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Category: Videos
Designing WITHOUT a Computer
Join me in the machine shop where I’ll be doing a little reverse engineering and designing a project the old school way… by making a pencil drawing on a drafting table. I have a rotary table that I’d like to make convertible to a rotary chuck. So I’m designing a chuck adapter. But this is…
Restoring an Angle Plate
Welcome back to the machine shop! This video I’ll be doing a little tool restoration and bringing life back to this rusty old cast iron tool makers angle plate. Of course this will be much much more than just a rust removal job. This is a precision tool so I need it to be perfectly…
A Better Tool Post Nut
Welcome back to the machine shop! This video I’ll be making a much needed metal lathe upgrade and machining an improved tool post nut for my Phase II quick change tool post. As usual I start the design process at the drafting table before moving over to the engine lathe. Seems simple enough of a…
3 Mill Upgrades (A Side Project Extravaganza)
Welcome back to the machine shop! This video I’m installing 3 mill upgrades on my bridgeport style vertical milling machine. A pneumatic drawbar impact wrench for rapid changing of end mills and other tooling. A digital scale / micrometer with a digital readout on the mill’s quill for accurate depth tracking. And a powerfeed unit…
Making a Sine Plate (Part 2)
Join me in the machine shop where we will continue the sine plate project. In this video I’ll finish the mounting and positioning hardware like the hold down clamps for the magnetic chuck and and the locking strap to retain the sine plate on the gauge blocks. In making these components I’ll be using both…
Making a Sine Plate (Part 1)
Join me in the machine shop where we will make a sine plate. A sine plate is like the big brother to the sine bar and is useful in many situations. My immediate need is for mounting a small magnetic chuck, curtesy of KBCTools.com. They also donated a very nice toolroom quality gauge block set…
Making a Machinist Hammer (but Tiny)
Join me in my manual machine shop where I’ll be making a tiny machinist’s hammer. While my grandfather was a tool and die maker, it turns out my wife’s grandfather was a machinist as well. I was recently gifted a small ball peen hammer that was made by him during his machinist apprenticeship. This inspired…
Making a Surface Gauge (Part 2)
Join me in the machine shop for the completion of the surface gauge project. In the last video we finished only 2 out of the total 21 parts. Almost all of the remaining 19 parts will be made on the manual lathe, but first it needs an electrical upgrade. I’ll be swapping the phase converter…
Making a Surface Gauge (Part 1)
Join me in the machine shop for part 1 of making a surface gauge. Surface gauges are precision instruments that have a lot of uses, but in the near future I will need to use it as a squareness comparator. I can do so by setting this up on the surface plate with a dial…
Making a Tap Wrench
Join me in the machine shop where we’ll make a tap wrench. I want it to be really nice, so rather than reinvent the wheel, I’ll be mimicking a Starrett 91C. We will be using the engine lathe and the vertical milling machine for most of this DIY tool project and making use of materials…