Making a Tap Wrench || INHERITANCE MACHINING
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
- Join me in the machine shop where we’ll make a tap wrench. I want it to be really nice, so rather than reinvent the wheel, I’ll be mimicking a Starrett 91C. We will be using the engine lathe and the vertical milling machine for most of this DIY tool project and making use of materials I already have. Which is mostly mystery steel. But the body material just so happened to be marked as O1 tool steel. The design isn’t exactly manufacturing friendly and will require some creative ways to make many of the features. We’ll be getting into knurling, taper turning between centers, hand filing square holes, and radius turning without a radius turner, just to name a few. With so many operations, let’s just hope I get through this without any machining fails *cough cough*
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:36 The Handle
5:00 Finishing the Handle
5:54 The Body (Lathe Operations)
8:04 The Body (Mill Operations)
12:55 The Body (More Lathe Operations)
15:03 The Plunger and Pin
18:03 The Pin and Final Assembly
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Thanks again for watching! As always we'll have another fun project for you in 2 weeks, Friday April 29th at 10am EST. See you then!
Why not buy a proper wrench such as the Starrett one?
@@BruceNitroxpro A combination of reasons actually. The Starrett's are pretty pricy for the simple tool that they are. But I also liked the challenge of figuring out how to make one. Plus the feeling of having made a very nice tool is pretty great
@@InheritanceMachining , Gotcha. I hear that you think less is more... cheap that is.
how can i buy some of the hand tools you make . . you have a great skill set
You know they sell these at the store
I Hope & Pray ,,, That watchers/subscribers realize the Value that you Grandfather left for you . I'm sure you do since your a engineer , But Man ,,, What a treasure ! My Grandfather was a Battleship & Boiler maker prior to and during World War II . He was stationed in Washington state & Newport Virginia & when the need was over settle back in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina ! Between My Father and Grandfather I was learning the concepts and could read a 32nd tape measure in about the 3rd grade of school ! Graduating from High school , and hard work instilled in my soul , I immediately went to work in High rise steel , after 17 years , I finally fell off a silo and after many surgeries and a year and a half of recovery , I settled in a local machine shop & eventually was into Tool & Dye making ! I've buried my Grandfather & Father & Brother with rings & Pens in their shirts , I had made for them outta Beryllium Copper & Brass that shined like Gold for their funerals . There's nothing like the smell of a Carpenters shop or Machine shop with all the Oak & Maple & cutting oils of the shops ! You'll never have to worry about a job or earning a living in that small shop ! Keep it clean and running smooth and your grandfathers legacy will serve you , your life time and your kids ! What a treasure ! And yes I'm Subscribed and watch all the vids !
Wow! Thanks for sharing! I definitely cherish what I have inherited and also know their true value. I also love the smell of a machine shop! Thanks for the support!
beautiful!!!
Thanks, Jimmy!
Your opinion really does count. I have seen the things you have made!
My new favorite machining channel, great editing, great lighting and the best narration. Thanks so much for these videos!
still undecided between 'this old tony' and IM, both are so pleasant to watch!
Wow, thank you so much! We're really trying our best. Thanks for the support!
@@claudiolorini3311 Don't worry. I wont make you choose... just being compared to ToT means so much!
@@claudiolorini3311 Stuff Made Here is another great channel.
couldnt have said it any better
It's so cool that you got to spend that time with your grandfather and to learn these skills. My grandfather was a machinist, but he passed away when I was 6 years old. So I never got a chance to spend that kind of time with him. I still caught the home shop machining bug though, and I've built my own shop in part as a tribute to him.
That's unfortunate but great you found your own way. Sometimes I feel like I'm picking up where my grandfather and I left off.
@@InheritanceMachiningmy grandfather was also a tool and die maker at the steel mill. I inherited what was left of his machine tooling. Just recently bought a 144” long 20” swing Lodge and Shipley lathe. Wish he was here to see that monster run. I have never gone back to his grave to visit. Every time I need to chat I light a fire in the wood burner and sling some chips. It will never bring them back but it feels damn good to keep their tools alive. Your story hits home with me and so many others. In a world full of computers and button pushers it’s refreshing to see a master manual machinist at work. Thanks for the content
Three men in my family were machinist at one point in their lives, but two were gone before I came about. The third, my uncle was no longer a machinists, by the time I came around. We almost bought a lathe though, but we didn't have the capabilities to move it around in his garage, the electrics to wire it up. However, a friend of mine that I work for may be looking at getting a Bridgeport mill.
am i the only one that realy likes these restoration videos? it might be becouse i realy enjoy restoring myself😅. please do a video of restoring a batch of stuff. 😁
Your videos are on this old tony and clickspring's level. Amazing work
I take that as the highest compliment! Thank you so much!!
its rare these days I find a channel that peaks my interest to the level where I can just sit and watch it like a show, not sure whether its cause of the engineering interest I have or the fantastic cinematography or even maybe a mixture of the two, but thank you for putting the time in and making such a masterpiece but also carrying on the traditions your grandfather taught you.
Thank you very much. I really appreciate that
Looks great, excellent editing too. It might be overkill, but would heat treating be needed to prevent a stubborn tap from distorting the plunger or handle? Might mess with the tolerances you have machined, and would need to be polished again, but it would be a tap wrench your great grandchildren can use.
Was wondering the same thing - what kind of steel did you use? Obviously doesn't need to be cutting tool hard, but a little harder than mild would probably improve durability
I would go so far as to say that it is required for at least the anvil.
Thanks! I considered that but just didn't get the time to do it. I'm pretty sure the material for the plunger was just a cold rolled mild steel so could use the help. I definitely hope this is something that get's passed down for generations
Thought the same, I've made a tap-wrench closer to the "This Old Tony" design. Did heat treat that one.
@@MF175mp I've experienced the same too, that's how they can sell those Chinese ones so cheaply I guess, no heat treating process.
I have been a machinist since my UK apprenticeship in 1973 and made a tap wrench plus all the other tools you are making, I now manage Xtrac Transmission's apprentice academy and our apprentices make the very same tools. I managed to acquire the original 1960's drawings published by the EITB, Engineering Industry Training Board. Love your videos and workshop carrying on the creative skill.
In college this is one of the many projects you build for grade. Then several years later you surface grind, plate, and micro square. Oh to be young again.
Boop... living life with all the ups and downs, and being blissed for being able to experience unique states...
As a mechatronics technician in Germany we had to build a diesel locomotive as first project. This included filing u-steel to dimension and making all the faces parrallel/quare to each other. After weeks of filing the whole day, making the first cuts on the lathe to turn the wheels really was a blessing.
It’s awesome that you not only got your grandfathers tools, but you got his lock out tag as well! Neat memorial to your grandfather in the shop.
Thanks. The cool think about that tag as it's been hanging on the mill in that exact spot for most of my life. I couldn't think of ever putting it anywhere else!
I couldn't have helped myself but black the knurled handle. I know, please do not shout at me. Beautifully made Sir.
You couldn't have bought better. Thanks for sharing.
Jim 922 from Arkansas, I enjoyed watching this project. A demonstration of good skill and machine work.
Much appreciated!
I don't have a milling machine or a lathe, nor will I get them. I just like to watch you work and listen to your director's commentary. It's calming for some reason. Thanks, Brandon!
My pleasure. And thank you!
I think we are seeing another great machining channel being born! Awesome video, awesome project. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much!
I'm not a machinest ,,,, Just a Jeweler,, but I sure enjoyed watching you mess up and recover. Good job.
Lol thanks! Biggest perk of being the designer is you can modify the design :D
Order of operation and efficient method needs to be practiced in every part of life.
From one inheritance machinist to another, something my dad taught me: Turn a dead center on the lathe that will fit an R8 collet. Use the dead center on the back (top) of the tap for alignment in the Bridgeport. Keep some pressure on the quill to maintain tap alignment as it threads. Love the channel, looking forward to watching the rest of your content.
Oh that's pretty clever. Thanks for the tip!
It's kinda crazy that there wasn't one in his shop, but you did a wonderful job creating something that your grandfather would likely have been quite proud of. Thank you for sharing the journey with us - including the little oopsie moments and the triumphant bits (that pin fit, wowww).
This channel is the most comforting and somehow heart-warming thing I've ever subscribed to on UA-cam.
My grandpa had a wood shop in a shed in his back yard. He loved to whittle and turn things. It always smelled cedar in there. He was a wise and comforting man and I miss him every day. I have many of his old tools now I treasure them. The way you're honoring your grandfather with these projects makes me feel happy. Thanks, man.
I really appreciated that. And I'm glad you got opportunities and had an interest in some of your grandfathers passions. It's often those that they know the most about and you can learn so much from. PS your nostalgic smells of cedar are equivalent to my nostalgic smells of hot metal and cutting oil.
Stunning. Grandpa IS so proud of you. 👍👍😎👍👍
Thank you!!
When I joined the RCAF as an Airframe Technician - we had to make a project pen-holder (it was graded for accuracy)... the actual holders (2 of them) for the pens were to be Hexagonal pieces about 2" long. We had to hand-file both from a piece of aluminum ROUND stock about 5" long, and had a tolerance of .001" in all dimensions. Luckily, I'd had experience working with metal, so I got a pretty decent grade.
LS starret would be proud.
Thank you!
I have never seen a DTI with 4 decimal places before 👍🏻
Someone gave me a massive tap wrench, when put together it's more than half a meter in length, and I was thinking of donating it... now that I see this video, I think I'll hold on to it a little longer. You never know when you need one!
Using tools to make tools, just the way I like it. Just like buying a 3D printer, having it go 24/7 for few weeks printing printer improvement mods. Once finished idle for months. Aw yes
This is the way. In your case I refer to it as self replicating robots
Nice job, turned out great!
I recently bought a random assortment of old files from an auction for $35 and got lucky as there was one of these Starrett tap wrenches in like-new condition in the box with the files!
That is definitely a score! Even used ones on ebay sell for the price of new ones ~$150. Thanks for watching!
IT'S LITERALLY ALL SPRINGS! you got me with that one.
"A shop really needs a tap wrench. So I made one." epic lol
Love that you use your Grandads workshop
I've seen these Tap wrenches being used all the time by ppl . I've asked a few times but now I know it's a Starrett? They are something else my friend. I bought a nice TAP WRENCH a couple of weeks ago and it's a beauty but this u made leaves it in the halfpenny place or as we used to vsay when Halfpenny's were all the rage in IRELAND back in the 1970's, "The Haypenny place" meaning the cheapo section in the big box stores.. LMAO
That is a peach of a wrench man. Well done. G
Ur grandad would be well proud of ur work.
I have zero experience in machining but your videos are awesome.
Nice work and a new word for my vocabulary: eyechrometer. Thank you.
Nicely done! When I saw the lathe that you have, I was excited to see that the one we have at work was not the only one in the world. We have the same model and I really like it.
Thanks and that's awesome! If you guys need any of the manuals just let me know. I have PDF's of them
I love these videos, a bit odd but makes complete sense how many of these operations and design considerations also work for firearm design. The precise fit and aligned notch for the pin are pretty much the same as you see in firing pins for striker fired designs.
Of course this is because machining is machining, same tools and machines just a different purpose.
I'm sure your grand-pop would be proud. Amazing channel!
Thank you 🙏
Never thought I will hearing this and never get boring for some reason even do it's all technicality stuff but also interesting this will be my new favourite channel to go to when boring or want to see something amazing and awesome craftsmanship
I appreciate that
your so lucky you got to work with your grandfather in his workshop i wish i gotten the chance to work with my grandfather but sadly he was ill most of my life that i knew him
One of the most entertaining machining channels here on YT. Great job!
Much appreciated!
Hi folks. I'm in my early 70s. I remember my Dad telling me about how he started his engineering apprenticeship - filing at the age of 14. It gave him very strong arm muscles and a hand grip to match. Amazingly he once very accurately re-filed the piston ring grooves in my Norton 750 motorcycle engine to match the new oversized rings. Not something I would even dream of trying to do.
That was a lovely way to spend 19 minutes and 42 seconds! Thanks very much.
thanks for watching!
Extra fancy, nice! Making a 1-2-3 block with only a files sounds like a lot of fun...
Thanks! Is that sarcasm I detect?
The Tool and Die Maker I apprenticed with said he had to make a perfect solid sphere with only hand files when he apprenticed in Germany.
@@flashgordon6238 Now that seems like a real challenge
@@flashgordon6238 Like to see the fixture for that!
Best channel I've discovered in 2022!
🙏 thank you!
I can watch this channel all day!
😁 Thank you!
“Eyecrometer”
Just love it!
Can’t believe I’d never heard that jem.
“It’s all springs down here” I love your humour
😁
Man I wish I had a grandfather that left me an entire machine shop! How lucky are you 👍🏼
Extremely fortunate for sure. But I plan to make the best of it!
@@InheritanceMachining looks as tho you already are! Got yourself a new subscriber here 👍🏼👍🏼
@@Thewatson77 thanks, man!
when young working at a machine shop springmaker factory work , days wanna get home
now older a hobby to get back into & make some chit again .
lathe welder make more machine tools
New to the channel… love it. Best bit is the narration and showing your stuff ups… especially the spring loss…
😁 Welcome!
really impressive product there at the end
U r brilliant macanical worker.
And good video editor.
Sound choice very good.
that thing is so nice I'm sure grandpa would be proud
Thank you!
I agree the Starret tap wrenches are dead sexy. I made a complete set but changed one feature that is common on most tap wrenches. The knurled handle. when you need to produce a large number of holes the knurling is like a file on the hands. So I leave the ends smooth with just a band at the inboard end for grip when tightening the wrench.
I have two of the smaller Starretts and I’m finding the same thing. I need to keep my index finger on the smooth end when winding out a tap or it gets a little bit irritating.
For someone who claims to have very little machining experience you appear to have a lot of machining experience and good use of how to use tooling and so on to a high enough level. I only recently discovered your channel and it is very good.
Dude don't apologize for using a tap for that hole, I do this all day and you saved yourself a huge pain in tail, love the videos
I’m really enjoying your channel so far. Thank you for all the work you are putting into these.
Glad you like them! Thanks for the support!
Gosh! That was so weird. You said that your grandfather that back in the day they always started mechanical engineering apprenticeships with a 1 2 3 block and a selection of files! 🤣🤣 I'd completely forgotten about that but you've just reminded me 😂. A right labour of love! Thanks for the memory. 👌
I am both happy I haven't had to do this, but also curious to do it lol
@@InheritanceMachining s So I did this in 1966 at the British Motor Corporation. We had 20 apprentice's 19 of which had graduated University. Everyone except me... I did mine in a morning, +/- .001" .... I did three more for the guys struggling but I got caught.... 😂 They had to start again! 😂 Very different times back then..
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😂 that's great! Different times indeed
My grandfather was a barber. All I got was a hydrolic chair a leather strap and a bunch of rusty straight razers.
Very nice. Some other machinists have mentioned making your mark on the tools you make in some way. Someday your tools are likely to be passed on as you’re very well aware. I know Tim Lipton likes acquiring and sharing useful tools. He has appreciation for and shows their mark in the presentation.
I hope you agree this project and your collet blocks are worthy of your mark, I think they are. Hey that might be a video in itself, if you do it in an interesting way.
I like tool shopping at garage sales. Recently a family was selling off their deceased fathers tools. Two of the siblings were ok with the sale but one sister was a little disturbed. As I was loading a small drill press he had mounted to a homemade table. She was closely watching, I asked her what her fathers name was. She looked suspiciously at me and I explained most of the tools I buy have the owners name on them and how those tools have more meaning to me. She told me his name and watched as I fetched his paint pen and wrote his name on it. She seemed quite pleased with that. I wonder if she took the pen to his other tools after I left.
That's really great. I know how it is not being able to hang onto everything from passed loved ones and having to let things go. That one gesture probably made all the difference for her. I'll keep this story in mind if I ever find myself in a similar position.
I'll definitely be naming my parts and dating them too.
Your videos have the soundtrack of medicine ads
Isnt it funny how making such a simple tool requires so much attention to detail. Great job and video.
It really is. It crazy to me that they we’re manufacturing these on a large scale before CNC was ever a thing. Thanks!
@@InheritanceMachining Probably using templates for one or two simple steps then move it to another station. CNC can really change productivity and quality.
Great watch, great channel , a pleasure to watch , working my way thru 👍👌
Cheers Chris
Given your penchant for making tools, I think you should consider building a "hand tapper". You really can't appreciate how much easier it makes tapping stuff by hand until you've used it a few times. I have a "small" unit with a direct drive T-handle and a large unit with the counterweight and crank handle. The small one uses simple hex bushings to hold the taps, with a hex bore and captive spring clip to retain them. The bushings have a square drive in the end, with the larger hand tapper using a double-D drive to transmit the torque instead of a hex.
Only just stumbled across your channel cracking video and little project your grandfather would be proud of you mate
Thank you very much. And welcome!
Order of operations with reason👍🏻. Chamfers also create opportunity for 'skim it away' instead of.. Rrgh.. Start again 6:41
Found this channel a few weeks ago and have been binge watching it. Absolutely love it! Especially the side projects hahaha
tip: put a rag on the ways under the chuck/part when parting (carefully, of course) so when it doesn't go into your catch bucket, it at least sometimes drops into the rag.
I'd love to see that H&H 5C collet indexer restored. The "bigger beefier" indexer!
All of this Enco stuff you have takes me back. When I started out building my shop I bought a mill and lathe setup that came out of a home shop. The guy bought all of his equipment and tooling from Enco. My lathe is some early-mid 80's Enco 1540 that is actually a 1740.
You are very good at engineering and designing, not to mention the outstanding skills in machining! But i have to tell you this: your handwriting is absolutely beautiful and calligraphic!!❤❤
I'm a bit fustrated here since my handwriting is an absolutely mess😂
That tap rench turned out very well. Hopefully you get great use out of it my friend. For many years to come. Can't wait to see more videos soon. And more side projects. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work. Keep making. God bless.
What a great channel. Real therapeutic. I just discovered this. To the machinist in question: You need to invest something in a laser scriber tool so that you can properly pass the tools you make yourself to the next generation. 👍
That does look beautiful, love seeing all the planning, trial and error that goes into this.
I appreciate that. It's definitely a bit of an adventure going through it the first time
For a time I was running an omax waterjet, we'd use a scanner to get the profile, import the image at 1000dpi, then one pixel was one thousandth. You taking measurements from your screen reminded me of that.
Word of advice, if I may. I avoid sanding parts on my lathes unless I oil (wet) the sandpaper to cut down on the amount of dust and cover the ways and cross slide with either paper or cloth towels. The dust is abrasive and once embedded wears cast iron quickly. You're doing a really good with showing the process that you are going through restoring your grandpa's equipment.
Thanks! I do oil the sand paper but didn't think to cover the ways. You're totally right though! Thanks for the tip!
@@InheritanceMachining I use a board with cleats to cover the ways when sanding. Doubles as a safety platform for chuck changes.
@@flashgordon6238 i have one of those. well sortof. it's just a board. but will do the trick
@@InheritanceMachining It's actually an old oak cabinet door. I just leave it in place as a cover when I'm not using the lathe.
Absolutely awesome work 👏
The quality of your build and your video never ceases to amaze me!
Thank you!
Branden, was channel surfing UA-cam and stumbled across your channel. Been enjoying it very much. Very enjoyable to watch. I’m sure your channel is going to continue to do very well. And I think it’s super cool that you were able to acquire your grandfathers tools. Keep up the great work. Gary
Thanks so much! Welcome!
NO, knurling does not take trial-and-error. If you have a Machinery's Handbook it gives you all the information needed.
But… hear me out, trial and error is more fun.
Its always a pleasure to watch a well taught and intuitive individual work. Thank you for sharing the beautiful story that is your grandfathers workshop and now yours, I cant wait to see what you make next and will try to keep my envy separate as I gawk over your machines. Thanks again!
Haha! Thank you very much!
I wonder what someone maybe inheriting this in the future will think. Seeing how someone spent so much time perfecting a tap wrench.
Hopefully they use it more than I have 😂
Can I hit like more than once. That is a tool to be proud of, every time you use it you and your audience will think "this thing is awesome".
Haha! I really am happy with how it came out. I actually brought it up to the house just to fiddle with then I'm not in the shop
You videos have quickly become one of my favourite 'chill' videos, love the editing and overall vibe.
Ah, great! I appreciate that
I'll admit I'm jealous of something most people won't understand: you show all the parts (minus time...) of making something, including the inconveniences. In my video work, I basically cut from beginning to end of machining stuff, which is where all the fun occurs. Subscribed!
Wow. Your videos and works are just phenomenal. Thank you for putting so much effort into creating these. They're a pleasure to watch.
The pleasure is mine! Thank you!
It's a pleasure to watch your videos, Thank you very much for sharing.
The pleasure is mine! Thank you
Man it seems like grandpa lives within you and is in that shop hanging with you. I've never had a grandpa and I'm sure It was awesome
I'm sorry to hear that. He definitely left a mark on me and who I am today.
I bought a set of the gear wrench taps and thought i had found the best tap wrench ever... then i saw the work of art that you just created. that thing is incredible.
"Watch me power feed this tap to depth"
Good lord man, did you have to flex *that* hard?
That is a beautiful wrench, I really enjoyed this video. Great craftsmanship en beautiful editing!
Thanks for watching!
This is quickly getting to be my absolutely machining channel on UA-cam. Lovely done!
Awesome! Thank you so much!
I have binged all of your videos since I found you a few days ago. Hope all the👍 help. Thanks for making me actually laugh out loud at the spring and the pin leaping for the shelter of the mill shavings.
Wow! Nicely done!
While learning cabinetmaking, I was taught that that key sign of a good woodworker is their ability to fix mistakes.
I wonder if they say the same about machining ;)
Making lathe parts on a lathe? Madness! I mill all those.
Really beautiful work!