I just drool when watching your videos. When I was 10 (1962) I wanted to be a watchmaker. Back then it was all Public Library research. Never had the means to get a formal education in it. Now just the past year I finally got me a mini-lathe. So now I am learning machining. I appreciate people like you who share your great knowledge and skill with the rest of us. Just wish I was 10 years old now. sigh.
I remember my youth training scheme, 6 lathes I think 24 inch over the bed, standard metric screw cut with full tool sets.....I was so jealous as I got the gas rig out and welded up with oxy acetlyene....very little burn through but sorted that out till I weld clean..... Your videos are the best I'm saving up for my first set of measuring gear, proper vernier calipers and a micrometer.....
The Sherline lathe is perfect for making clock and watch parts, particularly small screws. Sherline make plenty of tailstock accessories to make the lathe more versatile, but one accessory that I haven't seen for sale from them is a sliding tailstock die holder... Part 2 out next week. #clock #Lathe #machining
If I have learned anything from waching your videos, it is that you are the biggest proponent of work holding that I have ever seen. keep up the amazing work man.
Absolutely fantastic all your videos. Can't see and understand why some of your videos have dislikes... must be of uneducated, jalous people. Thank you for your time and absolutely fantastic work. Real pleasure to watch even my 6 year old kid loves them. Absolute genius.
I've watched all of your clock videos and many of your other projects and I just wanted to say I am extremely impressed by your work. Your solid modelling, machining, and videography is incredible. I love your attention to detail and creativity. I'm studying to be a mechanical engineer right now and I love this kind of stuff. Keep it up!
I've been watching you for some time now. It's always a pleasure watching you work. From the simplest to the most complicated. Thanks for your time and effort.
Another great video and such a smart tool. This has been fun being exposed to unfamiliar tools, many of which have left me thinking "Why didn't I know about this?"
Hi chris, I've made a few tailstock die holders over the years. But none look as nice as yours. I've worked in a machine shop for 20 plus years, and you sir can machine like a pro. Great looking tool, thanks for the video. Jeffrey Miller
Beautiful presentation of a very practical project. Your channel has become my newest favorite to visit. Thank you for taking the time to create, produce and share.
I made something very similar for my lathe and it works fantastically-- yours is a bit fancier I will admit 😀 Would you be interested in doing a quick workshop tour video (if you have already, I can't find it). I have a very compact shop and I'm always interested in seeing how other arrange tools in a small space. Cheers (from Canada)
Very nicely done! Very well executed, brilliantly edited, and one of, if not THE, best machining macro footage I've ever seen on UA-cam. With the grub screw spacing at circa 2:00, having a screw in the missing location can be handy, and I'd suggest anyone copying this consider put it in. I've found some button die bodies are undersized. I don't know what the history is behind this, whether it's a metric/imperial thing and some dies are being ground to 25.0 instead of 25.4, or what the story is (maybe somebody can tell me), but it can be a pain. Without the forth screw, a smaller die body will sit off centre and not cut correctly in a tailstock holder. By having a forth screw the combination can be used to centre an undersized die body. I needed to modify a commercial holder last week for this reason. Commercial holders seem to have a looser die body fit, and added with an undersized die body the combination can be unacceptable. Placing the additional screw there has no real downside and it can simply be backed away if not required, although some dies have dimples there too. Again, well done, and I look forward to seeing more of your work.
+Pete F Hey Pete, thanks for sharing your experience regarding the extra grub screw. I know exactly what you mean regarding variation in die bodies; it is quite maddening. Your suggestion is a great fix, I may well have to modify mine to incorporate it. Cheers, Chris.
+Clickspring After posting the comment I went through and measured some of my dies. Many were indeed 1", but a heck of a lot were just weird sizes and nothing consistent. Unless they were on size, the remainder were all smaller than 25.0 mm, some by a significant amount. I can only conclude it's just lack of tolerance on that particular feature.
I always enjoy watching your videos and marvel at the fact that you make really cool things using a very small lathe. I wanted to suggest an idea for a future Shop Tool series video - A DIY version of a Richard Kell honing guide. They are tools for honing chisels and plane blades. They are made of brass, are really well designed, and would fit in with the rest of your tools aesthetics.
Very beautiful clean workmanship I have a complication as I have parkinsons disease, also I am really a hobby woodworker. I do enjoy watching you work though. It is both very inspiring and, also offers me some hope for the future I have a very nice modern shop with a nice German Fritz Werner milling machine, and also a Smart and brown 10 24 v s l variable speed lathe as well as many more wonderful things God Bless Alistair in Scotland.
Great build Chris! Think this is the first double ended one I've seen and your idea to hold it concentric, smart. Also thought you were going to straight knurl the grips but that was much better and definitely Koooler. That jack made a difference but still noticed it flexed a bit...good thing you used it! Great quality Vid, excellent craftsmanship and beautiful work. Thanks for sharing. ~PJ
pjsalchemy Thanks PJ. Yes hard to avoid the flex. I settled on pre-loading it a little bit, and accepting the result. High speed video shows up all sins!
Awesome video. I'm sure that someone has already commented but you can use loctite 603 retaining compound in place of the super glue. Same result without any of the harmful fumes when you heat it to remove the part. Cheers Great channel.
I've used the fly-cutter method many times when accuracy is needed for such things as splines. But a knurling tool for a non-slip gripping surface is the way to go on a die holder. I prefer the diamond knurl. It's quick and looks great too.
Ujeb08 In this project I was after a coarser grip than what a knurl can typically generate; certainly a knurl pattern is a great option. Thanks very much for watching.
Hey Chris - really nice job on this. I've decided to make a variation on your design here for my mini lathe and save some cash on buying one! Your channel has really gotten me interested in machining and aside from using lathes as part of my studies (industrial design), is one of the main reasons I decided to buy my lathe and get into hobby machining which I'm really enjoying, so thanks for the inspiration :)
Hi Chris.. another great project on video.... just a thought - how about making a video making one of the machinists jack. That looks a very useful addition to the tool,box! John
Another great video - really enjoying your presentation style and editing! Would you mind doing a shop tour video - looks like you have a nice collection of lathes and tooling!
Great Videos you are a Master machinist, by the way the Music is great do not change it. Those who think the music is boring my advise...... get off the drugs!
At the university I attend CAD classes (Siemens NX), I've been taught that it is better to leave actual renderings of threads out of both 3D and 2D. I can imagine this not being a big problem but those renderings dramatically increase file size and most importantly readability of the technical drawing. We are taught to use symbolical representations (thin lines) to indicate threaded surfaces on the technical drawing. But in this case I think you are doing the right thing by actually showing the threads, this way also non-engineers can fully understand what's going on.
EddvT You've got my thinking exactly. I put them in so everyone can understand, including the engineers - Thanks for noticing, they take quite a bit of time to model!
That's weird, rendering threads is one of my favourite things to do in 3D modelling. But I find it a breeze to do. Granted, I am a bit of a geek when it comes to that, but still. If you know the right buttons and parameters it should really not take that long. Is the program you're using a bit repulsive?
By the way, I must say your way of working definitely influences me. I'm working on a little project myself now and your attention to detail rubbed off to me, thank you. It's a knife made from a file, entirely formed with hand tools (except for a blacksmith's forge for annealing, hardening and tempering) I finished the filing yesterday and it took me literally two hours to get 95% of the scratches out from the file by sanding, on one side. So there's still a long road ahead of me.
"Double Ended" Fabulous idea, You put a lot of thought into Your Jigs and tooling,, Always enjoy Your videos .What is next on the clock project?? just curious, have a Great Day,Chris
Is there any chance you could make a short video on the creation of the vertical milling and dividing attachment you've employed in the creation of this tool? At the 5:15 mark you've got quite a setup in play.
I am extremely impressed with the quality of your videos and your machining, it is superb. There is something that I would like to ask you, what kind of glue do you use to hold those pieces together while turning them? Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am myself a scientific glassblower and use a glassblowing lathe for my work and as an amateur a metal lathe to make some special tools for shaping the hot glass.
Thank you so much for taking the trouble to reply, I though that was what you had mentioned but I wasn't quite convinced that this was what you used. I am seriously impressed with the scope of your endeavours, not only the machining which is awesome but the knowledge on metal casting. The gears and parts on you clock are impressive. Thanks again.
At 9:26 - 9:32 there is noticeable deflection while you are tapping the holes for the grub screws. I have to ask, "Is this with or without the Jack support?"
I just drool when watching your videos. When I was 10 (1962) I wanted to be a watchmaker. Back then it was all Public Library research. Never had the means to get a formal education in it. Now just the past year I finally got me a mini-lathe. So now I am learning machining. I appreciate people like you who share your great knowledge and skill with the rest of us. Just wish I was 10 years old now. sigh.
I first made one of these when I was an apprentice in 1976 and I now get my apprentices to make one as part of there 1st year in training.
Their Fist Year Over There. How Are They Doing ..... ?????
I love the fact that once you acquire enough knowledge and the right tools you can make anything, including other tools!
This is what my dad does and now that I see what he does I’m much more appreciative of him
Your attention to detail is astonishing and inspiring
I remember my youth training scheme, 6 lathes I think 24 inch over the bed, standard metric screw cut with full tool sets.....I was so jealous as I got the gas rig out and welded up with oxy acetlyene....very little burn through but sorted that out till I weld clean.....
Your videos are the best
I'm saving up for my first set of measuring gear, proper vernier calipers and a micrometer.....
Terrific to hear that Matt :)
The Sherline lathe is perfect for making clock and watch parts, particularly small screws. Sherline make plenty of tailstock accessories to make the lathe more versatile, but one accessory that I haven't seen for sale from them is a sliding tailstock die holder... Part 2 out next week.
#clock #Lathe #machining
+Clickspring I just found your channel and I already love it! :) I have one question though, what is the music and where can I download it?
+Clickspring
Can I ask where you get your design? Or do you know a good website where I can find some good drawings design in this line of work?
+Judge Dredd I sure do: www.clickspringprojects.com/store.html
Clickspring thx man!
Clickspring I want one learning tool square in size
A+ production value on this vid, a real pleasure to watch
***** Thanks very much for taking the time to watch Jack, I appreciate it.
If I have learned anything from waching your videos, it is that you are the biggest proponent of work holding that I have ever seen. keep up the amazing work man.
Cheers Austin, appreciate you taking the time to watch :)
It's one thing to build and make your own high quality items, it's another level to build your own tools too.
Watching all this precision lathe work is very calming, reminds me of when I used to watch the old man using the centre lathes in the work shed
Aristocratic I agree, it's great stress therapy. Thanks for watching.
Absolutely fantastic all your videos. Can't see and understand why some of your videos have dislikes... must be of uneducated, jalous people. Thank you for your time and absolutely fantastic work. Real pleasure to watch even my 6 year old kid loves them. Absolute genius.
+Jean Sellon Hey Jean, thrilled to hear your 6 year old is enjoying them, there's no better endorsement than that! Cheers mate, Chris.
I've watched all of your clock videos and many of your other projects and I just wanted to say I am extremely impressed by your work. Your solid modelling, machining, and videography is incredible. I love your attention to detail and creativity. I'm studying to be a mechanical engineer right now and I love this kind of stuff. Keep it up!
+Caleb Meek Cheers Caleb, great to have you watching, good luck with the degree.
Please oh God please give us a shop tour!
i have no intention on ever using a lathe or making clocks, but you're videos are seriously interesting! keep up the great work.
+Justin Pedersen Thanks very much Justin, I appreciate you taking the time to watch :)
It's obvious that you are speaking from experience. We've all been there before. Don't worry about it. As long as you learn from mistakes.
Why he Don't has more subscribers?
What a beautiful work of art 😍
Fan From 🇧🇩Bangladesh.
I've been watching you for some time now. It's always a pleasure watching you work. From the simplest to the most complicated. Thanks for your time and effort.
"... don't ask me how I know this is important..." Come on... spill the beans, what did you accidentally cut into?! :D
Rye Wilson... Was just about to ask same Q :)
Beautifully crafted and filmed as ever Chris, many thanks for sharing.
Cheers Stephen, thanks for watching mate :)
Pretty sure Chris is single-handedly keeping the super glue company in business.
He is the reason there is multiple of those companies.
Another great video and such a smart tool. This has been fun being exposed to unfamiliar tools, many of which have left me thinking "Why didn't I know about this?"
Aristocob Thanks Scott. Looking forward to the big reveal on Sunday!
Beautiful videos!
SolidWorks is such a beautiful part/assembly design program.
Excelente!!! Desde Argentina!!!! Un placer ver sus videos!!! Felicitaciones....
Спасибо,ваши видео можно смотреть бесконечно
спасибо, что нашли время посмотреть
I've made one of these for my engineering course it turned out quite well
No pun intended
Beautiful work. Great production too Chris. It's easy to see all the detail in your projects. Thanks!
Aaron Young Cheers Aaron, thanks very much for taking the time to watch!
Hi chris,
I've made a few tailstock die holders over the years.
But none look as nice as yours.
I've worked in a machine shop for 20 plus years, and you sir can machine like a pro.
Great looking tool, thanks for the video.
Jeffrey Miller
Jeffrey Miller Thanks Jeffrey
Great videos if I haven't said it already. Your machining work is as good as your photography and narration.
+Shawn Lund Thanks very much Shawn :)
Beautifully made videos. Thank you for sharing them.
I love watching these! I couldn't even tell ya why
+CuffRox Great to have you watching mate :)
Very nice project and video. Well done.
RP Metalwork Thank you.
Beautiful presentation of a very practical project. Your channel has become my newest favorite to visit. Thank you for taking the time to create, produce and share.
aadengler Thank you for watching.
Click! I have often thought you were much more skilled than you let on. Hot here Mate!
Su Amigo
Wow. Your videos are great. I enjoy how well you show and describe what you're doing. The video quality is excellent, too!
I made something very similar for my lathe and it works fantastically-- yours is a bit fancier I will admit 😀
Would you be interested in doing a quick workshop tour video (if you have already, I can't find it). I have a very compact shop and I'm always interested in seeing how other arrange tools in a small space. Cheers (from Canada)
wow that's a sherline lathe you are working on?? those are kind of much more substantial than i imagined!
Very nicely done! Very well executed, brilliantly edited, and one of, if not THE, best machining macro footage I've ever seen on UA-cam.
With the grub screw spacing at circa 2:00, having a screw in the missing location can be handy, and I'd suggest anyone copying this consider put it in. I've found some button die bodies are undersized. I don't know what the history is behind this, whether it's a metric/imperial thing and some dies are being ground to 25.0 instead of 25.4, or what the story is (maybe somebody can tell me), but it can be a pain. Without the forth screw, a smaller die body will sit off centre and not cut correctly in a tailstock holder. By having a forth screw the combination can be used to centre an undersized die body. I needed to modify a commercial holder last week for this reason. Commercial holders seem to have a looser die body fit, and added with an undersized die body the combination can be unacceptable. Placing the additional screw there has no real downside and it can simply be backed away if not required, although some dies have dimples there too.
Again, well done, and I look forward to seeing more of your work.
+Pete F Hey Pete, thanks for sharing your experience regarding the extra grub screw. I know exactly what you mean regarding variation in die bodies; it is quite maddening. Your suggestion is a great fix, I may well have to modify mine to incorporate it. Cheers, Chris.
+Clickspring After posting the comment I went through and measured some of my dies. Many were indeed 1", but a heck of a lot were just weird sizes and nothing consistent. Unless they were on size, the remainder were all smaller than 25.0 mm, some by a significant amount. I can only conclude it's just lack of tolerance on that particular feature.
Some nice little dodgy tricks there! Love it...
Your videos are awesome you are really excellent at what you do
nicely done! very useful tooling. thanks for sharing.
Hi !
A new project for the TODO list ;-)) - thx for sharing !
Keld Sørensen Cheers Keld!
I always enjoy watching your videos and marvel at the fact that you make really cool things using a very small lathe.
I wanted to suggest an idea for a future Shop Tool series video - A DIY version of a Richard Kell honing guide. They are tools for honing chisels and plane blades. They are made of brass, are really well designed, and would fit in with the rest of your tools aesthetics.
Love your channel mate, I'm a cabinetmaker and may never do any of this type of thing but still very interesting and satisfying to watch, subscribed
Cheers mate, I appreciate your sub :)
Great teaching video. Good speed
Very beautiful clean workmanship I have a complication as I have parkinsons disease, also I am really a hobby woodworker. I do enjoy watching you work though. It is both very inspiring and, also offers me some hope for the future I have a very nice modern shop with a nice German Fritz Werner milling machine, and also a Smart and brown 10 24 v s l variable speed lathe as well as many more wonderful things God Bless Alistair in Scotland.
Terrific to have you watching Alistair :)
Tipp of mine: Use carbide tools for aluminium. Gets a shini surface. Normal steel tools are great for the rest ;)
+Lord_Vader Thanks for the tip, and thanks for watching :)
your machining videos are awesome.
Good work. You are lucky man you have so many tools.
I enjoyed your video ,very informative yet easy to follow your every process,keep up the good work
remoteflyboy Will do, thanks for checking it out.
Great build Chris! Think this is the first double ended one I've seen and your idea to hold it concentric, smart. Also thought you were going to straight knurl the grips but that was much better and definitely Koooler. That jack made a difference but still noticed it flexed a bit...good thing you used it! Great quality Vid, excellent craftsmanship and beautiful work. Thanks for sharing. ~PJ
pjsalchemy Thanks PJ. Yes hard to avoid the flex. I settled on pre-loading it a little bit, and accepting the result. High speed video shows up all sins!
Absolutely amazing!!!!
Your usual good stuff Chris. Thanks as always.
MrTallbeck Thanks.
Awesome work!
and the big gnurlyness makes it a good hand-spinner too
Prjndigo you mean knurlyness?
Awesome video. I'm sure that someone has already commented but you can use loctite 603 retaining compound in place of the super glue. Same result without any of the harmful fumes when you heat it to remove the part. Cheers Great channel.
you have so mutch talent love your makes :D
Superb video, very educational to a relative newcomer to home machining. I have to keep pausing to write notes!!
Thanks Paul
Great to have you watching Paul :)
I know I'm late, but I guess you could say, when I saw this video I almost DIEd. heheheh
wow! excellent presentation, recording and editing. Subscribed
+Jeffrey Irvin Thanks Jeffrey, thanks for watching, I appreciate your sub :)
I just watched some more of your videos. Man, you are my Guru. Thanks again and keep it up.
Très bon travail et de très bonne qualité !!!
Bravo !
Georges
Georges MILLION Merci Georges.
Beautiful presentation....first class ! thanks
Matt Homer Thanks for watching Matt.
I've used the fly-cutter method many times when accuracy is needed for such things as splines. But a knurling tool for a non-slip gripping surface is the way to go on a die holder. I prefer the diamond knurl. It's quick and looks great too.
Ujeb08 In this project I was after a coarser grip than what a knurl can typically generate; certainly a knurl pattern is a great option. Thanks very much for watching.
Love your channel mate.
Excellent video. Thank you :)
Hey Chris - really nice job on this. I've decided to make a variation on your design here for my mini lathe and save some cash on buying one! Your channel has really gotten me interested in machining and aside from using lathes as part of my studies (industrial design), is one of the main reasons I decided to buy my lathe and get into hobby machining which I'm really enjoying, so thanks for the inspiration :)
Terrific to hear that! Be sure to send me through a few pics when you finish the die holder :)
Very nice.
That groove cutter is terrifying. It's a steel stake that wants to fly out of its holder and punch right through your head >___>
Superb video, thanks!
Great job....very well done.
Hi Chris.. another great project on video.... just a thought - how about making a video making one of the machinists jack. That looks a very useful addition to the tool,box!
John
Yes would be a good project, thanks for suggesting John :)
love the videos
Another great video - really enjoying your presentation style and editing! Would you mind doing a shop tour video - looks like you have a nice collection of lathes and tooling!
doop85 Sure thing doop.
oh my god i need that lathe so bad!
Just found your amazing channel, very nice work and video making. I'll go through all of them soon.
Waheed Alsayer Thank you very much for your support Waheed
+Clickspring Yet another brilliant video!
excellent videos.
Would have been good to see you make this with the Sherline. Great video though.
Very nice
+Ivan D'souza Thanks Ivan :)
Great Videos you are a Master machinist, by the way the Music is great do not change it. Those who think the music is boring my advise...... get off the drugs!
+TCBperformance Terrific to have your support TCB, much appreciated :)
At the university I attend CAD classes (Siemens NX), I've been taught that it is better to leave actual renderings of threads out of both 3D and 2D. I can imagine this not being a big problem but those renderings dramatically increase file size and most importantly readability of the technical drawing.
We are taught to use symbolical representations (thin lines) to indicate threaded surfaces on the technical drawing.
But in this case I think you are doing the right thing by actually showing the threads, this way also non-engineers can fully understand what's going on.
EddvT You've got my thinking exactly. I put them in so everyone can understand, including the engineers - Thanks for noticing, they take quite a bit of time to model!
That's weird, rendering threads is one of my favourite things to do in 3D modelling. But I find it a breeze to do. Granted, I am a bit of a geek when it comes to that, but still. If you know the right buttons and parameters it should really not take that long. Is the program you're using a bit repulsive?
By the way, I must say your way of working definitely influences me. I'm working on a little project myself now and your attention to detail rubbed off to me, thank you.
It's a knife made from a file, entirely formed with hand tools (except for a blacksmith's forge for annealing, hardening and tempering) I finished the filing yesterday and it took me literally two hours to get 95% of the scratches out from the file by sanding, on one side. So there's still a long road ahead of me.
"Double Ended" Fabulous idea, You put a lot of thought into Your Jigs and tooling,, Always enjoy Your videos .What is next on the clock project?? just curious, have a Great Day,Chris
TIM WILSON Hi Tim, thanks for watching. Next up on the clock build I will make a start on crossing out the wheels.
Thanks very useful
que tipo de material utiliza para este torneado, me refiero al metal. muy buenos todos los vídeos.
I've wanting to make a die holder to use in my South Bend Heavy 10.
thanks i like your work
+Kali Kavanagh Thanks for watching Kali
Nice!
Is there any chance you could make a short video on the creation of the vertical milling and dividing attachment you've employed in the creation of this tool? At the 5:15 mark you've got quite a setup in play.
Gordon Jones this machine price
Real nice
Any chance you could do a video on your mechanical (and electronic) dividing setups?
I am extremely impressed with the quality of your videos and your machining, it is superb. There is something that I would like to ask you, what kind of glue do you use to hold those pieces together while turning them? Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I am myself a scientific glassblower and use a glassblowing lathe for my work and as an amateur a metal lathe to make some special tools for shaping the hot glass.
Terrific to have you watching Georges, the glue is generic super glue (cyanoacrylate) - Cheers :)
Thank you so much for taking the trouble to reply, I though that was what you had mentioned but I wasn't quite convinced that this was what you used. I am seriously impressed with the scope of your endeavours, not only the machining which is awesome but the knowledge on metal casting. The gears and parts on you clock are impressive. Thanks again.
Talentfull !
Awesome!!
Most machinists use pliers to remove long chips. Chris uses tweezers. Think on that a moment.
At 9:26 - 9:32 there is noticeable deflection while you are tapping the holes for the grub screws. I have to ask, "Is this with or without the Jack support?"
I was wondering how the lathe you used here could do the positioning for the grip grooves? Or did I miss the bit where you moved to a rotary chuck? 😊
Hety Manfred, the spindle was indexed to permit the cuts. A bit more detail on this wheel cutting video: ua-cam.com/video/ZSXDIraHz3k/v-deo.html
The best vidz going m8
This is my new favorite machinist porn channel :-) I'm subscribed and going through your videos, really enjoyable stuff. Keep up the good work.
+jakobv8 Cheers jakob, thanks for taking the time to check them out :)