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- Machine Shop Tool Making, Machining A Finger Plate Clamping Tool - Part 1, by Clickspring.
A Finger Plate clamping tool is a valuable tool in any workshop, and is a great mini mill and mini lathe project. You can also modify the design to suit whatever stock you have in the shop, which means you can finally use some of that scrap you've been saving up for that special project.
In this first video of a 2 part series, I build the base for the tool, the cross hole jig, as well as the brass clamping nut. You will see plenty of knurling, lathe turning and milling. Visit the Clickspring website for other mini lathe projects.
Thanks for watching. If you enjoyed the video please give a thumbs up, and leave me a comment. Be sure to check out part 2 of the series.
If you would like to help support the creation of these videos, then head on over to the Clickspring Patreon page: / clickspring
For more info on this tool build, as well as other tool making info, visit the blog site at www.clickspringprojects.com
Project Plans available from the Clickspring Store:
www.clickspringprojects.com/st...
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Abbreviated Transcript:
00:17 If a small part is too small to be held safely by hand, there's often no easy way to hold it in a vise either. That's where this Finger Plate Tool can help. It clamps the workpiece firmly to the tool base, and then the whole thing can either be hand held, or clamped on parallels in a vise.
00:41 Now the dimensions are not very critical, and can be modified to suit whatever stock you have at hand. For example I made my dimensions to suit this rod stock and this piece of scrap steel.
01:05 I roughly trimmed the raw stock for the base, and then squared it up on the mill.
01:25 The hole and groove have to be dead on with each other for the jig to give accurate results. The holes were opened up with a twist drill, and the counterbore for the bushing holder was put in with an end mill.
02:23 I would have liked to have used a double angle cutter to do this, but I don't have one. So I tilted the work to 45 degrees, and then used a standard end mill.
02:42 I won't know how successful I was with this,
until the very end when I do some test drilling. The V shape was then roughed out on the band saw. And then the cut was tidied up on the belt sander.
03:44 Next up is this bushing holder, which holds the little bushings to guide the drill for cross holes. The first step is to turn the basic shape on the lathe.
04:25 The center of the part is then drilled out
to the correct size, to accept the cross hole bushings. And then while its still attached to the parent stock, its taken over to the mill to put in that cross hole.
05:14 I wanted this hole to have a good surface
finish, so although I started the hole with a twist drill, I did the final sizing with an end mill. Back on the lathe, a light touch with a file knocks off the burr from the cross hole, and its ready to be parted off.
05:53 The parted surface needs a light facing cut and chamfer to clean it up. And I used a hand chamfering tool to knock the edges off the inside hole. A drop of loctite holds it in place.
07:17 I want this to have a nice knurled finish,
so I made a light pass to make sure the pattern was going down well, and then the knurl was taken to full depth. Once the knurl was complete, the excess was trimmed away, and the tapered profile of the part was formed.
References:
Finger Plate Clamping Tool books and plans (let me know if you are aware of any others):
"Workshop Practice Series Number 31" Stan Bray
www.teepublishing.co.uk/books/...
"Tools For The Clockmaker And Repairer" John Wilding
www.ritetimepublishing.com/
"The Model Engineers Workshop Manual" George H Thomas
www.teepublishing.co.uk/books/...
"Model Engineer Magazine" Edition Vol 104, Issue 2596, 1951 Commander W.T. Barker
www.itech.net.au/modelengineer/
"The Machinist's Bedside Reader" Guy Lautard
pages 88-91
Machine Shop Tool Making, Machining A Finger Plate Clamping Tool - Part 1 - Věda a technologie
Amazing. I just watched the section on making the nut. All I could say was WOW. Great work. Thanks for sharing. Great videos.
clickspring maing a lathe channel on youtube....life has just got better :)
This is so relaxing. It's bliss just listening to your narration.
I actually have issue 2596 of Model Engineer; Feb. 22, 1951. I've thought of making a finger plate for some time after reading the article. You've inspired me to make one now.
+camp parson's sunday school Awesome! Be sure to send through few pics when you are finished :)
Another great video, Chris. I can't wait to see how the bushing is used to cross-drill. Scott
Aristocob Thanks Scott, and thank you very much for putting out the word with your subscribers. That was very generous of you, Chris.
finally someone who knows what he is doing in his workshop, what a nice clean piece of work, good concept, great photography and proper workmanship. Thanks, I really enjoyed watching this, you restored my faith in CZcams that it can be a source of inspiration.
While I agree with everything you've said and especially about Clickspring's work, I'd add that maybe you need to subscribe to Oxtools, Stefan Gotteswinter, ROBRENZE, channels. There video and editing skills might quite be up to Chris's, but there workmanship and skills are very high quality. There's a few more but those would be at the top of my list.
Revisiting this project eight years on, still excellent! 👍
Why is it so pleasing watching milling videos?
Could you do a shop tour and show all your main tools and machines and what they do, how much they cost, etc.
i love this channel
You are a true craftsman. All your parts are professionally made. Enjoy you videos very much.
pethoviejo Thank you very much for taking the time to watch.
I am still amazed when i look your video's. I have never ever seen anybody work that clean and precise. You are to machining as Bob Ross was for painting. I can recommend it before going to sleep after a stressful day. Keep it up and thanx for sharing the videos. Also send bij AvE last year or something and will never leave :)
this guy's videos are mesmerizing!
neatest and best work I have come accross in the whole internet universe.. love it.. bravo..
Machining A Finger Plate Clamping Tool - Part 1
A Finger Plate clamping tool is a valuable tool in any workshop, and is a great mini mill and mini lathe project. You can also modify the design to suit whatever stock you have in the shop, which means you can finally use some of that scrap you've been saving up for that special project.
In this first video of a 2 part series, I build the base for the tool, the cross hole jig, as well as the brass clamping nut. Usually associated with clockmaking, this tool really is a must for every home shop.
#machinist #Lathe #Milling #toolmaking
+Clickspring the level of care, professionalism, artistry, and skill shown in your videos is humbling and almost musical, in its elegance and subtlety.
im an engineers hand, and its guys like you that have made me want to be one since i was a little girl.
work like what we see on this channel will be revered long after you are gone, and its a beautiful legacy.
i eagerly look forward to further installments. your videos are beautifully made, and your work is breathtaking! well done.
How fast does the lave spin
Peter Pepe
lathe- :)
and it is a variable drive, so it can be changed through a large range of speeds
@@thalivenom4972 and then there were 19 :-)
I am amazed by your works, impressive the precision and passion you put into your works, you are the best compliments a precision mechanics artist
What a great tool and video! Thank you so much for posting!
I love using end mills for drilling holes. Makes a very nice finish.
Your workmanship is outstanding!
Gee... The shop is so clean..
Awesome project with perfect execution. Very nicely done. I can see one of these on my to do list. Thanks for taking the time to share your skills on youtube
Mike Chimko Thanks Mike.
Beautiful work, as always!
AvE sent me here, I think your videos are awesome and are very well made! I noticed your subscriptions have sky rocketed since i sub'd. you deserve it!
+RogerDodger Cheers RD, thanks for checking them out. Yes AvE get's a lifetime membership for his single handed boost to the channel :)
Well deserved sir. Do you take on students or apprentices?! I have a hobby workshop and I'm finding it very hard to get my foot in the door as a career or even finding proper training! Your videos do help a lot. thanks :)
Absolutely beautiful!
Yup. AvE sent me here. Glad he did.
+Lucas Watson I'm glad he did too, thanks for watching Lucas.
Dear Chris,
your videos are always so well made, beautifully lit and filmed. They are a joy to watch. Whilst watching this it occured to me that one way of ensuring that the centreing device is centred on the v groove would be to mill the groove first. Next turn a shank and point on the lathe. Part off and use this in the mill collet to centre the spindle on the groove and clamp the base to the mill table then mill in the hole for the centreing device. The end of the sacrificial centre should be turned to approximately the same included angle as the groove as the point or cheeks will centre the groove onto the sacrificial centre as the quill is fed down.
As always, thanks’ for taking the time to make this video! And I support this site. ~M~
Nice videos @clickspring your editing is very well done I do manual and programmed lathe and milling at my work, and I really enjoy the amount of art and precision that goes into your pieces.
Thanks very much Ben, I appreciate the encouragement :)
really beautiful work
YOU are the best!!!!!!
+tom puckett Thank you very much Tom!
Gorgeous bravo and thanks
thank you for sharing with us , already made for myself 2 plates for work ;)
Nice work
amazing work
Wonderful product Loctite
2:07 that hand drill!! He's got my highschool project!!!
Excellent work! Keep the videos coming.
your work is amazing i can sit here for hours and watching your videos.
Takunna Thanks Takunna
Very nicely produced video mate! Well done!
Gough Custom Thanks Aaron. Just spent a bit of time at your channel; great vids, and beautiful knives. You're living the dream in that shop!
Clickspring Thanks man! The shop is definitely a dream come true! I've been working on restoring a machining center for the last 2 months, will be putting some of the finishing touches on it today! Can't wait for that beast to be up and running!
You look like you've got a very well setup shop as well mate! I was impressed to see you with a die filer, can't imagine there's too many of those around these days!
I sent your videos to a friend of mine, he's fascinated by clock/watch making. I've been trying to convince him to actually give it a shot for a few years now!
wow *_* thanks for sharing (I love your videos and your work, a combination of many talents, great work !)
Wonderful
Thank you so much for sharing your work. I am a machinist by trade but I grew working on clocks in my father's jewelry store. I still enjoy working on clocks but the tools of the trade are almost impossible to get nowadays. I have made quite a few of my own, but yours are most impressive. I will be making some of these soon.
+Lawrence Lamb Terrific to have you watching Lawrence :)
you got so much tools and knowledge that I'd wish I had, unfourmently im only 14 so no money for milling machines and stuff but knowledge is free so I got this going for me which is nice, but anyways, very high quality video 10/10. could watch it all day.
+the real illuminati Terrific to hear, thanks for watching :)
+Clickspring you're the only CZcams or I have seen who actually response to most of the comments
+the real illuminati confirmed?
well I certainly like your style, thanks for making video tutorials, and thanks for putting that extra effort into making them so good
+Robert Ostman Thanks for watching Robert.
Great production values, and nice methods. Thanks a lot, you really raise the bar.
One alternative which I have used, when cross drilling using a collet block (as at 5:15 ish) goes like this:
While the work is standing upright, I use an indicator turning with the spindle* to position the latter coaxially with the workpiece (no need for any maths, and it's more accurate than using an edgefinder), then when you lay the block down horizontally, it's already lined up and you only have to come in from the end the correct distance. I've always thought this was one of the cool things about collet blocks.
* (like an Indicol or my homemade variant, or one of the cranked-arm holders which go in a chuck or collet)
Terrific tip, have filed it away for future reference, thanks for sharing :)
Love the Channel.
very cool
Good video
Gorgeous ! Bravo and thanks to share.
+Robert Matter Thanks for watching Robert.
As a russian professionall worker on a milling machine with experience more than a 9 years , by looking on your metal shavings and cuttings, I can definetely say, that you've got really high RPMs.
TimeRemapper Egor but that isn’t necessarily bad.
awesome!
Left handed of course you have since of art
That is cool man
How does this guy have any downvotes?
People are jealous he has knowledge they don’t have
so jealous of your... wow all of it.
I say that in the most admiring way of course, your work is always excellent.
+Jordan Lapointe I appreciate you taking the time to watch Jeremy :)
Very neat !! Seems I really need to start working on my knurling technique... :)
RoboCNC Frees- & Graveerwerk Thanks for watching :)
Great video, I bought the plans and made this finger plate. I love the workmanship, but unfortunately I cannot match it.
inspiring
I love watching your videos and I'm not even making a clock. lol.
is there a list somewhere of the main tools you have like your lathe and mill?
Sir, Your usual outstanding work Thanks for posting. Tallbeck
Thanks for watching.
Re-visiting your version of the 'finger plate' jig got my furnace going to build some new jigs. By the by; You have , already demonstrated, quite remarkably , the adeptship with various clock and time, date mechanical devices. How would a series on marine chronometer go over?( hopefully not like a lead balloon!). Food for thought?!! Thanks for 'all' the great shares of knowledge. Looking forward to your next. 🙏
wow nice will done man
+Alan Coliman Cheers Alan, thanks for taking the time to watch.
Thanks Chris! Your videos really are excellent quality and the subject matter terrific! Looks to be a great GP small part holder and never seen one like this. Often pondered how to quit breaking circuit board drills with some sort of bushing holder. I use them a lot because they are more like end mills with a quality hole, although the carbide makes them very fragile in smaller sizes, but the shanks make great scribes after they break...got a box of them. ~¿@ Looking forward to part 2! Thanks for sharing. ~PJ
pjsalchemy Thanks PJ, Part 2 out in a few days.
Chris, have you ever thought about milling a putter?
Loving the videos mate. I don't know about the rest of your viewers, but i know i would much prefer the videos without the music. It doesn't really add anything to the video. This leaves me with the option to put on my own music to listen as i watch :) Keep up the great videos mate!
Forgive me if someone has already mentioned this but you could of pickeled the steel to remove the scale. Soak it in white vinegar over night and the scale will simply brush off, love the channel - matt UK
cant stop watching. Do you know when youre ready with your next clock video (part 5) ?
The CZcams recommended videos screen displayed this video as "Home Machine Shop Tool Making - Machining A Finger" - something I think we can all agree is to be avoided.
You don't trim your nails with a fly cutter or shell mill?
Beautiful work!
it must take you hours to create these excellent videos
work of art
Robert Picinic It takes a crazy amount of time to do the editing! Thanks again for watching!
great keep going
+jalal khawam Three new ones out on next weekend :)
Great Video, have a nice day :X
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Wonderful videos. I would be interested in a video on your "engraving" tool how it is made and how you use it to shape items. Thanks for the effort on the videos
Hi Chris
Just found you video series and must say it is great work you have done, both with videos but surely also in the workshop, really looking forward to see more....
/Mogens
m_kilde.skysite.dk/ Thanks for watching Mogens, more to come later this week.
you make everything look so easy :v :)
+I'm Garrith Ha ha! Thank you for watching :)
It's a great Iam very interesting
+ali bankey Thanks for watching.
Feeding the algorithm
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really good apart from where you used a vernier caliper to scribe lines parallel to the sides, verniers are for measuring you use jenny calipers for marking out
Chris, you a very naughty boy! Using your Digital Caliper as a scriber.....Come on!! ;-)
Love your Videos.
Peter (melbourne)
MOREENGINEERING Ha ha! Is that not what they're for? Thanks for watching mate :)
Clickspring Of course, I could be wrong! Which might explain why some of my students used to roll their eyes at me when I ticked them of for doing such things.
Of course you can always use a scriber together with the vernier to generate the same line, and it will(with thought) be more accurate.
Beautiful work and VHQ videos.
Brass is always nice to work with, I'm a Ali fan. 6061 T6 and 5083 are my favourites.
Tools just keep going (carbide of course).
Peter
MOREENGINEERING You know you're the first one to pick me up on the calipers; I thought I would get into trouble way sooner! You must show me what you mean re the scriber+calipers. Agreed on the Ali and brass. Just as well, because good steel is so hard to find locally. Great to have a manual arts teacher on site, I get to pass the hard q's on to you now!
Clickspring Ouch! that hurts...
I was not a manual arts teacher(thanks very much). I actually taught apprentices in the TAFE sector at a University. I done an apprenticeship myself and then after 12 years experience, i got myself into Teaching.
It used to be great fun. I an now retired and have a TORMACH CNC Mill in my garage. I love that thing to bits. It's great fun. But I gotta say, watching your videos and your methods takes me back. Your work is awesome! Regards Peter
Awesome video thanks for sharing it with us . I would love to have a copy of your cad drawings for this project I think it would be a great one to teach my apprentice machinists 👍 📐🔧 🔨 ✒️✏️📐 🔩📝 thanks again for sharing all of your great advice and videos
+Milspecmachine You can download the plans and CAD files for a small fee here: www.clickspringprojects.com/store.html Thanks for watching.
+Clickspring do you collect the shavings then mow them down into a new brass or steel rod to be reused
Wow, your filming and presentation is awsome. The clamp looks great. What kind of lighting are you using?
Craig's Machine Shop Thanks very much Craig. I'm using the shop flourescents, plus a couple of desk lamps from the hardware store.
of course 8 haters gonna hate
I always get thrown off by the scale of what he’s working on. I thought that brass knob was about 2” across, until he picks it up…. Super cool stuff!
if your mill or drill press can go to like 90 rpm you can use it to tap your parts. its pretty easy and much better for straight tapped holes
Love the tune in this video. What is it?
Also, I'm curious about what kind of camera & gear you're using! Looks like you're using a small slider of some kind for some of the shots?
Gough Custom The camera is a Panasonic HC X920. Those shots are done using the saddle on my second lathe - my shop is tiny, so everything is really close!
Clickspring Using the lathe as a slider is a great idea! Nicely done! I'm impressed with the camera too. Most camcorders have very long depth of field that gives away their footage instantly but the one you're using turns out really nice footage!
I'm impressed mate! Really nice job on the videos and on the work you've done so far! I've subscribed and I'm looking forward to seeing more! Be warned I ask a lot of questions :)
-Aaron
👍🏻
@Clickspring....I don't know if you did it on purpose, but a few times the coloring in the picture changed quite a bit (which is probably negative from a 'concentration standpoint', but I thought I would point out that the change (for instance I noticed that in one clip it went from a bit more red and intense (the colors), to more ...'coolish' (colors)....which gave me the idea that such tricks...if used in the right amount can keep a person's interest and likely cause a longer viewing time for some viewers then might normally be. If you did that on purpose...good for you, but at any rate, I just had to mention my thoughts on it and thank you for the idea (I am definitely going to experiment with the idea and use google analytics to see if I can see any increasing view trend from it ;)...Thanks again and keep up the good work!
What’s that wire saw you use to absolutely carve through those threaded rods?
You have a pretty well equipt shop, are you a machinist by trade?
Chris, I would have made the V-groove first, the position is not critical, using your 45 degree in the vice technique.
Then having the work flat in the vice again, I would put some cylindrical piece (pin, piece of silver steel, shank of an endmill... )
into the V-groove, find the center of the pin with a edge-finder and drill and mill the hole for the bushing exactly in alignment with the V-groove.
With this you avoid centering the groove to your bore, which is very hard to measure, with simply finding the center of the pin in the already made groove.
+Dieter Mayr Yes I think I made life unnecessarily hard for myself for that part of the job, your suggested method is better, wish I had though of it! thanks for watching Dieter :)
Hello Chris,
Impressive skills and craftsmanship!
What do you use to rinse of the part while knurling?
Nicolas Audouard I use a mix of paraffin and cutting oil, but I don't really have a recipe, I think any fluid would do the trick. Thanks very much for watching Nicolas.
Nice work! How did you measure and check the dimensions of the V groove? Would marking out the V, albeit small, help me to cut the right depth, width of the V using and end mill? I'm making two FP's, one has a .539 V width. Thanks!
How do you turn brass so effortlessly. Every time I try turning brass I get ridiculous amounts of chatter. Any tips?!
Great video as always. Everything about them is so professional. Are you a pro video maker/machinist? lol. What milling machine do you have? I just got myself a mini mill and I was wondering if you could recommend any books, youtube channels or websites where I can find project ideas.
Thanks!
+lexugax Watch everything from Tubalcain, Tom's techniques, Myfordboy and Tom Lipton, thanks for watching mine too :)
Do you use centre drills ?
What CAD program do you use?
He using Solidworks
How do you stop it from rusting
it does seem like getting the v groove and bushing holder accurately located could certainly be tricky. could it have been possible to leave the bushing hole until after the holder was in place, then drill it after locating the machine on the v groove?
Yes you are correct Rob, it would have been much smarter of me to have made the groove, used a rod to locate its vertex, and then drilled the bushing hole. Brain was in low gear on that day!!