I absolutely love how you had the foresight to know this was going to be a bit less involved video, and so you added the bushing repair to give it that little extra bit of flare and introduce another skill. Next level for sure.
The subtle jokes like "music cut due to supply chain issues" is one of the wonderful things that makes this content stand out in a crowd. Keep 'em coming!
I just (literally yesterday) learned a trick from a journeyman machinist at work. We use factory “indycols” and instead of using the DTI vertically so that the dial is facing you in the front but away from you in the back where you have to use a mirror, he showed me that if you put the DTI dial up towards the spindle with the arm at a 90 degree down, you can see the face the entire time your sweeping your part in. Saved me a ton of time. I know it would be a little difficult with how you made your device, but it’s honestly worth trying it that way. To put it how he put it: “quit chasing your damn head around the table, you’ll make yourself dizzy!”
I thought 'everyone' knew that, even if you have to make a different arm to suspend indicator in correct orientation. Should probably watch more Joe Pie video's?
So, I just got back to a CNC job at work. It has been 10.5 years, got a lot to relearn. Then because of some HAAS videos, I get some Quinn videos in my feed. Sweet, good to see you and your work again!
Doing things right the first time is a holy grail, but being able to catch up on those mistakes seems much more important and accessible to me. It's an art you've mastered. Bravo !
Your videos Quinn, are brilliant! Having recently bought myself a mill ( the smaller version of yours) I went through your milling tutorials and found them very helpful, so I also went through the lathe tutorial to see what I was doing wrong there. I've made this DTI holder, but decided I would save some money by making the 2 larger pieces on my 3D printer, which also means I don't have to buy myself a dovetail milling cutter since I can 3D print the DTI clamping mechanism. Being an electronic engineer (retired) with minimal mechanical background I find that making chips in my workshop is extremely therapeutic. Keep the videos coming!
while i am no machinest i've made a few things on a mill and a lathe years ago in a class on metal machining one day i'll have a hobbiest metal shop.... i watch many hobby machinist you tubers and you quinn are top of that list very clear and understandable stuff with comedy too!
A nice little tool to center things with. This is a good place to have a mister or flood cooling system, substantial improvement of tool life. Every fixture has an original purpose, but also grows to be multi-purpose. Nice, straightforward machining, I swear, I cut it three times and it's still too small. One of the best setups is "DRO", saves the "error rate". I do note, I've got the same exact tooling, most I've owned for decades. Feeding longitudinally is the best way to set up a great knurl on this sort of machine. The indicator can be placed horizontally, and the face easily seen all the way around the periphery. Nicely done all around.
what an incredibly beautiful and fun project. I watch all your milling videos one after the other because I have just expanded my workshop with a milling machine. nice to see thumbs up!!!
The mistakes and fixes you keep in your videos are entertaining and not only show you dont have to be perfect to make things that work, but I'm sure will give me a clue how to fix my own mistakes once I get my shop together.
Quinn ,you always do such nice work . Every step is well thought out. I used to work with this older gentleman (Duke) and his Mantra was measure every drill bit KID !!!!!!! So to this day I measure every drill bit ...
That's the joy of doing builds, it's a journey where afterwards you have grown a fine collection of new skills and tools. Very rewarding, thanks for sharing.
Turned (and milled) out very nice. One advantage to the commercially bought holders you mentioned is you can position the indicator dial flat so you can see it the entire time. I wonder if you could add a vertical bar between the indicator and the holder to yours to do the same?
The indicator needs to be perpendicular to the measurement; they only measure a single degree of freedom. I thought about ways to keep the dial visible, but you'd have to get a special indicator that measured two degrees of freedom.
@@soranuareane Maybe check the way Pieczynski uses his Indicaol and you may have to rethink the perpendicular thing. (You are not measuring anything absolute, Just the relieve position with respect to the spindle) ,,,,,, Actually all Quinn needs to do is just to make a swival at the end of the down rod and it's bye-bye mirror.
Just want to say that you are one of my favorite UA-cam machinists. You have interesting, useful projects, do a brilliant job explaining them, and add even more value when something goes wrong and you work through the problems. In this one, if you had used a brass pin rather than aluminum to repair the mistake you could have presented it as a highly artistic flourish.😄 Thank you for sharing what you do. You are appreciated.
I love watching all your video's and learn something every time. I did just receive my mill and have not completed cleaning it up and preparing it for use so my learning is all relative. I am having a little bit of understanding issue with how this can dial in a round part such as those when the dial indicator is not in center with the mill spindle. This part is not quite at my level yet so will wait to explore it by doing, but perhaps it will come to me later in my milling experience.
"I checked it again to see if it got bigger." 😄 I can't tell you how many times I have done exactly that before coming to grips with the fact that I had taken too much off.
Mic-6 tooling plate. Mount the indicator on the front dovetail, That way you can read the dial all the way around. The dial face will always be up and easy to read. Great project! Way to problem solve too.
This addition to the shop may not advance the cause of feline oral hygiene but may be useful in some other lower priority functions. I compliment you on your interesting presentation of useful information as is tradition. You may carry on (and you always do)! Loved it! 🥸👍💥
شكرا دكتورة كوين علي مابذلتيه من مجهود و من علم شيق ..لقد تابعت الفيديوهات الشيقه و ادعو لكي بمزيد من الخير والسعادة أيضا. حفظكم الله حفظكم الله و شكراا
I can foresee Loctite Fits in many of my future projects. Nicely different way to hold an indicator. I like to have the dial face-up so I can see it all the way round the part without needing a universal joint in my neck-bone. Easy enough using the front top dovetail and a longer stalk, with the indicator rod almost at 90 degrees to the body.
Someone else might have suggested this if so sorry! MrPete22 did a video one a tramning indicator. He modified the indicator holder so that the indicator could be rotated without varying the height of the indicator. It takes time to but I think it is worth the effort. Maybe you could modify your "Indicator Holder" to do the same. Good video, thanks!
Thank you for all these videos. I love how you explain everything. I look forward to when I purchase lathe….I will be just a hobbyist, and look forward to continue learning.
Im going to blow your mind with a co-ax indicator tip. I stopped spinning my co-ax with the machine until after these steps and I get zeroed much faster. Indicate your X travel at two points 180* apart by turning the spindle by hand, and get those two points to "zero", then turn the indicator shaft 90* to the X and bring the table to the same number you "Zeroed" The X at and your basically done. For indicating on the rotary table you would still need to tap it in, but this will get you closer quicker than any other method. EDIT: I just watched the end of the video and realized you did just this with your DTI. LOL!
Great Video Quinn. I really like the design of this. I’ll definitely be making one of these. Since I’m a Patreon Member, I’ll just Download the Prints.😁👍👍
Oh! Just so you all know. Blondie (Deborah Ann Harry) is coming to Foxwoods Casino in CT. This is not an Ad. I live in CT and I saw it on a billboard while riding my bike down the highway. I just thought you all would like to know. And Quinn is Blondi...well...hacks. I can't figure out why she has that name. She doesn't "Hack" anything! Maybe an occasional foresight lapse, but she always gets it right. Better than I and I used to build Robots! :-)
I made mine from a DTI Stand, you know the flexible ones on a mag-base, i unscrewed it from the base, made a clamp for my spindle nut, as my machine is a CNC, so it does not have a quill. For reading the DTI when it is on the back side, there's 2 options, since the needle of a DTI can be adjusted, i mostly try to get the Dial of the indicator facing Up, or at least as "up as possible", or when that can't be done, i use a small dentist's mirror to read it when the dial is facing to the back..
You didn't repair your clamp ring after a mistake. You recognized that the shoulder might wear as this handy fixture will be frequently used, and changed your design to make the shoulder easily replaceable.
Awesome video, it's not often you see a unique indicator holder like that! If your co-axial indicator came with the little spring loaded point, that is made to be used to indicate punch marks like you did with the dead center.
Hi Quinn, I enjoyed this video and suspect that I will be making one of these, I will get the drawing through my patron when I have purchased the material. Nice as always to see your mistakes and most importantly, how to rectify them. I must admit, I was surprised that the lock tight shoulder held, that’s one for my "C" drive of a brain. Thank you for sharing.
For softer material (aluminium in particular) use an ordinary hole saw to get 'starter holes' more than 1" diameter. Bi-metal hole saws will easily cut steel but it's a good idea to drill at least one swarf removal hole in the 'cut' if your using drill press or mill and run at a lower than usual speed. Even cheap carbon steel hole saws will work if rpm is kept down, I've used 3" diameter in 1" thick A36 plate, way cheaper than buying Rotobroach
you gettin' better all the time, Quinn. Hey, That dimension you scrouched for the push fit. A light knurl works wonders. You can't put the metal back (very easy), but you sure as hell can make the metal you have left bigger ;) (Saved my keester more then once)
You can also take a finishing pass with a finishing tool around .016 to flatten out the tips of the knurl. Really makes them look better. Love your channel.
I absolutely love how you had the foresight to know this was going to be a bit less involved video, and so you added the bushing repair to give it that little extra bit of flare and introduce another skill. Next level for sure.
It was really refreshing to see you do a little project with definitely no mistakes where everything came out as intended. Thanks for sharing!
You know she makes the parts perfectly the first time then remakes it for video with various "errors" so as not to be too intimidating?
@@spehropefhany remakes?
It's easy to show the past as the future with videos...
Quinn - it's a joy to see how you recover from the small errors we all make!
Yes, we do! Hi, Ron! Your work is spectacular! I am always learning from you and Quinn.
The subtle jokes like "music cut due to supply chain issues" is one of the wonderful things that makes this content stand out in a crowd. Keep 'em coming!
Recovering from an error is the thing that really helps the rest of us! Thanks !
I just (literally yesterday) learned a trick from a journeyman machinist at work. We use factory “indycols” and instead of using the DTI vertically so that the dial is facing you in the front but away from you in the back where you have to use a mirror, he showed me that if you put the DTI dial up towards the spindle with the arm at a 90 degree down, you can see the face the entire time your sweeping your part in. Saved me a ton of time. I know it would be a little difficult with how you made your device, but it’s honestly worth trying it that way. To put it how he put it: “quit chasing your damn head around the table, you’ll make yourself dizzy!”
I thought 'everyone' knew that, even if you have to make a different arm to suspend indicator in correct orientation. Should probably watch more Joe Pie video's?
Watching you draw out the part in layout ink was one of the most delightfully satisfying things I've seen in ages.
So, I just got back to a CNC job at work. It has been 10.5 years, got a lot to relearn. Then because of some HAAS videos, I get some Quinn videos in my feed. Sweet, good to see you and your work again!
Had not seen the dead center trick for centering a punch mark. Thanks!
I really liked the little illustration in the corner demonstrating what feature you're working on.
These videos are great! I learn a lot, never get the urge to fast forward and the music level is just right.
Doing things right the first time is a holy grail, but being able to catch up on those mistakes seems much more important and accessible to me. It's an art you've mastered. Bravo !
Ahh, the dulcet tones of an accomplished machinist!
The little red arrow was a great idea!
Your videos Quinn, are brilliant! Having recently bought myself a mill ( the smaller version of yours) I went through your milling tutorials and found them very helpful, so I also went through the lathe tutorial to see what I was doing wrong there. I've made this DTI holder, but decided I would save some money by making the 2 larger pieces on my 3D printer, which also means I don't have to buy myself a dovetail milling cutter since I can 3D print the DTI clamping mechanism. Being an electronic engineer (retired) with minimal mechanical background I find that making chips in my workshop is extremely therapeutic. Keep the videos coming!
Your enthusiasm and explanations of difficulties make this a joy to watch. Thanks.
while i am no machinest i've made a few things on a mill and a lathe years ago in a class on metal machining one day i'll have a hobbiest metal shop.... i watch many hobby machinist you tubers and you quinn are top of that list very clear and understandable stuff with comedy too!
A nice little tool to center things with. This is a good place to have a mister or flood cooling system, substantial improvement of tool life. Every fixture has an original purpose, but also grows to be multi-purpose. Nice, straightforward machining, I swear, I cut it three times and it's still too small. One of the best setups is "DRO", saves the "error rate". I do note, I've got the same exact tooling, most I've owned for decades. Feeding longitudinally is the best way to set up a great knurl on this sort of machine. The indicator can be placed horizontally, and the face easily seen all the way around the periphery. Nicely done all around.
Yay! It's Blondihacks time!! (I know I'm a day late... didn't have a break at work yesterday)
Retired machinist here. I love your design!
It's fun to learn something new once and a while and using the dead center to indicate the center punch is new to me thanks.
what an incredibly beautiful and fun project. I watch all your milling videos one after the other because I have just expanded my workshop with a milling machine. nice to see thumbs up!!!
You made a fancy Omega as an intermediate step. I call that a win.
The mistakes and fixes you keep in your videos are entertaining and not only show you dont have to be perfect to make things that work, but I'm sure will give me a clue how to fix my own mistakes once I get my shop together.
Being self-taught, I do very much appreciate all your videos! There is so much learned from projects like this. Thank you!
Quinn ,you always do such nice work . Every step is well thought out. I used to work with this older gentleman (Duke) and his Mantra was measure every drill bit KID !!!!!!! So to this day I measure every drill bit ...
That's the joy of doing builds, it's a journey where afterwards you have grown a fine collection of new skills and tools.
Very rewarding, thanks for sharing.
amazing machinework, i dont think i have the skills for that, but thank the good lord for my small cnc mill.
I have a rotary table but have no idea how to use it. I’m going to give this project a shot.
That is a handy little piece,,,,and we love seeing the 'human side of your work' too.
Turned (and milled) out very nice.
One advantage to the commercially bought holders you mentioned is you can position the indicator dial flat so you can see it the entire time. I wonder if you could add a vertical bar between the indicator and the holder to yours to do the same?
The indicator needs to be perpendicular to the measurement; they only measure a single degree of freedom. I thought about ways to keep the dial visible, but you'd have to get a special indicator that measured two degrees of freedom.
@@soranuareane Maybe check the way Pieczynski uses his Indicaol and you may have to rethink the perpendicular thing. (You are not measuring anything absolute, Just the relieve position with respect to the spindle) ,,,,,, Actually all Quinn needs to do is just to make a swival at the end of the down rod and it's bye-bye mirror.
Just want to say that you are one of my favorite UA-cam machinists.
You have interesting, useful projects, do a brilliant job explaining them, and add even more value when something goes wrong and you work through the problems.
In this one, if you had used a brass pin rather than aluminum to repair the mistake you could have presented it as a highly artistic flourish.😄
Thank you for sharing what you do.
You are appreciated.
I love watching all your video's and learn something every time. I did just receive my mill and have not completed cleaning it up and preparing it for use so my learning is all relative. I am having a little bit of understanding issue with how this can dial in a round part such as those when the dial indicator is not in center with the mill spindle. This part is not quite at my level yet so will wait to explore it by doing, but perhaps it will come to me later in my milling experience.
Awesome idea for using the dead center for dialing the part to true.
"I checked it again to see if it got bigger." 😄 I can't tell you how many times I have done exactly that before coming to grips with the fact that I had taken too much off.
Yess i never feel better than when a fav youtuber shows up
Really neat to see how you fix up the various little, err, improvisations 😁
Mic-6 tooling plate. Mount the indicator on the front dovetail, That way you can read the dial all the way around. The dial face will always be up and easy to read. Great project! Way to problem solve too.
Thank you for taking us along and for showing us the ways it can go wrong particularly for less-experienced machinists.
Thanks for showing the 3D renders of the parts while you work on them, very helpful.
Yup, made one of those. Works really well. Thanks Quinn, keep 'em coming.
Nice work I really liked that you went to the effort of showing the cad file each time. Thank you
Excellent demonstration of how to use the rotary table for the small radiuses
That save was so classy!
This addition to the shop may not advance the cause of feline oral hygiene but may be useful in some other lower priority functions. I compliment you on your interesting presentation of useful information as is tradition. You may carry on (and you always do)! Loved it! 🥸👍💥
A very nice tool AND a bushing repair?! Love it!
شكرا دكتورة كوين علي مابذلتيه من مجهود و من علم شيق ..لقد تابعت الفيديوهات الشيقه و ادعو لكي بمزيد من الخير والسعادة أيضا. حفظكم الله حفظكم الله و شكراا
I can foresee Loctite Fits in many of my future projects. Nicely different way to hold an indicator. I like to have the dial face-up so I can see it all the way round the part without needing a universal joint in my neck-bone. Easy enough using the front top dovetail and a longer stalk, with the indicator rod almost at 90 degrees to the body.
You can also just make a small knurl on the pin surface and the material will be pushed back up. It is ideal for saving a press fit.
I recently made a Indicol style holder for my SX3 mill. it always interesting to see different approaches to the same problem
Someone else might have suggested this if so sorry! MrPete22 did a video one a tramning indicator. He modified the indicator holder so that the indicator could be rotated without varying the height of the indicator. It takes time to but I think it is worth the effort. Maybe you could modify your "Indicator Holder" to do the same. Good video, thanks!
Just realized that won't work on a Dial test indicator only on a test indicator, sorry bout that!
Nice tool, I would suggest using a spring loaded center punch tool and peen the locktited parts to add some mechanical rigidity to it.
Very nice work. You got there in the end. That is, what is important. Nice
Again: You n Alex the French Guy make my Saturday, Quinn.
Absolutely perfect. No doubt. Every dimension to spec. 🤫
Another very handy tool for the shop, well done.
This is a great project, as soon as my arm heals enough to where I can use it I will definitely make this tool.
I love it quinn
This one is something I will make. When I have finished aligning my lathe. Definitely a useful tool to have.
Thank you for all these videos. I love how you explain everything. I look forward to when I purchase lathe….I will be just a hobbyist, and look forward to continue learning.
You are a genius! Congratulations!
You were well trained very impressive, from one machinist to another.
"A square referenced off the slot in my rotary table." So simple. So elegant. So obvious...once Quinn points it out!
An elegant work around save. Good job.
Excellent work, a great class, with all the details, ideas, errors and corrections.
Fantastic.
Greatly grateful.
Beste hugs from Brazil
I’m in the process of utilizing your process to build one. Thanks! I love your videos
Nice job, nice videography and work holding. Love your videos, thank you.
It's not about the machine, it's about the holding and tooling.
:-) Nice.
Another great job .I have an old mirror in a picture frame I stand up behind the table . About A4 size . One of the things I use in the shop a lot .
Im going to blow your mind with a co-ax indicator tip. I stopped spinning my co-ax with the machine until after these steps and I get zeroed much faster. Indicate your X travel at two points 180* apart by turning the spindle by hand, and get those two points to "zero", then turn the indicator shaft 90* to the X and bring the table to the same number you "Zeroed" The X at and your basically done. For indicating on the rotary table you would still need to tap it in, but this will get you closer quicker than any other method. EDIT: I just watched the end of the video and realized you did just this with your DTI. LOL!
Great Video Quinn. I really like the design of this. I’ll definitely be making one of these. Since I’m a Patreon Member, I’ll just Download the Prints.😁👍👍
Very cool project!!! Thanks for all the content!
Good Luck Quinn welcome to the US.
We were all once mediocre knurlers. I believe in you. Cheers.
Nice repair! I find making tools so much fun. Thanks for showing how you center a punch mark again. Very useful tip I always forget about. : )
Love the big REVEAL, lol.
Very nice build, thanks for sharing
Oh! Just so you all know. Blondie (Deborah Ann Harry) is coming to Foxwoods Casino in CT. This is not an Ad. I live in CT and I saw it on a billboard while riding my bike down the highway. I just thought you all would like to know. And Quinn is Blondi...well...hacks. I can't figure out why she has that name. She doesn't "Hack" anything! Maybe an occasional foresight lapse, but she always gets it right. Better than I and I used to build Robots! :-)
Projects like this make me realize how spoiled I am having access to a waterjet cutting machine in the shop, good job on this.
Very nice Quinn, just fantastic
Absolutely brilliant job there Blondi. Great to see a plan come together. Thanks for the video and, Have a good one 👍🇦🇺
I made mine from a DTI Stand, you know the flexible ones on a mag-base, i unscrewed it from the base, made a clamp for my spindle nut, as my machine is a CNC, so it does not have a quill.
For reading the DTI when it is on the back side, there's 2 options, since the needle of a DTI can be adjusted, i mostly try to get the Dial of the indicator facing Up, or at least as "up as possible", or when that can't be done, i use a small dentist's mirror to read it when the dial is facing to the back..
Thanks Quinn
Nice use of the locktite
You didn't repair your clamp ring after a mistake. You recognized that the shoulder might wear as this handy fixture will be frequently used, and changed your design to make the shoulder easily replaceable.
Awesome video, it's not often you see a unique indicator holder like that! If your co-axial indicator came with the little spring loaded point, that is made to be used to indicate punch marks like you did with the dead center.
Good work as always. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎
Thanks for this Quinn, very enjoyable and full of valuable tips.
I was waiting for this one! Amazing content every week, superb!
Hi Quinn, I enjoyed this video and suspect that I will be making one of these, I will get the drawing through my patron when I have purchased the material. Nice as always to see your mistakes and most importantly, how to rectify them. I must admit, I was surprised that the lock tight shoulder held, that’s one for my "C" drive of a brain. Thank you for sharing.
I did. I did enjoy watching you make this thing.
Lovely result, thanks for the video.
That is a great idea. I think I will make one after I get caught up some. Thanks for the video.
For softer material (aluminium in particular) use an ordinary hole saw to get 'starter holes' more than 1" diameter. Bi-metal hole saws will easily cut steel but it's a good idea to drill at least one swarf removal hole in the 'cut' if your using drill press or mill and run at a lower than usual speed. Even cheap carbon steel hole saws will work if rpm is kept down, I've used 3" diameter in 1" thick A36 plate, way cheaper than buying Rotobroach
I'm thinking those divots on the inner runners have something to do with tool access for the assembly line.
Great save!! Thanks for sharing!!
Nice work Quinn, looks great
Great way to fix the counterbore!
you gettin' better all the time, Quinn. Hey, That dimension you scrouched for the push fit. A light knurl works wonders. You can't put the metal back (very easy), but you sure as hell can make the metal you have left bigger ;) (Saved my keester more then once)
You can also take a finishing pass with a finishing tool around .016 to flatten out the tips of the knurl. Really makes them look better. Love your channel.
16:49 Priceless!
Great video that’s a cool indicator holder
Great job as always, watching your work is always inspiring.