Two things Mr. Pete, 1. You are a man of integrity (no adds, no begging) and 2. Your dislikes happen to match my dislikes (how lucky am I). But most important of all I am so pleased to see that you are feeling better, that put a smile on my face.

An 80-year-old with the energy of a 20-year-old. Awesome. 😃👌👍

Ha ha Lyle, I think your “Epitaph” should state “He who dies with the most tools wins”👍👍🤣🤣

Bury me with a lathe so that I can turn in my grave.

Here would be my epitaph for you. "He inspired them to create and innovate, To challenge and to learn, He gave them confidence and pride, And respect that they would earn.

Good to see you feeling better, we love to see you and wait for your next lesson. PS don't apologize for showing us 'making chips' that is the closest many of us get to machining!

Glad your feeling yourself again Mr. Pete. Love ALL your content.

Lyle - I really appreciate all the work you do and appreciate the no ad position you take. Now for the tombstone I'll just offer what my wife says she will have on mine. We were married upon college graduation; she survived the two years I spent on active duty with the Army. I then spent over 30 more years in the reserve components, mostly National Guard. Because of that I was often gone a lot, especially later in that career. So she told me years ago the inscription would read 'Here lies Dale - gone again'. I am fortunate she has tolerated me all these years.

Hey Mr. Pete, thanks for no advertising on your channel. It seems like most KZfaqrs are selling out and speaking for myself I watch KZfaq so I don’t have to put up with ads. I even have KZfaq premium but now they’re sneaking the ads in with the content creators. I also agree with you wholeheartedly about Patreon. Keep up the great work and I too am glad you’re feeling better!

Great to see you recovered from Covid. I have been a subscriber for years. Your wind turbine videos are two of your most memorable ones to me because they show the truth and the politics of the issue. I live on the south shore of Long Island NY where a huge wind farm project is proposed. There is opposition to it for many reasons, and when I get into it with a supporter I direct them to your videos to get educated on points they will never hear from the supporters. Thank you.

Your field trips are very interesting ! Keep them going. You do a great job and I appreciate what you do to produce these videos. Have a good day !!

Hi Mr Pete. I have an ID, OD grinding shop. I knew nothing about running a Bridgeport or lathe, but by watching your videos I was able to make my own fixtures instead of paying someone else to do it. Thank you so much for all you do.

Epitaph: "My work here is done & I'll be resting in Heaven, waiting on you, so long for now."

i always enjoy Spike Milligans epitaph, "I told you I was sick"

Very generous of you to give a “shout-out” to Keith’s web site. It is indeed an awesome resource. And glad to see you back on your feet with your nose firmly against the grindstone!

Very much appreciate NO ADs. Bravo. Epitaph - Workshop Teacher Extraordinaire, one in a million, taught millions.

I love your videos!! Your rants are to the point. Thank you for all the information you share,

So glad to see you're feeling better Mr Pete. Mr Pete, there is nothing wrong with being compensated for your hard work. You have brought an invaluable contribution to this community over the years. So no, there is no "honor" in devaluing your own skill and labor, or in giving it away for free. It's not "begging" to be compensated for your effort. It is a voluntary exchange between parties. Don't let the pride in your heart, steal the food from your stomach.

I enjoy a rant myself from time to time. 😊 It was interesting to see Scherr-Tumico being part of the Rank Organisation as it was called here in the UK. There’s plenty about the founder, J. Arthur Rank, on the internet. Briefly he was born into a flour milling family in the northeast of England (Yorkshire). He developed the business known as the huge Rank Hovis McDougal flour milling business, now part of Premier Foods. In his middle age, he was a Sunday School teacher and, being a staunch Methodist, he started making short morally instructional films and, with help, after the war, Rank Films produced many famous commercial ‘movies’. He also developed his own studios that many may have heard of - Pinewood Studios - that were bought before the war. All postwar Rank films (‘movies’) had a strongman hitting a large gong, although they as a company hadn’t created this image, the man hitting a gong, or ‘gong man’ was adopted as the Rank Organisation logo that you can see on the top left of the Scherr-Tumico catalogue. 👍🇬🇧👍🇺🇸👍

I thought you windmill thing was really cool. I don't think folks realize how big those things are. I've seen the new blades coming out of the plant here in Pensacola.

"Somebody had to say it" "Few were kinder" "Precision or Bust" "Bite my Bridgeport"

A good epitaph for your stone would be "Class Dismissed".

"Here lies Mr. Pete, he always wore his safety glasses and ended up like this anyways." It is hard to joke about the end, I believe we all hope you have many years left in you.

I really liked your videos on the windmills. I was fascinated to see how they were demolished.

Thank you Mr Pete. So good to see you back to your old self. I really enjoyed this video, as always. You keep on doing whatever kind of videos that makes you happy and if a few feathers get ruffled.....SO BE IT! Have a great day.

Living in Denmark, here wind turbines are often replaced by larger turbines. The old ones are taken down by crane, and if they are still functional, they are sold on to countries that do not make such high demands on productivity.

I began watching Keith Rucker years ago on Vintage Machine. His free access library is great. He also has parts sources for modern bearings and one will match the old numbers with new sealed bearings that fit. I bought a 1964 Buffalo Forge 15" drill press, that was sitting on someone's screen porch getting wet and rusty. I dismantled, derusted using electrolyses, replaced bearings with modern sealed bearings using Keith's recommended supplier and archived parts list, and reassembled it. Now I have a very nice drill press. Next a Logan model 210 15" metal lathe. Keith is a good man, and so are you. Glad you're feeling better.

Such wisdom. So refreshing.

Mr Pete, another great video. I'm glad you are feeling better and are back to your normal routine. Please do not stop doing your field trips. The Wind Turbines coverage was great and very informative. It's amazing how thick the materials were to construct them, and how many huge bolts the base has to have to support such a structure. Please keep doing those one off videos. They are very interesting. Dan 😊

About the wind mills, I don't understand why they can't keep the towers and just replace the works on top. The site, foundation and tower is probably a third of the cost of the mill. This is my rant thanks 91 year retired air craft machinist.

Nice to see you're back at it. A definition of a turbine: A turbine is a turbomachine with at least one moving part called a rotor assembly, which is a shaft or drum with blades attached. Moving fluid acts on the blades so that they move and impart rotational energy to the rotor. Early turbine examples are windmills and waterwheels. I looked into building one at one point, just not worth it in my location.

they fell those windmills like a big old tree, very cool. Thank you for your videos, you remind me a lot of my late father. He was a tool and die maker out of Cicero and would have been 79 this year.

Great rant, I am with you my friend. Be sure to donate all of your vintage library to Keith before you depart. Thank you for all you teach to all of us.

It was great seeing you at ArnFest and thank you for all of the kind words!

I watched your wind generator videos Lyle and thought that they were very interesting. I hadn't realized how big those things were until I saw you walking into the base of one. We have hundreds of them here where I live (close to Palm Springs). The only thing I don't like about them is that they kill many thousands of birds every year. Some efforts are being made to drive birds away from them but I don't know if they are affective or not.

Plenty of people thanked you for the field trips, I'm just one of them.

The old train stuff was neat. If you come to Pensacola we have a lot of museums and history to explore. They might even let folks tour the Westinghouse plant - I don't know.

Not so much an epitaph, but my philosophy: A man is measured by what he does, plus what he inspires others to do. Well done Mr. Pete.

thanks Mr Pete. Most of your field trip videos are interesting 😊👍✨

Architectural drawings and secret tunnels? Sounds to me it's as if you might be planning a robbery 😂

Glad to see you up and running once again!!

I am a farm boy. I have studied old documents, especially maps of the farm and its surroundings. I found that there had been two towers utilizing wind. One had been operational some time in the 1800's as an actual mill. A house at that location was even in my time called "Miller's House". The other had served as a pump, until in 1932 our house was electrified. Some time after that a new pump house was built. What I saw about the old wind pump remains were a couple of reinforcing rods sticking up from a concrete platform. Well, I did not become a farmer, and neither did either one of my brothers. My education made me an Engineer, and took me out to the world. There is one thing tying me to your mentioning of a General Time facility. For a few years, I happened to work in a building previously occupied also General Time. As I have understood, they made there some kitchen timers; maybe coffee makers as well. Nowadays the building houses a private school.

Hey Mr Pete, I appreciate NO ADS on your channel. And I appreciate you telling it like it is, about a bunch of stuff including self-obsessed and hateful people with their opinions and beliefs which they confuse with objective reality. Etc etc. You can tell I am also a gnarly senior person! And along with you I love the world of mechanical making especially in the machine shop. Thanks for all your teaching Mr Pete, much appreciated Sir!

In Poland we celebrate birthdays without the happy birthdaysong. Instead, we sing: Sto lat! (100 years)

Maybe Keith would like to scan the 1936 Craftsman Catalog for his archives? I have that exact 1936 lathe that I have used for all my jobs for the last 30 years. A tribute to the quality of an 87 year old machine.

I enjoy all of your videos, if you need to , if it's a good product, it's your channel, your time, expertise, and plenty of honest knowledge. We appreciate you sharing so much with all of us. Best regards, the carpenter learning to not butcher metal.

Love to see you are back to your unfiltered self. Thanks for the videos.

Hi Lyle, so great to see you in good health and back to do what you do best. Thanks 👍

Glad to see you well again. Glad you resist paid endorsements. Frank appraisals of tools, pro or con, are useful to all of us. I couldn't comment on the windmills, I was chewing nails. Not fingernails.

I liked your video on the wind-turbines. I don't often get to correct a master, a sensi, but wind powered generators are turbines, according to this self-referencing definition found on the web. "A turbine is a turbomachine with at least one moving part called a rotor assembly, which is a shaft or drum with blades attached. Moving fluid acts on the blades so that they move and impart rotational energy to the rotor. Early turbine examples are windmills and waterwheels."

Lyle, take their money. We will just skip through the ad! And it's great to see you looking your old self post Covid.

Epitaph..."I'm dead, so no more tool auctions."

Don't change. It's a real pleasure to watch your videos as I come from a different trade background and watching you work and explain concepts had inspired me to get into machining in a simple way. Honour & Skill .

Mr Pete first off I am happy to see you back. Next although I am close to your age I wish you were my shop teacher. And finally I regret I didn’t find your videos sooner. I love your integrity and your attitude to things. Keep up your rants, it’s what distinguishes you (us) from the complacent public out there today.

You are simply, purely, absolutely...ADMIRABLE !!! You should be able to do whatever you dam well please !

Mitutoyo Wall Clock was 45" long. I found it sold in UK for 89 pounds. Interesting and thanks for sharing.😊

Good Morning Mr Pete!!! The Tennessee Mole Man 👍🇺🇸🍊🍊🍊🙏✝️

I love ya mr pete!!! You taught me so much. Glad you are feeling better.

Looking very well Mr Pete - good to have you back!

Epitaph: 'America's shop teacher. None of his students ever lost a finger' If I didn't say how much I enjoyed the windmill video, I apologize. Thanks Mr Pete!

I like your honesty in your opinions. Epitaph: He who dies with the most tools wins.

Glad you are over the covid, keep up the good work. As an epitaph how about "I won!"

I'm glad to hear you're feeling better. In regards to your epitaph, I'm not smart enough to come up with anything of value, but it would be really cool to have it machine onto a huge piece of stainless steel. I watched the wind mill video, I wish we had seen the size of that cutting torch, it must have been an spectacle!!

I loved the windmill on your bench. I recently got a windmill for my yard because of the memories I have from when I was a child on my uncle's cattle farm in Tennessee. As far as the promoting things for money, go for it but you strike as a person who has everything and more from what he needs in life, a great family, friends and interests. My father was a machinist and I can say for certain I learned more about machining and machines from you than him. He was a great guy but wasn't very articulate.

I say hang in there, keep on doing what your doing, it's your show. Great videos.

YOU are a fellow God-fearing man. A good man! You are humble and helpful, smart, kind and so much more........ I liked the wind tower video....I like all your videos! KEEP ON KEEPING ON!!

When the sponsor's message comes up, the L key is your friend. It advances the video 10 seconds, so tap it repeatedly until the commercial is over. Some presenters are kind enough to wear a different outfit so you can see when the program returns. The J key backs up 10 seconds to correct an overshoot. I've been watching YT videos for years, but only recently found out about keyboard shortcuts. Maybe some of you are slow learners, too. (I also get fewer commercials because I pay for the Premium access. $12/month seems like a lot, though. It's automatic so I don't really notice. That's how they bleed you.) I watched your wind "turbine" video with interest. Sorry I didn't comment at the time. And thanks for the nod on the catalog.

Lyle .. We DO DEFINITELY DO appreciate no ads. They are the most disgusting pollution of a man's intelligence.

I've seen some running ads about morning energy drinks ...Thick , green , maybe lumpy and you could drink it down like it's the best thing since Starrett tools . It's good to see you well again. I once saw a picture of a tomb stone that said " I told you I was sick".

Make $ while you can, our government needs more tax money! Thank you for all your videos! You are the essence of a true Shop Teacher!

“Here lies a costly pearl. He shared his knowledge all over the world.”

He's Feeling better!!!! 🤣 'Here Lies Lyle Peterson, a This and That...just kidding!"

It's great to see up on your pins and doing much better.

Love the videos. You will live on as long as they can be seen. Glad you recovered. Thank you Mr. Pete.

I likes seeing the windmill video. The wall thickness was impressive and looking inside them was interesting.

I have always wanted to buy one of your machines. Just to know i had one. Just about everything i know about machining ive learned from you. Can you put me down as VERY interested next time you decide to part with something? A lathe or a mill or a pair, one of each.....

Picked up a 12 inch Starrett level at a garage sale. Bubble was cracked as well. Got it very cheap. Glad you're back to feeling more normal. Love the little model windmill. I have several of them.

Thank You Lyle Peterson.... For your tombstone PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO YOUR OWN COPE & DRAG PLACK TO BE PUT ON THE STONE. (well wait a minute, that means it will just be stolen by some passerby when they see it, darn) ..... TM

Really cool catalogs. Thanks for sharing.

A man can't have too many caps, Mr Pete......... And don't be a cheat, Mr Pete........... Oh, and i''m good for turning into smoke too

I watched your windmill destruction videos. I thought they were interesting. Glad you were able to get a close up view of them. Thank you!

Thank you Lord!!! Looking GREAT Doctor! GLAD your back!!

Mr. Pete. I came across your videos the other night, and I must say You are truly something. I am really enjoying your videos. Thank you for making them.

Glad to hear that you're feeling better! This was an enjoyable video for many reasons as you really hit on many subjects where I fully agree! I remember your windmill videos. Those were amazing. I believe I did comment but was probably one of the few who actually appreciated the construction details of the actual windmills as you explored them. There are people who can't keep from politicizing any and everything. Those people usually have very little constructive to add to video comments, Facebook, or life in general. I tend to leave them behind to talk into their closed one-man echo chamber. Also with you on the sponsorships. Have you had the offer where you get a paid sponsorship but each of your videos must be pre-approved by the sponsor before you make it public? Not worth that effort! Please keep sharing the old catalogs and literature. I love this stuff. Reminds me that I have loads of old refrigeration literature which needs to be shared. Oh if only we had 48 hours in a day and 10 days in a week, maybe my three lifetimes worth of projects could be completed. I'm so thankful that you're able to make these videos and still enjoy doing so. It's very much appreciated.

Hello Mr Pete, really do appreciate the field trips. Might have to put a kids room in for the disgruntled.

Mr Pete please reconsider patron . It is just the modern way for us to pay for your hard work of making videos. Having the account is not begging , asking people ten times in one video to give might be but we know you and respect you and so happy to see your back from covid.

Keith Rucker may can use a few of those manuals and catalogs for the Vintage Machinery website. As you are aware, the website is a treasure of information. Thanks. And no, don't go the route of many You Tubers with ads of useless, or even useful crap. Ads drive me crazy!

Always great content, and the things you share Lyle are priceless to us the followers. I say these wise words from Harold Waters over at ARW should be considered. Keep on Keeping on! But add this to the end. Teaching in Heaven your trade! I have been thinking hard since I have a short time left, what mark good or bad have I left here on my journey? Honestly, I can't figure it out, but only hope my life touched just one person's life during my journey. Keep on keeping on Mr. Pete, Bear

You’ve been successful for all these years. Please don’t change your formula of being the Internet shop teacher.

Mr Pete! I watch your videos for the content and your insight! No adds is a big bonus for me. Watched your video on the "windmill" destruction! I liked it! I thought I commented on it but maybe not, sorry! A friend of mine on the Texas coast farms and also has wind generators in his fields. You should hear his rant! By the way, I would watch your videos even with commercials! Easy money and you have great videos so everyone wins! Lol! Just my 2¢! Thanks for your time and sharing! Just remember, YOU are " one of the good ones"! 👍😎✌️🇺🇸

Glad you are doing well, you had me scared....That PW level looks Exactly like my Starret 98, down to the calibrating screw .... Just had mine re-vialed and calibrated wasnt cheap, but neither is a new one, came back looking new . best regards Steve.

Here is my entry, I saw it many years ago in a curio shop. "Ma loves Pa, Pa loves women. Ma caught Pa with two in swimmin. Here lies Pa" Great video as always. I said to you once that I like all your videos, and would watch a video of you eating a bowl of cereal.

Some people must drink a lot of vinegar for breakfast the way they comment. One thing I have to try to remember when looking at those old catalogs is how hard money was to come by. A .ocal farmer with a nice farm that he inherited from his family, said they couldn't even pay a dollar on their mortgage. Finally one of his older sisters got a job that keep the farm out of foreclosure and that wasn't the real monthly payment. In this area everyone was in the same shape so trying to sell farms wouldn't help the banks. That kind of prospect makes that lathe a fortune.

Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge with us. Many years from now on your tombstone one of the words should be Generous .

If you need the $1500 take the $1500. But I do enjoy the shop teacher sharing what he's excited about without all the commercial BS. Glad you are feeling better.

Pratt & Whitney (P&W) bought the precision tool business from Lufkin. After a short period of time, they stopped making precision tools. A "great buy", I guess. I remember the Mesher Co. (I grew up in Portland, Ore.). That Mitutoyo wall clock reminds me of those huge slide rule teaching aids we had in school. Warmest regards as always.

I love old tool catalogues of all kinds. Its amazing what obscure tools I can identify from looking at the old catalogues, mostly dowloaded as pdf,s. Told you you weren't going to die from covid Mr Pete!😅 no one ever gives me old stuff and I started asking at 3 years old.

Glad to see you back up and going again! That B&S hat is awesome I love those old cordory hats!

Epitaph .... You guessed it. "... And Now, A Word from Our Sponsor! "

Glad to see you in better sprits Lyle. And although I do appreciate you thoughtfully sparing us the ads, I think you should take that easy money. It isn't hard for us to skip though the ads.