Keith Fenner, Career, Hobbies and Life

Today we finish the Weld Fusion Overlay, I straighten the shaft before skimming the weld build up, down to size and blending with the stock dimension again. I emphasize on the need to have both sides of the build up running true before the final step of blending.

Weld Fusion Overlay Is a Process some are unaware of, the possibility in saving your wore out shaft from replacement, even more now that marine shafting has taken a 50% hike since last April 1st. This process can even make your shaft a cadent for a dripless system once again. Weld fusion overlay is build up of base material rather than what they call flame spray which is a coating process. Today I share the build up and first couple skim cuts I perform before calling it a day.

Weld Fusion Overlay Is a Process some are unaware of, the possibility in saving your wore out shaft from replacement, even more now that marine shafting has taken a 50% hike since last April 1st. This process can even make your shaft a cadent for a dripless system once again. Weld fusion overlay is build up of base material rather than what they call flame spray which is a coating process. Today I share the build up and first couple skim cuts I perform before calling it a day.

Single handed I stick a 3 inch shaft, 244" long, into the clausing lathe, prep the area for the Weld Fusion Overlay process, layout and two pieces to be cut to fill in the final shape on the S/S skeg we have been working on and finish with the broaching of the new coupling.

Single handed I stick a 3 inch shaft, 244" long, into the clausing lathe, prep the area for the Weld Fusion Overlay process, layout and two pieces to be cut to fill in the final shape on the S/S skeg we have been working on and finish with the broaching of the new coupling.

Test fit the new coupling on the 3 inch shaft and finish the broach guide for putting the Keyway in the bore of the coupling.

Test fit the new coupling on the 3 inch shaft and finish the broach guide for putting the Keyway in the bore of the coupling.

Shitten and a Getten on some chips, then head off for a field trip down to fit up the S/S skeg we have been fabricating, ending with a little shape shifting on a plate of S/S to crate the radius angled section wrapping behind the pintle bearing area on the skeg.

Shitten and a Getten on some chips, then head off for a field trip down to fit up the S/S skeg we have been fabricating, ending with a little shape shifting on a plate of S/S to crate the radius angled section wrapping behind the pintle bearing area on the skeg.

As we work on a few projects in the shop we talk about how much you should charge for a job, shop rate, hourly wag, insurance and a few other tips on business in general.

As we work on a few projects in the shop we talk about how much you should charge for a job, shop rate, hourly wag, insurance and a few other tips on business in general.

We replace the phase converter in our shop to lessen the background noise in my videos, with American Rotary products. we are setting up new work area and sharing new directions for the projects to come.

What are stern Tubes? and how do you center the part in your boring jig? Just a couple of the questions asked during the starting video of this project and I wanted to give a couple answers. We take and finish the machining of the tube faces and drill and tap for S/S heli-coils and finish the install with our threaded cutlass bearing practice or procedure we have been doing now for at Least 20 years now. We have to give thanks to the "Greek" on this one! LOL well know fisherman on the cape here. #LETSGOSUCKITBURGER My MeWe; mewe.com/i/keithfenner https://floridaflywheelers.org/ February event look it up! You can follow us during our trip on my MeWe platform. Cheers, Keith

Sure sometimes machining Spherical object in the Machine Shop are for smooth feels like, knobs and handles, but some spherical shapes are for strength and to reduce stress risers in fabrications. So I put together this video to share how I use the tracer attachment to add a spherical end to a part which will be welded into another component to become the final product. More about the tracer attachment can be found in my earlier video's like Trace It . https://floridaflywheelers.org/ #LETSGOSUCKITBURGER My MeWe; mewe.com/i/keithfenner You can follow us during our trip on my MeWe platform. Cheers, Keith

Some Machine projects are way longer than your machines and or larger than the hole inn the head stock or the length of your mill table, here are a few tips on how I deal with those issues while machining glass tubes for a propulsion system.

Buffy’s Back Part Ten, hard to believe we tore down buffy back in 2017, moved it to a new shop and now we are putting it back together, clean and with repaired or replaced parts and adding a few new accessories. In Part Ten, We Stuff the spindle into buffy, then put the rest of the top end together. #LETSGOSUCKITBURGER My MeWe; mewe.com/i/keithfenner Cheers, Keith

Buffy’s Back Part Nine, hard to believe we tore down buffy back in 2017, moved it to a new shop and now we are putting it back together, clean and with repaired or replaced parts and adding a few new accessories. In Part Nine we finish the auto feed and trip mechanism for the quill feed, then focus on the installation of bushings in the vari speed pulleys. #LETSGOSUCKITBURGER My MeWe; mewe.com/i/keithfenner Cheers, Keith

Buffy’s Back Part Eight, hard to believe we tore down buffy back in 2017, moved it to a new shop and now we are putting it back together, clean and with repaired or replaced parts and adding a few new accessories. In Part Eight, we mount the basic J head body, the quill and the drive gear clusters that control the feed for the quill, after a brief share on a mishap and test run on some Xi Products, then following video on Buffy, we share a short episode of the gang at Childs putting down the new drive way / cul-de-sac and parking in front of the shop. #LETSGOSUCKITBURGER My MeWe; mewe.com/i/keithfenner Cheers, Keith

Anchors away, Life leads you down different avenues and sometimes the change takes time to get it all worked out, during which most of the fun can be sucked out of certain activities you really have enjoyed, one for me was editing videos as I create the shop time, I record to share with all my viewers. I have finally dropped that anchor and back in the happy place once again, lets get the show back on the road and make video great again! My MeWe; mewe.com/i/keithfenner Cheers, Keith

We are continuing on the refurbishing of our 1970 Bridgeport mill, all starting with replacing the spindle bearings. We pick back up where we were, assembling the fresh painted components of the basic body of Buffy. Part Seven, we finish up the one push oil system with a test and repair leak and then assemble the table on Buffy. To watch and keep up on all my short clips and pic that use to be on Facebook, go to my MeWe site. mewe.com/i/keithfenner

Sometimes when you have an item you need to re-machine and it was manufactured in a production process , you may need to be a little creative in setting it up to do just that and on this project we need to trick fuck the nut and its location when being chucked up in a three jaw chuck. In the later part of this video we share a few highlights of the Bar Z Summer Bash, who won the 4 Jaw competitions and our trip to California, visiting my home town. To watch and keep up on all my short clips and pic that use to be on Facebook, go to my MeWe site. mewe.com/i/keithfenner

We are continuing on the refurbishing of our 1970 Bridgeport mill, all starting with replacing the spindle bearings. We pick back up where we were, assembling the fresh painted components of the basic body of Buffy. Part Six we assemble the oil system and the the main ACME screw nuts for the X & Y feeds. At the end there is a length of black screen LOL I was shuffling a few Items around and should have caught that TXT hanging out so far on the time line. To watch and keep up on all my short clips and pic that use to be on Facebook, go to my MeWe site. mewe.com/i/keithfenner

I will be at the BAR - Z SUMMER BASH this year, #POLISHTHEBELT Sponsoring the 4Jaw Competition and Volunteering to Help Dale Derry out on the commentary for the event, with a one hour question and answer. watch live Bar-Z summer bash feed.

We are back on the refurbishing of our 1970 Bridgeport mill, all starting with replacing the spindle bearings. We pick back up where we were, assembling the fresh painted components of the basic body of Buffy. Part Five we copy the shape of the shaft needed to be replaced, which controls the Z axis, after pulling the one out of Debbie we create a drawing and start the machining process to replicate one by using the samples at hand. To watch and keep up on all my short clips and pic that use to be on Facebook, go to my MeWe site. mewe.com/i/keithfenner

We are back on the refurbishing of our 1970 Bridgeport mill, all starting with replacing the spindle bearings. We pick back up where we were, tearing down so we can clean inspect and paint it before putting it together, Part Two we finish the removal of the Knee. To watch and keep up on all my short clips and pic that use to be on Facebook, go to my MeWe site. mewe.com/i/keithfenner