Bronze bearings and custom hardware for Keith Rucker's cane mill

Two new installments move the John Deere Amazon restoration from machining toward partial assembly and hardware repairs.

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John Deere Amazon Cane Mill: Turning Journals, Boring Bronze Bearings, and Partial Assembly

What goes into bringing an old cane mill back together? Keith Rucker's two uploads offer a practical answer: turn the journals, bore the bronze bearings, begin assembly, then tackle the custom hardware.

“John Deere Amazon Cane Mill: Turning Journals, Boring Bronze Bearings, and Partial Assembly” drew the week's biggest new audience, reaching about 41,000 views. Beneath it, viewers pick out the gantry crane and offer workshop suggestions, including masking the holes left by the sand core. The pleasure here is in the individual jobs that make a restoration possible, not just the finished machine.

Friday's “John Deere Amazon Cane Mill: Making and Repairing Custom Hardware” has reached roughly 22,000 views and is currently the channel's busiest video. An earlier exploration of 3D scanning obsolete parts also remains active, adding a modern tool to Rucker's vintage-machinery world.

The subscriber count was unchanged over the week, and daily channel views are below their usual pace. Nearby DIY MiniHouse had a much larger viewing week, while myfordboy's was quieter. For Rucker, the useful thread is the continuing cane-mill work: bearings, assembly and the hardware needed to bring the pieces together.

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What viewers say

Love the gantry crane.
@masteruniverse3506See it on YouTube
Amateur here- next time maybe some masking tape over the holes where the sand core was. Great video, as always!
@alandaters8547See it on YouTube
Thanks Keith for the video. Moving right along.
@johncloar1692See it on YouTube

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Another job 4 steps nearer to completion. Thanks for sharing Keith! Cheers
@davidc6510See it on YouTube
Good progress!
@petegraham1458See it on YouTube
It's looking really good!
@BarryOlson-g4tSee it on YouTube
Best regards from Dresden!👍👍👍
@michaelkoch2109See it on YouTube
Thank you for sharing. Looking nice. 👍
@elsdp-4560See it on YouTube
Great progress!
@robertharkerSee it on YouTube
Coming together really nice Kieth.
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