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Simon Birt
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2013
An eclectic mix of making, fixing and doing (I think) interesting things.
Filing machine HD 1080p
This video shows the building and operating of a small filing machine. Designed by Edgar T Westbury, kit is available from Hemingway Kits www.hemingwaykits.com/cgi-bin/sh000029.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ehemingwaykits%2ecom%2facatalog%2fTool_Holding%2ehtml&WD=filing%20machine&PN=Sawing___Filing_Attachment%2ehtml%23aHK_202140#aHK_202140
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Farm Boy painted HD 1080p
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In this video you can see the Farm Boy engine running for the first time after painting and final assembly. No commercial parts except for a few nuts and bolts and a switch. Everything else including the spark plug and ignition system were built from scratch. The engine starts and runs well, in the video it is running on camp stove fuel (naphtha) I have tried other fuels including acetone. It i...
Farm Boy test run HD 1080p
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Quick (and dirty) video of first test run on Farm Boy hit and miss engine
Ignition system part 2 HD 1080p
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Making an ignition system for a model hit and miss engine
Stuart boiler feed pump
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The first running of my Stuart boiler feed pump Build series at simonbirt3.wixsite.com/website
TAGheuer battery replaceent
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TAGheuer battery change. Saving a small fortune compared to having the work done by TAG.
Lathe repair part 2
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Video showing the repair of broken aluminium casting on Myford Super 7
I am considering buying the kit but I only have an ML10. Would you expect me to get that bow perfectly straight on such a small machine?
@@ProductiveSam Should be fine, just get everything lined up as best you can.
Top notch Simon! Thanks. Folks like you are a real inspiration.
Kind of you to say so.
What's the availability for this PCB? Shipping to California 93010.
@@SimbadCA I think I have some spare PCBs, you are welcome to have one, send me an email simonabirt@gmail.com with your address and I will pop one in the post. It should not cost much so don’t worry about sending money, if I send it on basic service, not sure what US customs will do, but probably worth the risk. What do you want to use it for?
Excellent small filing machine and very nicely made. I often used a large floor standing filing machine when I was a toolmaker. It was very quick and easy to rough out the die blocks on punch and die press tools prior to hand finishing.
Really nice work, beautifully finished.
Congratulations very nice running engine, enjoy
Hello Simon, an excellent job. Also a great job you have done with explaining your machining process on our blog. It will certainly prove very handy when I start marching the Stuart pump casting I recently purchased. Thank you for sharing, kind regards, Keith.
Now you can treat yourself to a fly press to go with it.
Very nice good-looking machine. If you ever get tired of playing with I'd be interested in it or maybe you have some other machines laying around that you would sell thank you for reading my message
Thank you Simon, have you ever considered building a simple gun for home defense, or a Samurai sword whichever is legal in your country? I am prepping bcoz i lost my bicycle to a hardened criminal when i was little
This leaves me to wonder if I can convert the jigsaw attachment for the Unimat SL into a die filer. Same concept, it attaches and driven by the headstock. The only problem is finding small enough files and how to attach them.
Or in my case I just love doing it
Where do you purchase the reversed files?
They are not reverse files, standard files mounted by the opposite end to the tang. Large files held by a screw, needle files are soft soldered.
I've always kept my eye out for a die filing machine but have seen very few available. I never thought about a kit, but I might now!
4 minutes in and I've no idea what materials you are using or what you are trying to achieve.
Hi. I'e read that O1 tool steel should be quenched in Oil and W1 tool steel in Water, O1 - Oil / W1 - Water. Is there a reason why you quench O1 in Water? Thank you.
If anything it’s overkill. Oil is required for steels that harden super fast, usually have a bit of chromium and alloy. 52100 is considered water or oil. Most steels can be oil quenched actually. Commonly down to 1000f then in air or water
Very good build and well explained! I do prefer separate machines for certain jobs though. Just my opinion
You may want to look into case hardening. It's also a very simple process and it might resolve your softness issue
educational video. the first few minutes kinda went nowhere...probably should write it out, get the thinking clearer & edited. the discussion later on...perhaps the heat-treating by eye & oven needs calibration - via a thermal heat-detector-gun...just so you have better reference as to what temperature does what, when.
Tool steel on a lathe? For wood or plastics but for anything it's supposed to be HSS isn't it?
For metalworking usually. Even still, if you have speeds and feeds correct I believe the heat is evacuated through the chips.
I’d imagine wanting HSS for even wood though… idk 😂
@@lindboknifeandtool I've made plenty of 0-1 tool stool cutting tools used to turn 6061 aluminum. Hardened to RC62 they will last a very long time.
Ohh nice... could you please share the circuit diagram and components used in this.
whats the sharpening media you use
On decarbonisation, an old-timer trick I have heard about (but not tried!) is to wrap the part in tin foil, get it airtight, and include a piece of paper inside the package; this burns and consumes the oxygen and thus the surface carbon cannot burn off.
This works but the foil needs to be stainless foil, aluminium foil or "tin foil" will burn off very quickly as it's melting point is low
Gotta be stainless “tool wrap” I think it’s 4 thousandths of an inch. 309 stainless for high temperature applications. Can be re used with care, with diminishing results of preventing oxidization. This goes for air hardening steels usually. Carbon steels require much less temperature so they aren’t effected by this as much. I heat treated AEBL without tool wrap and I had to grind a considerable amount to get tk hard steel. Same goes for m2… heh. I got the wrap now. Oh yeah and there’s anti scale you can paint on.
Nice Tag H. bro! What is it!!?
Great build Simon used a motor mounted one fifty years ago when an apprentice to file 16 SWG plate used as templates for a 10 to 1 pantograph for die making. Will have to buy castings and build one.
Very neat and the motion looks really smooth. You have made a fine job of it. Hmmm, I wonder if it would fit on my sc4 lathe? As I recall the distance from my cross slide to centre is around 60mm.
Easy to make it fit, I think I would mount it direct on the bed with a spacer block to get it to the right height. The centre height is not critical, 1/2” either way won’t make a difference.
That looks very nice!
A fine example of this useful tool. I plan to get the kit and build one myself, once I finally finish the George Thomas Versatile Dividing Head.
Excellent repair. Well done. 👏👏👍😀
Looking forward to part 2. 👏👏👍😀
What a interesting build. That would be such a useful addition to my Myford Super 7 lathe. Umm, I can see a future project in the offing. Thank you for showing it. Your finished build looks perfect. 👏👏👍😀
Thank you for a very informative and educational video. Your findings are very interesting. I will continue using my small hand held torch in the knowledge that it is still a good way to harden and temper tool steel. Thank you 👏👏👍😀 Can I ask, do you have a reason for quenching in water in preference to oil? Very happy to subscribe for more such content.
Hello Andrew, Silver steel is quenched in water traditionally, all down to the composition of the material. Gauge plate is quenched in oil. Quenching in water gives a harder result in theory. There are whole books on the subject and many opinions, I just follow the advice on the material data sheet.
@@simonbirt6121 Thankyou for your reply. I will try to remember your advice regarding silver steel and gauge plate. Many thanks 👍😀
Great build Simon have to get round to painting mine soon. Very interested to see the build of your filing machine.
Thanks, I will put something together on the filing machine which is far from complete.
Nice
Awesome! You have taken lots of care and cleaned the case back too. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Simon. A great result! You must be well chuffed! Cheers Andrew
Do you sell the system if so how much
very nice. it is possible with some pcb manufacturing sites to sell your boards directly through them. Ive not tried it but you get a percentage every time they get an order for a board.
before corona
very nice i like old technology
Thanks for the video, can I ask what is the purpose of using silicon on the case seal? Can I skip this step?
The silicon grease helps keep the rubber seal in good condition. It is inexpensive, you could omit it but the water resistance may be compromised.
@@simonbirt6121 Noted and thank you
hello Simon, I´m from Germany. Can you tell me, where I can get the original green colour for my Super 7 ? Thanks for Your answer Rudi
Paragon paints in the UK sell a range of Myford paints, including the green.
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Very nice achievement. A small question about this kit, is it ready for assembly at the reception? Is there any machining to be done on the parts delivered in this kit? I am interested in this machine but I can not find information on the level of difficulty to mount this kit.
It requires a fair bit of machining, it is supplied as castings and bar stock. Not too difficult but will take some time to complete.
Wow 😱😍👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Frightfully more expensive than the Indian homebrew examples made from scrap wood, superglue and underpowered ,small DC motors, yet this saw has the same major failing: The teeth ride on the work during the return stroke. This is devastating to the sharpness, temperature and life of the blade. In addition, having minimal adjustment to the stroke means that much of the blade is wasted as it will wear in a small section for most work. For the asking price (£392.50 = US$502), this is very poor design.
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That is very clever, really, but rather expensive given what’s available for sale, don’t you think?
Very flawed design with no lift on the return stroke and no stroke adjustment.
That’s not the point, it was an interesting project and it is very portable.
Hello Mike, Yes they are expensive and yes it does drag on the backstroke. In practice this is not a problem; six months on and I am still using the same all hard Eclipse blade. The best bit is I made it and unlike the Chinese band saw I had when space was not an issue I didn’t have to rework it to get it to cut straight. I disagree with it being a poor design as it fists in small space cuts stock square and sits happily on a shelf above my metal store. I did look at the commercial options first and they are all either very bulky and heavy or have limited capacity. But then again I have made my own tool and cutter grinder together with a host of other equipment, most of which I could have bought for less than the cost of making. Perhaps I need to get out more?
Simon Birt it’s great that you’re pleased with it, it fits your needs and that’s what counts. But I could not justify the price for that. If it were half to maybe two thirds the price I could, but not at that steep for a kit I have to assemble.
It’s a bit more than an assembly job. The kit is bar stock and raw castings, arround 200 hours work.