Spindle Lock For The Mill

[@timmienorrie]

I love watching eccentric parts being made so that was a bonus.😀 The end result is an impressive build. Super sturdy. No danger of that breaking. Love it.

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thanks for your comments.

[@craigtate5930]

Fantastic build

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thank you!

[@larss337]

Great build, functional and good looking 👍

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thanks 👍

[@DunderOz]

Lovely job 👏

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thank you,

[@movax20h]

Good job. Nice design.

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thank you. Some credit needs to go to sbinf74 as his video shows the idea which helped with my build.

[@andrewwilgress4100]

Really good work

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thank you and thanks for watching.

[@paullang1961]

Good vid mate cheers

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thank you

[@kentuckytrapper780]

Alsome build. 👍👍👍

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thank you

[@Paul-FrancisB]

great video, I recognized the Joe Pie method straight away, its one of those things that that make you want to kick yourself for not seeing before.

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thanks for watching. Sometimes we overlook the more clever ways of doing things.

[@MarkATrombley]

Are you going to add some sort of interlock so you can't activate the mill while the lock is engaged? Maybe just a red LED when engaged?

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

I haven't planned to add anything. Maybe I just need to be careful ;)

[@peterhorrell]

Great build! How are you going to avoid turning it on with the lock engaged? I feel like it would be not if, but when I'd make that mistake.

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

At this time I will need to be careful. Someone else mentioned interlocks which would work.

[@marley589]

Have you tried using a magnet to hold the tool to the nut when tightening and loosening.

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

No, I have not done that. Is carbide magnetic?

[@marley589]

@@thehobbymachinistnz Yes.

[@joamonirl]

What vice are you using? TIA

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Which vise? In the mill it is a Chinese vise. I could not afford a Kurt. The HD690 is over $1700 in NZ. If you are talking about the vise on the work bench then that is a shop made vise. This is the first build video for it - th-cam.com/video/rX6c9bEvrl8/w-d-xo.html

[@joamonirl]

Yes the one in the Mill. I'm undecided between Vertex and Homge

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

@@joamonirl It is a Chinese vise. It seems ok, but maybe anything is better than what I had:)

[@CRILIKk]

Hey mate, I noticed the column lever area with some kind of mechanism for lifting your mill up & down, do you reckon you could do a video of it ?

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Hi, yes I can do that. I plan to do a shop made tools and improvements video on the mods to the mill which will include the power lift.

[@CRILIKk]

@@thehobbymachinistnz cool I look forward to it , thanks

[@sparkiekosten5902]

Have a sub!👍

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thank you very much.

[@thebeardedgunsmith9177]

You deserve way more subs than you have.

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thanks for watching. The subs are starting to ramp up.

[@MrWallyrooster]

Is that an authentic machine or one of those Asian copies?

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thanks for your question. I don't know. I thought that RongFu is an Asian company?