I’m a new subscriber. I’m really impressed with your skills. You’ve already given me an idea for solving a problem I have. Thanks. I’m looking forward to seeing what else you can help me with. From the US Ron take care and God Bless!
Gday Max, thanks for the tip in forming the square, the grind finish was absolutely beautiful and thanks for the bonus footage, have a great weekend mate, cheers
All of the machining procedures in this video are covered in greater detail in my R8 tooling For The Bridgeport series . Also if you are into watching as real as it gets welding repair work , check out this channel called Snowball Engineering .
Part turned out really well Max. Some pretty fancy special effects in the video as well. I once made a gauge out of oil hardening steel for a customer. He wanted it as hard as possible (no tempering) and the tool number stamped in it. It was a short rod about 3/8" in diameter with a short slightly smaller diameter on the end. What I thought would be a simple job took over 20 tries before I got it right. The main problem was distortion during quenching which required so much grinding that the tool number would be ground away. The grinding went very well and the part would be perfect in every way except the tool number wasn't visible. I greatly reduced the distortion by spinning the part in my drill press while heating and then lowering it into the oil while it was still spinning in the chuck. This, combined with extremely hard hammer blows on the stamps resulted in the tool number being visible. As soon as that problem was sorted out I started having problems with grinder vibrating at the very end of the gauge. Of course it would only vibrate on the finish pass and bugger up the finish. It was the closest I ever came to giving up and phoning the customer to tell him I couldn't do it. In the end I managed to get one to turn out perfectly and happily closed the job. Ken
Great outcome Max. Nice to see some 'thoughtful' heat application during hardening, there was so much going on with that flame, I could almost hear your thoughts. Tool post grinder is a gem! Cheers, Jon
Cheers Jon . A duplex style heat treat oven build is on the cards for the future . I have be able to have controllable heat treat options for the new shop . You can not beat having a TPG for the quick small jobs . You can get good results once you work out how to drive them ! 👍
Great set-ups and work as always, nice job on recycling fire extinguisher , I remember you used the neck as a guard on the tool post grinder 👌✔. I used your idea by using a propane tank for my quenching fluid. Fire extinguisher is a safer option though. Thanks for sharing. Best regards John
Good one Max ! Your always teaching us something 👍 Great time saving tip on machining the square shank ... would have never thought of that. Threading, heat treating, grinding and bonus footage all good stuff. See you on the next one.... Cheers...Dean
You do some nice work Max. Dunno how your able to juggle filming and working and explaining all at once. Pretty impressive my friend 👍 Thanks for all the tutelage 🙂 Love the finish that grinder gave👌
G'day Max... The threading & hardening worked out well. Lathe seemed to sound a bit noisy low geared when cutting the Initial thread ? 🤔 Your grinding looked very Impressive. Also cutting the Square was the best I've seen. Good one Max.
G'day Max mate, thoroughly enjoyed this one buddy, very nicely done as always, I never fail to learn something from your videos, hope you're keeping well, have a great one 👍
Hi Max My lathe was doing the same as yours I fixed the base put it on eight solid feet and now if I reef on it I can only move it 0.01 mm and I am sure that is coming from the head stock bearings at least now I can get consistent results.
Nice piece Max. I’ve done small parts like that from D2. The last time was last winter here in NYC, and it was 22 degrees f. I put it outside hanging vertically. Worked out very well.
Really nice looking grind on that and a great fit. It was cool to see you flame harden it too as opposed to using an oven and it seemed to come out great. 👍
Thanks . A twin heat treat oven is on my future long term have to get list . We do not have the opportunities here to be ale to pick up one's like Hot shot 360 style , so it will have to be a home built one . Future plans for the shop will make it a necessary item . 👍
that last shop of the grinding picture quality came out great Max, when your doing a close up showing a part or finish maybe put your hand behind it or a piece of paper so it cant see the background to focus. Came out great!
Gidday Max, good to see you getting on with it. I've been busy here with getting the BR40 Radial Arm Drill and the LA60 HBM going. Will PM you when I get a chance. I'll also start uploading some videos. All the best from the other side.
@@swanvalleymachineshop Thanks Max, I didn’t know that, I will try it. You have probably explained that before but I don’t know much about heat treatment. I tried to heat treat at tool for removing gib head keys on an old motor and it ended in tears. Jeff
Very clever way to index the 4 flats. Would never have thought of that. Always learning something new. 👍 I’m guessing your under the hammer now ahead of the big move? Sing out if you need a hand. 👍
Did you get snake bit again, where have you been, we’ve looked for you forever and a day, where have you been, were just not ourselves when your away. But secretly we waiting for the restoration of the Hoarsened Boring Mill!
Hi Max, 2:04 My main problem is with insertion of the tool, the retraction takes place automatically when she turns over and tells me to let the doggo out for a piss.
Max im a newish subscriber and I'd really like to see your toolpost grinder in its entirety mounted on the lathe. Can you put up some stills of the set up please?
Because i like to punish myself ! No , i wanted the finished threads true to the axis of the shaft , not knowing if the thing was going to bend like a banana after heat treatment . 👍
Something I noticed on the thread cutting, when you stop the lathe and pull the tool out, while the chuck is still spinning the tool stops dead(as if disengaged) when I do this with the tool having the half nuts engaged at all times, the tool keeps traveling till the chuck stops, I found this very strange. In the second part after heat treatment you set it on a number on the thread dial but when you withdrew the tool and stopped the chuck the tool kept on moving till the chuck stopped, I'm confused. Its either always engaged or you disengaged it or Does the lathe have a special threading shaft or something? Would be interested to know. I'm learning more every video or at least trying to. Thanks.
Cutting a metric thread on an imperial lead screw , sometimes I disengage then re engage when I reverse the lathe . You have to pick up on the same number though . Usually only do it when threading to a shoulder .
Max, I understand that you CAN open the split nut at the end of the thread and pick up the number going back, but I'm not sure what the benefit is. Seems to me it just introduces another chance of error in the process. You're going to withdraw the tool, stop the lathe, and reverse it in any case. How does releasing the nut make things more efficient?
You can thread up to a shoulder that way on machines with no brakes . Learnt on large lathes that take a while to stop . It's a method that comes natural to me & i don't have to think about what i am doing . 👍
Hi , best by email . theswanvalleymachineshop@gmail.com Due to the move into the new shop at the moment , i will not be doing any machining until power is connected in about 1 month . Should have a video on what's been happening out soon , but have not had time to scratch myself ! 👍
Max, not sure how I missed this one. And like I have said in the past, you clearly know what you are doing. Always a pleasure to watch. Gary
Thanks Gary . 👍
Enjoyed watching and learning, thanks!
Cheers . 👍
I love watching you work. Great 👍 job, Great video.
Thanks Glen . 👍
Thank Max for another super master class - 👍😎👍
No worries 👍
Loved the nonchalant way you picked up that thread after hardening.
Thanks . It is easy when you have done it often enough over the years . 👍
Excellent job, Max....btw...pulling your tool out at the appropriate moment saved me a lot of trouble in my life....lol😁
Lol , Cheers . 👍
Hello Max,
Nice work there... also, tow good tips, making the square and oil and water your Dad told you.
Take care.
Paul,,
Thanks Paul . 👍
Great tip on the spanner flats. Thanks Max
Thanks . 👍
I like that CAT bolt holding your tool grinder.
Lol , only the best ! 👍
Very 😎 . Someday I need to get my tool post grinder out.
Cheers Doug , just do it ! 👍
I’m a new subscriber. I’m really impressed with your skills. You’ve already given me an idea for solving a problem I have. Thanks. I’m looking forward to seeing what else you can help me with. From the US Ron take care and God Bless!
Thanks . 👍
very good job Max..thanks for your time
No worries , Cheers . 👍
Gday Max, thanks for the tip in forming the square, the grind finish was absolutely beautiful and thanks for the bonus footage, have a great weekend mate, cheers
Cheers Matty . The square thing works great when no accuracy is reqd .
Thx for bringing us along. 👍
No worries . 👍
Glad you’re feeling better Max. Great work as always. Greetings from Amsterdam.
Hey Mokum U hier?😉Frankrijk hier.
All back to normal now . 👍
Very well done Max. Thank you.
Cheers . 👍
Excellent job max, great video, keep'um coming..
Thanks 👍
I can't believe how easily you picked up on the threads for the post hardening finishing passes.
Past experience makes it easy . Cheers . 👍
Thanks for the look over your shoulder, Max - love a ground finish! 👍
No worries . 👍
All of the machining procedures in this video are covered in greater detail in my R8 tooling For The Bridgeport series .
Also if you are into watching as real as it gets welding repair work , check out this channel called Snowball Engineering .
Beautiful job Max
Thanks Dan . 👍
This was an interesting project, Max. I never fail to learn something. Much appreciated.
Thanks Rob . 👍
Part turned out really well Max. Some pretty fancy special effects in the video as well. I once made a gauge out of oil hardening steel for a customer. He wanted it as hard as possible (no tempering) and the tool number stamped in it. It was a short rod about 3/8" in diameter with a short slightly smaller diameter on the end. What I thought would be a simple job took over 20 tries before I got it right. The main problem was distortion during quenching which required so much grinding that the tool number would be ground away. The grinding went very well and the part would be perfect in every way except the tool number wasn't visible. I greatly reduced the distortion by spinning the part in my drill press while heating and then lowering it into the oil while it was still spinning in the chuck. This, combined with extremely hard hammer blows on the stamps resulted in the tool number being visible. As soon as that problem was sorted out I started having problems with grinder vibrating at the very end of the gauge. Of course it would only vibrate on the finish pass and bugger up the finish. It was the closest I ever came to giving up and phoning the customer to tell him I couldn't do it. In the end I managed to get one to turn out perfectly and happily closed the job. Ken
That is called '' Character Building '' 👍
@@swanvalleymachineshop I guess you could call it that. Sometimes building character really sucks. Ken
Really enjoying this content, the JFMT is gonna be a gem when you've done with it :)
Thanks . 👍
Looks like a winner to me. 👍
Thanks Tom . 👍
nice job there max
Thanks . 👍
It's the Cat bolt on the top post grinder that does it . Frightened the hell out of it
Lol , 👍👍👍
Great outcome Max. Nice to see some 'thoughtful' heat application during hardening, there was so much going on with that flame, I could almost hear your thoughts. Tool post grinder is a gem! Cheers, Jon
Cheers Jon . A duplex style heat treat oven build is on the cards for the future .
I have be able to have controllable heat treat options for the new shop .
You can not beat having a TPG for the quick small jobs . You can get good results once you work out how to drive them ! 👍
Power pole extension, that's what she said. Pulled out at the right time, that's what he said....😁👍👍👍
Lol , 👍👍👍
Great set-ups and work as always, nice job on recycling fire extinguisher , I remember you used the neck as a guard on the tool post grinder 👌✔. I used your idea by using a propane tank for my quenching fluid. Fire extinguisher is a safer option though.
Thanks for sharing.
Best regards John
They make great guards . I am going to use one for the guard on my tool & cutter grinder . 👍
Good one Max ! Your always teaching us something 👍 Great time saving tip on machining the square shank ... would have never thought of that. Threading, heat treating, grinding and bonus footage all good stuff.
See you on the next one....
Cheers...Dean
Thanks Dean . 👍
You do some nice work Max. Dunno how your able to juggle filming and working and explaining all at once. Pretty impressive my friend 👍 Thanks for all the tutelage 🙂 Love the finish that grinder gave👌
Thanks . The time it takes to film & edit is the biggest problem Once i am fully moved into the new shop it should be easier . 👍
G'day Max... The threading & hardening worked out well. Lathe seemed to sound a bit noisy low geared when cutting the Initial thread ? 🤔
Your grinding looked very Impressive. Also cutting the Square was the best I've seen. Good one Max.
I thought it was making an unusual noise too...
@@matspatpc G'day Mat .. lol glad I wasn't imaging things 😅 🙃 🤣
Always has been a bit noisy in certain low speeds . Cheap & cheerful straight cut gears for the feed drive . 👍
That's indeed a useful tip to make a spanner square on a shaft.
And yes, I also like the finish after the grinding you did :)
Thanks Rusty . 👍
Good component there Max.
That tool post grinder is very useful.
Not a thing you use much , but when you need it , you need it ! They can be a bit crotchety until you get the hang of them ! 👍
G'day Max mate, thoroughly enjoyed this one buddy, very nicely done as always, I never fail to learn something from your videos, hope you're keeping well, have a great one 👍
Cheers Ralfy . Might send you over some of our stinking hot weather ! 👍
Hi Max
My lathe was doing the same as yours I fixed the base put it on eight solid feet and now if I reef on it I can only move it 0.01 mm and I am sure that is coming from the head stock bearings at least now I can get consistent results.
I will bolt it down in the new shop . Should have done it years ago ! 👍
Nice piece Max. I’ve done small parts like that from D2. The last time was last winter here in NYC, and it was 22 degrees f. I put it outside hanging vertically. Worked out very well.
That's cold ! Thanks . 👍
Really nice looking grind on that and a great fit. It was cool to see you flame harden it too as opposed to using an oven and it seemed to come out great. 👍
Thanks . A twin heat treat oven is on my future long term have to get list . We do not have the opportunities here to be ale to pick up one's like Hot shot 360 style , so it will have to be a home built one . Future plans for the shop will make it a necessary item . 👍
That's an amazingly good finish you got with that toolpost grinder mate!
Thanks . The harder the material the easier it is . 👍
that last shop of the grinding picture quality came out great Max, when your doing a close up showing a part or finish maybe put your hand behind it or a piece of paper so it cant see the background to focus. Came out great!
Cheers Troy . 👍
Gidday Max, good to see you getting on with it. I've been busy here with getting the BR40 Radial Arm Drill and the LA60 HBM going. Will PM you when I get a chance. I'll also start uploading some videos.
All the best from the other side.
Cheers Graham . Moving some of the smaller machines to the new shop today . 👍
Good Stuff
Cheers . 👍
Bloody amazing work as per usual Max. Good tip with the indexing mate. Even using the magnet during heating too. Cheers mate 🍻. Aaron
Thanks Aaron . 👍
@@swanvalleymachineshop I wondered what you touched the job with when you were heating it. What was the magnet doing? Jeff
@@jefftheaussie2225 A magnet . The steel changes into a non magnetic state when it is time to quench . An easy way other than checking the temp .
@@swanvalleymachineshop Thanks Max, I didn’t know that, I will try it. You have probably explained that before but I don’t know much about heat treatment. I tried to heat treat at tool for removing gib head keys on an old motor and it ended in tears. Jeff
Very clever way to index the 4 flats.
Would never have thought of that.
Always learning something new. 👍
I’m guessing your under the hammer now ahead of the big move?
Sing out if you need a hand. 👍
No worries , i will be in touch . 👍
Did you get snake bit again, where have you been, we’ve looked for you forever and a day, where have you been, were just not ourselves when your away.
But secretly we waiting for the restoration of the Hoarsened Boring Mill!
Back soon ! 👍
Enjoyed….KOKO
Cheers . 👍
Hi Max, 2:04 My main problem is with insertion of the tool, the retraction takes place automatically when she turns over and tells me to let the doggo out for a piss.
🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍
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Cheers . 👍👍👍
Max im a newish subscriber and I'd really like to see your toolpost grinder in its entirety mounted on the lathe. Can you put up some stills of the set up please?
It is all packed up for the move to the new shop . It will be used again over there . There is a fair bit on it in earlier videos . 👍
Hi Max
Love your work
Why do you do final thread cuts after hardening ?
Regards
Paul
Because i like to punish myself ! No , i wanted the finished threads true to the axis of the shaft , not knowing if the thing was going to bend like a banana after heat treatment . 👍
Something I noticed on the thread cutting, when you stop the lathe and pull the tool out, while the chuck is still spinning the tool stops dead(as if disengaged) when I do this with the tool having the half nuts engaged at all times, the tool keeps traveling till the chuck stops, I found this very strange. In the second part after heat treatment you set it on a number on the thread dial but when you withdrew the tool and stopped the chuck the tool kept on moving till the chuck stopped, I'm confused. Its either always engaged or you disengaged it or Does the lathe have a special threading shaft or something? Would be interested to know. I'm learning more every video or at least trying to. Thanks.
Cutting a metric thread on an imperial lead screw , sometimes I disengage then re engage when I reverse the lathe . You have to pick up on the same number though . Usually only do it when threading to a shoulder .
Hey Max that is a Neet way to machine a square.What are the extensions for? Cheers
Thanks . The extensions are for a couple of temporary overhead power poles near the new shop . 👍
Max, I understand that you CAN open the split nut at the end of the thread and pick up the number going back, but I'm not sure what the benefit is. Seems to me it just introduces another chance of error in the process. You're going to withdraw the tool, stop the lathe, and reverse it in any case. How does releasing the nut make things more efficient?
You can thread up to a shoulder that way on machines with no brakes . Learnt on large lathes that take a while to stop . It's a method that comes natural to me & i don't have to think about what i am doing . 👍
Nice CAT bolt! Super scookum!
Cheers . 👍
Hey Max
Always enjoying your videos
How do I contact you?
I have a small job you might be interested doing
Cheers
Hi , best by email . theswanvalleymachineshop@gmail.com Due to the move into the new shop at the moment , i will not be doing any machining until power is connected in about 1 month . Should have a video on what's been happening out soon , but have not had time to scratch myself ! 👍