Shop update - The metal lathe
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- Опубліковано 3 тра 2018
- I was fortunate and managed to pick up a good old metal lathe! It's a Swedish "blomqvist bsn 600". I believe it's more or less a clone of the classic south bend 9" lathe. I KNOW, metal tools and wood tools together in the shop is not ideal. I'll have to come up with some dust protection...
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A most sensible pallet jack/ lift, my usual solution to this is 3 teenage boys and a whip- there's some crying yes, but the job gets done none the less.☺
Cheaper too.
Ha ha, that should work too! :)
I have the same system. I pay them in Coke and tater chips.
kkkkk... good.
The definition of "work smarter, not harder" right here!
Beautiful lathe man!
Torbjorn, I appreciate the fact that you don’t feel the need to have a 5,000 kg behemoth of a lathe in your shop like so many American machinists think is the minimum size machine that can do anything.
:) It sure could have been a little bigger, but I have limited space currently...
Woodshop, metal shop + blacksmithing. You may now proceed to make ALL of the things. :)
:)
Fantastic addition to the workshop. Wishing you your good health to enjoy for many years!
Perfect size, not too big, not too small and it came with all the goodies. Glad for you.
Very Cool, old Iron is the Best, i have a 1962 Colchester Lathe and she is so massive, absolutly glorious. 😄😄😄
you even make moving a lathe interesting!
Ha ha! Thanks.
Clif, well said
Its imposible to be happy without a metal lathe. Congratulations, friend!
Nice tool man! Congratulations
Time for a milling machine!
You are setting yourself up to have significant capabilities in crafting. I’m envious...but can’t wait to learn what it’s like to live the good life.
I have never done blacksmithing but I have used a metal lathe machine and gosh, it's fun. Congrats on your new machine!
That is the coolest pallet jack I have ever seen
That's a nice looking lathe. And well-tooled too! I can't wait to see what you do with it!
Grattis Torbjorn! It looks in a really good shape!
Very nice and quite a few accessories as well,this will make your life so much more...congrats!
Good stuff brother! Now just level it up and oil the hell out of everything and you'll be golden. Looks like you got a real clean example and a lot of goodies.
Thanks! I will !
Nice to see you back in the Shop ... and a wonderful machine you buy ... Hope to see more in the near Future when you work with this Late ... 👍🏽
Wow that's amazing, I've never seen a pallet jack that can lift that high!
Oh and nice lathe too :)
A very nice addition to the shop!
That’s exciting! Can’t wait to get a lathe for my shop.
Woohoo, now all you need is a mill and you'll wrap up 3 of my favourite channels into one. Truly excited to see what's next!
great addition to your shop
Always got to love new tools! Just got in a pipe threader my self and it's probably just as old as your lathe. Definitely built to last. Thanks for the video God bless
Thanks!!
Great score with that qctp and the collet chuck and the milling attachment
I think so too... Not that I think the milling attachment can handle much but some light cuts might work!
Torbjörn Åhman yeah can't go to rough on it but until u get a mill it will work for small stuff
Congrats on your new equipment!
Also a great jack,Sir
Thanks
You got a lot of nice tooling with that lathe. You can easily spend double the cost of the lathe to add that much tooling.
She looks good! Looks to be making nice cuts, runs quiet. As others have said, time for a milling machine too!
Great new addition!!
I was trying to come up with a witty way to mention adding metal working stuff into the woodshop, but in all honesty, this was probably a once in a lifetime opportunity to get such a tool, and seeing you are unlikely to be allowed to store it in your bedroom, the woodshop is as good a place as any ... looking forward to seeing it in use !
:) Thanks!!
Upping your tools and knowledge👍
Congratulations !
Nice acquisition! And I like that scissor pallet jack. Never see one before.
I have one of similar size. Very useful for a blacksmith, especially for tool making. Have fun with it.
Good inversion , the lathe open new way .
Tankyou for give you forging experience .
That thing looks powerful!
Happy new lathe !
A beautiful old machine ready to make parts. Just needs a little cleaning and some oiling. I'm sure you will figure something out for collecting the dust. Great video!
I think you were using a left hand tool there at the end, for right hand turning.
Nice pallet jack! We have a high lift one at work, but it does not have a telescoping cylinder which makes it very unwieldy since the frame sticks way up to allow for the cylinder.
Looks good and seems to work good too.
Love watching your videos.
Awesome! Have fun!
Nice haul. 4 jaw, milling attachment, collets, qctp etc. looks like you got all the bells and whistles in one go. Machine looks nice also. They are kind of similar to my myford ml7 also. I keep mine in a mixed workshop too. Wood, metal and whatever I fancy. It's not ideal no, but it works fine if you just keep the shop clean in between projects.
Thanks! Yes, I hope it will work ok.
Cool, that felling of having new toys to play with...
Can't wait to see the projects you get up to with this combined with blacksmithing!.Maybe you could do a pair of long stem baroque candle holders?..Anyway thanks again for your great content.
Great score
I'd love to give you some Adam Savage advice on lathing: You can never have too much cooling fluid. Words to live by.
My congratulations!!!!
Outstanding addition! Your ability to produce forge tooling just increased exponentially! Not to mention any other bits and replacement parts you can dream up. Looks like you got some good tooling with it too! The tooling is the heart of a lathe. Go make chips!
Thanks!
I was curious of how you where going to bring that in,great job.
I can hear your cars poor suspension from here. But at least you made it home safe. I've been wondering if and when you were going to a lathe for the metal side. Keep up the great videos.
Nice video, Torbjörn.
Not bad the lathe, if you have the place.
Why not, unfortunately I do not have the space for it.
dude congrats!
Поздравляю с приобретением!!
Thank you!
Very nice!
What a pretty device! You are lucky boy :)
Очень увлекательный станок,поздравляю с приобретением!
A lathe is something you can always find usage for in any shop, also a milling machine and a surface grinder. But then you might need a bigger building, I think. LOL!
:) Indeed.
The definition of online influencer. I admire your work.
Such a usefull tool. Got to get me one for my new workshop. :-)
New toy. Great!
Men se där! En liten Blomquist. En sån står på en kärra utanför mitt garage. Men din är i mycket finare skick och har den där smidiga växellådan till matningen. Den lyxen får jag klara mig utan.
I have a woodworking shop with a metal section where I keep a lathe of similar size, a rexvalter VF-118. I suppose you will have to resort to a grill cover or something. I was fortunate to have a small, separate room, I opened up a door opening and put in plastic strips hanging from the door to stop dust.
Cool! Yes dust is bad...
Yes even despite the covers in the door way, a slight amount gets through. I am too lazy to bother with a grill cover though (and wher would I put it when not in use, I have so little space left) so I have thought of using a "rullgardin" that I fasten to the wall behind the lathe (mine sits up against a wall) and just pull it over the lathe when I am done for the way. Before that I thought if I could suspend a gas grill cover from the roof by some ropes and just lower it down over the lathe.
Поздравляю Вас с отличным приобритением! Ждём интересных видео!
Nice... seems to be in a real good condition... not too noisy. Congratulations. Check the electric connections from time to time. Try to get the torque of the screws of the electrical terminals. While electrical connections turn hot and cold and hot and cold the screws tend to loose up themselves due to heat related extend and shrink. Spring disks may neither be fastend too tight to not to loose their spring capacity which is importand to even out the heat related movement. Thumbs up!
Thanks! Good advice!
Bravo!
Damn I got to get one of those jacks.
Nice!
Nice... a milling plate and collets too...
Como siempre gran vídeo amigo saludos desde mexico!
Great to see Torbjorn. I think you just might need to rename the wood shop just a thought . Happy Trails
:) I'm aware...
Also more items should be in your amazon shop, I'm very interested in what you find useful for a shop or whatever else. like steels to use for making things, tools, files, etc. As a professional you know whats what in alot of areas and I'm interested in quality equipment.
Yes, I will add more stuff along the way.
Grande Torbjörn , anche io mi son comprato un tornio cosi, bellissimo il tuo , ed è uno spettacolo lavorarci! Buona serata e un forte abbraccio!
Cool! Thanks
Отличное приобретение!Ждем новых ,интересный идей!!!Привет из Республики Беларусь!
Thank you!
congrats brother... I'm going to end up building one... haven't found one locally for a decent price
Cool!
Excelente compra felicitaciones!!!!
Excelent! my father had one...I Love all yours posts. My name is Cassia I'm from Brasil Sorocaba/Sp
The ways look good, as the rest of the machine!
Promise to me you Will never use sandpaper or abrasive stuff without protecting ways and mechanisms and as you said in the description make a sort of dust cover
Without abrasive dust, dirt and swarf a lathe like this Will last Forever
I envy you so much! Have a lot of fun and KEEP ALL THE WAYS SUPER CLEAN AND OILED
keep it up!
Thanks!! I have seen people make rubber covers for the ways...do you think that's a good idea?
I think that a plastic fabric as a cover could works very well. Like a motorcycles case.
Look up Robin Renzetti's lathe guarding (covers). They're a very good idea. ua-cam.com/video/qjh63pll0VM/v-deo.html
His channel has quite a bit of good info on high-precision machining. The other ones to look up are Tom Lipton (ua-cam.com/users/oxtoolco) and Stefan Gotteswinter (ua-cam.com/users/syyl). Of course there are other UA-cam machinists, but those 3 tend to be in the "eh, it's off by 5 um, good enough for a rough job" class.
Forging gets the best strength. Machining (and lapping) gets the best precision and surface finish. You have the ability to mix the two...
SAI Pererinus: thanks, I just spent a couple of hours on Robrenz's channel and subscribed.
Fan va Nice! För smålan!
A metal lathe in the wood shop? Thank you for sharing your amazing video
Yes I know... the only heated place I can have one.
Torbjörn Åhman It’s fine, l love your videos and your fine metal work. Thank you for sharing your amazing video, love your fine red house, which remind me of “Emil fra Lønneberg by Astrid Lindgren” in danish, so I love houses of wood because it’s so natural. Thank you for your answer.
Oh Boy!! Score! Excited for you! That is a beauty Torbjorn, can't wait to see what you do with it. Quiet and smooth so far. How are the way''s and run-out? Don't forget to level it when you get it in the home position. Thanks for making my day with your present! ~¿@
:) Great. I can see very little wear actually. The way's are very good to my eye. Half-nut seems almost new as well as the lead screw. There is quite a bit of backlash on the crosslide hand-wheel, but the gears on the back of the apron seems in good shape. Maybe it's normal?
Perhaps the gibs need adjustment or maybe the nut is worn? Most have a little play...shouldn't be more than a couple of thousands on the hand wheel dial dial.
i like your job... 👍
Congratulations. Now there is no way back. It's like sickness. Tomorrow you will need milling machine, after that - grinding machine.. I'm talking from my self expierience :) Only one difference, i started from lathe, mill, grinder, bought an anvil and now i can't decide lpg or coal forge to make..
Ha ha... I'm afraid so... Thanks!!
You could always build a second shop for the metal working, it appears you have room xD
We have an old south bend in the shop that is pretty similar to this one. The belt is kind of limiting for speeds, but it is for sure a good old machine. Good buy :)
Nice toy lathe !It has steady rest and a milling attachment,plus norton transmission and automatic feed.Over all not bad,hope you didnt pay it too much.
He he, correct! Toys are made to play with, right?
Everything is a toy if you worked on a 8m long lathe that spins 5 ton tanker propeller shaft.
Its better than a small chinese crap.Not industrial lathe but something in between.
Hope you didnt pay it more than 1000€.(for 2000 you can buy used proffesional industrial lathe in my country)
Lathe is a fun and universal machine.It can do many operations such as knurling,drilling ,light milling,gear cutting ,keyway cutting ,making taper,almost anything if man is creative enough to make tools.
Happy playing with your new toy .
That's one nice-looking lathe...! Where do you get all these toys?! I'm very jealous...!😜
I want to know where that pallet jack came from! I've never seen a scissoring Jack like that. would be so useful, all of them should come like that.
I don't think it is very special... a high lifting pallet jack.
Good moring , parabéns !!!!
Great tool to add to any shop..;-p
I become a little jealous ...
Got to ask did you have the wood working table handed down from family, I would have loved to have it and learn it's usefulness.
Always love and learn from you Sir.
No it was not. I think my father in law got it from a school or something
Estas muy bien equipado
Muito bom vc vai sê divertir e muito legal um torno parabems faça bom uso um abraço.
Torb I will never catch up hahahaha thanks
Hah! Metalworking trades are mutually contageous, aren't thay? They overlap and complement one another. Today, a blacksmith; tomorrow a machinist, a welder, a steel fabricator, a foundryman, sheet metal worker? Tinsmith? Coppersmith (my Dad's trade.) Whitesmith? Goldsmith? I'm a retired machinist myself and I can empathise with your glee for your new toy. Getting your first lathe is a big step. It opens vistas of metalworking opportunities..
That machine seems very completely equipped including the first milling attachment I've seen that looks actually useful. But you're sure to lust for many lathe tooling items and machine shop knick-knacks. I'm sure someone has suggested "How to Run a Lathe," by The South Bend company (USA) as a first text but I'm sure there are plenty of excellent Swedish trade school publications to choose from. My understanding is Sweden has among the finest vocational training systems in the world.
If I was to offer a budding home shop machinist (anyone, not just Torbjörn) advice, my first suggestion would be to find a nearby mentor and the second to spend a month of evenings combing the available machinist related websites (I could offer a list,) and browse paper catalogues for equipment you can put to good use. The third would be to develop contacts with local machine shops, materials suppliers, and like-minded home shop owners. No point in re-inventing the metaphorical wheel.
Good luck with your new capability. I'm sure your new lathe will bring a measure of frustration to leaven the pleasure of making your own machined parts.
Thanks! I'm sure there will be frustration! :) A lot to learn for sure.
You are expert in wood, iron, construction ...!
Do you also know the tango dance? haha!
:) Na, dancing is not my thing I'm afraid.