Neat trick for small fasteners in heat-sensitive materials is using a car battery to heat it up. Using jumper cables to ground the object, then connect the hot side to the fastener. Usually takes just a few seconds, more corrosion = more resistance, and extremely localized heating. Old mechanics' trick from when cars still had thin metal headlight buckets with the chrome rings and screws that rusted instantly.

I was just sitting here watching when I realized your camera was moving without you doing it, then I realized it has been doing that a lot lately. I do believe that deserves a bit of recognition and appreciation. Thank you, Abby (Abbey, Abbie? hey we hear it, don't see it writing ) for all the outstanding photography work you have done for Adam and the rest of us.

Never heard of one, never seen one, I don't have a need for one, I WANT one!

Right at 14:00 you can see a real legit smile of grown up kid playing with a new toy. Love to see it man.

That carb looks like it spent WW2 under the ocean!

Fantastic seeing an actual machinist with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of real equipment still has problems getting broken bolts out. I feel just a smidgen less of an idjit now.

I’ve been watching since 2015 and you still pull out tools I’ve never seen anywhere else, amazing

This is about the most ridiculous tool I've ever seen in a home shop. I love it.

That was a good smile after you tapped the first 3/4" hole man. Looks like fun. Love your channel man.

Adam's luck! Great save on that carb. The FlexArm looks like a real time and energy saver.

The design of that chuck alignment tool is so simple and beautiful. It's just a magnet on a shank, I would have never thought of that.

My great Uncle was Joe Carter, he was a design engineer for Ford, he designed the Carter Carb, he later became the one of the VP's of the Ford tractor division, and was chiefly responsible for putting the first diesel engine out of a tractor into a pick up, which later turned into the first consumer Ford diesel pickup. I used to go up to the suburbs of Detroit and visit them in the summer on some cool lake. He took us on some cool tours!! I remember they had this BIG hill behind part of the test facility, and had a BRAND NEW John Deere at the top of it with a bunch of things bolting on it. He said that they were getting ready to roll it down the hill to see how it did. He said they bought hundreds of tractors from other brands every year to crash, tear apart, blow up and abuse... LOL what a job!!!

17:05 now that smile says it all, it put a big grin on my face too. Although I am not a machinist, I really enjoy your videos. Greetings from The Netherlands.

You looked so happy after that first hole was tapped!

That's the neatest screw extraction (in close confines) I've seen. Such precision, I guess that's why I like following this channel. Top job!

Hey Abom, Your Grand dads extractor set is cool. Haven't seen one before. What I do is get good quality torx bits and use them the the same way. If you give the end of the bit a negative rake on a lathe. You can use it kind of like a cutting tooth as you pound the torx into the hole. Even a good flat grind works great. Works amazingly. BTW I have the little brother to your articulating tap arm. Taps up to 5/8" Love that thing. Keep up the great videos!

big cheesy grin after tapping the first hole. A bloke that likes his tools.... :-)

If you don't have a fluted screw extractor what I do is drill and then pound in my fav torx bit. Twist left and pray. 😁👍

Very cool. Good eye on getting the drill centered.

I am loving that giant shop towel roll/holder. Need that.

A $200 job on a $50 carb. It is nice to watch you work.

Always nice to have a variable speed reverse. As Donald Sutherland said "we like to feel we can get out of trouble, quicker than we got into it" (Kelly's Heros 1970). I thought I was the only one saving all the broken studs I've extracted. That bag represents a lot of skill and patience. I found those Blue Point extractors to be some of the best for that type of work as they don'e expand the broken stud. Nice work!

Great vlog, serious skills on the carb needle valve removal. Great photography by Abby. Thanks for sharing and stay safe all.

The hand-held cinematography is great in this one.

I originally read the title as "Flexarm First Use, Broken Tap Removal" which was pretty funny

Love that mag drill. And the finished flex-arm bench is beautiful.

A BIG Congrats on the success of your first run at the FlexArm !!! And, also for setting up such a great work area for it! That's an awesome new tool!

That carburettor needs some serious Mustie1 love! 🛠

Just a tip as a backup for when a left hand drill doesn't break a bolt free like that, try a cordless hammer drill on speed 1 in reverse with the left hand drill, it doesn't always work but it has saved me before and it is rather low impact energy with the cordless drills as it's more of a vibration than a hammering motion. While unlikely with a good quality left hand drill, this could damage your drill so do so with caution.

That was the BIGGEST smile I've ever seen from you after you tapped the second hole!!! LOL That thing really is awesome!!

I love seeing your extracted bolt collection. Also that tapping with the arm is freaking sweet, could just see on your face how nice that was to use.

I love that the first holes were drilled with a Bux that looks like it was salvaged from Noah's Ark but they were tapped with something that wouldn't be out of place in a NASA laboratory!

Always intersting - Adam, please don't ever drop the closing still of your dad and grandad - family is importanr

You'll never tap another hole on the mill with that flex arm being so handy. Love the little broken bolt museum. lol

All the tools to do all all the work that is required to do inside a shop like yours Adam. Keep up the great work.

That ziptie tail is killing me :D

Great camera work Abby!

Looks like you are getting that shop put together. Hope you and Abby are well. See you this summer. Thanks for sharing. Bill from Ohio

Congratulations, Adam - you have been infinitely patient in getting this FlexArm installed and running. I bet it was very satisfying tapping those first holes!

I’m guessing your girl ran the camera during the tapping. She did a really good job. Nice and smooth visuals.

I was wondering why you got the flexarm but after seeing it in action now I know! That is such a cool tool!

That's going to be a very useful table.. I'm blown away by this well set-up shop and grounds .

I love that old mag drill Adam! You can see it's heft when you are bumping it around lol. I have an old paint mixer from the 1940's made in Galt Ontario and it runs so quietly with a 5 gallon pail of paint you wouldn't know it was on. It has sat in the same spot since I found it and brought it home because it takes 2 men and a dog to move it:) Keep up the great work and extended videos. Thank you

AvE showed a cool trick for removing broken steel screws from aluminium. Make a "dam" of clay to contain the liquid and then let a water solution of alum sit for a day. The alum will eat the steel but won't attack the aluminium.

Check brushes in mag drill if not done yet, cheaper than new armature. If you can only get brushes that are larger than needed you can emery them down to size. Good old drills need preventive maintenance.

I love the flexarm ! Very neat screw removal. Thanks Adam.

Love the Flexarm. Thank you for sharing so much knowledge with us.

Hay mate I use my torx bit tools to extract small bolts like that.works a treat

At 9:10 that's some Florida style pulse width modulation 😁 love it

That thing is a BEAST! This is my first time ever seeing a tool like the FlexArm, and though I have no practical need for it I WANT ONE!!!

Wouldn’t have believed it if I had not seen you do that Adam. Sure beats having to try doing something like that 50 years ago. Thanks for sharing with us, really enjoyed your vice table work too. So good to see how far things have progressed. Fred.

i've just seen the worlds most expensive tapped hole

Some guys collect stamps, others collect broken bolts drilled out of holes.

I was a apprentice engineer in 1979 here in the UK and specialised in Jig Boring and Spark Erosion. The thing I remember the most was learning off the old boys, they were amazing talented people. I had my own Moore and Wright jig Boring machine for the whole of my four years as a apprentice, so watching your video's brings back many happy memories for me. I also removed many broken taps with the spark eroding machine. many thanks.

Love the flexarm great job on the carb, nice job, love bringing old thing like the vice & carb back to life!

Love the flex arm! I might have mounted the machine vice slightly more onto the table 'caus I know I would always catch my pockets on the shaft. I was so engrossed in the bolt extraction I blew the chips away on my iPad! Thanks For your good work Abom

You smile like a kid with new toy (I would too), happy for you :-)

Adam, I was a machinist Apprentice back in the day, gave it up to become a truck driver, but I really still enjoy the videos you create, keep them coming, sure wish I had a shop like you!

After the first tap, the smile of a happy man! Well done.

4:30 Can you make another set of holes for the flex arm further down the table for the once in a while times you might want to reach the far end of the table? Better yet, fab up a block to hold the flex arm that sits on a pair of ways like a lathe has that allows you to move the flex arm back and forth along the edge of the table.

That mag drill would look incredible with a proper restoration.

Looks like an old Carter AFB.. They were popular on Chrysler engines when I wore a younger man's clothes.. lol. Cheers! Mike in Louisiana

Not often You can see somebody who really enjoys his job. I'm IT person but in my parallel life, I will have tool shop like this :)

Would it be practical to mount your FlexArm mid table but still on the edge. This would make possible to reach all four corners of you work table. Just a thought..

The flex arm has the capability to be used in 4 axis . Impressive machine .

"I like it; that is COOL man !" I totally agree ! 🤩 Grats with your new shoptool 😎

man that mag drill is old school. no messing around with that beauty.

To get small broken bolts out I use Torx or hex bits that everyone has laying around from the “75 piece” screwdriver sets. I wonder if there was a seat at the base of the threaded hole.

Funny I can watch you clean and fix your shop while I am sitting in mine. Seems like that would be a good time to clean mine up? Nope ;-)

Man that flex arm is awesome!! That smile on your face showed that you agree!!

Saturday night specials are my favourite. Having just bought a hobby lathe I'm finding this channel to be most informative. Keep em coming Adam.

I prefer variable speed power tools also. The one's that aren't, I have a 15 A variable speed plug, that I plug the power tool into, adjust the speed range, then drill whatever speed you want. Thought you may want to know.

24:49 Focus you fack! Oh wait, wrong channel...

How great is seing a kid with a new toy! Never saw you smile before, great vid, great machine!!

Tapped holes in the tabletop are so much more of an elegant solution than through-bolting the vises. How convenient that you have a flex arm to tap them 😂

Man that is one expensive tap handle :D

Can you move the FlexArm to the center of the table? It will reach anywhere on the table then.

Adam Thanx. I was going ask why why you were toggling the drill with on and off, but I didn't need to ask. You were on it. Great videos.

Adam, Well done job, enjoyed watching all content sure like the Flex Arm, thanks for sharing your video.!.!.!.

I want to add big NEMA steppers to those arms and make it CNC :D

every time I watch an abom video i can't get over how ridiculous imperial is "so we're going to go ahead and use the tap drill 27/64th's". Who in their right mind decided that would be a sensible r easy way to set up sets of units. Its just so crazy to me.

A new toy for the shop. Love it I've got a job on the drawing board that need about 200 tapped holes. This is perfect for that

It's awesome that you have your little baggie of those removed bolts, really cool to see what kinds of stuff people save from their jobs that's something collectable or sort of a prize :)

That reminds me. I have to cancel my dentist appointment.

Even Adam who spends countless dollars on machines will buy cheap ratchets from HF. Love that. No snob.

Great job Adam , Not everyone could get that one out .. Hard one there !! ENJOYED

Really enjoyed this video! The FlexArm is a great addition to the shop I`m sure.

That carburetor will never power a vehicle again -- it's beyond hopeless. If the outside is that corroded, the inner passages are toast.

We had a flex arm at the machine shop I used to work at. It wasn't very useful at all and after me and a few other employees broke several taps we returned it. The application we had maybe wasn't the best for it. Cool tool but it is definitely not for all applications.

Great job Adam. Got table looking good. Everything where you want it always makes everything easier. Good job on carb

Спасибо Адам ! Смотрю и наступает полное СПОКОЙСТВИЕ . Молодец !

"I set it down somewhere" we've all been there.

I’m confused could you not use the flex arm to drill the holes

Very cool share! Nice to see that Flex-Arm in action. Best!

That flex arm is amazing, I so want one of them in my life but I bet I don’t make it look anywhere near as easy as you do! I love watching your videos in aw! Your knowledge is amazing!

that Carb looks feral. I wouldnt bet on much else on it coming apart easy or even sealing up tight.

I learned something today....learned I can't afford a flex arm tap machine...lol

Left handed drill bits, I’ve used them for 20 years or more, But recently I’ve also used left handed taps then a home made bolt (More surface area), love the work Shop Great Videos.

abom is one of the most humblest machinists on planet earth. kick ass.

Installs amazing tap arm. Uses hand tap on the carb.