This video is three years old, I watched it randomly and it's not even about the problem I'm trying to solve and yet it just did. Just like you said, simply watching this kind of stuff turns your gears. Thanks as always for some of the most valuable content on YT!
What's so hard about the installation? Some cuts here and there, chop off the old hip joint, bolt in the new one, and granny is good to go. Can't be that hard, now can it?
There may be some nifty ideas here but frankly, my brain shut down when you revealed (or maybe just postulated?) that there are more than 2 shapes. I mean, that's a big step for a guy and after a blow like that I have to go lay down for awhile...
i didn't know jimmydiresta watched JBFromOZ either! either because he doesn't share his subscriptions publicly, or.. well.. because he doesn't watch JBFromOZ ;-)
Definitely worth checking out, in 13 years of machining I've never seen this but is extremely effective, if I have learned anything about machine work it's that you're success is only limited to your imagination and experiences, I will be adding this my skill set
I'm in mill and lathe for more than 30yrs now and the sphere trix is certainely one of the coolest thing i ever see on manual machines. Thank you a lot TOT.
I was a CNC machinist and tooling rep for a number of years before succumbing to the siren song of middle management. I have been in probably a couple hundred machine shops, and I have never seen these tricks. Thanks for a great combination of entertainment and education. Due in large part to your videos, I've got my eye on an old Logan lathe that needs a little help.
I started watching you a few years back. Finally took the plunge and got a mill and lathe and am not doing too bad so far. I can’t help but think it’s because I had a great teacher. Thank you Tony!
I’ll have to admit that after being a machinist for 22 years now I’ve never cut a taper on a lathe like that before. Very good tip if you don’t have a taper attachment or need a nicer and more accurate taper than you can get with the compound. Now I have made spheres on a manual mill before. A fly cutter will work as well. It’s just not as easy to dial in the size you want as a boring head is.
I learnt something incredibly important today.... I don't have a lathe.... and now I appear to need one! I suspect that there's absolutely no use in me getting older if I'm not going to be doing any of that boring stuff, is there. Time to go find me a lathe!
Hey there this old tony. Im here to do my speakles about how important your videos are to me Life story short I have suffered from panic disorder most of my life I am 2 months out of rehab off xanax I had watched your videos quite a bit before rehab missed them in rehab and now that im off benzos I find myself watching them even more even if I saw the video already I have no problem watching again they're quite informative which I love and your voice is quite soothing your the scott manley of the shop category Your videos are my new naxax if im having a panic attack or am stress I hop right on and watch a few of your videos, the content helps distract my brain from whats going on around me, and your voice is an added bonus to help me calm down as you walk me through the video Thanks again for the content, Mason
That trick to cut a concave round reminds me of a trick i use for making rivet bucking bars, involving drillbits sharpened at wierd angles and an unnatural wobble.
I knew the offset tailstock method, but turning between centers always gives me the heebie jeebies. Using ball bearings instead seems way better at first blush, and using the boring head to control the offset without having to monkey around with ofsetting the tailstock is freaking BRILLIANT. (with the caveat that you'd better have that ball bearing in the same plane defined by the headstock, tailstock ram, and your cutter - or you get a taper that has a slight skew to it...) The ballbearings also remind me of using a sine bar over at the mill, but of course the math isn't quite the same for calculating the angle of the taper... as always, your stuff blows me away!
ever since i took a cnc machinist job I don't come across much manual stuff your channel always help with my itch to run a lathe with no computer on it😅
It's video like this that brings home the fact I'm just a slack jawed yokel who so far is just lucky to have dodged putting his eye out. Like all the really smart stuff, this is so simple and obvious ... once someone points to it - but never in 1000000 years would I have thought of it on my own.
I recently rebuilt an eleven thousand dollar ball valve using this very same method. By watching how the tool cuts on the back side of the sphere you can get a very accurate sphere. Remember a circle of any size can be inscribed at any place on a sphere. My ball was round to within 0.0005 inchs
This was just great, as per usual. I recently learned about helical gear cutting from the old machinists at work and thought a video by you would really straighten out the curves
I got a lot of my questions( on how to cut MT) answered by watching this video, thank you for you taking the time to teach us hobbyists the quickest/easiest methods, I love you no nonsense approach.
I have not seen the boring head in the tail stock trick before. What a great trick, thanks! Also, had a huge laugh your comment about the lathe most likely already cutting a taper. So true! Keep up the great work.
Hey Tony i am old but new at machining and was looking at the worn out ball joints on my tractor from the 50's and ya i could buy new ones but after watching this video now i know how to rebuild them Thanks
Hello Tony, Great "out of the box" thinking techniques! I have see this done by Tom Lipton before but it is always good to see it again, a good refresher. Thanks for sharing!
Dear Old Tony, i dont know what it is particularly that i love about your videos, the production quality in a tutorial sense, or just the production in general. but one thing i know, i always look forward to your next video :) thanks for being you and what you do. young tony.
Brilliant! I'm going to be honest, I stopped and thought about how a boring head could be used to cut a sphere and/or taper, and I couldn't think of anything. I half expected this to be another "Multimeter in the Home Shop"
I have been a machinist for 10 years now and I get tips and tricks out of your every video. I like the way you think. And the great quality videos you make about the way you think. Thank you.
Tony, Ah… I’m stunned! Going to have to watch this several times over! You’re using the same old equipment, utilizing stunningly new, dramatic and enlightened use of that old equipment. You just dropped generous handfuls of priceless gems at our feet. But, on the other hand… You could have divided this up into three distinct videos, each a revelation on it’s own, each a distinct OMG moment. To late now; duh. Guess there’s just no end to what you have to offer. Thanks Tony! Brad
Wow! That was awesome! I learn something every time I watch an episode. But, this was really cool! Yep thinking out of the box. Keep the videos coming.
Well rounded discussion!
Oh wait - Mr. Stephenson? The Earl of Bridgeport?
I see what you did there.
A revolution in hand-operated machining!
I thought it tapered off at points
All of you. Clean out your desks, you're fired.
Sweet, now mill a swan!
Only if he ONLY uses the lathe to mill. Anything else would be uncivilized
That's just fowl! Feathers and blood would get everywhere!
This video is three years old, I watched it randomly and it's not even about the problem I'm trying to solve and yet it just did. Just like you said, simply watching this kind of stuff turns your gears. Thanks as always for some of the most valuable content on YT!
DIY Hip Replacement - Part II
Making the parts is one thing, installation is, well, another.
What's so hard about the installation? Some cuts here and there, chop off the old hip joint, bolt in the new one, and granny is good to go.
Can't be that hard, now can it?
I find that, like any other mechanical project, liberal use of ethanol and a large hammer eases installation.
What cutting oil works best on granny?
Keith Ward
I don't know, I've watched joints being replaced ( on people) and thought, hell, I could do that! 😎
That mill and rotary table bit prepped me nicely for a part that I need to make soon for a solar laser death ray. Thanks!
There may be some nifty ideas here but frankly, my brain shut down when you revealed (or maybe just postulated?) that there are more than 2 shapes. I mean, that's a big step for a guy and after a blow like that I have to go lay down for awhile...
hhah
I don't think it's cool that you neglected us pear shapes... not cool, man.
And he sprung two new ones on us at once!
Amazing few tricks thank you 😊
jimmydiresta i didnt know you watched tony?
Sometimes you see amazing people on amazing channels
Are you the real Jimmy Diresta?
howder1951 hahaha yes it is me. Tony is my dirty little secret.
i didn't know jimmydiresta watched JBFromOZ either! either because he doesn't share his subscriptions publicly, or.. well.. because he doesn't watch JBFromOZ ;-)
Definitely worth checking out, in 13 years of machining I've never seen this but is extremely effective, if I have learned anything about machine work it's that you're success is only limited to your imagination and experiences, I will be adding this my skill set
I'm in mill and lathe for more than 30yrs now and the sphere trix is certainely one of the coolest thing i ever see on manual machines. Thank you a lot TOT.
I was a CNC machinist and tooling rep for a number of years before succumbing to the siren song of middle management. I have been in probably a couple hundred machine shops, and I have never seen these tricks.
Thanks for a great combination of entertainment and education. Due in large part to your videos, I've got my eye on an old Logan lathe that needs a little help.
I started watching you a few years back. Finally took the plunge and got a mill and lathe and am not doing too bad so far. I can’t help but think it’s because I had a great teacher. Thank you Tony!
I’ll have to admit that after being a machinist for 22 years now I’ve never cut a taper on a lathe like that before. Very good tip if you don’t have a taper attachment or need a nicer and more accurate taper than you can get with the compound. Now I have made spheres on a manual mill before. A fly cutter will work as well. It’s just not as easy to dial in the size you want as a boring head is.
I learnt something incredibly important today....
I don't have a lathe.... and now I appear to need one!
I suspect that there's absolutely no use in me getting older if I'm not going to be doing any of that boring stuff, is there.
Time to go find me a lathe!
hey Anthony did you ever get that lathe
Hey there this old tony.
Im here to do my speakles about how important your videos are to me
Life story short
I have suffered from panic disorder most of my life
I am 2 months out of rehab off xanax
I had watched your videos quite a bit before rehab missed them in rehab and now that im off benzos I find myself watching them even more even if I saw the video already I have no problem watching again they're quite informative which I love and your voice is quite soothing your the scott manley of the shop category
Your videos are my new naxax if im having a panic attack or am stress I hop right on and watch a few of your videos, the content helps distract my brain from whats going on around me, and your voice is an added bonus to help me calm down as you walk me through the video
Thanks again for the content, Mason
That trick to cut a concave round reminds me of a trick i use for making rivet bucking bars, involving drillbits sharpened at wierd angles and an unnatural wobble.
First I thought you are joking with offsetting the tailstock :-D
I figured TH-cam would have some sort of policy about videos about turning tricks
don`t have mill, don´t have a lathe, I'm a computer programmer who loves woodworking... and here I am, loving each TOT video.
Some people got the brains, some the looks...I didn't get either but I learned a few nice tricks today, thanks Tony.
I knew the offset tailstock method, but turning between centers always gives me the heebie jeebies. Using ball bearings instead seems way better at first blush, and using the boring head to control the offset without having to monkey around with ofsetting the tailstock is freaking BRILLIANT. (with the caveat that you'd better have that ball bearing in the same plane defined by the headstock, tailstock ram, and your cutter - or you get a taper that has a slight skew to it...)
The ballbearings also remind me of using a sine bar over at the mill, but of course the math isn't quite the same for calculating the angle of the taper...
as always, your stuff blows me away!
That bearing trick with the boring bar... wow. I've never seen that before. Thank you.
working my way slowly through Tonys vlogs, I love this one, 30 years in all sorts of engineering and never seen this used.
Another well - narrated, shot, articulated, and entertaining video. Fantastic.
Great information. Never would have thought about the boring head in the tail stock to cut a tapper. Always good to find a new This Old Tony GW
Outstanding! Your friend showed you the trick(s) and you showed it to us that's what education is all about Thank you!
ever since i took a cnc machinist job I don't come across much manual stuff
your channel always help with my itch to run a lathe with no computer on it😅
Tony you're just so... revolutionary.
I genuinely learned a valuable new skill today - thank you TOT!
These hacks are just amazing! Knew neither of these.
Thank you so much!
Excellent content. I learned something, and that is what I look for in a machining video. Thank you.
Awesome. Super clever… I love the depth of knowledge you (and others) come here and share all the time. I learn so much. Thank you!
It's video like this that brings home the fact I'm just a slack jawed yokel who so far is just lucky to have dodged putting his eye out.
Like all the really smart stuff, this is so simple and obvious ... once someone points to it - but never in 1000000 years would I have thought of it on my own.
I recently rebuilt an eleven thousand dollar ball valve using this very same method. By watching how the tool cuts on the back side of the sphere you can get a very accurate sphere. Remember a circle of any size can be inscribed at any place on a sphere. My ball was round to within 0.0005 inchs
eleven thousand dollar ball valve? must have been one heck of a garden hose they were powering.
not boring at all.
Thanks for the inspiration
Keep on trucking (from France) !
Nice! You could cut tapered threads using that ball bearing trick too.
I love the boring head taper cut tip. So much better than playing with the tail stock. Cheers!
Excellent use of the rotary weld table at the end, thanks for sharing the tricks!
Brilliant! Never heard or thought of taper turning with boring head before, thanks!
One of the most interesting tutorial about machining!!!
Thank you Tony- you always add value!
Another gem of a video. Thanks again TOT.
Very useful tips and tricks here, never would have thought of anything like that....Thank You!
These tips are gold! Thank you. Mental toolbox fodder for sure!!!
BONUS!
Really interesting, it's good to see thinking outside the box with this stuff... all I need now is a rotary table and a boring head.
I see the new rotary table is primarily for camera work.
Been a machinist for 20 years...I learned something new today! Of course if you don't learn every day, you get left behind!
The boring head cutting a concave shape makes a revolution of an ellipse, sort of like an egg laying on its side and then spun around.
Great, this old dog just learnt a new trick. Love the ball bearing offset.
Brilliant! I will try these ideas! Thanks sir!
Great information, thank you. Love your videos, great quality!
Thanks for sharing these tips.
Yet another excellent video from T.O.T. Thanks!
Excellent as always Tony. Silicon Nitride balls work great and thanks for mentioning me in the same sentence as Stefan :)
ATB, Robin
This was just great, as per usual. I recently learned about helical gear cutting from the old machinists at work and thought a video by you would really straighten out the curves
I love the rotary table shots now. Reminds me of How its made.
I got a lot of my questions( on how to cut MT) answered by watching this video, thank you for you taking the time to teach us hobbyists the quickest/easiest methods, I love you no nonsense approach.
I have not seen the boring head in the tail stock trick before. What a great trick, thanks! Also, had a huge laugh your comment about the lathe most likely already cutting a taper. So true! Keep up the great work.
verry neat tricks!! i cant wait to give them a try!
Another entertaining and very informative video. Excellent!
You are the best of the best Tony.
That was totally new for my Tony and a brilliant piece of 'thinking outside of the box', my FULL respect to you Sir. Cheers.
Once more you made the show! Love you vídeos. Congratulaitions!
I'm impressed. Now I need a boring head. I really like the ball bearing trick for centers. I never did like offsetting the tailstock.
Hey Tony i am old but new at machining and was looking at the worn out ball joints on my tractor from the 50's and ya i could buy new ones but after watching this video now i know how to rebuild them Thanks
Hello Tony, Great "out of the box" thinking techniques! I have see this done by Tom Lipton before but it is always good to see it again, a good refresher. Thanks for sharing!
one of the more interesting films I've seen yet,thanks!
This was just pure brilliance.
as a relatively new Machinist I sure appreciate your videos
Good stuff man. It is amazing what you can do with just a little bit of knowledge, and a great deal of insight.
Very cool tricks, thanks Tony.
Dear Old Tony,
i dont know what it is particularly that i love about your videos, the production quality in a tutorial sense, or just the production in general. but one thing i know, i always look forward to your next video :) thanks for being you and what you do.
young tony.
I really appreciate his humor. I find myself laughing out loud and playing it again. Must have been a writer at one point.
Brilliant! I'm going to be honest, I stopped and thought about how a boring head could be used to cut a sphere and/or taper, and I couldn't think of anything. I half expected this to be another "Multimeter in the Home Shop"
I have been a machinist for 10 years now and I get tips and tricks out of your every video. I like the way you think. And the great quality videos you make about the way you think. Thank you.
Excellent. I will give these techniques a try.
Well said! There is only a large series of tricks that makes a toolmaker or machinist. Thank you for sharing a new set to add to the bag!
Great video sir.thanks for sharing this as it's a learning process for me.
Well, you taught THIS old dog a NEW trick today. Very impressive....and I though tI knew it all....
really enjoyed this and I will be adding this to my bag of tricks haha, thanks Tony!
Wow, those were great tricks!
Very useful. Thank you for sharing knowledge.
great tips and tricks here thanks Tony
I am always surprised by your videos but I am never disappointed by them.
"So, that's about the long of it I think." I LOL'd
Man, this is an awesome, awesome trick. Thanks as always for your vids that keep getting better.
I'm very excited for these old boring tricks. Yep, I went there.
Another 9:00mins (ish) of deep joy with the usual amount of thought provoking gems. Thank you for sharing. Kindest regards. Joe.
I for some reason wasn't expecting and serious and informational video. But this was awesome well done as always! Keep it up.
You just keep on improving. Kudos to you sir!
That is what I love about this trade - no longer how long you have been at it, the learning curve never flattens out.
Tony,
Ah… I’m stunned! Going to have to watch this several times over! You’re using the same old equipment, utilizing stunningly new, dramatic and enlightened use of that old equipment. You just dropped generous handfuls of priceless gems at our feet. But, on the other hand… You could have divided this up into three distinct videos, each a revelation on it’s own, each a distinct OMG moment. To late now; duh.
Guess there’s just no end to what you have to offer. Thanks Tony!
Brad
Nice as always Tony!!! Thanks!
Thank you Tony that was very informative.
That offset trick for tapers is brilliant. I'll probably never be a machinist, but I love watching this stuff.
the boring head is quickly becoming the most important tool to have , nice vid as always
awesome stuff tony. never would have thought of this
Wow! That was awesome! I learn something every time I watch an episode. But, this was really cool! Yep thinking out of the box.
Keep the videos coming.
So many tricks in my bag from you, it feels like pumpkin day! Legendary
Clever tips indeed. Thanks for the video.
It opens my mind, love it
Awesome....as usual very informative, i would have NEVER used tools that way!!! thanks it does add to a "bag-o-tricks"!