Your great. I love your videos, and, you have balls of steel. The surface plate in the high speed lathe is proof alone. The interrupted cuts and mounting is a nightmare and trip to the hospital for certain. Good job. Pretty sure no one will copy this anytime soon. Great work.
I am a hobbyist who has had a few things cast in iron and bronze and then machined them. I always like to see how real machinists set up and machine castings.
Well that was an impressive little bunch of machining. Your toolpost grinder setup is quite the perfect solution for when you dont have the right tooling. Like they say no matter how stupid it might look, if it works it isn't stupid. Great job sir. I aspire to make such great castings as you do.
Man... You took the words from my mouth. I havent had an appreciation for cast iron like i have now after watching Luckygen's videos. My new favorite metal foundry channel.
Love all aspects of what you do, I am glad to see your lathe in use on a video as well as love the "Tool Post Grinder". With a tilt on that you can grind threads if you choose, just dress the wheel to suit. All very ingenious! Cheers from John, Australia.
Yes I know they can, I am in the process of building a special purpose multi function tool that will also be able to do aspects of my lathe grinding and fine drilling. John.
Well done! I've got the same problem with my vise but in my case the nut just fell apart. Being unable to melt and pour cast iron I have made a new one by welding it out of several flat pieces same thickness as the pitch of the thread%) It works so far.
Not criticising and I don't know it you have a mill. Surface plates are usually made with three feet so they cannot rock. You could mill the webs a little later. All the best from a fellow Colchester owner.
luckygen1001 It is a Bantam. 5.625 centre height, so 11" swing. It was built to order for me in the late 70s. Still a nice machine. Thanks for your casting videos, I have a stainless beer keg on one side to build a furnace and a copy of Artful Bodger's book.
Really interesting project and great problem solving. Question, could you have rotated the tool-post counterclockwise to catch those corners and made it all in one pass?Love the gap bed lathe!
Great video. Another option is to fit the job to an angle plate on the saddle and fir a fly cutter in the chuck?. You going to hand scrape the surface plate?
What Colchester is that? A Triumph? I have one and love it. Very nice castings and they seem to machine very nicely. Cast iron is so expensive to buy in bar stock. No idea why. So I wouldn't mind making my own.
I would have machined the flat flange first to have a reference surface, then marked out the hole on a surface plate with a height gauge and center punched it, then set up in the 4jaw with a wiggler. But I guess you didn't need to be super precise. Whatever works.
"fast and dirty" practical solutions! Would it be possible to have just set the tool post square to the Chuck, and used a left handed tool to cut the entire face? Or would that tend to chatter more by having the screw lashes and thrusts at parralel and perpendicular rather than "Chevron" relationships? Or would the cutting load tend to rip the tool out of the "back" face of the tool post?
If you do not have enough travel on the cross slide then the tool post has to repositioned to machine the whole face. If I had a cup shaped wheel in the angle grinder and it was located exactly in the right position then it could do it in one pass.
I also have a colchester. 13x36. But no gap bed, and no metric threads. I keep the change gear set for the lower tpi. Always have to double check the threads to make sure i dont mess up. What percentage of ferrosilicon do you feel necessary to produce the gray cast, when using disk brake rotors?
It had me fooled for a while that gear had to be changed. I'm not sure as yet on how much ferrosilicon will be needed for rotors but will use a lot more the next time around.
Funny, here in Australia, it is a vice. To me, I pronounce vise, as in "advise". Ah well, does it really matter. like the American Sodder when saying solder.
In my opinion, making parts you're going to use is the pinnacle of casting. Loved watching it.
Thank you for watching!
Your great. I love your videos, and, you have balls of steel. The surface plate in the high speed lathe is proof alone. The interrupted cuts and mounting is a nightmare and trip to the hospital for certain.
Good job. Pretty sure no one will copy this anytime soon.
Great work.
You obviously are not a machinist
A+ - that's a monster lathe. One really has no idea how difficult all of that is until one tries to do it.
Always a pleasure to see your videos, can't wait to see that plate finished!
Keep them coming. All the best!
You are a very resourceful man, and you get your job done. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
I am a hobbyist who has had a few things cast in iron and bronze and then machined them. I always like to see how real machinists set up and machine castings.
I'm alway's happy to see your instructing video.
I'm watching them all.
Kind regards
Thank you for watching!
Well that was an impressive little bunch of machining. Your toolpost grinder setup is quite the perfect solution for when you dont have the right tooling. Like they say no matter how stupid it might look, if it works it isn't stupid.
Great job sir. I aspire to make such great castings as you do.
Another great video. Thank you for sharing your time to make it. Liked the suface plate.
That turned out awesome. I'm having a whole new respect on cast iron. And I've got tons of it now from old disc rotors.
Man... You took the words from my mouth. I havent had an appreciation for cast iron like i have now after watching Luckygen's videos. My new favorite metal foundry channel.
Thanks for your many excellent videos
That is an incredible project! I hope you'll post a video showing the plate after it has been finish ground.
HA! Angle grinder in the tool post. You are a BOSS! Very nice.
That plate in the lathe had a distinct ‘widowmaker’ look to it! 😳. Nice work as always!
“Reasonably good”. In your lingo means “freakin fantastic” in my lingo
Just stumbled upon your channel and I am pleasantly surprised!! Love it!!
Looks like you have a lot more skill than I could ever amass!
Nice toolin' buddy! :D
Thanks for the machining tips!! Another great video
Love all aspects of what you do, I am glad to see your lathe in use on a video as well as love the "Tool Post Grinder". With a tilt on that you can grind threads if you choose, just dress the wheel to suit. All very ingenious!
Cheers from John, Australia.
Grinders can be very useful in a lathe.
Yes I know they can, I am in the process of building a special purpose multi function tool that will also be able to do aspects of my lathe grinding and fine drilling. John.
Sure have had a lot of moments when i wish i had a surface plate and a height gauge;.... thanks for another nice video.
Well done! I've got the same problem with my vise but in my case the nut just fell apart. Being unable to melt and pour cast iron I have made a new one by welding it out of several flat pieces same thickness as the pitch of the thread%) It works so far.
Great stuff as always Lucky.
I am uploading another machining video as we speak.
This is amazing. Make more please.
Those Colchester lathes are good ole machines .
Mine was made in 1966 so you can say it is old.
luckygen1001 I have the Triumph 7 1/2. . Not shure what year but close to the same age
I love your videos. Can you do one on your furnace for melting? Show how to build one.
Very good workmanship ty
If you haven't got enough travel on the cross slide you just need to turn the compound parallel and wind it out a bit
Not criticising and I don't know it you have a mill. Surface plates are usually made with three feet so they cannot rock. You could mill the webs a little later. All the best from a fellow Colchester owner.
My Colchester is a 13" lathe what size is yours?
luckygen1001 It is a Bantam. 5.625 centre height, so 11" swing. It was built to order for me in the late 70s. Still a nice machine. Thanks for your casting videos, I have a stainless beer keg on one side to build a furnace and a copy of Artful Bodger's book.
Really interesting project and great problem solving. Question, could you have rotated the tool-post counterclockwise to catch those corners and made it all in one pass?Love the gap bed lathe!
No matter which way the tool post is rotated I cannot do it in one pass.
Don't have a planer, no problem I will just make one with an angle grinder. Brilliant.
There is more than one use for a angle grinder.
Great video. Another option is to fit the job to an angle plate on the saddle and fir a fly cutter in the chuck?. You going to hand scrape the surface plate?
That will work but I am not sure how well a fly cutter that large will go because it will tend to bend a lot.
What Colchester is that? A Triumph? I have one and love it.
Very nice castings and they seem to machine very nicely.
Cast iron is so expensive to buy in bar stock. No idea why. So I wouldn't mind making my own.
It is a master. This why I pour my own cast iron it is closer to the shape I want and a LOT cheaper.
Nice work
I would have machined the flat flange first to have a reference surface, then marked out the hole on a surface plate with a height gauge and center punched it, then set up in the 4jaw with a wiggler. But I guess you didn't need to be super precise. Whatever works.
Hi love your work I’m in sth east Melbourne would love to meet you and learn some of this..
good work
I see a project on the horizon. A tool post grinder
"fast and dirty" practical solutions! Would it be possible to have just set the tool post square to the Chuck, and used a left handed tool to cut the entire face? Or would that tend to chatter more by having the screw lashes and thrusts at parralel and perpendicular rather than "Chevron" relationships? Or would the cutting load tend to rip the tool out of the "back" face of the tool post?
If you do not have enough travel on the cross slide then the tool post has to repositioned to machine the whole face. If I had a cup shaped wheel in the angle grinder and it was located exactly in the right position then it could do it in one pass.
I loved this video then it ended :( did you surface grind it afterwards or scrape it , you left us hanging ,shame lol
I also have a colchester. 13x36. But no gap bed, and no metric threads. I keep the change gear set for the lower tpi. Always have to double check the threads to make sure i dont mess up. What percentage of ferrosilicon do you feel necessary to produce the gray cast, when using disk brake rotors?
It had me fooled for a while that gear had to be changed. I'm not sure as yet on how much ferrosilicon will be needed for rotors but will use a lot more the next time around.
Please do videos on stainless steel
I don't need anything cast in stainless steel.
Could you have started from the far side and worked to the center with a reverse rotation? Or would it not reach that side either with that setup?
Shain Andrews c
No it would not.
Muito bom trabalho !
obrigado!
How much would you charge to cast a surface plate for me? I have a 12 inch lathe so keep that in mind. I will pay you well
I only pour castings for myself.
whats is the purpose of this part? what will it be?
ua-cam.com/video/bigRVHfOvvA/v-deo.html&feature=share has Abom explain what a surface plate is used for.
Muito bom !
Have you melted 713 inconel or know how?
No I have never tried to melt 713 Inconel.
Vise. Vice is an undesirable diversion.
Thanks for that so I changed it to S instead of C
Funny, here in Australia, it is a vice. To me, I pronounce vise, as in "advise". Ah well, does it really matter. like the American Sodder when saying solder.