Horizontal Boring Mill in Action - Boring a Vacuum Pump Housing - Manual Machine Shop

Nicely done Josh. Next time I come back to my roots in Minnesota, I will make a stop in Spooner for a tour.

Love the intro, great lighting improvement 👏.
Thanks for sharing.

We bought one of those co-axial indicators last time you showed it but we have not needed to use it yet, however I am sure we will. Great job with the pump and it was great to watch all the steps and details, thanks

I need one of those locks for mine.

The quality of this video is far above the others. Great work lots of camera movement. Nice job!

Can't go wrong with some HBM action.

Very nice Topper

Another great job. You are now beginning to get used to horizontal boring.

Very good video, thanks Josh.🗜

Looking awesome Josh!!!

Would absolutely love to see even just a short clip showing the control overview on the lucas boring mill. I’ve always wondered how you engage the quill feed on that model compared to on a Giddings and Lewis where you just pull in the handle in the engage the feed which works great for peck drilling. Thanks!

Holy crap......what's the name of the Hollywood producer you hired to make this video. It's excellent!

Love watching that type of work great job well done

My uncle used to rebuild these vacuum pumps in the fox valley 20 years ago. Even back then there was a real shortage of people willing tl take on the job. I used to machine the fiber vanes down to fit thd inner pump slots by sticking to ths table on the bridgeport with double side tape so i could fly cut it in one pass.

Nice job sir. We just retired our Lucas boring mill a couple years ago. It made the company a lot of money over the years !
But it would have cost them a fortune to repair...the spindle was just too far gone.
Its been replaced by a Wotan from the late 70's. And yes, my co-axial indicator is the best tool i've ever bought. It saves so much time !! It just depends how much $ you want to spend. $100 or $1000. Anyway, great video...and yes...set ups are three quarters of the battle. I have spent 6 hours setting up 20 minute jobs on the boring mill.

nice job on that housing what make is the boring head you using

Greetings from OZ..You have a lot of interesting jobs and it makes enjoyable viewing..Well done..

Where did you get the taper lock for your mill did you buy it or build it?

Awesome video, with great opening intro graphics. Good editing, mixing still shots into the video. At one point did you stick the camera to the boring head? wow.

The music junked another video 👎👎👎💩💩💩😬😬

Hi! Interested in the device for fixing the tool in the cone, can I learn more about it? thanks

Does the pump have fiber vanes ,and is the machined surface the final finish ?

Love the soundtrack

Gotta love the bigger machines! I've never ran a lucas but we have a handful of Devlieg mills that i enjoy to run.

Love that mill! I thought it would be necessary to hone the pump body. Thanks for sharing.

I am assuming that is a cast iron pump. I would have thot for dairy industry it would be stainless..

Very nice Josh.
I have did a couple of these in my cylinder block hone years ago.
Would have been nice to bore first then hone.
Nice work.
Gotta love the HBM!!
Great content.
Thank you, EM.

I enjoyed the whole video but absolutely loved the intro.

I enjoyed the whole video but absolutely loved the intro.

I machine most part of the day and in my free time still watching other people machining XD, I wish I have the space for a boring like yours

Love your channel. I'm in my 80's now but many years ago I worked in an Ordnance Factory, no cnc machines, no digital readouts but we produced using micrometers, verniers slip gauges and dial indicators the most intricate parts for heavy artillery guns naval guns and rotary aircraft engines. Best wishes to you, keep pn with your REAL engineering.

sounds like the music guys listened to 38 special a lot

Always wanted to have shot at repairing these pumps, but it consider not cost effective. I worked for a short time in the dairy industry at the havest end. We'd repair, upgrade and do call out work to herringbone & rotary dairies. The Alf Laval pumps would suffer this damage, corrigations of bore. Thought to come from lack of lube, or running to fast (ie, motor and pulleys speed incorrect), or a combination of both. There are two little lube lines, one going to each bearing and seal side. The 2 pots that supply vacuum oil to these can get blocked with mostly tiny insects. It is possible to adjust flow with the metering screws. Bearings have their side seals removed and lips seal are installed back to front to deal with the vacuum. Lids should always be reinstalled to keep foreign matter out of pots.
Always wondered too, if after how many rebores does one have to raise bearing centres, ie repin cover plates. As that how vane pumps work, with a compression zone?

Did you make the boring head?

I would like to ask what kind of knife do you use?

Good intro

if you skip the f@king music i wil hit the bel button.
cheers ben.

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A brilliant intro, very creative. first class and I made me smile for hours. The rest of the video was up to your usual high standard as usual

Great intro!

Sucks and boring

Good video it is.

surprised you didn't indicate the face of the pump to ensure the bored hole is perpendicular end faces.

you said "we don't need to take much" and then the sound disappears. I tried playing in MPV instead of chrome and the same thing happens.

1;30 to 3;07 has No Audio***************

I'm glad you made another new customer. I hope you keep growing.

That Lucas horizontal mill is a beast.

I rather listen to the machines, not this irritating "music".

I watched this today and thought, what a great production and video you made out of a slow and tedious boring job. Great work.