Michel Just completed making mine and you inspired me to make one. As I get older it is more difficult to get the centre punch hole in the right position. This tool is highly accurate and works very well. John
Very nice work and great accuracy. I have a commercially made one the kids got me for Christmas, and it is great to have around when I need it. Enjoyed, cheers!
I like this a lot! It went directly to my shop bucket list. (A Proxxon tip: put a 5 mm split lock washer between the nuts in the tool holder. Then you can adjust the friction as you prefer, and for quick and easy rotation, just loosen it up. Those nuts drove me nuts, I think they moved autonomously when I was asleep. 😅)
Beautiful workmanship, great gage. I do think it's more of a gage than a tool. I wonder if an ER-16 collet would make a nice base for the optic and punch, I may try it.
Je zal even moeten zoeken binnen het chaotische aanbod voor de beste prijs, maar ik heb mijn diamantschijven (voor ik dacht € 37 per stuk) hier vandaan: tinyurl.com/38sv3axn
Nee, sorry. De mijne staat er nu niet tussen. Maar deze heeft ook een 60 graden rand. Wil je dezelfde als ik heb, dan kan ik wel even doorzoeken, want die diamantschijven worden in allerhande soorten en maten gemaakt. Moet het per se een van 75 mm zijn? Welke gatdiameter?
Cool , unfortunately people routinely put their scribe marks .002-.004 off center to start with. They invariably fail to account for the thickness of their scribe line and scribe adjacent to the intended spot. The tool puts the punch nicely on the lines but the lines are already off center. One other thing, a conical punch is a bad idea on stainless or any work hardening metal. A drill will not want to follow that cone which is now a hardened spot and will deviate to the side. A proper punch for stainless is a triangular point which pushes the hardened metal away from the center.
Indeed, if you do not take the thickness of the line into account, you introduce errors of the order of half a line width. One proved method to avoid this is to draw all lines from the same 0,0 coordinate base, so that the mutual distances are perfect. Another method I use is drawing two lines from opposite sides, and punching exactly in the middle of those lines
@@Michel-Uphoff That would be like someone saying "Steam power worked for me so there's no reason for me to try anything else." I have been through every compound in existence for every kind of finishing and brasso is at the bottom of the heap. Once you try one of the great compounds it will be like a blind man seeing for the first time. But feel free to chug chug chug along with brassssoooo.
Man this is amazing project I will try to create one thanks for the video
Amazing work and channel
Michel
Just completed making mine and you inspired me to make one. As I get older it is more difficult to get the centre punch hole in the right position. This tool is highly accurate and works very well.
John
Nice! Enjoy!
Mooi project 👍😁
I never new how to make a lens like that , thanks for showing us on how to make one 👍
Very well done; the Chopin is a nice touch as well!
Love your work and the music that goes with it and I just subscribed!
Very nice work and great accuracy. I have a commercially made one the kids got me for Christmas, and it is great to have around when I need it. Enjoyed, cheers!
I like this a lot! It went directly to my shop bucket list. (A Proxxon tip: put a 5 mm split lock washer between the nuts in the tool holder. Then you can adjust the friction as you prefer, and for quick and easy rotation, just loosen it up. Those nuts drove me nuts, I think they moved autonomously when I was asleep. 😅)
I used Belleville disk washers. See www.wclco.com/belleville-disc-springs/disc-washer-description-design-considerations-load-deflection-data/
@@Michel-Uphoff Hmm interesting, I have to check that out!
Beautiful workmanship, great gage. I do think it's more of a gage than a tool. I wonder if an ER-16 collet would make a nice base for the optic and punch, I may try it.
Excellent. I just subscribed 👍
SWEET!
kun je mij vertellen wat voor slijpschijf je gebruikt voor het schijpen van de ponsen , het idee vind ik iets om ook te maken
Je zal even moeten zoeken binnen het chaotische aanbod voor de beste prijs, maar ik heb mijn diamantschijven (voor ik dacht € 37 per stuk) hier vandaan: tinyurl.com/38sv3axn
@@Michel-Uphoff Dank je
zijn dit er 2 op elkaar geklemt dus
Nee, sorry. De mijne staat er nu niet tussen. Maar deze heeft ook een 60 graden rand. Wil je dezelfde als ik heb, dan kan ik wel even doorzoeken, want die diamantschijven worden in allerhande soorten en maten gemaakt. Moet het per se een van 75 mm zijn? Welke gatdiameter?
@@Michel-Uphoff dan zoek ik zelf wel even door , dedankt voor de info en moeite
Perfectly!
Very nice
Beautiful
At the 10:50 mark, what is the tool called that you used to measure the angle of the compound?
That is a precision protractor. See: tinyurl.com/4kuajyf8
Cool , unfortunately people routinely put their scribe marks .002-.004 off center to start with. They invariably fail to account for the thickness of their scribe line and scribe adjacent to the intended spot. The tool puts the punch nicely on the lines but the lines are already off center. One other thing, a conical punch is a bad idea on stainless or any work hardening metal. A drill will not want to follow that cone which is now a hardened spot and will deviate to the side. A proper punch for stainless is a triangular point which pushes the hardened metal away from the center.
Indeed, if you do not take the thickness of the line into account, you introduce errors of the order of half a line width. One proved method to avoid this is to draw all lines from the same 0,0 coordinate base, so that the mutual distances are perfect. Another method I use is drawing two lines from opposite sides, and punching exactly in the middle of those lines
Великолепно!!!
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Wow
I'm #200 sub.
Brasso is junk try Meguiars clear plastic polish (made for aircraft windows) or Autosol.
That 'junk' worked fine for me. I have made very clear beautifully polished lenses with it. So there's no reason for me to try anything else.
@@Michel-Uphoff That would be like someone saying "Steam power worked for me so there's no reason for me to try anything else."
I have been through every compound in existence for every kind of finishing and brasso is at the bottom of the heap. Once you try one of the great compounds it will be like a blind man seeing for the first time. But feel free to chug chug chug along with brassssoooo.
Let's agree to disagree. I polished a handful of PMMA lenses in no time to a near perfect and clear surface with that cheap stuff.