Max, What a treat to see you using all the various tools across the shop....... which sure has come a long way from the days where you were rolling around in the dirt clearing the field. Cheers!
Far out Max and g'day, lovely stuff as always, I have to say how I like the radial drill! That's one great bit of kit lol Great video showing us different procedures with different tooling mate, loved it, thanks heaps mate
Dear Max, I have another suggestion for drilling the 75mm hole for the rotary table bore. Use a core drill in your radial arm saw. Only a small amount of metal actually cut and little heat imparted into the job. I’m sure you have a good reason why not. Cheers.
Max, you are just a joy to watch. Thank you! We are similar age but I am not as experienced. The radial drill press is such a great machine. I once found a nice European unit which was from the 70s and nice for a reasonable price. it has a problem, my shop is too small.😁
Dear Max,i solute your knowledge and skill level. I offer this suggestion mount your plate using only the 2 clamps on the first side and the second side also. Mill the center out by milling out the material by engageing the y axis while traveling in the x axsis thus milling around the nose of the strap clamp. Removing 99% of the material without moveing the clamps kepps the plate flatter without movement. Do the second side the same as the fisst side. Clear out the the remaining material on each side by simply adding a clamp in the next tee slot over before removeing the clamp you milled around. The plates i do have to hold liquid as this is the method i use without leaking. Grat videos from a long time subscriber keep up the great work and keep them comeing. Cheers
Did anyone else feel like they were watching a hypnotizing or time machine with the big plate milling pattern spinning... 🥴 Nice build Max ! Good call on making the setup modular for other uses 👍👍 Cheers....ATB...
It's Really nice to see so many differnt operations on a number of different machines Max. Don't see many of those types of calendars these days in the UK, too much PC crap.
Great content, Max. Very useful addition to your workshop. Good point on table droop. I experienced that on my old Archdale milling machine. It was a head scratching moment at the time. Cheers Tony
Excellent work as always, and excellent explanations of the numerous potential problems that can occur. Thanks very much.I don't believe I have ever seen a plate that large spin that fast! Gave me the shivers.
Great video, as usual. Good to see Ludmiller (aka Olga) in regular and reliable operation. I should have liked to see you do the marking out - getting hole patterns transferred and matching I find is one of my chief weaknesses. Sounded as if the early autumn rains are well settled in.
I appreciate the detailed and thorough step by step demonstration of this process. - there’s a lot of attention to detail needed for a part like this. You have a great shop and an excellent channel. Thank you sir!
Beautiful work max...in amongst all of your heritage and newer machines...surely there's a Blanchard grinder hiding... to sort out tooling plates...? Whadayureckon...next purchase?...😊 Cheers from Melbourne Bloody seriously warm weekend over here for March...circa 38 degrees...
Thanks . Yes , she went very well considering i have not made final gib adjustments yet . Even if i had it Blanchard ground , a lot would depend on how well they shimmed it . Cheers 👍
I’m kind of chuckling here Max. It looks like you could use a raised platform to stand on around Olga and a raised base for the radial drill. Thanks for the, as always, great video. Love seeing these old machines work.
Milk crates. How many you want Max? Taking up space behind my shed, at least 6 from memory. Max just has “ducks disease”, born with his butt too close to the ground! 😜😂😂
Always good to watch your machining tecniques Max, that green paste looks like the stuff we used here in the UK called Trefolex, think you can get it over there too, cheers, Dave
Spoiling us Max, every one of your videos now takes me back to my early career, when problems were enjoyable and all solvable with some lateral thinking and a big hammer. Today's problems are rarely solvable and need hours of meetings, white boards, conferences, decision forums to go absolutely bloody nowhere 😂😂😂. Cheers, Jon🏴
Nice work Max. If you had access to a Blanchard grinder, it would work good for the plate. I had a few projects Blanchard ground, came out nice. Thanks for sharing.
It would work , as long as the plate was shimmed properly & their were no internal stresses . My cast iron marking out plate , i will get Blanchard ground . 👍
Hi Max, Pity the lathe jaws were at full extent or you could have skimmed the plate and taken the bows out, but like the man said, you gotta urinate with the plumbing the boss gave you. I really like the way you work the problems, us oldies can see solutions rather than stoppers. Keep em comming bud, best wishes, Mal.
One and thirty nine sixty fourths. Oh those imperial dimensions. I grew up and learned a lot of mechanical skills with them. I’m now converted to metric. Don’t ever give me a ruler with both scales on the same side. That boggles my mind. Thanks for another great video.
I use them in my plasma cutter. I still don’t cut a real straight line with it. I have to use a straight guide. I keep saying I’ll make something, but…
@@swanvalleymachineshop yeah. That’s the way to go if you do a fair amount of cutting. There are a lot of plans for motorized cutters for plasma and even oxy cutters out there on CZcams. Some look really nice. But so many projects and so little time to build them.
> nice going there max- another fine machine shop tour de force; as of late it appears youve pressed olga into doing more work than an asian textile worker...funny you should mention the unavailability of anchor lube in australia - just recently i viewed one of youre contemporaries in the states (josh topper / topper machine shop) and he found it the only cutting fluid that actually worked when drilling a series of holes in AR plate.
Thanks . Yes , not on the shelves here . I like it because it's not messy . AR ( Bisalloy over here ) i have drilled no worries with thick cutting oil & a rota broach using a heavy mag base drill . 👍
@@swanvalleymachineshop Maybe we'll put a care package together at the summer bash this year..Hummm BTW, I thin mine with a little water. It dries out a bit over time.
Dear Max, Additional, that 75 mm hole would be a piece of cake on youre radial arm drill and a hole saw even if you had to flip it to reach threw a thick plate
This is a nice, well supported machine. What most people don’t know, and something that’s bothered me about the Bridgeport and copies, is that it’s an old design. It was designed 1934-1935 and came out in 1936. When it first came out it had a 32” table and the support, that is, the narrow dovetail for the Y direction, which adds significantly to droop and dovetail wear and the short carriage. It was all fine for the 32” table, but when they came out with larger tables as time went on, 36, then 42 and finally the 49, they never updated the design. They continued to use the same dovetail and carriage. I never understood that. We can only get square ways and a wider carriage on a 10” x 50” and larger machine. It’s a shame.
If i had a big lump of cast iron , i would love to make some bolt on support extensions for the BP . Even 6 inches wider each side would help a lot . 👍
Hi Max, nearly jumped out of my skin seeing Anchor lube in Australia. Same here not available in Philippines. Maybe our money is not good enough? Boggest twist drill in our tool store was 3 inch.
Wowie zowie, a hat trick from Max. Nice to see it all coming together. Two questions : don't you need more rolling carts to save your back ? and, would it make a difference flattening that plate if you milled in one direction on the front side, and at 90 degrees on the back side ? Cheers and thanks for the videos.
Thanks . No makes no difference . The tool still has to cover the whole plate . One rolling cart is enough , otherwise they just get parked up looking like shelves ! 👍
You know rather than pull the gap bed on that lathe, you could have just swung bye with the plate in the back of your ute and bored that hole out on my Bridgeport, to save you all that work. 😉 Independent bugger to a fault. 😜😂😂👍 You got her done & that’s all that matters & it did make great content, can’t deny that.👍👍👍 What are you making that needs that setup? Prop shaft for a cray boat or something? I can see that you may have all the chips now, but I’ve still caught more fish than John West rejected. 😜😂😂👍
Will there have to be a tailstock made up to suit the vertical position rotary table? A large annular cutter would have pushed a big hole in that plate, for less than a big twist drill costs new, but not less than what used ones can be found for. I did buy a "new" 2" on a mt4 recently for about £35 which was a pretty good deal.
Yes , their is a tail stock riser . I think my largest annular cutter is about the same size as my biggest drill . 35 pound is good for a 4mt x 2'' drill 👍
Max, I noticed that your cutting torch's oxidizer(?) gas was in a bottle labeled CONEGAS (if I read it correctly). Was that oxygen in a bottle labeled CONEGAS or is CONEGAS another gas?
That's a big chunk of steel I have a Clarkeson Autolock, difficult to get mills for it with a threaded end (and expensive when you do find them) Haven't used it in probably 30 years
Morning mate, Josh Topper would like a get together but Canada is a bit out of reach I fear. By the way I love to see that wiggle on the mill, You know the saying " all work and no play..." ,I used to have that wiggle too before entering a hole in sone occasions, aww never mind😉.
@@swanvalleymachineshop I posted a link which seems to have been stripped. Search for Excision Pty Ltd. They are about an hour from my but have a WA rep. One of their cutting fluids is a detergent type like the Anchorlube. Also a bunch of other shop chemicals.
Are you retired old mate ? You are pumping out the content now. You and Mattys workshop are the best out there because what you see is what you get the real deal . All the other channels are just sh#t .
Max. I've been enjoying your videos. You provide lots of good info and keep it simple for us old guys.
Thanks 👍
Max, What a treat to see you using all the various tools across the shop....... which sure has come a long way from the days where you were rolling around in the dirt clearing the field. Cheers!
Just thinking about back then , gives me sore knees ! 👍
Far out Max and g'day, lovely stuff as always, I have to say how I like the radial drill! That's one great bit of kit lol
Great video showing us different procedures with different tooling mate, loved it, thanks heaps mate
Cheers Ralfy . 👍
Especially your approach on milling the warped plate flat is great and comes with an excellent explanation. Great video as always.
Thanks 👍
Great Job Max. I love making my own shop tools also.
Thanks 👍
good result max and the holes lined up good.
cheers ben.
Thanks 👍
Dear Max, I have another suggestion for drilling the 75mm hole for the rotary table bore. Use a core drill in your radial arm saw. Only a small amount of metal actually cut and little heat imparted into the job. I’m sure you have a good reason why not. Cheers.
I do not have a core drill . But i picked up a 3'' drill bit the other day for next time ! 👍
Great job Max, everything fitted up nicely
Thank fuk for that , i did not want to go & file those holes out ! 👍
Good video friend Max..thanks for your time
Cheers 👍
Max, you are just a joy to watch. Thank you! We are similar age but I am not as experienced. The radial drill press is such a great machine. I once found a nice European unit which was from the 70s and nice for a reasonable price. it has a problem, my shop is too small.😁
Thanks . My shop is too small as well , hence the small radial . It will do what i want it to do though . Cheers 👍
Excellent job, Max....and a little bit of machining-art in 47.04 min. cool.....lol
Thanks 👍
Nice one , good to see someone still doing it old school
Thanks 👍
Dear Max,i solute your knowledge and skill level. I offer this suggestion mount your plate using only the 2 clamps on the first side and the second side also. Mill the center out by milling out the material by engageing the y axis while traveling in the x axsis thus milling around the nose of the strap clamp. Removing 99% of the material without moveing the clamps kepps the plate flatter without movement. Do the second side the same as the fisst side. Clear out the the remaining material on each side by simply adding a clamp in the next tee slot over before removeing the clamp you milled around. The plates i do have to hold liquid as this is the method i use without leaking. Grat videos from a long time subscriber keep up the great work and keep them comeing. Cheers
Yes , i have done that method in the past with smaller plates . 👍
Using Acetylene and not propane wasn't expected. Thx for the vid.
Thanks . I still have to switch to propane . Will do when i get a creeper cutter . 👍
You are a brave man to spin it that fast. Looking great Max.
All good Randy . 190 rpm . 👍
Did anyone else feel like they were watching a hypnotizing or time machine with the big plate milling pattern spinning... 🥴
Nice build Max !
Good call on making the setup modular for other uses 👍👍
Cheers....ATB...
Will also fit my shaper . 👍
It's Really nice to see so many differnt operations on a number of different machines Max. Don't see many of those types of calendars these days in the UK, too much PC crap.
Thanks . Those Forch calendars are hard to get , no year marked on it . So it lasts forever ! 👍
Every Cat fitter worth his Crescent Wrench collection has a selection of those Link Bracket lift eye thingies. 👍
Lol , the Cat lifting tags come in handy . Especially when i tapped an M10 hole for an eye bolt that i do not have !!! 👍
Great content, Max. Very useful addition to your workshop. Good point on table droop. I experienced that on my old Archdale milling machine. It was a head scratching moment at the time. Cheers Tony
Cheers Tony . 👍
Buzy man Max! Two vids this week end, great to see, Liked the Italian Radial Drill.
Thanks Al . It's all go at the moment ! 👍
Great Video Max. I would like to have seen you try to finish the faces, using double sided tape, with a .005" or .010" cut. Just a thought mate.
The machine would have spat the plate out with tape ! Cheers 👍
Excellent work as always, and excellent explanations of the numerous potential problems that can occur. Thanks very much.I don't believe I have ever seen a plate that large spin that fast! Gave me the shivers.
No worries , Cheers 👍
Judging from your arm, this project will turn out fine as you have made the Blood Sacrifice.
I burnt the living daylights out of it from hot chips on the Bridgeport , looks like a crack heads arm ! 👍
Great content and excellent craftsmanship. A great addition to the set-up arsenal.
Thanks . That plate will fit the shaper as well ! 👍
Great video, as usual. Good to see Ludmiller (aka Olga) in regular and reliable operation. I should have liked to see you do the marking out - getting hole patterns transferred and matching I find is one of my chief weaknesses. Sounded as if the early autumn rains are well settled in.
Yes we had a little bit of the wet stuff . Use a prick punch first , they pick up scribed lines better than a centre punch . 👍
@@swanvalleymachineshop Yes, but that begs the question of how you get the scribed lines in the right place!
@@RicktheRecorder Lol , a lot of care . Good light , 1 main & 1 secondary reference line at 90 deg & a good carbide scriber !
I appreciate the detailed and thorough step by step demonstration of this process. - there’s a lot of attention to detail needed for a part like this. You have a great shop and an excellent channel. Thank you sir!
Thanks 👍
Beautiful work max...in amongst all of your heritage and newer machines...surely there's a Blanchard grinder hiding... to sort out tooling plates...? Whadayureckon...next purchase?...😊
Cheers from Melbourne Bloody seriously warm weekend over here for March...circa 38 degrees...
Man, have you seen what even small, used older models go for?
No room for one ! Our crazy hot temps have dropped a bit at last , rain the other day !👍
Nice one Max. Look forward to seeing it in use 👍🇳🇱
Thanks , soon ! 👍
G’Day Max, I see from the comments I’m not the first to think “Blanchard grinder!”. Still, Olga turned in respectable performance. 👍
Thanks . Yes , she went very well considering i have not made final gib adjustments yet . Even if i had it Blanchard ground , a lot would depend on how well they shimmed it . Cheers 👍
Getting it done! I am looking forward to having my shop doors open soon. Old man winter is about gone thank goodness.
Lol , our temps are starting to drop off a bit now . At long last ! At least we don't get the cold temps like you lot & our Canadian friends ! 👍
You made the flame cutting look so easy. Loved it Max.
Thanks Rob . You would think i would be able to cut straight & neat after 40 years , probably a good thing i was not a boilermaker ! 👍
I’m kind of chuckling here Max. It looks like you could use a raised platform to stand on around Olga and a raised base for the radial drill.
Thanks for the, as always, great video. Love seeing these old machines work.
Milk crates. How many you want Max?
Taking up space behind my shed, at least 6 from memory.
Max just has “ducks disease”, born with his butt too close to the ground! 😜😂😂
Lol , i was thinking about raising the drill up about 6 inches ! 👍
Always short on milk crates here Ian , Cheers 👍
Enjoyed…lots of work…great fabrication
Thanks Chuck 👍
Thank you Max!
Cheers 👍
Good job, as always Maximo , Thanks
No worries 👍
Always good to watch your machining tecniques Max, that green paste looks like the stuff we used here in the UK called Trefolex, think you can get it over there too, cheers, Dave
Same colour stuff . Watch that Trefolex when it heats up , bad stuff ! 👍
@@swanvalleymachineshop Yes, it did have a funny smell!
@@daveharriman2756 Carcenogenic when hot !
Spoiling us Max, every one of your videos now takes me back to my early career, when problems were enjoyable and all solvable with some lateral thinking and a big hammer. Today's problems are rarely solvable and need hours of meetings, white boards, conferences, decision forums to go absolutely bloody nowhere 😂😂😂. Cheers, Jon🏴
Lol , that is why i stayed on the tools ! 👍
So True 👍👍
Wise words spoken, Jon.....
Nice work Max.
If you had access to a Blanchard grinder, it would work good for the plate.
I had a few projects Blanchard ground, came out nice.
Thanks for sharing.
It would work , as long as the plate was shimmed properly & their were no internal stresses . My cast iron marking out plate , i will get Blanchard ground . 👍
Max, Cover your hydraulic cylinder on your bench next time mate saves damage, keep up the videos Top Man !
Year , i know ! Thanks 👍
Good on ya Max .You're an inspiration.
Thanks 👍
Hi Max, Pity the lathe jaws were at full extent or you could have skimmed the plate and taken the bows out, but like the man said, you gotta urinate with the plumbing the boss gave you. I really like the way you work the problems, us oldies can see solutions rather than stoppers. Keep em comming bud, best wishes, Mal.
Cheers . The mill would get it flatter than that lathe . Only a few thou , so no big deal . 👍
One and thirty nine sixty fourths. Oh those imperial dimensions. I grew up and learned a lot of mechanical skills with them. I’m now converted to metric. Don’t ever give me a ruler with both scales on the same side. That boggles my mind. Thanks for another great video.
Lol , no worries ! 👍
Spot on awesome Max! Great job!
Cheers 👍
I’ve never seen roller skates for a cutting torch before!
They are for people like myself who can not cut in a straight line & struggle with an even speed !!! 👍
I use them in my plasma cutter. I still don’t cut a real straight line with it. I have to use a straight guide. I keep saying I’ll make something, but…
@@melgross Going to buy a creeper cutter for the oxy . They run on tracks !
@@swanvalleymachineshop yeah. That’s the way to go if you do a fair amount of cutting. There are a lot of plans for motorized cutters for plasma and even oxy cutters out there on CZcams. Some look really nice. But so many projects and so little time to build them.
i use a 5 in lovejoy indexable face mill for almost everything. cannot beat the finish
That's for sure . 👍
Wonderful work! Thanks for the look see.Always enjoy!
Cheers 👍
> nice going there max- another fine machine shop tour de force; as of late it appears youve pressed olga into doing more work than an asian textile worker...funny you should mention the unavailability of anchor lube in australia - just recently i viewed one of youre contemporaries in the states (josh topper / topper machine shop) and he found it the only cutting fluid that actually worked when drilling a series of holes in AR plate.
Thanks . Yes , not on the shelves here . I like it because it's not messy . AR ( Bisalloy over here ) i have drilled no worries with thick cutting oil & a rota broach using a heavy mag base drill . 👍
@@swanvalleymachineshop Maybe we'll put a care package together at the summer bash this year..Hummm
BTW, I thin mine with a little water. It dries out a bit over time.
Cheers Max another nice vid!
Thanks 👍
Dear Max, Additional, that 75 mm hole would be a piece of cake on youre radial arm drill and a hole saw even if you had to flip it to reach threw a thick plate
Big annular cutter in the radial drill would be the go ! 👍
This is a nice, well supported machine. What most people don’t know, and something that’s bothered me about the Bridgeport and copies, is that it’s an old design. It was designed 1934-1935 and came out in 1936. When it first came out it had a 32” table and the support, that is, the narrow dovetail for the Y direction, which adds significantly to droop and dovetail wear and the short carriage. It was all fine for the 32” table, but when they came out with larger tables as time went on, 36, then 42 and finally the 49, they never updated the design. They continued to use the same dovetail and carriage. I never understood that. We can only get square ways and a wider carriage on a 10” x 50” and larger machine. It’s a shame.
If i had a big lump of cast iron , i would love to make some bolt on support extensions for the BP . Even 6 inches wider each side would help a lot . 👍
My BP has the 42 '' table . Full metric machine from the neck down .
@@swanvalleymachineshop absolutely. And I wish (ah, if they were dollars) the dovetail way was a good 12” wide.
Hi Max, nearly jumped out of my skin seeing Anchor lube in Australia.
Same here not available in Philippines.
Maybe our money is not good enough?
Boggest twist drill in our tool store was 3 inch.
Still looking for a 3 '' that's not rooted ! 👍
great work thanks for the video
No worries 👍
Wowie zowie, a hat trick from Max. Nice to see it all coming together. Two questions : don't you need more rolling carts to save your back ? and, would it make a difference flattening that plate if you milled in one direction on the front side, and at 90 degrees on the back side ? Cheers and thanks for the videos.
Thanks . No makes no difference . The tool still has to cover the whole plate . One rolling cart is enough , otherwise they just get parked up looking like shelves ! 👍
You know rather than pull the gap bed on that lathe, you could have just swung bye with the plate in the back of your ute and bored that hole out on my Bridgeport, to save you all that work. 😉
Independent bugger to a fault. 😜😂😂👍
You got her done & that’s all that matters & it did make great content, can’t deny that.👍👍👍
What are you making that needs that setup? Prop shaft for a cray boat or something?
I can see that you may have all the chips now, but I’ve still caught more fish than John West rejected. 😜😂😂👍
Lol , Quicker to pull the gap out , than navigate your driveway & hump a chunk of plate across town !!! Cheers Ian 👍
No point having a gap bed lathe if you never remove it for the extra capacity.
My lathe doesn't have one, it would be nice if it did though.
Will there have to be a tailstock made up to suit the vertical position rotary table?
A large annular cutter would have pushed a big hole in that plate, for less than a big twist drill costs new, but not less than what used ones can be found for.
I did buy a "new" 2" on a mt4 recently for about £35 which was a pretty good deal.
Yes , their is a tail stock riser . I think my largest annular cutter is about the same size as my biggest drill . 35 pound is good for a 4mt x 2'' drill 👍
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Cheers 👍👍👍
I would call that a "big" angle plate :)
Hope i never need a bigger one ! 👍
Max, do you think if you would have had time to put the plate in the fire like the angle plate it would have had less stress?
The thing is that hot rolled doesn’t have much stress, just a tiny amount. Cold rolled is a real pain though.
That would not hurt . The bit i machined a week ago bowed like a banana . But like Mel mentioned , less likely to move like cold rolled . 👍
Max, I noticed that your cutting torch's oxidizer(?) gas was in a bottle labeled CONEGAS (if I read it correctly). Was that oxygen in a bottle labeled CONEGAS or is CONEGAS another gas?
Core gas , they are the suppliers. 👍
Anchorlube is available on Amazon USA and Amazon UK free delivery with combined total order over $49 to Australia 🇦🇺 mate
I will have to look it up , it's good stuff . 👍
Quite the plate Max!!!! By the way you say 300 series plate is it like 1018 mild steel?? Just curious. Cheers
Sorry , 350 grade mild steel plate . 👍
Max, how about side clamping the plate? By doing so you can reach the whole surface in one go. Or does it have drawbacks you don't like? Best, Job
I will be making up a substantial side clamp system in the future . 👍
That's a big chunk of steel
I have a Clarkeson Autolock, difficult to get mills for it with a threaded end (and expensive when you do find them)
Haven't used it in probably 30 years
I grew up with Clarkson Auto lock & Dead lock chucks ! 👍
That pic of the girl on the wall does she work there? I would like to see her in the next vid
She is the OSHA observer . Unfortunately only there February , another one takes her place for March ! 👍
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Thanks 👍
Would it be possible, and would the surface be flatter if you faced each side on the lathe? Thanks!!
The mill will cut flat . Lathes face in a slight concave cut . 👍
You can tell it’s WA when you cracked the shits at the bolt on the lifting lug
Close to beer-o-clock and it was humid ! 👍👍👍
Max if the plate needed more precision would you scrap it or do some other process? I apologize if this is a stupid question.
I would have it Blanchard ground . Cheers 👍
It's beer o'clock somewhere.
Always ! 👍
Morning mate, Josh Topper would like a get together but Canada is a bit out of reach I fear. By the way I love to see that wiggle on the mill,
You know the saying " all work and no play..." ,I used to have that wiggle too before entering a hole in sone occasions, aww never mind😉.
Hi. He’s not in Canada, he’s in Wisconsin USA (nearly Canada)🙂
ok thanks.@@alungiggs
No worries , Cheers 👍
That looks real good there Max. Have you had any hot chips down your shirt as the mill table is at chest height? Cheers
Lol , only a couple ! But burnt the living daylights from chips on my arms the other day on the Bridgeport ! Cheers 👍
I hope you paid TOT his license fee for using Time Travel Machining 😁
Lol 👍
@@swanvalleymachineshop I posted a link which seems to have been stripped. Search for Excision Pty Ltd. They are about an hour from my but have a WA rep. One of their cutting fluids is a detergent type like the Anchorlube. Also a bunch of other shop chemicals.
Are you retired old mate ? You are pumping out the content now. You and Mattys workshop are the best out there because what you see is what you get the real deal . All the other channels are just sh#t .
Lol , no not retired yet ! Cheers 👍