Good work Tom keeping the local wheels turning. Love the tips using the tailstock cone to center the large hole in the chuck and using that pipe stand as an arm rest when welding. Thanks for the video.
HI Tom nice job that glad customer listened to you and is now letting you make 2 more pins out of the right material should outlast the old ones Cheers mate
Hello Tom, Nice job done there... Make's a lots of sense for the customers to have a few spares available... Hopefully they can be encouraged to review all there machines and give you the work to make the spares, in the long run it makes sense to lessen downtime. See you next time. Take care. Paul,,
G'day Tom. Finally sitting down and catching up on all your videos. Nice work on that big pin mate. Great seeing you getting some work come through your shop. Cheers, Aaron.
Hey Stuart. I dropped the pins off to the customer and was able to se the machine. It goes up to a standing tree extends a hydraulic arm and grabs the tree. As it is holding the tree it gets cut by a saw blade. One of those pins is the joint for the arm. The long pin holds the grabber on. A lot of motion going on. Not to mention when the tree is cut the arm then rotates to lay the tree down.
That's a great customer you have Tom. I did some work for an embassy here and often thought if I mess this up I will never work there again. After thirty seven or eight years I am still working there. Great work.
Good idea using the sand in the bucket. I did something similar on a cast iron sheave I welded with Ni -Rod, Pre heated then welded but had my neighbor save me a bucket of ashes from his wood stove. The ashes were a couple of days old so no heat in the ashes. I filled the bucket half full then put the welded sheave in and covered it with the rest of the ashes. It turned out pretty good.
The word SHOP is music to Snuggles ears. We can be inside the house and I say " Want to go to the SHOP" and she will break her neck trying to get to the front door and gets antcy if I'm not moving fast enough. They do love being in the shop with us. And of course I love having her around.
Yeah Khaos knows "shop" also. He has figured out that when I fill up my large metal cup with ice that we are headed down to the shop. So I don't have to even say the word anymore.
Not sure why you didn't use the lathe to cut the hole in the square piece of metal and just press it on the shaft. Making a tighter fit and no chance of it being out of square. I get the impression all of the metal on their machine is the same as the low quality shaft that came in. Was the machine made in china where cheaper metals are used.
I am fortunate to have a very large McMaster Carr branch a half hour away, If I need something quicker than overnight or the freight is too high I just go pick it up.
G'day Tom. Shaft worked out well, with a good weld. Why couldn't they try a slightly bigger O D. Shaft with proper greaseable barings on the end. Do they carry a heavy duty conveyor belt or material directly on the shaft ? Ted
Tom - My suggestion has nothing to do with Machining .You are obviuosly are becoming visible to the local Farmers and Businesses . To enhance your relationships with - for example - Your local Saw Mill customer . I would make drawings of their work and keep them on file .Your could give the parts -- names and part numbers. Keep them in a Three Ring Binder .You will be surprised how valuable that would be to you and your customer . - Jim
They break this pin twice a year and it brings the whole plant to a standstill yet they dont have a spare on the shelf - and cant wait for you to get correct material - stupid is as stupid does Make sure you get paid quickly as such a poorly managed outfit wont stay in business
Good work Tom keeping the local wheels turning. Love the tips using the tailstock cone to center the large hole in the chuck and using that pipe stand as an arm rest when welding. Thanks for the video.
I appreciate that Jim. Glad you got some tid bits from it also.
HI Tom nice job that glad customer listened to you and is now letting you make 2 more pins out of the right material should outlast the old ones Cheers mate
Thanks. I am glad too.
Hello Tom,
Nice job done there... Make's a lots of sense for the customers to have a few spares available... Hopefully they can be encouraged to review all there machines and give you the work to make the spares, in the long run it makes sense to lessen downtime. See you next time.
Take care.
Paul,,
Thanks Paul. These should keep the machine running for a while.
Nice machining work. We shared this video on our homemade tool forum last week 😎
Awesome and thank you.
G'day Tom. Finally sitting down and catching up on all your videos. Nice work on that big pin mate. Great seeing you getting some work come through your shop. Cheers, Aaron.
Awesome. It was enjoyable single point threading on the Monarch. It is such a well designed lathe.
G'day Tom. Nice one mate. Great to see the rotary table welder working. Cheers, Aaron.
Hey there big guy. Thanks for watching and it was good to get the rotary table out and stretch its's legs.
They must be working that equipment hard! Good trick with that sand bucket. I’ll have to remember that. 👍
Hey Stuart. I dropped the pins off to the customer and was able to se the machine. It goes up to a standing tree extends a hydraulic arm and grabs the tree. As it is holding the tree it gets cut by a saw blade. One of those pins is the joint for the arm. The long pin holds the grabber on. A lot of motion going on. Not to mention when the tree is cut the arm then rotates to lay the tree down.
That’s very cool! Wouldn’t mind seeing that bad boy in action! Big machinery means big fun.
You certainly look after your customers Tom. Nothing seems too much trouble for you. Hope the word gets round. ATB Nobby
Thanks Nobby. I try.
That's a great customer you have Tom. I did some work for an embassy here and often thought if I mess this up I will never work there again. After thirty seven or eight years I am still working there. Great work.
Thanks Randy. The saw mill has been bringing me work on a regular basis which is nice.
great job Tom
if thats the shear pin the machine must be huge!!😄😄👍👍👍👍😉😉😉😉
see you next time
regards
Kev
Thanks Kev. I think the machine picks up large logs and puts them in the saw mill is what I was told.
You certainly have all the tools now Tom. An annular cutter might do a better job of the hole in that end plate than a hole saw. Cheers Paul
I just ordered some larger annular cutters. My largest one was 1 1/8. So I will be able to go up to 2 inches with them.
very good job friend Tom,,thanks for your time
Thanks Michel. 🙏
Happy days Tom, gotta love some mill work buddy, nicely done as always, hope you and yours are keeping well buddy
Hi Ralfy!
Thanks Ralfy. It is always enjoyable to get some time on the old Monarch Lathe. They sure built these things right.
@mattthescrapwhisperer Hi Matty buddy 🎉
We can not get IH chrome bar locally either . It all has to be ordered from the Melbourne , the other side of the country . 👍
Hopefully the 4140PH will hold up if proper maintenance is done and things are greased routinely.
Another successful job done. Couldn't have been done without Mr Kaos!
Yep. He makes shop time better. 🙂
hey tom,
I learned something again. bucket of sand thanks for that👍🏻
The sand trick works well. Wrapping the part in a fire blanket does work too.
Great repair, thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks for watching Dave.
Thanks for sharing Tom
Thanks for your support!
Nice work mate, cheers
Thanks Matty.
Good to see your starting to get more work in Tom..
Thanks Ted. This summer has been good for work coming in the door.
Well done mate top job
Thank you Trevor.
Thanks for sharing 👍
Good to see you Craig.
Interesting work. It is amazing that they were able to shear that pin.
That pin was a replacement they had made and the shop that did it used soft chrome rod it appears.
Good idea using the sand in the bucket. I did something similar on a cast iron sheave I welded with Ni -Rod, Pre heated then welded but had my neighbor save me a bucket of ashes from his wood stove. The ashes were a couple of days old so no heat in the ashes. I filled the bucket half full then put the welded sheave in and covered it with the rest of the ashes. It turned out pretty good.
Thanks Terry. Have to improvise since I don't have a large oven I could use.
Nice beefy pins.
Thanks Brian. They were happy with them.
Well, if they mess up one of these every six months, that's good for your business :)
It break down ?
Nice!
Thanks Matt.
The word SHOP is music to Snuggles ears. We can be inside the house and I say " Want to go to the SHOP" and she will break her neck trying to get to the front door and gets antcy if I'm not moving fast enough. They do love being in the shop with us. And of course I love having her around.
Yeah Khaos knows "shop" also. He has figured out that when I fill up my large metal cup with ice that we are headed down to the shop. So I don't have to even say the word anymore.
@@hilltopmachineworks2131 Yep she gets triggered when I put my work shoes on.
Not sure why you didn't use the lathe to cut the hole in the square piece of metal and just press it on the shaft. Making a tighter fit and no chance of it being out of square. I get the impression all of the metal on their machine is the same as the low quality shaft that came in. Was the machine made in china where cheaper metals are used.
Using the hole saw was much faster and the fit did not need to be super precise since it was going to get welded on.
@@hilltopmachineworks2131 I decided to see what other videos were done and seen this fire issue. I left a short story of my father's fire
They break it twice a year! And they don't have a spare on the self? The maintenance manager needs sacking.
I am fortunate to have a very large McMaster Carr branch a half hour away, If I need something quicker than overnight or the freight is too high I just go pick it up.
That is definitely nice having McMaster right around the corner. I love living in the country, but it does present its challenges.
G'day Tom. Shaft worked out well, with a good weld.
Why couldn't they try a slightly bigger O D. Shaft with proper greaseable barings on the end. Do they carry a heavy duty conveyor belt or material directly on the shaft ?
Ted
Hey Ted. I am not 100% sure, but I think the pins are part of a hydraulic grappler that picks up large logs and puts them onto the conveyor.
Tom - My suggestion has nothing to do with Machining .You are obviuosly are becoming visible to the local Farmers and Businesses . To enhance your relationships with - for example - Your local Saw Mill customer .
I would make drawings of their work and keep them on file .Your could give the parts -- names and part numbers. Keep them in a Three Ring Binder .You will be surprised how valuable that would be to you and your customer . - Jim
Thanks Jim. That is a good suggestion.
Tom - they can use you as their free Engineering Department . If you want to be valuable , make yourself Valuable . It's a win win . -- Jim
Same failure twice a year... No secondary part prepped. Production is down. Mouth shut, expedited fees apply.
They have a spare now so that is good.
@@hilltopmachineworks2131 Yup. They are on a better path, that's for sure.
They break this pin twice a year and it brings the whole plant to a standstill yet they dont have a spare on the shelf - and cant wait for you to get correct material - stupid is as stupid does
Make sure you get paid quickly as such a poorly managed outfit wont stay in business
They have a spare now since I made two of the smaller pins. 👍