Forgotten Tool Makers Machine Shop ~ RESCUING OLD IRON ~ Episode 3 P1 ~ Lathes & Drill Presses
In this episode, we'll head to The Tool Maker's Machine shop that has been closed for many many years, and see what OLD machines we can rescue!
Being able to tour this amazing building was more than worth the trip! Then having the opportunity to preserve some of its amazing history here are Salvage Workshop only adds to the awesome experience I had at this old shop!
I hope you enjoy going through this old building and learning a little bit about it and the history I have on it!
I can't wait to hear your thoughts on this amazing place and the step back in time that I hope it takes you on, because that's exactly how I feel EVERY time I've gone into this historic building!
For Privacy reasons, the owners have asked me not to disclose the location of this building, so please help me respect their wishes, and I hope you enjoy this video series!
The big items we rescued are:
5 Large Engine Lathes
A Turret Lathe
2 Camel Back Drill Presses
And a bunch of tooling and other misc items!
The owners are in the process of converting the property into an office building, and a good deal of the old machines and tooling needed to go!
That's where I come in!
I originally meant for this to be a 1 part video, but there is just to much to share with you and so I figured showing you a little bit about the WHOLE process would truly do this place justice!
I hope you'll follow along on this journey as we get further along with it!
~ ~ As of now, the plan for Rescuing Old Iron Episode 3 is to make it a 3 part series.
The 3 parts of this series will look something like this:
Part 1 - Partial tour of the property as it is now, and what machines will be rescued
Part 2 - Final Tour of the rest of the shop! A look at what the place looked like in years past. Moving the drill presses. Going through all the tooling and smaller items rescued.
Part 3 - Moving the Monster Machines Back to Salvage Workshop and taking a closer look at them. A talk about what the plan for them will be!
I'd love to know your thoughts on the experience you had or what it reminds you of down in the comments!
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In this series "Rescuing Old Iron" here at Salvage Workshop, I'll show you where I discover MANY amazing old machines that have been there for 10, 30, or even 100 years! Everything you see me haul back to the workshop has been purchased from the owners, and now has a new lease on life! We'll talk about the history of the places I take you to and have a little fun PICKIN in search of burred treasures!
Do you ever wonder WHERE all the Old Rusty Tools & Machines being restored on KZhead come from? For some, they find them on the Bay, or FB Marketplace, CL, or from friends, but that's always AFTER someone else has already DISCOVERED them!!
I'll take you on an adventure where we'll discover these old tools & machines right where they've been living for a LONG time! If you love machines like these and you enjoy adventures, then I hope you enjoy this new series here at Salvage Workshop!
I am always on the hunt for amazing OLD iron Machines! Finding these gems, & meeting the incredible people along the way that have had them is truly a PASSION of mine!
Join me as I Rescue OLD Iron here in the Midwestern United States!
I'd love to know your thoughts on this adventure!
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For those that are interested, here is a short list of the types of machines I'm always searching for.....(by no means is this a complete list!)
- VISES!! I LOVE vises! Big, Small, Weird, BUT ALWAYS quality OLD ones!
- Metal Working / Machine Shop Machines - Lathes, Shapers, Milling Machines, Grinders, Presses, Metal Cutting Bandsaws, Benders, Brakes, Welders, Drill Presses, & all related tooling!
- Large Woodworking Machines - Bandsaws, Planers, Jointers, Sanders, Shapers, & all related tooling!
- Blacksmithing Tools - Power Hammers, Anvils, Forges, Mandrels, Swage Blocks, Post Vises, and ANYTHING related!
- Print Making Machines - Printing Presses, Old metal or wood type sets, Screw presses, Book binding tools, and related tooling!
- UNIQUE machines that aren't seen very often!
Who knows what else we may run into when we're out there Rescuing OLD Cast Iron!
If you're in the Midwestern United States, & you or someone you know has a place with old machines that you'd be interested in showing us here on the channel, please feel free to contact me: SalvageWorkshop@gmail.com I'd Love to speak with you!
If you have any suggestions, questions, or comments, please leave them below!
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I too have love of the craftsmanship of old machinery. The quality of the build was never an issue. I was thrilled to go on this tour, but also sad thinking of what will become of all this history. Hopefully, you can rescue some of it so that it can continue to be appreciated and cared for.
WOW , bring back many memories .... I work in a shop like this back in the 70 ' s !a 25 electric motor in the middle of the shop powered all the machines .... the smell of belt dressing threw out the shop and the building . Machines made in USA .... that bridge port was when they left the casting outside for a year to relax so it would never bend or twist .... the newer bridge ports moved and twisted after a few years . all was so different
The old dry bones of a once thriving machine shop. Almost as interesting as the stories the many workers could tell..
It's insane what we used to build in this country. All those massive old machines, top quality, built to last. This was only 100 years ago, but my how things have changed. Especially here in OHIO
I live close to lima, used tobuild locomotives there...sigh!
@@craigtate5930 I worked in Lima for several years. Clark Equipment, Superior Coach, etc all gone now.
I live and worked in some old factories in Cleveland. It is sad to see today how these old places are going away. Imagine the sounds of those places during the turn of the century all through the WW1 and 2 years. I bet it was deafening!
I Love old building. i could work out of one side and live in the other side.and the old iron is great.
Holy Toledo!!! That place is awesome!!! Just imagine what came out of that place over the years!!!
I totally agree! In part 2 (or 3, not sure yet) of this series I should have pictures that they had professionally taken when they bought this place 3 years ago and apparently it was packed to the brim!! Makes me wish I would have known about it then! But honestly even the opportunity to do what I'm doing now has been an honor!
As kids back in the '60s, my friends and I woulda been exploring in there on weekends. Simply awesome.
When I was a little kid, one of the many adventures my dad would take me on was a visit to the Joshua Hendy factory in Sunnyvale just before it was sold to Westinghouse. I will never forget the machinery and the power and the labor that must have been conducted every day by American workers earning a living for their families through hard work and dedication. My father had as big an impact in my education as did college and I will forever love and respect him for what he taught me through these incredible excursions. Best wishes and stay healthy.
Thank you for an excellent video. This is a nice assortment of some of the machines that built America and kept it going. It is a damn shame these are no longer being used to make goods. We are fortunate to have a video record of how industry built things in America. Disproportionately harsh environmental regulations and corporations looking for the cheapest labor have devastated this Nation’s manufacturing capacity. We have told our children you are nothing without a College education. We have a shortage of skilled Craftsmen and Craftswomen to fill the jobs of those who are retiring. I hope we wake up as a Nation and bring manufacturing back. We need to become self sufficient again. Thank you again. Stay safe and stay healthy. Peace be with you. Sincerely, Duby Evansville, Indiana
Heaven. Looking at all that machinery fittings and supplies has me dribbling. Looking at all those shelves of cogs ,gears etc etc what a person could make up with all . You have managed to get some spectacular machinery and bits. Congrats. I am so jealous and envious. I’d love to be there giving you a hand. Thanks for the video.
Just imagine the stories that building could tell if it could talk. A lot of history in the place
I can see the ghost of an ex-navy machinist standing at the LeBlond, his back permanently curved from years of hunching over, forearms like Popeye from gripping wrenches and cranking handles, butt end of a camel non-filter in the corner of his mouth wafting smoke upwards into a squinting eye, rest of pack rolled up in sleeve of t-shirt, effortlessly cutting internal double pitch acme threads in a bronze follower block...…
Lets take this one step farther; You are the new owner of this lathe. You clean, restore back to usable condition, top to bottom, end to end. With all the love, sweat, and a portion of your sole, now this machine is yours. If you are true, this ghost will come and give you his approval. I had this happen to me with my half bread oil field engine of 115 years old.
I hope all the old stock was sold at auction and not binned. One man's trash is another man's treasure. 👍
it's so sad to see a shop like this closed up, i bet alot of quality made in the usa was built here
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You have brought back memories. I am 84 years young and work for SCM Corp. They. to are gone
Hey God bless u for rescuing this stuff it's gonna be a lost art.The older guys are retired that know how to use these machines.i have a lathe myself.
Perfect music for the checking out of those Machines! Many long hard years they served, apparently without much love. Grizzled veterans !!
Great old reliable machines and they look good when cleaned up and painted , great to see someone enjoys these machines like you do . It's the scrap yards loss thank you for saving them .Cheers from AUSTRALIA
Fascinating. Reminds me of my Father's shop back in the "50s.
Saddness is my overwhelming feeling too ,so many lives that have created all these parts...
Those lathes look to be in good order. The fact that you could turn them on was a sign of good things! Way cool that the property allowed you to film there.
Awesome! Such a great amount of history! Sad so many of these buildings are neglected and get torn down!
Yes I see this such a lot I the UK and production is sold off to the land of the yellow people. What are we coming to. Geoff Lewis, Wales, UK. I🏴🏴🏴.
Amazing that the shop closed. Must have been a going concern at one time. You have been honored to rescue some of this old iron. Hope you get it out safely and are able to do some restorations. Looking forward to the history of this old business. Thanks for sharing.
Wow!!! This place is paradise!!! You did got some treasures my friend! I couldn't think some other better hands than yours! Needles to mention how anxious I'm to see you working on them and bring them back to life!!! What a great piece of tools you got!!! Again.. o huge WOW!!!!!
I can't wait to see You restoring Your new toys and future shop projects Your shop is going to look more cooler than it already is great Score..
What an amazing place steeped in history. Wouldn't you just love to be transported back in time to experience one day in there with all that atmosphere and those wonderful machines working away and the amazing men that worked there. Just the thought of it gives me goosebumps. So glad you have rescued some of these never to be seen again machines. Keep up the good work. Mick 👍🍻🇬🇧
Thanks for the memories,,my first industrial job was at Davis and Furber Machine Co.,North Andover Ma. All machines were powered by overhead belting,line shafts, DC motors. DC power was generated by generators powered by an Ames horizontal steam engine 24 and 18 inch cylinders with 14 foot flywheel. You could stand in the belt return tunnel under the floor, and your hair would stand on end from the static charge from the belt flying overhead. How did we survive without OSHA!!!???
Holy smokes.....score of a lifetime....congrats
Thank you my friend! My wife & I keep saying that and yet I keep topping it! It's out there you just gotta ACTIVELY look!
A treasure trove. That shop needs to be retrofit by adding a few state of the art machines, because once we get through this pandemic, the USA is going to experience a manufacturing renaissance like we haven't seen in quite a while due to a drop in demand for Chinese made products. Machinists are going to be in high demand.
Frank Moniz I hope your right.
My feelings as well, Frank. 🤞🤞👍👍
Frank Moniz I hope you are right
Frank Moniz you are right on the mark!!
Where ya gonna find the machinists or welders or any other skilled tradesmen a lot of this younger generation won’t do anything resembling labor
I love the tour through them old places, About 11 years ago I got a chance to work in the old building were Sears had made their catalogs for well over a hundred years and it was awesome
There used to be an old machine shop on Kent St. in Winchester Va. that was THE go to place back in the day. BIG shop. I was only in there once or twice in the 70's and he had stopped most of his work by that time due to OSHA coming in and telling him how he was gonna run his place of business. So, he ended up laying everybody off and doing what little work he could by his self. What was fascinating, to me at least, was that his machines were belt drive, or many were, but his speed reducers were what looked like 4 speed transmissions out of cars and/or trucks. Really wish I'd had enough forethought to get some photos. Again nice find. You must be living right.
1:42 I really liked that stool! (drools) 5:09 Fun Fact: Factories in the olden days used kids in the loft to oil the pulleys, which created the term "Grease Monkeys"!
1:42 and that stool. use to have to sit on one of those when i was doing MECHANICAL DRAFTING. literary a pain in the ass. literally
A nice mini-history of American manufacturing. Thank you!
WOW! Awesome shop and machine tools. There's really a lot of history there. Glad you could get some of that equipment. I used to run a Warner & Swasey No. 3 and No. 4 turret lathes years ago. Strong machines. All geared heads.
Old machinery has such beauty. Love your passion for this. My passion is old motorcycles pre40's. Looking forward to the next videos and your beautiful dogs. Cheers
Thats definitely a treasure trove of machinerie and parts. Youve hit the jack pot! I can already imagine the stuff your gonna be able to make with all these machines!
Great score of equipment. Glad you got what you did. Also glad they sold to you and others, or kept some. It is a sad day when machines go to scrap yard.
great googley moogley! i want the complete contents of that entire building! i'd be like a kid in a candy store that sold toys, kittens, puppies and ponies. like a bag of tater chips, how do you stop at one? i even want the coal for my forge too. i'm getting excited just watching this, i may need to go have a lie down after this so as to not hyperventilate. big ups for not running around like a giddy schoolboy, drooling and babbling incoherently. they drilled holes into the coal face, packed them with explosives and got the hell out of dodge to fire them to break up the coal for extraction. those drills would make an awesome room divider screen. my brain is spinning out of control with ideas for re-purposing this stuff. it's not mine, it's not mine, it's not mine. where's that lie down, i'mma gonna need it.
Das sind ja super Maschinen!. Ein Einkauf ganz nach meinem Geschmack! These are great machines! A purchase according to my taste!
Every time you’d say “that grinders not coming with me” your voice got a little sadder. I feel your pain brother, but you did very well on this hunt! Amazing stuff right there👍🏼👍🏼
Just imagine what You missed out on My Heart aches for You, I feel Ya Brother Heee.... Seriously tho great place at least they are incorporating some of the items to decorate the place, great video it was a Joy to watch..
I worked in old factory buildings in my youth and I saw a lot of those style relics still being used and doing a great job. They were made to last. I like the old window fan at 5:39.
Before I retired I used to rebuild some WWII equipment at my job. The stuff would get no grease and no oil for decades. My coworkers would complain how stiff the machinery ran. I would disassemble them, clean and oil and grease the moving parts. I would get our machine shop to make new parts that was worn out. The difference was amazing. We saved much money that way. The new stuff was not as well made. However CNC machines are easier to use. Its similar to comparing slide rules to digital calculators
really cool to see an old school shop , looks like it was well organized while in operation. I really hope the stuff found good homes, especially the machines.. many decades old and pretty cool !!
I hope you have another building to clean all this up. I enjoyed this video and will be waiting for two and three
We have an old machine shop in Ellington mo. that all the machines run off one motor and leather belts from the ceiling.
THAT IS INCREDIBLE!! I Would LOVE to see that! I have plans on setting up a flat belt driven blacksmithing shop in the near future if I can find enough old line shafts, pulley's, and everything else I need to do that! Should be pretty cool! I already have quite a bit of flat belt machinery!
This beats watching TV any day- if only those old machines could speak, a fascinating history time capsule. Give one machine to all the genuine history restoration guys to refurbish and add to a giant working collection for posterity. The quality products these old machines produced by skilled machinists will never return. We now import/ buy cheap crap from overseas and live in a throw away society. Sad. 🇬🇧🇦🇺🛠⚙️
Wow, that was pretty cool, thanks for the tour of the treasure trove! That was an incredible place back in the day for sure, I’m happy the building is going to to have a second life. What the heck, I guess it’s going to be something for the employees to look at and wonder what the heck it is and what did it do? Maybe it will be an inspiration to get out from behind their desk, who knows! Back breaking labor to get it out but I’m sure you will succeed, very much looking forward to that! Thanks Matt!
Wow you hit iron heaven. So many nice pieces of working tools . Amazing place. Nice find
Wow, this has been an awesome video. This is definitely a taste of what I call Americana. I would have loved to seen each and every one of them in operation! Thanks for the video footage.
I started my T/M apprenticeship on a Monarch lathe just like that We still had Brown & Sharpe O.D. grinders running on flat belts
THAT'S SOME HEAVY METAL!!!!!!
It’s like walking back in time.
What a amazing place! Great job too! 💪😀👍👍👍
You won the lotto, man. Congrats!
Looks like time stood still!
Wow Amazing.....back when we used to make stuff. Awesome machines !!
I believe that broaching machine pulls the broaches through, not pushes them. Easier on the broach, they don't buckle or bend. If you look, the broaches are all stored with their cutting edges up, ready to be fed into the work piece from the bottom. The lead-in guide section is at the top.
Your right they pull from the bottom up, through the part.
I worked a broach that pushed the blade through stock. The hydraulic cylinders on it were bigger than gas station lifts.
Great find they are going to a good home.i owned many years ago a Davis lathe with one of these Lime Drive conversions they are a very good unit Mike mcewen
Man, you are like a kid in a Candy Shop. That place is awesome! Thanks for more great vids!
If ever you stumble across a Monarch 10EE lathe, buy it immediately unless it’s truly too far gone. They’re smaller lathes but god damn they are precise. The one I used in my machining classes was a 1949 model and it held a tolerance better than the college’s newest Haas CNC lathe!
Some machinists must have spent decades. Working with these machines it was probably a very busy shop in it’s day ,jimmy D
That is an awesome find! You have tons to move. Not much room at your place but I am sure you can fab something up to keep them dry.
DAMMIT! I just salivated over my keyboard!
Cool glad you saved what you could👍👍👍
That building is awesome.
Your love for those old machines is pretty obvious.... really happy you have them. Anyway really enjoyed this video...07
Very impressive. I can't imagine how much space you must have for all that! 😀
That is some beautiful equipment !!!
I would buy the whole workshop and keep it as is and use it every day, lovely stuff
omg i hope all these machines find a good home & are not scraped !
The title alone earned a sub,think Im gonna like it here!
That is a really nice catch, l guess the couch is going now.
I have an old Bradford that is wide-belt driven. I've got rid of the leather belt and I'm using a semi-timing belt to drive it. Works great. Mine needs work, needs some spacers in the transmission. a few other things. But I still use it for rough milling.
Very cool. Looking forward to seeing the next video
Keith Rucker might have an interest in that broaching machine.
Keith Rucker and Adam Booth would fight over them :)
Great to get a tour of these old places. What i wouldn't give to get it😅. What a shame such a wonderful industrial country like America and the whole of Europe have lost all this skill and industry to China who just throw out rubbish and we're all buying it 😢😢
jestem pod wielkim wrazeniem tak pieknego miejsca
Thank you for inviting us in your work area.
I would love to get my hands on one of those old turret lathes. They are awesome. you can do a lot with those.
Very cool place, Thanks for taking us along. Gary
Turning it into office space because everyone wants to go back to an office now. As for the tools, you lucky boy. Cheers
The coal is probably o k for mild steel forging. Sulphur content is critical to making steel, less an issue for blacksmith forges. A medium hard bituminous that does not produce too many clinker is what you want. Try it. If free, use it.
How many times have you ever caught yourself ranting at the screen saying "Go Back", - "No, No, What Was That" - "Stop, Zoom In on That". then I remembered the "pause & slow fwd" functions. Shame there is no Zoom feature on KZhead. How the hell did you find such an amazing place?
I was the same way when I first walked through this place!
is like to see about getting some of those tools as well. I respect their privacy totally but I know of a makers creative near me and would love to see it expand its capabilities. Keep the awesome vids coming man.
Hello Geoff Lewis again. That's some old machine shop you have been walking around, old lathes, Miller's and drilling machines, fantastic, if they could talk telling you what they produced in the past e.g. (second world war ) production for the war effort, here in the UK we still come across old American Machine still in good working condition. We have a great respect for your American machinery. Best wishes, Geoff Lewis Wales, UK, 🏴🏴🏴
Also worked in Cat's first forge shop where forged track roller for your old "Red traxcavator" All here in East Peoria Illinois
And I foolishly thought your shop was crowded before!! You do have an addiction, but a real cool one.
What a haul!
Cool! Saw a lot of good stuff I’d like to grab up.
Thanks for the tour. Surprised there wasnt a metal shaper or two in there.
what an amazing treasure trove of American history
You got that right. It is all history now.
Beautiful finds!!
how solid these old machines look , my god here in india when i see machine tools of my country they lack the robust apperance like these machines in this video. and these machines are way older they were made very tough i think. thanx nice video.
Really cool, absoluttly all there had an patina. Like the sepia colour on old Fotos.
Assuming that you can't take it all, it must be heart breaking.
I would like to see your restore some of these old machines
I used to do pattern repair work for Alamo Iron Works. Would have loved to see more!
Seguí subiendo este tipo de material !!!!
I can't even imagine moving those heavy machines! Awesome score!!!!!
Ya it's a monster job with a ton of challenges, but I'll get it done! Otherwise they'll get cut up and scrapped! I WON'T let that happen!