I have watched all episodes up to this and I'm not interested in cnc but you gave me the drive and knowledge to tackle my mini lathe for improvements. Awesome work
@@RotarySMP I have a 6 inch atlas and will never afford my dream lathe so I am building me a 9x30 . Ideas from watching you is going to help me tremendously on both lathes .
Thank you very much! It took me seven years. Not a very linear path to completion. This TH-cam think is a good motivator to stick to one project. www.cnczone.com/forums/bending-forging-extrusion-/56672-forum.html
It's a shame you don't live around here... I would learn alot from you 😋 i am converting a manual machine to CNC and i am comfortable with the mecanics but the software i Will have to learn from scratch...
@@andresgodinho I can highly recommend LinuxCNC. Fantastic support community. Andy Pugh who sometimes comments these videos has been a huge help is getting my head around LinuxCNC.
did you say you made the finger brake? That would be a awesome video. I have a "regular" 30" break from China, and i always wondered if there is some way to mod it, to convert it to fingers.
Suggestion on your DoALL gear problem. Make a new shaft, contact Boston Gear for a helical gear and press fit it on over a woodruf key and/or Loctite 603.
I looked into that, but it is an 11 tooth dp 11, and it doesnt look like they stock it. It also doesn't have much core diameter to allow a bore for a shaft.
Using “gauge” as a measure of thickness goes back to the beginning of the industrial revolution. Wire drawers (people who produce wire,) needed a way of quantifying what they were selling, and the easiest method was weight. But just asking for fifteen pounds of wire without specifying the thickness wasn’t very helpful, so the drawers would quote diameter based on the number of draws performed, and this became the gauge. This is also why a higher gauge number correlates with thinner material. Each drawing reduced the diameter, so more drawings meant thinner wire.
Two thoughts, both of dubious helpfulness: The optimum folder finger widths can maybe be worked out by consideration of Golomb Rulers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golomb_ruler Though that does assume that you won't re-arrange the sequence. Have you seen the (Australian) Magnabend? There are instructions on the web site how to make your own (or links for where to buy them) aaybee.com.au/Magnabend/Magnabend_Homepage.html Secondly, if you had a lip at the front of the enclosure that the front panel dropped behind, then flood coolant would be more likely to stay in. And it would also make it far less fun to shovel out the swarf.
I have seen the magnabends, nice tools, but out of my price range unfortunately. I don't think spacing the fingers a couple of mm apart makes too much difference, but you are right that I should have made a little more effort to use something like Golombs ruler when I originally planned the set of fingers.
@@RotarySMP Ah, but, there is all the info on that web page to make your own Magnabend. Though it might be easier to use something other than the fascinating hinges.
@@andypughtube I think my bender will work a lot better if I find the motivation to correct the pivots to much larger bolts, and tighten them properly. So many potential projects, but so little time. You know this better than me :)
Ive got to agree with you on the fractional inch and gauge system i am American and i think it’s stupid my 3d printer is really what gave me the kick to convert my projects to metric unfortunately since I’m American it’s hard for me to be completely metric
Dont fret, over here in UK we have been metric for decades and still use both systems but who cares the distance measured is the same no matter what you call it.😉 Like an 8by4 sheet of plywood is still 8by4 but in metric units.
Not being sarcastic, here just genuinely curious, as to why the US is so slow to adopt a decimal measurement system, when you've had a decimal currency for much longer than us Brits?
@@alanclarke4646 watch the first 90 seconds veritasium's video on the subject and the ridiculosness becomes even more obvious. It's like cutting off your own nose to spite your face. th-cam.com/video/SmSJXC6_qQ8/w-d-xo.html
I don't understand that, I only add two or max three ad breaks. I guess this is TH-cams way of encouraging us all to pay for YT Preminum and have no adds.
I guess it goes back to my apprenticeship. Aviation uses pneumatic tools to prevent explosion risks. I was once on a C-Check and came out of the fuselage, to see a guy using a battery screw driver to remove tank panels. Nearly crapped myself.
I have watched all episodes up to this and I'm not interested in cnc but you gave me the drive and knowledge to tackle my mini lathe for improvements. Awesome work
Thanks for watching them all, and thats for the positive feedback. I have since got my dream lathe, and im working on it.
@@RotarySMP I have a 6 inch atlas and will never afford my dream lathe so I am building me a 9x30 . Ideas from watching you is going to help me tremendously on both lathes .
@@ronaldcrowder404 Good choice. The Atlas will have a much more rigid bed than the 7x.
Big fan of your work, keeping it in the real world takes effort. All it takes is commitment and a will to get it done.
Thanks for watching. Doing the videos has been good for my discipline to keep working on one project instead of jumping around.
Morning coffee and CAD ...Yes!
16 minutes goes by so quickly.
Thanks for sharing,
Cheers
Glad to entertain. Thanks for watching.
As always, a very informative video. Very impressive that you built your own finger brake for bending sheet metal!
Thank you very much! It took me seven years. Not a very linear path to completion. This TH-cam think is a good motivator to stick to one project.
www.cnczone.com/forums/bending-forging-extrusion-/56672-forum.html
Interesting stuff, thanks for sharing. Look forward to the next episode.
More to come!
Had to look up Cleco fastener! Interesting tools!
Great for sheet metal work. Used a lot in aviation. Thanks for watching.
Portugal is watching!!! Ahahha it's great to see you work...
Glad you are enjoying the series.
France is watching too. While cooking some weird things with faces
@@NicoCarsAndCookies Yum, bring some by.
It's a shame you don't live around here... I would learn alot from you 😋 i am converting a manual machine to CNC and i am comfortable with the mecanics but the software i Will have to learn from scratch...
@@andresgodinho I can highly recommend LinuxCNC. Fantastic support community. Andy Pugh who sometimes comments these videos has been a huge help is getting my head around LinuxCNC.
Looks awesome. Very interested in the control portion of this.
I hope I dont disappoint. Thanks for watching.
@@RotarySMP I am 100% sure you won't.
@@Engineerd3d I was hoping to do more control stuff this week, but the cabinets I bought via the local craiglist are still in the post.
did you say you made the finger brake? That would be a awesome video. I have a "regular" 30" break from China, and i always wondered if there is some way to mod it, to convert it to fingers.
Thanks. Noted as an idea for a future video, if I ever finsh polishing the turd.
5:30 i love that types of electrical panels
i love the sound of pneumatic stuff remember me to robocop
I ran pneumatic lines with drops in all my basement rooms. Super convenient.
@@RotarySMP cool
Suggestion on your DoALL gear problem. Make a new shaft, contact Boston Gear for a helical gear and press fit it on over a woodruf key and/or Loctite 603.
I looked into that, but it is an 11 tooth dp 11, and it doesnt look like they stock it. It also doesn't have much core diameter to allow a bore for a shaft.
Using “gauge” as a measure of thickness goes back to the beginning of the industrial revolution. Wire drawers (people who produce wire,) needed a way of quantifying what they were selling, and the easiest method was weight. But just asking for fifteen pounds of wire without specifying the thickness wasn’t very helpful, so the drawers would quote diameter based on the number of draws performed, and this became the gauge. This is also why a higher gauge number correlates with thinner material. Each drawing reduced the diameter, so more drawings meant thinner wire.
Thnks for the explanation. What made it easy in 1840, doesn't necessarily hold today when everyone has a digital caliper and can measure :)
@@RotarySMP oh i hear that ;)
Two thoughts, both of dubious helpfulness:
The optimum folder finger widths can maybe be worked out by consideration of Golomb Rulers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golomb_ruler Though that does assume that you won't re-arrange the sequence. Have you seen the (Australian) Magnabend? There are instructions on the web site how to make your own (or links for where to buy them) aaybee.com.au/Magnabend/Magnabend_Homepage.html
Secondly, if you had a lip at the front of the enclosure that the front panel dropped behind, then flood coolant would be more likely to stay in. And it would also make it far less fun to shovel out the swarf.
I have seen the magnabends, nice tools, but out of my price range unfortunately. I don't think spacing the fingers a couple of mm apart makes too much difference, but you are right that I should have made a little more effort to use something like Golombs ruler when I originally planned the set of fingers.
@@RotarySMP Ah, but, there is all the info on that web page to make your own Magnabend. Though it might be easier to use something other than the fascinating hinges.
@@andypughtube I think my bender will work a lot better if I find the motivation to correct the pivots to much larger bolts, and tighten them properly. So many potential projects, but so little time. You know this better than me :)
CAD .. cheap joke but made my day. Thanks!
Thanks for watching
" .09, that for the american viewers who prefer fractional sizes thats 9/10 of a mm " 🤣
Glad you liked that. :) Thanks for watching.
Nevermind I have 2 "proper" lathes, I want a minilathe now 😀
I have a minilathe and one proper lathe, but want a second proper lathe. Wanna swap? :)
The gauge system would be fine if there was only one to contend with but as there are so many, long live metric.😉
And again....
The beauty of standards is that there are so many to choose between. Thanks for watching.
Ive got to agree with you on the fractional inch and gauge system i am American and i think it’s stupid my 3d printer is really what gave me the kick to convert my projects to metric unfortunately since I’m American it’s hard for me to be completely metric
Dont fret, over here in UK we have been metric for decades and still use both systems but who cares the distance measured is the same no matter what you call it.😉 Like an 8by4 sheet of plywood is still 8by4 but in metric units.
Thanks for watching guys. I switch back and forth between standards, as you might have noticed :)
Not being sarcastic, here just genuinely curious, as to why the US is so slow to adopt a decimal measurement system, when you've had a decimal currency for much longer than us Brits?
@@alanclarke4646 watch the first 90 seconds veritasium's video on the subject and the ridiculosness becomes even more obvious. It's like cutting off your own nose to spite your face. th-cam.com/video/SmSJXC6_qQ8/w-d-xo.html
@@nrml76 see what you mean 😀
Love your channel, but this is the ONLY channel with an ad every 3.5 minutes out of 300 some channels I am subscribed to! Just seems a bit excessive.
I don't understand that, I only add two or max three ad breaks. I guess this is TH-cams way of encouraging us all to pay for YT Preminum and have no adds.
@@RotarySMP I think you are right, I have noticed a lot of ads on other channels today, way more than normal. But like I said I love your content.
@@scotty362100 THanks a lot.
Get some shears for the sheet metal. Better finishes, less work!
I did about half of it with hand shears. But you are right, a bench shear would be nice.
I like the cordless drills and other tools too much to use pneumatic tools anymore at all.
I guess it goes back to my apprenticeship. Aviation uses pneumatic tools to prevent explosion risks. I was once on a C-Check and came out of the fuselage, to see a guy using a battery screw driver to remove tank panels. Nearly crapped myself.
95 windows whit dos nice
I was a long time ago that I used TurboCNC.
@@RotarySMP i imagine
0.9mm is 9/10 of a millimetre 😂
I know the imperial guys love fractions. :) Thanks for watching.
To help our American viewers, 0.9mm is nine twohundredandfiftyfourths of an inch.
Exactly. The beauty of standards is that there are so many to choose between.
Or 35.4 thou, if twohundredandfiftyfourths is too awkward for them.
@@alanclarke4646 Ouch, you cant mix in decimals :) That is 354 tenths.
@@RotarySMP I know. Decimals of a thou is just as silly as twohundredandfiftyfourths of an inch, or speed measured in furlongs per fortnight.
It would be 20-gauge in 'Murrican. You wouldn't bother with the actual thickness measurement unless you needed to cut a clearance for it.
GIGO
?? Thanks for watching