Long time no see. Glad to see you. A great vintage video, showing useful tooling. I helped load furniture in Fern Park, FL last week, from a second floor apartment, it was hot! Sweated so much my sweat stopped stinking. All the water I drank flushed my body clean. LOL
A really useful set of cam locks, there are a lot of mill facing off operations where these will be just the job, now it is up to the workshop to make a set of these, Thanks for posting this ! Chris B.
Hi Chris. I live in Edmond Oklahoma. Right north of Oklahoma City. It has been a rough few weeks. Expecting more. Thanks for thinking of us. God bless my friend. Hope your back gets better soon,
Hello Dale, I have been mortified seeing what's been going on in your area - it hurts to see so much terrible after effects - and it's gone on so long. Hang in there and hope you can manage. Take care.
Hey man, nothing wrong with re-editing previous footage. I look back at some of my earlier videos and wish I could adjust them and tweak them now! These really are cool little clamps, I like the idea and might have to steal it someday.
Hi Chris. Very nice remake of the original video. You found some really nice brass in that old gate valve and turned it into some really useful tooling. It seems we went from winter directly into summer here as well. A tornado tore up Frytown, about 50 miles from here and touchdowns in Iowa City on Friday. No damage here luckily just heavy rain and flooded roads. Hope to see you on the tube again soon! Take care of that back. Mike
Hey Mike. Thanks. Been thinking of you as all the severe weather has been causing mayhem. I guess IA not the worst but even so - the conditions have been widespread and dangerous for way too long. Pretty hot now in PA and even here severe stuff still a risk. One extreme or the other! May well be another 'cheat' or two later on - even if I don't manage a new project - and there are several still on the old back burner. Take care.
Remastering....!!! ;) This edition sounds real good... wish I could do the same with most of my older stuff... At last, over here the weather is getting a little more Spring and Summer like, it took soooo long to get warmth and sun.
Hey Pierre, Thank you. Does take a fair while editing to make a short version but, despite being a bit of a cheat I may re edit one or two others sometime. Your weather has been awful from what I could judge - hope improvements continue but without severe stuff. Too much of that in places right now. Best :)
Gday Chris, welcome back and your looking well mate, I’m glad you did this video because it’s probably one of the only videos of yours I haven’t watched, I really like this clamping system you could get quite a lot of clamping pressure if you really pulled the bolts down hard which sometimes is needed rather then just a normal tighten up, great idea mate, thank you, Matty🇦🇺
Hi Matty, thanks. Looks can be deceptive - but underneath the old problems persist unfortunately. Still - onwards and, I may well redo one or two other old project videos, even if I can't easily manage some new ones. ATB.
We were talking about making up about 50 of these for jigs and fixtures at work; great to see someone else has DIYed them rather than buying them. Also, using round bar instead of hex / square stock will be a nice thing to take back to the boss. Thanks Chris! Also, Emma (of Emma's Spare Room Machine Shop) and some of the group on her livestream were wondering about you the other week; I'm sure she'd love to hear from you! Thanks, Adam
Hi Adam - thanks for dropping in. Well, I'm still the right side of the grass but age factors are limiting me badly - back etc makes standing for long at all a major problem and then other issues too so, hardly managed any shop time for ages. Too hot right now too! One of these days maybe I'll manage something but the toll of years is hard to beat! Best :)
Great vid the second time around! After watching the first video some time ago you convinced me that I needed to make a set of these for myself but I have since forgotten about it. Thank you for reminding me I need to get on this project ASAP! It’s good to see you back
Hi Brandon, thank you. Well hopefully at least this short version cut out all my awful waffle in the original! May be one or two more 'cheats' coming and maybe yet I can manage a new project sometime. Never know.
I started making a set of these way back after your original videos... got side tracked by commission work so this has put a fire under me to finish the job!
Well done Chris, I enjoyed this very much, Harold Hall would be proud for sure, ha ha . Nice refined feel of the video and a great project for anyone who needs a nice low profile set up, cheers!
Very useful clamps! Unusual sequence of machining- e.g. I would have drilled and tapped the T nut holes before separating them. BTW I managed to 'edit' it down to 5 mins without loosing anything important...
Thanks Randy - yes 'remastering' - a synonym for 'cheat'. I may yet do one or two others - at least it can cut out much of my dreadful waffle! :) Take care.
Thank you Terry. May well be one or two more 'revisited'' cheats in the future, although still have new projects I'd like to work on if I could manage. Hope your conditions there are OK - seems today is our turn up here for bad stuff.
Chris, you should try a incline table for your back, I have one and it works for a short time but it will get you through a time you need, some times I use it a couple times a day.It works but is not foolproof.
Hi Mike - actually have tried that some time ago. Not overly helpful sadly - as soon as weight bearing again the problems persist. Thanks for the mention though. :)
Nice job. Always satisfying to turn scrap into something useful. But, there's always a but hanging around somewhere. There is one thing I do not like about this type of clamp the way people usually make them. A d that is how they lock in place one the table. On a larger mill it should not be a problem but on smaller hobbiest machines I feel there is the possibility of over stressing the tee slot it is my opinion that such clamps if made longer would work better and be more secure to the table if they would be fastened in place with a SHCS an a heavy washer around the same thickness as the eccentric clamping element. This way the clamp body instead of being hold in place with a set screw* forcing the clamp body against the top of the tee slot it would be held in compression against the top of the tee slot and the washer would help prevent possible distortion of the surface of the table. I also happen to think anytime studs are used with strap clamps if at all possible the studs sould have a nut and heavy washer securing the stud and tee nut (the stud should never project below the tee nut) so that the clamping forces when you tighten the nut on the clamp place only the section of the stud above the nut u der a tension load. I've seen mill tables that had obvious high spots on the table from studs being over tightened. When I was still running industrial mills I always kept a set of heavy 1/2 inch washers about 2 inches in diameter and at least .250 thick for mill set-ups. The washers actually were used to secure the harmonics IC balances to the nose end of crankshafts so they where heat treated and ground most likely on a double wheel face grinder of the type that Mattison built before they got used out of business. But that's another story.
Hi - many thanks for your detailed comments. You are dead right re over stressing T slots. Something I take care to avoid and often am careful over choice of length of bolt for specific application. I like your suggestion regarding washers. Thanks again. ATB :)
@@ChrisB257 The other nice thing about doing it the way he's suggesting is that you can use that to create a ledge for your part to sit on while milling, allowing clearance for getting a drill point all the way through a hole.
Hi Chris I think on some older videos you said you had some back problems (pain) I have been in pain for about a year that I don't go out to the shop much. how did you fix.doc. don't know what it is any suggestions if it was you.
Hi Oscar - yes, the back problem goes back decades and mix that now with old age - it's very limiting and unlikely to improve - no fix available. Hope to still make the occasional video though, even if another ''cheat'' ! Best.
Hi really in joy you Chanel. I am 70 years old and what to start this as a hobby. I fuss my questions are what next after you finish making tools for the shop. Are you a hobby guy or is this your profession.
Hi Santo - thank you. I used to do this as part of my work long ago but now it has been more hobby much of the time. I am 75 with bad back and so these days not much shop time because can't stand long.
@@ChrisB257 started up a channel I am not to good at this video and editing YET! but I am persistent and will get better if you have time check it out. ua-cam.com/channels/k984Ea9fDVrI9IgdXMUZTQ.html
Hi Anthony - watched your indicator repair - good result. Overall a pretty good video - my main comment might be, try to avoid phone footage in the vertical - use horizontal if feasible. You're doing good. :)
@@ChrisB257 thanks did not know about that when that video was made some have been made a while just now learning how to upload and edit.It will take me some time to get it all down but i am persistent. Thanks for your help
Hi Robert, Still struggling with my bad back so shop time been very limited for ages. Hoping to do a review in near future if I can stand long enough! Hope you are enjoying Oz. :)
Long time no see. Glad to see you. A great vintage video, showing useful tooling. I helped load furniture in Fern Park, FL last week, from a second floor apartment, it was hot! Sweated so much my sweat stopped stinking. All the water I drank flushed my body clean. LOL
Thanks - good to see you too. Oh my - too much sweat for stinking! Not sure I ever managed that LOL. ATB.
A really useful set of cam locks, there are a lot of mill facing off operations where these will be just the job, now it is up to the workshop to make a set of these, Thanks for posting this ! Chris B.
Hi Chris, thanks - those don't get used a huge lot but when needed are great. One of those things just nice to have on hand. ATB.
Hi Chris. I live in Edmond Oklahoma. Right north of Oklahoma City. It has been a rough few weeks. Expecting more. Thanks for thinking of us. God bless my friend. Hope your back gets better soon,
Hello Dale,
I have been mortified seeing what's been going on in your area - it hurts to see so much terrible after effects - and it's gone on so long. Hang in there and hope you can manage. Take care.
Hey man, nothing wrong with re-editing previous footage. I look back at some of my earlier videos and wish I could adjust them and tweak them now! These really are cool little clamps, I like the idea and might have to steal it someday.
Hi Everett - thanks. You may have to put up with one or two more cheats sometime, unless I get into a new project if i can. :) ATB
these are the videos that caught my eye and been watching ever since
Thank you Bill. :)
Hi Chris. Very nice remake of the original video. You found some really nice brass in that old gate valve and turned it into some really useful tooling. It seems we went from winter directly into summer here as well. A tornado tore up Frytown, about 50 miles from here and touchdowns in Iowa City on Friday. No damage here luckily just heavy rain and flooded roads. Hope to see you on the tube again soon! Take care of that back. Mike
Hey Mike. Thanks. Been thinking of you as all the severe weather has been causing mayhem. I guess IA not the worst but even so - the conditions have been widespread and dangerous for way too long. Pretty hot now in PA and even here severe stuff still a risk. One extreme or the other! May well be another 'cheat' or two later on - even if I don't manage a new project - and there are several still on the old back burner. Take care.
Remastering....!!! ;)
This edition sounds real good... wish I could do the same with most of my older stuff...
At last, over here the weather is getting a little more Spring and Summer like, it took soooo long to get warmth and sun.
Hey Pierre,
Thank you. Does take a fair while editing to make a short version but, despite being a bit of a cheat I may re edit one or two others sometime. Your weather has been awful from what I could judge - hope improvements continue but without severe stuff. Too much of that in places right now. Best :)
Gday Chris, welcome back and your looking well mate, I’m glad you did this video because it’s probably one of the only videos of yours I haven’t watched, I really like this clamping system you could get quite a lot of clamping pressure if you really pulled the bolts down hard which sometimes is needed rather then just a normal tighten up, great idea mate, thank you, Matty🇦🇺
Hi Matty, thanks. Looks can be deceptive - but underneath the old problems persist unfortunately. Still - onwards and, I may well redo one or two other old project videos, even if I can't easily manage some new ones. ATB.
We were talking about making up about 50 of these for jigs and fixtures at work; great to see someone else has DIYed them rather than buying them. Also, using round bar instead of hex / square stock will be a nice thing to take back to the boss. Thanks Chris!
Also, Emma (of Emma's Spare Room Machine Shop) and some of the group on her livestream were wondering about you the other week; I'm sure she'd love to hear from you!
Thanks,
Adam
Hi Adam - thanks for dropping in. Well, I'm still the right side of the grass but age factors are limiting me badly - back etc makes standing for long at all a major problem and then other issues too so, hardly managed any shop time for ages. Too hot right now too! One of these days maybe I'll manage something but the toll of years is hard to beat! Best :)
@@ChrisB257 hopefully the weather and the body give you some relief soon! Until then, take care!
Great to see you back !! stay well and look forward to some more stunning vids, Mike
Hi Mike.
Thank you - may cheat again and re-do one or two older projects. At least get the occasional video out. :)
Hi Chris, I missed your first video on the low profile clamps, enjoyed this one, it showed everything one must know in a reasonable time.
Cheers
Hi Noel,
Thank you - well this version was at least lacking all the excessive chit-chat the old one had! Regards.
Great vid the second time around! After watching the first video some time ago you convinced me that I needed to make a set of these for myself but I have since forgotten about it. Thank you for reminding me I need to get on this project ASAP! It’s good to see you back
Hi Brandon, thank you. Well hopefully at least this short version cut out all my awful waffle in the original! May be one or two more 'cheats' coming and maybe yet I can manage a new project sometime. Never know.
I started making a set of these way back after your original videos... got side tracked by commission work so this has put a fire under me to finish the job!
Hi Matt, thanks. Well at least this video has cut out all my excessive waffle that was in the original!! Yes, go finish making yours! :)
@@ChrisB257 just finished making the double Tee slot nuts!
Go Matt go!! :)
Very useful design for small bench mills, and excellent end result! Don't mind watching a video like this again - you kept the good parts.
Hi Daniel - hopefully yes - only the useful bits - avoiding all my excessive chat in the original!! :)
Good to see you again. I made tue cam clamp the first time out. Still enjoyer the video thoigh.
Thanks Roy - well at least this ''cheat'' version was leaving out all my terrible waffle! :) ATB
It's good to see you again, Chris. I'm interested in clamping, good video!
Hi Jeffry - thanks and, good to see you too.
Well done Chris, I enjoyed this very much, Harold Hall would be proud for sure, ha ha . Nice refined feel of the video and a great project for anyone who needs a nice low profile set up, cheers!
Hi - thank you. Well at least this very abbreviated version avoided the rather excessive waffle in my original!! :) ATB
Enjoyed The Video,Chris!Good idea for the clamps with the setscrews.Good to see you in it,God Bless!
Hello Joe - not used often but these were well worth making to have on hand. All best. :)
Brilliant Chris, I also enjoyed the background music, nice to see you back! Cheers, Doug
Hello Doug - thanks. Back but with a cheat! Until I manage a new project sometime I may revisit one or two other old project videos. :)
Yes I watched it again I think this makes five or six times, I find something new that I missed.
Thanks Sam! Actually that was one of my very favorite projects, long ago. :)
I like these clamps, the shortened version seems very adequate to show the process!
I hope your back is doing better, or at least not getting worse!
Thank you John. Back is soldiering on, just! ATB.
Very much enjoyed! Great to see you again, Chris! Thanks :-)
Looks like I missed this - thanks Dale. Hope to still manage the occasional video when I can.
Very useful clamps!
Unusual sequence of machining- e.g. I would have drilled and tapped the T nut holes before separating them.
BTW I managed to 'edit' it down to 5 mins without loosing anything important...
Hi Mike - ''more than one way to skin a cat"! Yes, that would have worked. :)
Glad to see you again Chris, I will call you.
Hi Terry - thanks for dropping by. Chat with you later - hope you are surviving bad weather.
Thanks for posting this video. I'm going to make a set of these.
Thank you Lonnie - I think they'd be a useful addition to your shop even though they don't get used a lot. Great to have when needed. :)
Nice clamps. I call it digital remastering. All ok.
Thanks Randy - yes 'remastering' - a synonym for 'cheat'. I may yet do one or two others - at least it can cut out much of my dreadful waffle! :) Take care.
Thank you.
Lance & Patrick.
And, thank you too :)
Very useful clamps. Glad you picked this video.
Thank you Terry. May well be one or two more 'revisited'' cheats in the future, although still have new projects I'd like to work on if I could manage. Hope your conditions there are OK - seems today is our turn up here for bad stuff.
Very neat clamps, thinking of making something similar to these for a horizontal
Thank you :)
I missed this video. Great vid!
Thanks Paul. :)
Bring it on! Do more revisited vids,Good job
Hi Tim,
Thanks - may well be one or two more revisited 'cheat' type videos! :)
Very nice work Chris, enjoyable video.
Thank you Ray - I may yet have to resort to another 'revisited' type video!
Chris, you should try a incline table for your back, I have one and it works for a short time but it will get you through a time you need, some times I use it a couple times a day.It works but is not foolproof.
Hi Mike - actually have tried that some time ago. Not overly helpful sadly - as soon as weight bearing again the problems persist. Thanks for the mention though. :)
2 things, what all the others have about good to see you up and about. Second, thanks pal, you just increased my tuit list, dammit.😉
ATB
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Haha - well Chris, you'll never lose the 'round tuit'. ! Thanks for swinging by. :)
Good to see you again
Thank you :)
Very succinct and to the point. An inspriation
Thank you Rex :)
Good to see you Chris!
Hi Glenn - thanks. Good to see you too. :)
Nice job. Always satisfying to turn scrap into something useful. But, there's always a but hanging around somewhere. There is one thing I do not like about this type of clamp the way people usually make them. A d that is how they lock in place one the table. On a larger mill it should not be a problem but on smaller hobbiest machines I feel there is the possibility of over stressing the tee slot it is my opinion that such clamps if made longer would work better and be more secure to the table if they would be fastened in place with a SHCS an a heavy washer around the same thickness as the eccentric clamping element. This way the clamp body instead of being hold in place with a set screw* forcing the clamp body against the top of the tee slot it would be held in compression against the top of the tee slot and the washer would help prevent possible distortion of the surface of the table. I also happen to think anytime studs are used with strap clamps if at all possible the studs sould have a nut and heavy washer securing the stud and tee nut (the stud should never project below the tee nut) so that the clamping forces when you tighten the nut on the clamp place only the section of the stud above the nut u der a tension load. I've seen mill tables that had obvious high spots on the table from studs being over tightened. When I was still running industrial mills I always kept a set of heavy 1/2 inch washers about 2 inches in diameter and at least .250 thick for mill set-ups. The washers actually were used to secure the harmonics IC balances to the nose end of crankshafts so they where heat treated and ground most likely on a double wheel face grinder of the type that Mattison built before they got used out of business. But that's another story.
Hi - many thanks for your detailed comments. You are dead right re over stressing T slots. Something I take care to avoid and often am careful over choice of length of bolt for specific application. I like your suggestion regarding washers. Thanks again. ATB :)
@@ChrisB257 The other nice thing about doing it the way he's suggesting is that you can use that to create a ledge for your part to sit on while milling, allowing clearance for getting a drill point all the way through a hole.
Thanks- good point. :)
Thanks Chris!
Thanks to you John :)
Hi Chris I think on some older videos you said you had some back problems (pain) I have been in pain for about a year that I don't go out to the shop much. how did you fix.doc. don't know what it is any suggestions if it was you.
Hi Oscar - yes, the back problem goes back decades and mix that now with old age - it's very limiting and unlikely to improve - no fix available. Hope to still make the occasional video though, even if another ''cheat'' ! Best.
Pretty simple design there ! Put that on “the list” that seems to only grow longer by the .. 🤭
That is a very nice mill accessory. I have intended to copy that since the original video, just too lazy I guess.
Hello Harold, thanks. Well, you have had plenty of other projects to keep you busy! :)
Great idea for a clamp , Cheers .
Thank you Max. :)
This was not a bad idea at all, I really liked this video it came out more than well.
Thanks Chris. :)
I somehow missed this one , I have watched every vid on your channel , Or I thought I did ..LOL. ENJOYED !!
Thanks Shawn - well, hopefully this short version cut out all my original waffle! :)
@@ChrisB257 No , I enjoyed it .. I went back and watched them ..
fuck yes! hope all is well my friend!
Hi Thiago - well, managing just about thanks :)
Thank you for sharing. Great job.
Thanks for watching :)
Outstanding
Thank you :)
Brilliant. I need to make these as well!
this is a grate idea thank you for showing us
Thanks Dan - it's a project that has proved very useful at times.
very much enjoyed that thank you sir.
Thanks for the kind remarks. :)
EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT WELL DONE VIDEO AND CREATION
Many thanks for watching. :)
Very good thanks for the inspiration :-)
Thank you :)
Thanks video ..something we can do in home shop...and save a few bucks...priced these ..my time is free and my scavenged materials are too
Nice, I like the design!
Thank you.
Very nice.
Hi really in joy you Chanel. I am 70 years old and what to start this as a hobby. I fuss my questions are what next after you finish making tools for the shop. Are you a hobby guy or is this your profession.
Hi Santo - thank you. I used to do this as part of my work long ago but now it has been more hobby much of the time. I am 75 with bad back and so these days not much shop time because can't stand long.
Why not drill and tap the T-nuts while it was a full length bar? Bandsaw last.
Indeed, that would be an option but I preferred to have a finished T-nut first before drilling/tapping. :)
Good job and a great idea thank you
Thanks Raymond.
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love it
Thank you.
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Watching in Alabama
Hi Anthony - thanks for dropping by. :)
@@ChrisB257 started up a channel I am not to good at this video and editing YET! but I am persistent and will get better if you have time check it out.
ua-cam.com/channels/k984Ea9fDVrI9IgdXMUZTQ.html
Hi Anthony - watched your indicator repair - good result. Overall a pretty good video - my main comment might be, try to avoid phone footage in the vertical - use horizontal if feasible.
You're doing good. :)
@@ChrisB257 thanks did not know about that when that video was made some have been made a while just now learning how to upload and edit.It will take me some time to get it all down but i am persistent. Thanks for your help
I like
Thanks Richard. :)
Hows Life Chris ,,, Hope your well mate ,, ex pat (herne bay Kent ) Now living in Australia
Hi Robert,
Still struggling with my bad back so shop time been very limited for ages. Hoping to do a review in near future if I can stand long enough! Hope you are enjoying Oz. :)
Put a thin plate between the table and the cup point..be kind ;-) Good Video!
Hi, thanks - well that would be an answer but the removal of the cup point does make for a large surface area and no apparent damage to table.
Good work, subscribed. If you want more subs, feel free to embed your video on our homemade tools forum; looks like you're one of us :-)
Hi Jon - thanks. Must admit, laziness is the problem - really should try and add some stuff on your great site. Regards, Chris
Me gusta mucho....
Thank you.
FAB idea. M
Thank you Mark.