Way Cool, Way Covers For a Bridgeport Style Milling Machine

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  • čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
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    Fitting flexible rubber way covers to a knee type milling machine can prolong the life of the mill. I purchased a set of Chinese made rubber way covers and retrofitted them in such a way that they can be mounted on the mill without having to drill extra holes for the mounting.

Komentáře • 162

  • @myfordboy
    @myfordboy Před 3 lety +28

    Great video as usual. Mrs Myfordboy would never go in the garage again if we had those creatures over here.

    • @gibbsey9579
      @gibbsey9579 Před 3 lety +5

      So.... Do you want us to send you some???

  • @roundtuitracingaz132
    @roundtuitracingaz132 Před 3 lety +6

    I am honored to be the first comment on a Presling video. "Minutes of research" will be my new catch phrase.

  • @roylucas1027
    @roylucas1027 Před 3 lety

    A nice surprise this morning. A Preso video and a good cup of coffee. Life doesn't get much better. Thank you.

  • @AmateurRedneckWorkshop
    @AmateurRedneckWorkshop Před 3 lety +3

    Well done as usual Mark. At first I thought I was watching a episode of Jungle Jim.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety +3

      I wanted to do a full Steve Irwin and wrestle the goanna but I'm too old for that crap.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @TheAyrCaveShop
    @TheAyrCaveShop Před 3 lety

    Enjoyed the wildlife show...was expecting to see Tarzan swinging by any second...
    Awesome Way covers !!
    Thanks Mark ...

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety +1

      Glad you enjoyed it. I must say we sort of take it for granted that we have such interesting wildlife right on our property. The parrots are endlessly entertaining and the interaction between the different species of birds is a real hoot! As you will see in the next video, the big white cockatoos have a dark side too. They just totally destroyed my carefully cultivated sunflowers. ☹
      Regards,
      Preso

  • @jonnafry
    @jonnafry Před 3 lety

    Very pleasing execution of the way covers and love that satin black ... way cool!

  • @gertskjlstrup1804
    @gertskjlstrup1804 Před 3 lety +1

    Very nice rivets. ty for shoving how they are made!

  • @jdmccorful
    @jdmccorful Před 3 lety +1

    Mr. Mark, a well thought out build and installation.

  • @dale9896
    @dale9896 Před 3 lety

    Always a pleasure mate, I don't always understand what your saying at first, but your description is second to none . I always enjoy the injections of humour. Well done!

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      Probably my "Strine" accent causing issues? 😁
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @pebrede
      @pebrede Před 3 lety

      I’ve was transplanted to the US 20+ years ago, I just claim English as a first language and watch the bemused looks on the audibly confused.
      Great project.

  • @edsmachine93
    @edsmachine93 Před rokem

    Very nice cover installation Mark.
    Thanks for sharing.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před rokem

      It's probably worth updating this since the concertina cover has just torn along the front edge. I am playing around with a prototype for an aluminium telescoping way cover and if it is successful I will make an update video on it. I think the way covers sold by H&W Machine Repair in the USA would be of much better quality than the cheap version I bought from a Chinese manufacturer.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @thomasstaubo3115
    @thomasstaubo3115 Před 3 lety +1

    It amazes me that I'm the first one that mentions the nice touch of the concerina sound @7:50 It made me laygh :)

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety +2

      Well I'm glad someone got a laugh out of it. It took me forever to edit that in. 😁
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @valterforlano9734
    @valterforlano9734 Před 3 lety

    Thank you, you are very kind
    greetings Valter

  • @andrewdolinskiatcarpathian

    Beautiful attention to detail making your own aluminium rivets. Learned so much. Thank you. 👏👏👍😀

  • @kenny5174
    @kenny5174 Před 3 lety +1

    Nice addition! I used a rubber mat and 4 large magnets between my table and column, as a means of working out a design. I've been testing it 3 years! I very much like the "spiffy" Bridgeport.

    • @Tensquaremetreworkshop
      @Tensquaremetreworkshop Před rokem

      Magnets are not usually a good idea around machine tools, for obvious reasons...

  • @tomthumb3085
    @tomthumb3085 Před 3 lety

    Another great video Mark. Thanks.

  • @MichaelMacGyver
    @MichaelMacGyver Před 3 lety +2

    The Mandalorian: "This is The Way."
    Mark Presling: "No, these are the ways."

  • @bobuk5722
    @bobuk5722 Před 3 lety +2

    Hi, hello. That's a beautifully looked after Bridgeport. BobUK

  • @MattysWorkshop
    @MattysWorkshop Před 3 lety

    Gday Mark, the covers worked out great and look good, I like the idea of the aluminium rivets, I must remember that idea, thanks Preso, cheers Matty

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks for that. I used that trick to restore a really old pressed aluminium laundry trolley that belonged to my mother. It seemed a bit crass to use pop rivets on something that old.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @scruffy6151
    @scruffy6151 Před 3 lety +3

    When you said "what's on the menu for today" it would have been funny if you said gonna 😉
    Nice addition to the mill.

  • @nevillemarchand6140
    @nevillemarchand6140 Před 3 lety +1

    Good work as normal with an excellent end result Regards Nev

  • @KarlBunker
    @KarlBunker Před 3 lety +2

    Having watched tons of videos of pet cockatoos, it was weird seeing a gang of them out in the wild. It's like seeing a herd of wild corgis.
    Oh yeah -- good project video too!

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety +3

      It's surprising how many people think they are specifically bred as pets but here in Australia we have very large flocks of cockatoos in the wild. In central Australia the budgerigars gather in flocks of thousands. I watched a documentary recently that stated that all species of parrots originated from Australia and spread out across the world from here. Mind you, the buggers chomped into my sunflowers this morning and destroyed half the flowers in one go.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @mshaw290808mi
    @mshaw290808mi Před 3 lety +1

    Nice video, enjoyed the wildlife!

  • @blfstk1
    @blfstk1 Před 3 lety +2

    Good Show Mate...as usual. I'm beginning to think you got the B'port to have a major project to work on. You'll get that thing so spiffy that you won't want to use it. It'll just be a work of art in the shop. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I will say your industriousness is making me somewhat tired. Brings out my natural lazy streak. Which is only exceeded by my procrastination.
    tendencies. Be well. It costs no more.

  • @hootinouts
    @hootinouts Před rokem

    Excellent tutorial. Thank you for sharing.

  • @yambo59
    @yambo59 Před 3 lety

    Nice work, neat tidy and very functional.

  • @joell439
    @joell439 Před 3 lety

    Excellent mix of Aussie wildlife and ingenuity in the shop. If I may, I would like to make a minor suggestion on the accordion covers corner edges. I would add a radius as I know I would impale my hand/forearm on those sharp corners. Would even be better if you could leave a little rubber (3/8 inch) extending past the stainless steel that is trimmed to be a softer contact point. I’ve had this installation on my list for some time. I need to get after it. Thanks for the inspiration 👍👍😎👍👍

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      Joel, there are still some improvements to be made to the setup and I have had lots of good suggestions coming in. It's one of the good things about having so many eyes on the project. Often things that I completely overlook get picked up and the finished project is the better for it. Thanks for the suggestions! 😁
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @scottroland6577
    @scottroland6577 Před 3 lety

    You have the most beautiful Bridgeport Mill that I've ever seen ! The finish on it is perfect. Great project. I have the flat rubber sheet in the front attached similarly to your design. The flat rubber is fine for the front, but it's always in the way on the front. The bellows design you used is far better in the front. I need to source some here in the US.
    Thanks again

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      If you don't mind buying from China they come in a kit which is allegedly to fit a Bridgeport but the stainless steel strips don't really match up in any way at all. I got mine on Ebay.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @yvesdesrosiers2396
    @yvesdesrosiers2396 Před 3 lety

    Thanks Mr. P. That was quite far out there! Like wow !!!???? LOL Thanks for sharing.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety +1

      Yves, if you are referring to my giant lizard friend, yes, it was a bit of a liberty for him to take shelter in my shed. I actually felt sorry for the poor thing. The birds were really giving him hell.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @thomasutley
    @thomasutley Před 3 lety

    Nicely done, Marc. Attention to detail as always! It’s great living in that nature preserve of yours, although some of your Australian snakes would keep looking where I stepped if I ever make it to visit!

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety +1

      Tom, that big old goanna has been around a bit lately. The reason I know about the tail whip behaviour is that we had to relocate a big one that had gotten into our chicken run many years ago. I asked my wife to hold a metal rubbish bin so I could grab the goanna and manhandle it into the bin. I had hold of it near the front and back legs but my poor wife copped the full brunt of the tail as it went into the bin. They are incredibly strong.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @sayeager5559
    @sayeager5559 Před 3 lety +1

    Wow, you live in a beautiful place.

  • @garagemonkeysan
    @garagemonkeysan Před 3 lety

    Great video, clear instructions, well shot. Great workmanship. Mahalo for sharing!:)🐒

  • @joandar1
    @joandar1 Před 3 lety

    Nice work Mark. A MM between friends, well that's a 20% reduction or 25% increase depending on whether you are going down as you did or up. Cheers from John, Australia.

  • @nickpowers2528
    @nickpowers2528 Před 3 lety

    First time commenting ... i have been watching your channel for a while now , I like your videos and the contents good to see the Bridgeport is coming along well.. when i first started watching your channel for a second i thought oh you lived in Beerwah which is not far where i am... but then i looked again then saw your alittle more away then me. I had to look that town up because i hadn't heard of it until i saw it on the map... but still on the Sunshine coast. Good work Mark.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      Nick, Tinbeerwah is really just a locality. It stretches from Mt Tinbeerwah and west to Lake McDonald and south to Eumundi. The nearest township is probably Tewantin. We are very fortunate in that our acreage block is adjacent to a national park which stretches the full length of our road and down to the edge of Tewantin township. It was initially classified as state forest but was gazetted as a national park about 12 years ago. It's nice to know that section of the bush is now protected. I think we are very lucky to have such large areas of natural habitat on the Sunshine Coast. The downside of course is the fire risk!
      Thanks for watching.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @Just1GuyMetalworks
    @Just1GuyMetalworks Před 3 lety

    Great video, Mark! Really liked how you made those rivets, they look pretty damn good if I do say so myself 😁. Loving the little nature intros of late. You guys have some pretty interesting creatures down under 😊. Thanks for sharing!
    Cheers 👍😁👍

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      Thanks,
      I am just finishing up another video today and I have included some more bird footage. The rotten sulphur crested cockatoos have totally destroyed my sunflowers. They are sneaky buggers. Most of the time they are super noisy but when they are feeding on something they shouldn't be they are keep quiet.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @bobvines00
    @bobvines00 Před 3 lety

    Mark, your goanna reminded me of a day when a co-worker received a cal from his panicked wife -- an alligator had crawled out of the wildlife reserve and was under her car in the driveway (in north-east Florida). ;) She wouldn't try to run it off, wildlife rescue couldn't be bothered, and it had gotten bored and crawled off before my co-worker could drive home.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety +1

      Bob, can alligators be "run off"? I don't think I would try. We have some serious deaths and injuries every year from crocodiles but they are generally way up north on the tip of Cape York and in the Northern Territory. My wife and I were planning a trip to Miami to see the wonderful art deco architecture before the whole Covid thing blew up and it's still on our to do list but alligators I could do without.
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @bobvines00
      @bobvines00 Před 3 lety

      @@Preso58 They certainly can be dangerous & stubborn. I "assume" that Miami itself ought to be relatively gator-free, but if you get outside the city, towards the swamps, you'll have a fair chance at seeing some.
      I've fished in lakes around north-central Florida where, once I looked, it _literally_ looked like there was a gator _every_ ~30-ft/~10 m all the way across the lake, or at least as far as I could see. My buddy & I started wondering if that was why we got _zero_ bites of desirable fish (i.e., large-mouth bass) that day and eventually got nervous enough to leave that lake, especially since we were in a very small boat (A Gheenoe).

  • @LukePettit3dArtist
    @LukePettit3dArtist Před 3 lety +2

    Our family always used to laugh at old American movies set in Africa or other tropical bushy countries where they used kookaburra calls and other Aussie birds as back ground noise.

  • @ronwilken5219
    @ronwilken5219 Před 11 měsíci

    Hi Mark, a couple of suggestions I would make with your riveted ends is one, instead of making special rivets just push the pins out of pop rivets and use your punch or modified version of, to rivet them to your desired tension. The other suggestion is to lightly countersink both metal "faces", not the backs, before riveting so the hammered over parts fold into the countersink and give you a flatter surface for mounting.
    Regarding your captive nut suggestion, I recently purchased from Amazon Canada, a Chinese made set of 100 rivnuts, five sizes I think, and a unique way of setting them without accidentally breaking the tool, as often happens with a pop rivet tool. Each size has a bushing that bears on the head of the rivnut and a SHC screw of the apropriate thread that you tighten in with a hex key until the rivnut is set to your satisfaction . Neat and simple to use and can get into a much smaller corner than any pop rivet tool I've ever seen. I don't remember the brand offhand but if you need to know drop me a line and I'll look it up for you. Probably just as easy to make the bushing, use a normal shcs and just buy the rivnuts you need. Cheaper anyway.
    Thanks for the video and wild life tour. You sure have some noisy neighbours and visitors.
    🤞🇨🇦🍌🥋🕊️🇺🇦🕊️🇦🇺🐨👍

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 11 měsíci

      Thanks, I like your idea of using the pop rivets sans stems. I like the bespoke look of hollow rivets but making them is a pain.
      Glad you enjoyed the wildlife.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @FredFred-wy9jw
    @FredFred-wy9jw Před 3 lety

    I made way covers a while back pretty much The same as yours but i used 1/8 aluminum... and to avoid drilling into my mill I epoxied magnets into holes in the AL strips... ya the magnets not only hold the covers on but collect steel swarf ... a stiff brushing clears it away ...

  • @daveticehurst4191
    @daveticehurst4191 Před 3 lety

    Mark, I think that you will need to add some substantial support to the front of the concertina rubber. I had this same setup on a new Taiwanese BP copy, it was as flimsy as yours and the slightest pressure on it made it bend, especially when you wind the saddle all the way back. I went down to Bunnings and got some 12mm X 12mm Ally Channel and fitted that under the setup. Gives tremendous support now, enough that you can place a spanner or other tool on it whilst you are setting up. It does mean that you will need to remove the two end rivets to fix through the channel I used Button Head socket screws. I fitted it like a bridge, flat on the top and the 2 sides pointing down. Regards from a HOT Adelaide, supposed to be 42 C for the weekend.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      Thanks for the tip. I could have easily bent the bottom strip with a small lip but I got lazy and I don't have facilities for bending close to an edge, in stainless steel anyway. I do have a spot welder though so that's a possibility if it looks like it needs more support.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @brencostigan
    @brencostigan Před 3 lety

    Stainless steel & aluminium is a pretty aggressive galvanic corrosion pairing. It’s even worse if the stainless steel is passivated. A lick of paint at the joint or some other dielectric insulation will stop the corrosion - beautiful Bridgeport by the way and thanks for the informative video.

  • @rhoekstra9326
    @rhoekstra9326 Před 3 lety

    Nice intro! The only wildlife we have, in Holland,is the neighbors cat😀

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety +1

      I must say we sometimes take it for granted how much wildlife we have here in Australia. My wife and I spent some time in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern France last year and the lack of wildlife was noticeable. Maybe it's to do with habitat loss or maybe we weren't looking in the right places but in the past 6 months I have had to deal with two large pythons and two goannas, not to mention the cockatoos that helped themselves to my sunflowers this morning. The cockatoos also chew our lemons and oranges, usually just taking one or two chunks out of each fruit. They are known as the juvenile delinquents of the bird world.
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @bobvines00
      @bobvines00 Před 3 lety

      @@Preso58 We have some pear trees that the tree rats (i.e., squirrels) love to pull the fruit off of and take _one _ bite before dropping them everywhere within ~50-yards (~50 m) of the trees. They must be related to your cockatoos! ;)

  • @bartylobethal8089
    @bartylobethal8089 Před 3 lety +2

    "A millimeter between friends" is an unsatisfying relationship.

  • @DudleyToolwright
    @DudleyToolwright Před 3 lety

    Wonderful work and love the wildlife.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      Dudley, I thought I was going out on a limb with the wildlife videos but evidently it is proving to be quite a hit. Thanks for watching.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @TheKnacklersWorkshop
    @TheKnacklersWorkshop Před 3 lety

    Nice job Mark...

  • @roadiesgarage3816
    @roadiesgarage3816 Před 3 lety

    There is a front scale chip cover on ebay us right now off an interact bridgeport, i bought the big back chip gaurd panels off him nice guy and good prices

  • @Mad.Man.Marine
    @Mad.Man.Marine Před rokem

    Nice work man! I have been thinking of the same setup for attaching to the column. One kinda upgrade you could do that I did on my last mill (my shop burned down last year) is a rod across the back way cover with bungee on each end that goes down to the knee. It helps to keep the way cover down tight to the ways and helps lessen the chance that child get under it. I attached mine around the oiler Elbows that are right there.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před rokem

      That's a great idea. I am actually removing the rear cover at present to make some improvements to how it fits. It gets a bit bunched up in some positions. However, I did notice how clean the dovetails were when I removed it from the table.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @AJR2208
    @AJR2208 Před 3 lety +1

    G'Day Mark, nice "welcome to Australia" intro. Your mill is really looking good now with your improvements. Clark Rubber have a variety of weather strip materials that can be used to seal, stop vibrations and provide edge protection. I've also used some of them to stop rattles on machinery with sheet metal parts. Stay safe and well :)

  • @CapeCodCNC
    @CapeCodCNC Před 3 lety

    Great video! Been spending some money with H&W Machine getting my Servo and Bridgeport 6F power feeds rebuilt and watching videos while I rebuild the head on my Sharp HMV. What a great place to do business with! Too bad shipping down under is so much! I use very thin aluminum angle to protect all the scales for the last couple TouchDRO's I installed and going to do the same on the HMV.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      I must have watched the H&W videos on installing the no drill way covers at least five times and as badly as I wanted a set, I just couldn't justify the cost. I worked it out that they would be around AU$450 landed here in Australia. I did buy some parts from them earlier this year and they were great to deal with. I must try to get in touch with the iGaging people to find out what they think about coolant and chips getting into the capacitive scales. But I think I will be taking your approach and using thin aluminium angle covers that bolt directly onto the rail of the scales.
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @ronwilken5219
      @ronwilken5219 Před 11 měsíci

      Hi Mark, the DRO scale covers on my Chinese mill are just a bent aluminium strip fastened to the 6mm back plane. Seems to keep everyone happy so far at least.
      I just wish it had way wipers like your BP. Are they original or did you make them? Are they metal or plastic, 3D printed maybe? Wipe material? Felt?

  • @beatrute2677
    @beatrute2677 Před rokem

    thats a nice goanna you got roaming around there mate. Got a couple that get around my way as well. Always turns into a massive shitfight when the dogs get involved.

  • @ccbproductsmulti-bendaustr3200

    Going thru your videos 👍👌

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      Awesome thank you!
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @TomMakeHere
    @TomMakeHere Před 3 lety

    Great work, it looks good
    When it comes to it I'd probably still cover the y axis scale just to be sure, already going through the effort so 🤷‍♂️

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety +1

      If the X axis cover goes according to plan I might do all of them. I am still not sure how the capacitive iGaging scales handle coolant. I know the glass scales are particularly prone to failure if they get debris inside them.
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @TomMakeHere
      @TomMakeHere Před 3 lety

      @@Preso58 Yeah good point, I guess there is no difference to the Mitutoyo calipers that are 'coolant proof'. Not that I would test them ha ha

  • @Anonymouspock
    @Anonymouspock Před 3 lety

    The birbs are cool!

  • @peterpeterson7665
    @peterpeterson7665 Před 3 lety

    Great video thanks Mark. Just picked up a Taiwanese Bridgeport clone and looking to do something similar. Cheers.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      Taiwanese tools have a good reputation. My drill press circa 1970 came from Taiwan and it's still doing great.
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @peterpeterson7665
      @peterpeterson7665 Před 3 lety

      @@Preso58 Your right, I have a small lathe, Taiwanese made "Pacific" I think it's from around 1980 and I can't fault it. Its able to hold fine tolerances quite well and is sufficiently rigid for a machine of small size.. The mill I've just picked up is similar era and well looked after, so far I'm impressed with it too, but yet to do any real work on it. My experience with Taiwanese machines is all stuff 40 or 50 years old. But they certainly made them well then.

  • @Watchyn_Yarwood
    @Watchyn_Yarwood Před 3 lety

    Looks great!

  • @ydonl
    @ydonl Před 3 lety

    Nothing wrong with making rivets, and hopefully fun for you and everyone, but remember... the forces on a pop-rivet are pretty much lateral within the stem, spreading it open as the wide "nail" head is pulled through. I suspect they would have worked fine, but... depends on what you play with! :)

  • @DavidPlass
    @DavidPlass Před 3 lety +1

    "Live with nature", they said. "It'll be quiet", they said.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety +1

      I know. Wait till you see what the cockatoos did to my sunflowers!
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @millomweb
    @millomweb Před 2 lety

    Have you a shop tour video ? Although my interest is waned as it's only a Bridgeport ;)

  • @slypig24
    @slypig24 Před 3 lety

    Mark "Attenborough" great Australian wildlife expo. Could you add some rubber U section extrusion around the curve on the column so the aluminium doesn't mark your nice paint job.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      Good idea! I hate it when I scratch the paint. 😥

  • @stevejones7580
    @stevejones7580 Před 3 lety

    Hi mark if you dont drill a hole in the tail of the rivet, you can form it with a hammer and get a really nice tail [ retired Aircraft Technician}

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      I badly want an aviation rivet squeezer. A few boxes of rivets would be great as well. There are so many cool aviation tools that would be perfect for the home shop. Cleko tools too!
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @stevejones7580
      @stevejones7580 Před 3 lety

      I never had much joy with a rivet squeezer we always put down rivets with a 3x which is a normal air chisel hammer , fitted in the end is a rivet snap concaved to fit a rivet BB is domed rivet and a flat snap for CE rivets which are counter sunk on the opposing end you would use a heavy block of steel , riveting block ,

  • @petermurphy3354
    @petermurphy3354 Před 3 lety

    Go Anna Go!

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      I'm not sure where you are from but there was an Australian Olympic cyclist called Anna Milward. During the 2000 olympics she finished fourth in the individual road race. The commentators and crowd began the same chant as she began to look like a medallist. Sadly, she missed out but gave it a red hot go just the same. Go Anna indeed!
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @DavidR8
    @DavidR8 Před rokem

    I'm only here for the wildlife ;)

  • @SGS_Engineering
    @SGS_Engineering Před 3 lety

    looking Good Preso!

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks, I'm just trying to keep up with the Jones', or the Smith's. 😎
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @billbaggins
    @billbaggins Před 3 lety

    Presso, now with extra animals. 😍👍

  • @Dan-qp1el
    @Dan-qp1el Před 2 lety

    Video starts @ 2:10. You're welcome

  • @mchiodox69
    @mchiodox69 Před 3 lety

    Great video....in spite of reptiles looking to use your mill

  • @3rdaxis649
    @3rdaxis649 Před 3 lety +1

    Never keep your vice bolted down in one place on the table. Always try and move it around to spread out the wear on the ways. Can't tell you how many Bridgeports I've bought where the ways were "saddled" right in the middle.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      Well, that's already the case with mine. I would dearly loved to have re-scraped all the ways but I don't have any of the tools needed to do it properly. Maybe one day....

    • @3rdaxis649
      @3rdaxis649 Před 3 lety

      @@Preso58 It's so much work.

  • @lv_woodturner3899
    @lv_woodturner3899 Před 3 lety

    I loved the wildlife at the start of the video. You have as many cockatoos as we have crows. LOL
    I am curious why you did not use copper rivets like the ones used for leather, jeans etc. They are available in Australia. Perhaps you just wanted to make the rivet and setter yourself.
    The stainless strips as supplied are far too thin to be of any use. Good idea to replace them.
    The way covers do indeed look "way cool".
    Dave.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      I do have a little container of the old style brass hollow rivets but they have a hole all the way through and they usually split when punched down. It was an aesthetic thing really. I wanted the heads to be flat and visible from the top and I wanted them to be a similar colour to the stainless steel. I was also trying to compete with a fellow instagrammer #sgsengineering who made some custom stainless steel bolts and nuts for a similar project.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @le3045acp
    @le3045acp Před 3 lety

    Mr. Preslinf i hope you have more luck with those type of scales than i did i gave mine away and replaced with glass scales

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      It's early days yet. I have already detected issues with the slow response sometimes but I thought long and hard about which way to go with the selection of scales. I have glass scales on my lathe and I had them on my old milling machine but the capacitive scales have some advantages that might outweigh the disadvantages. The big plus is how easy they are to fit. I will be doing a video on fitting the Z axis scale on the column and given that there are no machined surfaces to fit the scale to it can be a bit of a fiddle to get a glass scale accurately mounted there. They are fairly robust too. Yuriy has some very good information on his website which compares the most popular types of scales and given that he doesn't actually sell scales I felt it was a good honest appraisal of the different technologies. At the end of the day if the iGaging scales don't work out I can always upgrade.
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @le3045acp
      @le3045acp Před 3 lety

      @@Preso58 you are correct i put the z axis on my bridgeport and lost a little bit of z axis range and yes you would think the copies and newer bridgeports and clones would put a flat on that rounded side for easier mounting

  • @tahuyaguy
    @tahuyaguy Před 3 lety

    On the front cover, I think I would clip off the corners or otherwise round them off a bit. If I were using the machine, I feel like I'd catch the corner and lose some skin.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety +1

      I can still do that. It doesn't show up in the video but I did chamfer all the corners of the stainless strips but they could probably do with a full round on the exposed corners.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @gennadyyakubovich4076
    @gennadyyakubovich4076 Před 3 lety

    Nice execution Mark. I am still eagerly waiting when you will be doing something on that mill, not for that mill :) . BTW. To protect ways on my mill am using belt from treadmill. That was a time before lockdown when people were giving away their treadmills for free.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      I too am looking for the day when I can start using the mill "properly". I actually prepped some steel today for an industrial style bird bath for the garden. I have lots of hole patterns to drill with a 19mm hole saw. That will be coming up in a few weeks time. Yes, we have a recycling centre nearby, (it used to be called a "dump") and there are always a few treadmills there, and home gyms, and Ab Circle Pro's and... well, you get the picture! 😁
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @jstephenallington8431
    @jstephenallington8431 Před 3 lety

    I'm very interested in the DRO you have. You did say that you were using a tablet for the display? What company makes the scales that plug into a tablet? I'd very much like more information about it if you would please.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      The scales are made by iGaging. I am pretty sure they are manufactured in China but they are a brand name and they seem to have a good reputation. You can buy generic capacitive scales which are cheaper but I am assuming they cut corners along the line. I got mine from Timbecon here in Australia. I think there are only two retailers that sell them here. www.timbecon.com.au/igaging-ez-view-pro-digital-read-out
      The scales won't connect directly to the tablet though. You would need to purchase the bluetooth adapter which does all the wizardry to send the data to the tablet wirelessly. I got mine from TouchDRO in the USA. If you check out this playlist it details the hardware and software that I use. czcams.com/video/PND4VAPhDPo/video.html
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @andytaylor8802
    @andytaylor8802 Před 3 lety

    What are those silver things called on top of your Bridgeport table. Do you have a video of you fitting these by any chance?

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      Andy, they are just some sheet aluminium trays that have raised edges and plastic strips that fit into the tee slots. They keep the tee slots clean and stop tools rolling off the table and into the tee slots.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @sheph7ceo799
    @sheph7ceo799 Před 3 lety

    geeeezzzeeeee.... and here I am complaining about mice in my shop. Are the grommets you made glued into place? If so what did you use to glue them?

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      The grommets in the arm are just clipped in place with two little integrated tooth clips in the 3D print. The round rubber grommets just press into the hole in the aluminium tube. I am glad I didn't glue the 3D prints in because I fitted the fourth scale yesterday and had to run it's wire inside the arm. I don't think I would have gotten the USB plug through if I hadn't been able to remove the grommets.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @glennstasse5698
    @glennstasse5698 Před 3 lety

    You are living in Jurassic Park!

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      It seems that way sometimes. Those goannas are certainly not far removed from the dinosaurs.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @robert5
    @robert5 Před 8 měsíci

    I just use a vary thin silicone sheet originally bought for vacuum forming or rip stop nylon I bought for another purpose but got super cheap on close out from a fabric shop.
    -
    Not as nice or cool looking but effective none the less. All held on by super powerful magnets. This is the only real down fall of my system. I cover the magnets with a milled or lathe made nylon cover and the steel swarf then is easy to remove.
    -
    For mounting the rear cover I use those long magnetic strips meant to hang magnetic tools from harbor freight. Cheap and effective, those things grab on like a politician hanging on to power.
    -
    I could not even imagine what a total PITA that accordion cover would be with tiny swarf getting lodged into the folds. I guess it would be fine, the real job for any type of cover is keeping the chips or swarf out of the ways, if it works to do that then its fine.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 8 měsíci +1

      I have since replaced the rear flat cover because it got really stiff. I used some really flexible EPDM pond liner. So far it has resisted hot chips and cutting fluids quite well and it rolls up tightly when the table is pushed right to the back of the mill. The front accordion cover works but it split near the front clamp strip. I had to cut the damaged section out and re-attach it. But you are right. It traps chips and even compressed air doesn't really help to clear them. The magnets are a good idea. I think that if I could remove it easily and stretch it out I could clean it more easily. I tried and failed to make a box way cover from aluminium sheet. It turned out to be a way more complex build that I imagined it would and I abandoned it (which really bothers an old Asperger's sufferer like me).
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @peterwooldridge7285
    @peterwooldridge7285 Před 3 lety

    Nice one Mark....How come these guards dont form part of the original design?

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      Good point. I guess they are in the "Nice to have" rather than "Essential to have" category.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @Tensquaremetreworkshop

    Did you trial using a standard pop rivet before going to all that work? Evidence beats surmise...

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před rokem

      In my experience, pop rivets don't work all that well on resilient materials. The squeezing action will deform the rubber until the stem breaks off. That generally happens when the body of the rivet is completely collapsed. I was concerned that the rubber would deform around the rivets. With a hollow rivet, you can control how much grip you give to the rivet.
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @Tensquaremetreworkshop
      @Tensquaremetreworkshop Před rokem

      @@Preso58 True. I am not so happy with rivets, I tend to tap one side and use bolts. Csk heads and there is no protrusion. Lets you take it apart if needs repair. We all have our own ways...

  • @rogercrier
    @rogercrier Před 3 lety

    There is a dialectic paint called “Duralac” bright yellow!!

  • @Anonymouspock
    @Anonymouspock Před 3 lety

    What happens if you wind the table all the way to the column? Does it crush the way cover?

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      Probably, but the one good thing about the Bridgeport is the moveable ram which allows for repositioning the tool axis relative to the table extents. If it looks like you are going to run out of travel on the Y axis, you can just unclamp the ram and move the spindle further forward without really needing to re-tram anything. The bigger issue is crashing the X axis DRO scale into the column.
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @valterforlano9734
    @valterforlano9734 Před 3 lety

    Hello
    could you tell me the thickness of the rubber
    thank you

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      Hi. It's around 2mm thick on the accordion section and about 2.5 on the flat rubber at the back. www.ebay.com.au/itm/Bridgeport-Milling-Machine-CNC-MilI-Way-Rubber-Cover-Front-Back-Top-Quality-Tool-/143482441489?hash=item2168384f11&_uhb=1
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @thefixerofbrokenstuff
    @thefixerofbrokenstuff Před 3 lety

    So, how do you cook those big lizzards? Do you just eat the tail meat, or is the leg and back meat good too?

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      They were a favourite protein for our indigenous Aborigines. They just draped the whole animal over a fire and ate the lot! I think I'd rather stick to a nice Wagyu steak. 😎

  • @joeshmoe5935
    @joeshmoe5935 Před 3 lety

    buddy that scale on the back of my lathe has been the scourge of my life. Coolant get sin there very easily and numbers start skipping like nuts. Just image what that does to me while threading. If I had to do it again would figure out how to put glass scales in there.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      I have glass scales on my lathe and they have been reliable and trouble free. I am just going through the process of making a cover for the iGaging scale on the table of the mill. It should keep the chips and coolant off the scale but I suspect if you were using a lot of flood coolant (which I am not) it could still contaminate the scale reader. The other three scales on the mill are fairly well protected already but it's not hard to fit an aluminium right angle cover to semi protect it.
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @joeshmoe5935
      @joeshmoe5935 Před 3 lety

      @@Preso58 Well, I am utilizing a pc of tin foil aluminum ( about .015" thick) to try and keep out the coolant. Its folded over the scale ( not attached to the lathe casting)but not that much luck. My coolant usage is basically a drip on the cutting tool/workpiece junction.

  • @markorlando4817
    @markorlando4817 Před 3 lety

    Hey Presso that’s a beautiful machine, are you ever going to use it? Lol

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      Mark, I know it seems like I am just making accessories for it and I am getting frustrated with doing that but I have a list of projects that gets endlessly longer every day. One of the things about being retired is that deadlines no longer exist and it seems like you have forever to make whatever you want. Sadly, it's not really like that. I can honestly say that I have one more major build to do for the mill, and that is a pneumatic drawbar and after that I will be able to move on to other projects, hopefully involving some serious milling action. 😁
      Regards,
      Preso

  • @machobunny1
    @machobunny1 Před 3 lety

    I didn't get past the zoo tour.

  • @andytaylor8802
    @andytaylor8802 Před 3 lety

    Do you have links to the grommet STL's and clips?

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      Andy, try here www.dropbox.com/sh/ggp7vm5bipnp3zh/AADCL2k04KNI8F3uokDFOPVHa?dl=0
      Regards,
      Mark

  • @jayantmashankar242
    @jayantmashankar242 Před 3 lety

    Refer Workshop technology by W A J Chapman. It is very useful book.

  • @ianide2480
    @ianide2480 Před 3 lety +1

    Just think what you could have done with about 48 seconds more of R&D

  • @gregfeneis609
    @gregfeneis609 Před 3 lety

    16:03 Way better

  • @dtnicholls1
    @dtnicholls1 Před 3 lety

    If you're looking for another reason not to pick fights with a Goanna, turns out they might be mildly venomous. Though I'd be more concerned about being turned into an impression of pulled pork.

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety +1

      I have already had one "Crikey" moment with a goanna many years ago after we found one in our chicken coop. I grabbed it Steve Irwin style hoping to manhandle it into a metal rubbish bin and wasn't prepared for how strong it was. We managed to relocate it but my wife (who had to hold the rubbish bin) got the full treatment from it's scaly tail. Nearly a case for divorce right there! 🙄
      Regards,
      Preso

    • @dtnicholls1
      @dtnicholls1 Před 3 lety

      @@Preso58 better that than the bitey end! Or the claws...

  • @EmmaRitson
    @EmmaRitson Před 3 lety

    they climb the highest tree too, if you corner one. make sure you arent it.

    • @EmmaRitson
      @EmmaRitson Před 3 lety

      way covers look good. trouble on my mill is they would take up 10% of my slide travel

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety

      I have heard that. The reason I know about the thing with the whip like tail is that we had to relocate one that was in our chook pen many years ago. It was my wife's job to hold a metal rubbish bin so I could wrestle the thing into it. She copped the full brunt of the tail whip in the process. It didn't end well!
      Regards,
      Mark

    • @Preso58
      @Preso58  Před 3 lety +1

      Maybe you could do the Stefan thing and use some thin leather?

    • @EmmaRitson
      @EmmaRitson Před 3 lety

      @@Preso58 OUCHH

  • @mrcamelpmw
    @mrcamelpmw Před 3 lety

    1:18 the southern end of a northern facing feline

  • @le3045acp
    @le3045acp Před 3 lety

    Mr Presling sorry i mis spelled your name

  • @Tule54
    @Tule54 Před 3 lety

    👍👍👍🖖

  • @tinnturps
    @tinnturps Před 3 lety +4

    What’s with the bird watching intros? You operating some bird smuggling side gig? The more you show off to the northern hemisphere, the more they want to come here! God intended them to have small uninteresting birds for a reason, your messing with forces you couldn’t possibly understand !!!