G'day Jon. Thanks mate. Your refurbished shaper looks much nicer mate. I had them playing on the TV in my workshop on Sunday. Great job buddy. Cheers, Aaron
Thanks Ralfy. I was making these on Sunday when I sent you that message on Instagram. I had you playing in the background. Watching on the TV is good for the stats (wink wink). Cheers, Aaron.
G'day Tony. We actually make these in the high school system and occasionally in the apprenticeship training. They make a good introduction to general machining. Cheers mate, Aaron.
These are a great workshop project Aaron and will no doubt be used for many years. Key steel is good for making the jaws, medium carbon and tougher than mild steel
Hey how's it going? Great to hear from you. Yes the kits from Doug are great for the home machinist. I think key steel would make for better jaws. The free machine grade that Doug supplies is easy on the tooling though. Thanks for watching. Cheers, Aaron.
Thank you. Doug kit's are excellent for the home shop machinist. It was very kind of him to supply with some sample kits to make and film. Cheer, Aaron.
@@jasonburns1407 Hey Jason, Doug was very kind to me and donated these kits to my channel. He picked up all costs (kits & shipping). I owe him big time. He didn't even ask me to make any videos. He's a lovely guy. I filmed them to help him and his kits helped me with content. I think the shipping was like $100 for 3 kits from memory. Cheers, Aaron
Great job Aaron . I thought you might have dug out the Coventry die head for those threads ! On two of my Starrett ones , one has that clip & the other one has never had one . Not sure if they stopped putting it on or not . Cheers .
Thanks Max. No doubt you saw my metion of you in my video. Thanks for the heads up mate. Unfortunately I don't have any metric dies for the Coventry head. Cheers mate, Aaron
That takes me back to many years ago mate. Next year I'm going to invest in a CMJ Chinese bench lathe because I live in Thailand. I have had good reviews about them. Sorry I haven't seen your channel for some time.
Hello Dermot. It’s nice to hear from you mate. Nothing wrong with a bench top lathe. Kimber used one for a longtime before he bought his big one. How’s Thailand treating you? I bet it’s a good life for you. Cheers mate. Aaron
@@AaronEngineering It is better than England but the health insurance is high. I have a few friends from Australia who live here too and they won't go back to Australia. It won't be until next year when I get a workshop built. Thailand has very strict employment laws for foreigners and there are certain things we can't do as a job so it will have to be just a hobby. I'm sorry to hear about your brother mate. Do you have a new job now?
@@dermotkelly2971 Thank you for the condolences. He was my only brother and I miss him daily. In regards to expats living abroad. Many would agree with you. I know my good buddy Lionel in Vietnam does. However his wife is breaking his balls to relocate to Australia. She will get a rude shock if they do. High inflation, high interest rates, cost of housing and idiocrasy. Australia is now country run by the woke green left, pack of bloody morons. On a positive note (LOL 😝), yes I’m teaching apprentices at TAFE now. Bloody blind leading the blind mate rofl 🤣
@@AaronEngineering thanks for your reply mate. When I worked in the U.K for a car manufacturing company part of my job was teaching and supervising apprentices and some of them had no interest whatsoever! I told one or 2 of them Why are you here? They smelt of dope most of the time along with alcohol at 7.00 in the morning! Only one guy showed interest and then I took no notice of the other 2 wasters. I had a City and Guilds in Mechanical craft studies and went to college one day a week back then for 4 years. Then the education authorities changed City and Guilds to another thing called N.V.Q ( National Vocational Qualification ) ( I call it NOT VERY QUALIFIED ) These so-called assessors used to just walk around with a clipboard ticking boxes on the jobs they were supposedly doing! and they all used to pass! Ridiculous! N.V. Q was only 3 years as well. I don't know what's it like in Australia.
ROFL, yes you would correct. They were my "undies" or as we say "reg grundies". I wonder that poking feeling was when I put them back on. My wife thought the oil stains were skid marks (joke, ha ha ha). Keep flying those airplanes buddy, and watch out for the balloons. Cheers, Aaron.
G'day Brian. I should be able to knock these out in a full day in the shop. Unfortunately, filming adds hours to the production time. I took 2 Sundays to get this far. Usually spend 4-5 hours in the workshop per session. When I filmed this latest footage I was babysitting Ailani (my eldest granddaughter). She loves being out with pop in the workshop. Cheers Brian. Aaron PS: hope the weather has warmed up for you.
Personally the Imperial one's usually bring much higher prices and better engineered quality than metric based clamps. Great job on those though! Take care!
Clamps are looking great , can't wait to see them finished.
Thank you. Getting there slowly. The surface grinding will add the cherry on top. Cheers, Aaron.
Hello Aaron,
You're making a really nice job of the clamps... enjoyable viewing.
Take care.
Paul,,
Thanks Paul. It’s been hard to get out into the shop lately. Hopefully I can get more time out there. Cheers 🍻
Nice job Pop! They look very nice indeed. Cheers, Jon
G'day Jon. Thanks mate. Your refurbished shaper looks much nicer mate. I had them playing on the TV in my workshop on Sunday. Great job buddy. Cheers, Aaron
Lovely, Enjoyed.
Thank you Robert 🙏
Gday, the clamps are turning out nice mate, cheers
Thanks Matty. Your crane has come out well too. I bet your old man is chomping at the bit to try it out. Cheers buddy, Aaron.
G'day Azza, nicely done buddy 👍 these are turning out mint
Thanks Ralfy. I was making these on Sunday when I sent you that message on Instagram. I had you playing in the background. Watching on the TV is good for the stats (wink wink). Cheers, Aaron.
Nice work, they look well, Aaron, very useful to have. A good project for your students. Cheers Tony
G'day Tony. We actually make these in the high school system and occasionally in the apprenticeship training. They make a good introduction to general machining. Cheers mate, Aaron.
I made some at school, that's when you could use the lathe's and the pillar drill. Times have changed now.
These are a great workshop project Aaron and will no doubt be used for many years. Key steel is good for making the jaws, medium carbon and tougher than mild steel
Hey how's it going? Great to hear from you. Yes the kits from Doug are great for the home machinist. I think key steel would make for better jaws. The free machine grade that Doug supplies is easy on the tooling though. Thanks for watching. Cheers, Aaron.
Great tool for the shop cheers.
Thank you. Doug kit's are excellent for the home shop machinist. It was very kind of him to supply with some sample kits to make and film. Cheer, Aaron.
Was delivery expensive to send the kit?
@@jasonburns1407 Hey Jason, Doug was very kind to me and donated these kits to my channel. He picked up all costs (kits & shipping). I owe him big time. He didn't even ask me to make any videos. He's a lovely guy. I filmed them to help him and his kits helped me with content. I think the shipping was like $100 for 3 kits from memory. Cheers, Aaron
Looking good there mate.
Thanks mate. Just a little more to go. I think the surface grinding will do the trick. Cheers, Aaron.
looking good
Hey Joe has it going? Great to hear from you mate. Thank you, Aaron.
THANKS Aaron
Thank you Kimber. I appreciate the support. I just wish I could get out in the shop more. Cheers buddy, Aaron.
Great job Aaron . I thought you might have dug out the Coventry die head for those threads ! On two of my Starrett ones , one has that clip & the other one has never had one . Not sure if they stopped putting it on or not . Cheers .
Thanks Max. No doubt you saw my metion of you in my video. Thanks for the heads up mate. Unfortunately I don't have any metric dies for the Coventry head. Cheers mate, Aaron
That takes me back to many years ago mate. Next year I'm going to invest in a CMJ Chinese bench lathe because I live in Thailand. I have had good reviews about them. Sorry I haven't seen your channel for some time.
Hello Dermot. It’s nice to hear from you mate. Nothing wrong with a bench top lathe. Kimber used one for a longtime before he bought his big one. How’s Thailand treating you? I bet it’s a good life for you. Cheers mate. Aaron
@@AaronEngineering It is better than England but the health insurance is high. I have a few friends from Australia who live here too and they won't go back to Australia. It won't be until next year when I get a workshop built. Thailand has very strict employment laws for foreigners and there are certain things we can't do as a job so it will have to be just a hobby. I'm sorry to hear about your brother mate. Do you have a new job now?
@@dermotkelly2971 Thank you for the condolences. He was my only brother and I miss him daily. In regards to expats living abroad. Many would agree with you. I know my good buddy Lionel in Vietnam does. However his wife is breaking his balls to relocate to Australia. She will get a rude shock if they do. High inflation, high interest rates, cost of housing and idiocrasy. Australia is now country run by the woke green left, pack of bloody morons. On a positive note (LOL 😝), yes I’m teaching apprentices at TAFE now. Bloody blind leading the blind mate rofl 🤣
@@AaronEngineering thanks for your reply mate. When I worked in the U.K for a car manufacturing company part of my job was teaching and supervising apprentices and some of them had no interest whatsoever! I told one or 2 of them Why are you here? They smelt of dope most of the time along with alcohol at 7.00 in the morning! Only one guy showed interest and then I took no notice of the other 2 wasters. I had a City and Guilds in Mechanical craft studies and went to college one day a week back then for 4 years. Then the education authorities changed City and Guilds to another thing called N.V.Q ( National Vocational Qualification ) ( I call it NOT VERY QUALIFIED ) These so-called assessors used to just walk around with a clipboard ticking boxes on the jobs they were supposedly doing! and they all used to pass! Ridiculous! N.V. Q was only 3 years as well. I don't know what's it like in Australia.
Nice project Aaron. Did I see you use your underwear to clean the chips off the knurl? Sure hope you don't put them back on! 😂 Ciao, Marco.
ROFL, yes you would correct. They were my "undies" or as we say "reg grundies". I wonder that poking feeling was when I put them back on. My wife thought the oil stains were skid marks (joke, ha ha ha). Keep flying those airplanes buddy, and watch out for the balloons. Cheers, Aaron.
@@AaronEngineering Ha ha! Cheers
nice project Aaron, was wondering what total time it took to make these.
G'day Brian. I should be able to knock these out in a full day in the shop. Unfortunately, filming adds hours to the production time. I took 2 Sundays to get this far. Usually spend 4-5 hours in the workshop per session. When I filmed this latest footage I was babysitting Ailani (my eldest granddaughter). She loves being out with pop in the workshop. Cheers Brian. Aaron
PS: hope the weather has warmed up for you.
Personally the Imperial one's usually bring much higher prices and better engineered quality than metric based clamps. Great job on those though! Take care!
LOL, I deserve that. I knew my imperial measurement comment would get me into trouble. Thanks for watching. Cheers, Aaron.
Bye Pop!
Thanks Danny