James Greene is a lucky guy. He orders me around, and gets to watch me slave over the lathe for him while he sits back sipping coffee out of his cool mug.
Thanks Uncle Tom. I always want to impress you with my young skillz. I have much to learn, and watching your videos always brings new pleasure and excitement to my work. Thanks for stopping by buddy. Always good to hear from you! Adam
Hey Adam. Glad you got the hammer and can use the tool holders. The handle of the hammer I turned out of a piece of 1.125" 1018 I had sitting around. I used a radius tool I ground to cut the grooves into the handle. The handle is coated in a spray on type bed liner and the rest is painted with duracoat paint. Thanks again for all the help your videos have been. Mike
Gotcha Mike. I guess that explains why the surface looked like it had a little pitting in it. Very cool hammer, and I will be using it! Thanks so much for making it for me. Another viewer chimed in and said he lives close to you. stirmind
Always learn something watching not only the machine work, but the goodies you receive, nice to know what some tools are for etc. Thanks for sharing. Down Under.
Adam, Just wanted to say that you do an outstanding job with your work, and also I like the way that you explain it all, and then take us through the process, it gives us all some good insight into how things are done, we are never too old to learn, that's for sure, and we certainly appreciate the effort that you make to film it and then put it all up on TH-cam. The reason I am saying this is I saw your other comments further down the page regarding someone having posted some stupid commentary previously, but don't take it to heart too much mate, we think you are a champion and that's what its all about, your Dad and Grandad taught you, and now you are sharing with us the knowledge and techniques that you have acquired, and we certainly appreciate that very much. regards John MD Auckland NZ
Thanks John, glad you are enjoying my videos. I've learned a lot in the past year on how to handle myself here on TH-cam. I put myself out there for anyone to see, so some people are going to criticize me on many levels. Constructive criticism I can take as I am always learning and exploring new ways to complete something, or learning more about what I do in general. It's the people who leave nasty, rude, or insulting comments that I don't have time for. I usually ignore them for the most part, but theres a couple that have gotten under my skin. You can't make everyone happy out there. Thanks John! Adam
Hi Adam, I started watching TH-cam machinist videos about July 2013. I've seen all of your posted videos, as well as almost all of the other machinists. This new found entertainment (better than TV) has me wanting to learn enough about maching so that I can possibly do this as a hobby in the future. Your videos are super nice, ecucational, entertaining and show a lot of your talented skills, maching and videoing. As this video shows, I would say that you are the "Top Gun" of the maching world. You just know how to make everything fit without force. Thank you for taking your valuable time to show your high quality work and for providing us viewers with great action. This Sir, is another job well done!
Thank you very much Arkansas. I don't know about being Top Gun though...LOL Theres always more to learn. I have to agree about watching youtube vs TV. I like to bring it up on the bigscreen and watch everyone else's videos when my wife isnt using it.
Thanks Adam for the videos. I Am an Engineer in a Bakery in Portland, Oregon.. The Asiago Pretzels and the Chonga Bagel @ Starbucks are just a couple items we mass produce for our customers.. I have found over the years that OEM parts are rather costly, So I purchased a mill a lathe and started to study you and several other folks. The information has been extremely helpful in my training. I just want to make sure you know how much the time and energy you put into the videos is greatly appreciated. Thank you Adam Steve O.
Very cool Steve. Thanks for the comments. It's always great to hear that people are using some of the things that I and others are showing in our videos. For you that could mean less downtime by being able to make or repair a part in house for your business. It's always great to hear from others in other big business across this country. Thanks Steve. Adam
Hi Adam, I think James is gonna be thrilled when he gets that backplate, awesome job as always, that looks like a really good grade of cast iron, looked like it machined and threaded really well. Always a pleasure to watch you work, great video! Mike
Hey Mike. Good to hear from ya. The material is Ductile Iron. It's what we use to machine hydraulic parts like pistons and rod glands. It machine very nice. Keep it in mind next time you make some parts for a cylinder.
hey adam, quick bearing related question for ya. i've just started rebuilding a gear head lathe and there is a tapered timken bearing on main spindle. question is how do i know when there is enough preload on it so i know where to lock the reload nut?? i posted a video on my channel showing the inside of the gearbox, might see the locking ring nut i'm talking about. any advice at all would be welcome in comments .. thanks again man.
im green with anvy over your workshop :) I do love to watch you and the other great machinists Tom,Keith and Keith and mrpete. It`s nice to se things done oldschool. my regards from sweden.
Enjoyed the video. I think I have my lathe threading dial gear figured out now so I am ready to go. I have never threaded inside a boar like that so learned something from you again! Thanks
I don't think I've ever threaded a Boar myself, but inside a bore yes. Good to hear your working out the troubles of the Grizzly lathe. Thanks for stopping by Steve!
Nice job Adam, looks real good. I think I'm going to have to find some of those pads for cleaning up metal I have a job coming up they would work real good on. Take care
Eyup Adam. ( That's Yorkshire for 'Hello' ) Just hearing you there saying how you have all this video to edit and stuff to do and plans for this and that. Well, I for one really appreciate all the time and effort, patiance, expirience and skills that you share and I can see that you are a grafter, meaning hard working conscientious chap, worthy, as Keith Fenner would say. But don't be burning yourself out man. Better weather is about, time to get that grill out and kick back occasionally :) We can wait a bit, the content is always worth it. Yours, in appreciation, Spyda
No problem my friend. Thanks for taking up for those of us who do rather than just internet jockey. I have a couple of 3" diameter spindles to machine. These spindles are on a big cart on a Grain drill and have broken 4 times, so now I am going to try to make a set that won't give up. I am going to shoot some video of it and try to show some radius work to help relieve the stress where it always breaks. I am going to use fatigueproof since it is too long to fit in my buddies heat treat oven. I suspect the originals are just made of cold rolled.
All that guy does is post negative criticizing comments to everyone. I had enough of his shit and banned him from my channel. I don't need someone always telling me I'm wrong and how to do it better. He's not here to make friends, only piss people off.
If James don't like that there's something wrong with him. lolol Cast is so much different than steel isn't it. I watched your Georgia video to. That looked like an interesting place to be, can't wait to see you operating a steam locomotive. My granddad was an engineer on one of the big Mally engines that came up the Big Sandy line. My other granddad on my mothers side was a foreman on the C&O railroad. My son works on the same line as both of my granddad's did. See ya Mark
Hey! I live in Valley Springs now too! I'll have to stop by Mike Dittman's shop to see what he's got going on... If you read this Mr. Dittman, nice hammer, glad to see another fan of Adam's in Calaveras County! We have a small farm out off of old Milton Rd. and sell our veggies at the farmer's markets in Angels Camp. Enjoyed the videos again Adam, and I just got a little kick that one of you packages came from my town, we're everywhere! LOL! Aloha...Chuckie.
Hey Chuckie, small world. I'm over in the Rancho area. Shoot me an e-mail and maybe I could show you my little shop. Mikedittman81@gmail.com. Thanks, Mike
Sent you an email Mr. Dittman, thanks for reaching, out...just another cool thing that the internet can do for us...nice. See you when you've got some free time..or even a project you need a hand with. I may have a disabled back, but my hands and feet still work...at least that's what my brain is telling me, lol.
That was a little slower than what I usually thread, but a course 8 pitch to a blind pull-out, I needed to slow it down a little so I could watch my dial. Most of my normal everyday threading I usually turn 300-400 rpm. Thanks for stopping by John!
Yea i need to replace it, but I've been using it for soo long now it's hard to justify because it still works perfectly. That was a $20 indicator we bought probably 10 year ago...LOL I have a couple more el-chepos on standby when that one decides to bite the dust.
I'm about to do this exact job , except I already have a backplate I bought with a bore hole . All I need to do is make the bore bigger and do a 7 tpi . Never cut an internal thread before so thank you Adam for this exceptionally well done job ,even to the smallest details ..... Love it love love it 😊 . Oh!!! Any tips on a newbie trying to cut an internal thread for the very first time in cast iron . Sean
great video adam, it was very timely for me, as I recently acquired my first lathe with only a 3 jaw. I've since added a 4 jaw chuch which came with no backplate. 1 3/4 - 8 threaded assemblies are a bit like rocking horse manure and hens teeth.... i.e. not there to be found.. I have found a few vendors that list threaded blank plates, but 2 of three listed them as out of stock. not very useful. watching you has me thinking of looking for a ductile billet and trying my luck if the price is right. thanks for the inspiration!!! michael
Hi, excellent video, those grinding/stripping discs looks excellent, someone who would give them an excellent review and really appreciate some new products is the lovley couple at SV Seeker, thats there youtube channel, there building a 75' yacht so lots of welding, grinding, de-rusting, could you put them intouch with your friend who sent you the wheels, cheers oliver.
Those wheels are commercially available from any industrial supply. The person who sent them to me just did that as a gift because he likes using them and knows how useful they are. I'll have to check out SV's channel.
Adam Thanks for the great videos. I haven't ever machined cast iron and was wondering why you didn't use any cutting oil while machining this piece. Thanks.
Adam, would it have been possible to cut a relief groove for the inside threads? I about jumped out of the seat when I saw how fast the dial indicator came up to 12 0'clock....but MAN do you have fast hands. A very nice piece of work and I'm sure the customer will enjoy it. Regards, Eric
There's nothing wrong with cutting a thread relief on something like this, and I do it often when needed. But I've adapted this technique and it always works good for me. If you pull out near the same position of the dial each time you wont dig in on that last thread. it does take some practice though.
Hey guys, I have a Jet 9x20 that I want to open up the spindle ID. I have already opened the chuck end up but am unable to reach all the way through. My thoughts were to just purchase another and turn it out then swap them. Any other ideas? Thank you!
Abom79 Yea I could. I guess the thing there is to do whichever is cheaper because the drill that size could possibly cost a good bit more than a new spindle for the little 9x20. haha Thanks!
If you use the brazed on tools you can get nice solid chips from ductile iron, verses tiny fine chips that spray a mile away when using carbide insert tools.
Hey Adam, sorry for asking a question on such an old video. I'm watching this as I'm about to need to do the same thing to my 10"" Logan lathe. Quick question how to turn an 8" back plate on a 5 or 6" Chuck?
Great start. Was that 60-40-18 Ductile iron? I need to make some plates for my lathe. Could you show what to do when you don't have a test spindle. Also, finish the blank. Show the correct way to indicate the holes. Especially when the lathe you are using is the one you are making a plate for. Thank you!!
When I was roughing I was using a .010 feed rate (per revolution), then slowed it down to about .007 on the finish cuts. I think I had about 4 hours in the whole job over two evenings, and thats including all the camera time. Thanks Lawrence.
At 20:10 I am sure that Adam is using a tool called a "chuck." I identify that tool by it appearance. BTY this particular chuck is a Jacobs chuck. I can tell that just by looking, because I know my tools.
Nice work on the back plate Adam. What was the reasoning behind the selection of material for the project? Were there properties to the material that played in, or is that what James supplied / you had on hand?
It's some material I had on hand to use, and its easy to get. I believe many of the rough backing plates you can buy are machined from cast also. This piece was actually considered ductile iron, which is nicer to machine that cast iron.
Hi Adam, once again a highly enjoyable vid in turning metal! If I could be cheeky, because I fabricate big stuff, could you get any clips of some big turning, maybe from your day job? Any heavy duty hydraulics you got lined up? Just wondering...All the best to you and your family!
Nothing big going on right this minute, but I'm always on the lookout for new video opportunity. I'll be sure share it when I can. Thanks for the comments!
Hi mate. You are not thinking of coming to West Australia by any chance??? I made a face plate as well ( my first project) and compared to yours, it looks like a dog's breakfast. On top of that I don't dare to make the thread, because my lathe is metric, but I need 8TPI..... Nice product. Marcel.
Hey Adam, Another excellent SNS! I have never seen anyone register a 4-jaw chuck as fast as you do! We will have to change your name to "Mr. Four Jaw". :-) I have a 4-1/2" Milwaukee angle grinder. I will have to order some of those pads to clean the crap off scrap I will use for welding projects. I'm sure you got some great video from the rebuild in Tifton, GA. I've seem Keith's and it looks like everyone was working hard and loving every minute of it. How does Keith's lathe compare with your Monarch? Thanks again for a great video, Mr. Four Jaw! Regards, Dave
I'm sure some of you are just as efficient with the 4 jaw as I am. But it's nice to hear the comments. The Lodge&Shipley is a nice lathe. The only think I would have to criticize about it is the noise the motor makes. It's quite loud. Other than that its a fine heavy duty machine. Yea I'm looking forward to using the Blaze wheels. I'm sure after I use them I will continue to have them around. They look qute usefull in a machine shop. Thanks Dave!
When using a machine with an SAE lead screw, you can engage and disengage the half nuts and still pick up your threads when cutting standard pitches. It's all in the math.
You can use either or, but the cast iron machines easier to me. That's quite a large size to start with so the ductile iron is a better pick because of its size on tap from the suppliers.
Abom79 I was going to ask if that was ductile iron. I've been working a large piece of 65-45-12 recently, a first for me, and noticed that the difference in the chips vs. gray cast iron. Ductile iron still makes a fine dusty mess, though. Thank you for all the great video!
I'm wondering why you have more than one lathe. A lot of people seem to, but I kind of figured as long as you have a big enough lathe, you would never use a smaller one, even for small parts. I know in a later video you switched lathes rather than switched chucks, but here you've got 4-jaws on both. Can you set me straight?
Hi Sir, I love your video's very much,but would it be possible to rather title your video's according to the job by any chance,because the title is the first thing we viewers check and get an idea of what the video is about Thanks again.
The finished product was really good looking. It's pretty cool to get the custom made part and then to be able to watch it being made is awesome.
James Greene is a lucky guy. He orders me around, and gets to watch me slave over the lathe for him while he sits back sipping coffee out of his cool mug.
I can send you a cool mug if you like. You can even send me a project you would like done and do the same thing to me if you want.
James, gotta give you a hard time, that's how you do me right! LOL
I do like that coffee mug you showed me. Funny stuff for sure!
Excellent videos shots Adam. Very sharp. Nice work.
Fantastic job on the backplate its a pleasure to watch a craftsman at work thanks for sharing
Hey Adam,
Nice work my friend. James is going to be a very happy eagle.
All the best,
Tom
Thanks Uncle Tom. I always want to impress you with my young skillz. I have much to learn, and watching your videos always brings new pleasure and excitement to my work.
Thanks for stopping by buddy. Always good to hear from you!
Adam
Abom79
Hey Adam. Glad you got the hammer and can use the tool holders. The handle of the hammer I turned out of a piece of 1.125" 1018 I had sitting around. I used a radius tool I ground to cut the grooves into the handle. The handle is coated in a spray on type bed liner and the rest is painted with duracoat paint.
Thanks again for all the help your videos have been.
Mike
Gotcha Mike. I guess that explains why the surface looked like it had a little pitting in it. Very cool hammer, and I will be using it! Thanks so much for making it for me.
Another viewer chimed in and said he lives close to you. stirmind
Every machinist has his strengths and yours is certainly threading. I always enjoy watching you do threading operations.
Colin
Thanks Colin!
That's incredible, from a chunk of cast iron, to a quality usable tool. Great video, thanks for sharing.
Thanks Ken!
Un grand merci à toi pour nous faire partager l'amour de ton métier et la passion qui t'anime
Un fan Français 👍😀👍🇫🇷
Always learn something watching not only the machine work, but the goodies you receive, nice to know what some tools are for etc. Thanks for sharing.
Down Under.
Great ideas you show on the indicators, Thanks
Adam,
Just wanted to say that you do an outstanding job with your work, and also I like the way that you explain it all, and then take us through the process, it gives us all some good insight into how things are done, we are never too old to learn, that's for sure, and we certainly appreciate the effort that you make to film it and then put it all up on TH-cam.
The reason I am saying this is I saw your other comments further down the page regarding someone having posted some stupid commentary previously, but don't take it to heart too much mate, we think you are a champion and that's what its all about, your Dad and Grandad taught you, and now you are sharing with us the knowledge and techniques that you have acquired, and we certainly appreciate that very much.
regards
John MD
Auckland NZ
Thanks John, glad you are enjoying my videos. I've learned a lot in the past year on how to handle myself here on TH-cam. I put myself out there for anyone to see, so some people are going to criticize me on many levels. Constructive criticism I can take as I am always learning and exploring new ways to complete something, or learning more about what I do in general.
It's the people who leave nasty, rude, or insulting comments that I don't have time for. I usually ignore them for the most part, but theres a couple that have gotten under my skin. You can't make everyone happy out there.
Thanks John!
Adam
Hi Adam,
I started watching TH-cam machinist videos about July 2013. I've seen all of your posted videos, as well as almost all of the other machinists. This new found entertainment (better than TV) has me wanting to learn enough about maching so that I can possibly do this as a hobby in the future. Your videos are super nice, ecucational, entertaining and show a lot of your talented skills, maching and videoing. As this video shows, I would say that you are the "Top Gun" of the maching world. You just know how to make everything fit without force.
Thank you for taking your valuable time to show your high quality work and for providing us viewers with great action. This Sir, is another job well done!
Thank you very much Arkansas. I don't know about being Top Gun though...LOL Theres always more to learn.
I have to agree about watching youtube vs TV. I like to bring it up on the bigscreen and watch everyone else's videos when my wife isnt using it.
Thanks Adam for the videos.
I Am an Engineer in a Bakery in Portland, Oregon..
The Asiago Pretzels and the Chonga Bagel @ Starbucks are just a couple items we mass produce for our customers..
I have found over the years that OEM parts are rather costly, So I purchased a mill a lathe and started to study you and several other folks. The information has been extremely helpful in my training.
I just want to make sure you know how much the time and energy you put into the videos is greatly appreciated.
Thank you Adam
Steve O.
Very cool Steve. Thanks for the comments. It's always great to hear that people are using some of the things that I and others are showing in our videos. For you that could mean less downtime by being able to make or repair a part in house for your business.
It's always great to hear from others in other big business across this country.
Thanks Steve.
Adam
Hi Adam, I think James is gonna be thrilled when he gets that backplate, awesome job as always, that looks like a really good grade of cast iron, looked like it machined and threaded really well. Always a pleasure to watch you work, great video!
Mike
Hey Mike. Good to hear from ya. The material is Ductile Iron. It's what we use to machine hydraulic parts like pistons and rod glands. It machine very nice. Keep it in mind next time you make some parts for a cylinder.
thanks again adam for sharing your work with us
Thanks Billy!
hey adam, quick bearing related question for ya.
i've just started rebuilding a gear head lathe and there is a tapered timken bearing on main spindle. question is how do i know when there is enough preload on it so i know where to lock the reload nut??
i posted a video on my channel showing the inside of the gearbox, might see the locking ring nut i'm talking about.
any advice at all would be welcome in comments ..
thanks again man.
im green with anvy over your workshop :) I do love to watch you and the other great machinists Tom,Keith and Keith and mrpete. It`s nice to se things done oldschool. my regards from sweden.
Excellent Adam. Enjoyed the SNS!
Another well done job, turned out great, thanks for sharing.
Thanks Richard!
Enjoyed the video. I think I have my lathe threading dial gear figured out now so I am ready to go. I have never threaded inside a boar like that so learned something from you again! Thanks
I don't think I've ever threaded a Boar myself, but inside a bore yes. Good to hear your working out the troubles of the Grizzly lathe.
Thanks for stopping by Steve!
Abom79 I ain't tellin' & neither is Porky!
Good video Adam. That cast iron sure machined nicely. You make the whole thing look so easy..
That is a Nice looking piece !!! Great Job you done making it
it's like slow tv, great! Thanks for sharing.
As an amateur machinist I'm in awe. Thanks so much.
Really nice Adam, smooth, and a great fit! You no doubt have one happy camper waiting for it's return to finish it up and fit the other side... :o)
O,
"inch system is so difficult but metric system is so simple" great work Mr. Adam!
Looking forward to seeing some of the train footage. Hopefully it will be usable. Not a lot of room on that engine. Great video thanks. Sam
Cast iron always looks so interesting when turned. There's a texture that catches light in a way that steel doesn't.
perfection is the norm at Abom shop !
Thanks George!
Nice job Bud, I bet that cast was quite pricey,
I must say, you get some nice gifts off ya viewers,
Nice one keep em coming buddy ;-))
Regards, Mark.
Nice job Adam, looks real good. I think I'm going to have to find some of those pads for cleaning up metal I have a job coming up they would work real good on. Take care
Hi Adam,
Ben here from Perth, Australia.
Nice videos! I too am a machinist and really enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work!
Ben
Eyup Adam. ( That's Yorkshire for 'Hello' )
Just hearing you there saying how you have all this video to edit and stuff to do and plans for this and that. Well, I for one really appreciate all the time and effort, patiance, expirience and skills that you share and I can see that you are a grafter, meaning hard working conscientious chap, worthy, as Keith Fenner would say.
But don't be burning yourself out man. Better weather is about, time to get that grill out and kick back occasionally :) We can wait a bit, the content is always worth it.
Yours, in appreciation, Spyda
Great vid abom. Enjoyed it as usual.
Gill
Hey buddy Gill, thanks for stopping by, and the great comments! Glad you enjoyed it.
Adam
Nice work! Thanks for sharing this project with us. :) Like John doubleboost I think you thread pretty fast!
Thanks Brian! Hey I hope you didn't mind me ranting a little on your video.
No problem my friend. Thanks for taking up for those of us who do rather than just internet jockey. I have a couple of 3" diameter spindles to machine. These spindles are on a big cart on a Grain drill and have broken 4 times, so now I am going to try to make a set that won't give up. I am going to shoot some video of it and try to show some radius work to help relieve the stress where it always breaks. I am going to use fatigueproof since it is too long to fit in my buddies heat treat oven. I suspect the originals are just made of cold rolled.
Curious, did you delete his comments or did he do it on his own? I noticed there gone now.
Sounds like a good job your working on.
Must have done it on his own. I didn't delete anything.
All that guy does is post negative criticizing comments to everyone. I had enough of his shit and banned him from my channel. I don't need someone always telling me I'm wrong and how to do it better. He's not here to make friends, only piss people off.
If James don't like that there's something wrong with him. lolol Cast is so much different than steel isn't it. I watched your Georgia video to. That looked like an interesting place to be, can't wait to see you operating a steam locomotive. My granddad was an engineer on one of the big Mally engines that came up the Big Sandy line. My other granddad on my mothers side was a foreman on the C&O railroad. My son works on the same line as both of my granddad's did.
See ya
Mark
Very cool Mark! I had a good time both riding and driving the train with Keith!
Hey! I live in Valley Springs now too! I'll have to stop by Mike Dittman's shop to see what he's got going on...
If you read this Mr. Dittman, nice hammer, glad to see another fan of Adam's in Calaveras County! We have a small farm out off of old Milton Rd. and sell our veggies at the farmer's markets in Angels Camp.
Enjoyed the videos again Adam, and I just got a little kick that one of you packages came from my town, we're everywhere! LOL!
Aloha...Chuckie.
Thanks Chuckie. Maybe Mike Dittman will chime in here and you guys can meet up and swap stories.
Hey Chuckie, small world. I'm over in the Rancho area. Shoot me an e-mail and maybe I could show you my little shop. Mikedittman81@gmail.com.
Thanks,
Mike
Sent you an email Mr. Dittman, thanks for reaching, out...just another cool thing that the internet can do for us...nice. See you when you've got some free time..or even a project you need a hand with. I may have a disabled back, but my hands and feet still work...at least that's what my brain is telling me, lol.
Hi
Adam
Nice job on the back plate
I still find it hard to belive how fast you run the lathe to screw cut
Best
John
That was a little slower than what I usually thread, but a course 8 pitch to a blind pull-out, I needed to slow it down a little so I could watch my dial. Most of my normal everyday threading I usually turn 300-400 rpm.
Thanks for stopping by John!
@@Abom79 I have a shell mill that I wanted to see if you'd be interested in.
Looks like ya need a new crystal for your travel gauge.....great work by the way....
Yea i need to replace it, but I've been using it for soo long now it's hard to justify because it still works perfectly. That was a $20 indicator we bought probably 10 year ago...LOL
I have a couple more el-chepos on standby when that one decides to bite the dust.
I'm about to do this exact job , except I already have a backplate I bought with a bore hole . All I need to do is make the bore bigger and do a 7 tpi . Never cut an internal thread before so thank you Adam for this exceptionally well done job ,even to the smallest details ..... Love it love love it 😊 .
Oh!!! Any tips on a newbie trying to cut an internal thread for the very first time in cast iron .
Sean
great video adam,
it was very timely for me, as I recently acquired my first lathe with only a 3 jaw. I've since added a 4 jaw chuch which came with no backplate. 1 3/4 - 8 threaded assemblies are a bit like rocking horse manure and hens teeth.... i.e. not there to be found..
I have found a few vendors that list threaded blank plates, but 2 of three listed them as out of stock. not very useful.
watching you has me thinking of looking for a ductile billet and trying my luck if the price is right.
thanks for the inspiration!!!
michael
Good job Adam...you're a threading guru! I'd like to see you try the "Blaze" wheels on some of the blue/black hot roll scale if you get a chance.
We'll have to test some out on that mill scale Jim!
I think James will be very pleased with that Adam
I think James Greene will be a happy camper with this one. I'm sure hes looking forward to getting it back.
I think you mean 8"!!!
Amazing work!
Nice one as always.
cracking video adam nicely executed job
Very nice...
Hi, excellent video, those grinding/stripping discs looks excellent, someone who would give them an excellent review and really appreciate some new products is the lovley couple at SV Seeker, thats there youtube channel, there building a 75' yacht so lots of welding, grinding, de-rusting, could you put them intouch with your friend who sent you the wheels, cheers oliver.
Those wheels are commercially available from any industrial supply. The person who sent them to me just did that as a gift because he likes using them and knows how useful they are. I'll have to check out SV's channel.
My wife asked me if I want to watch tv, I said no thanks I'm just going to watch Adam machine something.
Adam
Thanks for the great videos. I haven't ever machined cast iron and was wondering why you didn't use any cutting oil while machining this piece. Thanks.
No need for cutting oil when machining cast or ductile. Flood coolant would be good but not an option on that lathe.
Adam, would it have been possible to cut a relief groove for the inside threads? I about jumped out of the seat when I saw how fast the dial indicator came up to 12 0'clock....but MAN do you have fast hands. A very nice piece of work and I'm sure the customer will enjoy it. Regards,
Eric
There's nothing wrong with cutting a thread relief on something like this, and I do it often when needed. But I've adapted this technique and it always works good for me. If you pull out near the same position of the dial each time you wont dig in on that last thread. it does take some practice though.
Nice work!
Hey guys, I have a Jet 9x20 that I want to open up the spindle ID. I have already opened the chuck end up but am unable to reach all the way through. My thoughts were to just purchase another and turn it out then swap them. Any other ideas? Thank you!
It's possible you could buy the right size taper shank drill you need, and a socket extention and drill it out. But your way sounds good too.
Abom79 Yea I could. I guess the thing there is to do whichever is cheaper because the drill that size could possibly cost a good bit more than a new spindle for the little 9x20. haha Thanks!
good stuff Adam
I was surprised to see such comparatively large chips instead of dust coming from cast iron.
If you use the brazed on tools you can get nice solid chips from ductile iron, verses tiny fine chips that spray a mile away when using carbide insert tools.
Abom79 Thanks for the info!
Hey Adam, sorry for asking a question on such an old video. I'm watching this as I'm about to need to do the same thing to my 10"" Logan lathe. Quick question how to turn an 8" back plate on a 5 or 6" Chuck?
Complimenti per il tuo video !!!
Great start. Was that 60-40-18 Ductile iron?
I need to make some plates for my lathe. Could you show what to do when you don't have a test spindle.
Also, finish the blank. Show the correct way to indicate the holes.
Especially when the lathe you are using is the one you are making a plate for.
Thank you!!
Real nice Adam this defiantly took some time to complete. if you would could you tell me what feed you used for turning the od?
When I was roughing I was using a .010 feed rate (per revolution), then slowed it down to about .007 on the finish cuts. I think I had about 4 hours in the whole job over two evenings, and thats including all the camera time.
Thanks Lawrence.
Dumb question but what is a spring pass that he mentions? Thanks guys.
Cool hammer.
Nice and heavy too! Should be great for punches!
At 20:10 I am sure that Adam is using a tool called a "chuck." I identify that tool by it appearance. BTY this particular chuck is a Jacobs chuck. I can tell that just by looking, because I know my tools.
was that gray cast or ductile? Weird seeing chips instead of dust from CI. What grade carbide is that?
Do you have a video touring your shop. what is your day job? making what ? Thanks Ernie
Nice work on the back plate Adam. What was the reasoning behind the selection of material for the project? Were there properties to the material that played in, or is that what James supplied / you had on hand?
It's some material I had on hand to use, and its easy to get. I believe many of the rough backing plates you can buy are machined from cast also.
This piece was actually considered ductile iron, which is nicer to machine that cast iron.
Hi Adam, once again a highly enjoyable vid in turning metal!
If I could be cheeky, because I fabricate big stuff, could you get any clips of some big turning, maybe from your day job? Any heavy duty hydraulics you got lined up?
Just wondering...All the best to you and your family!
Nothing big going on right this minute, but I'm always on the lookout for new video opportunity. I'll be sure share it when I can.
Thanks for the comments!
Hi mate.
You are not thinking of coming to West Australia by any chance??? I made a face plate as well ( my first project) and compared to yours, it looks like a dog's breakfast. On top of that I don't dare to make the thread, because my lathe is metric, but I need 8TPI.....
Nice product.
Marcel.
Nice work Adam
adam wonder if that is cast steel....i never get chips like those from cast iron ?? Great video :)
It's actually Ductile Iron, another form of cast iron. We use it to make pistons, and glands for hydraulics. It machines beautifully.
Abom79 great to know I will try it in the future. Thanks again john
Very nice, Why wouldn't you just cut the threads all the way through ?
Hey Adam,
Another excellent SNS! I have never seen anyone register a 4-jaw chuck as fast as you do! We will have to change your name to "Mr. Four Jaw". :-) I have a 4-1/2" Milwaukee angle grinder. I will have to order some of those pads to clean the crap off scrap I will use for welding projects. I'm sure you got some great video from the rebuild in Tifton, GA. I've seem Keith's and it looks like everyone was working hard and loving every minute of it. How does Keith's lathe compare with your Monarch? Thanks again for a great video, Mr. Four Jaw!
Regards,
Dave
I'm sure some of you are just as efficient with the 4 jaw as I am. But it's nice to hear the comments.
The Lodge&Shipley is a nice lathe. The only think I would have to criticize about it is the noise the motor makes. It's quite loud. Other than that its a fine heavy duty machine.
Yea I'm looking forward to using the Blaze wheels. I'm sure after I use them I will continue to have them around. They look qute usefull in a machine shop.
Thanks Dave!
Hi Adam great job. What size swing does your pacemaker at work have?
I understand why you leave the half nut engaged and reverse out when cutting metric threads, but why don't you have to when cutting SAE threads?
When using a machine with an SAE lead screw, you can engage and disengage the half nuts and still pick up your threads when cutting standard pitches. It's all in the math.
Abom, can i make a back plate from a cold rolled steel(mild steel)?
Purcasing a cast iron plate here in Greece is very hard.
Absolutely. Nothing wrong with using steel for this. Use what ya got!
Abom79 That is great!!!
Thank you for your help!
Adam, what kind of camera do you use? Its very good catching the spinning lather parts. Love what you do. Thanks
what happened to the new bore gage
Hey Adam, nice work, why did you use cast iron instead of steel ? Thanks
Buddy
You can use either or, but the cast iron machines easier to me. That's quite a large size to start with so the ductile iron is a better pick because of its size on tap from the suppliers.
Abom79 I was going to ask if that was ductile iron. I've been working a large piece of 65-45-12 recently, a first for me, and noticed that the difference in the chips vs. gray cast iron. Ductile iron still makes a fine dusty mess, though. Thank you for all the great video!
Abom79
Cast Iron also has self damping properties, making it less prone to chatter.
Abom79 A nice piece of ductile iron to machine.
I'm wondering why you have more than one lathe. A lot of people seem to, but I kind of figured as long as you have a big enough lathe, you would never use a smaller one, even for small parts. I know in a later video you switched lathes rather than switched chucks, but here you've got 4-jaws on both. Can you set me straight?
by the way i am a new viewer and enjoy your videos emensrlry
BAD,THE DISK IS NOT PERPENDICULAR TO THE ROD , HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM
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Hi Sir,
I love your video's very much,but would it be possible to rather title your video's according to the job by any chance,because the title is the first thing we viewers check and get an idea of what the video is about
Thanks again.
Nothing more boring than watching you and others dialing in a part. Im please that youtube has a fast forward.
The rest if your videos are great