I could watch Mr. Rucker's videos all day, given half a chance. Always interesting, and good to see a real engineer/craftsman at work.

The taper process was nicely filmed and explained. Thank You !!

I just noticed - 200k subscribers! Congratulations Keith and thank you for all the hard work in making so many excellent videos. Seasons greetings and all the very best to you and family for the New Year! Glad your health is recovering.

When the thing you make actually works. Best feeling ever. Amazing work, Keith.

Riding a bike...oh ya. There was a huge amount of experience in that video. Doing any job is 90% about knowing how to use the tool. The more sophisticated the tool... the more time needed to learn how to use the tool properly. I've a lot of respect for all that went into creating a one-off drive shaft. So much of your experience and skill demonstrated: 1. figuring out the dimension. 2. turning the taper (includes making the taper). 3. You took the shaft out of the lathe and stuck it in the hub. Excellent fit! Impressive.

Keith is an.enormous asset having a true wealth of knowledge.

Good to see you feeling better, keep up the good work. We need more people like you on KZfaq AND in real life. I have met a few like you....... Need more.

Hi Kieth and family, compliments of the season. Glad to see you've recovered from whatever bug had you in its grasp. Not sure if you've ever watched Cutting Edge Engineering CEE out of Queensland, Australia, but he, Kurtis, does very large shafting for huge earth-working machinery and he often has to chuck up large diameter rods and cylinders. To aid in initial centering he's made tailstock three jaw chuck assemblies to fit the Morse taper of the tailstock in question and made them as a "live" chuck with bearings that can rotate. Like a live centre only much larger capacity. He then turns a band on the stock where the steady rest will run, and once installed removes the live chuck, drills the centre and can then do his turning. This sounds long winded but it sure beats trying to measure for a centre and seems to me to be a very useful accessory if you happen to have a spare three jaw chuck gathering dust around the shop. Thanks for the videos. Regards from Canada's banana belt. 🌟👍🇨🇦🤞✨

What a wonderful 27 mins of life....nice job Sir! Well done

Fun Fun! I machined a morse taper 6 on a big boring bar for some guys out of Ohio awhile back. I noticed a fair bit of slack in the travels making it only possible to accurately cut one way. It was spot on though after getting all the slack taken up. 😀

As an engineer deep in calculational analysis, it is always enjoyable to watch and learn something new in practical hands-on engineering to actually make machined parts. Looking forward to see how you're going to machine the left-handed threads.

Wow, on the money, first shot. Now that's a guy who knows his machines. 😮

I sat through this I have AADD and I don't regret it. it took all my power of concentration not to just move on. ty thank you keith. i hope one day ill have use of this someday soon maybe. with any luck and the creek don't rise.

And Keith is happy. Which makes us happy.

As always, highly enjoyable to watch a Master Craftsman at work.

Happy Christmas Keith, I hope you are fully fit again.

Again : Nuts causing problems... (pun intended) Thanks for the video, Keith!

Good Morning Keith I hope you had a Merry Christmas.

Thanks for another educational video. You sound better, hope you are feeling better.

As Lee said previously, where you can, move the steady down next to the chuck and set the fingers there!

Keith, the adjusting gear train on the taper attachment is not "rack and pinion", it is "sector and pinion". Rack gears are entirely straight whereas sector gears are actually a small "sector of a round gear" (hence the name sector gear). On rack geared devices, the tracking of the rack is in a straight line direction. But the taper adjustment pivots on a single hinge point and therefore the tracking at the adjusting gears is in an arc or curve. I know the sector gear here is not much of a curve, but it is not a straight line either.

Glad you are feeling better. you are sounding more like yourself in this video.

This Video brought me back to my junior year of high school metal shop and setting up the taper attachment for a black powder signal cannon I turned.

Mr. Rucker, you have a talent that many, like me, envy. I took metal shop in HS back in the 1960s. Our lathes were no where close to the big machine you have. These were more like one might find in a home owner's garage. But they had a built-in taper capablility. The tail stock had an adjustment screw that allowed us to offset the center similar to a X-Y vise used on a drill press. We would use our trigonomentry and dial gauge to adjust the offest to the exact taper needed.

Good job Keith. It’s nice when a job goes just right the first time. Thanks for the video.

I always like to watch you work. Thanks for the video.

Great work sir. Thanks for posting up.

It wonderful to see a master at work! Can hardly wait for the next segment.

Always great when a plan comes together

I love the smile of success. Great job!

I really enjoy watching you use these machines. Great fun

Merry Christmas, Keith. Thanks.

Glad your feeling better and able to get back in the shop! Great video as usual.

nicely done

Fascinating video - as always! Thanks for letting us watch over your shoulder Keith!

Nice Job - good to see your back to your old self!😀

Merry Christmas! Enjoy all you do, thank you

Very interesting work to me. Thanks for sharing.

Great work!

Congratulations my friend!

I always enjoy watching you

Great job!

Nice work, thanks for the look.

Great job and a very interesting process.

Keith is equally as accurate as the machinist who originally turned their taper over 100 years ago because he is "right on the money" with the fit. Matching old tolerances has to be very rewarding.

Glad you got it nailed, Keith, best wishes for a Happy New Year!

good job on the taper

Always learning something!

That was cool. Answered a question I have been wanting to ask for sometime now.

You are a very talented Machinist, love your videos, i never miss any of them!!!

Love the taper. God Bless

I am glad to see your smiling face! Important step - nailed it!

Thanks for sharing 👍

Dang WELL DONE! That looks like it will fit perfectly :) Keep on keeping on!

Wow. OK, fine taper and you nailed it right on the money first shot. Impressive!

I've never tapered before, a Master Class ! All the best to you and family for 2022 !

Happy New Year! (and thanks for your videos)

Hi Keith, Love your channel. Didn't read all your comments because there's always so many but sorry if you already addressed my question. Anyway, when I in the Navy and I was trained to use the taper attachment, our instructor told us that we had to always use bluing to confirm that we had at least 90% contact because you rarely can reream the female mating part on large equipment. If we didn't have it and our angle was good we had to hone the mating part. In this case the wheel. Bottom line we were told that it only takes a couple high spots to make you think you have a good fit, when you don't and it's too late to correct it economically. Thanks for the great channel.

Cracking video You make engineering and especially Metal work look so seamless..

Hi from the Netherlands. You're a master, squire. Thank you for showing us these procedures.

Great explanation on the workings of thr taper attachment.

I really enjoyed this video. I'm (trying ) to build a taper attachment got my Logan 820. You were able to cure several problems with your grinder. Can't wait to see the left handed nut. Glad you're feeling better.

I'm excited I'm from exit 101 I just realized that you should let me volunteer in your shop sometimes during my free time. I'm interested in learning about about being a machinist

Thank you for sharing. Enjoyed.

perfect fit!

great camera angle whilst explaining the functionality of the taper attachment!!

thank you so much Keith.....wonderful.....cheers from Orlando, Paul

Really interesting as always keith thanks for the relaxing and informative videos you make

Thanks for the explanation. I watched a friend make some tapered pin plugs for a 100 year old telegraph switchboard. They were small, about the size of a banana plug. Fun to watch this one, too.

NICE WORK.

Nice job on the taper. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Keith, Best Wishes for a great new year! We all hope we will return to "normal" (whatever that is going to look like) sometime soon. Love your videos and appreciate all the time and energy that goes into your work and editing of the videos. Best always.

Great video Keith! Vet information! God bless!🎚🙏🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾

Great video

Isn't it fun when you have the right tools? That should be one fine bandsaw when you get finished. Thank you for sharing. Have a great New Year and stay safe.

Nice and clean

Happy new year Keith.

You are a machinist extraordinaire!

Nice job nailing that taper first try! I have to say that I'm really impressed with you collection of Gerstner chests you have as a backdrop. I cherish the one I have sitting atop of my Kennedy. But to have 4 or five is a machinists dream. Thanks for sharing your work!

Very good video!

Perfect, hit it on the first try. Very enjoyable video.

Very impressed with your skills and accuracy on this taper and your explanation through out the prosses. Always enjoy your videos. All the best. Mike. UK.

Thank You !!

Excellent taper Keith, my sebastian has a taper attachment haven't had to use it yet, great video, keep'um coming..

Merry Xmas everybody

This is going to be great !

Well done Keith !! I have not seen the taper mic before, it looks like a real must have tool if you cut them a lot.

Could visually see the relief on your face. Very good!

24:04 Your smile says it all - that's a very good fit and a very good piece of workmanship. Making tapers needs some good skills - the slightest error on a taper may not 'ruin' it but makes it so that it's not mating the full and proper length of the taper. And you got a great fit there.

very nice work, the taper is a perfect fit. now I really want to watch you cut those left handed threads.

LOOKS LIKE YOU HIT THE 200K SUBS, CONGRATULATIONS, LOVE THE CHANNEL

25:05 - "It's a bit like riding a bicycle--you just go in there and get it done." Poetry.

Enjoyed watching video

you have such a great way to explain the procedures Thank You.

Nice job on the taper. You could revere your ground setting block to check the taper with a DTI.

Good video, really enjoyed it. Never used a taper turning attachment before, but I have used one of the old style copy turning attachments, does a similar job. Regards from Down Under.

When I need to cut a taper I set an indicator up like you did with a straight shaft and use an other indicator for travel and when I have move 2 inches I want 3/16 of movement in the first indicator Thanks for all the videos they are always enjoyable and informative.

Nice work as usual. I didn't get the idea of the tapered piece at first. Now I understand it is X-axis or traverse-independent regarding the movement of the sled, using an Indicator. Otherwise you would have to use a DRO on the X-axis and an indicator or DRO on the cross-slide or taper attachment as well, also having to use a precison ground axle between centers to set it up.

That you fixed well, it goes easy if you have good machines

good video keith