I get a kick out of accomplished machinist's jargon. Using very accurate lathes & milling equipment, and measuring with Vernier calipers and other gauges they make very precise instruments using tool steel and then refer to them as "semi-accurate or semi-precision". On another channel an equally accomplished machinist measured, tweaked & adjusted to within 10 thousandth and called it "close enough". No slight intended, its just makes an old "hack & tack" guy like myself smile. Thanks for your time and effort put into all your videos.
Golf must be the most expensive "hobby". Mr Pete, I'm learning lots and am getting closer to the lathe and mill purchases. I thank you for all the valuable information and presented in such a professional manner as well.
Lyle, I watched you rebuild the rotary table and at the time I thought it was junk, you have turned the table into a lovely addition to your shop. Edgar
Another interesting project Mr. Pete. I really enjoyed your visit to Adam Booth. I too will be visiting Abom79's shop from Alaska in 13 days! Probably won't be featured in a video though. I met him last year at the Bash and you are right about the what-you-see-is-what-you-get thing. Awesome guy!
well done Thanks for sharing I got my new shop build looking for first mill been using grisly lath with home brew cube for milling Thanks again for getting me hooked Mr Pete all the best from John in Texas
Lyle Since you said there is a million ways to use a rotary table, would love to see avideo dedicated to those multitude of ways to use a rotary table. John
Fairly new to the hobby, I've learned so much from your video's I can almost consider myself an amateur machinist! A question though? At one point in this video you said Toly was working on the drawing and later said no drawing would be available? Either way I can get dimensions from the video. Thanks again for the hard work and all the great video's!
great video mr pete I jusr saw u sat me and aidsn was very honoured to meet u it seemed we know u for years in my book u are one of the greats in this feild keep up the good work and we will be cutting out something soon for u soon thanks
Hey Mr. Pete, great project. I'm patiently waiting for videos on the other 999,999 uses of a rotary table. It's fine if you double up and discuss two uses per video....
Another wonderful and enjoyable learning and viewing experience. It is always from seeing an experienced master work that I learn the most, often picking up little things that help raise my skill level. Thank you!
Another great project and video Mr. Pete! How are you liking those new dewalt lithium tools? I love mine. Hadn't used my impact driver in 6 months and went to use it yesterday and still fully charged. Leaps and bounds better than the old Nimh batteries.
I met up with the guys from Hobby Metal Kits a couple years ago at a model-steam convention. They provide a useful service at decent prices. I picked up pretty much one of everything they had to offer :)
Just curious but why not mill the step in the scriber holder while it was on the rotary table? Then the step would have been part if the circle and not have a flat attached to it.
Hi Mr Pete, Keep up the great vids. Myfordboy. recently did a series on fitting an Arduino controlled stepper motor to a spindexer. I reckon this could be adapted to a rotary table. I intend to put one on my spindexer hopefully.
Mr. Pete, why would you say "I hope you're following this". Why the hell would we be watching otherwise? You are actually teaching guys like me how to do this stuff, and if I didn't find it fascinating I would be following it. You are doing a service to your fellow man, and for that, you should be commended.
Mr. Pete, I'm a carpenter by trade and I don't mind when the kerf opens in wood. When it closes on a piece of 2X12 yellow pine, things can sure get sketchy, in a hurry.
How did you determine the point to stop and change from linear to rotary motion, since you are no longer aligned with the center of the part. Did you do the trig or is there a rule of thumb method?
Stepper motor? I just use a variable speed cordless drill (with a hex socket) on the rotary table handle nut (I double nutted it) Works great, and you can go slow, or fast.
Eagerly awaiting seeing you make the clamp. I have an old height gage and scriber that needs one and the generic ones aren't big enough. Starrett wants more for the clamp than I paid for the height gage.
I get interrupted all the time when I'm machining stuff. So, I take a sharpie and write where I am on the part itself. I have a mandrel on the lathe right now showing the last mic reading and the measurement I want to achieve. ( @ .789" -> .752") comes off easy with brake clean. Not perfect but works for me.
pretty impressive bit of concentration. I am quite sure I would have turned the crank the wrong direction or over shot a target and would have cut off the stem.
mrpete222 we just pretend we are concentrating when doing root canals. We may very well might be thinking about a vacation or some fancy shop tool we can buy with all that money
where can i get a set of clamps like those? ?. oh, by the way. I smoke. drink occasionally. and I have hobbies. you have to be smart with your money. Im retiring very soon. And I have almost all the tools I need. Woodworking, Mechanics, Welding. and miscellaneous things. I started aquiring tool about 30 years ago. A mill is on my list.
Have you ever thought of mounting a cheep Chinese digital scale like a Bridgeport quil caliper to the back of your vernier height Gage to make it digital???
He had moved the table in or out which ever when he entered the end of the part. Now when he comes to the opposite side the table was offset the width of the tang and half of the tool diameter. To go out the other side he would have had to rotate the rotary table and at the same time move the y axis to the other side of the tang. This procedure is quite difficult by hand. Likely wouldn't even notice this on a CNC machine.
I do understand the advantage to using the height gauge set up now. I am looking forward to the rest of the operation. Thank you very much for your videos; you certainly are a good teacher. I don't remember if I told you I was a vocational masonry teacher in a high school vocational school, juniors and seniors. Really enjoyed it until the "tree huggers" got involved with the course of study suggestions. Some strange ideas about designing a lab so wheel chair students could learn bricklaying. I respect anyone who would overcome anything life would deal out to them but there must be logical limits. Sorry if I offended any with disabilities; that was not my intention. Greg
It can be. For me though, finding tooling and equipment at bargain basement prices is part of the fun. The expense is further offset if you do small jobs for friends and neighbors. I do repair work for myself to save money in the maintenance of my tractor, etc so it saves me more. Most years I'll either break even or save a few bucks.
It's a functional hobby, though, in that there are things you can make and repair that you just could not, otherwise. Sometimes just one repair can pay for the bulk of the tools, sometimes more. Frequently the savings from making something versus buying it can pay for the tools outright.
Thought problem You work in a job-shop... No CNC's The boss hands you a box containing 3/4" x 1 1/2" x 3" blanks, and says, "I need 100 of these clamps in 3 days. Now, how do you tackle the problem? Because, in the real world, that's how it works... And, that's how you earn your pay. Frank
I get a kick out of accomplished machinist's jargon. Using very accurate lathes & milling equipment, and measuring with Vernier calipers and other gauges they make very precise instruments using tool steel and then refer to them as "semi-accurate or semi-precision". On another channel an equally accomplished machinist measured, tweaked & adjusted to within 10 thousandth and called it "close enough". No slight intended, its just makes an old "hack & tack" guy like myself smile. Thanks for your time and effort put into all your videos.
Thanks for watching
Golf must be the most expensive "hobby".
Mr Pete, I'm learning lots and am getting closer to the lathe and mill purchases. I thank you for all the valuable information and presented in such a professional manner as well.
Thanks for watching
Andrew Pratt I once knew a man who took flying lessons and bought an airplane just so he would have access to more golf courses!
Lyle, I watched you rebuild the rotary table and at the time I thought it was junk, you have turned the table into a lovely addition to your shop. Edgar
Once again, I learned a lot from today's class. Thanks so much.
Enjoying the series Mr. Pete, and the parts are turning out nice!
Thanks for watching
Another interesting project Mr. Pete. I really enjoyed your visit to Adam Booth. I too will be visiting Abom79's shop from Alaska in 13 days! Probably won't be featured in a video though. I met him last year at the Bash and you are right about the what-you-see-is-what-you-get thing. Awesome guy!
Have fun--you will like him
very good progress. I will be one of the viewers that will build a hight gauge like yours. Thank you
Thanks for watching
well done Thanks for sharing I got my new shop build looking for first mill been using grisly lath with home brew cube for milling Thanks again for getting me hooked Mr Pete all the best from John in Texas
Thanks for watching
Lyle
Since you said there is a million ways to use a rotary table, would love to see avideo dedicated to those multitude of ways to use a rotary table.
John
This is going to be my next project. Thank You Mr Pete can't wait till the next part comes out!
Thanks for watching
wow that knee crank adapter is a real nice fit... beautifully done.
Fairly new to the hobby, I've learned so much from your video's I can almost consider myself an amateur machinist! A question though? At one point in this video you said Toly was working on the drawing and later said no drawing would be available? Either way I can get dimensions from the video. Thanks again for the hard work and all the great video's!
Thanks for watching--there will be drawings
great video mr pete I jusr saw u sat me and aidsn was very honoured to meet u it seemed we know u for years in my book u are one of the greats in this feild keep up the good work and we will be cutting out something soon for u soon thanks
Nice chat we had---
Hey Mr. Pete, great project. I'm patiently waiting for videos on the other 999,999 uses of a rotary table. It's fine if you double up and discuss two uses per video....
Another wonderful and enjoyable learning and viewing experience. It is always from seeing an experienced master work that I learn the most, often picking up little things that help raise my skill level. Thank you!
Thanks for watching
We are following your actions. Knurled knob was a good choice. I love the new fangled power knee adapter.
how about a crank adapter for the rotary table? thank you for showing the chips & smoke -- great stuff!!
Never mind...at 11:30 it's cleared up. The thickness of the ring is not critical so you just went in a safe amount.
Another great project and video Mr. Pete! How are you liking those new dewalt lithium tools? I love mine. Hadn't used my impact driver in 6 months and went to use it yesterday and still fully charged. Leaps and bounds better than the old Nimh batteries.
I met up with the guys from Hobby Metal Kits a couple years ago at a model-steam convention. They provide a useful service at decent prices. I picked up pretty much one of everything they had to offer :)
Thanks for watching
Just curious but why not mill the step in the scriber holder while it was on the rotary table? Then the step would have been part if the circle and not have a flat attached to it.
Hi Mr Pete, Keep up the great vids. Myfordboy. recently did a series on fitting an Arduino controlled stepper motor to a spindexer. I reckon this could be adapted to a rotary table. I intend to put one on my spindexer hopefully.
Good idea-Thanks for watching
Mr. Pete, why would you say "I hope you're following this".
Why the hell would we be watching otherwise?
You are actually teaching guys like me how to do this stuff, and if I didn't find it fascinating I would be following it.
You are doing a service to your fellow man, and for that, you should be commended.
Thanks for watching
Mr. Pete, I'm a carpenter by trade and I don't mind when the kerf opens in wood. When it closes on a piece of 2X12 yellow pine, things can sure get sketchy, in a hurry.
Hate it when it pinches
How did you determine the point to stop and change from linear to rotary motion, since you are no longer aligned with the center of the part. Did you do the trig or is there a rule of thumb method?
when that tool bit hit the chuck on the way out it reminded me when the kids in the school shop would run the tool bits in the chuck
Thanks for watching
Stepper motor?
I just use a variable speed cordless drill (with a hex socket) on the rotary table handle nut (I double nutted it)
Works great, and you can go slow, or fast.
Yeah, but with a stepper you can also use it as an index table very easily and repeatably.
True... But for just one job?
Thanks for watching
Eagerly awaiting seeing you make the clamp. I have an old height gage and scriber that needs one and the generic ones aren't big enough. Starrett wants more for the clamp than I paid for the height gage.
Thanks for watching
I recently made a clamp for a Starrett dial indicator. It was a fun project in itself
3/4 x 2 x 6 @Speedy Metals $5.40 You can buy lengths of most their stock in 1in. increments if you wish. Also based in Wisc.
Thanks
Hello from the UK! Great work!
Thanks for watching
Yet another great video and once again thanks for making it.
Thanks
I get interrupted all the time when I'm machining stuff. So, I take a sharpie and write where I am on the part itself. I have a mandrel on the lathe right now showing the last mic reading and the measurement I want to achieve. ( @ .789" -> .752") comes off easy with brake clean. Not perfect but works for me.
Good idea-Thanks for watching
pretty impressive bit of concentration. I am quite sure I would have turned the crank the wrong direction or over shot a target and would have cut off the stem.
Yes----I was concentrating.
Like you doing a root canal.
mrpete222 we just pretend we are concentrating when doing root canals. We may very well might be thinking about a vacation or some fancy shop tool we can buy with all that money
Ouch!
where can i get a set of clamps like those? ?. oh, by the way. I smoke. drink occasionally. and I have hobbies. you have to be smart with your money. Im retiring very soon. And I have almost all the tools I need. Woodworking, Mechanics, Welding. and miscellaneous things. I started aquiring tool about 30 years ago. A mill is on my list.
Thanks for watching
I have never had a height gauge until I started watching Tubalcain, I don't know how I made this long without one.
Thanks for watching
Some guys smoke and drink, we spend it on tools!
TRUE-Thanks for watching
Have you ever thought of mounting a cheep Chinese digital scale like a Bridgeport quil caliper to the back of your vernier height Gage to make it digital???
Supposedly, I have a digital one coming from China. But I don’t think it’ll ever make it. I’ve kind of written it off
very enjoyable to watch you work... Thanks for sharing sir...
Thanks for watching
ok, i admit that i dont know why you cant just come out the other side, you have the number for the dro, can you clue me in?
at 8:20
He had moved the table in or out which ever when he entered the end of the part. Now when he comes to the opposite side the table was offset the width of the tang and half of the tool diameter. To go out the other side he would have had to rotate the rotary table and at the same time move the y axis to the other side of the tang. This procedure is quite difficult by hand. Likely wouldn't even notice this on a CNC machine.
Thanks for watching
Coming along nicely.
Thanks for watching
wow, fantastic ideas! great work:)
Thanks for watching
As always, great video!
Thanks for watching
A picture a thousand words, it does not need so much, but so much talk became a very tedious grandfather !
I do understand the advantage to using the height gauge set up now. I am looking forward to the rest of the operation. Thank you very much for your videos; you certainly are a good teacher. I don't remember if I told you I was a vocational masonry teacher in a high school vocational school, juniors and seniors. Really enjoyed it until the "tree huggers" got involved with the course of study suggestions. Some strange ideas about designing a lab so wheel chair students could learn bricklaying. I respect anyone who would overcome anything life would deal out to them but there must be logical limits. Sorry if I offended any with disabilities; that was not my intention. Greg
Lyle, looks great to me, Regards Frank
Thanks
Why even cut the 1/4” off the stock width? Not that critical for a base.
Machining must be one of the most expensive hobbies out there. What with the amount of cutting tools, machinery, vices, and measuring tools etc.
It can be. For me though, finding tooling and equipment at bargain basement prices is part of the fun. The expense is further offset if you do small jobs for friends and neighbors. I do repair work for myself to save money in the maintenance of my tractor, etc so it saves me more. Most years I'll either break even or save a few bucks.
others put 250k into one car...
This is just a demonstration exercise. You can buy a perfectly serviceable height gage for no more than about 50 bucks.
Agreed. I still like making things like this on a rainy day with scraps found around the shop. LOL
It's a functional hobby, though, in that there are things you can make and repair that you just could not, otherwise. Sometimes just one repair can pay for the bulk of the tools, sometimes more. Frequently the savings from making something versus buying it can pay for the tools outright.
Talk to AvE. I'm sure he'd help you out with an Arduino control and stepper.
Thanks for watching
THANK YOU...for sharing.
Thanks for watching
Thought problem
You work in a job-shop... No CNC's
The boss hands you a box containing 3/4" x 1 1/2" x 3" blanks, and says, "I need 100 of these clamps in 3 days.
Now, how do you tackle the problem?
Because, in the real world, that's how it works... And, that's how you earn your pay.
Frank
Thanks for watching