This is going to make me sound pretty old... but I am pretty old. For those starting out in the trade, you should pay close attention to all the small details of what Adam is doing. He is showing us a lot more than he is describing. For example, his choice to use calipers for the initial measurements, then switching to mic's when the measurements are more critical. Choosing the "dark" cutting oil (high sulfur content) when parting, reminds us that cutting-off can be tricky, and can use all the help we can give it. Learn from Adams habits, they are good habits.

This is the exact soothing thing I need after a 10 hour shift, never stop these awesome videos Adam!

I was a draughtsman for years back in the 70’s loved doing this kind of detail drawings for manufacturing. Happy days.

A few years ago I called Rockwell/Delta and asked if they could send me some blue prints of some parts I needed to make for their 10" lathe and their mill. They haven't made them in about 40-50 years. They said fine... so I gave them the part numbers and they scanned in and emailed me the original working drawings for the parts I needed. In 20 minutes it was in my Inbox. The drawings had all the correct criteria and tolerances, material type, heat treating (if any), All the information a machinist needs to make the part. I doubt most companies will do that but I wrote them a letter saying they have a customer for life for the tools they still make. It's good PR and not like you are competing with them. Not like their is any product liability either... they didn't make the part and therefore it's on the maker. Some of their dimensions were also in fractional units. Other cool thing is the table of revisions on the drawing. One could see how the specs of the part changed over time. Some of the parts were originally drawn in the early 1950s and the last revision was early 1970s. Cool stuff.

It is for the top of the drawbar, it screws on and is locked in place by the grub screws it’s used to hand tighten the draw bar in place.

33:25 you had me going with the bin shot! I thought you were joking you were going to scrap it! 😂

You know, young man (I’m older than God), I take a look at the work done by some totally computerized shops and yawn … they usually use a lot of yelling to build excitement. But you are a delightful breath of fresh air. Wonderful work, calm, precise and so respectful. Well done!

Old school Abom content, glad to watch it.

I have an 8520 and needed this part. I finally found it among the miscellaneous tooling that came with the machine. Running the drawbar without it was a pain. It goes on the top of the drawbar and captures the drawbar so you can tighten/loosen the drawbar captive against this part.

Adam, your work is AMAZING! You are such a professional and I'm so glad you chose to share your master level crafts with me!

My favorite vids of yours are the one off job shop parts. That the part is for another machine tool so much the better. Best to you and Abby!

Definitely something ASMR about Adams videos. A journey into precision and always well-filmed.

@Adam, your work speaks to many of us old souls stuck in new aged work. It brings peace and comfort simply watching you do what so many of us wish we could. Thank you.

In elementary school I had the worst time with cursive handwriting. What saved me was a Mechanical Drawing class in 7th grade. I loved doing the block caps lettering. That is still my writing style almost 50 years later.

What a beautiful job! Adam you move around that lathe like a dancer! No lost motion!!! Such a pleasure watching you all these years...experience and elegance! Thanks ABOM

My Grandpa was a civilian technical illustrator for the US Army at Ft Sill oklahoma until he retired from Civil service as head of Ft. Sill's drafting department I'm the mid 80s. At some point he even designed a slide rule that could work in fractions.

I'm a computer coder and totally appreciate the workmanship you do.... Wow.

I work in some old hydro plants. Parts no longer available long ago. We had a local machinist who could reproduce things at an exacting level for us. Even from our hand drawn scribbles. Unfortunately he past away. A irreplaceable team member we lost. Many items were reverse engineered and many we re-engineered with improvements for the future.

I respect another machinist when drilling it shows you care when those chips off your drill shows ITS CENTERED 👍🏾 👍🏾

"We don't make these parts anymore, so make them yourself" is a very good response from the company. Many others might tell you to buy a whole new machine or even threaten you with lawyers if you hint at trying to fix it yourself.

My heart stopped at 33:26 😂 I thought the worst. Great video !!

I did so much actual drafting in my life I only write in Reinhardt lettering.

Excellent workanship and a fine lecture of "How To" Thank you Adam

The attention to detail is amazeballz. Keep up the good content Abom79!

Beautiful. Howard Dotter. My 9th grade drafting teacher. Died in 91. Bless his soul.Taught me enough to get me out of the required course at West Point. Much like that drawing. Took a computer programming course instead. Now I'm a software engineer. Odd and amazing how life works.

I’m addicted to your content. Amazing work.

“OMG! Is that my engagement ring from Adam?” - Cryin Steve Culluns.

Always enjoy these smaller projects. Thank you for sharing this. Looks like the PM lathe is really putting out some quality work. Between you and the machine, the sky is the limit !

Recovering from surgery so thanks a bunch for this very enjoyable episode. I thouraghly enjoyed! Thanks again man!

You know Adam, while watching this post I was reflecting all the way back to when I first discovered your channel. Watching you and your dad interacting at the old shop and the home shop, watching your skills develop over the years, the ups and downs, you sharing the treasure of equipment, tooling, knowledge and skils of the legacy that your dad and gramps passed on to you! I am STRUCK thinking what a great gift that is and frankly, it is a gift for all of us also. Thank you for posting the GREAT content and by the way, the significance of the picture with the three of you at the end is not lost on us. I hope that pic has a permanent place in all of your future videos for as long as you decide to keep making them! Thanks much and I hope I may make your acquaintance some day.

I damn appriciate the hand made blueprint. When i was in a middle school (something what will be in US called college) for 2 years we had a technical drawing class and each moth we had to make one including table section etc... it really teached me a lot about thinking ahead and patience because one error and whole drawing went into the trash and i had to start over! Keep up the awesome content you do for us, cheers from central europe!

two high school courses above all others which have served me well during my 80 years, math and mechanical drafting.

Really enjoyed the video.

1953? heck guy I was BORN in 1953! When I went to High School we had a class called AV "Audio Visual" where they taught us how to hold a pen and draw like these old blue prints and drawings. Some had the knack. I did not but I tried... We also had real Shop classed then. Sigh. I learned how to accurately drill and tap a gun site mount in a machine shop and forgot all that till I retired. It was good times. Well done Mr Booth

I am a drafter for over 30 years, and I love seeing the old hand drafting! very cool!

Hello, at least you wanna hit the like button for any comment. I believe, This is a sign of respect for your followers.

Love this manual operations stuff.

Excellent work Adam thanks for sharing this neat little project.

Looks like the spindle nut . I just had to make one for my Atlas Table top. Love these little projects. Thanks for sharing.

That draft brought me back to 7th or 8th grade shop class in around 1970-71. We had to do around 25 drafts, starting with a simple box and by the last one, a fairly complex machine part, each with a front view, side view, top view, each marked with sizes and a angled view, kind of 3d view. All the details of the part printed below. I kept those old drafts until they were distroyed a few years back. It was one of the most helpful things I ever learned in public school other than reading, righting and basic math.

Planned your work, and worked your plan. Great work and video. Thank you!

I took drafting and tool design in college many years ago. It's fun but pretty difficult. Nice part.

love seeing you using those lantern style Williams and Armstrong tool holders... everything in the new shop is looking so new...I thought I was on the wrong KZfaq channel.....haha

When you put it over the trash can to degrease it I thought you were going to throw it away. LOL

Master class. That's what you call precise craftsman ship. Making and turning a machine part never seen before, just looking at the drawings. Hats off. Job well done. Never get board of watching you. Thank you for sharing your profession.

I enjoy the videos, tonight's brought back memories of my Dad, a draftsman for a local manufacturer. Thanks for the great memories.

Adam yes mechanical drawing was challenging and fun all those years ago it was a skill well earned

Amazing professional work as usual sir! One day will afford to send you some work to be done on my dad wagon. Thanks for sharing with us

NICE ! .. BEST TO YOU AND ABBY

when the hand with the nut extended over the trash can, I though I was about to hear "nah, I don't like that knurl" followed by dropping it in the can. LOL

Another amazing job. As someone in construction with no machining experience, I'm impressed how much work went into a small item. Keep up the great videos - love your channel.

A most excellent tutorial. I served my apprenticeship in 1986 and still in the industry today. Sound advice and tips from Adam the journeyman. This is how you do it folks.

Dare I say Adam, your years of experience has turned you into quite the graceful machinist. Truly top notch work! P.S.... Have you ever watched Inheritance Machining? He's very skilled and hand drafts his projects. Old school at heart.

Credits to the company for providing the blueprints.

regarding the hand drawn drafting, thats my favorite part of the channel @inheritancemachining , his beautiful hand drawn designs

We're all Special Nuts around here

As always, beautiful work. Thanks for sharing.

As always great video. Thanks

I too enjoy the hand drawn prints. I started out as a draftsman many years ago. Led me to the industry I am in now but always remember the satisfaction of a completed print. One thing I could never master in college was taking the drawing and actually making the part. You do that part well my friend. Thanks for sharing project turned out very nice.

Really good looking piece as always.

I’m probably the same age as you and remember drafting classes too, they were fun. I enjoyed writing in the numbers at the end, s as well.

I shut my eyes tight when you hold the sandpaper on the chuck :-)

What a nice vid! Thanks for sharing.

I do 3D for a living, i took alot of technical drawing in college, Its much harder then most ppl think, even for simple parts... That line gotta be super sharp with corners and intersections to hit perfectly... Besides the technical knowledge, just the drawing aspect is much harder then it looks...

Thank you Adam

When in high school {early 70's} drafting class. You were expected to make perfect numbers and letters. It has come in handy a few times.

That lathe is beautifully quiet

Really enjoy the machining on the manual lathe and mill videos! Thanks for sharing 👍

I'm liking, what appears to be a different format for making videos. It shows what your doing with out the "why".

Nice. I'm sure the quality, function and look will match the vintage machine well.

I am similar age to adam, in "high school" I took drafting for all 4 years, we started off at the tables and by senior year we started using the computers. This was still autocad on MS-DOS, a tiny bit behind the times (windows 95 was out by then) but autocad is autocad. Anyway I have a feeling that was near the end of that progression and I graduated in 97.

I have takin a lot of mechanical drawing classes in my early years. I now own my own machine shop. The old hand drawings read so much better than the computer drawings.

Great job Adam, always great to see a craftsman at work👍🇬🇧

I am always so amazed to see trapping done by machine. Having done hand tapping, it's hard to not think of any machine as something other than a drill

That's some great close-up video! Thanks! That lathe sure sounds impressive.

Great Video....Thank You...

Isn’t it great that Clausing provides the drawings for parts no longer in production? I’ve obtained drawings from them for my Clausing 8541 horizontal mill and from Hardinge for HLV-H lathe parts. As a trained draftsman, I especially enjoy the beauty of their hand-drawn prints. If you enjoy that kind of thing, check out “Inheritance Machining”. He does manual drawings for just about everything he builds. Enjoyed the video. Cheers from Florida’s Space Coast.

Fantastic job. Keep old equipment productive.

Love these kinds of videos from you. Thanks

No, they’re very nice job Adam very nice enjoy the video.

Thanks for the video. Starting to utilising that DRO a little more by the looks.

Perfection is attainable if you put in the time and learn along the way. Adam your viewer must be ecstatic to have a crafted part to engineered specification for his once heralded machine.

beautiful work, thank you for sharing the process

Great Job as always. 35:19 I'm fairly sure you wouldn't want to do _that_ heat treatment step....😯

another great Saturday night

Great learning project for a beginner as myself. Thank you for your professionalism.

Good stuff Mr. Booth

Great work,Adam.Thank you.

Love this kind of content, thanks!

Very nice. I am sure whomever needed that will appreciate the time and effort you put into it. The print is nicely done for sure. Got to do some drafting in high school and did ok but physically interacting with things is more my purview. Also nice to see this type of video back. A few years ago I developed a bit of a habit of putting your machining video's on and falling asleep, LOL. It's not a bad thing though, just a comfort to hear your voice as I often watched your video's with my wife by my side, she passed away a little over 4 years ago. Have missed the basic machining stuff though it was always calming to me and helped me quite a bit. Still tough to deal with but finally getting to a better place and hopefully I can turn that pain and a lot of others into something good.

That Matthews lathe is really nice! You do beautiful work Adam! It never gets old..

Perfect !! another a bomb video I just can't get enough Adam you rock

Nice video making manual chips! I took drafting in HS too; found out it's not for the left handed.

Great little project Adam. Thanks for sharing.

Great video, thoroughly enjoyed it.

Thanks for sharing. Looks great.

Classic Abom great video Adam .

Dang... You scared me when you was showing the trash can. I thought you was going to throw it away for some small insignificant reason. 😅

My granddaughter asked me why I always print in uppercase whenever I write. I told her because of drafting class and Mr. Ellis.

Lovely.