Hello everyone. Just wanted to say thank you for the interest in the store. I also want to let you know there are a few glitches as this is new. I am working through them as quickly as possible and hope to have everything running smoothly within the week. Thank you for the understanding.
Hi Josh . Just ordered 4 jars of honey . Hope this helps you and your wife out . Take care , your Northeastern Wisconsin neighbor , Jimmy Happy New Year
Come on you people out there support this brilliant machinist he can make anything quick turnaround we don’t want to lose him from manufacturing his skills must not be lost happy new year TOPPER
my son is a engine rebuilder he specializes in diesel engines and just found out 2 of his go to machine shops just closed down and has to traval a few hours away just to get engine heads milled and we live abought 3hrs south of you that my be a thing for you to look into,happy new year.
So many machine shops and engine shops are going under. Unfortunately, I am not equiped for engine work. The equipment is just too specialized for what I do, and setups with what I have make it cost prohibitive.
Hi Josh. It might be a good idea to also make this vice jawe for the bench vice. Everyone has one at home. ideal for the hobbyist. And I think that will help you reach an even larger market. I wish you and your family a healthy 2025 Kind regards, FvE Channel TH-cam
Happy New Year to you; Josh. So sorry to hear you say that you business is being so affected by other businesses closing. 60% is a huge hit. Keep your head up. Toast to a better 2025!
Sorry to hear about things slowing down. The biggest thing that's taken off for me is the portable line boring and welding on heavy equipment. Good luck in 2025!
My wife and I run a small home décor and gift shop in NW Iowa and can tell you that sales SUCK regardless if it is machine shops or small retail stores. We sure hope things turn around this year as the last two years have been very challenging with the inflation and uncertainty.
Happy New Yr, may God bless. Hope you get alot more revenue jobs 2025. Having watched your channel from recently, its quite great, love the large machines and the jobs that they can achieve. Keep up with the good videos
Dear Josh Happy New Year from northern Ontario, Canada. I would certainly be interested in buying a set of the "pin Jaws" for the milling vice. Best wishes. Paul
Lots of YT'rs sell products with varying levels of success. i would try to interest KBC or one of the machine tool retailers to pick up your dowel pin jaw product. Best wishes for a couple of new customers in 2025.
That's a great idea making and selling pin jaws. I personally don't have a need for them, but for sure other machine shops are pretty likely to have a need for them. I hope this works out well for you and brings in a lot of orders. You might have a future making and selling a variety of items that people need. It's just a matter of coming up with "inventions" that you can sell online.
Happy New Year, Josh; I have been watching your channel for a while and hope that you continue doing what you are so good at. I will buy a set for my Kurt 6-inch Vise if you make them.
Happy New Year I turn 82 this month. I wish I could help you - other then subscribing to your channel. Fingers crossed you’ll pick up work and survive.
Happy days Josh, here's to a wonderful future buddy, I'm sending you and yours lots of love, and hoping everything works out amazingly for you buddy Would you be making different size jaws, and shipping worldwide?
@TopperMachineLLC I enjoy your content and it's inspiring me to take the next step into machining. Currently just a hobbyist with a Lathe and Bridgeport making stuff for myself.
When a man with your talent, skill set and integrity has an empty order book it shows how messed up our world is becoming. Happy new year Josh and I hope the power of utube comes to the rescue. 🙏.
@ I’m in the UK and also have an empty order book, been in the landscaping trade for twenty years and it’s definitely the most difficult trading conditions I’ve ever known. I’ve been doing similar to you, offloading surplus equipment and trying to get debt free, not quite there yet but I think it’s working. I get a huge amount of job satisfaction from what I do so I’m reluctant to give up on it yet.
@derekcomer4858 I understand the satisfaction part, but the downtime is a killer. I can't just sit around and watch industry disappear here. I'm looking into a possible carer change. Something I can also keep the shop going part time. It has been one of the hardest decisions of my life. But when you are losing customers and have no retirement, you need to take personal inventory and look at your future.
You are heading the right direction I believe. Just this last weekend my brother said a person fabricating something for him went in that totally different direction quite a while back. He has a machine shop and now fabricates many different items used by local businesses and done really well. An example, he made a couple of modifications to his shop setup to make leaf blower racks and weed eater racks for landscape contractors, just to name a few of commonly used products that can only be sourced from Chinese manufacturers of lesser quality. Just with those things, he did extremely well locally and online last year. I hate to think you might close your shop one day. This country needs your expertise. Thanks.
Happy New Year, Josh and family. 60% that's bad news. Hope YT brings you some work in. Come on everybody help feed some business Josh's way. All the best I hope things improve.......Tony
Happy New Year, Josh. I would be interested if they were also able to get my 6" bench vice. Sometimes, you need to hold something odd to weld as well as machine work.
@ Yes, Josh, that is a current problem, but by the grace of God, we will lift each other up in spirit, and prayer, and some of the wealthier viewers may actually buy such things from worthy tradesmen. God knows the web is full of “foolish” items for sale.
I did not know you were a beekeeper, high five, me too. Mail order special items sounds like a really good way to go to me. The vice jaws also sound awesome, I am in the UK so honestly can't afford to pay the freight on most things from the U.S but I am still up for checking out ideas and putting in my two cents worth if it helps. With the new tarriff his nibs wants to put on chinese products there is a good chance your stuff will do well and give far superior quality too Happy new year to you and your lady Josh...I hope its a good one and things pick up again for you.
@@TopperMachineLLC I find that almost everyone that keeps honey bees also has a garden full of bee friendly flowering plants which dont get visited by honey bees but benefit the wild pollinators immensely so it works out well for all
It is always good to see you. I would love to see the drag line in action and I have always loved the sawmill. I started a small home business years ago but COVID killed it dead. I moved up north to help my mom and there was no hope after that. I feel bad for you because you have the skill and equipment to do great things. I wish I had the right words to say to give you hope and direction. I think that you mentioned that there was another machine shop close to where you are......did they go under? The steel fab shop that I worked at was always on the verge of shutting down. Sometimes the owner had to mortgage his house to keep the factory going. The steel business can be a hard road to travel.
I'm the last real Machine shop left here. Now I totally understand why. As you have seen, moving up here is a dead zone. It didn't use to be. All killed in the name of tourism. Infrastructure gone. Sad.
I have recently started viewing your channel. Keep up the good work. I pray your business will thrive now that Trump is coming back soon. Keep GOD first.
Good for you making your own products to sell. I believe this is the way to go. How about a good adjustable work stop that bolts to the Kurt vise holes in back of the stationary jaw? There are currently companies that make these, but the horizontal piece that bolts on the vise is too short for a lot of applications. I like work stops that attach to the vise so I can keep my T-slots covered and keep out the chips.
Josh Happy New Year to you & your family. I’d be interested in a set of your jaws for 6” Kurt vises. I’m huge fan & user of machinable vice & chuck jaws. Unfortunately threw the years I have had employees that thought Hard Jaws are machinable too 😂😂
Josh, I have a drill press which I over committed to “restoring” it as a precision sensitive bench drill press. To do it the most difficult was changing to modern bearings after the spindle being hard chromed and ground the OD hat a grinding shop. I like the machine and it works often making smaller holes (under 1/8”). The table was poorly finished at the factory back in the day. It was surfaced by a milling machine with a cutter which a diameter which allowed a single pass. I would like to replicate the finish but more accurately. Using a fly cutter in my Bridgeport might look good but I am doubtful of the flatness. I would like it flat. Could I send the table to you and have you do this kind of work? I am happy to pay but I don’t want to loose the part.
@ thanks Josh! It is a small machine so it would fit on a Bridgeport. I would like to have the work done with similar processes to would have been done in that era. I also enjoy your videos and your work. I love my tools, they have an “identity”. Because I am weird 😝
I like your idea of CRS jaws with pins. Make them with standard c’bored mounting holes instead of the slotted type. Socket head bolts are not that difficult to remove and replace and would be cheaper and leave more room for pins. I would buy a set but wouldn’t pay extra for the slotted feature.
Brit subscriber here, i really hope that business improves. CNC machines are taking over but my company decided to keep a manual lathe for "just in case" ops, its always busy! i just wish they had kept a Bridgeport clone because that would be super busy! we now resort to mag drills and butchery to get the job out.
I know for a fact that if I were in a better region, I'd be very busy. I currently do a lot of work for cnc shops. Rework, one offs, modifications. But in a dead region, even that isn't much.
@@TopperMachineLLC (via email) i understand that my employer is now looking for an old style mill with DRO for stuff, but are concerned because of the lack of training/qualifications.......health and safety laws here in the UK are a nightmare .....!!!
@@TopperMachineLLC im 64 yrs old with no formal quals in machining... but ive done it all my working life .... and HR says im not qualified! 3 more yrs and i retire and fuck them all!
I am thinking I would have some non-traditional uses for the pin jaws, including attaching a pin each to a pair of flexible/NOGA-style holders and small vice grips to each of the other ends for bench holding small parts (for tig welding) and wires for soldering. With a pair of pin jaws, the work holding possibilities increase. Would you consider making jaws for different vices and/or providing a template drawing onto which a customer would designate their desired dimensions?
I'd definitely buy at least one set of those custom dowel pin vise jaws! I added pins to my 4" heinrich vise, and it's been amazing for holding odd shaped parts! I think those dowel pin jaws would work well for holding large plates on the mill, with the jaws mounted to the back of the vise, and the front of the vise. Also you could add bushings to go around the pins to act as parallels to keep large plate work off the top of the jaw to allow clearance while drilling / milling. Keep up the good work and great videos!
Happy New Year, Josh to you and your family. And here's hoping the new year brings new jobs and business opportunities to your door. I hope the new administration can turn this economy around in time for it to make a difference. Maybe restoring oil pipeline work on our side of the border with Canada will bring back some of the jobs and work to the region. Your local, state and federal representatives should be looking to establish Enterprise Zones to incent companies to bring their jobs there. Like your idea on an online store and service provider. You obviously know the need to adapt and overcome in order to survive. Far easier said than done but you are doing it which puts you ahead of the game. Just think...if Union Pacific Railroad had realized that they were in the passenger transportation business--not the cargo transportation business--we would be flying on Union Pacific Airlines today. Hang in there, brother. Saying a prayer for your success in 2025. Cheers.
I feel the damage to my region is irreparable. The infrastructure is gone. They have pushed tourism so much that the only jobs left are crap. There is no fixing my region. But I'll keep pushing for at least 1 more year. Trying new things until I'm either too burnt out, broke, or move onto some other career.
Happy New Year! I think it is a great idea to make and sell the jaws. You could make to order if you are unsure about interest, I am sure people would be happy to wait a while. It is something we would be interested in but it is possible that the spacing for the jaw fixings are different on our vice. Price and overseas shipping is always a consideration although we now have a US postal address for onward forwarding. If you can let us know the spacing or add the specification to the website we will check them out to see if they fit.
I hope business picks up and you get orders across the country. I think that small products like the jaws etc will be a great addition. If I was in the US I would buy some.
I’ll take a set of jaws to help out. This reminds me of the Rose Index tool. The instant that I saw the first one I thought, “I can make one of those”, and I did. I’ve felt kind of bad about that ever since, because he was a guy who had a great idea and was trying to sell them and people like me didn’t step up. I thought the same thing when you started to explain how you modified those Snap Jaws. This time I’ll buy. Happy New Year, BTW
Hello everyone. Just wanted to say thank you for the interest in the store. I also want to let you know there are a few glitches as this is new. I am working through them as quickly as possible and hope to have everything running smoothly within the week. Thank you for the understanding.
Hi Josh . Just ordered 4 jars of honey . Hope this helps you and your wife out . Take care , your Northeastern Wisconsin neighbor , Jimmy Happy New Year
@@huntncover Thanks Jimmy, greatly appreciated. We were concerned about how to get sell of all this honey.
Come on you people out there support this brilliant machinist he can make anything quick turnaround we don’t want to lose him from manufacturing his skills must not be lost happy new year TOPPER
Thanks for the support. Hopefully I can keep going.
Happy New Year Josh!! May 2025 be a positive change for you and your family, and may your business find it's new direction!!
Hopefully you have a better year 2025. Greetings from Tasmania 42 degrees south. Just turned 87 today, what a New Year’s gift.
Happy 87th and Happy New Year!
Happy Birthday Sheville.
Happy New Year. 🎉
@@ShevillMathers Happy birthday 🎉
Happy birthday . My Dad is 87 also . Take care .
Happy New Year & Happy Birthday You old G.O.A.T., (Greatest of All Time!)
my son is a engine rebuilder he specializes in diesel engines and just found out 2 of his go to machine shops just closed down and has to traval a few hours away just to get engine heads milled and we live abought 3hrs south of you that my be a thing for you to look into,happy new year.
So many machine shops and engine shops are going under. Unfortunately, I am not equiped for engine work. The equipment is just too specialized for what I do, and setups with what I have make it cost prohibitive.
Hi Josh.
It might be a good idea to also make this vice jawe for the bench vice.
Everyone has one at home.
ideal for the hobbyist.
And I think that will help you reach an even larger market.
I wish you and your family a healthy 2025
Kind regards, FvE Channel TH-cam
Hi Josh, I hope you have a happy and prosperous New Year.
Happy New Year Josh, all the best to you and your family.
Happy New Year to you; Josh.
So sorry to hear you say that you business is being so affected by other businesses closing. 60% is a huge hit.
Keep your head up.
Toast to a better 2025!
60% is a devastating blow to an already slow economic region.
Many greetings to you and the family, I hope that you will get some work to keep you busy. Thank you for the videos.
Happy New Year Josh and hope you have a good year for your business.
Happy new year to you and your family.
cheers from Germany
Happy new year Josh. I hope you have a great year for you and your family. Regards from Townsville Australia.
Best to you and yours for the new year.
Sorry to hear about things slowing down. The biggest thing that's taken off for me is the portable line boring and welding on heavy equipment. Good luck in 2025!
I know people in this region with the equipment sitting on shelves collecting dust. No work for it.
My wife and I run a small home décor and gift shop in NW Iowa and can tell you that sales SUCK regardless if it is machine shops or small retail stores. We sure hope things turn around this year as the last two years have been very challenging with the inflation and uncertainty.
Good luck. I'm on my last ditch effort before pulling g the plug. I put 13 years into this and can't keep going if something doesn't change.
Happy New Year, Josh.
Happy new year!
Hi Josh, Yes I would be interested in a set of jaws! Keep up the good work, hope 2025 has alot more work coming in your shop. Jim
Thanks, Jim! I appreciate the support!
Josh I wish I had a mill I would buy a set. The idea for a vise jaw is great I would be interested
same thing happening here in south east michigan. hopefully things turn around.
I'd be interested in a set of vice jaws like the ones you made. Happy New Year!
Thanks. I'm going to start making them for sale soon.
Happy New Year. I have been enjoying your videos starting a couple months back. Very interesting.
Happy new year!
May you and yours have a very healthy, happy and prosperous 2025! 🎉🎉🎉
Happy new year, Josh!! All the best to you and your family and business for 2025! If I come across any work, I'll definitely send it your way!
HAPPY NEW YEAR JOSH. HOPEFULLY 2025 WILL BE OK FOR YOU.
I'm not sure it will be okay, but I'm trying to make it better.
Happy New Year to you and your family and friends from Queensland Australia.
Because of the time difference, it was New Year here yesterday.
Happy New Year to you! I still need those lottery numbers. I'd gladly split the winnings with you. LOL
Nice to be first wishing you a hopeful new year 🙏
Happy new year
I always stay so impressed with your content, I hope it keeps coming to all of us💯%
Hi, I hope you have great luck in the new year and get lots of work. 🇦🇺
Happy New Year and many more to come great product make some
Awesome Keep it up
Happy New Yr, may God bless. Hope you get alot more revenue jobs 2025. Having watched your channel from recently, its quite great, love the large machines and the jobs that they can achieve. Keep up with the good videos
Thank you! I'm going to try my best this year.
would definitely be interested in jaws.
Dear Josh
Happy New Year from northern Ontario, Canada. I would certainly be interested in buying a set of the "pin Jaws" for the milling vice.
Best wishes. Paul
Thank you Josh! Happy New Year!🥳Hopefully things will start to get better this year.
Thanks!
@@charleskutrufis9612 thank you.
Lots of YT'rs sell products with varying levels of success. i would try to interest KBC or one of the machine tool retailers to pick up your dowel pin jaw product. Best wishes for a couple of new customers in 2025.
Great Idea. I figured start small and see how it goes.
Hi Josh. Keep on Keeping on my friend. Things will get better. We can all hope.
Best of luck to you in 2025.
love the jaw's idea, love a set , but in the UK, be extra taxes
Happy New Year's
Happy New Years
Happy new year, Josh , all the best for 2025 👍
That's a great idea making and selling pin jaws. I personally don't have a need for them, but for sure other machine shops are pretty likely to have a need for them. I hope this works out well for you and brings in a lot of orders. You might have a future making and selling a variety of items that people need. It's just a matter of coming up with "inventions" that you can sell online.
It's definitely a possibility.
Happy New Year to you and your family. Hope you have lots of luck to get jobs in 2025. Greetings from Germany.
Happy New Year to you!
Happy New Year, Josh; I have been watching your channel for a while and hope that you continue doing what you are so good at. I will buy a set for my Kurt 6-inch Vise if you make them.
Thank you very much. I plan to run a few of them to see how they sell.
All the very best Josh for the New Year and beyond and to your family.
Thanks, it means a lot.
Happy New Year, from the UK Josh. I'm really hoping things pick up for you.
New Year, New opportunities are in the works. May not ve in the shop though.
Selling machine tool swag is a great idea. There are tons of niche fixtures that people will buy.
Happy New Year
I turn 82 this month. I wish I could help you - other then subscribing to your channel.
Fingers crossed you’ll pick up work and survive.
Happy days Josh, here's to a wonderful future buddy, I'm sending you and yours lots of love, and hoping everything works out amazingly for you buddy
Would you be making different size jaws, and shipping worldwide?
I will look into it. Already plan for 6" an maybe 4"
Happy New Year! And Best of Luck! Keep going!
Happy New Year to you too!
Best New Year to you. It’s going to be slow but I believe the next decade will be much better.
Happy New Year. Wishing you and your family a prosperous 2025! Just placed an order through your store.
Thanks so much! I am very happy to hear that and I hope you like the product!
@TopperMachineLLC I enjoy your content and it's inspiring me to take the next step into machining. Currently just a hobbyist with a Lathe and Bridgeport making stuff for myself.
Very cool, Happy new year from kiwi land.
Looking forward to the things you get up too.
When a man with your talent, skill set and integrity has an empty order book it shows how messed up our world is becoming.
Happy new year Josh and I hope the power of utube comes to the rescue. 🙏.
It is beyond messed up.
@ I’m in the UK and also have an empty order book, been in the landscaping trade for twenty years and it’s definitely the most difficult trading conditions I’ve ever known. I’ve been doing similar to you, offloading surplus equipment and trying to get debt free, not quite there yet but I think it’s working. I get a huge amount of job satisfaction from what I do so I’m reluctant to give up on it yet.
@derekcomer4858 I understand the satisfaction part, but the downtime is a killer. I can't just sit around and watch industry disappear here. I'm looking into a possible carer change. Something I can also keep the shop going part time. It has been one of the hardest decisions of my life. But when you are losing customers and have no retirement, you need to take personal inventory and look at your future.
I saw your vise jaws and was going to make them, but I would gladly buy them from you. To support the channel, small business, and buy American
Thank you very much. I will be starting on them soon.
I would buy just to support this channel.
good luck in the New Year.
Josh I hope you can turn Topper Machine into the Fireball Tool of the Northwoods. Best of luck to you for the coming year.
At this point, it may become a hobby shop. But I am fine with that too.
You are heading the right direction I believe. Just this last weekend my brother said a person fabricating something for him went in that totally different direction quite a while back. He has a machine shop and now fabricates many different items used by local businesses and done really well. An example, he made a couple of modifications to his shop setup to make leaf blower racks and weed eater racks for landscape contractors, just to name a few of commonly used products that can only be sourced from Chinese manufacturers of lesser quality. Just with those things, he did extremely well locally and online last year. I hate to think you might close your shop one day. This country needs your expertise. Thanks.
🎉 happy new year
Happy new year
Happy New Year, Josh and family. 60% that's bad news. Hope YT brings you some work in. Come on everybody help feed some business Josh's way. All the best I hope things improve.......Tony
Happy New Year, Josh. I would be interested if they were also able to get my 6" bench vice. Sometimes, you need to hold something odd to weld as well as machine work.
Prosperity ahead!
Happy New Year Topper Machine!
Happy New Year to you too!
Great video Josh, keep'um coming..it's slow on my end also, hopefully things will pick up this year..
There were several shops showing restoration of “fractal vice jaws.” Those hold many odd shaped parts as well.
But who can afford one? The price of those is ridiculous.
@ Yes, Josh, that is a current problem, but by the grace of God, we will lift each other up in spirit, and prayer, and some of the wealthier viewers may actually buy such things from worthy tradesmen. God knows the web is full of “foolish” items for sale.
Happy New Year's Josh, I think the vise jaws are a good idea. 👍👍
Thank you.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! GOD BLESS YOU!
I did not know you were a beekeeper, high five, me too.
Mail order special items sounds like a really good way to go to me. The vice jaws also sound awesome, I am in the UK so honestly can't afford to pay the freight on most things from the U.S but I am still up for checking out ideas and putting in my two cents worth if it helps.
With the new tarriff his nibs wants to put on chinese products there is a good chance your stuff will do well and give far superior quality too
Happy new year to you and your lady Josh...I hope its a good one and things pick up again for you.
Thanks for keeping bees. It's the only thing keeping humans alive.
@@TopperMachineLLC I find that almost everyone that keeps honey bees also has a garden full of bee friendly flowering plants which dont get visited by honey bees but benefit the wild pollinators immensely so it works out well for all
@TalRohan lol. Yup we do, and you're right. Very little bee activity, but lots of wasps and bumblebee.
It is always good to see you. I would love to see the drag line in action and I have always loved the sawmill. I started a small home business years ago but COVID killed it dead. I moved up north to help my mom and there was no hope after that. I feel bad for you because you have the skill and equipment to do great things. I wish I had the right words to say to give you hope and direction. I think that you mentioned that there was another machine shop close to where you are......did they go under? The steel fab shop that I worked at was always on the verge of shutting down. Sometimes the owner had to mortgage his house to keep the factory going. The steel business can be a hard road to travel.
I'm the last real Machine shop left here. Now I totally understand why. As you have seen, moving up here is a dead zone. It didn't use to be. All killed in the name of tourism. Infrastructure gone. Sad.
Happy New Year Josh, our prayers are with you and family, may the Lord Bless You beyond understanding!!!
Yes I'll buy Your new vice Jaws!
Thanks! I'm hoping to get them listed online by the end of the month.
I have recently started viewing your channel. Keep up the good work. I pray your business will thrive now that Trump is coming back soon. Keep GOD first.
Unfortunately the damage has already been done to my region. There isn't much hope of recovery. But I'm still trying.
Good for you making your own products to sell. I believe this is the way to go.
How about a good adjustable work stop that bolts to the Kurt vise holes in back of the stationary jaw?
There are currently companies that make these, but the horizontal piece that bolts on the vise is too short for a lot of applications.
I like work stops that attach to the vise so I can keep my T-slots covered and keep out the chips.
The GoStop I use is great, but also short. I've spoke with him about making linger ones. I'll bring it up again.
Yes, I would be interested in buying some jaws. Look forward to your next video.
Josh
Happy New Year to you & your family. I’d be interested in a set of your jaws for 6” Kurt vises. I’m huge fan & user of machinable vice & chuck jaws. Unfortunately threw the years I have had employees that thought Hard Jaws are machinable too 😂😂
LOL. I have seen that too.
Assuming the jaws are for a Kurt 6" vise (I have a D60), I'd be up for a set of jaws and pins.
Happy New Year Josh. Hope 2025 opportunities are yours.
Josh, I have a drill press which I over committed to “restoring” it as a precision sensitive bench drill press. To do it the most difficult was changing to modern bearings after the spindle being hard chromed and ground the OD hat a grinding shop. I like the machine and it works often making smaller holes (under 1/8”). The table was poorly finished at the factory back in the day. It was surfaced by a milling machine with a cutter which a diameter which allowed a single pass. I would like to replicate the finish but more accurately. Using a fly cutter in my Bridgeport might look good but I am doubtful of the flatness. I would like it flat. Could I send the table to you and have you do this kind of work? I am happy to pay but I don’t want to loose the part.
send me an email with the specs on it and some pictures. I will definitely see what I can do for you.
@ thanks Josh! It is a small machine so it would fit on a Bridgeport. I would like to have the work done with similar processes to would have been done in that era. I also enjoy your videos and your work. I love my tools, they have an “identity”. Because I am weird 😝
@cogentdynamics I know how you feel.
@@TopperMachineLLC Josh, I sent an email to “info” at your webpage.
@@cogentdynamics Got it, I will reply soon.
Happy New year
Happy New Year to you too!
I like your idea of CRS jaws with pins. Make them with standard c’bored mounting holes instead of the slotted type. Socket head bolts are not that difficult to remove and replace and would be cheaper and leave more room for pins. I would buy a set but wouldn’t pay extra for the slotted feature.
I have no plan to make them like the snap jaws. Just plain simple countersunk bolt hole.
Makes sense to keep them simple. You probably know the standard Kurt bolt spacing is 3.875 center to center x .750 from the bottom.
Happy New Year,,, slow time looks like good opportunity to clean up your shop,, looking quite messy in videos.
I agree. I am slowly getting things organized.
@@TopperMachineLLC maybe even make a video about cleaning up and washing down machines and walls
Brit subscriber here, i really hope that business improves. CNC machines are taking over but my company decided to keep a manual lathe for "just in case" ops, its always busy! i just wish they had kept a Bridgeport clone because that would be super busy! we now resort to mag drills and butchery to get the job out.
I know for a fact that if I were in a better region, I'd be very busy. I currently do a lot of work for cnc shops. Rework, one offs, modifications. But in a dead region, even that isn't much.
@@TopperMachineLLC (via email) i understand that my employer is now looking for an old style mill with DRO for stuff, but are concerned because of the lack of training/qualifications.......health and safety laws here in the UK are a nightmare .....!!!
@levitated-pit it's no different here. Gotta overstep has destroyed many things.
@@TopperMachineLLC im 64 yrs old with no formal quals in machining... but ive done it all my working life .... and HR says im not qualified! 3 more yrs and i retire and fuck them all!
Happy new year josh. ❤
Happy new year!
Sorry to hear about the business, it will pick up through word of mouth, Happy new year Josh.
It's been 13 years and it still hasn't picked up. Begging on TH-cam is my last ditch effort.
Josh, I’d be interested in a set of pin jaws, either nitride coated or blued, with ability, but not requirement, to screw mount. Thank you.
I am exploring black oxide coated
I am thinking I would have some non-traditional uses for the pin jaws, including attaching a pin each to a pair of flexible/NOGA-style holders and small vice grips to each of the other ends for bench holding small parts (for tig welding) and wires for soldering. With a pair of pin jaws, the work holding possibilities increase. Would you consider making jaws for different vices and/or providing a template drawing onto which a customer would designate their desired dimensions?
I'm thinking of a few sets that are not drilled for mounting so people can drill for odd vises.
Happy New Year from the oldest town in Texas, Nacogdoches. We’re hoping that 2025 is a good one for you.
Happy New Year to you from Wisconsin.
happy new year
I'd definitely buy at least one set of those custom dowel pin vise jaws! I added pins to my 4" heinrich vise, and it's been amazing for holding odd shaped parts! I think those dowel pin jaws would work well for holding large plates on the mill, with the jaws mounted to the back of the vise, and the front of the vise. Also you could add bushings to go around the pins to act as parallels to keep large plate work off the top of the jaw to allow clearance while drilling / milling. Keep up the good work and great videos!
Thanks!
Thank you very much! This is greatly appreciated. Happy New Year to you.
Happy New Year, Josh to you and your family. And here's hoping the new year brings new jobs and business opportunities to your door. I hope the new administration can turn this economy around in time for it to make a difference. Maybe restoring oil pipeline work on our side of the border with Canada will bring back some of the jobs and work to the region. Your local, state and federal representatives should be looking to establish Enterprise Zones to incent companies to bring their jobs there.
Like your idea on an online store and service provider. You obviously know the need to adapt and overcome in order to survive. Far easier said than done but you are doing it which puts you ahead of the game. Just think...if Union Pacific Railroad had realized that they were in the passenger transportation business--not the cargo transportation business--we would be flying on Union Pacific Airlines today.
Hang in there, brother. Saying a prayer for your success in 2025. Cheers.
I feel the damage to my region is irreparable. The infrastructure is gone. They have pushed tourism so much that the only jobs left are crap. There is no fixing my region. But I'll keep pushing for at least 1 more year. Trying new things until I'm either too burnt out, broke, or move onto some other career.
Happy new year Josh.
Happy new year!
Happy New Year! I think it is a great idea to make and sell the jaws. You could make to order if you are unsure about interest, I am sure people would be happy to wait a while. It is something we would be interested in but it is possible that the spacing for the jaw fixings are different on our vice. Price and overseas shipping is always a consideration although we now have a US postal address for onward forwarding. If you can let us know the spacing or add the specification to the website we will check them out to see if they fit.
I plan to make them to fit Kurt vise standards. I'm not sure what that means for your vises, but I could do a custom run.
I’m interested in the jaws
I hope business picks up and you get orders across the country. I think that small products like the jaws etc will be a great addition. If I was in the US I would buy some.
I appreciate that! I think so too. I'm still working on getting everything set up, though.
I’ll take a set of jaws to help out. This reminds me of the Rose Index tool. The instant that I saw the first one I thought, “I can make one of those”, and I did. I’ve felt kind of bad about that ever since, because he was a guy who had a great idea and was trying to sell them and people like me didn’t step up.
I thought the same thing when you started to explain how you modified those Snap Jaws. This time I’ll buy.
Happy New Year, BTW
Thanks! I appreciate the support, and I hope you like them.
Snap Jaws.....watching....."hold my beer'.
Though i would be highly interested in the jaws, so when do you plan to place them in your store, ty josh.
Your channel is Tops, Josh Topper….best wishes from Orlando…Paul