Carbide is KING... Sharp carbide tooling is the only way to fly. Just be careful with it, it chips pretty easily and once it's damaged it's borderline useless. WD-40 on cast iron... Never would have thought that was a good cutting fluid for it (it's fantastic for aluminum though!), but I bet it sure keeps the "dust" down. Deep hole drilling on a manual machine nerve wracking on a good day. You did great Matt!
Hi Jeff, I'm definitely preferring the carbide cutters to the old hss ones. Shame my machine can't really go fast enough to use them correctly, but I'm taking very good care of the ones I have. The WD40, it seemed to work 😂. If it helped I don't know. All the best, Matt 👍
Maaaaaate…. At my age, I don’t need all that nail-biting, breath-holding stuff.😅 Can’t wait to see the boring part ( no pun intended). Getting exciting what? Onya Robert
Hi Robert, I hate boring jobs 😬, but I'm getting good at it!! Yes its getting closer to being a real locomotive, which is very exciting. All the best, Matt
That is just the deflection of the drill with the downwards pressure as the drill is very long and thin. The hole is straight though. All the best, Matt 👍
Deep drilling is something I haven't had to do yet. BTW, no need to use WD-40 or really any lubricant on cast iron. The graphite in the cast iron is a more than suitable lubricant.
Is there no stopping this man? I have a feeling the drain cock tappings may well be 1/8" BSP and I think you will need a 19mm drill for the exhaust. (do you need one?) In steam and running by Christmas? Surprised that the suggestion is to drill the drain holes before the bores, with the drill being guided through its length the chances of snapping is very low - each to their own though... (Sounds of drills snapping in South Somerset!) Grum
Yes I will be stopping soon, well maybe the UA-cam videos. I can't remember what size I used now, I'm making steam operated draincocks so this only needs a pipe connector. It will be in steam by Christmas, which one is the question!! All the best, Matt 👍
@@MattChiversWorkshop If you get no chatter or broken cutting tools, fair play, that's were I was coming from my friend. How long until the loco is finished, have you got a timetable or just winging it?
Hopefully if everything goes to plan I'm hoping to have it in steam next year. It is aimed to have it running on air for when the boiler is ready so we go straight onto the top half without much delay. That's the plan, if all goes well 😂. All the best, Matt.
Carbide is KING... Sharp carbide tooling is the only way to fly. Just be careful with it, it chips pretty easily and once it's damaged it's borderline useless.
WD-40 on cast iron... Never would have thought that was a good cutting fluid for it (it's fantastic for aluminum though!), but I bet it sure keeps the "dust" down.
Deep hole drilling on a manual machine nerve wracking on a good day. You did great Matt!
Hi Jeff, I'm definitely preferring the carbide cutters to the old hss ones. Shame my machine can't really go fast enough to use them correctly, but I'm taking very good care of the ones I have.
The WD40, it seemed to work 😂. If it helped I don't know. All the best, Matt 👍
Good one....enjoyed 👍👍
Cheers....ATB.....
Thank You, thats much appreciated. All the best, Matt 👍
Maaaaaate….
At my age, I don’t need all that nail-biting, breath-holding stuff.😅
Can’t wait to see the boring part ( no pun intended).
Getting exciting what?
Onya
Robert
Hi Robert, I hate boring jobs 😬, but I'm getting good at it!! Yes its getting closer to being a real locomotive, which is very exciting. All the best, Matt
The long drill bit definitely wanders over to the right
That is just the deflection of the drill with the downwards pressure as the drill is very long and thin. The hole is straight though. All the best, Matt 👍
Deep drilling is something I haven't had to do yet. BTW, no need to use WD-40 or really any lubricant on cast iron. The graphite in the cast iron is a more than suitable lubricant.
Hi LilMule, it was more a belts and braces approach, I did not want that drill to snap in that hole 😂. All the best, Matt 👍
0:06 Hail and well met! To be fair, sometimes we join you out and about😋
Thank You, much appreciated, I do like being out and about, would be better with my own engine though. All the best, Matt. 👍
Nice work I hate deep drilling 🙄
Is there no stopping this man? I have a feeling the drain cock tappings may well be 1/8" BSP and I think you will need a 19mm drill for the exhaust. (do you need one?) In steam and running by Christmas? Surprised that the suggestion is to drill the drain holes before the bores, with the drill being guided through its length the chances of snapping is very low - each to their own though... (Sounds of drills snapping in South Somerset!) Grum
Yes I will be stopping soon, well maybe the UA-cam videos. I can't remember what size I used now, I'm making steam operated draincocks so this only needs a pipe connector. It will be in steam by Christmas, which one is the question!! All the best, Matt 👍
I can see why these have to be drilled before boring the cylinder as the drill bit might wander if unsupported.
its more the risk of the drill snapping breaking through on the radius of the bore. All the best, Matt 👍
Good episode. Next one will be boring? 😂
Thanks Alan, tbh I thought all my videos were boring, hence my slow progress on UA-cam 😂. All the best, Matt 👍
You would be better keeping the qwill to the top, all the best.
Right on.
Never had an issue. All the best, Matt
@@MattChiversWorkshop If you get no chatter or broken cutting tools, fair play, that's were I was coming from my friend. How long until the loco is finished, have you got a timetable or just winging it?
Hopefully if everything goes to plan I'm hoping to have it in steam next year. It is aimed to have it running on air for when the boiler is ready so we go straight onto the top half without much delay. That's the plan, if all goes well 😂. All the best, Matt.