WOW ! This is the same Tap Wrench I made at school in 1968. I was 12 yers old and loved every minute of my Metalwork lessons ... You've made a happy man very old :-)
never had metal shop but got all As in wood shop and was the teachers right hand man........wish I would have taken metal shop, but were learning now late in life
I am 70 years old and made a tap wrench almost exactly the same as that one in our Tech school fitting and machining class about 56 years ago. I think it is still among my tools somewhere.
So I watched this with my young son. The face when you snap the part like a twig got a wide eyed look of shock that was priceless. Thanks for a great video and a great memory.
Many times when I've broken metal - there's been a richochet. Something about all the energy that gets out. I really would laugh hardily if the next time he breaks a part apart - it's followed by a dangerous-sounding multiple richochet!
We are truly living in a modern era. Additive machining has gotten to the point where even hobbyists like ToT can convert some metal chips (and, of course, the tool matching up with the current form of the part) into a beautifully square stock part once again. A true modern marvel.
When he “snapped” the round stock I had to do a double take. I’m not a machinist but a heavy equipment welded and it made me laugh. The sound effects and the many cuts you take must be so time consuming. Shows you’re proud
my shop is heated up to a balmy 55 on the weekends so I can work without freezing my bolts off, and here I sit in my easy chair in jammies with a hot cup of coffee watching old tony.
Enjoy the warm shops, boys. I have to fabricate a battery tray and transmission cross member tomorrow. ...After replacing the transfer case in my truck. It's currently 18 F and the forecast says I'll be freezing my frickin' nuts off even more tomorrow.
@@gibbsey9579 Yeah it's a very similar problem I seem to have that problem quite often here. No shop so its outside on a concrete slab and if it isn't freezing cold then it's raining. If it's not raining it is too hot. How do you know it is too hot? When the welding spatter sizzles when it hits your skin. :)
Thank you TOT for making these fantastic videos! Jokes dry as a desert and informative content. Makes us young mechanical engineers learn how things are done in the shop. Greetings from Norway
Tony - you made my Sunday morning! I fully realize how much time goes into making a 20-minute video - I really appreciate your doing it so frequently! Also, you explained why I sometimes get left-handed threads - thanks for clearing up the mystery!
I enjoyed this too, though unless I'm mistaken I think the joke is that a right handed die cannot make a left handed thread however you might try... Helices have something called chirality, DNA for example.
@@ahaveland lol, it was THE Ron Covell who posted the comment, he's forgot more about metal work and sheet metal than you or i will ever learn! trust me it WAS a joke from him!
Oh, just don't make him do his intro with a pasta, similar to a Cody ;) As always, loved that clip. I really like the way you show that engineering thinking process. Something that is missing in a lot of modern projects. My dad (old school engineer) was always telling me a quote from his teacher: "Before you put something together, think on how you take it apart". God i wish more engineers would make their "creations" according to this rule... Fixing modern machines would be way easier... Recently had to exchange a drive wheel of a 40m crane. Bearing just fell apart... guess what, there was no greasing point on the bearing! Damn wheel with a shaft weighted around 150kg... and had 700kg drive fixed on it... And everything would be just fine if some damn modern engineer had a revelation that bearings need to be lubricated to work properly...
@@kup1954 OK, try to do that with a 40m crane ;) I can see that customer's face if you told him to buy a new one because a bearing just died, hehehehe :D
Im currently Stationed in Korea and still keep watching your videos in my barracks to keep my shop mind smart for when i get back to my machine shop in Montana. Keep em up! I wanna get your Meatball Cat shirt soon.
There’s something so satisfying about homemade tools that look this beautiful. An entire series on making various homemade tools could be really neat. Especially one where the tools are planned out so that each is made so a more intricate tool could be made, so by the end of the series you’ve got several homemade tools that are necessary for making something pretty intricate/ complex. I guess clickspring has kind of done this with his videos. But a series where the tools are less pieces of art and more practical machinery tools that have that great heft and weight to them... I’d watch that allllll day long.
I am sure I am not the first person you pushed over the edge and I know I won't be the last.... I bought my first lathe last week. You make it look so easy and fun. I am now actively searchig for a mill. I looked at an old Bridgeport a couple days ago. My wife is not happy about all this. ;) Thank you Tony!
I'm glad to see that someone else doesn't like radius cutters. When I don't mess up the setup with one, I tend to end up with a bad finish. When I do set it up wrong, I get a great finish and a scrapped part. It feels like black magic to me to get the results I want.
Just to be clear I like my garage and my tools but have no connection with machining what so ever. None. But your videos are just soooo goood. So good. Thats why Im here. Thank you.
I'm not sure about your new wrench, It looks a bit too hefty to me. We all know that the correct procedure immediately after snapping a tap off in a hole is to launch the tap wrench (Compleat with the stub of snapped tap) as hard as you can across the workshop while screaming "Demonetizing words" as loud as you can. This new wrench looks stout enough that a ricochet could do you some serious damage ! Just looking out for you buddy. :)
Hey Tony I've been watching a ton of your videos lately I just recently moved out of my dads place and have to go stay at my mom's, also a student at a trade school (precision machine tech) I love your realism, and how you can incorporate that, along with the irony into a instructional video that a younger worker like me can progress off. I did not have to worry too much about space, my dad is a tool junkie, its a gene, but i now have to organize and set up my own little shop in a single car garage. Without these videos, I would not have inspiration to continue my hobby and career at home like I do at school.
Can you make an extra one for Martin over at wintergarden wednesdays? He needs to stop putting taps in the drill. At the rate he's going his marble machine will contain 50% tap by the time it's finished.
Wintergatan needs a fixture to keep the tap colinear with the drilled hole. I'm afraid a tap wrench would not help Martin enough though the feel in the hand of the cutting process would definitely be a huge step forward.
Yes, oh yes. Martin needs a tap wrench so badly. I need a soundproof room and a burlap cat to kick whenever I watch him tap a hole. You can also tweak a C clamp with a flat on one side and a center on the other to keep your tap nice and straight. Most taps that I'm familiar with have a center feature in the back.
I think you're right about that being a home-made/apprentice project. I have vague memories of it being a project at a technical college I once went to, the sort of thing they progressed you to after you proved yourself able of making such complex items as a drill drift.
Sweet, nicely built. That design was a Pratt & Whitney catalog item in the 1880's, I have a couple about that age I still use. Originals were drop forged and case hardened; the handle ends were egg-shaped for comfort, knurling for adjustment was instead applied near the threaded ends. I reckon it's been a popular student project since the patent expired, like 100 years ago.
Hi Tony . I've only recently discovered your channel . You can thank AvE for that one . But I have to say you have an excellent channel and sense of humour . It would be interesting content that you have anyway . But your "style" elevates that content to another level . Thank you sir . I look forward to many many more hours of chuckles and "in" jokes . Fattrucker
Yeah, It's amazing how many channels have paid homage to TOT with the whole cutting bar stock with scissors thing alone. This channels absolutely unique though.
I have discovered that there isnt anything more satisfying on the entire TH-cam than watching machining equipment in action prefferably with easy classical music in the background.
Thanks for making this, I am total nug home machinist, and these videos are a huge help in visualizing how to go about making things. Wore my TOT T-shirt yesterday....hot chicks were all over me.
Thanks for the inspirational video. I felt better when I saw it offered by youtube, an easy choice to make. I haven't moved in 8 days from my bedridden reality. I'm inspired now to continue my search for a way to improve my situation and that too the situation of so many unfortunate others. I like to think I've been on a five year experiment into what can go wrong when your medication of fifteen stable years is suddenly decreased to a quarter of the required amount. I must say I always feel better after watching one of your creations. It was a welcome break from reality. Well, back to reality. Peace.
Judging by the high viscosity of your cutting oil I guess it is freezing cold in your shop. The other possibility is you are using honey as cutting fluid... :D
After recently being employed at a fairly large machine shop, I can fully appreciate the work that goes into even something small like a tap wrench. I am a welder/fitter, but have been learning a good deal about machining lately.. and it has made your videos much more enjoyable for me than previously before. (not that they weren't enjoyable before, I just understand a lot more now)
For me, an interesting element of this 'simple' project was seeing just how complex and versatile the lathe is...especially when supported by a diverse set of cutting tools. With enough knowledge and a complete setup it looks like you could make just about anything (this theory being supported by your previous projects). Keep up the good work.
Tony, I started watching your videos a couple weeks ago, now, unshaven and not having eaten in two weeks, I am putting back together my old Atlas Craftsman Lathe and going to try a few projects. I made a few smaller items back in the day with a small Sherline lathe I have, but it lacks the power and threading gears of the slightly larger machine. Your humor and detailed explanations are appreciated, so thank you for sharing your videos and expertise.
I'm starting a school on machining tomorrow. So this evening feels like a good time to have a small binge on your videos =) Thank you for teaching me about these things, and more than that, thank you for making me more interested in the work.
Excellent back to basics tutorial. Over the last couple of months I have watched all of your videos and this one answered a few basic questions for me. Thank you.
It's so much fun to watch you! You remind me one of my teachers, a smith, who was joking and kidding us all day long, and we enjoyed it. A winning combination of profound knowledge of human kind and tools and materials. He was one of the main reasons why I did dedicate a large part of my life to metal working.
had the choice once to either take “advanced pipe welding” OR “machining” at trade school....i took the welding course ,got really good at it too! But regrettably my body was like “no freakin way” and 2yrs in the field i got occupational asthma........to the point i had to quit welding altogether. I had been a carpenter for @15yrs at that point so went right back there what i knew best BUT i regret not taking the machining course 😔you are an amazing craftsman my friend and i am in awe of your skills.....
"I already used it to tap these holes in the wrench." Perhaps it's something to do with being a Tony, but subtle sarcasm is just so awesome. Don't ever stop.
That is a hand-made tap wrench (holder), just like the one I made 45 years ago while going through a millwright apprenticeship program at a local steel mill. The lesson for this tool making experience, was to use only a file, drill press/drill bits and tap wrench. I still have mine and may knurl the ends with my Myford hobby lathe! Thanks for the memories:))
No machinist here, but 67 years ago I made that same tap wrench in HS school machine shop. I'll have to dig it out to see if my knurls were worn away from lack of use. Use 'em or loose 'em, they say. Thanks for the memories.
Tony, your truly an expert in machining, you explain everything so clearly, it’s fascinating watching you work and your sense of humor is phenomenal , I enjoy it. 👍
I love the "edgefinder" glyph you flash on the screen. I had to pause the video and stare at it for a while before I figured it out. (Linux user here. Not that conversant with Windows and Mac stuff.) I don't know what's more fun: watching your videos or deconstructing them afterwards.
I'd like to take this moment to point out that the average 'easy-out' is NEVER easy and that they are all designed such that there is a significant portion which WILL break off in the worst place possible when you are in a position of having the least amount of time to deal with it. Now, back to the regularly scheduled programming.. and Stay in school kids !.
And then you have to take an expensive chisel or punch and grind it down small enough to fit down in whatever hole it’s stuck in, hammer the broken off easy out out of the part damaging half of the threads that were still there, drill it out over sized and then helicoil the part. lol.
Glad I'm not the only one that has this problem. I think the next set of easy ouch I buy is going in my oven at 500 dungarees Frankenstein for about an hour. Maybe that'll give me a snowballs chance in hell of not having one break off.
@@rotorhead5826 Best thing I ever bought for extracting jammed screws and studs was a left-hand spiral set of drills. But at a pinch, just sharpen a drill backwards (and spin it backwards, of course) while feeding aggressively.
I really enjoy these videos of machine work you post. Machine work is something I've been wanting to learn with all the things I've learned over 8 years of metal fabrication. Mills,CNC machines and lathe work are things that I lack lots of knowledge in.thanks for sharing these and keep up the great comical work...cheers to you sir.
Just finished making mine. That threaded blank was a brilliant idea to ease manufacture! I don't have your tooling, Just a 180 mm mini lathe, a set of drill bits, taps and dies, hacksaw and files. Be that as it may, my new wrench hold taps from 3 mm to 20 mm. and is a great new addition to my workshop. Thanks for posting!
@@brianbutterfield9891 i have lots of pictures but not vids,ive searched the net many times and cant find another that looks like mine,im thinking it must be a very rare model
@@brianbutterfield9891 I just finished a restoration yesterday. I only shot before/during/after videos, they're on my channel. I have a bunch of photos here: ibb.co/album/k9T7va
Thank you very much for sharing and especially the plans. I just finished mine and as a novice hobby machinist I am very happy with the result, even though it's a bit big for my everyday use. I will make one 1/2 or 1/3 size to use on my 2mm to 5mm taps that I regularly use.
how about a tappingware party, where we all get together, drill and lube holes and tap them just for the fun of it. we could also incoporate dresscode, like one year just with welder aprons, next time hillbilly style just with dungarees and topless... arrrrrrrr
I had a dodgy curry last night, watching this Sunday morning, but every time you squirt your oiler I feel an urgent need to visit the small room, TOT 20 min video lasts 40 min...Excellent!
Not only are your videos educational and interesting you have been blessed with a great sense of humor and you use that very well too. Always enjoy watching Uncle Tony. Thank you from Missouri.
Trust ToT to make a 20 minute video then throw in a "make sure to turn it the right way so you don't get a left handed thread" just to make sure we're still paying attention. This is a man who's worked with juveniles before.
I just finished rebuilding my first lathe. While making the T shoe to fit the AXA post into the old compound I had to use a box end wrench on the M14 tap. I think it's a clear sign that this right here needs to be my first ever lathe project. BTW you and Lyle Peterson are the only two machinists that I regularly go back and re-watch videos from. Outstanding stuff.
Oh dear, I don't know if you have ever seen the carved wooden elephants that are available in tourist traps which some people collect and arrange in descending size on their shelves? Now I have the desire to make a set of tap wrenches in descending size from gigantic to cute. Thank you TOT though my husband may curse when I displace his elephants :-) Regards Sarah
Nice... My grandfather was a tool and die maker and made a set of this style tap holders in highschool in the 30s, I am happy to say the small set was passed down to me and instill use them on special projects.... Good job enjoyed the video.
I’ve one of those corner rounding end mills, although mine seams to work better than yours, only thing that springs to mind is if yours is a bit blunt, also they like to climb mill not conventional milling, great video Tony , I always smile when the tube says you’ve uploaded one. Regards Alan.
Actually I've had to chase out hole with a large tap that a small handle wrench would have been great for. And no I'll never ever use a tap socket again, I've had enough edm practice.
I actually made my own tap wrench after watching this video. I used 5/8 hex stock and almost cloned your design I'm pleased with how it turned out and thanks for the great video!
Love the "OneTube" with all seeing eye. Very foreshadowing brother. You are good honest man and I love your creativity and sense of humor. God bless you and the family.
I made a tap wrench with the off set handles in high school machine shop about 1974. Still have it in my toolbox. Made a die stock for 1.5” diameter dies also, that is also in my toolbox.
When you find a new channel, then you go back a few years to see if the content will be just as good, and stumble upon hours of binge worthy laughs. You made my day
Of course!!! I could just SNAPT IT TO LENGTH, affording a 3,000.00 lathe isn't the problem! I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!!!!!! It's always a pleasure, educational AND fun AND funny!!!
I remember back in the dark ages of machine shop at college making a mock prop shaft with a long tapered section. the way this was achieved was by doing turning between centres, but offsetting the tailstock. Then we could cut the long taper with the feed and not have to muck about with the compound. Also taught us about offsetting (and then resetting) the tailstock.
Nice build. Now, did I understand you correctly, stating that you own 4..5 tap wrenches. That surely must have been a mistake, you surely were referring to 4..5 drawers full of them?
WOW ! This is the same Tap Wrench I made at school in 1968. I was 12 yers old and loved every minute of my Metalwork lessons ... You've made a happy man very old :-)
Oi a happy man old or an old man happy?
@@martinpanev6651 r/woooosh
@@justie1220 lol i said it as a joke if u didnt notice
Tony
never had metal shop but got all As in wood shop and was the teachers right hand man........wish I would have taken metal shop, but were learning now late in life
I am 70 years old and made a tap wrench almost exactly the same as that one in our Tech school fitting and machining class about 56 years ago. I think it is still among my tools somewhere.
So I watched this with my young son. The face when you snap the part like a twig got a wide eyed look of shock that was priceless. Thanks for a great video and a great memory.
arod684 If you haven’t already, watch his Ring Roller video. Love the way he cuts the bar stock.
Lol that's awesome
Many times when I've broken metal - there's been a richochet. Something about all the energy that gets out.
I really would laugh hardily if the next time he breaks a part apart - it's followed by a dangerous-sounding multiple richochet!
@@doncooper3946 knowing tony, it'd be a bullet ricochet sound
mop
These videos are so good I’m afraid my girlfriend will catch me watching them.
Ever since the pasta maker video my wife watches them with me.
@@RabidBadger_ same, but sometimes I catch her watching videos without me o_o
My wife told my girlfriend I was watching them..
@@rabie4x4 sounds complicates
I guess now there is the question wtf are you doing when you watch these videos!?
We are truly living in a modern era. Additive machining has gotten to the point where even hobbyists like ToT can convert some metal chips (and, of course, the tool matching up with the current form of the part) into a beautifully square stock part once again. A true modern marvel.
When he “snapped” the round stock I had to do a double take. I’m not a machinist but a heavy equipment welded and it made me laugh. The sound effects and the many cuts you take must be so time consuming. Shows you’re proud
I laughed every time you put cutting oil on something, because I'm an adult.
Oh good...I'm not the only grown man giggling about that....
I had to call my son in to enjoy the laugh with me. I had to tell him it doesn't really make that sound
That's GOOD editing!
#nevernotfunny
@@gregfeneis609 same here :D
Thanks Tony for your film
And note that your new cutting oil squirt ensures you endless watch time from my two daughters (aged 3 & 5) !! 🤪
I knew the squirting sound would be an istant fan favourite as soon as I first heard it myself.
I was going to comment the same thing except no kids only my immature self.
I paused it right before the squirt, called my wife in to see something, and hit play. I have no regrets.
Yes, more oil squirt fart sounds please! 😆
Dammit Tony, I was actually going outside to to work in my shop. Now I have to sit here and watch someone else work in THEIR shop.
Feels the pain here, man. I got less than 5 hours to sleep!
my shop is heated up to a balmy 55 on the weekends so I can work without freezing my bolts off, and here I sit in my easy chair in jammies with a hot cup of coffee watching old tony.
Enjoy the warm shops, boys. I have to fabricate a battery tray and transmission cross member tomorrow. ...After replacing the transfer case in my truck.
It's currently 18 F and the forecast says I'll be freezing my frickin' nuts off even more tomorrow.
@@mysterymete Sort of the same problem here in downunder land. 38c (100.4f. Off to my air conditioner..
@@gibbsey9579 Yeah it's a very similar problem I seem to have that problem quite often here. No shop so its outside on a concrete slab and if it isn't freezing cold then it's raining. If it's not raining it is too hot. How do you know it is too hot? When the welding spatter sizzles when it hits your skin. :)
Thank you TOT for making these fantastic videos! Jokes dry as a desert and informative content. Makes us young mechanical engineers learn how things are done in the shop. Greetings from Norway
Not going to lie I definitely expected taps to be played during this video but nothing died. Grea.....well pretty good video
Hah! The handles TURNED out well!
I regret nothing
Tony - you made my Sunday morning! I fully realize how much time goes into making a 20-minute video - I really appreciate your doing it so frequently! Also, you explained why I sometimes get left-handed threads - thanks for clearing up the mystery!
I enjoyed this too, though unless I'm mistaken I think the joke is that a right handed die cannot make a left handed thread however you might try... Helices have something called chirality, DNA for example.
@@ahaveland I think he was joking aswell
He was, lol. Sometimes ill run a die down the regular way then flip it to get the threads all the way down.
@@ClumsyCars Phew! Then that's a relief! :-)
@@ahaveland lol, it was THE Ron Covell who posted the comment, he's forgot more about metal work and sheet metal than you or i will ever learn! trust me it WAS a joke from him!
Your handwriting needs to be a font.
Salut✌️
oh alex o/ for somereasons didnt expect you to be around this comment section.
Oh, just don't make him do his intro with a pasta, similar to a Cody ;)
As always, loved that clip. I really like the way you show that engineering thinking process. Something that is missing in a lot of modern projects.
My dad (old school engineer) was always telling me a quote from his teacher: "Before you put something together, think on how you take it apart".
God i wish more engineers would make their "creations" according to this rule... Fixing modern machines would be way easier... Recently had to exchange a drive wheel of a 40m crane. Bearing just fell apart... guess what, there was no greasing point on the bearing! Damn wheel with a shaft weighted around 150kg... and had 700kg drive fixed on it... And everything would be just fine if some damn modern engineer had a revelation that bearings need to be lubricated to work properly...
@@ogi22 Modern machines are not meant to be taken apart and repaired - just throw them away and buy a new one (from us again) is their way of thinking
@@kup1954 OK, try to do that with a 40m crane ;) I can see that customer's face if you told him to buy a new one because a bearing just died, hehehehe :D
Im currently Stationed in Korea and still keep watching your videos in my barracks to keep my shop mind smart for when i get back to my machine shop in Montana. Keep em up! I wanna get your Meatball Cat shirt soon.
My two month old is relaxed by all of your videos. Thank you from the depths of my soul.
There’s something so satisfying about homemade tools that look this beautiful. An entire series on making various homemade tools could be really neat. Especially one where the tools are planned out so that each is made so a more intricate tool could be made, so by the end of the series you’ve got several homemade tools that are necessary for making something pretty intricate/ complex.
I guess clickspring has kind of done this with his videos. But a series where the tools are less pieces of art and more practical machinery tools that have that great heft and weight to them... I’d watch that allllll day long.
I am sure I am not the first person you pushed over the edge and I know I won't be the last.... I bought my first lathe last week. You make it look so easy and fun. I am now actively searchig for a mill. I looked at an old Bridgeport a couple days ago. My wife is not happy about all this. ;) Thank you Tony!
Me and Tony making a tap wrench. He does all the work I just watch and enjoy. This sounds familiar.
Master of None as an old wise man once said, “I love hard work, I could watch it all day.”
Supervising... we are supervising. :-P
I'm glad to see that someone else doesn't like radius cutters. When I don't mess up the setup with one, I tend to end up with a bad finish. When I do set it up wrong, I get a great finish and a scrapped part. It feels like black magic to me to get the results I want.
Noticed the parts slipping the first time 'round.
I shoulda said something!!
oh yes, i saw it too
Just to be clear I like my garage and my tools but have no connection with machining what so ever. None. But your videos are just soooo goood. So good. Thats why Im here. Thank you.
Same here, I'm just here for the videos, my "machine shop" starts and stops with a few files, a couple of taps, and a bench vise.
I’m guessing you mean no connection with machining. I’m pretty sure that’s what Tony read also
@@ryanmalin yup. Edited. Cheers
I'm not sure about your new wrench, It looks a bit too hefty to me. We all know that the correct procedure immediately after snapping a tap off in a hole is to launch the tap wrench (Compleat with the stub of snapped tap) as hard as you can across the workshop while screaming "Demonetizing words" as loud as you can. This new wrench looks stout enough that a ricochet could do you some serious damage !
Just looking out for you buddy. :)
@David Parry Google 'scream jar', no idea if it really works, but might be an alternative ;)
@David Parry Do you know how the one-armed mined drilled his holes?
I watched a guy with no arms tie his shoes....
@@notsofresh8563 Well, I guess he was either a smart ar5e or a clever dick. :)
@@DavidKholz Woah I need one for Counter-Strike.
Hey Tony I've been watching a ton of your videos lately I just recently moved out of my dads place and have to go stay at my mom's, also a student at a trade school (precision machine tech) I love your realism, and how you can incorporate that, along with the irony into a instructional video that a younger worker like me can progress off. I did not have to worry too much about space, my dad is a tool junkie, its a gene, but i now have to organize and set up my own little shop in a single car garage. Without these videos, I would not have inspiration to continue my hobby and career at home like I do at school.
I honestly love your humor. Sittin' in my chair, giggeling. Try to spot every hidden joke. It's really a pleasure to watch your videos
I can almost guarantee I'll never ever make anything from any of your videos, however I can guarantee I'll ALWAYS watch your videos
This is one of the only things I might eventually make. But my version would be obviously homemade from a low earth orbit.
turn it in the right direction or you get left handed threads... omg that's gold.
Dose TOT know it doesn’t work like that?
18:52 : The sound of OneTube hacking your TH-cam account
Can you make an extra one for Martin over at wintergarden wednesdays? He needs to stop putting taps in the drill. At the rate he's going his marble machine will contain 50% tap by the time it's finished.
Wintergatan needs a fixture to keep the tap colinear with the drilled hole. I'm afraid a tap wrench would not help Martin enough though the feel in the hand of the cutting process would definitely be a huge step forward.
Yes, oh yes. Martin needs a tap wrench so badly. I need a soundproof room and a burlap cat to kick whenever I watch him tap a hole.
You can also tweak a C clamp with a flat on one side and a center on the other to keep your tap nice and straight. Most taps that I'm familiar with have a center feature in the back.
We all love Martin but sometimes... 😵 I just want to cry. lol
The comment section on TOT videos is amazingly entertaining to read. This community is great!
I think you're right about that being a home-made/apprentice project. I have vague memories of it being a project at a technical college I once went to, the sort of thing they progressed you to after you proved yourself able of making such complex items as a drill drift.
Sweet, nicely built. That design was a Pratt & Whitney catalog item in the 1880's, I have a couple about that age I still use. Originals were drop forged and case hardened; the handle ends were egg-shaped for comfort, knurling for adjustment was instead applied near the threaded ends. I reckon it's been a popular student project since the patent expired, like 100 years ago.
Hi Tony . I've only recently discovered your channel . You can thank AvE for that one . But I have to say you have an excellent channel and sense of humour . It would be interesting content that you have anyway . But your "style" elevates that content to another level .
Thank you sir . I look forward to many many more hours of chuckles and "in" jokes .
Fattrucker
Yeah, It's amazing how many channels have paid homage to TOT with the whole cutting bar stock with scissors thing alone.
This channels absolutely unique though.
Right on Fattrucker! TOT & AvE make *the best* disembodied-hand porn on the internet, don't they?
@@WBush-uc9pe "disembodied hand porn" There's a Google search ya don't wanna see the results of.
@@lunchboxproductions1183 Now you made me look for it. Not good...
Hey which video does AvE mention TOT in?
I have discovered that there isnt anything more satisfying on the entire TH-cam than watching machining equipment in action prefferably with easy classical music in the background.
Thanks for making this, I am total nug home machinist, and these videos are a huge help in visualizing how to go about making things. Wore my TOT T-shirt yesterday....hot chicks were all over me.
Thanks for the inspirational video. I felt better when I saw it offered by youtube, an easy choice to make. I haven't moved in 8 days from my bedridden reality. I'm inspired now to continue my search for a way to improve my situation and that too the situation of so many unfortunate others. I like to think I've been on a five year experiment into what can go wrong when your medication of fifteen stable years is suddenly decreased to a quarter of the required amount. I must say I always feel better after watching one of your creations. It was a welcome break from reality. Well, back to reality. Peace.
Judging by the high viscosity of your cutting oil I guess it is freezing cold in your shop. The other possibility is you are using honey as cutting fluid... :D
Based on the sound it made when dispensed, had to be Maple Syrup, no?
Chris Savage I always tap with Maple Syrup, don't you?
For the slow tapping use molasses
Aeh ?
Looks like chainsaw bar & chain oil, or STP
After recently being employed at a fairly large machine shop, I can fully appreciate the work that goes into even something small like a tap wrench.
I am a welder/fitter, but have been learning a good deal about machining lately.. and it has made your videos much more enjoyable for me than previously before. (not that they weren't enjoyable before, I just understand a lot more now)
For me, an interesting element of this 'simple' project was seeing just how complex and versatile the lathe is...especially when supported by a diverse set of cutting tools. With enough knowledge and a complete setup it looks like you could make just about anything (this theory being supported by your previous projects). Keep up the good work.
Tony, I started watching your videos a couple weeks ago, now, unshaven and not having eaten in two weeks, I am putting back together my old Atlas Craftsman Lathe and going to try a few projects. I made a few smaller items back in the day with a small Sherline lathe I have, but it lacks the power and threading gears of the slightly larger machine. Your humor and detailed explanations are appreciated, so thank you for sharing your videos and expertise.
I'm starting a school on machining tomorrow. So this evening feels like a good time to have a small binge on your videos =) Thank you for teaching me about these things, and more than that, thank you for making me more interested in the work.
Excellent back to basics tutorial. Over the last couple of months I have watched all of your videos and this one answered a few basic questions for me. Thank you.
It's so much fun to watch you! You remind me one of my teachers, a smith, who was joking and kidding us all day long, and we enjoyed it. A winning combination of profound knowledge of human kind and tools and materials. He was one of the main reasons why I did dedicate a large part of my life to metal working.
had the choice once to either take “advanced pipe welding” OR “machining” at trade school....i took the welding course ,got really good at it too! But regrettably my body was like “no freakin way” and 2yrs in the field i got occupational asthma........to the point i had to quit welding altogether. I had been a carpenter for @15yrs at that point so went right back there what i knew best BUT i regret not taking the machining course 😔you are an amazing craftsman my friend and i am in awe of your skills.....
Happy tap wrench appreciation day!
@ 0:03 that work bench could almost tell the channels entire history just with the battle scars
"I already used it to tap these holes in the wrench." Perhaps it's something to do with being a Tony, but subtle sarcasm is just so awesome. Don't ever stop.
That is a hand-made tap wrench (holder), just like the one I made 45 years ago while going through a millwright apprenticeship program at a local steel mill. The lesson for this tool making experience, was to use only a file, drill press/drill bits and tap wrench. I still have mine and may knurl the ends with my Myford hobby lathe! Thanks for the memories:))
Spent this past Saturday making one, thanks TOT!
No machinist here, but 67 years ago I made that same tap wrench in HS school machine shop. I'll have to dig it out to see if my knurls were worn away from lack of use. Use 'em or loose 'em, they say. Thanks for the memories.
That noise was payback for outing △neTube.
That was a great ....joke...😂🤣👍
Never ever seen lathe a lathe in real life, but enjoy see you working on it. And your sense of humour, lots of prayers and love from Pakistan
I saw the movement from way over here in Australia, I thought you should have noticed it far easier from where you were standing.
Tony, your truly an expert in machining, you explain everything so clearly, it’s fascinating watching you work and your sense of humor is phenomenal , I enjoy it. 👍
I love the "edgefinder" glyph you flash on the screen. I had to pause the video and stare at it for a while before I figured it out. (Linux user here. Not that conversant with Windows and Mac stuff.) I don't know what's more fun: watching your videos or deconstructing them afterwards.
It was a bit of an obscure reference. I don't know anyone who calls the modern MacOS Finder, Finder.
chas williams that’s what it’s called and that’s what shows when you point at it in the dock and what the application menu says when you are using it
Every now and then, when November kicks in and depression knocks on my door, I come back here for the oil sounds.
Life can be so simple sometimes.
Based on my made up statistics, I score this documentary a solid 10/3
5/7
Gr8 m8 i r8 8/8
93% of statistics are made up on demand.
I appreciate the showing of your mistakes and the explanations so much Tony. I learn so much from watching these videos. Thank you
I'd like to take this moment to point out that the average 'easy-out' is NEVER easy and that they are all designed such that there is a significant portion which WILL break off in the worst place possible when you are in a position of having the least amount of time to deal with it. Now, back to the regularly scheduled programming.. and Stay in school kids !.
And then you have to take an expensive chisel or punch and grind it down small enough to fit down in whatever hole it’s stuck in, hammer the broken off easy out out of the part damaging half of the threads that were still there, drill it out over sized and then helicoil the part. lol.
Every one I work with and I call them maybe outs
Like Ye Olde Laconians would say: _I laughed._
Glad I'm not the only one that has this problem. I think the next set of easy ouch I buy is going in my oven at 500 dungarees Frankenstein for about an hour. Maybe that'll give me a snowballs chance in hell of not having one break off.
@@rotorhead5826 Best thing I ever bought for extracting jammed screws and studs was a left-hand spiral set of drills. But at a pinch, just sharpen a drill backwards (and spin it backwards, of course) while feeding aggressively.
I really enjoy these videos of machine work you post. Machine work is something I've been wanting to learn with all the things I've learned over 8 years of metal fabrication. Mills,CNC machines and lathe work are things that I lack lots of knowledge in.thanks for sharing these and keep up the great comical work...cheers to you sir.
Hey tony, your oil bottle makes weird noises. Maybe you should oil it.
:)
Sounds awful, guessing Avon79_squelch.mp3
@@iwtommo That would be in the ear of the beholder dontchaknow?
He should have a smaller oil bottle for this type of situation...
Just finished making mine. That threaded blank was a brilliant idea to ease manufacture! I don't have your tooling, Just a 180 mm mini lathe, a set of drill bits, taps and dies, hacksaw and files. Be that as it may, my new wrench hold taps from 3 mm to 20 mm. and is a great new addition to my workshop. Thanks for posting!
nice!
nice project Tony,im new to this hobby,im just about finished restoring a 1949 colcheser master lathe and will make this my first project 👍
Dan, do you have any video of this restoration? Would love to see it. :)
@@brianbutterfield9891 i have lots of pictures but not vids,ive searched the net many times and cant find another that looks like mine,im thinking it must be a very rare model
@@brianbutterfield9891 I just finished a restoration yesterday. I only shot before/during/after videos, they're on my channel. I have a bunch of photos here: ibb.co/album/k9T7va
Sweet one. Pride of ownership as well as design and construction. She's a beauty.
Got my ToT hoodie this week and I love it! Great vid as well
Thank you very much for sharing and especially the plans. I just finished mine and as a novice hobby machinist I am very happy with the result, even though it's a bit big for my everyday use. I will make one 1/2 or 1/3 size to use on my 2mm to 5mm taps that I regularly use.
Working on a quantum tap wrench. Superpositioning of right left hand threads is tricky.
Is it weird how excited I get when you post a video.
how about a tappingware party, where we all get together, drill and lube holes and tap them just for the fun of it. we could also incoporate dresscode, like one year just with welder aprons, next time hillbilly style just with dungarees and topless... arrrrrrrr
I had a dodgy curry last night, watching this Sunday morning, but every time you squirt your oiler I feel an urgent need to visit the small room, TOT 20 min video lasts 40 min...Excellent!
Went ahead and liked the video. Didn't even watch it yet.
Not only are your videos educational and interesting you have been blessed with a great sense of humor and you use that very well too. Always enjoy watching Uncle Tony. Thank you from Missouri.
I hope you're sending this to Wintergatan. I don't think he's aware of these devices.
I feel as this video is directed to him...
Trust ToT to make a 20 minute video then throw in a "make sure to turn it the right way so you don't get a left handed thread" just to make sure we're still paying attention. This is a man who's worked with juveniles before.
i dropped my phone when you said ‘together’
I just finished rebuilding my first lathe. While making the T shoe to fit the AXA post into the old compound I had to use a box end wrench on the M14 tap. I think it's a clear sign that this right here needs to be my first ever lathe project. BTW you and Lyle Peterson are the only two machinists that I regularly go back and re-watch videos from. Outstanding stuff.
Oh dear, I don't know if you have ever seen the carved wooden elephants that are available in tourist traps which some people collect and arrange in descending size on their shelves? Now I have the desire to make a set of tap wrenches in descending size from gigantic to cute. Thank you TOT though my husband may curse when I displace his elephants :-) Regards Sarah
Nice... My grandfather was a tool and die maker and made a set of this style tap holders in highschool in the 30s, I am happy to say the small set was passed down to me and instill use them on special projects.... Good job enjoyed the video.
I’ve one of those corner rounding end mills, although mine seams to work better than yours, only thing that springs to mind is if yours is a bit blunt, also they like to climb mill not conventional milling, great video Tony , I always smile when the tube says you’ve uploaded one.
Regards Alan.
The Foley work in this production was amazing. The spooge noises from the cutting oil dispenser was captivating!bravo bravo! Next stop caans.
your last comment about making someone a smaller tap wrench could be made crueller; by only accepting large taps with tiny handles
Haha that would be an awesome little present for a machinist buddy.
Actually I've had to chase out hole with a large tap that a small handle wrench would have been great for. And no I'll never ever use a tap socket again, I've had enough edm practice.
And what about a tiny tap with unmanageably big handles? You win if you manage to not break the tap in the first use
Got one of those 2' of handle for 10-32 is not good
I actually made my own tap wrench after watching this video. I used 5/8 hex stock and almost cloned your design I'm pleased with how it turned out and thanks for the great video!
11:32 these sound effects are powered by a bottle of ketchup, am I right?
Tony use a diarrhoea sound next time :)
The bigger the blob, the better the job..
Shhhhhh, I'm not there yet.
So gross sounding, haha.
Unlike the mayo sound from previous videos
Love the "OneTube" with all seeing eye. Very foreshadowing brother. You are good honest man and I love your creativity and sense of humor. God bless you and the family.
"I already used it to tap the holes in the jaws,"
Such a clever, casual line, holy shit
I’m watching this on OneTube and I still appreciate it
"Thanks a lot for watching. Keep your tap in a wrench!"
Azy, AVE called, he wants his joke back.
I made a tap wrench with the off set handles in high school machine shop about 1974. Still have it in my toolbox. Made a die stock for 1.5” diameter dies also, that is also in my toolbox.
TOT video - time to drop everything!
Mostly pants..
When you find a new channel, then you go back a few years to see if the content will be just as good, and stumble upon hours of binge worthy laughs. You made my day
Ah yes. I approve the use of " EmptyKetchupSquirt.mp4 "
Learning a great deal from your videos, thank you for a detailed yet yet a light hearted presentation Tony!
so good!!!!! splirrrrth!! hahah
Of course!!! I could just SNAPT IT TO LENGTH, affording a 3,000.00 lathe isn't the problem! I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!!!!!! It's always a pleasure, educational AND fun AND funny!!!
Darn, those subtle subscribe messages seem to have worked on me
You know I come for the material, but I LOVE your sense of humor and delivery. I am so glad you make these videos, and make them fun too!
Please let me know how can i make my lathe add material to my works, it would save me a lot of time and money
That's what the reverse switch is for.
Maybe yours is broken.
The added sounds of the oil and grease being applied are like icing on the 🎂.
Some metthias level sound effects going on.
But where is the mouse?
@@crystalsoulslayer TOT's cat ate it.
I remember back in the dark ages of machine shop at college making a mock prop shaft with a long tapered section. the way this was achieved was by doing turning between centres, but offsetting the tailstock. Then we could cut the long taper with the feed and not have to muck about with the compound. Also taught us about offsetting (and then resetting) the tailstock.
Nice build.
Now, did I understand you correctly, stating that you own 4..5 tap wrenches. That surely must have been a mistake, you surely were referring to 4..5 drawers full of them?