You really made your money today. There are a lot of people who would have told the customer that I cannot do it and it is now your problem. You should be proud of yourself for finishing this job.
I would have just left it in the machine and turn the machine on and tooken a big grinder to it, then made the adjustment to where the rollers will go closer together. Yes
You see two kinds of people when a problem crops up. One says "I can't do it", the other says "how can I do it". If it were a fair world the second guy would prosper more. Sadly I have found that not to be the case, they find they are unable to pass on the full cost of their solution to the customer and take it on the chin .....ask me how I know. Great vid kid. thanks for posting.
As an American who owns a truck but commutes in a little sedan and knowing plenty of other guys out here in the Midwest who insist on driving big trucks as their daily driver, you've managed to do more work in your little hatchback than most of those guys have done with their trucks all year. Also I really enjoy seeing your ingenuity, and while you may not be a machinist, your willingness to overcome challenges and get the job done right is ultimately a testament to you being a true craftsman.
If/when you get a bigger lathe, make sure you get a travelling as well as a fixed steady. You were lucky with this roller. About 4 months ago I machined a 340mm dia roller (hollow, 900mm long) and it rang like a bell and there was chatter everywhere, no matter what we tried. We ended making a larger travelling steady using the rollers off a smaller steady. Took about 25 hrs work to make the steady but it worked like a charm. Have another 2 rollers to do in coming months. My lathe is a Victor made in Taiwan, having 660mm x 2500mm capacity. Self taught machinist/mechanic in Land Down Under.
My cousin used to have a small machining workshop down in Wiltshire - couple of lathes and a few different types of mill. He used a 3-phase diesel generator - simple, reliable and easy to install. Allowed him to run several machines at the same time.
So pleased your mate had a bigger capacity lathe, must have been quite a relief. Using the mill was a good move and does reinforce the old saying "Necessity is the mother of invention". Good post, take care be well.
Kudos for the outside the box solution Ollie. not every shop has millions of dollars of equipment at their disposal. bigger lathe will be nice upgrade when the time comes. new fab/welding table already paying for itself
One of the main attractions to watching your show is that, there but for the Grace of God, go I. You very much accomplish excellent results, often without the very fancy equipment seen on many other shows. Please take this as a compliment, from a realist working Joe like me !
I love the thinking outside of the box to get out of an unforeseen problem. Also, the clever construction of the riser, to allow for clamping, all signs of a good engineer.
My friend CB says " learn to use what you have, and you'll always have what you need ". Remember, the best tool you have is between your ears 😁. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.
Hi Oli love what you do and been following you for a while now. We’re only in Thirsk so not far away. We have same problem as you with only 2 phases coming in. Not a major problem for us. Your best option would be a Diesel generator wired into a separate distribution board that just serves your 3 phase equipment. It could be set up so that as soon as you switch a piece of equipment on it automatically starts the generator and switches it off when you switch the equipment off. I’ve been an industrial electrician for over 46 years and set a few systems up for clients along the same lines. Solar panels with batteries will be expensive to install and won’t be as efficient in the winter. Hope this helps. Keep up the good work. Regards Ian
Also an industrial electrician here, have you read the rest of the comments, only think missing is a hamster wheel 😂😂. Yours is very Sound advice I think. Split phase is very misunderstood by a lot of people (as it was only ever supplied to farms needing more power back in the 60’s) as you know it’s nothing of the sort it’s only a 480V centre tapped supply.
@@johnwarwick4105 Thanks for explaining, so its bit like the US homes 110/220 systems, so when I see two lines on the poles across a field it’s not phase and neutral it’s two phase, the transformer on the pole is centre taped 👍😀
Thanks for explaining what the things you fix, actually do. Brilliant seeing how you work things out from scratch - keep up the good work. One of the three highlights of my TH-cam weekend; Friday am: Cutting Edge Engineering, Friday pm: Farmcraft 101 & Sunday your good self. Cheers.
A couple of little screw jacks could have pushed that pulley assembly off. They are quite easy to make. Those taper bearing adaptors can confuse some people who don't know how they work. No lathe is big enough and no workshop is ever big enough after a while! You dont often hear people say my lathe is too big though! Cheers and thanks for the video.
You completed the job very well, I could imagine your frustration at the start ! A bigger lathe would be handy not sure how big a one you could fit in the workshop, go much bigger and your jobs will grow with it ! I said oh my god what's he doing to that poor little van !! I imagined you would have a Transit size pickup. Thanks for sharing your work week. Brian from South Yorkshire.
Piece of advice, until it becomes second nature: put your free swing and between center swing dimensions on the lathe with a marker. There's no shame on it, make it big and easy to read. I did the same when i first started, because i had the exact same cockup. Happens to everyone. :)
1. This is one of my favorite videos. I like the unique problems and how you get around them. Good job!! 2. When I saw the helicopter I thought the CEE team were coming to help.
Easy mistake to make I think I would have done the same forgetting the saddle height above the bed. You overcome the problem so it’s as I always say. Every days a school day and the job was completed. 👍👏🙏🚜
Another great video Olly, I almost thought we were going to get through an episode without Harry the Hyster making an appearance but luckily at 38 minutes the world was put right again! If you have the money, solar panels, three phase inverter, battery with an auto start diesel or LPG (propane for our American friends) generator as a back up against weeks of cloudy conditions. Contrary to popular belief solar panels work even better in cold weather than they do in the hotter climes assuming no snow coverage or extended periods of overcast conditions.
Regarding 3-phase power -- if you were thinking about making your own 3-phase from solar or generator with battery storage.... at that point you're doing DC to 3-phase via a 3-phase inverter. In that case, you could skip the solar and generator and generate DC from your split-phase AC. Basically an AC (single phase) to DC to AC (3-phase) converter, similar to how an "online UPS" works. That is to say, if you're looking at generating your own 3-phase AC, consider using your existing power supply as your generator rather than going full off-grid with solar/generator (unless you separately desire being off-grid as another goal)
You do a pretty good impersonation of a machinist 🤠 The first dimension you mentioned on your lathe is “Swing over bed” Which is the absolute largest diameter that will clear the bed. The second one is “Swing over caridge” I think your lathe also has a removable gap if I remember correctly which lets you turn an even larger plate with a limited thickness. Great to see your outside of the box thinking and determination to complete the job. Looks like you owe Angus one. I’m sure you have fun stuff he doesn’t have. Nice of him to let you film at his shop. I don’t know about phase converters but welding from batteries and solar panels is probably going to be expensive. If the suns not shining your welds are also going to be short 🤠 So for my 2c worth a generator is sounding a lot more like a stable option. You can turn it off when you’re not using it.🤠
Another brilliant video, Olly. Great to see investing in new equipment and growing For off grid power especially with the requirement for 3 phase you'd need a lot of money. PV system along with MPPT inverters and batteries would cost around £24,000 and more than a 50kva diesel generator. Rotary phase convertors are equally as good as using a VFD but your single / split phase 240v is most likely already at it's limit
Awsome video man there is always more than one way to get the job done . Being willing to try different and new approaches is key . I love this stuff to tell you the truth I’d rather have the old school milling machines or lathes then a new CNC machine knowing how all the tools and machines work is way more important to me then speed and repeatable procedures.
Another great video. Thinking outside the box is what will keep the jobs coming when other people are out of work. Always looking forward to the next video.
Hi Oliver, good idea using the mill, and clever use of the tailstock, and dividing head spacer. This setup will be useful for other jobs, as to a new lathe my advice would be first work out how much space is available in your shop, and then shop around for the the lathe whith the most capacity that will fit in there, they'll always be a use for it in the long term in your kind of work. Atb Stuart Uk.
No problems just solutions. That's problem solving at its best. I thought maybe yo might have milled down the tool bed on the lathe but what do I know I'm just a telehandler operator in the construction industry. Love what you do, just keep doin it.
Nice to have mates who have a lathe you can use, hope you cleaned up before you left. 😂 Re your off grid question, have dealt with something similar before but it's not cheap. Your best option would be to instal a 3 phase hybrid converter, this takes power from multiple sources when needed, solar, wind, generator or mains. From solar and wind you would need storage batteries, as you need the uninterrupted supply. If you can, speak to Tom Pemberton, am sure he got a grant to help with his solar panels. Good luck. 👍
This reminds me of what I learned as a combat engineer in the US Army. Improvise, adapt, and overcome. I always added "And disinfect and deodorize with a fresh, clean scent." My sergeant hated my sense of humor. Sometimes you just have to solve the problem with what you have on hand. I have seen a lot of bad ideas that worked. If it is stupid but works, it ain't stupid. Desperation can be a great motivator. If I had a bigger lathe to give you, I would. Keep up the good work.
This job really shows exactly what is engineering. Finding solutions rather than giving up. I hope young watchers get inspired and excited by your down to earth videos. Super Mill to the rescue 😅 poor corsa, heavy load 😂 your friend has a nice lathe setup with gantry hoist. Future purchases 😃 American Army Trucking ⭐ Solar & battery sounds a good solution but pricey. Maybe a grant 🤔
I've made a thick U-shaped piece of steel and tapped it. Then I could drop it behind the pulley and then run bolts through the tap holes into the plate in front of it and drive the pulley off. It's worked for me many times.
getting it done again , nice problem solving to work it out so you could do it on the Mill . me i would have just told customer i made a mistake and can not do the job . but in your true fashion you persevered with it then remembered another shop , friend and he had a machine big enough to accommodate the job well done . i say But mate your choice of transport !! i think was yet another problem solving exercise . Bigger lathe really would consider the amount of jobs like this you get to do . Bigger workshop to put all the new machines in . may also solve your power problems at the same time . a UTE may come in handy as well . your 3 phase problem can not help there except maybe the power company can provide this you are on a property . sure you would have checked this out already . really enjoy your videos keep them coming when you can Cheers from AUS .
Got there in the end. Plan B was ingenious using Starbug. But Plan C saved the day. Must admit I have never seen a grain crusher for cattle. You used to see small versions for horse feed. But I never worked anywhere that fed grain other than brewers grain. All the feed lots for the beef cattle in Australia feed grain. I just didn't come across it working dairy.
Great video. Just like me never stuck. I did not read all the comments. But you could make a coolant tub and hang it from rafters and gravity feed the coolant. Just saying mate.
I think you do great stuff just like a "Yorkshire Terrier" ! A thought I did have was a motor driven welding chuck may have helped also useful for "other things".
Nice work again Ollie, anybody can make a mistake but not everybody can fix it. Regarding the three phase, a small circa 20-30kva diesel genset wild do what you need with simplicity. Sure it’s possible with batteries panels and inverters but for the current you require would be very costly I imagine compared with the genset. You could use the waste heat from the genset to heat the workshop. From what I have seen from your abilities you would be able to maintain and repair it no bother too. All the best.
Hi Oliver, love how much you have come on in the last few months and how you think your way through problems. As for your power questions do a search for kris Harbour natural building. He runs his workshop totally off grid and uk based. We'll worth getting in touch with
i guess that's one job done at a loss, but the main thing is that you got the job done for the customer. Good thing you could use that bigger lathe at the other machine shop. It saved the day.
I doubt it was a 'loss', just not high profit per hour. Accounting for lost labor in a private business is only valid if you have your time 100% booked at full charge. It may have just cost him a few less hours playing video games. 😲And time spent also goes towards learning for future jobs, which can then be reflected in higher rates with more experience.
I apologize if this is obvious but in case you missed this thought. If you drive your dividing head with the rotational motion of your table travel you could cut the the shallow helix grove in the drum (at uniform depth) by tying the table drive to the dividing head drive with gears of the appropriate ratio leaving the crest of drum inline with the table travel. this is how helical gears are cut on a milling machine - the ratio would be the number of turns to traverse the length of the roll : to the number turns need to rotate the dividing head so it travels the desired angular distance on the circumference. This is why I thought your set up on the mill was brilliant. Because now you can cut any helix you want with a little gearing
Hi Oliver, There will always something that doesn't fit the machines we have. But there are always ways around the problem. You just need to be a tad inventive. There is a you tuber called Keith Fenner who is in Cape Cod USA, who 5 years ago he had to line bore the main bearing housings in a 5 cylinder Audi engine. The centre height to the crankshaft was well above the spindle in is Clausing lathe, but his set up could be copied to to do your current project. In basics, he made two bearing supports to carry his line boring bar and mouted those on the bed and mounted the engine block on the lathe carriage. He only had to turn the bearing housings so relatively short turned sections, and he had multiple tool mountings in the line boring bar. In your situation, if you had to bearing mountings (that could be height adjustable for future projects) you could mount those roller shafts in those two mountings, to drive the (line shaft in Keiths) the roller in your instance you would need a drive shaft with two universal joints (one each end) monted in the chuck and to the roller shaft, so the part is now turning as it would in the normal chuck tail centre, you could make a tool holder to take up the height difference to either mount HSS tooling or indexible tooling. If you want to view Keith's videos, this was a multi part project called "Because I Can Part 0ne, Two etc. I hope that is helpful for other projects in the future, Best Wishes, Dennis, Queensland Australia.
Keith Fenner hasn't posted a video for 2 months now. He was most recently working with molten lead, pouring babbitt bearings. Am hoping he didn't have an accident or fall off the wagon.
Nice to have friends with big equipment! We had a feed mill that included both a hammer mill and a rolling mill. I was surprised to see the grooves as ours never had them ? I now understand really how badly they have been worn I wonder if the owner is steam humidifying the grain before rolling if you skip that step we got a lot of cracking and dust that got sucked out the top of the cyclone on the air conveying system. Nice job on the rollers but I think they are going to have to have new cylinders installed to make them durable over the long term.
Setting Up off grid 3 Phase would be a fairly straightforward setup, I run outback inverters (mine in parallel) they have the option to be able to run multiples of 3 to run 3 Phase. As you live in the UK there are many more options available, a good start would be to look at what bimble solar has to offer . The most expensive part of the system will be the batteries. It would be well worthwhile looking into a PTO driven generator as it's probably cheaper than an off grid system
Necessity is the mother of invention. It's a shame you don't have a variety of milling cutters. It could have worked out quite well. Though still would have taken time. With the dividing head you could have scored two inverse helix patterns on the drums.
Thanks for the video. Jesse Muller's channel has this video, Installing the electric service in my garage with battery backup. It is quite long but he has a plasma and compressor running from a battery pack in it, in New York State I believe.
At 5.36 mins you need to remove the sheave pulley and a spacer. I have similar set ups where I work, and we use what's called a strong back which aids removal. There are strong back kits available to buy, but you have the machines to make an individual strong back when required as we do. We machine a circular disk or blank, drill shaft clearance diameter in centre, then cut to O/D of the blank to allow fitment over the shaft. Two holes in blank to take suitably sized thread bar and utilise the hydraulic puller and fork to complete the puller. Sorry for the tome ;)
Look into rotary phase converters. If we only have single phase, here, we can hook up the rotary phase converter and get straight three phase power off of it. Not expensive very reliable at least here in the states. I’m not sure about the UK.
@snowballengineering in that case, a good dinner would be just a good time with a good friend. Those are all too few and should be sought for the benefit of both.
Instead of using anti welding spatter spray you should try welding blanket on the table. I know you would need to make holes for the clamps but I believe it will be of much help to protect the table.
You really made your money today. There are a lot of people who would have told the customer that I cannot do it and it is now your problem. You should be proud of yourself for finishing this job.
I got the idea it was their own mill.
Grate work being done bye u u are a good man for doing things other lads woukd walk away from that job
And now he can do more large diameter lathing jobs in the future.
I would have just left it in the machine and turn the machine on and tooken a big grinder to it, then made the adjustment to where the rollers will go closer together. Yes
You see two kinds of people when a problem crops up. One says "I can't do it", the other says "how can I do it". If it were a fair world the second guy would prosper more. Sadly I have found that not to be the case, they find they are unable to pass on the full cost of their solution to the customer and take it on the chin .....ask me how I know. Great vid kid. thanks for posting.
I love it! ‘I am not making parts for spaceships.’ But finding a solution to every problem! 😊😊
I don't know, maybe Elon watches TH-cam. I wouldn't be too surprised if a work order came in from Boca Chica.
As an American who owns a truck but commutes in a little sedan and knowing plenty of other guys out here in the Midwest who insist on driving big trucks as their daily driver, you've managed to do more work in your little hatchback than most of those guys have done with their trucks all year.
Also I really enjoy seeing your ingenuity, and while you may not be a machinist, your willingness to overcome challenges and get the job done right is ultimately a testament to you being a true craftsman.
If/when you get a bigger lathe, make sure you get a travelling as well as a fixed steady. You were lucky with this roller. About 4 months ago I machined a 340mm dia roller (hollow, 900mm long) and it rang like a bell and there was chatter everywhere, no matter what we tried. We ended making a larger travelling steady using the rollers off a smaller steady. Took about 25 hrs work to make the steady but it worked like a charm. Have another 2 rollers to do in coming months. My lathe is a Victor made in Taiwan, having 660mm x 2500mm capacity. Self taught machinist/mechanic in Land Down Under.
Drill a hole and add sand?
My cousin used to have a small machining workshop down in Wiltshire - couple of lathes and a few different types of mill. He used a 3-phase diesel generator - simple, reliable and easy to install. Allowed him to run several machines at the same time.
So pleased your mate had a bigger capacity lathe, must have been quite a relief. Using the mill was a good move and does reinforce the old saying "Necessity is the mother of invention". Good post, take care be well.
Kudos for the outside the box solution Ollie. not every shop has millions of dollars of equipment at their disposal. bigger lathe will be nice upgrade when the time comes. new fab/welding table already paying for itself
Like CB at @NBSWELDING says. "Learn to work with what you have. That way you always have what you need." Enjoyed the video.
Most intelligent. Fantastic job of solving the problem that others would have quit on.
Great job Ollie. The way you figure things out proves you are a very careful and knowledgeable individual.
It's good to see you getting some new equipment and machinery Olly, love watching your show.
One of the main attractions to watching your show is that, there but for the Grace of God, go I. You very much accomplish excellent results, often without the very fancy equipment seen on many other shows. Please take this as a compliment, from a realist working Joe like me !
Oliver your problem solving ability is amazing. I enjoy watching your projects work out to perfection. Greetings from West Texas.
I love the thinking outside of the box to get out of an unforeseen problem. Also, the clever construction of the riser, to allow for clamping, all signs of a good engineer.
your ingenuity is consistently off the charts
My friend CB says " learn to use what you have, and you'll always have what you need ". Remember, the best tool you have is between your ears 😁. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.
The best problem solving channel on YT...and you still have a back window in the Corsa!
Hi Oli love what you do and been following you for a while now. We’re only in Thirsk so not far away. We have same problem as you with only 2 phases coming in. Not a major problem for us. Your best option would be a Diesel generator wired into a separate distribution board that just serves your 3 phase equipment. It could be set up so that as soon as you switch a piece of equipment on it automatically starts the generator and switches it off when you switch the equipment off. I’ve been an industrial electrician for over 46 years and set a few systems up for clients along the same lines. Solar panels with batteries will be expensive to install and won’t be as efficient in the winter. Hope this helps. Keep up the good work. Regards Ian
@ianmcgowan-xh6uu If reliable running surface water is available on the Snowball property, would small scale hydro-electric generation make sense?
Also an industrial electrician here, have you read the rest of the comments, only think missing is a hamster wheel 😂😂. Yours is very Sound advice I think. Split phase is very misunderstood by a lot of people (as it was only ever supplied to farms needing more power back in the 60’s) as you know it’s nothing of the sort it’s only a 480V centre tapped supply.
1-2 gallon garden sprayer for coolant?
@@johnwarwick4105 Thanks for explaining, so its bit like the US homes 110/220 systems, so when I see two lines on the poles across a field it’s not phase and neutral it’s two phase, the transformer on the pole is centre taped 👍😀
Thanks for explaining what the things you fix, actually do. Brilliant seeing how you work things out from scratch - keep up the good work. One of the three highlights of my TH-cam weekend; Friday am: Cutting Edge Engineering, Friday pm: Farmcraft 101 & Sunday your good self. Cheers.
I watch similar but you forgot Ashville and Wellderfabber
You made the right call on this one. That was way too much work to be worth it. The lathe was the right tool for the job.
You ain’t scared of hard work boy! Bless you for that! love from Cornwall!👍🥟
A couple of little screw jacks could have pushed that pulley assembly off. They are quite easy to make. Those taper bearing adaptors can confuse some people who don't know how they work. No lathe is big enough and no workshop is ever big enough after a while! You dont often hear people say my lathe is too big though! Cheers and thanks for the video.
You completed the job very well, I could imagine your frustration at the start ! A bigger lathe would be handy not sure how big a one you could fit in the workshop, go much bigger and your jobs will grow with it !
I said oh my god what's he doing to that poor little van !! I imagined you would have a Transit size pickup. Thanks for sharing your work week. Brian from South Yorkshire.
I believe he needs more space, period. Easier said than done. Keep up the good work.👍🏾
Well done ,we all want a bigger lathe !
Piece of advice, until it becomes second nature: put your free swing and between center swing dimensions on the lathe with a marker. There's no shame on it, make it big and easy to read. I did the same when i first started, because i had the exact same cockup. Happens to everyone. :)
The smile on the guys face unloading those rollers! 🤣
I love the inventiveness you show in difficult jobs such a shame it was too much of a scrotum ache to continue.
1. This is one of my favorite videos. I like the unique problems and how you get around them. Good job!!
2. When I saw the helicopter I thought the CEE team were coming to help.
Love the old taper lock, best thing since sliced bread !
For a bloke that reckons he's not a Turner you'd make a good magician Oliver. Well done.
Easy mistake to make I think I would have done the same forgetting the saddle height above the bed.
You overcome the problem so it’s as I always say.
Every days a school day and the job was completed.
👍👏🙏🚜
Another great video Olly, I almost thought we were going to get through an episode without Harry the Hyster making an appearance but luckily at 38 minutes the world was put right again! If you have the money, solar panels, three phase inverter, battery with an auto start diesel or LPG (propane for our American friends) generator as a back up against weeks of cloudy conditions. Contrary to popular belief solar panels work even better in cold weather than they do in the hotter climes assuming no snow coverage or extended periods of overcast conditions.
Regarding 3-phase power -- if you were thinking about making your own 3-phase from solar or generator with battery storage.... at that point you're doing DC to 3-phase via a 3-phase inverter. In that case, you could skip the solar and generator and generate DC from your split-phase AC. Basically an AC (single phase) to DC to AC (3-phase) converter, similar to how an "online UPS" works. That is to say, if you're looking at generating your own 3-phase AC, consider using your existing power supply as your generator rather than going full off-grid with solar/generator (unless you separately desire being off-grid as another goal)
Impressed how you came up with a work around to get the job done. Doing it on the mill would not be ideal but it worked! Great job 👍
You worked very hard for the customer. Well done, I might have given up on it!
Wow Oliver, What a amazing job, Your skill level and thinking outside of the box is amazing,
Love your videos.
From kiwi land
You do a pretty good impersonation of a machinist 🤠
The first dimension you mentioned on your lathe is “Swing over bed”
Which is the absolute largest diameter that will clear the bed.
The second one is “Swing over caridge”
I think your lathe also has a removable gap if I remember correctly which lets you turn an even larger plate with a limited thickness.
Great to see your outside of the box thinking and determination to complete the job.
Looks like you owe Angus one. I’m sure you have fun stuff he doesn’t have.
Nice of him to let you film at his shop.
I don’t know about phase converters but welding from batteries and solar panels is probably going to be expensive.
If the suns not shining your welds are also going to be short 🤠
So for my 2c worth a generator is sounding a lot more like a stable option. You can turn it off when you’re not using it.🤠
Another brilliant video, Olly. Great to see investing in new equipment and growing
For off grid power especially with the requirement for 3 phase you'd need a lot of money. PV system along with MPPT inverters and batteries would cost around £24,000 and more than a 50kva diesel generator. Rotary phase convertors are equally as good as using a VFD but your single / split phase 240v is most likely already at it's limit
Awsome video man there is always more than one way to get the job done . Being willing to try different and new approaches is key . I love this stuff to tell you the truth I’d rather have the old school milling machines or lathes then a new CNC machine knowing how all the tools and machines work is way more important to me then speed and repeatable procedures.
Another great video. Thinking outside the box is what will keep the jobs coming when other people are out of work. Always looking forward to the next video.
Hi Oliver, good idea using the mill, and clever use of the tailstock, and dividing head spacer. This setup will be useful for other jobs, as to a new lathe my advice would be first work out how much space is available in your shop, and then shop around for the the lathe whith the most capacity that will fit in there, they'll always be a use for it in the long term in your kind of work. Atb Stuart Uk.
Your knowledge and engineering skills never cease to amaze me! I wish i was like you 😊
No problems just solutions. That's problem solving at its best. I thought maybe yo might have milled down the tool bed on the lathe but what do I know I'm just a telehandler operator in the construction industry. Love what you do, just keep doin it.
One of the hardest working fab guys on TH-cam! You should have 500k members easy. Great work Oliver!
Maybe one day!
You're just a very clever guy Olly, and a pleasure to watch keep the vids coming
That milling setup... Looks like some vast alien insect attacking an enormous sausage roll.....
There's usually a plan B, but sometimes you have to think outside the box in order to find it. Well done Olly
Nice to have mates who have a lathe you can use, hope you cleaned up before you left. 😂 Re your off grid question, have dealt with something similar before but it's not cheap. Your best option would be to instal a 3 phase hybrid converter, this takes power from multiple sources when needed, solar, wind, generator or mains. From solar and wind you would need storage batteries, as you need the uninterrupted supply.
If you can, speak to Tom Pemberton, am sure he got a grant to help with his solar panels. Good luck. 👍
So basically, the Right Tool for the Right Job. Love your channel, hope it gets to 100k subscribers soon!
This reminds me of what I learned as a combat engineer in the US Army. Improvise, adapt, and overcome. I always added "And disinfect and deodorize with a fresh, clean scent." My sergeant hated my sense of humor. Sometimes you just have to solve the problem with what you have on hand. I have seen a lot of bad ideas that worked. If it is stupid but works, it ain't stupid. Desperation can be a great motivator.
If I had a bigger lathe to give you, I would. Keep up the good work.
Necessity is the Mother of all Inventions! Great job Ollie!!!
This job really shows exactly what is engineering. Finding solutions rather than giving up. I hope young watchers get inspired and excited by your down to earth videos. Super Mill to the rescue 😅 poor corsa, heavy load 😂 your friend has a nice lathe setup with gantry hoist. Future purchases 😃 American Army Trucking ⭐ Solar & battery sounds a good solution but pricey. Maybe a grant 🤔
Really admire your persistence to see a job through. Excellent. Thanks for posting!
Well done on the difficult job Oliver 👍Thanks for the video share and good luck in getting a bigger lathe mate 🙂
I've made a thick U-shaped piece of steel and tapped it. Then I could drop it behind the pulley and then run bolts through the tap holes into the plate in front of it and drive the pulley off. It's worked for me many times.
A tried and trusted way to do it
Another good job. Intelligent and ingenious approach, well done !
Excellent recovery job. Investment in the new pieces of kit are clearly well judged. Thanks for posting
Great job! Very enjoyable and inspiring to watch! Anything is possible when you put your mind to it!
As always, a pleasure to watch.
getting it done again , nice problem solving to work it out so you could do it on the Mill . me i would have just told customer i made a mistake and can not do the job . but in your true fashion you persevered with it then remembered another shop , friend and he had a machine big enough to accommodate the job well done . i say But mate your choice of transport !! i think was yet another problem solving exercise .
Bigger lathe really would consider the amount of jobs like this you get to do . Bigger workshop to put all the new machines in . may also solve your power problems at the same time . a UTE may come in handy as well . your 3 phase problem can not help there except maybe the power company can provide this you are on a property . sure you would have checked this out already . really enjoy your videos keep them coming when you can Cheers from AUS .
Your a farmers dream it breaks and you fix it. Great job and video.
Love your work truck!
Got there in the end. Plan B was ingenious using Starbug. But Plan C saved the day. Must admit I have never seen a grain crusher for cattle. You used to see small versions for horse feed. But I never worked anywhere that fed grain other than brewers grain. All the feed lots for the beef cattle in Australia feed grain. I just didn't come across it working dairy.
WOW. you do things the hard way a lot.
Well I can’t do it the easy way without the tools to do it 🤷♂️
Great video. Just like me never stuck. I did not read all the comments. But you could make a coolant tub and hang it from rafters and gravity feed the coolant. Just saying mate.
I think you do great stuff just like a "Yorkshire Terrier" ! A thought I did have was a motor driven welding chuck may have helped also useful for "other things".
Thank you for sharing, another great job, i learn a lot have a nice sunday 👍👍👍👍
I've gotta say, your mates gantry crane set up is pretty smart. Must make jobs a hell of a lot easier getting it on and off that lathe.
Someone send this man a new pair of gloves😂..great work mate!!
I am reading your license plate as YOLO...OOW for that haul.
You are a young guy. Young guys do experimental things when they have Problems. It is a Try and Error Thing!😉
Nice work again Ollie, anybody can make a mistake but not everybody can fix it. Regarding the three phase, a small circa 20-30kva diesel genset wild do what you need with simplicity. Sure it’s possible with batteries panels and inverters but for the current you require would be very costly I imagine compared with the genset. You could use the waste heat from the genset to heat the workshop. From what I have seen from your abilities you would be able to maintain and repair it no bother too. All the best.
Not much experience myself with off grid systems, but Victron is the brands with the best reputation for off grid systems.
That was a mission mate !! Still it's all about learning these things so you'll know next time ,
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Great work young man nice work.
You say your're not an Engineer, well you do a good job of impersonating one keep on learning mate 👍
Great job as always ollie, well done 👍
Hi Oliver, love how much you have come on in the last few months and how you think your way through problems.
As for your power questions do a search for kris Harbour natural building. He runs his workshop totally off grid and uk based. We'll worth getting in touch with
i guess that's one job done at a loss, but the main thing is that you got the job done for the customer. Good thing you could use that bigger lathe at the other machine shop. It saved the day.
I doubt it was a 'loss', just not high profit per hour. Accounting for lost labor in a private business is only valid if you have your time 100% booked at full charge. It may have just cost him a few less hours playing video games. 😲And time spent also goes towards learning for future jobs, which can then be reflected in higher rates with more experience.
Sir, you are a genius. Fair play to you.
I apologize if this is obvious but in case you missed this thought. If you drive your dividing head with the rotational motion of your table travel you could cut the the shallow helix grove in the drum (at uniform depth) by tying the table drive to the dividing head drive with gears of the appropriate ratio leaving the crest of drum inline with the table travel. this is how helical gears are cut on a milling machine - the ratio would be the number of turns to traverse the length of the roll : to the number turns need to rotate the dividing head so it travels the desired angular distance on the circumference. This is why I thought your set up on the mill was brilliant. Because now you can cut any helix you want with a little gearing
Really impressive. You have a great work ethic. Great video thank you.
Hi Oliver, There will always something that doesn't fit the machines we have. But there are always ways around the problem. You just need to be a tad inventive.
There is a you tuber called Keith Fenner who is in Cape Cod USA, who 5 years ago he had to line bore the main bearing housings in a 5 cylinder Audi engine. The centre height to the crankshaft was well above the spindle in is Clausing lathe, but his set up could be copied to to do your current project. In basics, he made two bearing supports to carry his line boring bar and mouted those on the bed and mounted the engine block on the lathe carriage. He only had to turn the bearing housings so relatively short turned sections, and he had multiple tool mountings in the line boring bar. In your situation, if you had to bearing mountings (that could be height adjustable for future projects) you could mount those roller shafts in those two mountings, to drive the (line shaft in Keiths) the roller in your instance you would need a drive shaft with two universal joints (one each end) monted in the chuck and to the roller shaft, so the part is now turning as it would in the normal chuck tail centre, you could make a tool holder to take up the height difference to either mount HSS tooling or indexible tooling.
If you want to view Keith's videos, this was a multi part project called "Because I Can Part 0ne, Two etc.
I hope that is helpful for other projects in the future,
Best Wishes, Dennis, Queensland Australia.
Keith Fenner hasn't posted a video for 2 months now.
He was most recently working with molten lead, pouring babbitt bearings.
Am hoping he didn't have an accident or fall off the wagon.
@@andyloebrown8250 Keith posted to Rumble 22 days ago.
@@kindabluejazz oh thats wonderful, thanks.
A video on you fixing the coolant pump in your mill would be cool Oliver!
Nice to have friends with big equipment! We had a feed mill that included both a hammer mill and a rolling mill. I was surprised to see the grooves as ours never had them ? I now understand really how badly they have been worn I wonder if the owner is steam humidifying the grain before rolling if you skip that step we got a lot of cracking and dust that got sucked out the top of the cyclone on the air conveying system. Nice job on the rollers but I think they are going to have to have new cylinders installed to make them durable over the long term.
Setting Up off grid 3 Phase would be a fairly straightforward setup, I run outback inverters (mine in parallel) they have the option to be able to run multiples of 3 to run 3 Phase. As you live in the UK there are many more options available, a good start would be to look at what bimble solar has to offer . The most expensive part of the system will be the batteries.
It would be well worthwhile looking into a PTO driven generator as it's probably cheaper than an off grid system
new marking out table looks good!
I doubt he's going to be directly welding things down to it like he did with his old table. 🙂
Necessity is the mother of invention. It's a shame you don't have a variety of milling cutters. It could have worked out quite well. Though still would have taken time. With the dividing head you could have scored two inverse helix patterns on the drums.
oh, yeah must be good to use an over-head gantry at the other work place , top job Snow
Another 15 out of 10 video and skill
Oliver Snowball = The new Baldrick
#cunningplan
Top work overcoming all the hurdles on this job
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37:42 If Mr. Musk should happen to see any of your content, he'd beg to differ. You do very good and precise work!
Thanks for the video.
Jesse Muller's channel has this video, Installing the electric service in my garage with battery backup. It is quite long but he has a plasma and compressor running from a battery pack in it, in New York State I believe.
3 phase inverters are available, so you would need a suitable power source and battery with a 3 phase inverter of the power you need.
At 5.36 mins you need to remove the sheave pulley and a spacer. I have similar set ups where I work, and we use what's called a strong back which aids removal. There are strong back kits available to buy, but you have the machines to make an individual strong back when required as we do. We machine a circular disk or blank, drill shaft clearance diameter in centre, then cut to O/D of the blank to allow fitment over the shaft.
Two holes in blank to take suitably sized thread bar and utilise the hydraulic puller and fork to complete the puller. Sorry for the tome ;)
Look into rotary phase converters. If we only have single phase, here, we can hook up the rotary phase converter and get straight three phase power off of it. Not expensive very reliable at least here in the states. I’m not sure about the UK.
Ive got one.
It's good to have friends 😊 I'm thinking this might deserve a good dinner in return. 😅
It’s alright, he’s got plenty of jobs for me to do so it’ll work itself out.
@snowballengineering in that case, a good dinner would be just a good time with a good friend. Those are all too few and should be sought for the benefit of both.
🙏🙏🙏. A new, bigger lathe !!
Instead of using anti welding spatter spray you should try welding blanket on the table. I know you would need to make holes for the clamps but I believe it will be of much help to protect the table.