hi Adam thank you once again for taking the time to a quick visit, living the American dream right now;) The 14mm drill is for M16 and the 17.5mm is for M20 Regards Thomas

I just want to thank you for making informative videos, I have learned a lot from you and this old Tonny.

A handy rule to keep in your head: The 1/4" rule for quickly estimating steel plate weight. A 1ft x 1ft x 1/4" plate weighs 10 lbs. Your plate is 3/4 thick so 3 x 10 = 30 lbs. Your plate size is 8 x 2.5 = 20 square feet. 20 x 30 = 600 lbs. Not exact, but simple in-your-head calcs for the field.

The taps looks like Emuge taps, very expensive. Very generous gift!

Hello Adam hope youre having a great break. Another 45 mins flown by. Kindest regards from over the pond. You are an institution on a Saturday night now 😍👍

There's something very relaxing in watching someone else work hard...

Great tap set! What a thoughtful guy. Thanks for the reminder on the steel toes, I need to keep that in mind. Anything to protect your feet from daily pounding on a concrete floor is worth the money.

M20x2,5 requires 17,5mm drill indeed. Drill size voor all metric taps is always OD minus the pitch. But i'm pretty shure you knew that... About the magnet, the problem isn't that the metal is too thin, but that it flexes and the magnet is flat on the bottom. We have a magnet for round stock that has two flats and a v-shape in between, that works pretty much all the time.

between the stacked cabinets you might want to put some of the foam web type drawer liner. just little squares at the corners.. it will stop the top one from sliding around.. the new work bench tube bottoms. make those out of solid stock shaped into square flanged inserts (shaper job) and drill and tap the hole off center. no weld.. they just slip in and support the tube.. why the offset for the foot thread.. so you change the foot location by several inches easily. you may need some of the pads farther in or farther out. you put it close to an inside corner.. instead of on a middle of the inside tube. on your engine hoist.. the brackets for the middle wheel set are bent.. the middle wheels camber is off. since you lift heavy stuff.. make up some new bolt on versions that have angled inserts from the bottom of the top plate to the side mounting plate. the top plate should go across the top of the square tube. and add some short triangular reinforcements or a bent over a vertical strut brace. only adds an inch. plus make a slip on knob for the down screw valve with a chain around a ring in a groove so you can pull it off and let it hang.

Who moved the giant rocks into place at Stonehenge? Abom’s ancestors.

Hey Buddy, Great opening about the boots/socks. Most people don't realize how import each is to the other. Like you, I wear 15's. Yup makes shoe shopping really interesting. You can never underestimate the great feeling of good socks when your on your feet all day. Made in USA! Amazing how much wt a big guy with the right rigging bar can move.

Looking good Adam.

Kinda exceeded the capacity of that magnet with all of us sitting on it!!

Regarding the weight of steel you can use the formula: thickness in inches x width in inches x length in inches x 0.2833 pounds per cubic inch.

that damn Ruko is 100$... really nice gift

Just moved my K&T 2D into place with the exact same method, works like a charm even on heavy machines!

The shop is getting better all the time!!

Badda bing! Good hard work never hurt anybody, good for the sole. Thanks for the video.

You mentioned your shop vac I am surprised that one of your upgrades has not been a central vacuum system. another great video enjoyed very much! Now get out there and joy it up with Abby

Brillant story about Thomas... Nice...

With those tan colored drawers you put next to the door ... be careful with how you have the wood underneath of them. As you have it with the metal about 1/2 way onto the wood, the cabinet is going to want to roll the wood when you get some appreciable weight in the cabinet. I'd highly suggest putting a 3rd piece in the center which would go between the rollers of the pallet jack if you need to move it. This should stabilize it well enough and keep it from rolling the wood on the sides.

I think that almost all door locks in Denmark are made by Ruko. its mainly a lock manufacturer. pretty cool that one of my countrymen visited you. i know that i love your tubes. and i think that with time this channel will be big in Denmark. i do what i can to put my friends on to it. About our taxes, yeah they are high. but we get a lot for the money. free hospital and health services. free education all life long. and a good financial safety net. so no one is ever without an income. And a big part of it also goes to subsidize our commerce. Thanks for this episode i just always look forward to these Saturday goodies. :-)

Those are some boots you have. Im a U.K size 7, I think that’s a 9 in USA. LOL. To be fair I’m 165cm and a little over 70kg so my feet for me just fine. Excellent vid mate, thank you.

Hi Adam, Thanks for the Video I enjoy to look it. The brand "RUKO" is a popular Toolmaker in Germany. Hi class and hi precision tools for the shops. I work with this rools many years and i have good experiences with this things. The drill with the diameter 17.5mm is the core diameter for M20 theads. Thanks to give me a look to your shop and I look forward to seeing you again.... Greetings from Duisburg in Germany

Years ago I got some advise from an old coworker of mine. "Always get the best boots and bed you can afford, because you are in one or the other all of your time." !! Good advise I think.

The shop is shaping up real nice Adam

looking good adam, have a great time at the space centre

Interesting episode thanks Adam. The shaper really does look good in its new spot, almost menacing. Look forwards to seeing how you go about making up the new workbench.

That is the exact same way we move safes Adam.Little hard labour but it works lol.Great job!

Can't wait to see the new bench come together!

Hello Adam, Might save some knee time if you cut a light 2 x 4 and slipped it inside and across the 4x4 cribbing. Thinking about that bolt or nut etc. that will roll under the pieces you have up on the sleepers. Plus the chips and dirt that accumulates. Easy to do and saves a lot of crawling around. Take care. Doug

It seems like most clothing is made offshore these days. It's good to see American companies still in business. The two things I will gladly pay more for are socks and boots. When you're on your feet in boots ALL week long, having a good foot system in place makes all the difference. I found the Thorlo sock company about two years ago and they make some great socks that last a long time. They have extra padding in them and are great at wicking moisture.

Good safe move of the machinery. It was educational to see what didn't work and your explanation as why it didn't work. Pay attention folks !!!!

Thorogood's are great boots. - Just ordered some OTC Dan Post Socks. - I could just envision the mess if the storage shelves tipped over. LOL - Put a half inch steel plate inside the top of the beige cabinet, for the move. - The Shaper never stood a chance. You and a Burke bar got'er done.- I was looking at making similar machine feet using hockey pucks. - Take a well deserved rest and we will see you next time.

Good job Adam, I would definitely have had earmuffs on top of my earplugs when moving that sheet with the magnet...can you imagine the sound of that dropping on to your concrete, it would have been like standing inside a church bell! The shop is looking great, as is the G&E.

Looking forward to the work table build!

Great video. I remember when doing things like moving heavy stuff around the shop I could do with my bare hands and do it some more the next day, when I was 20. These days I am very fond of the lifting aids.

Good lessons in moving heavy stuff by one self. Thanks Adam!

Pretty clever way of moving it. Good old egyptian technology. I would never have thought you could do it this way.

I don't nearly as much stuff as you, but most of what I have is on wheels. The last piece I did was a file cabinet that has heavy stuff in it and I'd have to pull the drawers every time I wanted to move it. Now, I just push it. :)

Nice Job Adam, Its great to see the old girl in place and ready to cut some serious chips. The shop is coming together nicely. Thank you for sharing and I look forward to your next video. Cheers, Craig

Ruko is an excellent brand, nice gift that is.

16:45 Adam, next time you might want to put a piece of steel plate inside the top drawer right below the magnet. That will do the job.

Have great weekend. Nice sort out day in the shop

LOVE that T-shirt... As a guy BORN in 72....it kinda rings a bell.......

More proof that overhead shop cranes are the ultimate tool. I think its the direction im going to go when I start my shop (re)build. Great video as always because this is the reality of a small shop!

You're the favorite part of my week

Yeah, get this sort of work done before it gets 90 degrees with 95% humidity! Great video, Adam and Thomas is an awesome dude.

The Vidmar cabinets are meant to be bolted together, the knockouts are there. Additionally they should be bolted to the floor at least in the rear or to the wall thru the back knockouts to prevent tipping. Very dangerous if tipped while loaded with tools etc. each drawer will hold 400 lbs. I demo them by opening a drawer all the way and stand in the drawer while open. Nice work, good videos.

Nice table idea! You'll be able to dress a buffalo on that puppy! Good luck. :)

Your dad and granddad would be very proud of you!

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it... Great job :)

Sitting here with a long list of things to do watching you check things off your list. I probably should get on it, but I see you have another vid of making something on the shaper!

You'll love that new shop table, I'm looking forward to the building of it! ....13

Very nice Adam, we made tables for our shop like that with 4 legs and they were excellent, easy to sweep under and great for garbage can with lots of mass for pounding on parts or reefing on big hydraulic cylinders. It will be nice project to see your angles on the design, cheers bro!

Funny to see your Mulberry tree, up here in the hills of N.Y. The trees are just starting to bud and the last little pockets of snow in the shady spots in the woods just went away this week.

To keep that from rotating in the middle, Put a wedge just under the end that keeps trying to come back at you. It won’t take much just a toe tap. Do the same at the other end as well

When you’re on your feet all day long, spending $200 a pair of boots every couple of years is worth it. I wear Chippewa’s at work everyday.

Great video Adam. Very practical!!!!!!!

Really cool that Thomas and his family managed to make it to the southeast. I feel like most international visitors might hit NYC, FL Disneyworld, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas and LA and miss most of the country. If you ever make it to Houston to see the space center, make sure to take the all-day tour. The less expensive 2 hour tour really doesn't go into any detail about anything with a whole lot of extremely vexing overly-general comments like "Rocket science is difficult". I have it on good authority that the long tour goes into a lot more of the interesting bits.

So glad to Abby's name again. I was hoping you two were still together.

Looks awesome Adam. I am getting bench envy :) I put stuff on 4x4 cribs a lot. Take a beater and knock them fully under those cabs, when you need to move them you can just knock them back out a bit and ram the pallet jack under it. I have found having the cribs sticking out is a major tripping hazard, especially when near traffic lane like those cabs are. I used to be a mechanic, Red Wing make another great and comfy boot, and the soles last a good long time.

I have had those liquorish snacks in Iceland. Wonderful!

Finally got back from Talladega today, glad to finally get to see the Abom episodes I missed! It was only a 3 hour trip for me, but it feels so nice to be home!

you make easy work of moving the shaper, hope you soon feel better as i can tell you have a cold, hope your are both having a great time wile away for the weekend

... Thats not a cherry picker... Thats an engine hoist... A cherry picker is the basket on an arm for lifting people in the air. Often for harvesting cherry trees, but also general work at heights like working on a utility pole

It's pretty awesome seeing how far you've came with this shop since you moved in there. It looks completely different from the pics on the Practical Machinist thread.

I wear Thorogood boots, 4 years old and 1 year as a maint mechanic at a machine shop. They are still holding strong and feel good. And yes the chips sticking is a problem.

Been wearing Thorogood boots for the past 25 years. Love em. I also like Snap On socks. Nice and thick and they don't slide down either.

Hi Adam, Thanks for the video. I'll give the boots a good look. I currently wear Danner Power Foreman boots. Like your Throughgood boots are made in the USA. They are a good bit more expensive. Just under 400. Resoles run me 60 here in San Diego, CA. They use a composite toe, and have goretex lining. The laces have lasted me 4+ years. I'm sure there are plenty of quality made boots, and I would recommend these to anyone. I have had some very significant injuries to my right ankle (reconstructed in high school, then crushed in a motorcycle accident where they added 14 screws and a steel plate), and am willing to spend the money on shoes that allow me to stay on my feet as long as possible. Just wanted to pass on a thumbs up for a quality product.

That's gonna be quite the heavy duty table for sure. After all, you never know when you might want to set your shaper on it. ;)

Look into there welding boots. Should solve problem of hot chips sticking. Great video as always

the shop is looking AWESOME , Great work Adam !

Now thats going to be a workbench for an ABOM! Nice stout build, looking forward to your fab of it.

16:55 - you could have slipped a steel plate into the top drawer right under the magnet and it would have held 🙂

Be sure to ask what type adhesive they use on resoling the boots. If it's the best one, there ain't no glue that holds better. Keep an eye on how it does over time, and buy a can of that stuff. You never know when it's needed. Forgot the name, but probably abother brand name over here, anyway...

I think I need an Abom in my shop to help move heavy shit around.

Be sure to round the corners of that steel table top, hurts like a bull kicked ya if you bump into the corner while working in the shop.

Tax may be expensive, but the quality of life is really high in Denmark if I recall.

Looking Good Adam! ATB, Robin

Looks good. Thanks for the update! I saw those skates under the boxes under your bench. How did I not think of that???? New project for me!!! Thanks again man. Good stuff.

LOL I'll bet that concrete floor hates that shaper! That monster looks heavy!

Nice SNS Adam. The shop is looking better and better! Cheers.

Lifting that cabinet with your magnet, if you'd put a big slug of steel in the top drawer to back up the thin sheet, it would have done the job.More metal means more magnetic flux.

A very enjoyable video Adam, I will have to say that when I saw that plate steel I wondered how you were going to handle it and when you said that you were going to use that magnet I kind of thought you had lost it, I can not believe it picked that heavy piece of steel plate up, I had never seen anything like that, not that I did not trust your judgement and knowledge, I just did not know, keep up the good work on the shop.

Appreciate the effort to get things organized. My shop is is a little cramped and we have a lot of equipment that gets used intermittently depending on the jobs in the shop. We found putting just about everything, including machines and work tables on heavy trucks is really handy. Our welding/fab table top is about 5'x9'x1.25". Yeah, a heavy mother, but it was cheap. It will have wheels and retractable stiff legs under it = best of both worlds. Give it some thought as you consider your work table build. Good luck.

That steel plate is an Abom-sized steadycam counterweight!

Great can’t wait for the Huntsville video!

Can never cheap out on work boots/shoes. Learned that the hard way. Been driving a forklift for 13 years and can't imagine going to work without steel/composite to shoes.

Moving vidmars with magnet/ take out the top dawer & put a heavyer chunk of steel under the magnet sandwitching the tin.

Enjoy the space center!! I live near there and it is an awesome place...have fun.

had me a little nervous there for a minute with that bolt bin ,, nice move ,,,

Speaking of PPE, I have been using the Howard Leight/Honeywell ear plugs you suggested for a week now. I am using them more because the are so much more convenient than any other hearing protection I have used. I have Thorogood boots as well. They are going on two years old, still in great shape, and still comfortable. I will never buy another brand of work boot as long as Thorogood is around.

Im flying into huntsville in july for work. Never been to the south at all. My poor canadian butt is in for a humid surprise!

My steel-toe boots are surplus combat boots; they also have electrical isolation, and they are four-season insulated boots, and they cost less than $80 Canadian. For those on a budget, I highly recommend that option. I have used them for two years now, through my machinist schooling and now as a working machinist.

30 years ago I had an old Millwright show me moving equipment with steel on steel or steal on wood to take a rag and dish soap it's better than grease because it cleans up easier.

Good video Adam! Don't always have to have a project, I enjoy watching you organize your shop and your reasons for doing it the way you are. I learn something every time I watch you and not always about running a machine. Thomas from Denmark proves you are a world wide celeb! Looking forward to your next BBQ video on Abom79. It's just about warm enough to start grilling here in upstate NY! Can't wait to try my new Pit Barrel Jr.

That table should be real nice in the shop. Nice job on shop organization .

I like that bar that you moved the shaper with. I am going to make one next week. Have to move some heavy items around my shop. That will work great. Thanks.

Love the Thorogoods, made in Wisconsin!