I made the hammer yesterday. very fun and educational project. although I have a top lathe, I could not turn a taper. (I couldn't put the tailstock far enough off center and I don't have a taperturning attachment) solved with a boring head in the tailstock. also I had no collet for the plug. keep it up Marc!
Hi Simon! 35 years ago I was a teacher at Algonquin. When we opened La Cité, I transferred there and we needed a metric project for the first semester. The drill point gage was an excellent project for fraction so it stayed in inches, the 1-2-3 bloc project is in inches because our surface grinders were imperial. That is why the hammer is now metric. I am working on the final segment of the handle project (part four) and it should be online soon. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to write, Marc.
@@THATLAZYMACHINIST If I remember right Algonquin was filled with Standard-Modern lathes and X-L-O mills (the ones with the short tables) all imperial machines and none with DROs. I think there was a lonely SAG12 in there too. The wide use of DROs these days makes working in inches or metric quite easy, no need to scribble conversions all over the drawing anymore! We used Anca 8 axis cutter grinders at work but for really special jobs, the ones where human perception is important we'd do it on a Cincinnati No2 dating from the 50's. Anyway, all that to say being able to work in either system (metric or imperial) comfortably is a great plus. I dug my hammer out of the toolbox, not too shabby after rattling around in there for 20years! instagram.com/p/CJY7PCqhwZV/?
I am sure you could do Imperial thread of approx same size. I haven't watched the other episodes yet so perhaps I am speaking out of turn??? Merry Christmas and bon Annee to all😎😎😎
Great to see part 3. Always appreciate your clear explanations.
Wouldn’t be a Merry Christmas a full without your videos!
You're a great teacher
Thanks for the great explanation and Joyeux Noel.
Welcome back, Marc and thanks for yet another clear, crisp & concise video. Season's Greetings and best wishes for the coming year! Cheers, DIYSwede
Nice! And Merry Christmas......
Great teacher
Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas, Marc! :-)
Welcome back. Thanks for the posts and training of machining things, Merry Christmas !!
Have Healthy and Happy holidays to you and your family
Good to see you back, Very clear and educational your a good teacher...merry christmas
Excellent explanations as always 👏
I made the hammer yesterday. very fun and educational project. although I have a top lathe, I could not turn a taper. (I couldn't put the tailstock far enough off center and I don't have a taperturning attachment) solved with a boring head in the tailstock. also I had no collet for the plug. keep it up Marc!
Thanks I love these vids!
Great content as usual Marc, thanks for sharing. Have a good Christmas.
Cheers from central Alberta
I made that hammer 22 years ago at Algonquin. Certainly brought back memories, though if I remember correctly back then the dimensions were in inches.
Hi Simon! 35 years ago I was a teacher at Algonquin. When we opened La Cité, I transferred there and we needed a metric project for the first semester. The drill point gage was an excellent project for fraction so it stayed in inches, the 1-2-3 bloc project is in inches because our surface grinders were imperial. That is why the hammer is now metric. I am working on the final segment of the handle project (part four) and it should be online soon. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to write, Marc.
@@THATLAZYMACHINIST If I remember right Algonquin was filled with Standard-Modern lathes and X-L-O mills (the ones with the short tables) all imperial machines and none with DROs. I think there was a lonely SAG12 in there too. The wide use of DROs these days makes working in inches or metric quite easy, no need to scribble conversions all over the drawing anymore! We used Anca 8 axis cutter grinders at work but for really special jobs, the ones where human perception is important we'd do it on a Cincinnati No2 dating from the 50's. Anyway, all that to say being able to work in either system (metric or imperial) comfortably is a great plus. I dug my hammer out of the toolbox, not too shabby after rattling around in there for 20years! instagram.com/p/CJY7PCqhwZV/?
Wish I had a metric thread cutting lathe ;)
I am sure you could do Imperial thread of approx same size. I haven't watched the other episodes yet so perhaps I am speaking out of turn??? Merry Christmas and bon Annee to all😎😎😎
@@dwightcarlson7136 I'm sure you can, I just wish I had some metric gears for my 1942 Southbend
avec tous ces commentaires en anglais, un grand bonjour des cousins de france et joyeux noel