Hey, everyone! Just chiming in on leveling the lathe, or rather that I didn't in the video. Like many have pointed out, I'll need to do this to take the twist and bow out of the lathe bed and ensure accurate cuts. It might even take care of the tailstock issue I mention. I expect this to be a fairly tedious process (especially given my perfectionist tendencies) so I have been waiting until I am absolutely sure of the final position. Heck, I might even make a video about it. Thank you all for the support and encouragement!
heh I just recently plopped my 10" lathe on a wooden bench for temporary storage, and then for giggles checked the alignment there, under 0.0003" over 10". Guess it lives there now! Do you think you'll block up the lathe off of the casters with some steel blocks for helping to maintain your new alignment when you get there?
Hell yeah I got hearted. Btw I’m from kentucky too so if you need a video editor just let me know. I would be in it for the machining because thats my passion too but I’ve done a decent bit of adobe premier editing
From my point of view, it is not that he puts in efforts UA-cam doesn't deserve, but more that he puts in effort us, the people who enjoy his content, deserve... because, as much as he love his machines, he likes us ^^
Your Grandfather is a lucky Man to have you looking after his machine and tools with such love and care. He will rest well. Thank you for sharing your time.
I cannot express adequately how this warms my heart. Both my Dad and Uncle we custodians of machine tools. Seeing you care and keep using the tools from your Grandfather is so comforting. All of my tools are going to my niece who shares my love of making and learning. She will be required to watch all of your videos to gain perspective.
I inherited nothing from my grandfather, and a not much more from my father, so I'm a little bit jealous of your inherited machinery setup. Heck I don't even have a workshop...so I live vicariously through people like you :)
After viewing your cleanup of the lathe and replacing the old controls with a VFD. You should avoid the use of fluorescent lighting as it blinks 120 times per second which, depending on the speed of the lathe give you the impression the chuck is not moving. Use LED's or incandescents. On any machine tool, you want to have a single source of electricity. Only. You also want to make sure that you have a 'push to start' circuit included. If you have electricity interrupted for what ever reason, you do not want the machine to start up again without your input.
It's great that you got your Grandpa's lathe. I have some of my Grandpa's tools as well. I can look at these tools and remember the fun I used to have on his farm. Thank you for a wonderful video!
I have traveled your path via a detour. Growing up in a third world country, technology magically appeared, nothing about it was organic or homegrown. I was fortunate to come to US and get a pigskin saying I'm a Mechanical Engineer. There was a revolution back home and I ended up staying and going into finance, my other love. About 20 years ago, I got the bug of saving old machine tools of people like your grandfather who weren't as fortunate to have a grandson with the vision and passion to appreciate the treasures. I have learned more from these silent old giants coming to life and speaking to me than anything taught in a classroom. Friends in my care for life. Enjoy your good fortune and thank you so much for sharing.
Wow. That definitely is a different path to end up in a similar place. Sounds like you have had your own string of fortunate events. You are 100% right about learning more by working with these machines than you do in the classroom. I can personally attest to that. Thank you for sharing as well as your support!
last shop I was in, I was the guy who had to keep all the lathes clean and operable. it warms my heart that there's a lathe out there getting a proper spa day
Thank you for the obvious passion that you put into this project, my grandfather was also a machinist but died when I was very young so I never really knew him. I grew up with a fascination for all things mechanical and electrical and became an electronic engineer. I have worked on many CNC machines over the years and owned a couple but I still want to have a lathe and mill someday soon so I can manually produce parts. ❤
I’ve discovered your channel last week and watched all your videos, and I liked them very much. I particularly liked this kind of nostalgia you share towards your grand father and somehow vintage machinery. You started a channel that I will follow with enthusiasm. Thanks for sharing this lively experience in this great home machine shop 👍🏻👍🏻 Peiro from Geneva Switzerland
Thanks for watching! Next time we will actually be making something in this shop. Stay tuned for the next video on Friday, March 4th at 10AM Eastern. See you then!
Brandon, my husband and I enjoy watching all of your remodeling projects with Paige. We now found ourselves enjoying this new venture Watching the care and love that you have put into the restoration of these tools has been heart warming. We look forward to many more.
I know this video is 2 years old, but a simple basic lock-pick set is HUGELY useful. You no longer have to keep track of all the dumb cabinet keys, because a wave rake is every key. I leave a set at work and have used it repeatedly when someone is _authorized_ to get into something, but the one guy with the key is WFH or whatever that day.
just came across your channel, but I hope you realize how proud your grandfather would be seeing you restore and use these wonderful pieces. Can't wait to binge watch the rest of your channel,
What a beautiful machine! I qualified on a similar, slightly smaller one when I was in the Navy. I was a qualified Machine Tool Operator and welder on the submarines I served on. I actually had to use those skills several times for emergency repairs while underway. Good to see the old girl brought back to her glory!! I know she will serve you well.
Really enjoyable video! Such wonderful nostalgia and production values. I used to work with an older mechanical engineer, a brilliant man, who had spent time at a major machine tool maker in Cincinnati. He told me they performed extensive studies on the dynamics of the cutting process. They determined that cutting is a process of continuous shearing of the metal, which causes friction, which generates heat. They concluded that the primary function of "cutting fluid" isn't lubrication, but heat removal. Hence, modern machine tools use "coolant" vs. "cutting fluid". Flooding the work area with coolant removes the heat generated by the shearing action of cutting, prolonging tool life.
Thanks! That makes sense. Also something about making the right kind of chips ensures a lot of the heat leaves with the chips rather than going into the tooling.
I love your content. It’s so much different than the other machinist youtuber stuff on here. It’s relaxing and you don’t talk too much or over explain things
Greetings from Germany. Although I am 80 and have enjoyed a successful scientific career I am really a frustrated machinist! LOL I did my PhD work at a Max-Planck-Institute and did an apprenticeship in the machine shop to learn how scientific equipment is made. I've been around metal-working machines all my life and love the sounds, smells and sights of the shop. When I found your channel I became really excited, partly because of your very good luck, but also because of the quality of the machines you inherrited. I'm certain you know how lucky you are! You did a great job on getting the lathe ready for work. I will be audacious enough to share a tip I received in the beginning of lathe work. Always put a wooden board down on the ways below the chuck when taking the chuck off or replacing the chuck. This eliminates the possibility of the chuck falling on and damaging the ways. Also, meticulously wiping out and blowing out the chuck and spindle before reassembling. (You undoubtedly know that, but I thought I would mention it anyway). I am very much looking forward to your upcoming videos. Thanks so much for making them so professional and interesting. Your narative is also excellent and enjoyable. I gasped when you fell over with the handwheel! LOL Thanks again.
@Bruce Boschek I really appreciate your support and suggestions! I am very eager to relearn what I used to know as well as everything I didn't. And I hope to keep putting this level of effort into these videos and make them enjoyable to watch. Thanks again!
This is excellent advice. I went as far as routing out matching V's in the bottom of the wood piece so it always stays put as I jokey large workpieces or chucks off and on.
I like the vibe you bring to these videos, it's somewhere in between the zany energy fireball tool brings and the very simple and direct energy Matthias Wandel brings. both are nice but yours is very comfortable while being informative!
12:28 Cant tell how you many times I ended with a monkey bump on the back of the noggin from things like that, but finally learned my lesson after the last time a couple years ago. Was sitting on the floor pulling a clutch off of a motor's keyed shaft and my tire machine that was right behind me with the jack stands up against it. The clutch popped off all of a sudden, I slammed into the jack stands, and my back felt like ... well you can imagine. Took 2 weeks before my back healed enough for my wife to unground me and let me back out to play again By the way, I bet your grandfather would be proud of you, and I really like your videos. No stupid music covering up the actual sounds of things and you give a lot of detail for us to follow
Just discovered your channel and am loving all of it. Like others have said, your quiet presentation style is a unique and welcome change from so much of the other machining content out there. Btw, I use Tap Magic cutting oil, and it smokes just like that every time I use it. That's what makes machine shops smell so good!
Truly enjoying your channel. Started my machining career in 1972 when these kinds of machines still dominated factory floors. CNCs are cool, but nothing beats a manual machine in my book. I can almost smell the cutting out. 😊 Thanks for sharing.
There are few things more satisfying than the reassembly and first usage of flat mating surfaces that you've personally cleaned, trued, and oiled. This was awesome to watch!
I love the fact that the old oil still works to preventing the rust to damage the machine. But I love to see the result of your cleaning makes the machine not only looks great but works perfectly as designed!
For all the things in this world that I dont understand.... I completely understand the love, respect and passion for tools. They are as close to sacred as anything on this planet, up there, almost, with plants, forests and clean mountian streams, clean clear skies animals and... good folk with pure hearts and a perfect moral compass
Coming from a woodworking background I recently bought a Logan 200. I have torn it down once and now a second time for a repaint. Appreciate your attention to detail!
Yeah definitely not. He always taught me that If i use something, always leave it in a better state than you found it. He was retired but plagued with health problems.
I love the planned video shots of the lathe before/after. Really well thought-out cinematography! So glad I subscribed to your channel. You do a great job of showing cool machining techniques to newbies like myself who don't have the tools but may one day invest in them. Thank you so much.
Stumbled on this channel yesterday and am now watching all your videos to get up to speed. I love machining channels as I am somewhat of a maker myself but cannot afford these machines. Really enjoying your journey so far and look forward to what you make in the future. Ps having gone to school for architecture (now a laboratory design consultant) I really appreciate your drafting set up. Puts my drafting table and parallel bar to shame!
Used to work on a similar analog lathe for a shorth while and I fell in love with it and machining in general. I'm a HVAC engeneer I just helped my ex father in law in his shop althou the love with my ex didn't last love for this machine and the work did haha. I really enjoy your content and watch every video but this one is my favourite because of my secound love, careing for my tools.
Though I’m not familiar with the brand, it’s a fine looking machine ! Great narrative and easy going attitude also. It runs quiet also, a lot quieter than many I’ve heard 👍. Thanks for sharing, my Grandad was a butcher and my Dad was a tool maker and Machinest for a company in S. Mi who made seats for Willys, Ford, and Chrysler. I left home to drive Semi, am now retired and thinking about getting an old lathe to clean up, restore, and make some chips with. The things our Dads & Grandads taught us are worth hanging on to and won’t soon be forgotten …… cary on.
These videos are just wonderful and really hit me in the feels. Seeing you give all of this love to the machines you got from your grandfather and were able to use as a youngling.
Whatever you do, don’t stop making videos. These are truly fantastic. I had the rebranded version of this lathe (Mazak-mate) and it was an absolute dream to work on. Fantastic compromise between power and precision.
Thank you so much! We are doing everything we can to keep them coming! I also couldn't agree more on this lathe. Did you happen to have the Acra or some other brand?
The way you are honoring your grandfather is indeed inspirational. I’ve been teaching myself machining since I retired in 2011 after 37 years as a union sheet metal worker. Your videos are a great teaching tool and I appreciate all of your hard work. Thank you so much ❤❤
Incredible!!!!!! Those old lathes will last a lifetime and they’ll last two lifetimes if taken care of. Thanks for rescuing a old machine. Enjoy brother! MLGB
I made a hammer in shop class on a machine like that about 35 years ago. I still use it all the time when gunsmithing or wrenching on motorcycles. I love that I made it. Especially because my father was a machinist for Polaroid. I regret not following in his footsteps.
Wow! Such great care seems to be rare these days. That machine looks fabulous. I am not a machinist, but would love to be. Unfortunately, I’m too old to start a new career (64). I love, love, love watching machinists make parts. I am mesmerized by all the precision (I’m a perfectionist, too). So glad I found your channel. Keep up the great work! I want to see you make parts on that machine!
Watched all of your videos posted so far. I'm the son of a machinist, probably of a vintage between your dad and granddad. And, I'm a a hobby machinist as well. The shop keep growing, now at 3 lathes, three mills, two band saws, a surface grinder and misc other stuff. Very addictive. Keep up the good (excellent) work.
Nice! I recently scored a NOS 33 year old lathe that sat in a corner at the university for 32 years and wasn't used. I removed all the parts and replaced all belts and common bearings. It's brand new and ready to make me money!
The late is my favorite machine. I have mine tooled up with about everything you can get. The DRO has been a life saver. One thing I just finished and maybe you’d like is I fabricated an angled holder that I mounted to the back splash guard. I made it wide enough to hold all my Aloris tool holders . Very hand indeed. As always a great video
To improve surface finish, check for tool post rigidity. Also the machine bring mounted on casters can cause vibrations in the machine where as solid mounting to the floor helps absorb the vibration
Good points! I'll be leveling this beast soon. A lot of my problems were in the speeds and feeds I was running. Getting a little better at dialing those in now.
@@InheritanceMachining Having the lathe on casters can also induce twist in your ways unless your concrete pad is as flat as your surface plate. As handy as being able to move the lathe around is, if you want precision on long parts, you'll have to ditch the casters.
Man that is neat, I used a 1971 Leblond 19 X 54 Lathe the things I made for aircraft parts was unreal... I can still hear that sound of the Lathe running in my head.
That's awesome! I always find it amazing the things people could make on these manual machines before CNC became dominant. FYI I had the same feeling when I turned these on for the first time after all these years. Sounded exactly like my memories!
Nice video, you won't regret what you have done, especially clearing the blocked oil way. Good work, I am sure your grandfather would be very happy. Michael, from Australia
Just watched it for the second time. Sorta reminds me of the old shipyard lathe I bought and fixed up, tho mine was a bit smaller and not as posh as yours. Now a days I make do with my Chinese mini lathe. Great videos and good work you do, thanks a million. Wish I could make drawings like you do.
I put a lot of time into my old Colchester and got similar results. I’m tempted to do a full restoration but that’s more of a commitment than I have time for right now! Great video and keep them coming👍👍
Absolutely fabulous work over on that machine. Going thru everything gives such a sense of confidence & also pride in owning such a tool. Great stuff !
Rocol cutting fluid is good, it's what I use at work and it doesn't smoke unless you take really big cuts, you'll want the suds pump working though it's such a blessing for drilling, boring or parting
This is my new favourite channel!! How did I never find this before. I love the video production quality, the audio and of course the content subject matter!! I’m lucky Tonga e so much to go back through!! Thank you for making this great stuff!!!
Great cinematography! little touches like how at the end the lathe goes from dirty to clean as you are cranking the handle. Also the walk in front of the camera to switch to the clean lathe. So looks like you had to keep the that camera set up and not move it the entire time you were cleaning. So many little touches. Definitely giving This Old Tony a run for his money. My only complaint is I need more videos. I'm pretty sure I've bin watched them all.
Rapid tap. It's the only cutting fluid I've used since I was a teenager. Works for drilling, tapping, and making light passes on the lathe come out smooth as butter
If the cutting fluid is an emulsion of water and oil its supposed to smoke(steam) right? What contstitues the one in the video or the one you reccomended?
@@norbertnagy5514 I'm not sure what he used in the video, but rapid tap is a heavy cutting oil, it's not mixed with anything. It's used for low speed applications such as low speed drilling and tapping
first I want to thank You for Your videos; they are very informative and very well edited. I am not a machinist and maybe I am not the first to note this regarding the smokyness of the coolant, but as far as I understood this the heating up of the coolant takes away the heat oft the tool and the workpiece. So it is ok to get some smoke from there. All the best to You!
To keep her looking brand new after all that elbow grease, might I suggest to periodically clean with a rag and some windex (glass cleaner). I’ve tried almost everything on my personal and work machines, and window cleaner works amazingly well. Then apply a light spray of water dispersing liquid such as Inox/WD40 then cover her up with a motorcycle cover or old sheet to prevent rust forming on the exposed metal due to atmospheric water condensation, particularly when it’s cold or humid. I also cover my chucks when not on the machine for the same reason. Keeps em looking brand new basically forever. BTW, love the channel!
Thanks! And thanks for the tips. The window cleaner is brilliant. I fortunately have no rust issues in the shop because of a dehumidifier I have running non-stop. But I do on occasion coat my bare surfaces with a product called ACF-50
I just did the same thing, bought a Lathe on 1. March (Tiger Wien III) it is called, and am now taking it apart and rebuilding it. Great little machine with 5mm of gunk on and about 2kg of aluminum chips in it. Working at Emco making these machines myself, it helps ;)
You can run way higher feeds and speeds, especially since you are using carbide inserts. Threading can and should be done at higher RPM that the lathes slowest setting, it just takes practice to get a feel for engaging/disengaging the half nut. Cutting oil will produce smoke as you cut and burn it off, I usually use soluble or semi synthetic oils/cutting fluid. Love your vids, soo happy to see you taking care of those machines! Hope the info helped.
Thanks Dalton! I’ve been playing around some more with speeds and feeds and was definitely running too slow and too light. Starting to get a feel for what makes a good finish and accurate dimension. Still working on that threading confidence though. Was going some blind internal threads (20tpi). Gave myself an 1/8 inch stopping window. Was able to consistently disengage within 20 thou so could probably bump up the speed a bit.
Great cleanup. I have found a magnet inside a plastic baggie grabs those shavings with no issue. Then just fold off the bag from the magnet and bam, bagged chips. Different magnets pulls and sizes make a quick cleanup.
Greatest video. The way I center up the tailstock is by putting up a long rod between the chuck and the tailstock and turn it down a few tenths (mm) all the way, then I take a micrometer and measure at both ends and then you see which way you have to adjust it to.
I discover this channel just as I was about to put the phone down and go to sleep. I’ve watched 5 minutes of this video and loved what I saw so I subbed. I’ll come back tomorrow morning. G’night!
Awesome videos you just happened to be living my dream and I wish you the very best of luck with it. Can't wait for the rest of your videos I would also love a closer look at your welding workbench as I really like the design of that one. Your grandfather knew what he was doing
Thank you so much! The workbench will definitely make an appearance in future videos. There will probably come a time where I upgrade the storage underneath.
I use Re-Li-On cutting fluid. It will smoke but not as much and not as soon. It isn’t cheap but I’ve been pretty happy with it. If you really want smoke free water soluble oil. My Monarch has a reservoir for cutting oil and a a pump. That puts enough oil on it that it really doesn’t get a chance to smoke 💨 Most of the time though I just go with the re-li-on
Linda maquina y en perfecto estado teniendo en cuenta los años que tiene. Se nota que fue tratado con cariño y amor por tu abuelito, te dejo una gran herencia y una joya que el debio amar mucho, hay que tratarla con cariño, esto es lo que hubiera querido tu abuelo.
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Hey, everyone! Just chiming in on leveling the lathe, or rather that I didn't in the video. Like many have pointed out, I'll need to do this to take the twist and bow out of the lathe bed and ensure accurate cuts. It might even take care of the tailstock issue I mention. I expect this to be a fairly tedious process (especially given my perfectionist tendencies) so I have been waiting until I am absolutely sure of the final position. Heck, I might even make a video about it. Thank you all for the support and encouragement!
awesome video, I for one would like to see a video on how you level this beauty
tell you what thay all shout about cnc but when shit hits the fan . it will be old school that will save the day .
Gramps is proud of you! Just think all the metal and lives that has shaped..
@@tonyking9235 Amen!
heh I just recently plopped my 10" lathe on a wooden bench for temporary storage, and then for giggles checked the alignment there, under 0.0003" over 10". Guess it lives there now!
Do you think you'll block up the lathe off of the casters with some steel blocks for helping to maintain your new alignment when you get there?
That transition from dirty to clean with you walking in front of the camera was so smooth. You put in effort youtube doesn’t deserve
Hell yeah I got hearted. Btw I’m from kentucky too so if you need a video editor just let me know. I would be in it for the machining because thats my passion too but I’ve done a decent bit of adobe premier editing
Professional level🥇
From my point of view, it is not that he puts in efforts UA-cam doesn't deserve, but more that he puts in effort us, the people who enjoy his content, deserve... because, as much as he love his machines, he likes us ^^
Yeah, it's something I would expected to see on PBS back in the 90's.
Your Grandfather is a lucky Man to have you looking after his machine and tools with such love and care. He will rest well. Thank you for sharing your time.
You are very kind. Thank you
Your channel is far superior to anything on TV. Thank you for all the hard work.
Honestly the bar isn't that high 😂 but still, I really appreciate that! Thank you
It’s like a more relaxing how it’s made episode, but without the final cheesy pun
I quit watching t.v. years ago. @@InheritanceMachining
I cannot express adequately how this warms my heart. Both my Dad and Uncle we custodians of machine tools. Seeing you care and keep using the tools from your Grandfather is so comforting. All of my tools are going to my niece who shares my love of making and learning. She will be required to watch all of your videos to gain perspective.
That is quite the compliment. Thank you! I'm glad you also have someone in your life to pass your knowledge and machines onto.
It’s amazing how much you have grown over the past two years as a narrator. Keep up the great work. 🇺🇸
I inherited nothing from my grandfather, and a not much more from my father, so I'm a little bit jealous of your inherited machinery setup. Heck I don't even have a workshop...so I live vicariously through people like you :)
After viewing your cleanup of the lathe and replacing the old controls with a VFD. You should avoid the use of fluorescent lighting as it blinks 120 times per second which, depending on the speed of the lathe give you the impression the chuck is not moving. Use LED's or incandescents. On any machine tool, you want to have a single source of electricity. Only. You also want to make sure that you have a 'push to start' circuit included. If you have electricity interrupted for what ever reason, you do not want the machine to start up again without your input.
Oh man, it’s always refreshing to watch someone with actually good taste
It's great that you got your Grandpa's lathe. I have some of my Grandpa's tools as well. I can look at these tools and remember the fun I used to have on his farm. Thank you for a wonderful video!
That’s awesome! Thanks for watching!
Nice to see your Grandfather left his machines in good hands, that old lathe looks in fantastic condition after a good clean.
I have traveled your path via a detour. Growing up in a third world country, technology magically appeared, nothing about it was organic or homegrown. I was fortunate to come to US and get a pigskin saying I'm a Mechanical Engineer. There was a revolution back home and I ended up staying and going into finance, my other love. About 20 years ago, I got the bug of saving old machine tools of people like your grandfather who weren't as fortunate to have a grandson with the vision and passion to appreciate the treasures. I have learned more from these silent old giants coming to life and speaking to me than anything taught in a classroom. Friends in my care for life. Enjoy your good fortune and thank you so much for sharing.
Wow. That definitely is a different path to end up in a similar place. Sounds like you have had your own string of fortunate events. You are 100% right about learning more by working with these machines than you do in the classroom. I can personally attest to that. Thank you for sharing as well as your support!
last shop I was in, I was the guy who had to keep all the lathes clean and operable. it warms my heart that there's a lathe out there getting a proper spa day
Thank you for the obvious passion that you put into this project, my grandfather was also a machinist but died when I was very young so I never really knew him. I grew up with a fascination for all things mechanical and electrical and became an electronic engineer. I have worked on many CNC machines over the years and owned a couple but I still want to have a lathe and mill someday soon so I can manually produce parts. ❤
I’ve discovered your channel last week and watched all your videos, and I liked them very much. I particularly liked this kind of nostalgia you share towards your grand father and somehow vintage machinery. You started a channel that I will follow with enthusiasm. Thanks for sharing this lively experience in this great home machine shop 👍🏻👍🏻
Peiro from Geneva Switzerland
Peiro, thank you so much! I'm really glad the atmosphere I was going for is coming through. Thanks again for the support!
Peiro, you should make a video, I would gladly watch it.
Thanks for watching! Next time we will actually be making something in this shop. Stay tuned for the next video on Friday, March 4th at 10AM Eastern. See you then!
Please watch Abom79. He gives good tips on lathes.
@@MrStacygordon Been working my way through some of his backlog. Very knowledgeable guy!
@@InheritanceMachining He grew up with Machinist. His grandfather and father.
I enjoyed this, nice machine bud.
@@MrStacygordon that's what I've heard
Your grandfather would be proud.
Good job breathing new life into these machines; hopefully one day your children and grandchildren will inherit them.
Brandon, my husband and I enjoy watching all of your remodeling projects with Paige. We now found ourselves enjoying this new venture
Watching the care and love that you have put into the restoration of these tools has been heart warming. We look forward to many more.
Thanks so much from both Paige and I!
I know this video is 2 years old, but a simple basic lock-pick set is HUGELY useful. You no longer have to keep track of all the dumb cabinet keys, because a wave rake is every key. I leave a set at work and have used it repeatedly when someone is _authorized_ to get into something, but the one guy with the key is WFH or whatever that day.
Grandfather would be proud of you for taking such good care of your machines!
just came across your channel, but I hope you realize how proud your grandfather would be seeing you restore and use these wonderful pieces. Can't wait to binge watch the rest of your channel,
What a beautiful machine! I qualified on a similar, slightly smaller one when I was in the Navy. I was a qualified Machine Tool Operator and welder on the submarines I served on. I actually had to use those skills several times for emergency repairs while underway. Good to see the old girl brought back to her glory!! I know she will serve you well.
Really enjoyable video! Such wonderful nostalgia and production values.
I used to work with an older mechanical engineer, a brilliant man, who had spent time at a major machine tool maker in Cincinnati. He told me they performed extensive studies on the dynamics of the cutting process. They determined that cutting is a process of continuous shearing of the metal, which causes friction, which generates heat. They concluded that the primary function of "cutting fluid" isn't lubrication, but heat removal. Hence, modern machine tools use "coolant" vs. "cutting fluid". Flooding the work area with coolant removes the heat generated by the shearing action of cutting, prolonging tool life.
Thanks! That makes sense. Also something about making the right kind of chips ensures a lot of the heat leaves with the chips rather than going into the tooling.
As an engineer myself, I'm super impressed. How did you learn how to edit and film videos this well right off the bat?
Thanks. I have a hobby background in photography and my wife is a pro at video editing
I lost my grandfather in august and like you, he was someone I was very close with. This is an amazing way to honor his legacy
I'm very sorry for your loss. I've been there. Thank you
So satisfying. You just can't beat good older made equipment. They were built to withstand time itself.
I love your content. It’s so much different than the other machinist youtuber stuff on here. It’s relaxing and you don’t talk too much or over explain things
Wow, thank you!
Greetings from Germany. Although I am 80 and have enjoyed a successful scientific career I am really a frustrated machinist! LOL I did my PhD work at a Max-Planck-Institute and did an apprenticeship in the machine shop to learn how scientific equipment is made. I've been around metal-working machines all my life and love the sounds, smells and sights of the shop. When I found your channel I became really excited, partly because of your very good luck, but also because of the quality of the machines you inherrited. I'm certain you know how lucky you are! You did a great job on getting the lathe ready for work. I will be audacious enough to share a tip I received in the beginning of lathe work. Always put a wooden board down on the ways below the chuck when taking the chuck off or replacing the chuck. This eliminates the possibility of the chuck falling on and damaging the ways. Also, meticulously wiping out and blowing out the chuck and spindle before reassembling. (You undoubtedly know that, but I thought I would mention it anyway). I am very much looking forward to your upcoming videos. Thanks so much for making them so professional and interesting. Your narative is also excellent and enjoyable. I gasped when you fell over with the handwheel! LOL Thanks again.
@Bruce Boschek I really appreciate your support and suggestions! I am very eager to relearn what I used to know as well as everything I didn't. And I hope to keep putting this level of effort into these videos and make them enjoyable to watch. Thanks again!
This is excellent advice. I went as far as routing out matching V's in the bottom of the wood piece so it always stays put as I jokey large workpieces or chucks off and on.
Clever!
I was quite surprised that the Chinese make such good lathe. Awesome.
@@philips170t Taiwan is not "China."
I like the vibe you bring to these videos, it's somewhere in between the zany energy fireball tool brings and the very simple and direct energy Matthias Wandel brings. both are nice but yours is very comfortable while being informative!
I really appreciate that! I haven't heard of Matthias. I'll have to check him out
12:28 Cant tell how you many times I ended with a monkey bump on the back of the noggin from things like that, but finally learned my lesson after the last time a couple years ago. Was sitting on the floor pulling a clutch off of a motor's keyed shaft and my tire machine that was right behind me with the jack stands up against it. The clutch popped off all of a sudden, I slammed into the jack stands, and my back felt like ... well you can imagine. Took 2 weeks before my back healed enough for my wife to unground me and let me back out to play again
By the way, I bet your grandfather would be proud of you, and I really like your videos. No stupid music covering up the actual sounds of things and you give a lot of detail for us to follow
Just discovered your channel and am loving all of it. Like others have said, your quiet presentation style is a unique and welcome change from so much of the other machining content out there.
Btw, I use Tap Magic cutting oil, and it smokes just like that every time I use it. That's what makes machine shops smell so good!
Welcome! I really appreciate that! Tap magic does add to the atmosphere of the shop 😁
@Kettletrigger
Yeah I agree, like his tone and seems quite amusing 😊
One of the instructors in the machining program I took blames his throat cancer on inhaling fumes from burning coolant/cutting oil.
Truly enjoying your channel.
Started my machining career in 1972 when these kinds of machines still dominated factory floors. CNCs are cool, but nothing beats a manual machine in my book.
I can almost smell the cutting out. 😊
Thanks for sharing.
There are few things more satisfying than the reassembly and first usage of flat mating surfaces that you've personally cleaned, trued, and oiled. This was awesome to watch!
you speak my language haha thanks!
Nice to see you working in your bare hands, true shop guy. Been doing it that way since 1980 my hands are fine.
I love the fact that the old oil still works to preventing the rust to damage the machine.
But I love to see the result of your cleaning makes the machine not only looks great but works perfectly as designed!
It was a blessing that it kept it protected for so long 😁
For all the things in this world that I dont understand....
I completely understand the love, respect and passion for tools.
They are as close to sacred as anything on this planet,
up there, almost, with plants, forests and clean mountian streams, clean clear skies
animals and... good folk with pure hearts and a perfect moral compass
Never thought I'd be super satisfied at the sound of a lathe starting up, but here we are
Imagine. Some people go their whole lives...
Coming from a woodworking background I recently bought a Logan 200. I have torn it down once and now a second time for a repaint. Appreciate your attention to detail!
If there's an afterlife grandfather is smiling I'm sure he never meant to let it get like that busy making a living I imagine keep up the good work
Yeah definitely not. He always taught me that If i use something, always leave it in a better state than you found it. He was retired but plagued with health problems.
The lathe to me is the most satisfying tool a metal worker can own. You have a really nice lathe that most people would be envious of.
The more I use this machine the more I fall in love. It is such a pleasure to work with.
I love the planned video shots of the lathe before/after. Really well thought-out cinematography! So glad I subscribed to your channel. You do a great job of showing cool machining techniques to newbies like myself who don't have the tools but may one day invest in them. Thank you so much.
😊 Thanks for noticing! And welcome!
Great job getting her back in shape! Really nice machine.
Thank you!
Stumbled on this channel yesterday and am now watching all your videos to get up to speed. I love machining channels as I am somewhat of a maker myself but cannot afford these machines. Really enjoying your journey so far and look forward to what you make in the future.
Ps having gone to school for architecture (now a laboratory design consultant) I really appreciate your drafting set up. Puts my drafting table and parallel bar to shame!
Nice you were able to use your Grandpa's tools. Very satisfying to see a clean machine.
Your grandfather would be proud! The lathe looks fantastic.
I really appreciate that. Thank you!
Used to work on a similar analog lathe for a shorth while and I fell in love with it and machining in general. I'm a HVAC engeneer I just helped my ex father in law in his shop althou the love with my ex didn't last love for this machine and the work did haha. I really enjoy your content and watch every video but this one is my favourite because of my secound love, careing for my tools.
Though I’m not familiar with the brand, it’s a fine looking machine ! Great narrative and easy going attitude also. It runs quiet also, a lot quieter than many I’ve heard 👍. Thanks for sharing, my Grandad was a butcher and my Dad was a tool maker and Machinest for a company in S. Mi who made seats for Willys, Ford, and Chrysler. I left home to drive Semi, am now retired and thinking about getting an old lathe to clean up, restore, and make some chips with. The things our Dads & Grandads taught us are worth hanging on to and won’t soon be forgotten …… cary on.
Thank you and thanks for sharing. You should get yourself a lathe. Turning is very therapeutic!
Amen ! ❤️
These videos are just wonderful and really hit me in the feels. Seeing you give all of this love to the machines you got from your grandfather and were able to use as a youngling.
Whatever you do, don’t stop making videos. These are truly fantastic.
I had the rebranded version of this lathe (Mazak-mate) and it was an absolute dream to work on. Fantastic compromise between power and precision.
Thank you so much! We are doing everything we can to keep them coming!
I also couldn't agree more on this lathe. Did you happen to have the Acra or some other brand?
The way you are honoring your grandfather is indeed inspirational. I’ve been teaching myself machining since I retired in 2011 after 37 years as a union sheet metal worker. Your videos are a great teaching tool and I appreciate all of your hard work. Thank you so much ❤❤
My pleasure. Thank you as well!
Incredible!!!!!! Those old lathes will last a lifetime and they’ll last two lifetimes if taken care of. Thanks for rescuing a old machine. Enjoy brother! MLGB
Thank you! I hope to keep these machines up and one day pass them on to someone like they were to me.
I made a hammer in shop class on a machine like that about 35 years ago. I still use it all the time when gunsmithing or wrenching on motorcycles. I love that I made it. Especially because my father was a machinist for Polaroid. I regret not following in his footsteps.
Your grandfather would be proud. Nice work.
Thank you so much!
Wow! Such great care seems to be rare these days. That machine looks fabulous. I am not a machinist, but would love to be. Unfortunately, I’m too old to start a new career (64). I love, love, love watching machinists make parts. I am mesmerized by all the precision (I’m a perfectionist, too). So glad I found your channel. Keep up the great work! I want to see you make parts on that machine!
Thank you, Rich!
Watched all of your videos posted so far. I'm the son of a machinist, probably of a vintage between your dad and granddad. And, I'm a a hobby machinist as well. The shop keep growing, now at 3 lathes, three mills, two band saws, a surface grinder and misc other stuff. Very addictive. Keep up the good (excellent) work.
Ha! It can get out of hand pretty quickly. If I follow your path I may need to expand before too long. Thanks for the support!
Nice! I recently scored a NOS 33 year old lathe that sat in a corner at the university for 32 years and wasn't used. I removed all the parts and replaced all belts and common bearings. It's brand new and ready to make me money!
I completely understand your love for this trade..! Will watch all your videos from the start..
Very special, thanks for letting us in on it.
I like how much respect you show to this old analog lathe. Though in our workshop we have only such machines.
Just found the channel the other day, and decided to start at the first video and watch them all
I have watched many of your videos and this is just absolutely spectacular story telling and cinematography
Thank you!
It’s so cool coming back to this and spotting the various improvements you’ve made
That machine is absolutely gorgeous, thanks for sharing!
My pleasure. Thanks for watching!
The late is my favorite machine. I have mine tooled up with about everything you can get. The DRO has been a life saver. One thing I just finished and maybe you’d like is I fabricated an angled holder that I mounted to the back splash guard. I made it wide enough to hold all my Aloris tool holders . Very hand indeed. As always a great video
To improve surface finish, check for tool post rigidity. Also the machine bring mounted on casters can cause vibrations in the machine where as solid mounting to the floor helps absorb the vibration
Good points! I'll be leveling this beast soon. A lot of my problems were in the speeds and feeds I was running. Getting a little better at dialing those in now.
@@InheritanceMachining Having the lathe on casters can also induce twist in your ways unless your concrete pad is as flat as your surface plate. As handy as being able to move the lathe around is, if you want precision on long parts, you'll have to ditch the casters.
Lovely lathe and a very good clean up - a great way to remember your Grandfather. Enjoy it for years to come.
Thanks a bunch. I definitely plan to
I knew I'd love watching this channel. I used to have that exact Micronta bench meter back in the 1980s.
Man that is neat, I used a 1971 Leblond 19 X 54 Lathe the things I made for aircraft parts was unreal... I can still hear that sound of the Lathe running in my head.
That's awesome! I always find it amazing the things people could make on these manual machines before CNC became dominant.
FYI I had the same feeling when I turned these on for the first time after all these years. Sounded exactly like my memories!
Nice video, you won't regret what you have done, especially clearing the blocked oil way. Good work, I am sure your grandfather would be very happy. Michael, from Australia
Thanks, Michael!
since i found your channel it has become my favorite machining channel .. sure ENJOYED.. great job on the cleanup your Grandfather would be proud .
Thank you so much!
I like the way you explain every thing and I am still learning Thanks
Just watched it for the second time. Sorta reminds me of the old shipyard lathe I bought and fixed up, tho mine was a bit smaller and not as posh as yours. Now a days I make do with my Chinese mini lathe. Great videos and good work you do, thanks a million. Wish I could make drawings like you do.
I put a lot of time into my old Colchester and got similar results. I’m tempted to do a full restoration but that’s more of a commitment than I have time for right now! Great video and keep them coming👍👍
Absolutely fabulous work over on that machine. Going thru everything gives such a sense of confidence & also pride in owning such a tool. Great stuff !
Rocol cutting fluid is good, it's what I use at work and it doesn't smoke unless you take really big cuts, you'll want the suds pump working though it's such a blessing for drilling, boring or parting
Thanks for the tip! I'd like to get my flood system up a running before too long
That before and after shot was *chefs kiss
This is my new favourite channel!! How did I never find this before. I love the video production quality, the audio and of course the content subject matter!! I’m lucky Tonga e so much to go back through!! Thank you for making this great stuff!!!
Great cinematography! little touches like how at the end the lathe goes from dirty to clean as you are cranking the handle. Also the walk in front of the camera to switch to the clean lathe. So looks like you had to keep the that camera set up and not move it the entire time you were cleaning. So many little touches. Definitely giving This Old Tony a run for his money. My only complaint is I need more videos. I'm pretty sure I've bin watched them all.
Glad you noticed those. They took forever to reset the camera at the same angles! Hence why the vids are only every 2 weeks 😉 Thanks for the support!
Rapid tap. It's the only cutting fluid I've used since I was a teenager. Works for drilling, tapping, and making light passes on the lathe come out smooth as butter
If the cutting fluid is an emulsion of water and oil its supposed to smoke(steam) right? What contstitues the one in the video or the one you reccomended?
@@norbertnagy5514 I'm not sure what he used in the video, but rapid tap is a heavy cutting oil, it's not mixed with anything. It's used for low speed applications such as low speed drilling and tapping
first I want to thank You for Your videos; they are very informative and very well edited. I am not a machinist and maybe I am not the first to note this regarding the smokyness of the coolant, but as far as I understood this the heating up of the coolant takes away the heat oft the tool and the workpiece. So it is ok to get some smoke from there. All the best to You!
6am on a rainy Saturday morning and I just drank my coffee while watching a man clean a lathe.
To keep her looking brand new after all that elbow grease, might I suggest to periodically clean with a rag and some windex (glass cleaner).
I’ve tried almost everything on my personal and work machines, and window cleaner works amazingly well.
Then apply a light spray of water dispersing liquid such as Inox/WD40 then cover her up with a motorcycle cover or old sheet to prevent rust forming on the exposed metal due to atmospheric water condensation, particularly when it’s cold or humid.
I also cover my chucks when not on the machine for the same reason.
Keeps em looking brand new basically forever.
BTW, love the channel!
Thanks! And thanks for the tips. The window cleaner is brilliant. I fortunately have no rust issues in the shop because of a dehumidifier I have running non-stop. But I do on occasion coat my bare surfaces with a product called ACF-50
I reckon you make your grandfather very proud
This is a great example of someting i say with lots of cnc machine, if you keep your machine looking pretty good, it will work pretty good
I meant to say this before Brandon - the frames and wheels for the big machines, that's an excellent idea.
I just did the same thing, bought a Lathe on 1. March (Tiger Wien III) it is called, and am now taking it apart and rebuilding it. Great little machine with 5mm of gunk on and about 2kg of aluminum chips in it.
Working at Emco making these machines myself, it helps ;)
You can run way higher feeds and speeds, especially since you are using carbide inserts.
Threading can and should be done at higher RPM that the lathes slowest setting, it just takes practice to get a feel for engaging/disengaging the half nut.
Cutting oil will produce smoke as you cut and burn it off, I usually use soluble or semi synthetic oils/cutting fluid.
Love your vids, soo happy to see you taking care of those machines!
Hope the info helped.
Thanks Dalton! I’ve been playing around some more with speeds and feeds and was definitely running too slow and too light. Starting to get a feel for what makes a good finish and accurate dimension. Still working on that threading confidence though. Was going some blind internal threads (20tpi). Gave myself an 1/8 inch stopping window. Was able to consistently disengage within 20 thou so could probably bump up the speed a bit.
On a much smaller scale I have done this clean-up on several small lathes. Oddly…VERY satisfying! 😊
You Grandad will be proud
Great cleanup. I have found a magnet inside a plastic baggie grabs those shavings with no issue. Then just fold off the bag from the magnet and bam, bagged chips. Different magnets pulls and sizes make a quick cleanup.
Stunning, simply stunning. At that’s the videography and narration, as well as the way you cleaned the lathe. 👏👏👍😀
Thank you!
What a beautiful lathe... I'm jealous... I've been wanting a lathe for years... Too old now to get one... Enjoy your machining time... Dave
Greatest video.
The way I center up the tailstock is by putting up a long rod between the chuck and the tailstock and turn it down a few tenths (mm) all the way, then I take a micrometer and measure at both ends and then you see which way you have to adjust it to.
Thanks! I think I'll be trying this in the not too distant future. After I actually level this beast
I discover this channel just as I was about to put the phone down and go to sleep. I’ve watched 5 minutes of this video and loved what I saw so I subbed. I’ll come back tomorrow morning. G’night!
Thanks! We'll be here!
Awesome videos you just happened to be living my dream and I wish you the very best of luck with it.
Can't wait for the rest of your videos I would also love a closer look at your welding workbench as I really like the design of that one. Your grandfather knew what he was doing
Thank you so much! The workbench will definitely make an appearance in future videos. There will probably come a time where I upgrade the storage underneath.
Same here. Too bad… I live in a confined space, can only have a Sherline.
I use Re-Li-On cutting fluid. It will smoke but not as much and not as soon. It isn’t cheap but I’ve been pretty happy with it. If you really want smoke free water soluble oil. My Monarch has a reservoir for cutting oil and a a pump. That puts enough oil on it that it really doesn’t get a chance to smoke 💨 Most of the time though I just go with the re-li-on
Love that lathe,brings back memories....
Linda maquina y en perfecto estado teniendo en cuenta los años que tiene. Se nota que fue tratado con cariño y amor por tu abuelito, te dejo una gran herencia y una joya que el debio amar mucho, hay que tratarla con cariño, esto es lo que hubiera querido tu abuelo.
I absolutely will be! Thanks for watching
Very satisfying watching u and not me cleaning the mill and lathe. Can't wait to watch you make chips.
Ha! Glad you enjoyed my misery!
i am so jealous, your grandpa really knew what stuff to get.
i cant wait to see you make some projects
Thanks!