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Great work Adam your work and precision is second to none it is so perfect if your hands were too warm and you held the pin for too long they would not fit. Great work keep it up.

Shims, yes, or mill elongated pin holes in one V block and put a screw adjustable vernier on it.

Glad you could take some time off work and do some traveling! This was great, and so was the Starrett Tool video. Keep up the good work. Thanks man!

Thanks for teaching. Great stuff!

We like manual because we like chips, don’t need to watch computer screens or listen to a 30 minute discussion of setting up in which nothing happens.

This is one of my favorite episodes to date. Simple, reminiscent, interesting.

I would like to see how you got the broken tap out.

Try spinning one of the V blocks around if they were machined as a pair they were cut clamped together so sides will match.

Is there a dent on your expensive rock pet? Almost in the middle. Visible on 18:24 in reflection

If you don't have a machine shop.... But great skills and machining 👌

I had to remove a broken M8 bolt from an outboard motor last week. The easiest way I found was to get an M8, or if there enough shaft sticking out M10 NUT. Centre it on the sheared bolt and weld the nut to the bolt... While still hot wind it out 👍 Welding steel won't stick to the alloy, and the heat will help release the binding threads of the old bolt👌

great video and very nicely narrated , much better than the usual high powered Holly Wood Hype !!!

In the diagram it looked like what you were making would end up cone shaped yet the finished items didn't look coned shaped. I am no engineer just a looker however willing to learn.

Well done!! We work in metric, so the V blocks are only off by +-0.1mm. Thats more than accurate enough for larger jobs with larger tolerances! Great job Abomb!!👍👍

showing off when the pins slide in.. perfect!

Do you mind me asking - that table that you made those V blocks for - what are you going to use ut for? Thanks

Did you try turning one of the blocks around? I know it shouldn't change but it's worth a try?

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It's amazing that Beth Steel stayed in business as long as they did. From the end of WWII, they made only one new investment in steel making, Inland Steel. The Bethlehem, Lackawanna and Baltimore works were creaking operating museums. At the blast furnaces, other mills had installed oven to use the waste heat to preheat the ore before charging the furnace. It saved time and fuel. Also, the steel had to be moved over the vast distances of the plant from one end to another for rolling, etc. All this was done my rail. And after each handling, the metal had to be put into ovens to reheat them.

I know it's easy to say but, instead of drilling in the center of the V-block and dill and tap the shaft to find the center, I would have just used a machinist jack on the milling table to keep the shaft in the middle to find the center, but it's just me. Nice work, Jeff

I remember you going to scraping classes, you could straighten them up in place and make another video as a bonus Just a thought

This delivers the best perspective yet...train rides on platform car ARE THE BEST , SCENERY , SETTING AND EXPRRIENCE..!

On the V block's. Powder coat, except for the bottom and the V section. Just don't use the Wife's oven... Har Har

Quality work,Adam.Let´s use them.Thank you.

The whole series is most excellent.The PE hopefully will not ruin what is essentially a niche manufacturer.When the free lit and repair services go away then that is the end

Nice, very nice video! Impressive, may I say! Thanks! 👏👏👏👏

Thanks for pro tip "leave 10% for the reamer." BTW: do you mix your own brown cutting oil? What's your recipe? (I also like Anchor Lube)

This has been a great series to watch Adam, It’s so sad Starrett has been sold now, let’s hope they keep the same quality standards and that the US jobs aren’t lost.

What if you make an error?

You forgot the V block to base bolt on the second unit.

Rotate one of the V-Blocks because it may match up with the other side

Good Sunday morning Adam. Great video, you put a lot of hard work into fixturing the V blocks. As a hobbyist, I wonder if tapping with a soft face hammer the entire fixtures to correct the difference like you have demonstrated many times traming on the mill would have solved the misalignment or even slotting the holes for Y movement would help solve the issue? I guess it depends on how often the fixture is going to be used and its location on the rails. Heck, the temperature changes can probably change the outcome day to day depending how critical the tolerances are. As always, I enjoy your content very much and thanks for sharing.

Good stuff

awesome work Adam

for the Z the best method is with a 50MM Caliper that you put on your table and just probe on it ... cause a part can always move , i've learned that way

Seriously... Chamfer before you tap! That is the correct way to do it.

Hi Adam, did you try turning one block around? may line up better also you could finish machine as a matched pair in the Flex, could make another video. Stay safe you guys

Great tip 10%

That was really nice. I wonder, wouldn't it have been easier to make certain your test cylinder was in fact a cylinder? I know that the surface was chrome plated, but I've seen you true up cylinders before in a lathe. Then you could have trammed the cylinder on the sides and on the top rather than measuring the bottom of the v block. One less step to introduce error. Thanks for explaining how easy it is to use shims if the workpiece isn't sitting right on the blocks.

Adam, I appreciate your content. Can you talk more about the anti-rust soak at your house? What are the materials and the process? Thanks!

Enjoyed

Could you use the blueing process, like gun barreis instead of painting them? Then you not adding thickness to the metal.

VERY NICE WORK ADAM.

You can go at it with a ball end mill and use fusion to post a z ramping path Will have a long machining time but surface and precision will be worth it

Would it be worth mounting those fixtures to the tiltable bed of the shaper and making those vblock faces true to each other?

Look into diamond pins. One diamond pin and one dowel pin is a locating set

@20:00 if you indicate the shaft at y axis ? Befor making holes, I love your videos thanks Adam.

I don't know... Maybe it's my experience doing wire EDM, but as I watched this I said to myself... Self, he took longer to justify not indicating that first V-block in that extra .001" than it would have taken to get it perfectly aligned. Don't skimp on making accurate tooling Adam.

Adam, engine turning would look nice on the V blocks.

Ohhhhh that is some good reamer action. I'm glad I didn't have to open IG.