Love seeing both the range of what can be done on a lathe, and also the shots where we can see your hands as you're working. Since I'm planning a small hobby shop myself, seeing this kind of lathe work shows me that I can get by without the mill for a good long while.
Wow, nice craftsmanship! Very unique and clever locking mechanism. From time to time I thougt about a clever way to lock the spindle on these Mini-Lathes. But always have to discard my "idea", because it's to complicated or bulky. This is a very good, effective design. I plan to do it on the other side of the spindle, at the gears, and include a dividing disk... Maybe... Sometimes... Probably then, when I need it now and then I curse the past-me, because he didn't made it, as he had time... But as I said, neat design, I like to watch your videos. Keep going!
Was thinking about how to make something like this before, but didn't think of using that portion of the spindle for clamping yet. I might copy your design in some way, thanks for the idea.
Bit late to the party but I 've been meaning to subscribe to you but keep forgetting. This video had pushed me to subscribe. 👍😍 Your workholding is brilliantly creative, kind of like the old greats of model engineering had to be due to the lack of affordable benchtop milling machines. I'm definitely going to take inspiration from this video. Particularly liked the dual cams to allow the tightening to be adjustable. 🙂👍 There is one thing though you ought to try to avoid if you can, and that's holding endmills in a 3 or 4 jaw chuck. It's fine for drills as they have relatively soft shanks and so the jaws can grip on the drill shank. For endmills though it's not a good (or safe) thing to be doing. Really, you should use some kind of lathe collet chuck (or a morse taper collet held in the spindle bore with a drawbar, but that can be a bit of a pain in the arse). To get straight to the point: I have a spare ER32 collet chuck and a few ER32 collets that I have multiples of that should fit straight on to your lathe (I have a similar mini lathe to yours) and I'll happily post it to you as a gift. I'll even pay the postage. I'll send it just to make sure you're at least safe from a machine tool accident if nothing else.😄 I'm not sure how to contact you privately to give you an email address for me (not posting any of my email addresses on a public UA-cam comments section😮😂) but I'm SouthernChap on the Hobby Machinist Forum, so you can PM me there (and verify I'm a real person and not sone kind of scammer or worse!😂). Below is an explanation about why holding endmills in a 3 or 4 jaw chuck isn't good, it's worth reading, even if you don't take me up on my offer. 😊 Endmills generally have very hard shanks and since the chuck jaws are also hard, there's not really enough grip. When using endmills, the forces tend to want to pull on the endmill. If there's the right tool holding being used, that's not a problem. The endmill will be held securely and won't shift (assuming sensible speeds/feeds/tooth load/depth of cut etc.) and all is good. But since the endmill can't be held totally securely in a 3 or 4 jaw chuck, you run rhe risk of the endmill being pulled away from the chuck qnd towards the part. That could lead to damage to your chuck jaws, the endmill and the part you're milling. It's possible that the endmill could get pulled out of the chuck completely and that could be very nasty for the person standing in front of the lathe.
Yes, I know about the advantages of a collet chuck, you are absolutely right. Thank you for your offer, but I don't think it will be convenient for you to send a parcel to Ukraine, I will buy a collet chuck on Aliexpress. I really don't have enough time for all the modifications that I want to make)
Very cool! How hard is it to change the chuck now though 🤔 maybe I just have fat fingers but it's already difficult for me to fiddle with the mounting nuts
such nice work offset by the junkiest looking clamp for that rotary cutter... :) so junky i almost overlooked it being a jacobs chuck holding an endmill. :o lol... cams are fun :)
Dude, that was an awesome job. How is it that you’re a talented machinist enthusiast, yet…you haven’t built a milling machine, yet? I mean, if it helps, at Michael Uphoff’s channel he’s currently building a micro mill, you can probably get inspiration from and let your talent and magic hands loose. Nice job.
You could have taken that arc welder, turned up the amperage and used that 6011 rod to cut the steel with it to make that circle. Just a FYI for future reference.
Nice work. Doing everything on a lathe was the norm, years ago. Do you have a faceplate? A faceplate, some packing, clamps, and counterweights allow you go do a lot of projects that seem impossible with only a lathe.
It might be worth protecting that part from rust. Depends where you are located but here in NC, everything rusts. LPS3, or Fluid Film are quick fixes. Black oxide is fairly easy but the aesthetic might not match your setup. A very fine finish is less likely to rust. Have you seen ROBRENZ's magic sanding block video? That would be one way to get a fine finish without a surface grinder.
the oldschool saddle with lots of slots and a 8inch+ swing is always a bonus... most of these modern import lathes have insufficient gap over the saddle, then the things so borderline thin theres no meat to slot it either... if im milling on the lathe i tend to do it the "standard way"... cutter in chuck. but yes... you are only limited by patience and imagination. and clamping methods... and swing... lol... and once you get a mill, its always too small anyway... (lol, even the one i used to operate that could take a freaking shipping container proved to be a tad too small on occasion...)
Something about this video made me nervous. Apart from being an insanely complicated way to put a brake on a lathe, it felt REALLY DODGY. And then I saw why, at 10:19 -- the mangled fitting on the tool post, evidence of something having previously crashed into the chuck jaws. No doubt he'd put on a new chuck since then. Horrible.
You are very creative with the lathe. A real inspiration of what you can get done with a small lathe if you put your mind to it.
Thank you! Glad you liked it
Very clever use of the lathe!!
Love seeing both the range of what can be done on a lathe, and also the shots where we can see your hands as you're working. Since I'm planning a small hobby shop myself, seeing this kind of lathe work shows me that I can get by without the mill for a good long while.
Pretty cool! Something like this I have to do to my lathe too. Thanks for sharing your approach!
Thank you! And I have to make a dividing disk, I will have to largely repeat your approach)
@@WeCanDoThatBetter As a 40 year retired machinist and a lathe owner, this guy gave me ideas that I would have never thought about doing on a lathe!
the way you used your lathe as a milling machine is incredible, well done!
This is a demonstration of expert level lathe mastery. Well done! 💪
This guy is wild with the lathe. That’s awesome.
Seing the quality you can achieve, you really owe it to yourself to make a new handle for your toolpost. Very creative use of a lathe 👍🏻
You definitely earned my sub! Impressive how you maximize the use of your lathe in so many ways ❤
Milling machine? We don’t need no stinking milling machine!
🤣
Wow, nice craftsmanship! Very unique and clever locking mechanism.
From time to time I thougt about a clever way to lock the spindle on these Mini-Lathes. But always have to discard my "idea", because it's to complicated or bulky. This is a very good, effective design.
I plan to do it on the other side of the spindle, at the gears, and include a dividing disk... Maybe... Sometimes...
Probably then, when I need it now and then I curse the past-me, because he didn't made it, as he had time...
But as I said, neat design, I like to watch your videos. Keep going!
Was thinking about how to make something like this before, but didn't think of using that portion of the spindle for clamping yet. I might copy your design in some way, thanks for the idea.
Very nice work mate, especially all done on the lathe.
One of the best things I have seen in a while Thank You
Great idea, colleague👍👍👍
Bit late to the party but I 've been meaning to subscribe to you but keep forgetting. This video had pushed me to subscribe. 👍😍
Your workholding is brilliantly creative, kind of like the old greats of model engineering had to be due to the lack of affordable benchtop milling machines. I'm definitely going to take inspiration from this video. Particularly liked the dual cams to allow the tightening to be adjustable. 🙂👍
There is one thing though you ought to try to avoid if you can, and that's holding endmills in a 3 or 4 jaw chuck. It's fine for drills as they have relatively soft shanks and so the jaws can grip on the drill shank. For endmills though it's not a good (or safe) thing to be doing.
Really, you should use some kind of lathe collet chuck (or a morse taper collet held in the spindle bore with a drawbar, but that can be a bit of a pain in the arse).
To get straight to the point:
I have a spare ER32 collet chuck and a few ER32 collets that I have multiples of that should fit straight on to your lathe (I have a similar mini lathe to yours) and I'll happily post it to you as a gift. I'll even pay the postage. I'll send it just to make sure you're at least safe from a machine tool accident if nothing else.😄
I'm not sure how to contact you privately to give you an email address for me (not posting any of my email addresses on a public UA-cam comments section😮😂) but I'm SouthernChap on the Hobby Machinist Forum, so you can PM me there (and verify I'm a real person and not sone kind of scammer or worse!😂).
Below is an explanation about why holding endmills in a 3 or 4 jaw chuck isn't good, it's worth reading, even if you don't take me up on my offer. 😊
Endmills generally have very hard shanks and since the chuck jaws are also hard, there's not really enough grip.
When using endmills, the forces tend to want to pull on the endmill.
If there's the right tool holding being used, that's not a problem. The endmill will be held securely and won't shift (assuming sensible speeds/feeds/tooth load/depth of cut etc.) and all is good.
But since the endmill can't be held totally securely in a 3 or 4 jaw chuck, you run rhe risk of the endmill being pulled away from the chuck qnd towards the part. That could lead to damage to your chuck jaws, the endmill and the part you're milling.
It's possible that the endmill could get pulled out of the chuck completely and that could be very nasty for the person standing in front of the lathe.
Yes, I know about the advantages of a collet chuck, you are absolutely right. Thank you for your offer, but I don't think it will be convenient for you to send a parcel to Ukraine, I will buy a collet chuck on Aliexpress. I really don't have enough time for all the modifications that I want to make)
Хорошая идея, правда слишком усложнена, (можно было просто сделать ленточный мли дисковый тормоз) но главное - результат!
Спасибо! Дисковый там особо некуда ставить
Very well thought out. Well done
Very clever. I like it. Good work sir
Very cool! How hard is it to change the chuck now though 🤔 maybe I just have fat fingers but it's already difficult for me to fiddle with the mounting nuts
You're right, changing the lathe chuck will be a little more difficult, but tightening the nuts is easier
@hammerland4028 probably more consistent torque on them too
i like your style, congrats
Thank you!
Very clever. True engineer
such nice work offset by the junkiest looking clamp for that rotary cutter... :) so junky i almost overlooked it being a jacobs chuck holding an endmill. :o
lol... cams are fun :)
Благодарю Вас коллега что делитесь знаниями. 👍🤝
Wow!
Simply wow!
Dude, that was an awesome job. How is it that you’re a talented machinist enthusiast, yet…you haven’t built a milling machine, yet? I mean, if it helps, at Michael Uphoff’s channel he’s currently building a micro mill, you can probably get inspiration from and let your talent and magic hands loose.
Nice job.
Everything has its time)
You could have taken that arc welder, turned up the amperage and used that 6011 rod to cut the steel with it to make that circle. Just a FYI for future reference.
"were already running full power capn! she canna do no more!"
lol, i miss having a 600A mig welder...
Beautiful.
Very nice!
Respect!!😌
A lathe can make a lathe!
Очень красивая и функциональная разработка. Подписался.
This guy don’t need a Mill!
Nice work. Doing everything on a lathe was the norm, years ago. Do you have a faceplate? A faceplate, some packing, clamps, and counterweights allow you go do a lot of projects that seem impossible with only a lathe.
It might be worth protecting that part from rust. Depends where you are located but here in NC, everything rusts. LPS3, or Fluid Film are quick fixes. Black oxide is fairly easy but the aesthetic might not match your setup. A very fine finish is less likely to rust. Have you seen ROBRENZ's magic sanding block video? That would be one way to get a fine finish without a surface grinder.
Thank you! I don't have a faceplate yet, but I'll definitely make one.
We have a very dry climate in the south of Ukraine, so there are no particular problems with rust
@@hammerland4028must be nice
the oldschool saddle with lots of slots and a 8inch+ swing is always a bonus...
most of these modern import lathes have insufficient gap over the saddle, then the things so borderline thin theres no meat to slot it either...
if im milling on the lathe i tend to do it the "standard way"... cutter in chuck.
but yes... you are only limited by patience and imagination. and clamping methods... and swing... lol...
and once you get a mill, its always too small anyway... (lol, even the one i used to operate that could take a freaking shipping container proved to be a tad too small on occasion...)
Very Nice, 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Nice🙂
Nice Polish coin.
Красиво и аккуратно
Surely a better use of these lathe skills would be to build a milling machine?
Слишком много свободного времени
Think: the only main difference is what is still and revolving.
Da bekommt man die muttern von dem Backenfutter beschissen runter bzw drauf. Da ist ja ohne das Teil schon zu wenig platz
Could we see it working? Thanks.
In the next video I will try to make a dividing disk, and after that there will be a real application
Merci
Something about this video made me nervous. Apart from being an insanely complicated way to put a brake on a lathe, it felt REALLY DODGY.
And then I saw why, at 10:19 -- the mangled fitting on the tool post, evidence of something having previously crashed into the chuck jaws. No doubt he'd put on a new chuck since then. Horrible.
Я так и не понял зачем надо было разрезать а потом сваривать?
So he could work on the matching parts, without shifting of these.
It's necessary for the precision of the hole for the spindle.
Adesso serve anche il blocco del carro.... o il tuo tornio lo ha già predisposto??
Hai ragione, mi manca davvero questo dispositivo
😮,,💯💥
if it doesn't look stupid and work, why not :D
👋👋
А без напильника не обошлось
🫡- Just what I’ve been thinking about for my mini mill spindle to make collet changing a 1 spanner operation
🫡 Always an inspiration !