The Jimmy Diresta Bandsaw Restoration, Part 9: Cutting a Tapered Shaft on a Lathe Taper Attachment

Keith is an.enormous asset having a true wealth of knowledge.

And Keith is happy. Which makes us happy.

When the thing you make actually works. Best feeling ever. Amazing work, Keith.

I could watch Mr. Rucker's videos all day, given half a chance. Always interesting, and good to see a real engineer/craftsman at work.

The taper process was nicely filmed and explained. Thank You !!

Hi Keith, Love your channel. Didn't read all your comments because there's always so many but sorry if you already addressed my question. Anyway, when I in the Navy and I was trained to use the taper attachment, our instructor told us that we had to always use bluing to confirm that we had at least 90% contact because you rarely can reream the female mating part on large equipment. If we didn't have it and our angle was good we had to hone the mating part. In this case the wheel. Bottom line we were told that it only takes a couple high spots to make you think you have a good fit, when you don't and it's too late to correct it economically. Thanks for the great channel.

Riding a bike...oh ya. There was a huge amount of experience in that video. Doing any job is 90% about knowing how to use the tool. The more sophisticated the tool... the more time needed to learn how to use the tool properly. I've a lot of respect for all that went into creating a one-off drive shaft. So much of your experience and skill demonstrated: 1. figuring out the dimension. 2. turning the taper (includes making the taper). 3. You took the shaft out of the lathe and stuck it in the hub. Excellent fit! Impressive.

What a wonderful 27 mins of life....nice job Sir! Well done

I sat through this I have AADD and I don't regret it. it took all my power of concentration not to just move on. ty thank you keith. i hope one day ill have use of this someday soon maybe. with any luck and the creek don't rise.

I always enjoy watching you

Always a lot of fun son!

I just noticed - 200k subscribers! Congratulations Keith and thank you for all the hard work in making so many excellent videos. Seasons greetings and all the very best to you and family for the New Year! Glad your health is recovering.

thank you so much Keith.....wonderful.....cheers from Orlando, Paul

Again : Nuts causing problems... (pun intended) Thanks for the video, Keith!

Thanks for another educational video. You sound better, hope you are feeling better.

Good to see you feeling better, keep up the good work. We need more people like you on YouTube AND in real life. I have met a few like you....... Need more.

Hi Kieth and family, compliments of the season. Glad to see you've recovered from whatever bug had you in its grasp. Not sure if you've ever watched Cutting Edge Engineering CEE out of Queensland, Australia, but he, Kurtis, does very large shafting for huge earth-working machinery and he often has to chuck up large diameter rods and cylinders. To aid in initial centering he's made tailstock three jaw chuck assemblies to fit the Morse taper of the tailstock in question and made them as a "live" chuck with bearings that can rotate. Like a live centre only much larger capacity. He then turns a band on the stock where the steady rest will run, and once installed removes the live chuck, drills the centre and can then do his turning. This sounds long winded but it sure beats trying to measure for a centre and seems to me to be a very useful accessory if you happen to have a spare three jaw chuck gathering dust around the shop. Thanks for the videos. Regards from Canada's banana belt. 🌟👍🇨🇦🤞✨

I'm excited I'm from exit 101 I just realized that you should let me volunteer in your shop sometimes during my free time. I'm interested in learning about about being a machinist

As an engineer deep in calculational analysis, it is always enjoyable to watch and learn something new in practical hands-on engineering to actually make machined parts. Looking forward to see how you're going to machine the left-handed threads.

Merry Xmas everybody