you can't see it happening. It's a real pain the a##, because you can't stop it, and like you said, it's a guaranteed rust starter, unless you take extra precautions. The welding table is shaping up to be an absolute beauty - like others, I'm really looking forward to seeing the progress. Thanks for sharing it.

very nice machining... i can't see anyone running off down the street with that under their arm when its all finished !!

nice work , thanks for the video...

Damn dude! Is this table going to weld by itself or what? It's a beautiful thing. Can't wait to see it finished. It will rolling around your shop bringing you coffee and shit. Luv it!!

Happy to say we're stocking solid and hollow 660 bronze again! Give us a call.

Adam, you're going to end up with a tool that will outlive most everyone here. I can see it now... A future machinist at a flea market, will come home with a one of a kind welding table... An Adam Booth original! Making his pals envious. lol Cheers.

great stuff

The machinist community on youtube is a bit newer than other ones; woodworking, electronics as two examples, and i hope it does not repeat the same problems, quitting day job, changing to full time youtubers and then setting their selves a goal of a weekly or 2 videos, but then either struggling to gain content, thus just making a pointless/easy project to fill time, using opening mail and other peoples kickstarter projects as half of its content, pushing funding/ads/products/donations, and then random abaondoning their viewers later mentioning vacations and then saying they dont have time to make videos when they also say youtbe is their only job...... I enjoy the real machining going on with you guys, im not saying dont do mailbags, dont get me wrong, i love you showing projects and random ideas, and your passion, and I hope that doesn't run out!

Great work man fit perfect .. Going to handy to have a rotating welding table , Like having a third hand !!

Nice job.

eres un genio me encanta el trabajo que realizas, estoy aprendiendo un poco el oficio y tus videos me sirven de inspiracion del trabajo bien realizado GRACIAS

Than darn humidity!!!! But hey its not too bad temps here are currently approaching 0F again and you are in shorts running the air conditioning!! lol Only bad part about bolting that tube down is you wont be able to gusset it. That will for shure make that the weakest part of this build by center loading that plate. In order to maintain the 15ton load rating for this table I would suggest putting some 1x4 box tubing running from just inside your casters and under your post. You could weld that on the bottom and really stiffen and brace that plate up a bunch, about 6 times to be exact.

good job. the shop where i work when doing 660 we just hold a old paint brush on the tool stop all the fling brass. keep up the good work.

hey nice job adam !!! I'm thinking about doing the same for my table but incorporating a ring gear for a pnumatic motor thats controlled by a foot switch but well see!! but i really appreciate all your videos man its been really inspirational.

Hey Adam, It's Looking Good. You will be getting a call from NASA soon, they will want one! Maybe two. Thanks Buddy