I remember 6-7 years ago I got to visit a shop in PA called Kuhn tool and die, incredible shop. It was my first real view into a machine shop. I'm pretty sure they are the same people that make that clearview dresser. It's pretty neat getting to see it in use, thanks for sharing Adam.
Very informative video! Thank you. Regarding the audio, the fidelity is quite good but, on my computer, the volume is a bit low, even when it's turned up to "11" . That said, it could be that I had too many years around compressed air blasts. Thanks again.
I loved using Erowa fixturing....so accurate and repeatable. Used to use the herman Schmidt dresser too. The clearview lens works...at least until some idiot turns the dresser around on the chuck and sandblasts the lens.
I saw that UA-cam quickly removed your video you made of the production of that outstanding device similar to the one created by John Browning in 1911. Since UA-cam won’t allow you to demonstrate your outstanding craftsmanship, have you considered posting it on any other platform I watched that video three or four times before UA-cam took it down. I have a small VMC and have dreamed many times of producing such a device myself. My thought is if John Browning can produce it with primitive machine tools, in 1911 that I could reproduce one with my limited CNC capabilities that I have in my garage machine shop. Many of the problems that I envisioned I would have you demonstrated the simplistic solution simply because you’re a tool and die maker and repetitive set ups maintaining a close tolerance is your business. The video was very inspirational. I hope someday to see it again. Obviously I live in the wrong corner of Ohio. I live down in Marietta in the south east corner all of the exceptional manufacturing is done everywhere else in Ohio except around me.
Adam, I love your content, but friendly critique: The volume on this video is very low. UA-cam additionally castrates the volume a little on its own which doesnt help.
@@adamthemachinist Try running it through an audio compressor (if your video software has one of those sorts of plug ins). It'll bring your levels up. Thanks for all the content!
Shame I'm on 3R, otherwise I'd be strongly tempted to buy one of those from you! Those little vises are so short! 3/4" shorter than the KSC Mini's I'm using 😳
If you are interested, Hermann Schmidt does offer palletizing services for all their products . I would happily use them, but making workholding is sort of a hobby of mine
audio quality is great but its quiet i had to turn my computer from 30% to 100% and it was still quieter than my music that was playing previously but i also am in my shop watching this and i have my machine running on the other side of my computer, otherwise love your stuff.
I remember in the 1980's watching Norm Abrams cutting dado grooves on a table saw by cutting then flipping the part so you get centered grooves. Charles
Mic sounds great. Thanks for working on the mix too. I was watching an older video from you and at one point the machine was louder than the narration. Growing pains I suppose. looking forward to the next video.
I would really like to know how to hand feed the Hass mill tools. Iv not been able to work it out my self with only having a 10 station tool change its a pain and the control will not save any other tool offsets with the probe above 10
Great video! How are the offsets of the diamonds handled in the controller? Do they have separate g54 and how do you set it? Is the z 0 of the magnet relative to your diamond or who is the reference?
Watching this again and I was wondering how do you set the center of the chuck to the center of the wheel? I have used a grinder but only for simple grinding for flat surface. Charles
It doesn’t need to be set . In this case I just touch off the side of the slot from the mill . Ground till it just cleaned up and measured. Feed in based on that first measurement
@@adamthemachinist Ok you mentioned that the slot was centered to the center of the chuck. I was assuming that you had indicated it in some how to set zero on the DRO. Is there a way to set the origin if needed for that fixture?
Adam, what coolant are you running? It looks like oil, can you explain the pros and cons of your coolant choice. Thank you for the video, it's always such a wonderful surprise when upload!
That is oil, blaser gt 15 . Most of my machining is near net, meaning I have parts that start with very little stock. However, the material is often quite aggressive. Oil yields better tool life , and better finishes . It’s also much less maintenance than coolant . No water evaporation or rust issues
Self centering vises typically see a bit of jaw lift . not an issue for rough stock clamping or even general precision . But not something I want for chasing very small tolerances. These will mainly be holding small ground blocks and bounce between the cnc grinder and high speed mill
You mentioned wheel breakdown reducing the size of the ‘cut’ taken, is this offset from centreline, assuming it happens gradually? When you measure and take your final pass, do you take this into account by grinding that second side again and then flipping the part? Thanks, great video!
@@adamthemachinist I meant in the sense that that couple of tenths total lost to wheel breakdown would cause the slot to be offset toward the first side, so would you need to make adjustment cuts starting with the second side in order to nullify the effect of the breakdown?
@@janstaines5989 that could become a problem if you where taking significant amount of hard material. But in that case I would likely be changing up the wheel and process to combat wear.
Awesome video. Quick novice question. About to invest in my first high end set of gage blocks (Mitutoyo ceramic 00) and debating between rectangular or square for surface plate use for inspection, calibration and occasional precision setups on the plate. Anticipating relatively short-ish stacks. Noticed you are using square in this video for on of your setups. thoughts on rectangular vs. square? Trying to “buy once, buy right”. Thanks for all your great videos!
Feels like it’s hard to get experienced folks to be willing to give real opinions beyond “it depends”. Obvi, it always depends, so extra appreciate getting your thoughts and experience. Been watching you since your first video on the channel and always look forward to your latest!
Maybe I missed it, but with your haas waiting for you to hand load the tool, I didn't see you re-probe it. How did the program know the correct tool length for that?
The tools all have tool tags with identifying them. You just load the tool it ask for and it uses the correct offset despite it not matching the pot position of the atc
Great video! I need a grinder now after watching all your videos. How accurate could the 6x18 you have be at grinding short lengths of rod like 1.25 inch long or so?
Its quite precise, we have lots of small/medium size batches of parts where it maintains a 80 millionths total tolerance. Often, what makes a tolerance hard to hit isn't the tightness of the tolerance but attributes of the part. How sensitive is it to temperature, how can we hold it in the machine, what abrasives can we use?
Hello mister Adam, hope you are doing great! I was wondering, considering you have so much knowledge from so many years of studying and working as a tool and die maker, would you consider creating a course where you teach the in's and out's of the craft? Unfortunately where I live there are very few places that teach it (tool and die making, or precision machining in general), and even for the ones that do provide courses and lessons the quality is often subpart, and maybe a series that goes from beginner to advanced would be really great and regardless of the price if the content is rich (which I'm sure it would be) I would definitely invest in it.
Im probably not the guy to teach it, my exposure to tool making is pretty narrow and focused. Despite having gone thru a proper apprenticeship and tech schooling, most of my learning was done on the internet and in front of machines after hours.
@@adamthemachinist hey maybe if one day you opt for it, the idea is there, I think the way you present your content and the format is already really concise and thought through. But just out of curiosity, do you happen to have reference links to the material you learned from online?
Finally, I can enjoy Adam’s dulcet tones in high fidelity!
I find the sound very low.
Calming……
He is one very laid back Dude
😁
Robert
Well done, enjoyed it a lot, especially the glimpse into the siemens control of your grinder.
The new audio is stellar.
It really is a pleasant control, very seldom do I have to fire up cam software. The conversational macros can handle just about anything I need
Thank you for sharing some of your knowledge
siemens control,ever heard of the company? 🥸
The accuracy and intelligence behind every decision you make before machining is why I love this channel .
Yes very nice one
Chock full of secret knowledge goodness. Such a simple set of operations with insight, us newbies are missing.
I remember 6-7 years ago I got to visit a shop in PA called Kuhn tool and die, incredible shop. It was my first real view into a machine shop. I'm pretty sure they are the same people that make that clearview dresser.
It's pretty neat getting to see it in use, thanks for sharing Adam.
That is correct
Great video! I always learn amazing things from you. Everything stops when your videos appear until I watch thrm.
Thanks!!!!!
Rotating that pallet to get it centered was the main "Why didn't i think of that" moment..
I'm gonna save me some dosh to get some Erowa Pallets..
Always super excited to see anything you post
Yes very true
That final slip fit. *chefs kiss*
Couldn’t be more perfect.
Very informative video! Thank you. Regarding the audio, the fidelity is quite good but, on my computer, the volume is a bit low, even when it's turned up to "11" . That said, it could be that I had too many years around compressed air blasts. Thanks again.
Thanks for sharing this with us Adam. Its nice to see what a 10th over fit looks like, that is some great precision.
I loved using Erowa fixturing....so accurate and repeatable. Used to use the herman Schmidt dresser too. The clearview lens works...at least until some idiot turns the dresser around on the chuck and sandblasts the lens.
I see some very abused clear view dressers on eBay, makes me wonder how people can disrespect their tools that much
Audio is great 👍….
As is the content
As is the calm, clear, concise delivery
Thanks Adam.
Regards
Robert
I like the reversal technique you describe Adam.
fantastic pedagogy and beautiful work
Good stuff Adam!
ATB, Robin
Casual Genius Speaks Over Grinding Noise (10-Hour, ASMR)
Thank you for sharing!! Truly appreciate you taking time to make videos. Always enjoy your content with machining!!
You, Stefan, and Robrenz are absolutely killing it on your channels. I love to see this kind of content.
2:00 that's a great thing. Where i work, i have 60 tools in the machine and 100 outside the machine. Helps a lot
Audio is fine, the other guys need to turn down their radios. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge, much appreciated!
Excellent video Adam, always look forward to your knowledge sharing.
Audio sounds good and always love the content. Good balance between your niche and the other machining channels i watch.👍
As a tool maker 50yrs, this guy is good!
Your videos are always enlightening, but also confidence inspiring that I can do some of your methods as I grow as a machinist.
When you have a bit more material to remove on a slot side I also like the dress straight and plung
Agreed , and it’s a breeze on the cnc
Love this stuff! 👍 Thanks Adam
Just beautiful. Thanks for all the tips. This one was sure chock full of them. 🙏
You make things look quite easy! Beautiful work!
Great and interesting content, looking forward to more. Always learn something watching your videos
I saw that UA-cam quickly removed your video you made of the production of that outstanding device similar to the one created by John Browning in 1911. Since UA-cam won’t allow you to demonstrate your outstanding craftsmanship, have you considered posting it on any other platform I watched that video three or four times before UA-cam took it down. I have a small VMC and have dreamed many times of producing such a device myself. My thought is if John Browning can produce it with primitive machine tools, in 1911 that I could reproduce one with my limited CNC capabilities that I have in my garage machine shop. Many of the problems that I envisioned I would have you demonstrated the simplistic solution simply because you’re a tool and die maker and repetitive set ups maintaining a close tolerance is your business. The video was very inspirational. I hope someday to see it again. Obviously I live in the wrong corner of Ohio. I live down in Marietta in the south east corner all of the exceptional manufacturing is done everywhere else in Ohio except around me.
Enjoyed…great grinder info and reminded me on how to set my clearview unit as it has been years 😂
Thank you for your videos!
Adam, I love your content, but friendly critique: The volume on this video is very low. UA-cam additionally castrates the volume a little on its own which doesnt help.
Good to know, that levels seems to be where I struggle the most
@@adamthemachinist As a rule of thumb its best to be around -28db to -8db at the loudest parts. The keyword is audio normalization
@@adamthemachinist Try running it through an audio compressor (if your video software has one of those sorts of plug ins). It'll bring your levels up. Thanks for all the content!
Thanks for sharing!
Shame I'm on 3R, otherwise I'd be strongly tempted to buy one of those from you! Those little vises are so short! 3/4" shorter than the KSC Mini's I'm using 😳
If you are interested, Hermann Schmidt does offer palletizing services for all their products . I would happily use them, but making workholding is sort of a hobby of mine
@@adamthemachinist Oh that's good to know, will take a look into that!
Baby Joe is the house God, my God is our star.
Very good job Adam..thanks for your time
awesome video Adam! but i think the audio is a bit low on volume
Oh hell yeah, fresh Adam the machinist
audio quality is great but its quiet i had to turn my computer from 30% to 100% and it was still quieter than my music that was playing previously but i also am in my shop watching this and i have my machine running on the other side of my computer, otherwise love your stuff.
Mic sounds great man! Enjoyed the video.
Me too
I wish I was as smart as you, cool stuff👍
Beautiful work!
Excellent work!
Mic is great improvement!
I remember in the 1980's watching Norm Abrams cutting dado grooves on a table saw by cutting then flipping the part so you get centered grooves. Charles
We should all be more like Norm
It's Abram, but we get the point. The New Yankee Workshop is the best!
Mic sounds great. Thanks for working on the mix too. I was watching an older video from you and at one point the machine was louder than the narration. Growing pains I suppose. looking forward to the next video.
Great video, thanks!
Audio levels are low, but good quality overall
I would really like to know how to hand feed the Hass mill tools. Iv not been able to work it out my self with only having a 10 station tool change its a pain and the control will not save any other tool offsets with the probe above 10
Another good video.
Very nice work
I am missing this type of tool changing a lot on my haas. It can uses only pocket number on umbrella
audio was great
Great video!
How are the offsets of the diamonds handled in the controller? Do they have separate g54 and how do you set it? Is the z 0 of the magnet relative to your diamond or who is the reference?
Watching this again and I was wondering how do you set the center of the chuck to the center of the wheel? I have used a grinder but only for simple grinding for flat surface. Charles
It doesn’t need to be set . In this case I just touch off the side of the slot from the mill . Ground till it just cleaned up and measured. Feed in based on that first measurement
@@adamthemachinist Ok you mentioned that the slot was centered to the center of the chuck. I was assuming that you had indicated it in some how to set zero on the DRO. Is there a way to set the origin if needed for that fixture?
Adam, what coolant are you running? It looks like oil, can you explain the pros and cons of your coolant choice. Thank you for the video, it's always such a wonderful surprise when upload!
That is oil, blaser gt 15 . Most of my machining is near net, meaning I have parts that start with very little stock. However, the material is often quite aggressive. Oil yields better tool life , and better finishes . It’s also much less maintenance than coolant . No water evaporation or rust issues
Im surprised you went for this style of vice as opposed to like a typical 5 axis vice. Could you explain?
Self centering vises typically see a bit of jaw lift . not an issue for rough stock clamping or even general precision . But not something I want for chasing very small tolerances. These will mainly be holding small ground blocks and bounce between the cnc grinder and high speed mill
You mentioned wheel breakdown reducing the size of the ‘cut’ taken, is this offset from centreline, assuming it happens gradually? When you measure and take your final pass, do you take this into account by grinding that second side again and then flipping the part? Thanks, great video!
Yes, any adjustment cuts need to happen to both sides
@@adamthemachinist I meant in the sense that that couple of tenths total lost to wheel breakdown would cause the slot to be offset toward the first side, so would you need to make adjustment cuts starting with the second side in order to nullify the effect of the breakdown?
@@janstaines5989 that could become a problem if you where taking significant amount of hard material. But in that case I would likely be changing up the wheel and process to combat wear.
@@adamthemachinist thanks Adam! 👍
Awesome video. Quick novice question. About to invest in my first high end set of gage blocks (Mitutoyo ceramic 00) and debating between rectangular or square for surface plate use for inspection, calibration and occasional precision setups on the plate. Anticipating relatively short-ish stacks. Noticed you are using square in this video for on of your setups. thoughts on rectangular vs. square? Trying to “buy once, buy right”. Thanks for all your great videos!
I like the squares a bit more for being able to pass a screw down the middle , lets you solve all sorts of weird problems by attaching end plates
Feels like it’s hard to get experienced folks to be willing to give real opinions beyond “it depends”. Obvi, it always depends, so extra appreciate getting your thoughts and experience. Been watching you since your first video on the channel and always look forward to your latest!
👍👍
Maybe I missed it, but with your haas waiting for you to hand load the tool, I didn't see you re-probe it. How did the program know the correct tool length for that?
The tools all have tool tags with identifying them. You just load the tool it ask for and it uses the correct offset despite it not matching the pot position of the atc
Great video! I need a grinder now after watching all your videos. How accurate could the 6x18 you have be at grinding short lengths of rod like 1.25 inch long or so?
Its quite precise, we have lots of small/medium size batches of parts where it maintains a 80 millionths total tolerance. Often, what makes a tolerance hard to hit isn't the tightness of the tolerance but attributes of the part. How sensitive is it to temperature, how can we hold it in the machine, what abrasives can we use?
check the levels when youre editing... thx buddy !!
Hello mister Adam, hope you are doing great!
I was wondering, considering you have so much knowledge from so many years of studying and working as a tool and die maker, would you consider creating a course where you teach the in's and out's of the craft?
Unfortunately where I live there are very few places that teach it (tool and die making, or precision machining in general), and even for the ones that do provide courses and lessons the quality is often subpart, and maybe a series that goes from beginner to advanced would be really great and regardless of the price if the content is rich (which I'm sure it would be) I would definitely invest in it.
Im probably not the guy to teach it, my exposure to tool making is pretty narrow and focused. Despite having gone thru a proper apprenticeship and tech schooling, most of my learning was done on the internet and in front of machines after hours.
@@adamthemachinist hey maybe if one day you opt for it, the idea is there, I think the way you present your content and the format is already really concise and thought through.
But just out of curiosity, do you happen to have reference links to the material you learned from online?
Any chance the 1911 video will be available anywhere?
It’s free on patreon, same channel name as this
Thank you Adam.@@adamthemachinist
audio is super low?
Volume !
why so much metric tooling for an American channel?
I find a lot of the really specific stuff I need only exists in metric , and it’s easier to just have my regular tools be metric too
dude. audio so quiet I cant even hear you with everythING AT 100%, SORRY