All aspects of your videos are very professional, but what is truly exceptional in yours is the pacing. You include just enough of the various operations to clearly show what you are doing, without letting it get boring. You and Tony stand out in this respect. Most others let the operations go on much, much too long. Thank you!
More super Stefan work -- that keyway tool centering is without doubt the most logical method. I've said before - oh boy do I miss my big old shaper! You keep your shop and machines so clean! Nice job.
by far my favorite hobby machinist. your perfection is very nice to watch. you're philosophy about life makes me feel better too. " just have to do it. "
It is always enjoyable watching you work. You do have a good grasp of the small details which is pleasure to watch and learn from. Thank you for taking the time to show all of your work and I must say the camera work in this video is superb, love looking down the hole as the shaper was cutting the key way.
Very professional looking part, Stefan. If someone sees that part, would definitely think it was made in a professional manufacturing machine shop. I'm always enjoying watching your videos. Keep them coming.
Stefan, Years ago when I was a young apprentice my training instructor taught me to use a piece of notebook paper for touching off. A piece half again as wide as the keyway underneath the cutter and very gently bring the cutter down until it is marking evenly. Very accurate, and fast. It works for any machine tool.
A complete part from start to finish shown in just one segment. As others pointed out, with just enough detail to make it instructional without being boring. I have broaches for keyways but using the shaper provides superb control. The matte surface would help it retain some lubricant in other applications. Thanks for making such professional videos.
Love all your videos despite not having machine shop tools myself. (I've always worked in wood). I've stopped watching cable TV since channels like yours are much more enjoyable and educational. Keep them coming.
Stefan, Thank you very much for these wonderful and informative videos, thanks for the information of the files, I have seen two videos of you and I was impressed with the quality of your works. Grüße aus Chile
Great video. Setting the height of the slit saw is a great example of why many gauge block sets have wear blocks - a size that the manufacturer makes a large batch of. You use the wear block on the end of your stack so that it takes any abuse instead of the other blocks that you keep pristine. Replacing one 0.100" block is much cheaper than replacing several odd sizes in a set.
Love the grim opening music. When I have a hard interrupted cut I relieve the leading edge of (in this case) the key way, a lot easier on the tool edge. Love your videos
Always fun to watch your videos, Stefan. Not only are you a fine machinist, but you are a "not too shabby" video producer, too. ;-) We know if your name is on it, it is going to be quality.
Thanks, this is again a great video. Even if thee is no black magic, I like what you show and learn a lot every time again. I thought I had gone through your whole collection by now, but this is is still new to me 😁
Nice finish on that part... looks very professional. So after his shaper completely rusts away after the next great war and some aliens excavate the remains 5000 years from now, the only thing left will be your ratchet gear in perfect, spotless condition. They will wonder who was able to make such quality parts in what they will refer to as our dark ages. ;) Very nice camera angles btw. especially your famous shaper right in the eye shots... glorious and very educational. Thank you for sharing another adventure and take care!
Nice piece of job! 17:19 - before pressing START machining -ALWAYS have one thought behind your head: if the machined groove doesn't have to be positioned with the keyway groove inside the center hole. To be honest, once I've fu...ked up the similar to your's sprocket - the first tooth had to be rotated for 4degrees relative to the keyway. Of corse the sprocket is non symetrical then, so it is also important to notice if your sprocket is correctly placed inside the dividing tool. If there's no drawing for the toothed wheel, always ask the client for where and what it's used.
I have a G&E shaper, it has a broken elevating gear for the table, it is a bevel gear that has an extended side which is threaded with #6 acme threads so it looks like a mushroom. When the drive gear turns this gear is moves on the acme thread and raising the table. The acme thread is mounted in the base of the machine and it does not turn. I have not been able to find and good videos about making bevel gears as of yet. Have you ever had the occasion to make any bevel gears before?
I agree; there's something remarkably attractive about that part. Probably the combination of the bead blasted exterior, contrasted with the finish of the bore after hard turning. I've had a 14" G&E shaper since 2010; picked up a Rockford 24" HD hydraulic shaper a month ago that needs wired up. It doesn't have the ratchet feed wheel. Excellent shots of centering the keyway in the bore; I've watched your previous video on the subject multiple times. Do you ever use any other method besides "the even scratch"? Thanks again for the great video!
Another fine video Stephane, what size tip did you use in your blast gun for the aluminum oxide and that was 50 grit you used @ 90 psi? How many CFM is your compressor? I am just about to start using my new blast cabinet using a 18 CFM compressor with 90 grit AO @ 90 PSI but can't find any data on tip sizes. I also have 50lbs of glass beads which I understand you shd shoot @ 30-40 PSI or you will destroy the beads but I don't know what size tip to use, I just have ceramic tips for now but am interested in Boron Carbide in the future. Thanks, Doug
Stefan, in the shaper setup, as can be seen at 5:50, you seem to have used both copper and brass shims. What is the reason? In general, which do you find more useful around the shop?
As usual Stefan, top job. Could you please tell me to get the 1.70mm width of cut between teeth did you have to move the 1.60mm cutting saw 0.05mm up and down off centre and repeat the 30 divisions? Thanks Max
2/100th of a mm Run out?! Toss the part and start over! Shotty work Stefan...Shotty work. ;) Always look forward to your videos. My only complaint is that you don't make enough of them. Looking forward to the next one.
Hey Stefan. Did you know that you can use the reduction ratio of the rotary table divided by the number of divisions without needing to work out angles. i.e. 90 (rotations per rev)/30 (divisions) = 3 (hand wheel rotations). this also works for fractions. so if you want 100 divisions you get 9/10 turns (18 holes on a 20 hole dividing plate etc)
the final boring after hardening had golden chips, you said that this was not overheating with this colour. What colour does indicate that you are overheating?
My Wife was on the computer when the notification appeared in the bottom corner. Had me pacing up and down the room trying not to look interested until she had gone. Inspiring work again Stefan well done. Use of the word 'Fubar' made me spit out my coffee !
Stefan im looking for goggles for magnifying fine work. Ive bought eye pieces and they are ok and i bought jewelers glasses but the focus on them is too close. Id like something that i wear leaving my hands free, giving good magnification errr x10 maybe but focused at desk distance when seated. Have you used something thats good for this ? Great work by the way. Nicely done.
Wacken, hope you seen a few great shows there, could think of a few heavy shows i would love to see there... cool, love all of your videos, extremely entertaining, loved you the characters from This Old Tony... from Louisiana, USA
another quality piece, on a couple of levels. quick question, what is your opinion of dividing plates on a rotary table vs an indexing head, useability and what not?
Flycutters may be annoying, but with multi-toothed cutters, there's often the problem that they only really cut on a single tooth, and you have a hard time fining the cause. How do you control that effect, also with shell mills etc?
You mentioned that when cutting the keyway on the shaper the clapper box was locked down so the "clapper didn't clap". I have had little practical experience using a shaper and hope you would explain why and when a clapper needs to clap and conversely, when it does not. Thank you.
The "clapping" allows the tool to swing away on the backstroke, not to rub over the work. When workign in a bore, that can cause a nice crash - so you lock down the clapper box and feed the tool down only when it is not in contact with the work
Cutting key ways with a file is a pain. last time I did one, I made a jig using a windshield wiper motor with a small crank arm and a file on the end of a long connecting rod. Turned it on and let it do its thing while I worked on something else. I've seen shaper attachments for bridgeports but I just don't do enough key ways to justify the price.
Thoroughly enjoyed that Stefan, was hoping that you would cut the teeth on the shaper but I guess I cant have everything. Thanks for the indexing explanation. I am always inspired by your workmanship and approach. Thanks for the time and effort making & editing & uploading these videos. All the best Mat (Sadly no feature of your sandels this time...)
Nice work as usual. You probably thought about how widening the teeth cuts by changing the cutter height produces a different geometry than widening by slightly changing the angle. How did you decide which method to use?
The little oven you are using, what are your views on it? I have been looking on Ebay for one, and they are not very expensive. Would you buy one again if you needed one, or a different model?
Very nice. I imagine the part was more accurate and finished better than the original. No one ever fubars the indexing. :) "so I don't fubar that, not that I ever did that". I enjoy your injections of humor.
Stefan Great job very well explained Now a idea for a video. I have in the past made. Parallel tooth bevel gears on the mill/rt setup. But I have got consfused ,the correct way according to mr Law ,s book is you do three rotations with a plus ,normal,negative offset with a corresponding hight offset Now looking at the web all show a two stage operation If you could spare the time to explain the Stefan way including the calculation for the gear cutter selection I am sure it would help others and me The ones I have made have worked for the govener drive for a model steam engine last set was a 1 to 2 ratio so the blank angles were not 45 deg. In anticipation Stuart
Very good! Did you recreate the trapezoidal tooth profile, or was squaire sufficanet? My thinking was to lower the cutter and retard the part a few deg. Then raise the cutter and advance the part a few deg.
All aspects of your videos are very professional, but what is truly exceptional in yours is the pacing. You include just enough of the various operations to clearly show what you are doing, without letting it get boring. You and Tony stand out in this respect. Most others let the operations go on much, much too long. Thank you!
Gotta agree 100&1%. Although I've gotten into the habit of just skipping over huge sections of those boring parts.
I agree, but every time I cut an operation short, someone wants to bitch about that as well.
I Was thinking the same...
love your videos. thanks for all of your knowledge!
More super Stefan work -- that keyway tool centering is without doubt the most logical method.
I've said before - oh boy do I miss my big old shaper!
You keep your shop and machines so clean!
Nice job.
Looks very nice - the blasting medium really makes it look very professional. Thanks for making all your videos.
Very inspiring. Very clear camera work too. Thank you Stefan!
by far my favorite hobby machinist. your perfection is very nice to watch. you're philosophy about life makes me feel better too. " just have to do it. "
It is always enjoyable watching you work. You do have a good grasp of the small details which is pleasure to watch and learn from. Thank you for taking the time to show all of your work and I must say the camera work in this video is superb, love looking down the hole as the shaper was cutting the key way.
Beautiful part. Enjoyed watching. Appreciate your attention to precision.
Thank you!
Great step by step instruction with a final "you can do it at home" address, to get interested hobbyists and makers into activity mode. Thanks Stefan!
Superb attention to detail as usual. I wish I could get hold of small pieces of tool steel here in Australia.
Very professional looking part, Stefan.
If someone sees that part, would definitely think it was made in a professional manufacturing machine shop.
I'm always enjoying watching your videos. Keep them coming.
I haven't seen a shaper at work in decades. Nice job on the Ratchet wheel.
Steve
Stefan,
Years ago when I was a young apprentice my training instructor taught me to use a piece of notebook paper for touching off. A piece half again as wide as the keyway underneath the cutter and very gently bring the cutter down until it is marking evenly. Very accurate, and fast. It works for any machine tool.
A complete part from start to finish shown in just one segment. As others pointed out, with just enough detail to make it instructional without being boring. I have broaches for keyways but using the shaper provides superb control. The matte surface would help it retain some lubricant in other applications. Thanks for making such professional videos.
I learn something every video you put out plus get a good chuckle or two to boot, Thanks again.
None of your work is ever shabby mate. Your accuracy is an inspiration to metal bashers like myself.
YOU, can make anything, some of us make a mess! I find your videos very inspiring, thanks for the time you put into them.
Cliff
Always enjoyable. Always informative. I appreciate your craftsmanship! Thanks for posting Stefan!
Another great job!... The hard turning leaves a very nice finish!
Love all your videos despite not having machine shop tools myself. (I've always worked in wood). I've stopped watching cable TV since channels like yours are much more enjoyable and educational. Keep them coming.
Nicely done, excellent video, always a pleasure to watch you work.
I was impressed with your commitment to excellence. Of course that is always your way of machining.Thanks for sharing your talents.
wow Stefan you are the man. I look at your videos like classroom instruction.
Great job Stefan. Thanks for sharing. regards from the UK
Stefan, Thank you very much for these wonderful and informative videos, thanks for the information of the files, I have seen two videos of you and I was impressed with the quality of your works.
Grüße aus Chile
Thank you for watching and commenting!
You make it look too easy!
Beautiful work.
Great video. Setting the height of the slit saw is a great example of why many gauge block sets have wear blocks - a size that the manufacturer makes a large batch of. You use the wear block on the end of your stack so that it takes any abuse instead of the other blocks that you keep pristine. Replacing one 0.100" block is much cheaper than replacing several odd sizes in a set.
Love the grim opening music. When I have a hard interrupted cut I relieve the leading edge of (in this case) the key way, a lot easier on the tool edge. Love your videos
Looks very professional Stefan. Well done.
Stefan, you are inspirational. Thank you for your videos. Mike
Always fun to watch your videos, Stefan. Not only are you a fine machinist, but you are a "not too shabby" video producer, too. ;-) We know if your name is on it, it is going to be quality.
You must be a metal fan in more ways than one... excellent!
Love that deburring with the rotary grinder! Very efficient :-)
Nice work Stefan. Great way to cut a keyway.
Very nice work. I like your step by step explanation.
favorite youtuber! Had to stop watching a video to watch this haha.
Thank you!
Poor other youtuber you where watching ;)
Me too!
Ditto :)
Thanks, this is again a great video. Even if thee is no black magic, I like what you show and learn a lot every time again.
I thought I had gone through your whole collection by now, but this is is still new to me 😁
Nice finish on that part... looks very professional. So after his shaper completely rusts away after the next great war and some aliens excavate the remains 5000 years from now, the only thing left will be your ratchet gear in perfect, spotless condition. They will wonder who was able to make such quality parts in what they will refer to as our dark ages. ;)
Very nice camera angles btw. especially your famous shaper right in the eye shots... glorious and very educational.
Thank you for sharing another adventure and take care!
Immer wieder faszinierend, was du da so produzierst. Danke fuer die tollen Videos!
Immer wieder gerne :)
I need a video that's nothing but like an hour of shaper cutting.... Very relaxing
Professional all the way! Thanks from Lincoln, NE, USA
Great video. The wheel turned out great.
Beautiful work Stefan.
High quality work as always Stefan.
Nice piece of job!
17:19 - before pressing START machining -ALWAYS have one thought behind your head: if the machined groove doesn't have to be positioned with the keyway groove inside the center hole. To be honest, once I've fu...ked up the similar to your's sprocket - the first tooth had to be rotated for 4degrees relative to the keyway. Of corse the sprocket is non symetrical then, so it is also important to notice if your sprocket is correctly placed inside the dividing tool. If there's no drawing for the toothed wheel, always ask the client for where and what it's used.
Very good ! excellent work for your shaper.
I have a G&E shaper, it has a broken elevating gear for the table, it is a bevel gear that has an extended side which is threaded with #6 acme threads so it looks like a mushroom. When the drive gear turns this gear is moves on the acme thread and raising the table. The acme thread is mounted in the base of the machine and it does not turn. I have not been able to find and good videos about making bevel gears as of yet. Have you ever had the occasion to make any bevel gears before?
Top quality part Stefan really looked the business nice video.
Nice project. Not too complex but still with a few interesting operations in it. Thanks for sharing.
Sweet lookin part Stefan, looks factory! 👍🏼
Thanks! You just got a subscriber ;)
Thanks!, much better than losing one! 😉
Ah.. super enjoyed Stefan , Great job man ! Thumbs up..
This view of the shaper tool cutting the keyway is awesome. Great job. I wish I had a shaper, I think it's an underrated machine...
Nice project Stefan, enjoyed this content.
Very nice job. After the initial machining could yo have press fit a small shaft in the hole to prevent or decrease the warping ?
Great work, and great video as always, buddy! :)
Fine job Sir. ... Every time I watch you playing with your shaper... makes me desire one more and more every time.. some day..
I agree; there's something remarkably attractive about that part. Probably the combination of the bead blasted exterior, contrasted with the finish of the bore after hard turning.
I've had a 14" G&E shaper since 2010; picked up a Rockford 24" HD hydraulic shaper a month ago that needs wired up. It doesn't have the ratchet feed wheel.
Excellent shots of centering the keyway in the bore; I've watched your previous video on the subject multiple times. Do you ever use any other method besides "the even scratch"?
Thanks again for the great video!
I agree with you, Stefan- all limitations live only in your head. You can do all- just step by step follow your dream!
Very interested in your little oven. Nice work.
Its a small Efco110 oven for burning enamel - I just added the EuroTherm controller.
Very nice looking final product. I picked up some good tips.
Ich vermisse diese Arbeit. Ich bin selber Feinwerkmechanikermeister und mir felht die manuelle Arbeit. Danke für die Filme.
A really nice part! Thanks for another great video.
I am impressed with your talent
Great work Stefan!
Another fine video Stephane, what size tip did you use in your blast gun for the aluminum oxide and that was 50 grit you used @ 90 psi? How many CFM is your compressor? I am just about to start using my new blast cabinet using a 18 CFM compressor with 90 grit AO @ 90 PSI but can't find any data on tip sizes. I also have 50lbs of glass beads which I understand you shd shoot @ 30-40 PSI or you will destroy the beads but I don't know what size tip to use, I just have ceramic tips for now but am interested in Boron Carbide in the future. Thanks, Doug
Lovely job! Enjoyed, as always...
Stefan, in the shaper setup, as can be seen at 5:50, you seem to have used both copper and brass shims. What is the reason? In general, which do you find more useful around the shop?
another piece of first class work. would the shaper have been an alternative method to cut the rachet teeth?
You can make anything! :-)
As usual Stefan, top job. Could you please tell me to get the 1.70mm width of cut between teeth did you have to move the 1.60mm cutting saw 0.05mm up and down off centre and repeat the 30 divisions? Thanks Max
2/100th of a mm Run out?! Toss the part and start over! Shotty work Stefan...Shotty work. ;)
Always look forward to your videos. My only complaint is that you don't make enough of them.
Looking forward to the next one.
Hey Stefan. Did you know that you can use the reduction ratio of the rotary table divided by the number of divisions without needing to work out angles. i.e. 90 (rotations per rev)/30 (divisions) = 3 (hand wheel rotations). this also works for fractions. so if you want 100 divisions you get 9/10 turns (18 holes on a 20 hole dividing plate etc)
Very nicely done.
the final boring after hardening had golden chips, you said that this was not overheating with this colour. What colour does indicate that you are overheating?
Thanks man!! Always learning with your content!
Hello Stefan from Aus. How did you align the shaper tool with the cutting edge horizontal prior to adjusting for side to side?
as always : VERY enjoyable video !!!
Thank you Stefan !!!
My Wife was on the computer when the notification appeared in the bottom corner. Had me pacing up and down the room trying not to look interested until she had gone.
Inspiring work again Stefan well done. Use of the word 'Fubar' made me spit out my coffee !
Stefan im looking for goggles for magnifying fine work. Ive bought eye pieces and they are ok and i bought jewelers glasses but the focus on them is too close. Id like something that i wear leaving my hands free, giving good magnification errr x10 maybe but focused at desk distance when seated. Have you used something thats good for this ? Great work by the way. Nicely done.
Another great video! Thank you Stefan...
Wacken, hope you seen a few great shows there, could think of a few heavy shows i would love to see there... cool, love all of your videos, extremely entertaining, loved you the characters from This Old Tony... from Louisiana, USA
I was 2005, 06 and 07 in Wacken and we had realy a blast watching the shows :D
Thanks for watching and commenting!
your hair is so bomb in the intro.
Nice job Stefan. (as usual :-)). But, take more care of those fingers!
Thanks!
My better half tells me the same all the time - I try! Realy :D
I was scrolling to make this same comment :)
another quality piece, on a couple of levels. quick question, what is your opinion of dividing plates on a rotary table vs an indexing head, useability and what not?
Very nice Stefan. And, I agree, you can make machine parts in your shop even if you only have a lathe.
Flycutters may be annoying, but with multi-toothed cutters, there's often the problem that they only really cut on a single tooth, and you have a hard time fining the cause. How do you control that effect, also with shell mills etc?
You mentioned that when cutting the keyway on the shaper the clapper box was locked down so the "clapper didn't clap".
I have had little practical experience using a shaper and hope you would explain why and when a clapper needs to clap and conversely, when it does not. Thank you.
The "clapping" allows the tool to swing away on the backstroke, not to rub over the work. When workign in a bore, that can cause a nice crash - so you lock down the clapper box and feed the tool down only when it is not in contact with the work
Cutting key ways with a file is a pain. last time I did one, I made a jig using a windshield wiper motor with a small crank arm and a file on the end of a long connecting rod. Turned it on and let it do its thing while I worked on something else. I've seen shaper attachments for bridgeports but I just don't do enough key ways to justify the price.
Welcome back buddy love the wideo ;)
Very interesting and educational and exceptional presentation...tnx...bob
Thoroughly enjoyed that Stefan, was hoping that you would cut the teeth on the shaper but I guess I cant have everything. Thanks for the indexing explanation. I am always inspired by your workmanship and approach. Thanks for the time and effort making & editing & uploading these videos. All the best Mat (Sadly no feature of your sandels this time...)
Nice job.
I feel that the pawl that did all the cycle could have been made afresh again.
Kudos...
Nice work as usual. You probably thought about how widening the teeth cuts by changing the cutter height produces a different geometry than widening by slightly changing the angle. How did you decide which method to use?
The little oven you are using, what are your views on it? I have been looking on Ebay for one, and they are not very expensive. Would you buy one again if you needed one, or a different model?
thankyou Stefan. feel more certain about having a go now.appreciated.
Thanks Emma :)
Otherwise drop me a message with a drawing of the wheel you need.. :)
As designed, there is not much cross sectional meat between the keyway and the teeth. Did the original crack through that area?
very nice job stefan
Very nice. I imagine the part was more accurate and finished better than the original.
No one ever fubars the indexing. :)
"so I don't fubar that, not that I ever did that". I enjoy your injections of humor.
Stefan
Great job very well explained
Now a idea for a video. I have in the past made. Parallel tooth bevel gears on the mill/rt setup. But I have got consfused ,the correct way according to mr Law ,s book is you do three rotations with a plus ,normal,negative offset with a corresponding hight offset
Now looking at the web all show a two stage operation
If you could spare the time to explain the Stefan way including the calculation for the gear cutter selection I am sure it would help others and me
The ones I have made have worked for the govener drive for a model steam engine last set was a 1 to 2 ratio so the blank angles were not 45 deg.
In anticipation Stuart
Very good! Did you recreate the trapezoidal tooth profile, or was squaire sufficanet? My thinking was to lower the cutter and retard the part a few deg. Then raise the cutter and advance the part a few deg.