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It is always incredible how you find solutions to problems that arise. That impresses me again and again. Once again a great video and I'm already looking forward to the second part
Nice. I like that you always keep the mistakes and show how you work around them. Maybe you should get an engine hoist like you had in the barn. Oooor (project idea) some kind of ceiling mounted crane system...
Hi Jeremy I’m a cabinet maker by trade and currently work doing laser templating for solid surface countertops. This was such a satisfying video to watch. The attention to detail is my favourite part my friend, can’t wait for the next video
I greatly appreciate your insights into motivation and getting the task complete. As a neurodivergent person, I empathise with the idea of the task being too large to begin. Perfect is the enemy of the good, and all that.
When I made the stand for my Myford S7 lathe, I made a compartment right below the top and put in 4 large bags of sand that I got from Home Depot. It's been a few years but I think it was called playground sand ( for kids home sandboxes ) or something like that. You wants lots of mass and this weighed a whole lot ( I was going to say that it weighed a "ton" but that would be overstating things a bit.)
Jer, the level of workmanship and artistry that goes into your projects is remarkable. Thanks so much for letting us look over your shoulder in the shop!
Awesome job! That’s going to be so nice to use when it’s finished. I bought your plans and will be making a ton of the modular cabinets for my shop and some for my friends too. I’ll definitely post a video of the radial arm saw station based on your design. Thanks for all the inspiration!
This is an excellent solution. As usual, a more-elaborate effort than a slob like me would undertake. Your delay for some years in getting the lathe set up is an example of a "gumption trap" (from Robert Persig's _Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance_ )--a project that seems too big to even contemplate, especially with limited time but unlimited expectations. For me, just having to hunt-up the needed tools can trap me into weeks of delay. GTs are some of the biggest problems I (and almost everyone, I suppose) face in life. It's an outstanding thing, though, that you've been getting out shorter videos but more often--in this case even without being sure how to proceed. As a viewer, I think that's what I want.
Awesome Jer, love your builds, great to see you putting up regular content, and really great to see you're so much more comfortable in your own skin these days, top class maker, engineer and personality.
Really inspiring, especially the example of applying an engineering solution to a motivation problem (ie., build a general solution that you trust, to get a win on part of the project before you even start it.).
Very nice lathe cabinet/bench. When leveling my lathe to the bench top (to eliminate twist and true to the bed) I adjust the four corners of the lathe with two nuts per mounting bolt, one on the top to lock down and the bottom nut to raise or lower that corner. When level, the lathe is suspended on the four corner bolts, just above the surface. My lathe bench is also constructed of wood and I do have to occasionally adjust the bed back to being level as the wood moves (drying, sag, vibration, etc ). Looking forward to seeing your lathe power control bar design in action. I've used the commercial two-button (one to push-to-start and the other extra-large button to stop) on my table saw and I like the hands-free, bump-to-stop feature.
The black pan with silver frame is a good look. Kind of a inky pool of nothing it’s floating on. Maybe not the same in-person but on camera it looks like black glass.
What caused me to comment was the final lifting of the lathe to the new bed. That you prepared the ground work by breaking down the lift into a two stage lift and not an all in one heave-ho job that was begging to go wrong. As you showed, the final stage lift to the cabinet was too much for your helper leaving you with a clear exit strategy to half way back, and not straight down to the floor again where the lathe may well have suffered damage in a drop, never mind damage to your helper. That was first class workmanship right there. The way you solved for that by raising the height of your helper was creative, out side the box and worked demonstrating your innate aptitude for the work you do. I am left envious of the quality of finish you've given your lathe leaving me feeling inadequate and way behind the curve - I could have done so much better as you've demonstrated. I doff my cap to your superior workmanship.
Your sense of detail and problem solving are out standing. I think if you were commissioned to build targets for the military they would be indestructible. ;o) Thanks for sharing this project. Please continue to post them we all enjoy them.
you have to be the epitome of a nerd in attitude and appearance, but I admire you, your projects and your work practices, I only wish I could be as precise.
Awesome Jer as always, Amazing to watch you work and figure things out as you go. Already impatiently looking forward to the next instalment. Love and Respect from North London UK.
Great job Jeremy !! That power bar is brilliant. I bet you are fired up to get it up and running after a few years of sitting. Hope all is good and thanks for the video my friend. 👍👍
Nice job! A friend of mine when we where in High School was drilling with a 1/2 corded electric drill. He had long much like yours. His hair got caught in the chuck and latterly tore a huge Chunk of is scalp off his head. It was a real mess he lost a lot of blood waiting on an ambulance and getting to the hospital. He spent 9 months in the hose cause of complications healing wounds. Jeremy tie your hair up when using machinery please. I do not want to be the safety nut. But situation like yours could have been easily prevented. His hair never grew back. 🤯🛫
Great work! You can test the weld by just wiping it with oil. You will see it bleed through the other side. Use baby powder to check the opposite side and repair any tiny leaks after you clean it.
I love your videos so much! And I love that you worked with your friend a bit, that's my favorite shop time--shared shop time! Excited for part 2! Oh also, how lucky that the motor bolts were over the overhang... That surely simplified the fix :) And the tubing around the perimeter, form AND function! Nice work as always 8)
Always a pleasure to see your amazing creativity! I plan on making my daughter a set of those cabinets for her dorm room at college. It might help her to keep organized! I was taught how to use a metal lathe when I was a teenager, and always wanted to get one for myself. Perhaps I’ll come across one some day that I could afford.
Pretty fantastic work, Jer! 😃 I think the mistake was because you realigned the lathe and didn't consider it when marking for the holes. Because it's almost the same difference! Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thanks! Nope, I foresaw that when I decided to shift the lathe over, and I made sure to move the motor too. The relative position of the motor to the lathe in my final version matched my original CAD, so the original CAD was wrong.
Nice build. I like it. One step you missed, is you need to make sure there is no twist in the lathe bed. Yes, as heavy as it is, it can still twist. If the base isn't perfectly flat (nothing is), when tightening down the mounting bolts, you may have introduced a twist in the bed which will result in a taper when turning a part. You need to use a precision machinist level to make sure there is no twist in the bed. It's not important that it's level to the earth, but that the headstock end is as level as the tailstock end.
Excited to see the power switch video. I have an old Rivett lathe that has the power switch on the motor behind the lathe, which is just a terrible location. Your idea seems like a great solution.
The algorithm isn't wanting to show me your content.. I had no idea this video existed until stumbling upon the power switch video. Suffice to say I "rang the bell."
Do not trust that drill press with your fingers. Don’t ask how I know. Please secure your work so that the bit won’t grab it and sever a finger tip. Great work, Jeremy.
Very nice ! I enjoy the way you work things out . I think your a genius ! I've been watching your videos since you were in your dads place. Keep up the great video's !!
This turned out beautifully! I've been trying to think of a good way to have my lathe set up. I still need to have some sort of countershaft made for it though.
I built a similar lathe stand/cabinet a few summers ago and took inspiration from your belt grinder stand that you made a while back. I really like your big paddle switch on the front though, I may need to incorporate something similar. Nice work as always
I foresee a problem with that full length on/off switch. You are going to be hitting the switch as you stand close to the machine while using it. Perhaps having the on/off at each end is a better idea. The switch is angle iron. Just cut off the protrusion between each end. The middle would then be flat stock and angled on each end to act as paddle switches.
It is always incredible how you find solutions to problems that arise. That impresses me again and again. Once again a great video and I'm already looking forward to the second part
i so agree. problem-solving is key in DIY and Jer is a master at it
Some of the best days on TH-cam are when you post a video. Watching you work is truly a treat.
Nice. I like that you always keep the mistakes and show how you work around them. Maybe you should get an engine hoist like you had in the barn. Oooor (project idea) some kind of ceiling mounted crane system...
Hi Jeremy
I’m a cabinet maker by trade and currently work doing laser templating for solid surface countertops. This was such a satisfying video to watch. The attention to detail is my favourite part my friend, can’t wait for the next video
I greatly appreciate your insights into motivation and getting the task complete. As a neurodivergent person, I empathise with the idea of the task being too large to begin. Perfect is the enemy of the good, and all that.
I'm amazed at how light the MDF slab looks to be. Every time I worked with MDF that size they were extremely heavy.
it is actually quite heavy!
I sometimes think half my time in the shop consists of fixing my previous knucklehead mistakes. Nice recovery.
When I made the stand for my Myford S7 lathe, I made a compartment right below the top and put in 4 large bags of sand that I got from Home Depot. It's been a few years but I think it was called playground sand ( for kids home sandboxes ) or something like that. You wants lots of mass and this weighed a whole lot ( I was going to say that it weighed a "ton" but that would be overstating things a bit.)
You give the word ' perfection' another meaning/dimension. Greetings from the other side of the Atlantic👍🇪🇺🇳🇱
Jer, the level of workmanship and artistry that goes into your projects is remarkable. Thanks so much for letting us look over your shoulder in the shop!
Awesome job! That’s going to be so nice to use when it’s finished.
I bought your plans and will be making a ton of the modular cabinets for my shop and some for my friends too. I’ll definitely post a video of the radial arm saw station based on your design.
Thanks for all the inspiration!
Thank you! Feel free to send a link when you post the RAS station, I’d love to see that!
This is an excellent solution. As usual, a more-elaborate effort than a slob like me would undertake. Your delay for some years in getting the lathe set up is an example of a "gumption trap" (from Robert Persig's _Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance_ )--a project that seems too big to even contemplate, especially with limited time but unlimited expectations. For me, just having to hunt-up the needed tools can trap me into weeks of delay. GTs are some of the biggest problems I (and almost everyone, I suppose) face in life. It's an outstanding thing, though, that you've been getting out shorter videos but more often--in this case even without being sure how to proceed. As a viewer, I think that's what I want.
Another book added to the ‘must-read’ list. Thanks!
"Gumption Trap" is an excellent term.
Awesome Jer, love your builds, great to see you putting up regular content, and really great to see you're so much more comfortable in your own skin these days, top class maker, engineer and personality.
I love hearing you think through problems to their solutions. Thanks so much for posting your awesome content.
Great project. Impressive use of mdf scraps
That lathe is beautiful, it reminds me of grandma's old sewing machine
Matthias Wandel meets Woodshop Junkies. Your modular designs and attention to detail are inspiring.
Your modular design is paying off in so many ways, great work Jer!
Jeremy, your planning and problem solving skills are on another level! Beautiful work, man!
Really inspiring, especially the example of applying an engineering solution to a motivation problem (ie., build a general solution that you trust, to get a win on part of the project before you even start it.).
There's robust, and then there's Jeremy's solution. Your work will survive the fall of civilization. Jolly Good!
Such a beautiful lathe in great condition.
Thanks to your friend for making this video a project win , going to get up to speed with those base cabinets next the look very impressive.
Very nice lathe cabinet/bench. When leveling my lathe to the bench top (to eliminate twist and true to the bed) I adjust the four corners of the lathe with two nuts per mounting bolt, one on the top to lock down and the bottom nut to raise or lower that corner. When level, the lathe is suspended on the four corner bolts, just above the surface. My lathe bench is also constructed of wood and I do have to occasionally adjust the bed back to being level as the wood moves (drying, sag, vibration, etc ). Looking forward to seeing your lathe power control bar design in action. I've used the commercial two-button (one to push-to-start and the other extra-large button to stop) on my table saw and I like the hands-free, bump-to-stop feature.
17:40 it always helps to have a good friend around.
Good to see you back on full song - loved seeing the old lathe being put back into use. Looking forward to seeing how you sort out the electrics.
That is one beautiful little machine man, and youre one helluva craftsman she deserves you.
The black pan with silver frame is a good look. Kind of a inky pool of nothing it’s floating on. Maybe not the same in-person but on camera it looks like black glass.
What caused me to comment was the final lifting of the lathe to the new bed. That you prepared the ground work by breaking down the lift into a two stage lift and not an all in one heave-ho job that was begging to go wrong. As you showed, the final stage lift to the cabinet was too much for your helper leaving you with a clear exit strategy to half way back, and not straight down to the floor again where the lathe may well have suffered damage in a drop, never mind damage to your helper. That was first class workmanship right there.
The way you solved for that by raising the height of your helper was creative, out side the box and worked demonstrating your innate aptitude for the work you do.
I am left envious of the quality of finish you've given your lathe leaving me feeling inadequate and way behind the curve - I could have done so much better as you've demonstrated.
I doff my cap to your superior workmanship.
Cool lathe and beautiful table! Nice work, thanks for sharing with us! I really appreciate the work you put into your videos.
Your sense of detail and problem solving are out standing. I think if you were commissioned to build targets for the military they would be indestructible. ;o)
Thanks for sharing this project. Please continue to post them we all enjoy them.
Always a pleasure watching you do your thing my friend. Thank you.
you have to be the epitome of a nerd in attitude and appearance, but I admire you, your projects and your work practices, I only wish I could be as precise.
Excellent job, Jeremy. Rock solid construction with top problem solving.👍
The hearts on the dusty plate 💜
Always enjoy when you produce a new video Jeremy. Thank you.
Incredible project that was expertly executed!
Holy frig where did all these subscribers come from? Keep it up dude we love your content
Really nice Jer. Your design and fabrication skills never disappoint! Cheers!
9:00 All those hearts are super cute!
Awesome Jer as always, Amazing to watch you work and figure things out as you go. Already impatiently looking forward to the next instalment. Love and Respect from North London UK.
Great job Jeremy !! That power bar is brilliant. I bet you are fired up to get it up and running after a few years of sitting. Hope all is good and thanks for the video my friend. 👍👍
Nice job! A friend of mine when we where in High School was drilling with a 1/2 corded electric drill. He had long much like yours. His hair got caught in the chuck and latterly tore a huge Chunk of is scalp off his head. It was a real mess he lost a lot of blood waiting on an ambulance and getting to the hospital. He spent 9 months in the hose cause of complications healing wounds. Jeremy tie your hair up when using machinery please. I do not want to be the safety nut. But situation like yours could have been easily prevented.
His hair never grew back. 🤯🛫
I enjoyed that. Thank you.
The screw edits getting faster and faster always cracks me up
Great project and really well made, you really pay attention to details. My only advice is level the lathe soon. Cheers from Fla.
the base gives you accuracy because of its stability
Ótimo projeto !! você é muito caprichoso, e tem o Dom !! É o tipo de vídeo que segura a gente na frente da Tela !!! 🙏🙏
Nice Build.
Cool solution to the 1" mistake. Really interested in seeing the switch build.
Super cool design Jer. 👍🏻 You're quite the perfectionist
Great work! You can test the weld by just wiping it with oil. You will see it bleed through the other side. Use baby powder to check the opposite side and repair any tiny leaks after you clean it.
Also a spray liquid penetrant tester and developer kit is cheap and easy to use.
Great project and digging the hair color and style
I love your videos so much! And I love that you worked with your friend a bit, that's my favorite shop time--shared shop time! Excited for part 2! Oh also, how lucky that the motor bolts were over the overhang... That surely simplified the fix :) And the tubing around the perimeter, form AND function! Nice work as always 8)
it's my favorite shop time too! 🥰
awesome jer @MrPete should be smiling
It looked like that mounting plate could be slotted instead, but you'd know better why not.
Thanks for the interesting build. You are always a joy to watch. Keep them coming!
Always a pleasure to see your amazing creativity! I plan on making my daughter a set of those cabinets for her dorm room at college. It might help her to keep organized! I was taught how to use a metal lathe when I was a teenager, and always wanted to get one for myself. Perhaps I’ll come across one some day that I could afford.
Great video. Excellent workmanship and design. Long switch is brilliant. Mahalo for sharing! 🙂🙏
Jer, An excellent build and an enthusiastic friend. Appears you've chosen friends wisely :) Looking forward to seeing the South Bend running.
Pretty fantastic work, Jer! 😃
I think the mistake was because you realigned the lathe and didn't consider it when marking for the holes. Because it's almost the same difference!
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thanks! Nope, I foresaw that when I decided to shift the lathe over, and I made sure to move the motor too. The relative position of the motor to the lathe in my final version matched my original CAD, so the original CAD was wrong.
Nice build. I like it. One step you missed, is you need to make sure there is no twist in the lathe bed. Yes, as heavy as it is, it can still twist. If the base isn't perfectly flat (nothing is), when tightening down the mounting bolts, you may have introduced a twist in the bed which will result in a taper when turning a part. You need to use a precision machinist level to make sure there is no twist in the bed. It's not important that it's level to the earth, but that the headstock end is as level as the tailstock end.
Jer for President!
Excited to see the power switch video. I have an old Rivett lathe that has the power switch on the motor behind the lathe, which is just a terrible location. Your idea seems like a great solution.
The algorithm isn't wanting to show me your content.. I had no idea this video existed until stumbling upon the power switch video. Suffice to say I "rang the bell."
Always a pleasure to watch your videos! Keep it up!
and again a really well made build... enjoyed watching as always 😁
If I ever start getting into metal work my first tool will obviously be a welder but number 2 will be one of those portable band saws.
Yep, those are good priorities.
Do not trust that drill press with your fingers. Don’t ask how I know. Please secure your work so that the bit won’t grab it and sever a finger tip.
Great work, Jeremy.
Very nice ! I enjoy the way you work things out . I think your a genius ! I've been watching your videos since you were in your dads place. Keep up the great video's !!
Looks good buddy!
I'm so glad you're back to making videos. keep it up dude, you rule.
This turned out beautifully! I've been trying to think of a good way to have my lathe set up. I still need to have some sort of countershaft made for it though.
Sooo satisfying! I love your work!
I built a similar lathe stand/cabinet a few summers ago and took inspiration from your belt grinder stand that you made a while back. I really like your big paddle switch on the front though, I may need to incorporate something similar. Nice work as always
Awesome galore. Very talent.
Sometimes you've just gotta make a stand
Nice job, Jer! Now all you need is a coin jar for everytime you'll accidentally switch off the lathe with your hip :D
Молодец парень!! Своими руками делает
Crazy how much little tips there are in your builds.
Jigtastic and a South Bend Lathe :)
Beautiful work!
Nice job as always.
i've got enough piercings and acne that "oil-tight pan with no holes" is only 1/3 accurate
Lol…I’m on a bus and now people are looking at me wondering why I snorted
Smart people outsmart themselves all the time. Ask me how I know. Been doing it for 50+yrs.
Excellent as allways!
Please include your friend in future videos! 😍
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You burned through some serious friend credits on this project. You'll be paying her back for months!
I'm always happy to help! Jer is just so good at finding ways to do everything alone, I DON'T GET A CHANCE TO HELP 😭😂
Awesome 😉😉
you could smooth out your welds on the inside of the pan with a flap disk.
Nice work!
As an owner of a south bed 9a… This is another project of yours i will build. (I built your grinder too:
Awesome work 👏 I just made a video of my 1934 South bend model C 9 x 48 lathe table concrete setup and build
Excellent.
Nice work
I foresee a problem with that full length on/off switch. You are going to be hitting the switch as you stand close to the machine while using it. Perhaps having the on/off at each end is a better idea. The switch is angle iron. Just cut off the protrusion between each end. The middle would then be flat stock and angled on each end to act as paddle switches.
Thank you my friend. Gênio…
Great German engineering!
Great job!
My thoughts about getting the holes wrong it's when you decided to center it to the pan you didn't move the motor mount with it