Nice video again, I am enjoying your style of presentation, as well as the actual craft skills. I am looking forward to part three, so that the nostalgia can continue. Thanks again for your effort, and in sharing. Take care, and best wishes.
Your presentation of your videos make it seem like they’re documentaries, like a modern take of the old TV Show, “The Secret Life of Machines”. Very informative and well done.
Now that I can see the machine in more detail all I can say is WOW, what a find! Even the screws and nuts haven’t been rounded over by someone using the wrong size wrench. That thing is in Gorgeous condition. Someone really loved that thing. I don’t mind telling you that I’m quite excited to see this thing being cleaned and tuned up. I find myself tensing up for fear of a part being dropped. That plate was definitely cut on a shaper. A much larger shaper, ha.
Thanks David 👍 I have to say it's a privilege to work on such a nicely put together machine! All the nuts and bolts come loose with just the right amount of force and a satisfying crack. It looked a bit of a mess when I first got it but under the grease and grime there is Gold!
I really love this hand shaper. Im a journeyman tool and die maker here in the US and really appreciate where we came from. Let me also express my jelousy for only having a primary set of tools in a single measurement system!! Lol
@@Ataraxia_Atom Lol, I can safely say that this is the first time I have ever got to use that whitworth spanner that I have kept lurking in my tool chest my whole life 😂 Really glad I kept it!
For the first pass, sometimes it makes more sense to go over the whole surface and then do another perpendicular pass. Somehow it makes the marking more reliable. Also, consider some precision-ground flat stones. They're not needed at the rough stages but they're a good addition to the shop.
I'm very excited to see how the scraping comes out! When you measured the table flatness in relation to the ram, couldn't the 4 thou rise in the table be from the ram dropping in its dovetails as its weight moves ahead of the ways? The flatness measurement might get better once the ram is scraped in.
Those changes won’t matter. They’re so small. In fact I’d love to see you use the same setup on an actual piece of wood (maybe pine or beechwood) and I’ll bet the wood would show how uneven a freshly planed piece is proving that even the wood itself has inconsistency. I hope that made sense.
Well I loved that video I haven’t seen metal scraping for nearly fifty years! I am fairly sure the treads are Whitworth I know this thread standard is renowned for smooth operation and retaining oil - it was originally designed for the Royal Navy I believe and they got it right from first principles. I stripped my 1957 Austin suspension out and every bolt was clean and perfect after sixty years in salt> I am glad to have found a fellow geek to relish the ease of disassembly - normal people just stare at me and go back to the previous subject! Keep up the good work!
@@radboogie Another thing I know is the that Whitworth threads are definitely wet assembled they have a light oiling - but you must be careful of blind holes and hydraulic locking! The oil is thinned with paraffin and has lanolin added to it to combat rust and moisture, you could make your own by diluting something like wax oil in paraffin and adding oil warming it slightly and stirring. My recipe is 40% paraffin 40% used engine oil 10% ATF and 10% wax works very well if you thin it with white spirit you can also use it as anti-seize fluid - used to make the stuff…
@@colinwest5294 thanks Colin, really fascinating 👍 Not sure I'm brave enough to try the home brew recipe but will probably put it back together with some Copaslip.
Could you imagine today, a company selling you the barest bones of a machining device and saying; "You get to make it work". The outrage that'd ensue would put that company out of business within days.
That's right although scraping in general is good for oil retention. Flaking was often done as a cosmetic finish, mainly to promote sales of machines. Each scraping hand would have their own style of flaking and some even flaked logos into the finished work by working the scraper from different angles.
Nice video again, I am enjoying your style of presentation, as well as the actual craft skills. I am looking forward to part three, so that the nostalgia can continue. Thanks again for your effort, and in sharing. Take care, and best wishes.
Thanks Norman, glad you liked it. Hoping to get the next part up soon - too many projects 👍
Your presentation of your videos make it seem like they’re documentaries, like a modern take of the old TV Show, “The Secret Life of Machines”. Very informative and well done.
Thanks Eddie, much appreciated 👍
Because of the part 2 video I now subscribed. Please upload part 3 in the near future 🙏
@@Frank-Thoresen thanks Frank, will do 👍
Now that I can see the machine in more detail all I can say is WOW, what a find! Even the screws and nuts haven’t been rounded over by someone using the wrong size wrench. That thing is in Gorgeous condition. Someone really loved that thing.
I don’t mind telling you that I’m quite excited to see this thing being cleaned and tuned up. I find myself tensing up for fear of a part being dropped.
That plate was definitely cut on a shaper. A much larger shaper, ha.
Thanks David 👍 I have to say it's a privilege to work on such a nicely put together machine! All the nuts and bolts come loose with just the right amount of force and a satisfying crack. It looked a bit of a mess when I first got it but under the grease and grime there is Gold!
Everybody loves a cliffhanger. Good stuff 😊
No idea I was interested in this sort of thing, but you're hugely engaging, a joy to listen to and I'm hooked😂. Thanks chap.
Thanks Matt, much appreciated 👍🏼
I really love this hand shaper. Im a journeyman tool and die maker here in the US and really appreciate where we came from.
Let me also express my jelousy for only having a primary set of tools in a single measurement system!! Lol
@@Ataraxia_Atom Lol, I can safely say that this is the first time I have ever got to use that whitworth spanner that I have kept lurking in my tool chest my whole life 😂 Really glad I kept it!
For the first pass, sometimes it makes more sense to go over the whole surface and then do another perpendicular pass. Somehow it makes the marking more reliable. Also, consider some precision-ground flat stones. They're not needed at the rough stages but they're a good addition to the shop.
Another great video Richard, lovely bit of work, please keep them coming, very very enjoyable, Regards, Mike from Cornwall .
@@jardine1able Cheers Mike! Will do 👍
I'm very excited to see how the scraping comes out! When you measured the table flatness in relation to the ram, couldn't the 4 thou rise in the table be from the ram dropping in its dovetails as its weight moves ahead of the ways? The flatness measurement might get better once the ram is scraped in.
Good point, I will re-measure it when it's all back together and see if some of the play can be tweaked out.
Those changes won’t matter. They’re so small. In fact I’d love to see you use the same setup on an actual piece of wood (maybe pine or beechwood) and I’ll bet the wood would show how uneven a freshly planed piece is proving that even the wood itself has inconsistency. I hope that made sense.
Did I miss it? Did you say what kind of blue that is your are using?
Stuart's Micrometer blue, there's an Amazon link in the description 👍
Do you think the fasteners were installed with some anti seize perhaps copper, graphite, grease?
The fasteners definitely seemed to all have wet threads, it seems to have been lovingly assembled. 👍
Well I loved that video I haven’t seen metal scraping for nearly fifty years! I am fairly sure the treads are Whitworth I know this thread standard is renowned for smooth operation and retaining oil - it was originally designed for the Royal Navy I believe and they got it right from first principles. I stripped my 1957 Austin suspension out and every bolt was clean and perfect after sixty years in salt> I am glad to have found a fellow geek to relish the ease of disassembly - normal people just stare at me and go back to the previous subject! Keep up the good work!
@@colinwest5294 That's really interesting, thanks for sharing Colin 👍
@@radboogie Another thing I know is the that Whitworth threads are definitely wet assembled they have a light oiling - but you must be careful of blind holes and hydraulic locking! The oil is thinned with paraffin and has lanolin added to it to combat rust and moisture, you could make your own by diluting something like wax oil in paraffin and adding oil warming it slightly and stirring. My recipe is 40% paraffin 40% used engine oil 10% ATF and 10% wax works very well if you thin it with white spirit you can also use it as anti-seize fluid - used to make the stuff…
@@colinwest5294 thanks Colin, really fascinating 👍 Not sure I'm brave enough to try the home brew recipe but will probably put it back together with some Copaslip.
Seems that the table uses 4 bolts at a time and just came with 2.
Could you imagine today, a company selling you the barest bones of a machining device and saying; "You get to make it work". The outrage that'd ensue would put that company out of business within days.
I reckon that's what happened with my Chinese mini lathe Bob, it's more like a do it yourself kit than a ready to use tool 😂
You mean flaking on the table
Flaking is a subset of scraping and is a finishing technique.
@@radboogie mainly to trap a oil film if im not to wrong
That's right although scraping in general is good for oil retention. Flaking was often done as a cosmetic finish, mainly to promote sales of machines. Each scraping hand would have their own style of flaking and some even flaked logos into the finished work by working the scraper from different angles.