Let's Make a Scribing Tool!
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- This episode on Blondihacks, I’m making a scriber! Exclusive videos, drawings, models & plans available on Patreon!
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Clickspring’s Scriber: • Milling a Metal Scriber
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Love your work mate :)
Aww thanks! You inspired me to get into this in the first place 😁
praise of giants, bravo quinn, bravo :)
Maaaaate !
I would pin this comment too! Nice one Quinn. Keep up the great work. You’re well on your way to inspiring me to get into machining - from an Aussie electronic engineer :-).
@@Blondihacks yeah awesome work buddy, i would have done it completely the same way if i wouldnt own a six axis cnc lol. take care, bye!
Seeing that you feel that the Starett scriber is smaller than you like. Would you now call it a "subscriber"?😉
😆 I see what you did there!
Interesting point.
very clever i love it!
Did your dad tell you to say that...
I kept waiting for this joke or similar. Glad I found it here at least
Quinn is so thorough and detail-oriented that she even spin-balances her Sprockets.
Yes, cat and slave having fun right up to the point where the cat vomits.
Bonus points for those drilling out the hole in the back to allow for storing some spare needles
"... so I'm going to use the character builder saw, like a chump." had me rolling, what an absolute mood! I literally had to cut some hardboard today with a coping saw because I didn't want to go through all the rigamarole of getting my circular saw out, clearing a table and setting up the cut.
Thank you. I am disabled and cannot Ryun a machine safely. I live vicariously through your safety and precision. Your calm narrative is welcome. You are my Saturday grace, however, your health and safety are paramount.Keep up the phenomenal work as possible. Thank you for making my day.
So great the way you use every mishap as a "teachable moment," instead of editing it out. Integrity always shines through.
I also really like the Clickspring design, and made a few of my own also using sewing needles as the scriber point. One trick I do, which Chris alludes to: the first part I make is the scriber point, which is cut just a hair over final length (snapped, really) and *then* I use a bench stone to turn the non-pointy end into its own drill, as Chris shows, but where Chris uses the waste end of the needle, I simply use the end which will be installed into the scriber body. Perfect fit, first time every time, at the cost of a very small amount of work with a bench stone and more chip-clearing when drilling.
If anyone is curious those TUL pens are amazing. I highly, highly recommend them.Some of the best writing pens I have ever used.
It's no Pilot G-2, but it's a pretty nice pen.
Zebra F701 is my go-to.
From time to time you mention lathe or mill speeds, but personally I think it would be interesting for you to mention them more often. Absolutely love your channel!
Beautiful scribe. I made one using mechanical pencil and 3 mm steel for point that I sharpened on belt sander to a less acute angle to I could retract , so I wouldn't poke holes in my shirt.
Thank you for doing a complete thru cut with the character-building saw. My old metal shop teacher years and years ago drove that into my head.
I always find it strange that most people cut on the right hand side of a vice, the left hand does very little and you have to reach round a possible danger zone to catch the offcut/part. Using the left side allows you to hold the free end to stop vibration etc. and especially at the end for the last few strokes, you get a good view of the cut too (for right handed people)
@@incubatork Good point! The force (of habit) is strong with this one (a.k.a. me)... I will immediately start cutting on the left side of the vice!
A good source of solid tungsten is the drills used for PC boards.0.9 mm with a 3mm shank. Large numbers of drills are broken leaving a nice tungsten shank.
Quinn. Quinn. Holy crow, m8.
You forgot the most important thing:
DOES IT APRON?!?!
I found an old broken scriber made of aluminium hex stock. Looks like someone had used it as a prybar and had broken the tip off. Your video has given me some inspiration to save the thing and return it to service. Thanks very much, Quinn! Keep up the great videos, love them muchly.
That was good to get back to a simple project. It reminded me of a high school project we made here in Australia from similar sized brass, it was a scalpel blade holder, the brass was drilled out and a steal shaft with a taper on one end with a slot to hold a scalpel blade and the other end was threaded this went through the brass tube and a brass nut at the other end would pull the shaft through causing it to grip tightly on a scalpel blade. We also knurled both the gripping end about the same length as you did and the brass nut was the same diameter and length of the knurled section at gripping end. We also made a pocket clip out of brass with a hole in it so that it would fit over the smaller turned section of the brass nut and would therefore be clamped between the brass nut and the main tube.
Nice project. I really like your, calming H.R., voice overs
so glad you are back. miss your re bandana, spinning machines, and loose hair don't mix
If you drill your threaded hole deeper you could store a replacement scribe. Thank you for your time and knowledge. Love all your videos.
9:20 "so that you don't fall asleep on me"
But Quinn, I like your voice. It's nice and calming, and machining genre is my favorite bedtime story. Besides if I fall asleep on your video when I wake up I'll be like, "dang it, watch again then.."
Eh? 😁👍
Yay!! It's Blondihacks time!! (You just mentioned falling asleep, and it's 03/30 here, so falling asleep as soon as the video is over is definitely my goal...)
I laughed out loud at "character builder saw". What an apt name!
I love the options for creativity for non-precision parts like that, like you mentioned at the end with the choice between the knurling and the grooves. Personally, something I really like is a knurled grip with maybe one or two groves just for design accents, which I think looks lovely. Very nice beginner project, very utilitarian, and I love your take on it.
I couldn't find the needles online so ended up going to a fabric store and I picking some up there. I made a scribe today but used 1018 instead of brass and made it a bit larger in diameter (.410) since my hands don't like to close up very tight from to many years of construction. I knurled the end then took a bit across the top of the knurl and smoothed it down leaving just enough to give it a texture for better grip. I also hollowed out the handle to lighten up the weight then put a hex end on it to help it keep from running off.
Great! now I have to go buy a lathe... thanks! it's not like my shop has any more room... But it did look like fun and I can use little things like that in my shop.. Carry on Gal. Well done!
Good Project.... Order of operation is a subject we all struggle with... Thanks for sharing your "mishap" we all learned from that....! Keep up the good work from your new shop....!
You just showed this old dog a new trick. I have been using the tungsten stubs from my tig welder. Lucky I don't lose scribers all the time because normally I would take these to my welding supply for recycling and get a few cents credited to my account. Much cheaper to raid momma's sewing basket.
Well done, (as is tradition.)
Re: lead angle
Have asked lead angle questions of many online, (didn't know correct term until your vid), but have never received an answer.
Would love to see you cover it fully in a beginner's vid. You always explain concepts & techniques so plainly & thoroughly.
Re: scribers
Replacement carbide tips are available through MSC, so I'm sure others have them, as well. (Starrett replacements are WAY expensive, so look for no name imports.)
It's funny, I have several store bought scribers, but my fav is made from one end of a broken fiberglass tent rod. It had a round rubber end, which I milled to a hex, plus the rod had the perfect size hole for the tip.
Ayyyy love the Telus spark hat! My go to weekend stop for my son to learn and run around at the same time!
a piece of tig tungsten works well for the scribe tip (i think its harder than the needle) but it requires grinding... And as an Aussie male myself, "Bloke" is correct for a formal masculine noun, Koala would be the informal, non-binary, noun, for someone you think poorly of, and mate is a formal, non-binary, noun for a friend. 😅
A 2mm mechanical pencil will hold a 2mm tungsten electrode.
What a great idea, using your favorite ball point pen as a model for the length!
11:40. That click into the tap center was satisfying. 😌
Awesome as usueall, I have itching now to build one scriber and maybe make the hole of the hexagon insert deeper and put some spare already cutted needles in there. Thanks for the tutorial.
Nice to see you making chips in your new home. I like that design. In use the needle should not bend or break but a fall on a hard floor might break it so making it removable is good. If you ever need a heavy needle you can look at sailmakers needles the only drawback is one section of the needle is triangular shaped but the middle is round.
Great project for breaking in the new workshop! Glad to see its up and running 🎉
When I studied metal engineering at school one of the projects was a centre punch. We used a masonry nail for the tip on that one
Nothing like enjoying the second pot of coffee to Miss Quinn doing her thing in the new place.
"My the swarf be with you" 😆
The echo in your new shop gives us a sense that you have way more space than you used to :) Congrats on the new space!
In my shop, I always have a small quantity of shellac mixed up, which I use as a glue with heat. I think that might also work as a way to hold in the point, and it also melts with heat, just like the Loctite. Great video, as always, and I'm glad you're getting settled nicely into your new space!
Brilliant! I didn't know the hardness of these needles..
Another material that works fairly well for a scriber tip is an old tig tungsten electrode stub. Or you could just get a new one from a welding supplier.
You’ve got the new space looking nice.
well done mate. I was impressed to see you use a hacksaw the correct way, with your pointer finger extended along the handle. so many people dont and therefore cuts are not straight
You nailed the Aussie vernacular mate!
Very enjoyable watching you work and being not serious at times, have to unbury my two metal lathes and try one.
Well Quinn, that’s the first job done in your new workshop and may you have many many more successes as time goes by. It is nice to have you back up and running, your other videos did help fill the void but there’s nothing like making chips. Thank you, although I am a trained fitter and turner, I must admit that I do not have a scriber that I like. mine was supplied in my apprenticeship many moons ago and has the normal straight end and a ninety deg bend on the other end. It is way too thin, and I have never liked it, so I am going to make one similar to yours. I never would have thought to use a sewing needle as a point, that part is magic. Thanks for sharing and welcome back.
Aaaaand first new shop Yahtzee! Congrats Quinn, enjoy the new shop! Looks great!
This is something that I actually have both the skills and the tools to now make. I don't currently have the brass, but will give this a go once I remedy that. (It also gives me an excuse tor replace my as-cheap-as-the-make-them knurling tool.) Thanks!
Clickspring reference and, although probably unintentional, a "my mechanics" reference in the same video. Doesn't get any better than that!
With my "luck", once I replace anything missing I would now find what was missing, often in an obvious spot! Great job!
Another great source for a HARD scriber point is the TIG welding tungstens that are too short for welding. Chuck them up in a drill or Dremel tool, and (outside) gently hone in a point against a cutoff disc on an angle grinder (disc down, guard between you and the spinning death blade).
If you have a pocket in your apron that's sized for a pen you can jam a piece of foam or whatever in there and have it be a dedicated scribe pocket.
Congratulations on your new shop turning inauguration!
Heck yes. Happy to see you christen your new shop and doubly happy to see Sprocket again.🐈
Thank you for doing this beginner project. Please more for us.n Congrats on the new shop.
Bloke is good... I reckon that will be a good first job on my lathe when I get it levelled in its correct location. Cheers from Oz.
Nice work as always. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎
Chris is a smart bloke
Chris is a clever bugger
Chris is a good operator
All Australian compliments acceptable for use in mixed company.
The sewing needles are interesting. I will remember on the next scriber I make. The last scriber I made I used a masonry nail. They are also very hard. I always enjoy your videos.
Wishing you good vibes in the new shop Quinn !
"Bloke" was just right. Thankyou for the vid as this one I feel confident in trying.
Great new scribe Quinn. I think this will be one of my first projects on my new lathe.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! This was just what i was looking for, dont hav a lathe, but i need a scribe! Yours look great!
This will be my first project on my southbend 10k when I finish restoring it in the next few weeks. Thank you!
I save broken 1/8" endmills, they make great scribe points once you sharpen them.
Glad to have you back !
Beautiful shop, very happy for you.
Great first project for the new shop…… ‘mate’
👏👏
Robert
( Australia)
RSVP old scriber. You served Quinn well, and now you can rest in the great workshop in the sky.
... or the bottom of a scrap box, never to be found again.
Very nice build and instruction, as usual. I hope the new shop suits you. I have found that using left over needle bearing pins (from working on outboard motors) serve very well for scribe points an replaceable points for my automatic center punches, depending on how you grind them. They also tend to fit a standard 2mm drafting pencil rather well. I may however need to make the dedicated Brass Scriber just because its cool. Best of luck in the new digs.
I've been using a tungsten tip out of a tig torch, best scriber I've used tbh lol
So far I have made one scribe myself. (I also have one that I purchased decades ago. Both carbide and diamond tips way too "fat".) What I have used in my DIY scribe was a piece of TIG welding tungsten electrode. But recently I realized that I CAN grind carbide! The diamond grinding disks sold for Dremel are cheap and work quite adequately. Maybe I try that next time I need to scribe more than a token length of line on a glass fiber/epoxy PCB.
Nice job Quinn. Love the idea with the needle. How's the new shop, must be nice to get back to normal.....Regards Kevin
Seems you'll have to come up with a new source for shim stock in your new digs - no soda cans here. I suggest you substitute with pop cans but stay away from the ones that say Molsens to avoid the taste of cardboard in your mouth
Wow. I've had that same Starrett scribe in my toolbox for years. I never really paid attention to it I thought it was a pin vise but now I know it's a scribe minus the pointy bit.
Il mondo è bello perché ci sono persone come te! Un saluto da Firenze
Very very nice. A tool that would come in handy in all sorts of domains. Envious. Glad your move went well, and you were able to get a bigger shop. We are about the same age, and my wife and I are starting to deal with the closer to parents problem. I am glad you were able to make it happen. I personally do not think you need bigger tools, but I can certainly see why it might be tempting in the future. Would still like to see an SOC/μ-controller case or some other one off project that brings these two worlds together. Of course I understand the draw to a bigger steam engine, and I am enjoying this one even more than the last.
You could chuck up a small piece of aluminum, drill and tap a hole, thread your knob on then do your ops.
A short length of the alu turned down smaller than the pen dia would let you work on the chuck side of the work.
A tig welding electrode makes a fantastic scribe point-easy to grind and very tough. BTW, I always call in my wife for help finding a lost item, then find it just as she walks into the shop- works every time.
Very nice project, glad your back to making videos. Thank you.
Love the work and I always find that your videos are super educational! Keep up the great work!
Great looking Scriber.
You should check out making you a sliding chuck for your tail stock. Makes drilling with small drill bits a breeze. This was a fun video thank!
You can also drill and tap a hole in the knob and connect the knob to the scriber body with a set (grub) screw and locktite. Your way is more "pure", though. No dissimilar metals.
G'day, great project, being a learner myself, I think I will make one myself, thanks for sharing 👍
You can also use sharpened tungsten tig electrodes as the scribe bit.
Back in action love it. 👏👏👏👍
Wow! Sewing needles. I never would have thought of that. I made a scribe in the 80's when I worked in a machine shop. I used a broken drill bit for the tip. I'm not sure where it is. I THINK I have it in one of my tool boxes. 🤔
Well done! Great to see you back at it
Spun up a beautiful Scriber and spun out the cat, too funny Quinn !
You can still buy new grammophone/phonograph needles: these make great scriber needles, too, plus, there is no eyelet you have to cut off.
They come in a variety of thicknesses from 0.8 mm to 1.8 mm diameter, depending how loud they are supposed to play (the stiffer the needle, and the bigger the diameter, the louder they play).
Bloke was correct 👏 on ya mate. Great video.
As for the sewing needle as a point: I have no experience with hand sewing needles, but due to the fact that I used to have a somewhat cheap and misaligned sewing machine I can say that there can be large differences in the quality of the metal. When they hit something hard they either shatter (which is the harder type I guess) or they bend. So better test your needles for hardness before you replicate this. Some of the chinesium needles might be to soft.
I object to the racial profiling, but you otherwise have dispensed excellent advice.
Needles for sewing machines generally come with a ground flat, so you could use a setscrew to quickly replace them.
@@adamthethird4753 chinesium isnt racial profiling, its long been known that cheap chinese tools use far inferior metals to keep the costs down. Shit, half the chinese stuff Ive got seems to just be cintered grinding dust when they snap. Cheap tools arent known for quality, you get what you pqy for most of the time
Excellent beginner project. and like you say, a tad longer to fit you hand. and like yourself I like the additional length and the larger diameter as well.
I like it. Just a small enough project that I could consider making it on the mini- (micro-?) lathe that I'm considering getting. Now all I need is some brass stock. And the lathe, of course. You know that now that you made this one the other one will turn up, someplace, when you're not looking for it...
So very happy to see you back in the shop again. Looking forward to the next steam engine video.
TUL ballpoint pens (at 1:38 are the most awesome ball-point pens I've ever used! And as an added lefty bonus, the ink doesn't smear!
Still have several of the TUL pens that I've used for years. For my writing style I've found the Pilot Precise V5 pens even nicer. That's nice about having a choice.
To use small drills make a bracket to hold your Dremel on your tool post .A nice strong holder possible a permanent fixture Then you can spin drill at appropriate speed .
I am estatic to see you back in production. Sprocket seems very tolerant of his mistresses chair behavior.
I think sprocket's a her.
not having any "scrap" brass lying around and gagging over the cost, I bought a length of 0.4 aluminum rod. I DID have some 3/4" aluminum rod lying around and used that to make an 8 point cap to prevent rolling. I can file 8 flats a lot easier and accurately that 6....(:> Speaking of scrap, I was at a local boat ramp and ran into a guy tasked with hauling out derelict boats and he let me strip out a prop shaft from one of the hulls. I now own a 3-1/2 ft long piece of what I think is 630 stainless steel . What I will ever do with it with on a 7x16" lathe I don't know, but I'll have the material(worth about $250 best I can tell)!
Woohoo! First project from Blondihacks HQ 2.0! Nice job on the scribe tool 😁