SNS 327: FlexArm Thread Chasing 1-3/4"-12 Tie Rods, Welding Fixture

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3 жыл бұрын

I have some tie rods that I need to set up in a fixture to chase the threads. Here I'm testing it out to make sure it'll work as planned. I'm also working on a simple welding fixture to be used in the welding positioner. Last I'll share some recent antique machinist tools that were given to me.
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@tommysmith7031 3 жыл бұрын

I saw the repair job that Trenton & Heath did on Adam's boots. They look amazing. I'm pleased to be put onto Abom79's channel.

@ryanspencer9217 3 жыл бұрын

Shout out to Trenton and Heath.. thanks for mentioning abom79 and his amazing channel

@deejayqueue 3 жыл бұрын

I bet that if you cut the aluminum tube closer to your clearance hole on the right, you could push the tie rods in from the other side, like feed it in threaded end first. This would allow you to glue or tape those plastic shims in place, and anchor down that machinist's jack. This would save a bunch of time over the course of a production run, since you wouldn't have to place those things each time.

@77.88. 3 жыл бұрын

What an innovative way to save threaded parts; that flex machine costs more money that most small shops could afford, thanks for your always great videos.

@kurtkorenko8943 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy watching your different approaches to set ups Adam. You have a gift for thinking outside the box and seeing things from a different perspective. Absolutely love it!

@willjosephson 3 жыл бұрын

If you do end up doing this as a production job, I would suggest riveting the plastic in place, and then loading and unloading the ends from the right hand side so you only have to handle the part and the jack with each piece.

@sferg9582 3 жыл бұрын

When I was working in a tooling shop, when we needed to make a form-fitting nest, we would cast-in-place a nest using DEVCON Flexane. It was a 2-part urethane that was poured into a box that had the part resting on some support screws that would usually get covered over with the urethane. We would mask off any holes in the part and coat the part in mold release. After casting has hardened up, we would sometimes take a fly cut over the surface usually just for aesthetics. You could also add a DeStaco clamp if you wanted.

@Abom79 3 жыл бұрын

Not a bad idea either. 👍🏻

@lorismith8887 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Adam, I learned of your channel for Trenton & Heath. Very interesting. These are the kind of channels I enjoy viewing!

@fiffe7782 3 жыл бұрын

I did as well and i love this channel

@assessor1276 3 жыл бұрын

Say “Skenek-teddy” - and you’re doing it right. You do a fine job Adam - and it is great fun to watch and learn from you!

@mohabatkhanmalak1161 3 жыл бұрын

Like that fixture for the corrective machining........Its all about straight lines and perfect circles. Amazing seeing the tools of over a 100 years, they are all wonderful.

@tomt9543 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta say I can’t believe how thin the wall is cut on the outside of the threaded hole in the tie rods! That looks like a bus load of lawsuits waiting to happen to the sellers! Love your channel!

@jasonpoletta1797 3 жыл бұрын

First thing I noticed.

@ijgdjvjd2998 3 жыл бұрын

They are for off-road use only.

@jasonpoletta1797 3 жыл бұрын

@@ijgdjvjd2998 that's even worse lol

@davemcdaniel4856 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like it was cut off center to begin with, long before adam got them to rethread.

@jonanderson5137 3 жыл бұрын

@Jim H shop time maybe 75-125 an hour. Call it a half day plus part price, it'll be over 900 easily.

@mdouglaswray 3 жыл бұрын

Clever fixturing! Just enough. Brilliant. That flex arm is a huge productivity helper!

@samuel_towle 3 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact : GE Schenectady NY has zip code 12345

@Abom79 3 жыл бұрын

Who knew 🤷🏽‍♂️😂

@bombspeed7270 3 жыл бұрын

@@Abom79 Hey boss how's it going I was trying to get a Hold of you to see if you can make me some Wheel Hub to Wheel alight Ring

@PIPER1084 3 жыл бұрын

@@Abom79 so so close that it would almost get a pass if you said it quick enough, but growing up in NYC we pronounced it SKAenectedy.

@sourbrothers73 3 жыл бұрын

I love how he shares and genuinely appreciates the stuff people send him

@williamcullen8756 3 жыл бұрын

I came here after watching the Shoe Repair guy fix your boots. Man, those boots came out REAL nice!~

@bearsrodshop7067 3 жыл бұрын

Love to seeing old vintage tools as well. One can appreciate that these were made before Cad software was not even thought of,,,Thx for sharing Adam.

@fuzzymerkin7610 3 жыл бұрын

The hole looks like you can put the scribe into it to be perpendicular to the base of the surface gauge .

@Joel-st5uw 3 жыл бұрын

Huge fan of the editing style of this video! The quick cuts to the boring and milling footage of the little fixtures and spacers for the tapping setup -- fantastic! Also got a kick out of your "how not to package a note" PSA. Thanks for the great vid, Adam!

@Abom79 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback 👍🏻

@williamsquires3070 3 жыл бұрын

Yay, the intro tune is back!! 💕❤️👍

@jdmccorful 3 жыл бұрын

Love the solution to threading problem. Good looking antique tools which a little care will bring back into use.Thanks for the looksee.

@altonriggs2352 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful workmanship on the old tools

@chubster71 3 жыл бұрын

Trenton & Heath did an awesome job on your boots bud.

@tommyknocker1394 3 жыл бұрын

I become more impressed with your knowledge and ability each time I watch one of your videos! Keep up the good work!

@18robsmith 3 жыл бұрын

That little surface gauge is like a mature version of the one I made at school which I've used for many years. A fabulous little tool and I'm sure you will enjoy making good and proper use of it.

@leesuschrist 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE that micrometer surface gauge. I can think of so many uses for something like that

@ronnydowdy7432 3 жыл бұрын

Love the old tools.

@olddawgdreaming5715 3 жыл бұрын

Great job Adam, finding more ways to put your shop to work for you 👍👍. That’s great getting those tools for your shop and collection. You do good work and you do appreciate those gifts. Thanks for sharing with us. 👍👍👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@larrysperling8801 3 жыл бұрын

very clever fixture for the tap arm. its good to see that tool doing some real work . i can't imagine tapping a pallet load things by hand.

@ludditetechnologies 3 жыл бұрын

As always thank you sir.

@johnlennon335 3 жыл бұрын

Make a plastic spacer that slides onto the shank and does the jobs of the jack and of the two anti-slap wedges. Slide it on, slap it in, and tap-in, tap-out. Next.

@johnscott2849 3 жыл бұрын

Always a good idea to sit up a jig of some kind when you have to do something over and over. I have cobbled up some strange things over the years for repeatability. Always makes sense to make any job faster and easier. Great simple idea..

@severitt 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid about the gifts you received. Shows you really appreciate them 🇬🇧👍🏻

@dariorodriguez7157 3 жыл бұрын

Allways a great work....and a bit of tool history. Thanks Abom79. From Buenos Aires, Argentina.

@t6tools 3 жыл бұрын

What an amazing machine, and talented operator.

@sandyj1561 3 жыл бұрын

From Trenton and Heath much love!

@D989501L 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam, I don't know if you were going to do it but if you rivet or glue the yellow plastic blocks into the Aluminum tube so there touching the piece, you could then put the tie rod in from the other end and put a stop behind the machinists jack so you can just put them in and there ready to go. Regards Richard

@tonyc.4528 3 жыл бұрын

GE had some great machinists in their shops. My father worked at one in VT as a methods planner which had him in the shop a lot. Those guys could take an idea and work some great magic. I just picked up a Rockwell 10" lathe that came out of that shop when it was closed down. Trying to find some replacements for the worn out parts, can't wait to get it running!

@TheTacktishion 3 жыл бұрын

Good camera person on site again...! good one

@jamessutton5199 3 жыл бұрын

First time seeing someone cut Velveeta with a fly cutter awesome work

@ronniewilson6597 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam Thanks, watching with interest from the UK. 😀👍

@BaronVonBeef 3 жыл бұрын

The hole in the surface gauge looks like its in the right position to point the scriber down through

@JernD 3 жыл бұрын

Came here to say this too

@osgeld 3 жыл бұрын

cut the tubing closer to the hole and load and unload from the other side, then you don't have to faf with the shims every part, over 4-5 it might save a few seconds, 4-5000 might save hours

@d00dEEE 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking a keyhole shaped slot on the top, and a screw into the shims to fix them to the tubing. Then you can leave the jack in place and no fiddling with the shims.

@Abom79 3 жыл бұрын

If it were thousands then yes an even more efficient would be made. The time I have in this one and amount of parts to be tapped will work out just fine.

@d00dEEE 3 жыл бұрын

@@Abom79 Plus, if you *really* want to save time, just to hire a high school kid to do the work for 20 bucks. 😊 After all, the fun part is building the jigs and getting it all set up.

@vijayantgovender2045 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Adam I always enjoy watching your wonderful videos I am from South Africa

@EVILDR235 3 жыл бұрын

Out in my garage I have a Starrett 5/8 drive ratchet no. 443 with a Jan 11, 1916 patent date. It uses stamped steel tubing sockets. I picked it up at our local Habitat Restore a few years ago. It shows a lot of use, but still works good. To change directions on the ratchet it has a rod sticking out the bottom of the handle that you turn to change directions.

@jbutry1 3 жыл бұрын

I think the whole on the surface gauge was put in it so it could be used as a pivot point that you then scribe a radius with the hook side of the pointer.

@mitchyelvington4776 3 жыл бұрын

You always get it done!

@unjohn 3 жыл бұрын

Well done Adam!

@thebear5454 3 жыл бұрын

Schenectady is pronounced- SKE-NECK-TITY Adam. You came close. 😉😉 Love your videos man.

@ianfarquharson3772 3 жыл бұрын

Always nice when you can show the other half the new tool you bought was truly an investment😂The company will be happy you can do this in a couple of days. Fair play.ThankQ.TkEZ

@christopherklipich3301 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam. Love your channel, and I look forward to watching your videos. I’ve been in machining and manufacturing for over 20 years. Congratulations on living the American dream by working for yourself in your own shop! 🇺🇸

@Abom79 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!🇺🇸

@anthonyhewan2480 3 жыл бұрын

I love that machine it's excellent and unique

@BadYossa 3 жыл бұрын

Been watching your vids for a long time now. I find them fascinating and informative, despite having no engineering background other than restoring some old yachts. I'm actually a chef, so it's certainly not for improving my skills at my job! Cheers Adam and greetings from Scotland 👍

@georgeelliott7353 3 жыл бұрын

Very clever. I was picturing holding the piece tight when it doesn't need to be.

@marcmckenzie5110 3 жыл бұрын

@Abom79, two easy things might aid in production runs: put a piece of flat stock to raise the floor of your jig, and clamp something to make a stop. Just a friendly suggestion!

@grntitan1 3 жыл бұрын

Nice set up Adam. 👍👍 Simple and fast. Sometimes we can over think hard to hold parts.

@grilnam9945 3 жыл бұрын

The guys did a great job on your work 🥾

@michaelb.5345 3 жыл бұрын

Well done. Thank you

@joesambalam769 3 жыл бұрын

You could mill a flat bar to fit in to give you a tighter fit to the top and mill cut outs on either side to hold the plastic pieces in snug against the walls. Then slide the tie rods in the other end. That way you don't have to deal with the all the pieces each time and maybe set up a stop to center each rod at the tap hole. And since I'm from NY we pronounce it something like Ska-neck-tuh-dee.

@michaelweatherhead9470 3 жыл бұрын

Nice setup Abom.

@craig9170 3 жыл бұрын

Adam, great video as usual. I saw your boots on Trenton & Heath, time to pick them up and try them out. Thank you.

@rodneywroten2994 3 жыл бұрын

awesome tools Adam

@kapergory 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. It is always a pleasure to see you work and talk about your work. Have you ever thought about teaching your trade to someone at your workshop? I think you would be a great teacher because you have the ability to explain things well and clearly. Best regards from Thailand - Greg

@troywee4774 3 жыл бұрын

cool! thanks for the share mate.

@CAMCAM413 3 жыл бұрын

That’s one awesome tapper.

@guye7763 3 жыл бұрын

That is darn ingenious. Very clever and simple. Well done!

@anteciosoto3631 3 жыл бұрын

WHY ??

@rleeAZ 3 жыл бұрын

That flexarm could be a real money maker for small job shops.

@tomcayman2955 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah if you don’t mind spending thousands upon thousands upfront. I wouldn’t recommend something like that unless you secured a pretty large PO that requires a lot of tapping. Adam seems to love collecting and building his equipment collection. This might be the first time the flex arm will be put to good use if he has hundreds of these to do.

@ibrahimdeniz7308 3 жыл бұрын

Cutting spray is a game changer, I can recommend it to everyone who's cutting threads regularly. I don't know about the specific spray in the video, but there are ones that don't mix with machine coolant and doesn't affect the coolant properties much. Also it is easier to spray than to oil it doesn't get messy. Edit: I can't tell for big diameter cutters we cut up to M12, might have a impact to performance

@edwardswiderski4137 3 жыл бұрын

Well done

@zippydoodah1547 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, have you ever seen a guy called Fred dibna on the BBC, some great engineering from the industrial revelution era. Keep well from England

@zumbazumba1 3 жыл бұрын

take apeace of mild steel plate ,drill 4 holes for 4 pins -3 pins for head and 1 to hold the threaded part of rod from moving.You can pop them all day long .

@juanfgonzalez2039 3 жыл бұрын

That fixer you made 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@bcbloc02 3 жыл бұрын

Power tapping with big taps is for sure the way to go!

@zehph 3 жыл бұрын

I've seen you in some ToT videos,but didn't know who you where, just got the recommendation from Treanton and Heath, liked what I saw very much!

@DownToNerd 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting setup! That slomo plastic milling sound was funny, toctoctoctoc

@KG-yn9qi 3 жыл бұрын

Good Job Abby! Nice camerra work! Machine paying off! Alright!

@MB-hb7mo 3 жыл бұрын

Came over because I saw your boots resolved on Trenton. Great Work,,

@jims1942 3 жыл бұрын

*Great work!* Thank you for showing us! :)

@alanharwood5966 3 жыл бұрын

It's obvious that they have got the holes out of center fair play to you for helping the cou

@bradywilliams2666 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing.

@Abom79 3 жыл бұрын

Designed that way on purpose for clearance.

@Brianj69 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite “shoes guys” recommend you. Love your videos..

@specforged5651 3 жыл бұрын

@Timothy Gaines Me too! Who would have ever thought!? 😂 I must have watch that for two or three hours...several times.

@rixogtr 3 жыл бұрын

No one: Adam: today we're going to machine a cheddar cheese block for a customer

@adriannavarrofonseca7179 3 жыл бұрын

Obvious well done!

@rodneymiddleton9624 3 жыл бұрын

Must have been made in China. I love old tools because of the history and the test of time. Give me a old tool any day!!! Thanks.

@blackbuttecruizr 3 жыл бұрын

Trenton & Heath sent recommended showing you support after reworking your boots. Great content.

@MrBiddo 3 жыл бұрын

Glue some of your plastic shim material in the bottom and make a hole where the hub can locate and be level. Should save you a lot of time setting it up.

@ke6bnl 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe bring in and out the other end

@radiohirsch 3 жыл бұрын

@@ke6bnl yeah, thought so to. Just bevel the edges of the plastic shims so it will slide in easy, no need to fiddle with the left side

@horatiohornblower868 3 жыл бұрын

You really are a good hearted guy, Adam. Always willing to help somebody out. Too good for this world.

@chemech 3 жыл бұрын

Ske-neck-te-dee or ske-neck-teddy Once upon a time, home of American Locomotive Works = ALCO... makers of the Union Pacific's Challenger and Big Boy Mallet steam locomotives, and many other excellent machines. My mother's father was a machinist in their Chicago Heights, Illinois shops.

@TheKnacklersWorkshop 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam, Some very nice gifts... Take care Paul,,

@Chris-oc6ge 3 жыл бұрын

I had been watching Trenton & Heath. Saw Trenton resolve your work boots. Looks like you do excellent work there in your Business. I'm impressed in your quality of work.

@Chris-oc6ge 3 жыл бұрын

Resole

@thatrealba 3 жыл бұрын

Hope you stick around the channel, it's quite good. He also has a vlog type channel covering RVing and a few other things.

@tmackinator 3 жыл бұрын

You could cut the top back also to be able to load the tie rod from the top and still retain the capture feature of the square tube.

@JohnRoberts71 3 жыл бұрын

If you put the scribe through the hole it can be used as a depth gauge

@Ogma3bandcamp 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff.

@vernonrubright3774 3 жыл бұрын

You are the greatest!!

@jonhill373 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Adam. I saw ur boots that Trenton & Heath resoled and rewelted. Boy did they do a bang up job fer ya.

@lonmiller5265 3 жыл бұрын

Just came from the site where you sent your boots, They did a very nice job I think you'll really be impressed.

@toddmarshall7573 3 жыл бұрын

Suggestion: leave the blue thread protectors on the part and adjust your jack accordingly.

@mariothegreat4197 3 жыл бұрын

for the batch of 180 tie rods, turn your vise the 180 deg so you are not that far from your job.

@johneastmond9092 3 жыл бұрын

That flat on the surface gage is actually a good idea. Gives you the option to lay it down on a shelf or bench without it rolling.

@Abom79 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, and also slide along a square face without it rotating.

@johneastmond9092 3 жыл бұрын

@@Abom79 As seen in the video it could look as though rotation isn't a problem. With the other parts attached, then sliding is definitely best!

@Smallathe 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool video!

@BobOBob 3 жыл бұрын

I'd suggest adding another piece of aluminum (or even plastic) inside to raise up the "floor" of the tapping fixture, further constraining the part into alignment.

@WoLpH 3 жыл бұрын

If you're going to do a large batch of these, might I suggest glueing the yellow blocks in place, putting in the rod from the other and adding a stop so they always end up at the same spot?

@twotone3070 3 жыл бұрын

Came to say the same thing.