Small Shop Batch Production - Lots of Jigs to make 200 Clamps
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This wasn't originally intended to be a video but I thought the improved processes were worth sharing. Please let me know of any other improvements I should introduce if I ever make more of them.
Check out Joe Pieczynski's channel here, highly recommended!
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Love the effort and thought that went into not just designing the clamps but also in the process of mass-producing them. It's like your very own mini-version How It's Made. I love it 👍
really enjoyable!! Very nice job like always!!!
Sold out so damn fast. :(
I'm so glad you made this into a video. It shows the difference between coming up with an idea, along with the trial and error of creating a one-off working example, and refining the process to create a better and more efficient process for creating multiples. You could not have gotten to the later without the former, and if you had stopped at the former, we wouldn't see that they could be batched out much more efficiently and accurately. Thanks!
p.s. I'm both happy, and disappointed (because I didn't get one) that they sold out so fast.
Oooooh late for me
"I have a lot of patience. " That's putting it mildly. You have shown it once again in this project, as you have, so often, in many of your other projects. Just love your work. 🇮🇳
Thanks very much! :)
Now what would it take to make this process 90 % more automated... i guess the sander shenanigans would be the hardest
Once we automate the processes I suppose expense would be a primary concern. I would think that some of the processes which require the greatest accuracy should perhaps be the first to be considered for automaton. But I suppose there would be other non automation optimizations possible.
@@lukahutinski9075 The secret how this is done in industrial dimensions is called "outsourcing" ..... You don't have to automate something as boring as grinding edges as long as there are heaps of Nations in S.E. Asia willingly letting their wives and children do this kinda work for pennies .....
@@PaskMakes The big question: did all that patience pay off in the form of a profit for this project?
Here is a tip: When sending off files for laser cutting it's a good idea to include a drawing in PDF format - that way the laser cutting business should be able to spot if there are any difference between the vector file they import and what you intend the part to look like. Beziers/splines in CAD files sometimes cause issues for the laser CAM software. I run a laser cutting business.
I was just going to add that, having sent probably hundreds of files to a CNC laser or plasma cutting shop. I would also sometimes add a critical dimension to a pdf to make sure everything got scaled properly on export.
Send a sample part when you have one too. And request a sample back before the batch run. I have 0 experience.
Thanks Michael, I needed that advice earlier but definitely learned that the hard way. The laser cutting business were very apologetic and we’ll make sure they’re correct if I make more of them. :)
@@avibank I have experience, laser and water jet. New designs always come back with some issue, no matter the drawing. The taper on the cut, the burr on lasers, the start point on laser cuts shouldn’t be on the line, the finish on the cut. So many things that can go wrong or that you didn’t think to specify exactly on the drawing. Even the warping of the metal that can happen when material is removed. The list is endless. Always get a sample first if you’re going to make more than a handful.
I send a lot of Stuff to Laser Cutters and Always include a Fully Dimensioned PDF with the DXF and a STEP File too, its more for folding sheet metal so they can get overall 3D sizes as well if they need to make adjustments for the V Block they're Using, but good practice to do so considering its 2 clicks and its included.
I love this video. Since I was a kid I've dreamed of home manufacturing various things to sell. It's rarely practical so I've never found the right product to follow through on, but you've brought old ideas back to the front of my mind.
Glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully you find the right product to manufacture! :)
You guys should do a collab where pask helps to make a prototype for one of your experiments!
is it really comparable though, its more of a show piece for fans than it is a viable item, could get something that does the same job for about 89cents at a box store
@@AndrewBrowner Yes, always true. But that's not the point here, right?
@@ellsworth5841 no the video is just showing useful tricks and a mindset of inovation, its a good video
but the comment were under talking about manufacturering a product is different... its pretty rare youll be able to make something in your garage at a competitive rate to what they can knock it out in china or taiwan for, especially if all your materrials are getting marked up along the way
they can make quality products in china and taiwan when theyre requested but its rare quality is asked for over cost
"But luckily, I have plenty of patience." Neil, having watched you do kumiko not once, but _more_ than once, I think that's quite the understatement. You may well be the most patient maker on CZcams!
Thanks very much! I really do have plenty of patience for these things but no patience when it comes to sitting in traffic or queuing. :)
@@PaskMakes i feel that 😅
Sold out within hours. I'm not upset, more happy for you given all the effort you've put in. Look forward to making some of my own once I get a decent belt grinder. Love the content.
Thanks very much Jim! :)
“I have plenty of patience”, that’s like saying the ocean’s a little wet!!!
Nicely done!!!
I love this type of video. Straight forward, but with all of the transparent knowledge and learning along the way. Biggest takeaway: custom stops and physical templates are essential. I wish I was faster to the video so I could've bought one of them, but I'm glad the sale was such a success. Thanks for the incredible video as usual
Thanks very much Jordan! Glad you enjoyed the video and sorry you didn’t get a clamp, I wish I could’ve made more. I still may make more in the future though. :)
Nice job on the clamps and many thanks for the mention. Stay well.
This is a random suggestion by youtube.
I am not a metal or shop worker.
The design is cool.
Your thought process and work flow is phenomenal.
The script is straight to the point and extremely informative.
No extraneous words.
The clamps are really neat, but your process is the star of this video. The fixtures and jigs are are so well thought out. I could watch this over and over. I would love to know what your profession was before becoming a content creator. This is really awesome stuff.
go to his website he has a biography there.
@@elund408, thanks for the tip...I will check it out.
Glad you enjoyed it Mike! I used to work in the building trade. :)
I just got my clamp in the mail! Feels heavy in the hand has a great weight! I can’t wait until I have something tiny to clamp.
Hope this comment finds you well. If not let it be known to everyone that you’ve got a great channel and personality!
Besides the fact that your work, as always, is fabulous, there are two things that fascinates me: 1. The countless times you made a jig or fixture for more precise work (“I made a simple jig”), and 2. The fact that you managed to edit a video with 200 handmade clamps in a way that was never boring. Good job, my man 👍🏼
Thanks very much Gro - glad you enjoyed it and it wasn’t boring, I did worry that it might be. :)
A cement mixer & pea gravel for mass deburring... 🤔
😎👍☘🍺
Thanks for shout-out to Joe Pie. He really knows his stuff and is a very good presenter. His series on building steam powered kits are the best.
No worries- he really is a great teacher! :)
This is the best Business model on the entirety of CZcams! Mass producing while creating great content!
This is your Diresta Ice Pick - a tool, but also a piece of art, which can gain value in the future, like famous artists painting. Not kidding. Please, keep making them, Neil. Best wishes!
I have been in precision machining for 40 years and I love to see such clever time saving techniques. Having all the latest in CNC kinda spoils me, but seeing this product made so efficiently without NC is inspiring.
I would imagine a parts tumbler would be great for cleaning up the edges after cutting and grinding.
Yes, thought this same thing. Improvising one probably wouldn't be too hard if you didn't want to buy one just for this purpose.
@@BloopTube But you could run batches at the same time while you are doing something else. Even a vibratory tub could be better.
I ordered my clamp before I finished watching the video!!!! Super excited to get it!!!!
Pask, you are THE BEST source on the web to teach us, DIYers the VALUE of REPEATABILITY. Long live your channel.
I am a grandma of 3. Have never done any wood or metal work other than when I was in high school. Having said that, i find your channel so educational and relaxing. Thanks for sharing your skills.
Really interesting to see the jigs you came up with.
Seeing as the band of the sander was mostly unused, my only suggestion for improvement would be to extend the jig, then stack four of the blanks for corner sanding. Great video, thank you for sharing your tricks!!
Or batch mill the corners with a rad cutter?
This video has everything: A practical project run in great detail, many tips and jigs, production-run considerations, unpaid promotion of equipment, unpaid promo of another channel for their jig idea, and pointing out things you would do differently. Great content and editing. Congrats on selling out the clamps BTW.
Your method of mass production looked quite good. Making so many clamps using the same ways as the previous clamps might have even driven YOU mad :) I've gone ahead and ordered one and can't wait to use it in my shop. Great work as always, Neil.
Thanks very much Mike! Hope you enjoy the clamp. :)
This video was an emotional rollercoaster for me! The amount of repetition! The amount of planning and making all the jigs! And then you doing each part 200 times! I felt awestruck. I felt sick. But seeing you complete them all and finding out that the sales were a success, I couldn't be happier for you! Thank you for the inspiring and educational video!
i clicked the link as soon as it was mentioned and thought "I could get some really nice wood for that price, I won't bother" then watched the rest of the video and realised it's actually a bargain considering all that effort, patience and overall skill. Order placed.
Also I'll probably make a nice little keepsake box for it to live in! :D
When making the swivel pads, you could add a spring to Joe's jig, and rather than the solid rod contacting on the rear of the stock face, you could let the spring-loaded rod touch towards the front of the face. Move towards the chuck until the spring bottoms out, then advance the part-off tool. The spring will push the rod into the center hole and catch the swivel pads before they fall. Might save you digging through swarf!
Amazing work. I always love seing how people do small production runs and the methods and fixtures they come up with to make the job easier/faster. Joe Pie is awesome! I love his way of thinking !
That's a cool little clamp. Simple, functional, and a very original look!
The kind of patience for those repeated processes, is a skill in and of itself. Most people can't stand it, while others enjoy having some parts of the process not require much thinking, just a clear head, and getting the efficiency aspect down. Had a similar experience as a ski-technician a few years back. We had a massive sale on children's ski's, but didn't take delivery until just the night before. So my manager was worried about how we'd attach bindings for 300 sets, without causing a massive queue. 300 sets meant 3000 holes would need to be drilled and glued, before fastening 3000 screws without ripping the threads in the thin, soft material.
With 2 hours available before opening, I had all of them done within half an hour after opening, and not a single customer had to wait. I just put my headset on, head down, and perfected the workflow to the point where I'd have a set done in under 60 seconds, including tying each pair together with a rubber band and handing them over to a colleague. Those hours just flew by without a hitch. My colleague said it was like watching an F1 pit-stop on repeat for 2,5 hours.
Your process took that same kind of repetition, but turned the amount of work per part up to 111. Good job on getting through all of them! I bet every customer was as pleased as pie with the finished piece.
Shout out to Joe Pie! Love his channel. Not even a machinist but I can't get enough.
50 years ago I had a summer job in a small engineering firm and i learned how jigs could speed up production. Small components had sharp corners removed by tumbling in a drum with abrasives.
This video reminds me about my days as a machinist apprentice. The number of workpieces and the type of work being performed.
Just ordered two!
"Chores are all done? Yes, you can go play with your mill, son." I am in awe of the number and variety of the jigs you created. As always your videos are informative and demonstrate your amazing creativity. Henry Ford would hire you in a heartbeat.
@6:50 you show the bolt holder for mounting in the lathe chuck. A simple modification to this would be to drill the entry hole to the holder again so that the threads were removed from the first 2/3 of the hole. This would reduce the amount of time threading and unthreading the bolts from the holder by about 2/3.
Threading and unthreading the bolts for the entire length of the through-hole times a couple of hundred bolts is probably a fair chunk more time than it would take to reduce the number of threads by drilling one hole larger at one end.
Thanks Kent, that’s a great idea! :)
I love how simple each jig is. It does only as much as it needs to. They all seemed to work beautifully too! Thanks for sharing this sir! Excited for the next video.
For softening up the edges a tumbler would work wonders, wile it's running you can start work on the threaded portion and probably cut the time even shorter
I worked in a steel shop, making batches of hinges and various brackets for train cabling and brackets for use in the undergrounds. Almost every job I had to plasma cut, punch, bend and notch hundreds sometimes thousands of items. Aswell as grind and then pack them ready for galv. Was a fun job as once the batch is done you have another all from blueprints. Machinery and jigs make something that would take weeks possible in a day.
The best way to do anything is the one that works for you and if you learn something in the process that's a bonus. I think we all watch your videos for YOUR process and the things you learn and share along the way. Exceptionally enjoyable as always Neil!
Sold out in under 11 hours. Good for you, Mr. Pask! Less good for your other 995,800 subscribers. (I didn't realize you were so close to 1M. Soon!)
Pask, I came up with an idea for a local trade school for a project for the machine shop. I got a number of used but reliable and accurate cordless keyless drill chucks for the students for their drill presses. They students would need a standard grade 10 sae bolt, cut off the head and machine 3 flats for the keyed chuck to keep it from spinning. The instructor thought that was a useful idea, and one that was both inexpensive and practical, and didn't require special training or calibration. A tool repair saved the chucks from non-repairable drills.
To quickly clamp the bolts, I use a nut 30 mm long, with two grooves cut on the side of the hexagon and cut in half across the thread turns. I fasten these resulting nut halves together with springs from old rubber cuffs, these springs are just well fastened into a ring and keep the cut nut from falling apart. For these springs, two grooves are cut on the side surface of the nut before cutting it. When working with a bolt, it is enough to slightly open the nut, overcoming the resistance of the springs, and insert the bolt. And the shape of the hexagon allows you to quickly install a cut nut with a bolt in the cams of the lathe chuck.
As much as I wanted a few, I'm actually quite happy for you, to see that you've already sold out.
Joe Pie is that man, I love his channel! Him along with Stephan Gotteswinter, ABomb79 and Ca' Lem are my favorite machinist channels.
Pask, you are so bad ass.. I have been watching since before the scrap wood challenge.... so meticulous. Love you man ❣️
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Come on guys let’s get Pask to 1M subs. Share share share.
I'm a Data Scientist. I don't know how the hell I landed here but it was a good video.
Reminds me of when we develop our own functions to speed things up. It usually takes a couple of iterations to get it to work in a smart, efficient, and elegant manner.
That fly press is outstanding. Old tech that really works.
Can almost see that a person knows what they are doing when they properly tighten a bit with all 3 chucks. Nice build.
This is so cool and the clamps look great! It's really interesting to see you have to change techniques when working at scale, I don't do a lot of metalworking but I find exactly the same things to be helpful when I've got a lot of the same wood parts to make. Jigs forever!
Thanks very much Justin - glad you enjoyed it! :)
Love the video, this was the type of thing I once did for a living. When pinching the ends of the brass you could make tooling that allowed you to push the brass through it through the bolt by hand but hit both ends at the same time. You could even make it even more fancy by adding spring loaded stop and/or a shear that would cut the brass to length. It would save you quite some time.
Thanks very much for that, I reckon it’s an awesome idea that I’ll use for sure if I make more. :)
So how would you deal with the problem that would create of finishing the ends of the brass once it's locked in the bolt? At least with adding a shear to a singular process, anyway; I suppose you could avoid it by having a shear cutting jig and then if the cuts are clean enough I dunno, put them in a batch tumbler with abrasive, then pinching both ends at once
@@farmerboy916 The ends could be sanded smooth after pinching both ends onto the bolt.
@@farmerboy916 If the tooling is only for double pinching the ends the brass ends can be finished in the same way as per the video. Adding a shear would create a bur which will only tame a light touch on the grinding wheel.
Great video, Neil. There is just a ton of problem solving going on here and your solutions are priceless. Experience and knowledge, practicality and ingenuity...
I love your videos. Not a machinist here, but I have a big interest in it. Most all of your processes here are easily transferrable to wood working, in my estimation.
Cool little clamps. I'd be honored to own one (or many). Looking into ordering one.
Oh, and yes, Joe P. is an amazing teacher. I watch him all the time!
Thanks very much mark! Glad you enjoyed it and yes Joe is very smart! :)
All of your jigs were elegant in their simplicity. Your ingenuity is just awesome!
I'm always amazed by the jigs and tools you build to help you achieve your final project. So creative. Great work, and great video.
Neil what a great video! When you break it down for us like you do, everything seems a little easier... Your use of jigs, clamps, clamps to secure jigs, jigs to secure the workpiece, jigs to flare the workpiece out, it's all so well thought out and just generally wholesome because the viewer can tell you've learned by trial and error and it's easy for you to admit when a product.and/or process needs to be re-thought-out! You've really in my opinion got the best "Maker" channel in the nascent history of CZcams for all of these reasons! Bless up, Toryn
Most wood workers have that kind of patience, as they typically make alot of jigs to do a repeatable task, for job at hand or later further works...
Those little fixture jigs.. defiantly impressed... Basically using the same ideas to the new material...
Making that jig with a 3D printer could mean you have some more complicated shapes ground out than just rounding the corners.
Very cool video.
Yessss! I'm so thrilled! Ordered one and am looking forward to use in my homemade projects. :D
(The price is perfectly fine for such a nice design and an handmade pask original!)
Sold out already. Not surprising that they went so fast!
Thanks very much - I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy the clamp! :)
Since they sold out so quickly, the price for one is no longer mentioned on the website. What did they sell for? :)
39,90$
When the video was freshly uploaded, there were some comments here that the clamps were way too expensive. That's why I wrote this. I am super happy that I got one because I was pretty sure that they would be sold out quickly.
@@juneair Holy crap.
You are fr a genius dude! I do almost no metal work but this was still very interesting and useful. Alot of the jigs you came up with I think could translate well to woodworking.
Clearly each process was well thought out; an issue of *"work smarter not harder."*
Well done Neil; good stuff.
This is the kind of content I'm still here,all I can say is craftsmanship at it's best!
I watched this the day it came out. I was 5 minutes in when I clicked the purchase link. And they're SOLD OUT! DAMN!! Congratulations Neil!
You level of ingenuity and patience is truly impressive!
3:15 Luckily I have plenty of patience. 👍👍👍
You yourself made it a factory production line as result of a man keeping his promise.
I don't need one, but i bought one just to support the awesome work you do.
You don’t need one yet. Give it a few years and I’m willing to bet, you’ll remember it sitting on your desk just perfect for something!
Almost 1.000.000 you know why beach you are really master congratulations generally and for this amazing project 👍
Brilliant and innovative !
Production Engineering at it's finest !
You can NEVER have TOO MANY Clamps !
I'll take 200 please !
5555 !
Video only out for four hours and it's already sold out 😭. This was how it was with your beautiful bookmarks. I'm super glad he is so well loved but it would be nice to be able to snap up one of his creations one day.
Sadly, I saw this video 7 hours after it came out and all the clamps are sold out. I'd cry, but I'm too tired after a 12.5 hour shift. Great work as always.
You've got a mastery for things I can't even describe.
This is incredible how you put so much of your own work into them instead of just having them CNC made by someone else and then sold!! Although it does make me feel bad that you did so much work yourself! I am a machinist and the older guys at work tell me about how they would make all the old server boxes and stuff manually and its just incredible to think they did that all manually the same was you did!
Great little clamp! A pretty good way to ease the edges on the body and maybe even the brass handles (although it wouldn't round the ends over) is to put them in a rock polisher. You can put a lot in at once and do something else while the machine is running.
Thanks Eric! There’s been a few comments saying the same thing and I reckon I’ll look into it for sure. :)
@@PaskMakes a vibratory or rotary tumbler. I have two vibratory tumblers i found locally for $100 with several different types of media work a charm at deburring and polishing small parts.
A certain and sure way to learn how to do something is to do it 200 times. Great video. New subscriber.
Beautiful old school work sir. Timeless pieces!
Thanks, Neil!!
I love this. All of the clever jigs you made, all of the hard work. You are a wonderful inspiration.
You're right. I get something out of your methods, techniques and attitude. I don't know if I'll ever make the same things as you but I can use what I learn on other projects. Thanks very much.
Your mini clamp is as iconic as Diresta’s brass pick! Genius!
Some very thoughtful and innovative/streamlining steps to make this big batch of clamps.
Fantastic narration and videography. There's something extremely satisfying about watching a process become more and more streamlined and automated, but still something that's done by hand. NICE.
Some of the comments about the price are a joke, especially since its a limited edition. The amount of time and effort that has gone into these is huge, he had to make tools to make the tool ffs!! Do you complain about Diresta ice picks being $60??
im exhausted at home just watching this.. the amount of fixtures needed is insane , and really you probably could have used more. excellent work
I'm never going to make these, or have any metal working tools, but this was really interesting. I like that simple jig for the grinding corners. I'd probably end up freehanding them all.
I love watching you creative problem solving. The end result is a bunch of consistent and well made products.
Sandblasting would’ve a really easy way to not only deburr and soften the edges, but also results in a clean, consistent surface for any finishing process you might want to apply!
Wow.
I didn't think this would be much different than the original clamp video, but the jigs you came up with were genius. I learned a ton from this.
Great job as always!
Great stuff as always! Getting the blanks cut by a laser was the smart way to go, for sure. I love subbing out that kind of work because it just makes so much sense compared to standing at a drill press or mill for hours on end! Loved seeing all the little time-saving jigs. That's always my favorite part of a video because you never know when something like that will come in handy. Future reference.... you can split those 2x72 belts and make them thinner for when you need to get into tight spots like that. I split one down to only 1/2" once for a similar project, but it was too narrow and ended up snapping on me right at the end. Got the job done and I used the scraps as a sanding strap afterwards, so it wasn't a big loss. Even just splitting on in half will make it roll around that tight radius a lot easier.
Thanks mate and thanks for the tip! :)
Oh my goodness! Watching you work the lath really drove home the amount of work you’ve put into this. Good job!
God I understand the pain of this. I work in a machine shop grinding segments for segmented rotary dies, and there are times where we’ll have to do hundreds of segments one by one. Takes for fucking ever
Awesome job man! The ingenuity of making the fixtures is always something that amazes me. I personally think that is where the true talent of a machinist lies. I've learned so much from you and I greatly appreciate you sharing this knowledge!!
Keep up the great work man!! 👍👍
Thanks very much! :)
You can see why this man is a genius
My two just arrived today! Beautiful! Thanks Neil!
A Y axis lathe with live tooling with a bar feeder and 3 axis VMC will help a lot when it comes to doing batch runs like this, plus a tumbler for finishing and a paint tank. If you ever feel like making more of them.
Your mass production techniques seemed excellent and ingenious for a small home workshop. The only obvious improvement that jumped out at me would be the acquisition of a vibratory ceramic stone cleaner for the deburring process.
Looks like I have the first tool for my new workshop.
For the part where you heat the clamps for stamping, I was thinking you could make a concrete wheel that had an axle. You could set it on its side Close to the furnace and load it with clamps and keep rotating it while taking and adding clamps as you go.
It's impressive to see the quality of the templates you built. you are an artist of mass production.
I appreciate your insight in ways to repeatedly perform the different steps. Great work!