I feel pretty stupid never having tried that screwdriver trick you did @ 0:30 ... Could've saved me quite a few blades and a lot of anxiety. Great vid as always!
I used to have make split bronze bearing for stamping presses and other applications. We always rough turned and bored and then slit with a slitting saw in a horizontal tal mill. Left a small amount at each end . Finished cutting with a hacksaw and then silver soldered the halves to gether to finish machining. A good whack with a deadblow would pop the halves apart
Cool work... I am considering a different design, a block with two ``adjustable parallel`` style risers on the ends, so it would be a long machine shoe with two adjustment points, rather than a lot of small feet, as my machines are mostly heavy af and large aswell... But for small machines, this is a cool design!
Nice work! But I really think you could have put the extra effort into making a 180 tooth, ratcheting, 30 mm ring spanner, instead 😜 Also, missed your uploads
That sore back from bending over to run machinery. Served my apprenticeship in in the 70s. We had a large variety of different types of machinery. Everything from lathes to jig bores and horizontal boring mills. No Bridgeports though. The worse machines we had to run from an ergonomic point of view were some OD grinders that I think were meant to be run by the vertically challenged. Also when it comes to surface grinders most people are right handed. Most of what you do with the machine is running the table back and forth. So why do most surface grinder manufacturers insist on putting the table travers wheel on the left hand side of the machine. Most of ours (Harigs and DoAlls) had them on the right side. Much more natural to run in my opinion.
Thanks, we'll see what happens with the bolt. i estimate 10 MPa bearing on the concrete, this slab is good for 32 MPa. To a certain extent it may assist to locate the machine, but ill add a bearing plate if it becomes a problem
@@TomMakeHere Im sure your stab is plenty strong, my thinking was if the machine vibrates the bolt like a hammer drill will slowly crumble the concrete immediately under it to dust. All the best
Hello Tom,
Nicely done and worked a treat. Enjoyable viewing, thank you.
Take care.
Paul,,
Thank you! Cheers!
I feel pretty stupid never having tried that screwdriver trick you did @ 0:30 ... Could've saved me quite a few blades and a lot of anxiety. Great vid as always!
Thanks! Usually pipes seem to spring open, but I've heard of stories where they've closed up on a blade too. I do it for good measure
I used to have make split bronze bearing for stamping presses and other applications. We always rough turned and bored and then slit with a slitting saw in a horizontal tal mill. Left a small amount at each end . Finished cutting with a hacksaw and then silver soldered the halves to gether to finish machining. A good whack with a deadblow would pop the halves apart
Cool work... I am considering a different design, a block with two ``adjustable parallel`` style risers on the ends, so it would be a long machine shoe with two adjustment points, rather than a lot of small feet, as my machines are mostly heavy af and large aswell... But for small machines, this is a cool design!
No reason why that wouldn't work. This machine is designed for a 3 point support, so I decided not to reinvent the wheel... this time 😁
Thanks for the shoutout, Tom. And great fix for a problem I don't suffer from. ;) I have to use a stool to get to the drawbar on my Bridgeport. LOL!
No worries!
I can just get to my drawbar on mine. they are awkard machines compared to the little mill I've been using for years
Short benches and machines, the bane of tall folks everywhere 🤣.
Thanks for the quickie 😊.
Cheers!
A quickie now and then can be fun 🤭
Hi Tom, nice little project. Thanks for the sticker shout. Regards Kevin
No worries.
Little is all I can do, I'm struggling with workshop time for myself at the moment
Of course it works! And your spine will be very thankful.
it is so much better to use it now
Nice work Tom.. Where's Jerry?. Maybe u can get him involved in your next video... Lol..
He's sleeping off the cheese he ate earlier 😁
Nice work! But I really think you could have put the extra effort into making a 180 tooth, ratcheting, 30 mm ring spanner, instead 😜
Also, missed your uploads
Hmm, maybe next time. It might be a good opportunity to try out my mill's slotting attachment 😁
Hoping to have another video up early next month!
Good job. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎
Thanks!
That sore back from bending over to run machinery. Served my apprenticeship in in the 70s. We had a large variety of different types of machinery. Everything from lathes to jig bores and horizontal boring mills. No Bridgeports though. The worse machines we had to run from an ergonomic point of view were some OD grinders that I think were meant to be run by the vertically challenged. Also when it comes to surface grinders most people are right handed. Most of what you do with the machine is running the table back and forth. So why do most surface grinder manufacturers insist on putting the table travers wheel on the left hand side of the machine. Most of ours (Harigs and DoAlls) had them on the right side. Much more natural to run in my opinion.
yeah some machines are terrible from an ergonomic point of view. very important for grinders because it is so repetitive to operate them
Great build..I especially liked the simple wrench ya built towards the end
Thanks Craig
I thought the video needed a bit more, so I included the wrench build
Just me but I think I would have put an rubber isolator between the machine frame and the riser blocks.
fair enough, not a silly idea 👍
Cool video, you gained a sub
Awesome, thank you!
Nice one Tom, great angles, lighting, edit - all that good stuff :)
thanks craig 😁
Excellent welding.
Over time will the M20 levelling bolts bury themselves in your concrete floor
Thanks, we'll see what happens with the bolt. i estimate 10 MPa bearing on the concrete, this slab is good for 32 MPa. To a certain extent it may assist to locate the machine, but ill add a bearing plate if it becomes a problem
@@TomMakeHere Im sure your stab is plenty strong, my thinking was if the machine vibrates the bolt like a hammer drill will slowly crumble the concrete immediately under it to dust. All the best
Nice, the spanner particularly.
Thanks!
Mate, nice to see you again! Welcome back online!
ha ha thanks!
trying to remember how to youtube again
is it possable to have the background music go away, please.
I did try to make it subtle
I often don't have music, this video just felt like it needed while editing
Thanks for the feedback
@@TomMakeHere I would rather listen to a machine than music, thanks.
Those are somewhat more biggerer than I imagined from the thumbnail. I expected the bolt to be M8 or something. Nice job!
Thanks! Yeah I didnt want to muck around lol
Nice to have you back in the feed. 👍
Thanks!
More coming next month
What fortuitous timing i need 3 feet for my surface grinder!
I think i only need 2
2 legs so it can walk away 🦵 🦵
oh wow I love the design!
Thanks, there are easier ways to go about this, but it worked with the material I had
Great to see you back!
Thanks! More coming
Good to see you back 👍
Thanks 👍
another video next month hopefully
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Good job
Thanks!