Old iron nostalgia

[J.d. Popkes]

You older gentleman should fact check this and sort out any bs if there is any. I found it incredibly interesting. Makes me sad that our country used to produce great things, produced great craftsmen, and pioneered so many industries. I KNOW WE STILL HAVE EXTRAORDINARY CRAFTSMEN. But this is cool.

Funny it’s narrated by ai!!!

 

[jackieschmidt]

I learned the Machinist Trade on machines much like the older ones you see in that video.
For a number of years our longest lathe was a 30 foot Monarch that originally ran off of a belt line. As best we could tell, it was built during WW-1.
We still use it to rotate shafts when we apply the fiberglass protection on the exposed surfaces on large propeller shafts.

 

[J.d. Popkes]

I thought the aged iron being seasoned for a couple years in the elements was pretty interesting. Manually heat treated. Scraped by hand. Amazing

 

[ronsatspokane]

Wow, good find.

 

[jmm03]

no BS, just a look into what was once common in American manufacturing. Taken care of, my early 60's SouthBend 10L will probably be making parts for another 50 plus years, hopefully I will be able to pass it on to my grandson. (there's hope for him as long as I can wean him away from the video games that is) Thanks for posting it J.D. Jim

 

[Will Henry]

Regarding stress relief of cast parts. It was common practice, for some parts, to hang them up and beat on them with wooden mallets. I've not tried it on a rifle barrel. WH

 

[butchlambert]

I loved my 10EE!

 

[Kittitas George]

My father (1889-1970) was 'running' a lathe at the age of 6 years old in the Netherlands. He jumped up and down on the treadle to power the lathe, no electricity required. That was his start to be a 'finish' carpenter. I watched a great video on YouTube of the Diston Saw Co. I wish manufactures today had his attitude. Check it out, it's about 10 minutes long.

 

[hpshooter]

I loved my 10EE!

Machine tool porn!

 

[jmm03]

The last time my grandkids were visiting I got my grandson, who was 9, to come out to the garage and get familiar with my lathe. He knew what a lathe is, my son in law got my old lathe, and I had him put on safety glasses, showed him how to operate the feed, and had him turn down a piece of stock that I had chucked up. He really concentrated on what he was doing, and I even had him mic the part after and tell me what the reading was. (which he did down to the decimal point, much to my surprise) I wish they lived closer, I could really corrupt him then...

 

[Machinist John]

Learned on this one when I was about ten years old. My dad had it in his auto repair shop for turning commutators on starters and generators.

After a few years on the little South Bend he put me on his 16"Monarch working on truck drivelines.

Still have the South Bend, Use it all the time, it is a handy supplement to the other lathes in my shop. Think it was made in 1907.

 

[Bottom Fodder]

My uncle gave me this over 50 years ago, probably been 10 years since I used it to make a modified case, still got the drill Chuck on it instead of the 3 or 4 jaw Chuck. Probably not going to chamber a barrel with it lol.

 

[Kittitas George]

Many of these beautiful old machines were melted down for 'scrap' during WWII. What a shame, these were used by real craftsman.

 

[J.d. Popkes]

It’s a shame that we’re in this disposable world!

Close the factories, buy it from Asia. Design it here, but have them make it.

This doesn’t end well.

I understand there’s economics involved with everything, but it’s looking like our country is beholden to everyone for everything. Sucks.

 

[338 Mollett]

When my buddy died and I was tasked to sell his gun stuff , I couldn't give his old South Bend away and was thrown away . SAD !!!