Who in tarnation would dislike this fine southern young man?

Adam you look FANTASTIC now with all of your weight loss. Man, I am very happy to see you getting healthy!

50 years ago, in vocational machine shop in high school, my partner in crime ( Westley Peterson ) and my self would always set the shaper up to take what we called "mother cuts " . Always got the panic reaction from the instructor . But man that old machine would be ripping the metal off like no bodies business !!

Good idea for them branding irons is get an Ink pad and use the branding irons to mark up parcels and packages with them aswell

Merry Christmas to Adam and Abby and Everybody who Follows this Channel and Everyone you are close to.. I hope to follow all of you in the coming New Year..

Really like the sweet sound of steel being cut when the block was on it's third and fourth side; the tool was in good tune right there.

I really liked the slow-mo on the lathe. It is great seeing exactly how the chips form.

It's been thirty years since I worked in a machine shop; CNC equipment was just taking hold back then. It's wonderful to see young men with your dedication to, and level of craftsmanship and mastery. My wife just commented that she has never seen me watch a KZfaq video longer than twelve minutes. I want you to know I enjoyed every second.

The slow motion was a nice touch.

Dude That slow motion shot was dope!

took metal shop in high school ( 69-72) loved it don't offer it anymore, wish i had all your tool/machines thanks for the vids, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Ho lee craaaaap! That slow-mo interrupted cut is the most awesome thing I've seen in a while!

It's amazing that those inserts can take the beating of that interrupted cut.

Merry Christmas Adam and equally importantly, congratulations on passing the quarter million subscriber mark, I think you had less than 20,000 when I first started watching you. Very many thanks.

Wow Abby better watch out for those branding irons. She could fast become a part of the inventory. And Abom only collect nice things.😁

Adam's channel is one of the reason I'm addicted too utube. Yes, I have a problem

i like to watch abom videos in reverse and watch this southern magician recycyle gear shafts and hydraulic fittings back into their solid stock forms

All I want for christmas is hours and hours of shaper video. The biggest beefiest cuts that thing can manage with the chips just piling up all over the place. I can't get enough shaper.

Man, Adam. That interrupted cut slo-mo at 27:20 is the coolest most mesmerizing thing... the way the chips curl and pop off all right behind one another.

Merry Christmas to you and Abby, and both of your families.

That high speed/ slow mo footage, awesome!

Hey Adam. I would love to see you do an episode where you attempt to make the best finish possible with a shaper. I would find that fascinating. I love the shaper. Although it seems to have fallen out of favor or perhaps just outdated, but I love the machine. I find it mesmerizing to watch. And the concept is so simplistically beautiful. Like the lathe. So thats my viewer request.

I'M BOOTED FROM REPLYING ON FACEBOOK, BUT I SAW A YOUNG LADY SAY YES, CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU , HOPE YOU HAVE ALL THE HAPPINESS IN THE WORLD

Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year Adam from England! Thanks for all your hard work over the past year.

Slow motion of the lathe cutting was awesome. Have you ever thought of doing a collaboration with Smarter Every Day? He does some machining related content from time to time and he has one of those Phantom Flex slow motion cameras. He’s done some footage of cannon shots that’s amazing. I’m still dying to see super super slow motion of the chip formation.

Hey Adam! Thanks so much for sharing your experience and skills with us throughout the year. Your road trips, cooking and adventures with Abby are all part of us getting to know you, and I see a deeply experienced but humble and gentle man that has a clear vocation to teach and share. You’re a fine person Adam. Your Dad and Granddad would be so proud of you. Happy Holidays to you, Abby and your families. 🎄🎄🎄 Ross from Australia

I love the sound it makes as it's resetting to cut, love the sound of it making a cutting pass, love the way the chips fly off. Just an awsome machine. It's cool to watch it work. Just Awsome Adam!!

Shaper content is the best content. I don't do jack with machining, but I really love watching this stuff. It's fascinating.

Ah heck ya. More shaper action. I love the shaper. Merry Christmas to you and your family Adam. Please take the time to be with family during this time of year and we will see you in the new year.

Getting to look forward to every Saturday to watch some of your awesome videos. Thank you, wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy new year

I was whittling away on a block of steel in my mill yesterday and thought “how cool would it be to do this on a shaper”. I love that machine. Merry Christmas Abom.

It never ceases to amaze me the power of the shaper. Peeling off .125" with a .030" step over across nearly 8 inches of steel is serious power. Looking at the chip produced is proof! Thank you for sharing these wonderful machines. Merry Christmas to you and Abby thanks for another year of great videos.

Thanks for adding the PayPal option, signing up with these giants is rarely as simple as it could be. It does mean when I have a little spare cash to help out I'm now able to more easily my end. As always it's an absolute pleasure watching your videos, they're a rare combination of relaxation and learning, which don't go hand in hand as a rule, but you're a natural teacher. If I was local, and a few decades younger, I'd be outside your shop twice a day begging for an apprenticeship. As it is I'm privileged to watch and learn from afar, with you giving so generously of your time and effort in recording and editing these videos, so thank you again for this installment as I all to often forget to hit the like button or saying thanks in the comments. Have a super awesome Christmas, my best to you and your family. As a side note, I love the shaper footage, there's so few in good order. Where lathes and mills were saved, shapers seem to have fallen by the wayside. Great to see a working one, not in an industrial museum, but working for its living with an understanding hand on the tiller.

Probably best not to brand Abby I think the engagement ring is the better option 🙂 Congratulations on your engagement....

Nice work on the weight loss. Thumbs up Adam.

I liked the interrupted cut slow mo shots, very interesting to see what carbide has to put up with and not shatter.

Why is it SO satisfying to watch a shaper in action??? Mesmerizing is not a strong enough word. Thanks Adam for taking the time to make such cool videos for us.

Adam, Beautiful branding irons.!.!.!.

MAN, this was a sweet video! Seeing (and hearing) you turn down a square block on the lathe was great, and then you went a SLOW-MO'D it!!! DANG!!!! The finish on that piece is fantastic too! And you look great, by the way! Somehow you look like you have more energy and there's something about the look in your eyes these days! It make me happy to see you looking like you're doing good for yourself :)

I love work on the shaper. I appreciate seeing the step by step process. Great video and editing. I feel like I am standing right beside you.

Happy Hanukkah Abom, Shalom.

Wish you a merry Christmas, Adam!

Amazing work and awesome photography. Love the slow motion.

That Shaper is one awesome tool... mesmerizing and relaxing. That noise it makes as it strokes off the steel could help me go to sleep... Thanks for the Vid and Happy Holidays!

Great video again Adam, many thanks. The slow mo shot of the square corners coming off on the lathe, amazing. I'll never get used to seeing a quarter inch depth of cut being made on the shaper. Those chips were like cut nails...

@29:17 that's a truly superb finish from an interrupted cut. Shows how your experience and skills are worth every hour, month and year you have spent learning.

Merry Christmas to you, Abby and your families. Thanks for the videos.

I loved those shaper chips. And the threading chips were beautiful. Never done metal work, didn't know it could be so pretty.

you had me at shaper! Back in the high school days. Awesome videos sir.

And who knew all them hole's and thread's and stuff was hid in that block of metal ? Merry Christmas Adam and Abby. God bless.

Wow Adam, I've missed a few episodes due to travel but oh boy are you doing well! Absolutely fantastic to see you make such progress. Keep it up!

Adam, I had the pleasure of meeting you and Jason in the lobby of the hotel in Dallas last month. I love the videos. Keep up the good work. Merry Christmas! Jim

i only got one comment ,dude you lost a lot of weight which looks good on you and its better for your health keep it up !!merry xmas from holland

OMG, you're looking so much slimmer! Happy Christmas from England 🎄.

I just love watching that sharper do its job. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and Abby love the videos .

That slow motion part was WICKED! I love all these machining videos, my uncles been a professional machinist for over 20 years aswell. It's amazing how those incerts can handle cutting a square on a lathe with those corners just smacking down on them like that and them shearing it off! No bounce or vibration of any kind, American made machines when they were built to outlast the planet itself lol!

I'm not a regular viewer, but come back once in a while, because for whatever reason I like watching machining, even if it's neither my job nor my hobby (but I'm interested in everything technical). And I also got to say, you look so much better every time since you started to change your diet!

If the shaper is good, the tool is good, and the machinist has all his head gears meshing, the job looks great, measures right, and the cut sounds sweet. Makes for a good xmas if quality work matters. Congratulations, and have a great festive season.

Just for giggles, have you put an insert toolholder in the shaper? I'm curious about the surface finish quality if you ran coated carbide. -----Aaron

Merry Christmas, Adam! Thank you for sharing your extensive knowledge. You are making great machinists out of all of us. Capt. Art

Love the shaper work, so satisfying to watch. Such an impressive piece of machinery. Merry Christmas to you and Abby!!

Nice work! Watching your vids makes me wish I was still making chips. Stay safe and a Merry Christmas to you folks.

I am following you for a long time and you are one my favourite teachers out there. Greetings from Greece.

Merry Christmas Adam, I will spend my holiday getting my new (old 60s) lathe running. After watching all your machining videos I guess it was time to get a (small South bend clone) lathe. So grateful for the knowledge sharing you're giving us. Greetings from Sweden

Good video. Love watching that shaper cut. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Adam. Congrats on your engagement. Looks like 2019 is going to be great for you!

Wow! That slo-mo was awesome. Incredible the tool doesn't shatter.

I'm not here for any contest for any books, but my favorite content or job so far was the giant paper roller with the bent and poorly welded bearing shaft that you drilled and tapped then made a new shaft, cut threads and then welded in. Mad skills man. Fun to watch.

take care Adam, best wishes for Christmas, and wishing you and your family the best of new years. thank you for your videos, I really love them all.... a million miles from what I do, but I dont know how to describe how much I love to watch you machine stuff (actually, its less the machine, I love watching the prep; how to hold the part...... fascinating) keep it up Adam, I really appreciate you showing us what you do. /respect .... n00t

Best wishes of the season to you , Abby and both your families. Happy Holidays to the subscriber base.

Nice job. The finish looked very professional

weight loss---- looking good. God bless you all, Merry Christmas/Happy New Year from Humble, TX.

Abom79...Where engineering and artistry collide!! Excellent job, my friend! As usual!

Looking great man each month I've see you slim up not used to hearing your deep voice with your frame lol used to seeing a large guy with a large voice. Your giving me motivation to do things I would have other wise over looked. Keep up the good work we all want to see you succeed and excelle. Also Merry Christmas and have a wonderful New Year.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and Abby love your videos working my way through them slowly. Bernard from England.

Awesome video! love seeing the shaper at work...classic!!!

Merry Christmas, Adam. Congratulations regarding your engagement! I wish you guys all of life's best.

Great job and marry Christmas. Watching some of this so reminds me of the first 7.25" gage loco wheels I made, I was given the steal from a truck wreckers which was square and had to make round wheels (all 12),, the only way to machine it was to pre heat the steal to blue and with high quality tips I had to work hard and fast, by the time I was done with one wheel all 4 corners of the tool was done for, the loco is still running the same wheels and has been for the last 25 years and have not worn much. The fun after machining each wheel was the cleaning up of it all.

Shaper vids are my favorite. Amazing machine.

Go anywhere near Abby with one of those branding irons and you'll be speaking with an octave higher voice in the next video (if you're even able to make another video) ;-) Have a good Christmas.

Excellence as always. I love watching your vids, you're a great teacher. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Love your videos. Not used high speed steel tools and a shaper since I was at college 30 yrs ago.

Merry Christmas Adam! Love the shaper work ... and noticeably crisper video in spots!

I love the super slow motion, it really shows the tool pressure flex, great job Adam,,,,Merry Christmas to you and Abbey

flame cuts were really good. good content.

Loved the finish at 31:38. Happy Holidays!

Beautiful irons Adam. I enjoyed the shaper work, you have a merry Christmas, and I wish you health and happiness for you and your family in 2019, cheers man!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS Adam to you and your yours,

Adam, Gorgeous scalloped piece on your shaper and at work thanks for sharing.!.!.!.

Fabulous work, Adam. I wish you and your whole family a great Christmas season!

Good SNS Adam, thanks and Merry Christmas to you and Abby.

Dude, Your shrinking, Looks good!

Merry Christmas to you and the family. Thanks for sharing.

Love your videos, always interesting amd informative. You're lookimg great too with the weight loss; I'm in a similar situation as I need to lose about 70lb urgently as my knees are hosed and my blood pressure is bad. I love your attention to precision and the belt and braces approach to alignment. Good job!

adam I hope you and yours have a good Christmas and new year. I love the slo mo shot that was sweet! and a big thanks for all the videos that you have posted, long may it continue, my god man if this diet continues the way it has you will be marked absent in work shortly!!

Just love hearing that grinder running up Adam. Nice job. regards and a Happy Christmas to all. Gareth

As always, another great video Adam! Really liked the slo-mo too!

It is funny, how satisfying it is to watch that tool, cut chips over and over again. It is the same in the lathe. Sooo satisfying :D

HELLO Adam, thanks a lot for this nice shaper action vids, this tool cut steel like butter : impressive. Good idea too the slow motion on the lathe the sound is funny. Merry Chritmas and happy new year to you and your family🌲🍹🍰🍹🥂

Awesome Adam!! Thank you and Happy New Year!!!

You are getting SO thin. Good job brother.