Perfect timing for me, I have just bought a WM16B and have yet to reassemble it etc ... I will follow your example ... a very useful video for us novices
What a fab set of videos. I purchased this Warco model last Feb and looked everywhere for an expert video like this. Very happy with mine.....I play every week. Have ditched the guard added DROs and currently making an auto bed feed......great little machine from Warco, good price too.
It was fun watching you on this one, it's like watching a kid on Christmas morning. Machine sounds nice and smooth, will be cool to see what you come up with now that your available machining operations have opened up so much!
Estupendo muy buena compra suena como los angeles y el resto de objetos estan muy bien espero los disfrute mucho y haga cosas interesantes para su canal estaremos atentos a esto un saludo desde España.
@@ade63dug En el mundo de las personas que nos gustan las maquinas y hacer trabajos modo casero hay que apoyar pues siempre se aprende mucho un saludo.
I purchased a WM16 about 18 months ago. It appears the belt drive is much quieter than mine with a gear drive. Also noticed oiling points that are not on mine. So far my machine performs well providing you treat it with respect. I have DRO’s fitted that will limit the amount of cross feed but really are worth fitting.
Ade, you’re a star. I’m just about to buy my first mill and it’s a 16B. But I’m still confuse as to what collet to go for. Ask 2 guys and I’ll get 3 answers, so I’d really value yo opinion. Many thanks for all your Stirling work in making these informative videos aviator novices such as me.
Nice one Ade. I've got the Warco WM14 mill. As I'm sure you already know, the guys in Warco aftersales support are very helpful, if you ever need their services. Cheers.
Hi ade congratulations on the new toy great set of videos thanks for posting very informative as always .I know you have had to slow down on videos due to work but I really appreciate your videos thanks for sharing kind regards Shaun 😀
Great stuff Ade. I had the Optimum BF20L until last year - which looks identical except for the belt drive and brushless motor. First big project on my mill was to build my own belt drive modification. It's a great mill. I made up a brass spacer to go at the rear end of the quill fine-feed, because it had a lot of axial slop. Doing that removed almost all of the backlash in the fine feed worm mechanism. Yours may not have any play there, but if it does, that's a good way of fixing it. Email me if you'd like any more info! I did not have much luck running a 50mm face mill on mine, it was good on aluminium, but some of the mystery steel I have was a little too much for it, even with fine cuts. Knowing my luck it was cro-moly or something silly. With leaded or mild steel it could well work perfectly. Cheers, Craig
Thanks Ade. A nice machine and looking forward to seeing your milling projects. I also can recommend M-DRO magnetic DRO's. Fully sealed heads and you can cut off the track to the length you need or that is convenient to fit.
Have to agree with Chris Stevens. Please do not block your doorway. If anything bad happens and the table is across the doorway then no-one can get in to help you. Colin
Really nice You've got decent miling possibilities. Your milling on the lathe was fantastic but now You must be able to get much more rigid setups. What will Your projects be? I'll fasten the seatbelts, wait and see.
I have that same mill which is a Precision Matthews brand , mine is an older model and only has one bolt to hold the head , having the three bolts will save you alot of trouble as the one bolt does not always hold tightly and the head will move .
Hi Ade, your new milling machine is a big boy, i have a set of steps you can have to reach that top wheel / handle. I know you like joke. Happy milling. Roy 👍🇬🇧
Hi Ade hope ye good Dude, have you considered LED strip lighting? Bought some a while ago run of 12v and are very bright, they have a sticky back, routed a groove in some oak and just hung from the garage ceiling where needed. Can't wait to see your mill vids, first thing I made was some T nuts and an adjustable stop for the X axis. TFS, G :)
Hi ade. Great video on the mill. Do you think this mill will be big enough to fit an average size car cylinder head on the skim the surface? Trying to decide wether or not to go for the 16b or 18b. Many thanks
It is difficult to say . Cylinder heads would probably be best to fly cut the surface . You would need to look at the table travel required based on the fly cutter diameter needed to pass across the width of the head and remembering that the cutter would need to pass off the surface. easy way to work out is to add the width to the length and maybe add 25mm. Cheers Ade.
ZAde, where are you?? Here in the land down under we only get hailstorms at the end of a stinking hot day. I notice you've got your heater on. What crazy meteorological event have you invoked???? Estephan the tinker.
I have a similar machine , the best mod you can do is put some cheap DRO,S on it, fit them on the front and under the top slide . Don't get glass slides you cant cut them to size cheers from OZ.
Hi Ade - I'm just admiring your parallels from Amadeal. You say 150 x 10 but I can only find 120 x 10 on the Amadeal site (which would suit me fine). Also their description doesn't mean a lot to me : 14-32 by 2mm & 35mm & 40mm Do you know if you purchased AMA-AC-637-7962TD and are you happy with them? BTW - very informative video. Are you happy with your new mill? Cheers Andrew
Hi , Andrew good to hear from you . I must be losing it somewhere as I cant even remember where I got them from . The set is all 10mm the smallest are 10x10x150mm up to 10x42x150 mm 12 pairs in all . With hind sight I should have looked for some thinner ones , Maybe 5mm thick and perhaps 100mm long as i am typically using a 75mm wide vise. Happy with them though . So far so good with the mill. DRO is long finished . Power feed on the x axis is In my line of sight now. My Wife is a Yorkshire Lass . A bit like Wales. Mines,Sheep, rain and mountains. .Cheers Ade.
Did you ever work out what the up and down arrows on the Z axis quill DRO were for? Not mentioned in the manual for my WM16 (gear drive). Yours seems a lot quieter than mine!
This machine is belt drive from a brushless motor . totally reliable and very quiet as a bonus . I have had it nearly a year and working superbly . Cheers Ade
wat i usually do to dismount and remount the head is turn the head over toward the switchpannel , that way its a lot less topheavy and has a wider base to lay on and you can reach the nuts in from the side while its still on the table at first it looked like the mill i had but it seems to have a lot bigger motor on it
Clamps for the old vise so i can machine clamps for the new vise. already mostly machined and filmed. it will be the next very long video , Cheers Ade.
After viewing a video from a Warco milling machine customer, where it stripped a gear on the drive after only 2 weeks, and Warco could not supply a new gear for 4 months as they were out of stock. I would not touch a Warco mill with a barge pole. Looking to buy a mill but not a Warco one.
Ade, I have what seems to be the same Mill here in the United States only mine is labeled Precision Matthews. In all of my browsing UA-cam I'm seeing various iterations of this particular type Mill this is the second time that I've seen a situation or at least what appears to be a situation where this Mill does not stop running when you turn the variable speed RPM all the way to the left something is wrong with this this is not correct and this needs to be repaired this mill should be able to stop mine certainly does
Are you a panicky person, if so please consider getting out in a hurry in case of fire when the mill table is blocking the door. Unlikely perhaps but bad things do happen even to the nicest people.
C'mon Ade, if we are all to benefit then you MUST remember sites that you purchase items from, I cannot believe that you do not have a reciept to hand and we need to know the cost.
I will consider myself told , lol , reminds me of school reports that said "must try harder" lol, the parallels were from amadeal and were £68.20 delivered , the vise was also amadeal but i do not have the invoice to hand , i think around £45 delivered. i will check on all and put some links up if i can work out how to do it. thanks for pointing this out . Cheers and thanks for watching , Ade
Thanks Adrian. I can appreciate the pleasure you are apparently enjoying with the new mill. Happy milling.
Perfect timing for me, I have just bought a WM16B and have yet to reassemble it etc ... I will follow your example ... a very useful video for us novices
What a fab set of videos. I purchased this Warco model last Feb and looked everywhere for an expert video like this. Very happy with mine.....I play every week. Have ditched the guard added DROs and currently making an auto bed feed......great little machine from Warco, good price too.
hi ade thanks for posting about the warco mill , ive got one on order. looking back are you very happy with yours, all the best john
Hi John . yes indeed . It is great for the money and size . I am always impressed by the rigidity and performance for a small mill. Cheers Ade.
@@ade63dug thanks ade
Pump out those vids!
like a kid with a new toy. 👍😃😁
Looking good Ade.
Nice mill Adrian. Thanks for sharing the reassembly with us.
It was fun watching you on this one, it's like watching a kid on Christmas morning. Machine sounds nice and smooth, will be cool to see what you come up with now that your available machining operations have opened up so much!
Hail and rain in the UK? You're kidding me right?
Thanks for the shout out.
That's a nice spot, with the window behind the mill. Very nice indeed.
Very quiet. Nice mill. Great addition to shop. Thank you for sharing.
Very nice bench mill, I'm impressed at quality!
Awesome shed/workshop. thanks for sharing Ade, glad i found your channel..Liked and subbed :)
Estupendo muy buena compra suena como los angeles y el resto de objetos estan muy bien espero los disfrute mucho y haga cosas interesantes para su canal estaremos atentos a esto un saludo desde España.
Gracias por su apoyo . Mucho más por venir con la nueva máquina. Saludos Ade.
@@ade63dug En el mundo de las personas que nos gustan las maquinas y hacer trabajos modo casero hay que apoyar pues siempre se aprende mucho un saludo.
Thank you for sharing, congrats, and I look forward to see all the good things you make, and show us. All the best, and have a good day.
I purchased a WM16 about 18 months ago. It appears the belt drive is much quieter than mine with a gear drive. Also noticed oiling points that are not on mine. So far my machine performs well providing you treat it with respect. I have DRO’s fitted that will limit the amount of cross feed but really are worth fitting.
Ade, you’re a star.
I’m just about to buy my first mill and it’s a 16B.
But I’m still confuse as to what collet to go for.
Ask 2 guys and I’ll get 3 answers, so I’d really value yo opinion.
Many thanks for all your Stirling work in making these informative videos aviator novices such as me.
Nice one Ade. I've got the Warco WM14 mill. As I'm sure you already know, the guys in Warco aftersales support are very helpful, if you ever need their services. Cheers.
Hi ade congratulations on the new toy great set of videos thanks for posting very informative as always .I know you have had to slow down on videos due to work but I really appreciate your videos thanks for sharing kind regards Shaun 😀
Congrats Ades that's a nice looking mill !
Lovely. Looking forward to seeing chips!
Definitely a lot easier to move than my "new to me, but quite old" mill.
Great stuff Ade. I had the Optimum BF20L until last year - which looks identical except for the belt drive and brushless motor. First big project on my mill was to build my own belt drive modification. It's a great mill. I made up a brass spacer to go at the rear end of the quill fine-feed, because it had a lot of axial slop. Doing that removed almost all of the backlash in the fine feed worm mechanism. Yours may not have any play there, but if it does, that's a good way of fixing it. Email me if you'd like any more info!
I did not have much luck running a 50mm face mill on mine, it was good on aluminium, but some of the mystery steel I have was a little too much for it, even with fine cuts. Knowing my luck it was cro-moly or something silly. With leaded or mild steel it could well work perfectly.
Cheers, Craig
Enjoyed the video Ade. I like the variable speed on the mill its nice and quiet as well. The parallel set is nice, that's a future buy.
Thanks Ade. A nice machine and looking forward to seeing your milling projects. I also can recommend M-DRO magnetic DRO's. Fully sealed heads and you can cut off the track to the length you need or that is convenient to fit.
Looks like you took your time & made a great choice in which mill to buy
As always so thorough.
Hello Ade enjoying your videos I have a warco mill with the guard I just closed it and took the guard out and you can use the mill as normal
Nice one Ade, thanks for sharing. I can recommend M-DRO with the magnetic scales. No affiliation.
Hi Ade those parallels look good. I use mine all the time. but they are thinner than yours. You will use them a lot :)
Have to agree with Chris Stevens. Please do not block your doorway. If anything bad happens and the table is across the doorway then no-one can get in to help you.
Colin
Really nice You've got decent miling possibilities. Your milling on the lathe was fantastic but now You must be able to get much more rigid setups. What will Your projects be? I'll fasten the seatbelts, wait and see.
Congrats Ades on getting your new mill , looking forward to your projects with it .
Hope you had a good trip over here in Dublin , cheers
I have that same mill which is a Precision Matthews brand , mine is an older model and only has one bolt to hold the head , having the three bolts will save you alot of trouble as the one bolt does not always hold tightly and the head will move .
Hi Ade, your new milling machine is a big boy, i have a set of steps you can have to reach that top wheel / handle. I know you like joke. Happy milling. Roy 👍🇬🇧
Thanks for the video Ade.
Nice & quiet . Do you have enough height to remove the draw bolt . We say zed here too !!! Cheers .
Hi Ade hope ye good Dude, have you considered LED strip lighting? Bought some a while ago run of 12v and are very bright, they have a sticky back, routed a groove in some oak and just hung from the garage ceiling where needed. Can't wait to see your mill vids, first thing I made was some T nuts and an adjustable stop for the X axis. TFS, G :)
Hi ade. Great video on the mill. Do you think this mill will be big enough to fit an average size car cylinder head on the skim the surface? Trying to decide wether or not to go for the 16b or 18b. Many thanks
It is difficult to say . Cylinder heads would probably be best to fly cut the surface . You would need to look at the table travel required based on the fly cutter diameter needed to pass across the width of the head and remembering that the cutter would need to pass off the surface. easy way to work out is to add the width to the length and maybe add 25mm. Cheers Ade.
ZAde, where are you?? Here in the land down under we only get hailstorms at the end of a stinking hot day. I notice you've got your heater on. What crazy meteorological event have you invoked????
Estephan the tinker.
Looks like fun!
Considering the weight of the machine and the construction and material of the bench is the considerable possibility of deflection a concern?
I have a similar machine , the best mod you can do is put some cheap DRO,S on it, fit them on the front and under the top slide . Don't get glass slides you cant cut them to size cheers from OZ.
Hi Ade - I'm just admiring your parallels from Amadeal. You say 150 x 10 but I can only find 120 x 10 on the Amadeal site (which would suit me fine). Also their description doesn't mean a lot to me : 14-32 by 2mm & 35mm & 40mm
Do you know if you purchased AMA-AC-637-7962TD and are you happy with them?
BTW - very informative video. Are you happy with your new mill?
Cheers
Andrew
Hi , Andrew good to hear from you . I must be losing it somewhere as I cant even remember where I got them from . The set is all 10mm the smallest are 10x10x150mm up to 10x42x150 mm 12 pairs in all . With hind sight I should have looked for some thinner ones , Maybe 5mm thick and perhaps 100mm long as i am typically using a 75mm wide vise. Happy with them though . So far so good with the mill. DRO is long finished . Power feed on the x axis is In my line of sight now. My Wife is a Yorkshire Lass . A bit like Wales. Mines,Sheep, rain and mountains. .Cheers Ade.
Thanks mate!
All the best from rainy Yorkshire.
Cheers
Andrew
Did you ever work out what the up and down arrows on the Z axis quill DRO were for? Not mentioned in the manual for my WM16 (gear drive). Yours seems a lot quieter than mine!
ITS NOT A SHEAD IT IS A ENGENERING WORKSHOP. REGARDS R.
It is getting there now , Cheers Ade.
Hi,, Ive read about plastic drive gear on these which strip easily,,, most people say they use a belt drive instead.. Did you have any probs???
This machine is belt drive from a brushless motor . totally reliable and very quiet as a bonus . I have had it nearly a year and working superbly . Cheers Ade
@@ade63dug Ahh,, I must have got confused with another similar make.. I studied a lot before buying a WM16.. Thanks
wat i usually do to dismount and remount the head is turn the head over toward the switchpannel , that way its a lot less topheavy and has a wider base to lay on and you can reach the nuts in from the side while its still on the table
at first it looked like the mill i had but it seems to have a lot bigger motor on it
Hi Ade, the mills looking good. Whats the first project going to be?
Clamps for the old vise so i can machine clamps for the new vise. already mostly machined and filmed. it will be the next very long video , Cheers Ade.
@@ade63dug No problem here with very long video !
very nice machine !
It Lives! Now make something!👍
Ade,what website did you get youre 123 blocks mate?cheersJohnny in Oz
After viewing a video from a Warco milling machine customer, where it stripped a gear on the drive after only 2 weeks, and Warco could not supply a new gear for 4 months as they were out of stock. I would not touch a Warco mill with a barge pole. Looking to buy a mill but not a Warco one.
The hail you say?
du könntest mal schreiben, von wem du die ganzen Sachen gekauft hast, oder einfach einen Link schreiben
Ade, I have what seems to be the same Mill here in the United States only mine is labeled Precision Matthews. In all of my browsing UA-cam I'm seeing various iterations of this particular type Mill this is the second time that I've seen a situation or at least what appears to be a situation where this Mill does not stop running when you turn the variable speed RPM all the way to the left something is wrong with this this is not correct and this needs to be repaired this mill should be able to stop mine certainly does
What DRO are you thinking of getting Ade ?
Are you a panicky person, if so please consider getting out in a hurry in case of fire when the mill table is blocking the door. Unlikely perhaps but bad things do happen even to the nicest people.
C'mon Ade, if we are all to benefit then you MUST remember sites that you purchase items from, I cannot believe that you do not have a reciept to hand and we need to know the cost.
I will consider myself told , lol , reminds me of school reports that said "must try harder" lol,
the parallels were from amadeal and were £68.20 delivered , the vise was also amadeal but i do not have the invoice to hand , i think around £45 delivered. i will check on all and put some links up if i can work out how to do it. thanks for pointing this out . Cheers and thanks for watching , Ade
How rude, please don't include everyone in your demands. The shopping channels are thataway...
@@bejay69 not sure but he may have been just having a laugh.
The old problem of being able to infer many tones from written text...