Odds & Ends 28: Bar Z Summer Bash, Railroad Track Work, Viewer Gifts
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- A mix of topic including my trip to California to attend the Bar-Z Summer Bash where I got to visit with other CZcams creators as well as many of my viewers. It was a blast! Also viewer gifts both from the Bash and that were sent to me in the mail. Finally a couple of shots of some track work being done at the museum.
It was a great time! As mentioned before, great meeting you, and it's great that you make yourself accessible to your fans!
Keith,
Thanks for the re-hash of the Bar Z Bash. I'm really sorry I missed it. Looks like you came home with a lot of cool swag, etc. I've watched a couple of videos, where the Union Pacific Railroad has a machine that lifted the rails, removed the wooden ties and replaced them with concrete ties. Another machine came along and flipped these metal clips made into the ties around to hold the rain to the tie. It was really amazing!
Thanks, as always, for another great video.
Have a good one . . . and stay cool!
Dave
+Swarf Rat The Norfolk Southern line runs through Tifton and every couple of years the track gang comes through doing track work. I have stopped and just watched those guys work before as it is amazing what they can do with all of that automated equipment. They barely even have to touch anything by hand anymore. Of course, all of that is set up to run on standard gauge so it is not much use on our narrow gauge track at the museum. Even though, there was a Norfolk Southern crew in town a few weeks ago working on one of the spur lines and most of that work was still done by hand for some reason.
That was some amazing track repair work. Thanks for showing it,
Dale d
+Metal Tips and Tricks (Dale Derry) I thought you guys would like that! They were out at the museum yesterday finishing up on some stuff. I am looking forward to taking the locomotive for a trip around the track when they get totally finished!
My wife and I have enjoyed all of your videos, but especially liked the track work segment in this one.
It was very nice meeting you at the bash and having a chance to talk, Keith. I almost bought that taper gauge set, picked it up two different times. It has a nice vintage feel to it and the box does as well. Glad to see you got it!
***** The taper gage is a nice tool indeed. I sure am happy you did not beat me to it. I missed out on another item that James had because I did not bite on it quick enough!
Happy you could come out Keith, Saturday was a blur for me, but everyone tells me I had a good time :)
+Shadon HKW You were having a ball Stan! Well, at least most of the time you were. Thanks for hosting us - it was a real blast! Having hosted an event at the museum last year when we restored that table saw over a three day weekend, I know what you mean about it all being a blur....
I had a good time out at Stan's meeting everyone. Hopefully next year isn't to hot.
1970chevelle396 Nice to get to meet you there - it was a great trip!
Great wrap-up Keith.
For a newb, seeing and meeting all my mentors was truly epic! Glad I got to get a pic with you at Stans! Always a pleasure watching your vids!
Regards,
Ray
aka: Razor!
+Razor Works Stan's bash was a blast for me to get to go to. A bit overwhelming to meet so many new people in such a short time but I would not have missed it for the world!
Keith, I always "stay til the end" of your videos :). Love em! I believe I saw you in Adam's video of the 4-jaw completion at the Bar-Z. It looked like everyone had a great time.
009to090 Yeah, I was there in Adam's video. Lots of fun out at Stan's for sure!
Hey Keith,
Excellent re-cap of the Bar Z Bash, it was really great meeting in person and hanging out together! Sounds like you have another really cool event coming up, let me guess, Mr Pete will be in the house?
Thanks for the shout out and if your in the Fresno area while traveling for work feel free to swing by!
Regards,
Ray
Ray Caniglia Already looking forward to the ArnFest event in several weeks. This will be our 11th year of doing it and I have been to all of them. Not quite sure about our mystery guest showing up yet, but I am keeping my fingers crossed! I am now looking for any excuse to come out to Fresno at work - maybe one of these days.....
Nice video Keith, thanks for sharing all the swag
Keith Rucker - VintageMachinery.org Keith, Let me know also. I am only 90 miles north of Ray. Buy you a cup of coffee.
As always, thanks’ for taking the time to make this video! And I support this site. ~M~
Yeah buddy,,, If I was the fellow on the shovel I'd definitely want that backhoe operator (a real ace)!..................... Always watch to the end, Thanks Keith! :o)
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+Opinionator52 That guy on the backhoe knew what he was doing. I talked to him for a while the other day and he said that this is the only job he has ever had and he as been doing it for over 20 years. Practice makes perfect I guess!
It does indeed! :o)
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Hello Keith,
Nice video and hope that you will find some time for shopwork, and great to see that the new shop is starting.
Greetings from Roel !
+RoelTyros Thanks - I spent the day in the shop yesterday and it sure was nice! I am hoping to find some time today to do some whop work as well.
This Odd's&Ends almost as good as being there(Bar Z)
THANKS
Rick Brandt Then it must have been pretty awesome, because the Bar-Z Bash was indeed awesome!
Glad ya had a great time at Stan's ! Great gifts you won .. Thumbs up !!
+ShawnMrFixit Lee It was a heck of a trip! Already looking forward to the next opportunity to get together with these guys.
I had a great time and having you a few pointers on the four jaw made my day. I have to get out to GA some day...
Larry Pardi Glad to help Larry - I saw you struggling a bit and figured it was a teachable moment!
Hi Keith,
That taper gauge combined with gauge pins is a great match, getting close with the taper gauge avoids trying half the tray of taper pins before finding the right one... :)
Pierre
pierre beaudry You are correct, Pierre. If I would have thought of that I would have bought it for sure.
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Hi Bob, just put some of your dream tools on a wish list and wait for a good occasion... Sooner or later it will happen. ;)
pierre beaudry Exactly, Pierre. That is how I do it. Lately I have been playing with tools way more than working on projects or I probably would have bought it. Gotta get back on track...
pierre beaudry Thanks Pierre - when I saw that taper gage, I just had to have it. I can think of all kinds of places that thing would have come in handy for. Now I have one!
Thank you Keith for all your videos. Maybe some day I'll start up one on bricklaying (except furnace construction). There is a lot to the machine trades I'd love to learn but I have learned a lot from your videos (and I don't want to forget the machine trades teachers from Scioto County Ohio vocational school when I worked there). Hope to meet you someday but till then, thanks! Greg
Charles Compton Thanks Greg I hope that we can meet up one of these days!
Hopefully by next year I can have my new shop finished and maybe you could stop by on your way up to Arnfest. Would be nice to meet you in person. Glad everyone had a big time out at Stan's!
bcbloc02 I watched your shop update video last night in the hotel - glad to see you back to working on it again since winter is right around the corner again! I want to wait until you get that boring mill set up to come and see you - I would love to have one of those to play with.....
Thanks, Keith. It was nice to see you at Stan's Summer Bash. Too bad it was so hot... much cooler this weekend. So now that all of those railroad ties have been replaced, can you drive the locomotive faster than 5 mph? I think you will like that flatbelt company. I found them very good to work with. Were you able to order them in black? Thanks again for another good video, Keith. Joe
Joseph Magedanz That was about as hot as I have been in quite a while, but not too bad in the shade. At least you guys don't have the humidity out there like we do down south. If you guys had the humidity, it would have been totally unbearable! I imagine the belts will be a tan color, but I have not seen them yet. I am heading home from a business trip today and hope that they are there waiting on me as I really want to put them on tomorrow!
been waiting to see this odd and ends,
David Howard Glad to bring it to you!
Thanks for the video, Keith.
That guy on the backhoe IS very impressive! I think it would take me an hour to do one tie even with teh backhoe-and never mind driving the stakes!
Hey, those drill/countersinks are not the same as a #1 drill. Drill sizes get smaller as the number goes up; a #1 drill is 0.228" diameter.
+Andy Wander That's right about the drill size - not sure what size these are, but they sure are tiny....
Because I am certifiable and more than a little nuts, I always go right to the end of each of your vids.This time was no different I am looking forward to your demonstration of the furnace when it occurs.
+Alphonsus Padavano Well, I hope that you take the time to watch everything in the middle somewhere along the way! If time permits, I am hoping to work on making the new form for the furnace this weekend. We will see.....
Thanks for the update Keith. Wish I could make Arnfest, but alas not to be, I am primarily a wood worker and wanna be machinist. Rancho Cucamonga can be really hot in August and September if my memory is correct. I grew up in Southern California, a long time ago, and lived 30 years in the SF Bay area.
+John Leake Not sure how hot it actually got there last Saturday, but I know that the thermometer in Stan's shop was reading over 100 degrees most of the day. Somebody said 107 was the high and I would believe it!
When I was a very young teenager I witnessed the work of a mile long railroad spur being installed. 4 men with a spike driver per man driving spikes. They had a rhythm when driving spikes each would send a blow down in turn clockwise and 4 blows is all it took to drive a spike into place. The spikes came in wooden kegs and in the top of the keg would be a counter spike (miniature spike). The foreman would keep that and at the end of the day he would know how many spikes had been driven by counting the miniature counter spikes, All hand work in those days. No machinery was used.
+Vsshooter Very cool. The guys working at the museum often had two people driving a spike, taking turns swinging the hammer. I did not catch that on video, but it was fun to watch. I would probably have to swing it ten times just to actually hit the spike!
UGH!!! That weekend is my shooting clubs largest event, our Zombie Shoot. As a board member and a stage worker I will be at the club all day Friday setting up and then working the event Saturday. Darn it. That area is right where I live. Might try and take off work on Thursday and make it over to Pleasant Street to shake your hand and hang out.
Great video as always!
Brian Streufert Sorry you won't be able to make it. There are always conflicts it seems....
Keith Rucker - VintageMachinery.org Especially this time of year. Everything seems to be going on all at once in the fall up here. Its amazing how activity revolves around the planting season and the harvest season. Those that don't live near agriculture really have no idea. I'm sure you know all too well!
Those non-Abom size tools are ClickSpring size.
I know exactly which CZcams creator you're talking about :-)
Have a great time. I wish I could make it up there but that's the day I get back home to Texas.
NGinuity He has not made a firm commitment yet, but we are keeping our fingers crossed....
At 20:43 - I have to imagine that these "A-Bomb" sized tools have to do with watch making or some other type of very small machinery work.
cemx86 I don't know about watch making, but that is sure a possibility. A lot of the watch making stuff is even smaller than that though....
Enjoyed the video!
You could start on making watch cases with those end mills!
+Vsshooter LOL - I would hate to think I had to work on tiny stuff like that all the time. I sometimes think that the really big stuff is easier to work on that the really tiny stuff!
Very cool.
I never managed to spot you on the live feed of the event, but it was still fun, seemed like adam had a twin! albeit slightly shorter, I joked with Elena on the feed about it!. Next year I suggest a 'celebrity' four jaw competition, as well an an amateur league, so, Keith, get your practice in!
jusb1066 I am sure I got in the camera at some point during the day, but there was a lot of area to cover and only a small part of it was in the camera. I chose not to participate in the four jaw competition, but I did do it for fun. I don't think anybody timed be but I got it to 0.0004" runout (which was as good as the bearings on that lathe would allow). Not sure if I could have beat the time in the competition or not - I know I could not have beaten Adam (but maybe Tom....)
Keith, you need to get with the maint dept and go through the bushings and pins on that backhoe, that thing was loose and jangly.
+eformance The backhoe is owned by the company that is doing the track work, not by the museum. It was pretty sloppy but I have seen worse....
Keith Rucker - VintageMachinery.org Haven't we all?
Great video Keith!
+Jeff Moss Thanks!
Hi Keith,
as always you're a treasure trove of information. i'm in the process of restoring a 24" wide jointer/planer from the 1920's and will be needing flat belts for the feed drive. so from that aspect alone this episode of odds&ends was worth watching.
thank you for keeping the series going.
the guy on the back hoe: OMG!.. that thing is so badly worn .. and yet he has pretty good control... nice job!
one thing i have to say: there is no substitute for quality, Sir, your vids are of a quality that make it well worth the wait. keep up the good work and don't let the troll get you down!
cheers
mike
HolzMichel Thanks for the kind words on the quality of my videos. I am always trying to improve the quality wherever I can.
HolzMichel Heh. I'd say our tractor is twice as sloppy, at least in the swing. However; that guy is *really* good.
When I had a backhoe, I greased the pins at least twice a day. Otherwise it would have been as sloppy as that thing removing the ties.
inserts through an airport heh, could have been quite the story
madinatore I was worried but they went right through the scanner with no problem in my carry on bag....
What number crucible are you planning to use for your furnace?
+Brian Oltrogge The one crucible that I have is a size B16, but the furnace will take a larger one. The inside diameter of the furnace will be 14" and I think that the height is 18".
I know tubalcain lives in Illinois. Maybe it's him going to Arnfest!
+MattsMotorz I cannot confirm anything at this point - keeping my fingers crossed that thing will work out for our mystery guest if he can make it.
+MattsMotorz Mr. Pete just let me know that he is indeed planning on being there!
That's awesome! Wish I could be there!
Mr Pete
Hey I got a question:
Why is the excavator's wheel free spinning at 17:48?
+Rexus King They pick up the back wheels off the ground with the outriggers to give the backhoe a wider stance, which in the process lifts the wheels off the ground. This gives the tractor more stability.
Does anyone know anything about the North American Association of Machinist Educators? I graduate high school this coming June and we were trying to think of a gift to give to our shop teacher at our vocational school and something along these lines seemed really fitting. I'm aware of Bob's banners but I can't seem to find NAAME online.
+LoadedMod94 Let me see if I can find some contact info on him. I have it around here somewhere.....
I think I screwed up you already came out to California . did I lose a moth ?
Chris Anderson Not sure when you thought the event was going to be, but it was last weekend. Sorry if you were planning to come.....
well I was thinking you were bringing the dividing head some how I was thinking its next month but I am thinking I was wrong . I almost have the cash now .
MR. PETE GOING TO EVENT ??
+OLD WIPPER-SNAPPER I just got a confirmation from him that he will be attending!
hi keith made it
Andy Coakes Glad to see you!
Keith, you got my name wrong but I'll forgive you. I just happened to be coming to San Diego for family stuff and was lucky enough to get an invite to the summer bash but I'm glad you liked the hat! I guess I'll have to give you a thumbs down for this video! Not.
Lol
+Jon Hare Well Jon, my apologies on the name thing. I am not good with names anyway and when you threw in as many new people as I was meeting all in one place, it was a mind boggling day. I asked Adam if he remembered and he could not so I asked Stan who the guy was that came from Hawaii and Stan is the one that gave me the bad information. Don't be surprised if Adam makes the same mistake because I gave him the same bad information that Stan gave me.
+Keith Rucker - VintageMachinery.org,
Keith it's ok. There were a couple of us!
Keith, can you please provide contact info for versatile machine repair, inc ? I tired a Google search and I was unable to find the phone number or website. Thanks!
+JC S Shoot me an email and I will send it to you. My email address is shown at the beginning of my videos when my name pops up on screen.
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