Not being a machinist, I'm always amazed watching a hole being drilled in a piece of stock without the bit rotating.

Being a machinist back in the 70s 80s mainly tool & die until I joined the Air Force and was a machinist for them too. Makes me really enjoy your channel. I have never used CNC . ALWAYS old school. I enjoyed the work. I am a paralyzed veteran who really missing making and building things.

I'm simply amazed that not only do you still HAVE your granddad's tools, but you USE them. First of all that they are still in that kind of serviceable condition. But also that you don't keep them stowed away collecting dust. History is best remembered when it's being lived in, not in a museum.

Saw this post on Facebook from Adam..... We have been tracking Hurricane Sally since yesterday. I woke up early this morning to catch up on the latest and even though I did not have good cell service I was able to text my family to hear the latest con the conditions. This is a snap shot of the hurricane track and you can see just how on top of Pensacola it was. The entire area including Baldwin County Alabama and Escambia County Florida has been devastated by the storm. My brother Kevin went by this morning to check on the house and shop and I’m fortunate to say I have no damage other then the privacy fence. Both the shop and house are ok. Others have not come out so lucky and I feel bad for my home of Pensacola. I went through this 16 years to the day with Hurricane Ivan and know exactly what has happened. To everyone who has sent me messages and emails sharing your concerns, thank you! Abby and I are both fine and I’m very lucky to say our home and shop are ok too. I know it’s going to take some time for a home town to get cleaned up and back to normal after this tragedy

Just signed up for your channel after recommended by Trenton/Heath and find it to be a good match. All my life I've enjoyed hanging around machine shops, gunsmiths, carpenters, etc. I've worked all my life with my hands and now arthritis is taking it's toll. Really enjoyed this upload. Tom P.S. Lot of respect for a nice, clean, organized bench.

Thanks for sharing! As for the drill sharpening tips keep them coming. I was in a remote location and with a broken part and was sent a replacement part. The new part was slightly different the the first and needed anew bracket made. The place had a shop but no mechanist. The guys said you can drill a hole that big with that drill press so I stepped the drill sizes like you show in your videos but first I had to sharpen them all. By the time I was up to 1 1/2 inch I had an audience cheering me on the last bit in an the belt in the slowest configuration and pouring the cutting fluid to cool the bit I grabbed the chip brush and reused the oil. I got it done. One of the guys asked me to drill a hole for him in a thicker bar stock. It wasn’t as big but to much in one go for the drill press. Being able to put a new edge on a drill bit so the drill didn’t have to work harder than it needs to was great. Thanks for sharing

Stay save. So I'm not a machinist myself(Programmer for more then 20 years now) but found you ages ago and Love watching the vids. I have learned so much about metal work in general and metals from your shows and I really love the sound of machining in the back ground when coding. The amount of tips you and Guys like the two Keiths and Tom has given me has improved my general metal skills in the garage. Simple stuff like using proper lubes when drilling made my life so much easier. Keep up the good work and thank you for the high quality videos and thanks for being you on the camera.

In collision repair books, there are the dimensions of where the ball joint bodies should be. They illustrate where the datum points are and what measurement is within tolerance. Also for new and used ball joints there is a allowable projection dimension referenced off of the grease fitting. You can apply that data to this modification, unless the body of the ball joint varies the pivot center. Regardless, ream the "knuckles" equally and notate the distance from the counter bore to the ball joint cap. That way, in the future, the mechanics can identify if there is wear.

I thought that stainless in the saw was a tree branch at first. I'm glad you followed up w/ the other operations. Great content, keep it up!

I'm a retired carpenter. Being a mechanical person I really enjoy watching the variety of machining that is so well presented by Adam. Keep up the good programing and send some of your warm weather up here to Wisconsin this winter.

I always grind my drills by hand ( on a bench grinder of course) and cut the relief last to get those rabbit ears coming equally out behind the drill. A machinist taught me how when I was 19. Practiced on 3/8 drill first for easy viewing. Then he gave me a coffee can full of bits to sharpen, good practice. Still sharpen that way today at 59.Works every time.

Thanks for clarifying about the clearance angle. It's something I've I had to think through and its good to have a proper machinist back up my reasoning. Ta.Abom

I love seeing how these problems are overcome. Keep it up!

Adam, Hope that you and your family are staying safe during the storm. 🙏🏻

At 13:20 in. What you said about making your parts nice and finished(looking good). That's what ya call taking pride in what you're doing. Something I've seen too many (mostly younger) people not do.

Like the way you catch your pieces when you part them off, it is certainly a best practise.

Thanks for pointing that out, I was also wondering what that pop was at the start of the job. Looks like your training is working on us even just watching you work, which is always a pleasure. Thanks for all you do for us Adam!

I heard the pop and saw the curls were different then got a headache trying to imagine the geometry of the grind and what happened...then I got educated very well and a smile came to my face... I wasn't wrong in my thoughts that something was wrong just didn't remember back 50 years ago when I was "probably" taught about the following angles from the cutting edge. It's hard getting old. LOL Thanks TEACH!

Hoping all is dry, secure and safe at home!

Nice info on those drills, I didn't know that little bit of clearance could cause an issue like that.

I love the display, at 16:28, of the accumulated knowledge from 250 years of this sort of metal cutting lathe. The angle of the drill cutting edge relief is critical. My first thought "not enough angle, too small a clearance," was wrong. The drill broke because there was not enough bulk behind the edge. The angle was too much.

Like some other folks have said, really appreciate the lesson on drill angles

Gracias maestro. Por tus enseñanzas y tu sabiduría. , Dios te bendiga.

Adam, Enjoyed watching, great content and thanks for sharing your video.!.!.!.

It only took me 10 videos to figure out how you were making the head to move and the tool stay in one place. I think I've got what it takes to be a machinist :) :) :) :)

Thanks for sharing your work with us. Great watching you work

a genius teacher I admire your work I follow all your videos I am José from Argentina greetings

Thank you Adam for sharing, I have been watching for couple months and enjoy learning from you .

The square section on those reamer shanks suggests that they may be hand reamers rather than chucking (power) reamers.

Adam, can we get a whole video on tool grinding? It too much for one video. Drill grinding is one that most would benefit from. We all have drill bits that are trashed, but still keep them and use them til they make sparks.

Your absolutely right too much clearance can be just as bad as not enough. In your case it weakens the cutting edge. It can also cause chatter and keep heat from being dispersed away from the cutting edge causing the edge to burn away. Tool grinders sometimes put too much clearance on the corner of reamers so they don't have to put on a secondary to knock down the heel to keep from dragging. This can cause in a reamed hole .

I was expecting you to ream these spacers so the holes are conical

for oil messes have you also tried , I think its called "oil Gater" it could be a brand name.. but it's a Bi-product of the cotton seed oil manufacturing process.. this stuff just eats all the oil even what soaks into the concrete. just put it on the spill and in 24 hrs just sweep it up and it is all gone and put it the trash. i looks like oatmeal. im told it is cheep too. i was impressed when i saw how it worked on a 15 gal. spill, we put one bag of it on it walked on it and the next day all the mess was gone like it never happened. hope this helps..

Nice!! I've owned a '94, '05 and '13 Mustang GT... :-)

Looking good Adam, 👍👍. I heard the drill bit pop, that’s not a good sound. Good save and it turned out great. Thanks for sharing with us.

That cut way easier than the aluminum did Adam ! ENJOYED..

I would really benefit from seeing how you adjust the relief and chisel point angle on the lisle.

Love the video, hope you're staying safe out there.

Adam, we hope you & yours are ok, prayers & thoughts are with. God speed!!!!

Mondays. Arrrgggghhh. Lol. Thanks for the drill sharpening lesson. You mentioned an old surplus drill bit you had used "thousands " of times. I,ve been in trades 45 years and most people I,ve worked with if they can you a drill bit more than three times it,s a miracle.

Great video, thanks! Can you tell me if the HSS chamfer bit is on center or do you set up higher?

3:22 Thought for a second you had the Ride the Lightning album cover behind your mill

Monday is Murphy getting back at you for having a nice weekend, forgetting about work & relaxing. Tuesday can sometimes be Mondays on steroids but after that, it's WTF!

HAHA 12:00 I though maybe this video was put out near April Fools Day that bar with the cloth cover looked like Firewood !!! You got me, and you weren't even trying

Am I the only person that had to look twice when you cut the stainless bar, with that wrapping on it I thought you had a piece of wood in your saw lol.

Excellent video as always, Adam. Looking forward to the next one.

When the "ribbons" coming off the drill bit are even (comparable size, shape etc) the cutting edges are "balanced". if they are not even and therefor unbalanced uneven load causes problems

still surprised you didn't double check the taper fits with Prussian Blue.

Wow I’ve never seen that happen to a drill bit before! I’m glad you explained that tho so I can be more aware when I’m grinding my own drill bits as I start doing it more & more often. I was also just really curious what that pop was I thought it sounded like something snapping, like it sounded very similar to an end mill breaking.

Too late now but you could have made a stop collar over the extension shaft but would leave a slight rub mark around the hole. More machining required though. Maybe overkill for 4 holes

am really loving these videos am learning a lot from this people keep it up. this is awesome

Would love a video explaining geometry and setting of you drill sharpener with the intention of making something similar

Will these foul the wheel rims now the joint threads protrude that far?

Excellent....Thanks my friend.....God Bless you and yours....!!

Pretty weird-ass chips coming from the stainless, and also resonant frequencies not heard as much in milder stuff. I find those aspects in the material properties to be absolutely fascinating!

Monday, Monday. Can’t trust that day. Monday, Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way. Oh Monday mornin' you gave me no warnin' of what was to be. Mine sucked, too. I can’t get seem to get three phase power working for my new to me Covel grinder. Time to ask for help. 😏 Great video, Adam. Thanks, John

Another way to strengthen a drill for tough materials is to grind small lands inside of the flutes which will reduce the high rake caused by the helix angle of the spiral and make for less acute stronger cutting edges.

Hi Adam, Interesting to see even you get leaks of coolant from time to time... I thought i might be just me. Take care Paul,,

*cuts to shot of stainless rod in the saw* My brain: Why is he cutting up a stick?

I always learn something from your videos, Adam!

I get nice and high on cannabis and then watch your videos with techno blaring the background. Its freakin amazing. Love the machining footage.

off the wall stuff is what I like most that you do... kinda same things I get into every so often.. I will be in Niceville monday for almost two weeks...

22:30 Chip of the Month!

sounds like a ufo flew over when you were tuning down the od ... lol

Hoping you and family are all safe!!

Thank you for sharing Adam I enjoy watching your videos I am from South Africa

Do you charge extra when you have to buy special tools for specific jobs ?

My only coment is: You have to have the tools!! There are jobs that I would love to tackle but I do not have the tools. Sometimes you have to leave it to an "Expert". Good Job!!

Wieder sehr gut gemacht!!👍👍👍

Wish you could spend more time on the grinding the tooling. Was going to take a class at the college just to learn how to do that. There time spent on shaping tools was one 3 hour class, not worth a semester cost for 3 hours.

Thanks for sharing!

11:00 I thought that was a wood stick lol!!

That’s a funny looking drill doctor! lol

On the bushing why didn’t you drill it to the stud size then taper the end slightly oversized,seems like there wouldn’t be as much slop in it.

Hope you're all safe!

Hope you are hunkered down and safe...

Hope you and yours are safe! Cheers

I’m slightly disappointed that the stainless spacers weren’t reamed on the same taper as the knuckle. That would have been one trick part! Of course they’ll work either way.

Piece of broken down from drill Have had that at endmill too on stainless steel hard. Have it cooled with drill cut oil WD40. But yeah I was also thinking of maybe I went a little too fast or maby it was too much in 1 time that it comes too fast suddenly on heat and then there are bits or points breaking off or quickly bone bone Stainless steel can be very tough due to % crhome nickel and some other raw materials But its a nice steel 🔩⚙️🔪🔧🙂 And somehow the processed matriaal 1mm 2mm 3mm pieces of nasty steel splinters 🤔 Annoying but yes stainless steel continues to look beautiful and as a end result you still have something beautiful. Tye of Abom Is much to learn from you informative videos 👍🏻

Thanks for the drill tip

How did you make out with all the rain? how is the house and yard? Hope all is well.

Hope you, your family and your shop are OK and escaped damage from Sally.

Hi , Adam , Thanks for sharing

I was going to ask about the coolant, but now I don't need to.

Looks like Sally is really throwing her weight around , be safe Adam

22:02 "Oil Absorbing Clay".. You mean cat litter lol By the way, when are you going to take apart the other lathe to fix the head bearings so you'll finally be able to part-off on that machine? Sounds like an incredibly interesting video and I can't wait to see you tear into that one as well :D

Great job. Thanks

10:56 I thought that was a piece of wood, until I saw the plastic hanging at the end of the stock

man i need that drill sharpener setup

Are you sure there wasn't a lamination in the drill bit

very good video..thanks for your time

Be careful down there homeboy, i see the hurricane ready to hit near you.

Reaming the iron looked a lot easier than reaming the aluminum. I'd have guessed the opposite.

Your supposed to use a bunch of washers!!!

24:26 Chip of the month, haha

Excellent!!

Great video Adam!

Ha! Top ten comments. Love you Adam. I have a question: "Why not drill a small hole from the side of the extension to the bottom of the hole, to relieve air pressure?"

Looking to try and get a hold of you for some work my hobby shop cant do ? Dave

I see a lot of Ford work in your future