I hope she'll be pleased. I have really learned a lot from Quinn over the years. She is much more precise about her machine work than I have been, but I'm gradually learning.
@@RonCovell I like this video you are a creative thinker and have a big impact on metalshaping and metalworking hi 👋 from 🇨🇦 #YSW merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 to you ❤ 😘 💖
You can potentially damage your chuck, though; the end mill shaft might be harder than your chuck jaws. Also, you might be inclined to try to use it to do side milling, and the drill press's taper is not designed to stand up to that. All that said, they do make flat bottom drills.
I worked in a university machine shop years ago. The old timers warned me about putting endmills in drill chucks, not because of run out (though you are correct, there is a lot by machinist standards) but because the tapers holding the chuck to the arbor and the arbor to the spindle are not captive tapers. The spindle taper is typically a Morse taper. If the endmill catches on the material, there may be enough force pulling down to pop the taper lose. Now you have an "interesting" day. It can be done, just keep your speeds and feeds very conservative and you'll be fine. I love your work Ron. Looking forward to your next project.
I could be effusive, but the results speak for themselves. I love watching your fluency with your tools and the materials. Again, I’m so glad that you and Quinn collaborated on this project. Your skills, interests and attitudes, match beautifully and create wonderful opportunities to gawk and learn.
Humbled that this level of technical content and genuine maker inspiration is available to me and my kids on a free platform. You are a true artist and maker. Thank you for continuing to share your talent
I enjoy both your's and Quinn"s channels so much. It's fascinating what very fine work you both do. And it's great that both of you share the little tips and tricks with us viewers!!
I'm not even interested in model steam engines or boiler tanks but the craftsmanship of this piece is just *chef's kiss*. Ron Covell is a master of this craft.
Small tank ends can be formed by pressing a disc through an outside bearing race from a tapered roller bearing. Also a hockey puck makes a great compliant layer for forming domes over a male form.
These are great tips - thanks! When using a bearing race to form a tank end, presumably the race is the female part of the form. What do you use for the male part?
@Ron Covell yes the bearing race is the female part of the die. for a pusher, anything with a radius smaller than the shape you want works. In aluminum, the end of a broom handle works well without marking the aluminum too much.
I'm a young fabricator from germany a only a handfull of years out of my apprenticeship now, and gotten some expirience both in sheet metal fabrication and basic machining. Its an honest delight to see whats done the same or different in another part of the world and alway great to see what I can still learn and use to improve my work. Thank you for your great videos!
That Lathe Of Yours Looks Very Much Like my 1948 Logan. Nice Tool To Have In The Shop!!! The Tank Came Out As I Expected It To, Perfect!!! Keep Rocking It Out Brother!!!
My lathe is an Atlas, but similar in layout to a Logan, and mine was probably made in the 1940's or 50's. It's not a heavy-duty machine, but it has served my needs very well for decades.
Beautifully done. The tank looks great! I've been watching Quinn's channel for a while and it is great to see your work. I can see why she asked you to create this tank.
Ron I've been doing this for a long time, but I learn a few somethings every time I watch a video of yours. You do some fine looking work, I really enjoyed the bronze welds, they came out beautifully.
I had never heard of your channel until Quinn mentioned you in regards to your collaboration. After watching both of your videos about the steam plant tank you have a new subscriber. This is a great piece of inspirational work, great stuff I loved it. Regards Mark. 🇦🇺
Mark - welcome aboard! I'm always glad to have new subscribers. I have quite a few new videos in the works, and about 90 that are already on my channel. I hope you enjoy some of the other videos!
Excellent. A work of art. I discovered your channel after following Quinn's links from the steam engine project. Not sure why the algorithm didn't recommend your channel years ago. Better late than never.
Absolutely beautiful build. Thank you for your uploads, these videos are a beacon of peace in an otherwise stressful life for me. Same goes for Quinn's channel.
I enjoy both your videos! I recently made a 180° career change to T&D machinist and mould maker. I had also inherited a position of specialty welder so I would have to see a touch more detail on the welding side as well. Thank you for sharing!
Sounds like a good move! I have several welding videos - here are two you may enjoy: ua-cam.com/video/3sp1BP29J4E/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/J4Cxk1nZyaY/v-deo.html
Watching you work with an English wheel has almost de-mystified that black art for me. Now you team up with another awesome UA-camr and in your typically relaxed fashion plow right into WELDING copper and bronze..... and finish with hand turning a knob on the lathe. I am now convinced you are more than a 10th degree black robe wizzard...... Thank-you for making this feel more approachable, and inspiring us mere mortals!
Nothing wrong with using a drill chuck and an endmill or slot drill for spot facing - the forces are exactly the same as drilling a hole with a drill bit. Using a drill chuck to hold an endmill for taking a side cut is a different matter as the helical flutes produce a down force when side cutting and can pull a cutter out of a drill chuck. That was an awesome collaboration, Ron! I do hope to see more of them!
Ron thank you for another wonderful year of your artistry. All the best for the season to you and your family. I'll definitely be back next year! Cheers from OZ mate.
Amazing results, as usual. You always have very creative ways of fixturing odd shapes! The only thing you missed was saying "as is tradition" at 18:32 when facing the part.
Watching this has been a nice Christmas present. Thanks! Love that with all the skills you have, you're still exploring new ways to do things. The dome forming was pretty cool. The hand work on the lathe with the knob, forming that by eye, was nice, too. Looking forward to seeing the rest of this by Quinn.
I'm so glad you enjoyed this video. Quinn will continue with her series on making the steam plant for her new steam engine, and she posts new videos just about every week!
i truly do love watching your (and Quinn's) videos. As a relative newcomer to the world of metalwork and machining, I learn a ton from every video. Thanks Ron! That's an amazing piece of work.
Really phenomenal work. You make it look so easy, but when I try it.... ugh! Merry Christmas, my friend. Your craftsmanship is truly a gift to the entire world.
Another great video Ron. As Masters often do, you make it look so easy and effortless. Even the setup and fixturing of these parts is so clever and creative: thanks for sharing your expertise. Another gift for us all. Merry Christmas!
This video is great, a good showing of simple and effective fixturing, particularly mounting the tank to the lathe for finishing. The completed tank looks gorgeous! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you Ron 🙂
Fantastic result Ron! Like others have said, I can't ever imagine how you're going to do the work when you start, but after it's over, I am absolutely certain that I understand how you did it. I am also certain I don't have the patience to achieve such a wonderful result.
I love that despite the not-inconsiderable skills you have, you display such generosity of spirit towards others. You are a true gentleman. Thanks for sharing this.
Turned out beautifully Ron, you are a true master, it's an absolute joy to watch you work and see your thought process!! Thank you for uploading and have a Merry Christmas my friend 👍👍
Thanks Ron for continuing to share your setup tips and tricks. They always open my mind on how to approach challenging workholding and forming. I wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a very exciting 2023. It's going to be awesome 👍👍😎👍👍
That was an awesome build. I loved how your detail showed how an average person with a few tools and patience. Can make amazing things. It’s nice to be taught by a master.
Very nice job Ron. I thought you would use Scotch Brite pads for the tank finish, possibly red followed by gray, but the sandpaper finish came out well.
Excellent work. The real revelation here is that you used taps for threading. I was expecting you to use a single-point threading tool manually with a hammer to form the threads precisely by hand.
What a great series to watch. Your expertise speaks for itself, your narrating is superb what a great project from 2 you tubers that I look forward to watching
I'm pretty sure I've seen Quinn put an end mill in a chuck at least once or twice, but she's always mentioned while doing so that it's not normally a good idea.
The issue is not a risk of a couple thou of run out, the risk is that both the tap and the Chuck jaws are hardened, so they don't get a good grip on each other, it tends to slip, and if it does slip you're going to damage something and it might be your hundred dollar Chuck that you ruin, meaning nothing ever runs true in it afterwards. I think it was adam Booth (abom79) who showed making some tap adapters to hold the tap, from soft steel, so you could use them in a Chuck with a measure of confidence it was going to work.
A work of art, Ron. I was surprised you were able to drive the base in the lathe only by the threads in the hole in the bottom.... Significant pucker factor there considering the machining forces were at a much bigger radius. I would have added tailstock force on a friction disc applied through a live centre. But hey you took light cuts, and all's well that ends well.
You bring up a very good point! There is certainly a limit on the torque that small threads like that can withstand - particularly on soft metals like bronze. Light cuts save the day!
ROFL, I was thinking how she would have broken out the sine plate.... then in came the endmill! Though your right, that is not something to be concerned about in this case Voltaire said “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” I love watching both of you work.
Cool looking project and well done as usual. Is there a chance you could show the techniques, process, and special materials (filler rod, shielding gas, etc) needed for welding brass?
Nearly all of my work is done by TIG welding, which can handle nearly any metal. You can see some detail on welding many common metals, including bronze and copper here: ua-cam.com/video/J4Cxk1nZyaY/v-deo.html Brass is one of the very few metals that are not feasible to TIG weld. The reason is that there is a lot of zinc in brass, and it fumes when heated. The zinc fumes defeat the argon shield that makes TIG welding possible. It is possible to gas weld brass, and in fact people who make brass radiators have perfected this process. I don't have any experience myself, but 'brazing rod' is the filler rod of choice for this. You can see an example at 6:40 in this video: ua-cam.com/video/FwTvAap5DdQ/v-deo.html
Always a pleasure to watch you work. I think this is the first time I've seen you at the lathe this much, very instructive and enjoyable! It's important to know that getting the "right fit" doesn't always mean getting a "mathematically precise fit". Gorgeous work, sir!
I find millimeters are 25.4x more accurate than inches. When we get dimensions in inches in the workshop, everything is first converted to millimeters. The invoice then states that millimeters serve as the unit for all dimensions. American customers often specify millimeters and inches. We can also make American threads, but there is always a risk of confusing these with British threads.
Well, I certainly acknowledge that the Metric system is much more widely used, and the 'divisions of 10' structure makes it easy to use - but it is not inherently more 'accurate' than the Imperial system I grew up with. As for the thread standards, it's even more complicated than what you list: ua-cam.com/video/tkEVwpl2S4Q/v-deo.html
Again, beautiful, Ron. When I first saw this tank on Quinn’s channel I thought that you had spun the whole thing in two halves (less the thickened baseplate, which I thought was soldered to the bottom of the spun tank). Maybe you’re right, I don’t want to know what it would cost to have you make one of these. Regards, Charlie
I want to see a live reaction of Quinn's face every time Ron says something like "This is a cool trick I saw Quinn do"😊
I hope she'll be pleased. I have really learned a lot from Quinn over the years. She is much more precise about her machine work than I have been, but I'm gradually learning.
I like the way Ron phrases his operations. "I want to do this, and so I do it."
If they didn't want me to use an end mill to make flat holes on my drill press they shouldn't have made them flat!
I see your point!
@@RonCovell strangely enough not seeing it was sort of the actual objective.
@@RonCovell I like this video you are a creative thinker and have a big impact on metalshaping and metalworking hi 👋 from 🇨🇦 #YSW merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 to you ❤ 😘 💖
You can potentially damage your chuck, though; the end mill shaft might be harder than your chuck jaws. Also, you might be inclined to try to use it to do side milling, and the drill press's taper is not designed to stand up to that.
All that said, they do make flat bottom drills.
I worked in a university machine shop years ago. The old timers warned me about putting endmills in drill chucks, not because of run out (though you are correct, there is a lot by machinist standards) but because the tapers holding the chuck to the arbor and the arbor to the spindle are not captive tapers. The spindle taper is typically a Morse taper. If the endmill catches on the material, there may be enough force pulling down to pop the taper lose. Now you have an "interesting" day. It can be done, just keep your speeds and feeds very conservative and you'll be fine.
I love your work Ron. Looking forward to your next project.
I could be effusive, but the results speak for themselves. I love watching your fluency with your tools and the materials. Again, I’m so glad that you and Quinn collaborated on this project. Your skills, interests and attitudes, match beautifully and create wonderful opportunities to gawk and learn.
Thank you so very much!
I have never seen another fabricator who is as calm and relaxed as you.
Your fit, finish, and craftsmanship is absolute perfection and a joy to watch
Hey, thank so much! I should be posting more videos very soon!
Humbled that this level of technical content and genuine maker inspiration is available to me and my kids on a free platform. You are a true artist and maker. Thank you for continuing to share your talent
I'm so glad that you and your children are interested in this sort of fabrication!
I enjoy both your's and Quinn"s channels so much. It's fascinating what very fine work you both do. And it's great that both of you share the little tips and tricks with us viewers!!
Awesome, thank you!
I'm not even interested in model steam engines or boiler tanks but the craftsmanship of this piece is just *chef's kiss*. Ron Covell is a master of this craft.
Thanks so much!
Small tank ends can be formed by pressing a disc through an outside bearing race from a tapered roller bearing.
Also a hockey puck makes a great compliant layer for forming domes over a male form.
These are great tips - thanks! When using a bearing race to form a tank end, presumably the race is the female part of the form. What do you use for the male part?
@Ron Covell yes the bearing race is the female part of the die. for a pusher, anything with a radius smaller than the shape you want works. In aluminum, the end of a broom handle works well without marking the aluminum too much.
Thanks for that!
Showing how simple it is to spin down a fitted cap is a revelation. That's one I'll put to use soon.
That's the first time I have done it that way. I was surprised at how easily the part formed.
That is a great looking piece, I am sure Quinn loves it.
She is very enthusiastic when she reveals it in her video:
ua-cam.com/video/fl6OBxV02YU/v-deo.html
I'm a young fabricator from germany a only a handfull of years out of my apprenticeship now, and gotten some expirience both in sheet metal fabrication and basic machining. Its an honest delight to see whats done the same or different in another part of the world and alway great to see what I can still learn and use to improve my work. Thank you for your great videos!
I'm glad you are enjoying my videos, and learning from different disciplines. It's a habit that will keep you learning throughout your life!
That Lathe Of Yours Looks Very Much Like my 1948 Logan. Nice Tool To Have In The Shop!!!
The Tank Came Out As I Expected It To, Perfect!!!
Keep Rocking It Out Brother!!!
My lathe is an Atlas, but similar in layout to a Logan, and mine was probably made in the 1940's or 50's. It's not a heavy-duty machine, but it has served my needs very well for decades.
Beautifully done. The tank looks great! I've been watching Quinn's channel for a while and it is great to see your work. I can see why she asked you to create this tank.
It was a joy to make a small contribution to the great work Quinn is doing!
A lovely piece of art. It was very satisfying to watch a true craftsman at work
I'm so glad you liked this project!
Just really stunning; amazing this is a one off hand made item. It will totally complement Quinn’s boiler and engine.
I hope so!
What an Awesome job!
Watching you free hand the lathe made me think you must have been the best drawer on an Etch-A-Sketch…
Well, I did put in a lot of hours on an Etch-A-Sketch when I was younger!
Ron I've been doing this for a long time, but I learn a few somethings every time I watch a video of yours. You do some fine looking work, I really enjoyed the bronze welds, they came out beautifully.
I appreciate that!
I think you have the quintesential "Instructional Videos" voice. Your work is awesome and I love your collabs!
Wow, thank you! I have more videos on the way.
Learned a lot watching these videos, especially about welding, forming and finishing copper and bronze. Thank you, well done as always!
Awesome, thank you!
I had never heard of your channel until Quinn mentioned you in regards to your collaboration.
After watching both of your videos about the steam plant tank you have a new subscriber.
This is a great piece of inspirational work, great stuff I loved it.
Regards Mark. 🇦🇺
Mark - welcome aboard! I'm always glad to have new subscribers. I have quite a few new videos in the works, and about 90 that are already on my channel. I hope you enjoy some of the other videos!
First time viewer. Great craftsmanship. Enjoyed it immensely Ron. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it, and I've got about 90 videos on UA-cam. You might enjoy some of the other ones!
Excellent. A work of art. I discovered your channel after following Quinn's links from the steam engine project. Not sure why the algorithm didn't recommend your channel years ago. Better late than never.
Well, I'm so glad you've found my channel now!
Ron, a production that would have Spielberg kissing your foot. The engineering was not too shabby earther.
I must say, that's pretty high praise! Thanks so much for the kind words.
@@RonCovell Happy Christmas 🌲
Truly next level craftsmanship! Thanks for sharing Ron!
Thanks for watching!
It's fun to watch this project from both ends.
I'm so glad you liked it!
That’s beautiful Ron 😃
Thanks a million!
As a fan of you both, this has been an awesome collaboration.
Hey, we aim to please!
The unit conversions are nice, thank you.
Yes, I fully understand that most of the world uses the metric system.
Absolutely beautiful build. Thank you for your uploads, these videos are a beacon of peace in an otherwise stressful life for me. Same goes for Quinn's channel.
I appreciate that very much!
Beautiful work, Ron!
Thank you! Cheers!
Hey Ron, that's a really nice looking distill you made there 👍
Gosh - I never thought about that application, but it would be a natural, wouldn't it!
You do beautiful work Ron.
Thank you! Cheers!
I enjoy both your videos!
I recently made a 180° career change to T&D machinist and mould maker. I had also inherited a position of specialty welder so I would have to see a touch more detail on the welding side as well.
Thank you for sharing!
Sounds like a good move! I have several welding videos - here are two you may enjoy:
ua-cam.com/video/3sp1BP29J4E/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/J4Cxk1nZyaY/v-deo.html
The link to Blondihacks video says Now with Maximum Ron. What a great name.
Quinn has a great sense of humor!
Great lathe fixturing idea for finishing the tank.
It really helped!
Simple/Smart the mandrel to hold the tank!, your various use of clamps is a great lesson….awesome build…Merry Christmas
Thanks, you too!
Watching you work with an English wheel has almost de-mystified that black art for me. Now you team up with another awesome UA-camr and in your typically relaxed fashion plow right into WELDING copper and bronze..... and finish with hand turning a knob on the lathe. I am now convinced you are more than a 10th degree black robe wizzard...... Thank-you for making this feel more approachable, and inspiring us mere mortals!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video, and the collaboration with Blondihacks!
Always love watching you work sir!
Awesome! Thank you!
Wonderful as always!
Glad you think so!
Great watching, Happy New Year Ron.
Thanks, and the same to you!
I admire your technique to freehand the round features on the knob.
I'm sure you understand that I 'speeded up the action' about 4x!
Nothing wrong with using a drill chuck and an endmill or slot drill for spot facing - the forces are exactly the same as drilling a hole with a drill bit. Using a drill chuck to hold an endmill for taking a side cut is a different matter as the helical flutes produce a down force when side cutting and can pull a cutter out of a drill chuck.
That was an awesome collaboration, Ron! I do hope to see more of them!
Beautiful finish on it. I was impressed how much the block sanding improved it over the sanding with the disc. Thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Another piece of art, nicely. Done Ron. Merry Christmas
Thanks, you too, Randy!
Ron thank you for another wonderful year of your artistry. All the best for the season to you and your family. I'll definitely be back next year! Cheers from OZ mate.
I'm so glad you enjoyed my videos through the year. Lots more planned for 2023!
Ron you done a great job. You are one of the best craftsman on the web. I wish you and your family the best this holiday season.
Wow - that's very high praise, indeed! The best holiday wishes for you, too!
Amazing results, as usual. You always have very creative ways of fixturing odd shapes!
The only thing you missed was saying "as is tradition" at 18:32 when facing the part.
Hey - that's Quinn's 'patented' comment. I don't want to infringe on her creative wording.
@@RonCovell Fair enough! I'd say it's reasonable in a collab video though :)
He also forgot to say Yahtzee after parting.
Outstanding! Nuff said.👍👍
Thank you kindly!
Watching this has been a nice Christmas present. Thanks! Love that with all the skills you have, you're still exploring new ways to do things. The dome forming was pretty cool. The hand work on the lathe with the knob, forming that by eye, was nice, too. Looking forward to seeing the rest of this by Quinn.
I'm so glad you enjoyed this video. Quinn will continue with her series on making the steam plant for her new steam engine, and she posts new videos just about every week!
i truly do love watching your (and Quinn's) videos. As a relative newcomer to the world of metalwork and machining, I learn a ton from every video.
Thanks Ron! That's an amazing piece of work.
Wow, thanks!
Thank you for the gift of learning.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Thank you too!
Great job as always thanks for the video and all you've done for the metal working community a true master craftsman 👍👍👍
Wow, thank you
You are extremely talented and a great teacher not to mention very kind and generous.😊
Wow, thank you!
this is a handmade masterpiece! your craftsmanship with cooper is impeccable, welds are invisible and it all looks so good! amazing job💖
Glad you like it!
Who is cooper?
Really phenomenal work. You make it look so easy, but when I try it.... ugh! Merry Christmas, my friend. Your craftsmanship is truly a gift to the entire world.
Thank you! Cheers!
Very nice Ron!!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Thanks, you too!
Another great video Ron. As Masters often do, you make it look so easy and effortless. Even the setup and fixturing of these parts is so clever and creative: thanks for sharing your expertise. Another gift for us all. Merry Christmas!
Thanks, and the same to you!
this was such a joy to watch
Thanks so much for watching, and for commenting!
This video is great, a good showing of simple and effective fixturing, particularly mounting the tank to the lathe for finishing.
The completed tank looks gorgeous!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you Ron 🙂
Thank you very much!
You are a true master of your craft. Watching you work makes me want to do better work. Thank you.
Wow, thank you!
Fantastic result Ron! Like others have said, I can't ever imagine how you're going to do the work when you start, but after it's over, I am absolutely certain that I understand how you did it. I am also certain I don't have the patience to achieve such a wonderful result.
Well I guess to be honest, it does take a bit of patience!
I really look forward to a Ron upload👍
Glad you enjoy my videos!
Metal forming, TIG welding, machining, and articulate explanations! Top shelf content!
Glad you liked it!
That looks amazing.
Thanks!
I love that despite the not-inconsiderable skills you have, you display such generosity of spirit towards others. You are a true gentleman. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you so much 😊
Turned out beautifully Ron, you are a true master, it's an absolute joy to watch you work and see your thought process!! Thank you for uploading and have a Merry Christmas my friend 👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Great work!
Thank you! Cheers!
Beautiful work as always! Would be interesting to see you do some more challenging forming with the press in a future video for sure! :)
Great suggestion! I'll certainly consider that for future videos.
Nice work, many different interesting techniques for working with copper.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@RonCovell Learn, learn and learn again ©
Thanks Ron for continuing to share your setup tips and tricks. They always open my mind on how to approach challenging workholding and forming. I wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a very exciting 2023. It's going to be awesome 👍👍😎👍👍
Thank you so much!
Absolutely fantastic, especially the editing to make it concise and coherent
Thanks so much. I sped up the slow spots as much as possible, since I know that everyone's time is valuable.
Very informative and enjoyable…..the collaboration must continue….
Hope so!
That was an awesome build. I loved how your detail showed how an average person with a few tools and patience. Can make amazing things. It’s nice to be taught by a master.
I'm very glad to have appreciative viewers like you!
I love seeing two channels I watch collab. Many thanks Ron. Epic build and thanx for sharing your skills.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Sweet job
Merry Christmas to you and your and many blessings on your house in this new year.
Same to you!
Very nice job Ron. I thought you would use Scotch Brite pads for the tank finish, possibly red followed by gray, but the sandpaper finish came out well.
I sometimes do use Scotch Brite, which you will see in this video:
ua-cam.com/video/dvMK43iDAcw/v-deo.html
These videos are amazing, Uncle Ron! You are the Bob Ross of metal working! This water tank looks awesome!!
Thanks so much, Sarah! Much of my time these days is spent on UA-cam projects, and I love it!
Beautiful results!
Thank you! 😊
Thank you for sharing your craft with us, Ron! I wish you and yours a very merry Christmas and all the best for 2023!
Same to you!
The skill is great and I love hand finishing many thanks I have subscribed and will enjoy watching more if your channel alan
Awesome, thank you!
Art from a top craftman.
Excellent video 📹
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Again amazing. As always
Thank you so much 😀
Excellent work. The real revelation here is that you used taps for threading. I was expecting you to use a single-point threading tool manually with a hammer to form the threads precisely by hand.
Maybe next time!
What a great series to watch. Your expertise speaks for itself, your narrating is superb what a great project from 2 you tubers that I look forward to watching
Wow, thank you!
Hope to see more collabs between you and Quinn. Y'all make a great team.
I would welcome that. We'll see what we might dream up for the future.
Very nice... Merry Christmas... 🙂
Thank you! You too!
I'm pretty sure I've seen Quinn put an end mill in a chuck at least once or twice, but she's always mentioned while doing so that it's not normally a good idea.
Oh - I guess I haven't seen all of her videos.
The issue is not a risk of a couple thou of run out, the risk is that both the tap and the Chuck jaws are hardened, so they don't get a good grip on each other, it tends to slip, and if it does slip you're going to damage something and it might be your hundred dollar Chuck that you ruin, meaning nothing ever runs true in it afterwards.
I think it was adam Booth (abom79) who showed making some tap adapters to hold the tap, from soft steel, so you could use them in a Chuck with a measure of confidence it was going to work.
Honestly, I never thought of that! Thanks for pointing out the problem - and even better - a solution!
A work of art, Ron.
I was surprised you were able to drive the base in the lathe only by the threads in the hole in the bottom.... Significant pucker factor there considering the machining forces were at a much bigger radius. I would have added tailstock force on a friction disc applied through a live centre. But hey you took light cuts, and all's well that ends well.
You bring up a very good point! There is certainly a limit on the torque that small threads like that can withstand - particularly on soft metals like bronze. Light cuts save the day!
Cmon Ron, you forgot to say "yahtzee" when you part the part, as is tradition. Hahhaa
Hey, those are Quinn's lines! I don't want to infringe on her 'trademarked' material!
ROFL, I was thinking how she would have broken out the sine plate.... then in came the endmill! Though your right, that is not something to be concerned about in this case Voltaire said “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” I love watching both of you work.
I love your comments!
Wonderful
Thank you! Cheers!
That little water tank turned out beautiful
Thanks so much - I'm pretty pleased myself. It's definitely the fanciest thing I've ever made from copper.
Cool looking project and well done as usual. Is there a chance you could show the techniques, process, and special materials (filler rod, shielding gas, etc) needed for welding brass?
Nearly all of my work is done by TIG welding, which can handle nearly any metal. You can see some detail on welding many common metals, including bronze and copper here:
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Brass is one of the very few metals that are not feasible to TIG weld. The reason is that there is a lot of zinc in brass, and it fumes when heated. The zinc fumes defeat the argon shield that makes TIG welding possible.
It is possible to gas weld brass, and in fact people who make brass radiators have perfected this process. I don't have any experience myself, but 'brazing rod' is the filler rod of choice for this. You can see an example at 6:40 in this video:
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Always a pleasure to watch you work. I think this is the first time I've seen you at the lathe this much, very instructive and enjoyable!
It's important to know that getting the "right fit" doesn't always mean getting a "mathematically precise fit". Gorgeous work, sir!
Thank you, and your point is well taken!
Great content
Thanks!
I find millimeters are 25.4x more accurate than inches. When we get dimensions in inches in the workshop, everything is first converted to millimeters. The invoice then states that millimeters serve as the unit for all dimensions. American customers often specify millimeters and inches.
We can also make American threads, but there is always a risk of confusing these with British threads.
Well, I certainly acknowledge that the Metric system is much more widely used, and the 'divisions of 10' structure makes it easy to use - but it is not inherently more 'accurate' than the Imperial system I grew up with. As for the thread standards, it's even more complicated than what you list:
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A true master of his craft, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us, Ron!
You're very welcome!
Thanks
No problem!
Again, beautiful, Ron. When I first saw this tank on Quinn’s channel I thought that you had spun the whole thing in two halves (less the thickened baseplate, which I thought was soldered to the bottom of the spun tank). Maybe you’re right, I don’t want to know what it would cost to have you make one of these.
Regards, Charlie
Spinning would be a great way to make this tank - in principle - but my luck with the limited spinning I have attempted has not been so good!