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Keith Fenner
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I'm Keith Fenner and this is my Job Shop. Join me as I perform old school repair jobs by drilling, milling, grinding, welding, plasma cutting, broaching and metalworking on a lathe. At Turn Wright Machine Works, we walk the talk and getter done!
After school, I started my career in naval ship repair as an outside machinist working as a civilian contractor at the helper level. 13.5 years later I had worked on almost every navy vessel in San Diego's harbor, 32nd Street, North Island and Point Loma. I added the classification of an inside machinist to my cap, and the capability of holding any personnel level in the work force.
After that I worked for two small companies that I helped to grow. In return, I gained my welding and shafting experience, before eventually taking a leave of absence to start my own business in 1994 - Turn Wright Machine Works - homesteading my talents here on Cape Cod.
After school, I started my career in naval ship repair as an outside machinist working as a civilian contractor at the helper level. 13.5 years later I had worked on almost every navy vessel in San Diego's harbor, 32nd Street, North Island and Point Loma. I added the classification of an inside machinist to my cap, and the capability of holding any personnel level in the work force.
After that I worked for two small companies that I helped to grow. In return, I gained my welding and shafting experience, before eventually taking a leave of absence to start my own business in 1994 - Turn Wright Machine Works - homesteading my talents here on Cape Cod.
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seanhazelwood3311
(4 minutes ago)
sand, water, oil...all are good to use when bending tubing.
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charles1379
(9 minutes ago)
we found if you anneal the pipe before bending, the pipe bends more evenly and reduces any fatigue cracks.
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jameshendrix2349
(18 minutes ago)
You are the best real world fabricator I've seen on YouTube
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Raul28153
(27 minutes ago)
look into a product called Cerabend. We used it to bend tubes for the production of jet engine parts when the print didn't allow any deforming of the tube when bending. It's a metal but it melts in boiling water.
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terrylarotonda784
(32 minutes ago)
Another class act Keith, going the extra mile. Great job again.
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johnferguson7235
(46 minutes ago)
I have seen the guys who make brass musical instruments, like French Horns, fill up the thin tubes with tar before bending them. Then they push steel balls down the tube to return it to a perfectly round shape; one large diameter ball followed by smaller balls to drive it through..
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WAVETUBE84
(52 minutes ago)
Cool stuff. That pickup ain't giving up. Built well!
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beachcomberbob3496
(1 hour ago)
From my experience, you wouldn't get the tube deforming if your main die shoulders were higher; i.e. the depth of your die is the same as the diameter as the tube. The following roller doesn't make up the other part of the diameter, it only keeps the tube in the die during the bend.
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Nicko4x4fab
(1 hour ago)
Nice vid as always kieth, you could try a rectangular block with one pivot point and the same radius as the part cut ot the other side in place of the roller kind of like the jd2 die sets it takes away that single point contact also. i used them for many jobs and worked well cheers.
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alexandernoelturner725
(3 hours ago)
Bending pipe, to avoid distorting bends' we used plumber's springs. We had all the popular sizes they worked great.
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