Do I have a Monarch lathe - no. Do I have any machine tools - no. Is Adam's video an escape that I need right now - yes. Thank you.

@MrB1923

4 жыл бұрын

Escape away good sir.

@gravelydon7072

4 жыл бұрын

I wish I owned the Monarch that we had at work or the one that I missed out on because I found out about it too late.

@Torontodude20000

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. I haven’t used a lathe since machine shop back in high school (1993) nor do I work as a machinist and yet here I am.

@gravelydon7072

3 жыл бұрын

@Craig Blanche Not a company in the first case. It was owned by the State. And I had use of it any time needed as I was a Maintenance Mechanic in the shop.

Nothing like sitting around watching Abom change the oil in his lathe

@janvisser2223

4 жыл бұрын

Dumb Videos way better than watching TV👍

Nice to see a manufacturer is recommending cheap stuff like kerosene and not some expensive "monarch cleaner" for 50 bucks a gallon like they do these days. Seen it plenty of times for leather care or for woodworking gear. I'm a woodworker myself and plain ol' diesel has served me well to clean resin clogged saw blades and machine surfaces as cleaner, rust preventer and as AvE calls it "wiener schleiden" . No need for the expensive brand stuff in most cases.

Loved the whole video, but especially the gearbox in action. To realize the designers created this with pencils, paper, and slide rules, is amazing. And you can actually see what's happening. My computer's CPU is a billion times more complicated, but I can't see a thing when I look at it. And isn't oil a marvelous substance!

@mattpeterson7074

4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say more complicated (saying this as a Computer Engineer, which yes, I get saying credentials in KZread comments is about as lame as it gets). Just smaller. How all those gears mesh together without exploding at high speeds is super impressive in its own right. Truly a marvel to know that this machine was built well before electronic computers were even a thing.

I enjoyed watching this and Adam probably did the most throughout oil change in that machine's history with all that scrubbing and all. 😁

@neildare2852

4 жыл бұрын

Good job Adam. Informative and enjoyable video which makes me want to go clean out my Colchester Bantam!!

I’m not sure, but I don’t think you changed the oil in the correct manner. Pretty sure it’s a requirement to drop the drain plug in the bucket of oil and spill at least ⅓ of the oil volume on the ground. 😁

In my opinion ... the very best teachers are the ones who can show their students HOW they learned what they are conveying. I'm not even five minutes into this and I am impressed and pleased, Adam.

That old machine will last forever, thanks to your tender care. You are a special lover of old machinery. Thanks for all your videos.

Adam, I don't know why I watch your videos, because the biggest power tool I own is a 15-year-old Black and Decker drill/driver. But I continue to watch, and I always come away knowing I've learned something--precision, order of operations, problem solving, and on a few rare occasions (because you don't do this very often, but I do), looking at a mistake and working out what to do about it. Cheers from a Brit living in Tokyo! Edit: Oh, and the importance of maintenance, which is definitely not one of my strong points.

I have been watching Adam for about 2 months I have no machining experience at all but Adams vidioes are fascinating I have now completed some hand tapping I love the channel Adam it is a pleasure to watch you work

Why have I just spent over half an hour of my life watching some guy cleaning old oil out of a machine? Because it's deeply satisfying and very relaxing, that's why! Good job Adam.

It is interestingly cathartic watching Adam clean the inside of that Monarch. Such attention to detail and doing things right!

Adam, for your future reference, a 100ml syringe with a length of automotive windshield washer tubing slid over the nozzle, is great for sucking fluids out of tight spaces. You can almost get the last drop out with this. Only costs pennies as well.

Years ago I worked for a company that was having trouble with hydraulic pumps and motors. The control valves were sticking and bearings were getting scored. The company supplying the pumps, motors and most of the valves were giving us a hard time about cleanliness. We added more filters. Hand cleaned all of the tanks and hoses and were still having trouble with new equipment. I put some of the contamination under a microscope and it looked like little balls and they were magnetic! It turned out to be welding spatter from the factory filled steel 55 gallon drums. SO, filtering oil from the factory filled containers turned out to be necessary. Just saying...

@gravelydon7072

4 жыл бұрын

The comment in the manual was most likely to filter it so that it could be reused.

That headstock is a masterpiece. All helical gears. All the shifters just so. A perfectly balanced design that purrs when it runs.

Wow, truly an incredible machine. For some reason it seems even more powerful knowing that all those beautifully cut gears and shafts are inside.

I'm surprised you didn't get a threaded ball valve for the drain. Makes life easier especially when you drop the plug in the bucket one time.

Adam you should put 3 or 4 good magnets in various places, better stuff on the magnet than going through the bearings.

I used to read OLD Popular mechanics magazines for an education. This format is world changing. Who in hell would ever write about going inside a old lathe? This exchange of knowledge is life changing in ways we don't understand yet. Thanks Abom; now adopt some kids and teach them the trade.

Enjoyed that. Even if lathe maintenance is literally (part of) my day job. I showed it to my dad "This is what I do" There's nothing worse than fumbling to get the plug back in the threads and DROPPING IT IN THE BUCKET! Glad it didn't happen

Hello from Norway. I have a Monarch 61 from 1952. It comes to Norway as a Machall help. The comes 5 of this machines to Norway after ww2 . Its a great lathe. It's a king. Thank you for the cluch repair and olil change. Best regard from Norway , Arvid

You need to get a young enthusiastic and motivated part time employee to mold into a future metal worker.They are like a sponge. Don't let your talent disappear you should teach everything you know to somebody just like your grandfather did for your dad. And your dad did for you. It's a win win win. I think people watching your channel would love this. I would.

@samrodian919

4 жыл бұрын

biff johnson that is a good idea and makes a great deal of sense, after this Covid 19 is over of course. So what about it Adam. What do you think??

@pcb1962

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately if he had an employee I think he would have to add a lot of guards to all the machines to bring them up to modern day health and safety requirements

Listened to that whine for years, miss it already

@Abom79

4 жыл бұрын

It came right back 👍🏻

That lathe looks like new for its age it is in great shape. It should last a few more generations👍

i am not a machinist , but as a car and truck mechanic i have been in situation like this where you cant get a big enough bucket to drain the oil out and something i did was take a small bucket that fits , then close to the bottom i drll a hole , put a hose adapter and hose , so as the smal bucket fills up it is also draning out into a bigger bucket

A clear plexiglass cover would be an interesting sight.

Yes Adam, adapt a ball valve to the drain plug threads and you'll never regret it. I've done it to my vehicles as a test project and I love it. I did the same on many industrial applications which saved down time and made the job easier. It is also conducive to using a pump to drain, fill, or circulate and filter as required. I was thinking how many times I had dropped the plug in a similar setup, but you are much more agile than I am, good video, cheers and thanks!

You are a man who truly appreciates your tools.

A wet / dry shop vac with a small diameter hose works well too.

Regularly scheduled maintenance, lubrication, and cleaning, is the life's blood of any machine tool. A small shop vac with an intermediate container could be used to vacuum out the last of the oil with a small hose.

@philhunt9297

4 жыл бұрын

Regularly scheduled maintenance, lubrication, and cleaning, is the life's blood of any mechanical device

In the days, when things were built to last 👍

I really appreciate you showing us how the cone brake works, it's those little things that make your content the best on KZread.

I can totally smell this video.

You can also use coffee filters to get your kerosene clean. works great.

Cleaning my tools is always such a weird experience. I always hate thinking about starting to do it, but then not just watching it but also when I get started doing it and seeing everything brighten up when I get the dirt off, it's really meditative. Like watching a campfire.

Nothing beats the satisfaction from a freshly maintained machine. Thank you for showing your process.

Need a transparent gearbox cover!

@MADFISHINREELS

4 жыл бұрын

RIGHT???!

I would love to see someone who has a vacuum forming machine, make a copy of your cover in clear plastic so you could show us the full operation of this lathe.

@leocurious9919

4 жыл бұрын

Since nothing sticks out much, only the oil lines: Just use a flat sheet of acrylic. Heat it up with a hot air gun at the spot where the oil lines are, put it on to let them form the plastic and ur done.

No gear left unclean in Adam's shop, another great video as always. Thanks, Abom79!

Thanks for another fully illustrated maintenance job. Lube numbers for the gearbox were puzzling until you reduced it down to simple and easily obtainable 30 weight motor oil. Keep 'em coming.

Grab a remote filter off SummitRacing and a pump for $100 total. You’re a machinist so you can adapt it to your machine pretty easily. It’ll come dash 6 fittings 1/2 and steel braided lines and a filter also an engine assembly brush kit, Adam! Comes with long brushes that’ll help and they’re like $20. Worth their weight in gold. It would be cool to adapt the remote filter to the drain plug. The pump will circulate the oil thru the pump and back into the machine clean. You can wire it to a 12v switch to run whenever you want. Adam I thought kerosene was clear?

@Azlehria

4 жыл бұрын

Raw kerosene _is_ clear, but different dyes are added for various markets and uses for regulatory reasons - like the way agricultural (or "off-road") diesel is dyed red in the US to indicate that it wasn't subjected to road tax, or aviation fuels are dyed following a common, global standard to differentiate the various non-interchangeable grades.

Why not add a magnet to the drain bung. Bound to be metallic micro particles in suspension which will wear components. This will capture debris . Alan in London

Those gears are just beautiful. The apex of industrial engineering.

One of the things I love about your videos is how much you respect and care for your machinery. Plus, watching how excited you get talking about them always brings a smile to my face, you really do love what you do.

HF brake vacuum bleeder kit. They're junk at bleeding brakes, but good for sucking reservoirs (and puddles) dry. (the radiator vacuum kit works well for water (obviously) and gasoline and other thinner stuff.)

Maybe next time consider a Fumoto drain valve. Love the ones we have on our vehicles. Great for oil change time - NO WRENCHES needed. Put one on your truck too.

@carlthor91

4 жыл бұрын

Or EZ Oil Drain Valve, either one. Cheers all

Helpful to anybody with a similar task to perform. hopefully someday I’ll be doing that to a machine

Nice job. You are very thorough, attention to detail is the mark of the master craftsmen.

Ahh, kerosene in a pressurized spray bottle. Just the kind of relaxing job you might consider doing by candlelight.

Periscope films might have the film footage you're looking for.

@tek4

4 жыл бұрын

I love watching those and the other historic films from cars to metal, and land to trees, it amazing

There is something so calming watching Adam work, just had a really relaxing 40 minutes watching this video great work!

@polychronisrempoulakis3588

4 жыл бұрын

same here, after a long day of pushing papers around, this is very relaxing!

One thing I did when I changed the oil on my lathe was to add a ball valve to the drain hole, it makes it easier to drain. Once I was done I wire-laced it to keep me from accidentally opening it.

@Nikko780

4 жыл бұрын

Came here to suggest the same thing

Huh. Am I really gonna sit here and watch Abom change the oil on an old lathe? (38 minutes later...) Okay, do the shaper next!

@bocan3189

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr? This is man-tertainment.

Do you think it's really important to filter the oil in today's world? I think that what we get nowadays is already so clean and high quality compared to 70 years ago that I wonder. I'm not a machinist, so I'm just honestly asking the opinions of the guys on here who are hands on with these machines on a daily basis

That`s dedication for you. I`m impressed. I`m sure there are a lot of machine tools in engineering workshops that never get an oil change.

That's something we did where i worked, we had several industrial generators, we had a valve and extension pipe installed so we could just put a hose on the end. We also screwed on a blanking cap on the end of the pipe to stop accidental drainage, and to protect the end.

mmmmh laminar flow

Would it be possible to install a ball valve instead of a drain plug?

@chrismate2805

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I did on my lathe, I used a bolt with thread, drilled a hole through it, screw it into ballvalve, put a nut on it, then screw the lot into nthe headstock and tighten the nut at the correct vertical orientation of the lever, I then screwed the original drainplug in end of ballvalve just for safety, so oil dont vrun out if lever is accidently switched. I then took another bolt with thread drilled hole through it and attached a pype to it, screw that into balvale only when oil is drained. If only a small amount of oil is drained, I just hold a glastt under ballvalve and open it, like it.

That was worth the wait 👍 The only thing is that like every other machine that needs an oil change, the designer doesn't fit enough drain bungs.

Nice to see such an awesome machine treated well and getting the love it deserves.

Please do not drill out those oil line fittings. They have a orifice that meters the oil. Alex Steele drill them out which was wrong..............

While a ball valve would be nice, I can't recall real easily any that have a lockout protection from opening. Well that is, anyone other than Fumoto! fumotousa.com/about-fumoto-valves.php

@fotopfanatic

4 жыл бұрын

Fumoto's are garbage. Stahlbus and Valvomax are superior designs

Those old machines are a thing of beauty!

Good job and applicable to almost any vintage transmission assembly maintenance procedure. Great attention to detail and very satisfying to watch. Thanks for posting!!!

reminds me of the first 6 mo working at ALCOA/Bendix as an apprentice. all we did was clean machines and got graded on it. We had all the machines "plumbed" for easy draining.

I can't help but think how awesome it'd be if the lid was replaced with a solid acrylic block... so you could watch the gears in motion :D

Wow. That has quietened the lathe considerably. Thanks for the video Adam.

The difference before and after was amazing, a lot of varnish had built up and it seemed like a very thorough effort to clean it up. Great video.

You got a shoutout by Alec Steele in his "MAKING A MOUNTAIN BIKE!!! Part 2" Called you the Abom79's of the World regarding your outstanding machining. Awesome to know guys like him watch your Channel

@jesperdahl1486

4 жыл бұрын

Patrick Elgenmann I saw that too

Thanks for pointing out the brake mechanism. I've always wondered how the brake was set up on lathes- a band or a drum or something. A cone brake like that never crossed my mind. Intriguing design

It has been years since I worked with machine tools, and your videos are extremely enjoyable. Thanks!

A beautiful piece of machinery, built to last a couple of hundred years with that kind of respect.

Man, using that brush with the kerosene. All I can think of is "the joy of machining with Abom Ross" :D

I've ran into similar issues when draining fluids in tight quarters. The technique that usually works the best for me is to make a quick cardboard trough to direct the fluid over to a large open top bucket.

Absolutely, seeing old machines being built would be awesome! ✌️ Even the design process!

It's amazing the crude looking castings on the inside,and Monarch made these some of the best lathes to have! Cool to see maintenance, should be covered more.

Adam, next time you drain, in place of the plug, install a 1" pipe nipple, a 600 WOG ball valve and off of that plumbing to get the drain location closer to the drain pan, you could even just add a nipple to the outlet of the valve and use a hose to go to the drain pans. Looks like 1/2 pipe, so the hose would be 3/4. That's how I did engines in things like cranes where there was no room to put a pan under the drain, besides, lifting 12 gallons of oil out of the engine house on a crane 8 feet in the air ain't fun! Love your videos!

@chieft3357

4 жыл бұрын

Installing a ball valve is exactly what I did to drain the oil. It works great. No mess.

Internally, that machine is a thing of beauty!

You do this to all your machines you will have them till your in your 90's running them. Enjoy the time you take to do them right. Beautiful works inside this machine

@samb3706

4 жыл бұрын

Adam's machines will last for many generations after Adam-----if there are any humans left that know how to operate them.

There is no satisfaction greater than doing the job right and everything working the way it should when your done. Good Job Man!!!!

Awesome to see you're keeping that old beast running!

And it is people like you that care for and respect those old machines that ensure that they will be used in shops for generations to come. 👍

Thank You Richard for the plug on teaching the younger generation ! While they’re at it show em how to roll down the windows on Dads ol truck, how to maintain machinery and grease with the proper lube. Check air in tires, coolant hoses etc........ sorry for the rant . . . . It just seems every time something stops working, there’s always someone to do it for them.

You seem to be enjoying cleaning the gearbox up to your standards. Very good! A word of advise, clean that turkey baster really well before you put it back in the kitchen drawer. Abbie will know right away if you don’t. This is the voice of experience.

I swear the monarch is so much quieter now 💪💪💪

Great maintenance! Your great, great grand kids will still be using the Monarch!

Excellent. Your experience really shows in how carefully you present the details, making everything easy to follow. My favorite is the little segment about the oil pump and the two different sight glasses. (Around 38 min. I think). Even though they are not visible in the shot, your explanation is so clear that there is no difficulty understanding what you mean.

Most of the machines you work on , i will probably never touch or have a opportunity to work on them , but there is a lot i learn from watching how you maimtain these machines. Thank you

I’ve never seen one of these (or really any of his machines) in person much less used one but there is just something so beautiful about how they all work.

Aha. A Bijur automatic oiler. Back in the 1920s and 1930s,a number of high end cars had Bijur lubrication systems mounted. I believe Duesenberg was one such. The Bijur people have lubrication systems for manufacturing and industrial still,but no longer for cars. Whether they could still support a Monarch lube system I cannot say. The current people running that organization should see this video,let them know what their predecessors were capable of. Pretty darn impressive. 1942 lathe internals still in prime condition,bearings probably 1942 vintage, Timken should be proud of their products as well. Adam,thanks for this. Only a bunch of dudes with some strange ideas as to just what is interesting would be willing to watch oil drain. Better than watching paint dry. For God's sake,keep that turkey baster away from your wife. Kero flavoured chicken is best left imagined than tasted. All the best.

Adam, take one of those blue shop towels and lay in your funnel before pouring in the used Kerosene. I use them all the time to filter different types of fluid for reuse.

Hey Adam that is one hell of a cleaning job. Love the way you are so fuzzy and clean thats why your jobs come out so good because you take you time and care to do it right....congrats

This was SO satisfying. No idea why, it just really was.

That was fantastic I never thought that watching an oil change would be so satisfying

the oil you took out still looked remarkably clean!

This gearbox is like a sewing machine and so beautifully made!

None of us look forward to doing needed maintenance, but it feels so good when it's done.

When You picked the lid up, I Grunted just like You did!! I felt every pound of that right along with Ya'!! Great Video Adam, Y'all Stay Safe & Healthy!! Thanks Much!!

Hi Adam, Constant mesh, Helical gears, similar to a truck gearbox, last forever! My old Dean Smith & Grace had spur gears, not constant mesh but similar oil pump with magnetic oil filter. Place a magnet in the bottom of the sump.

@Adamsadventures83

4 жыл бұрын

This, epoxy a neodymium magnet to the drain plug.

Reading comments about adding a ball valve to the drain. I was thinking of adding some fixed steel pipe to the drain hole that leads to somewhere convenient for the waste oil container. Then put the drain valve at that end for easy access. Anyway, great video, always loved seeing gearboxes working. Thank you.