Robert, if you decide that your "wavy spring" isn't providing the proper preload for the bearings, try to get a Belleville spring/washer that is designed to give the preload needed. Your shop-made wavy washer may plastically deform without being made from "spring" material with heat treatment & tempering. Regardless, this is a very interesting video series! Thumbs up!
@@carlwhite8225 Thanks very much! Hopefully this will feature in the next video, when I get round to filming something. The mill is in bits at the mo. Y axis leadscrew is binding.
@@Griffon37 Thanks! I'm working on all the other bits I'll need. I didnt video all these, rigging up dust protection and making a chuck backplate are not that exciting!
Nicely done. A clever way to make safety guards for grinding wheels or saw blades is to go to the secondhand store and buy a suitable pot or pan and cut it apart. If really ambitious, you can make a fully enclosed guard with a small hinge to open the guard for access to the wheel or saw.
@@aceroadholder2185 Thats a good idea. I used this guard as a first go at welding aluminium as I have plans to add a port for dust extraction on the guard. I want a similar guard for my Union tool and cutter grinder to minimise dust so I can grind carbide more safely.
Gosh ! That was a lot of work, hopefully it will prove to be a very useful resource for your workshop. First results certainly look very promising. Marvellous job, i do admire how you designed it as you built it.
@@colindrakes4607 Yes, it was a lot of work and I videoed most of it, so the editing was a mammoth task too! I could have drawn everything up in 3D first, but there's always something you'd miss. Like not being able to bore an accurate bearing fit 100mm down a tube!
Nice work Robert. Finish looks really good, no sign of wheel hop. Appreciate the grinding dust is moving away from the shaper but you might want to consider protecting the ways, I find a piece of leather held in place by magnets works well on my T&C grinder. The dust from dressing seems to float more than any metal grinding. Any dust extraction you can devise will also help. Looking forward to seeing the spindle in action on a project.
@@tonyray91 Agreed, better dust protection is needed. Ideally I'll need wipers on the ram ways. I've some rubber matting that I'll use as a curtain below the ram. I hate the mess from wheel dressing.The trouble is, all these little improvements are stopping me using it for what I made it for in the first place. Its turning in to a never ending project!
@@paulhewitt1488 Thank you. Yes, that loco was in fantastic condition. The Swanage Railway is nice but its a shame it doesnt go all the way to Wareham.
@@thomasstover6272 Thanks Tom. Its a long way from being perfect. The motor is underpowered and there are other design aspects that could have been done better, but you dont know till youve tried.
Ottimo lavoro e ben realizzato! Adesso manca solo una protezione contro la polvere giusto sotto al ram , altrimenti la povere della mola và a depositarsi sugli ingranaggi e nell' olio 😢
Thank you. You're right, it does need better dust control. I'd like to fit my extractor unit to it, like the surface grinder has. Some protection on the aperture under the ram would be good too.
@@badjuju6563 I tried iso68 oil but it sounded very rattley, so I greased them instead. The grease was the stuff I use for bearings on my bicycles... because its what I had!
Same with the result from any machine tool. It wasnt intended to be a surface grinder replacement. I'll show its intended use in the next video, when I get round to recording it!
Robert, if you decide that your "wavy spring" isn't providing the proper preload for the bearings, try to get a Belleville spring/washer that is designed to give the preload needed. Your shop-made wavy washer may plastically deform without being made from "spring" material with heat treatment & tempering. Regardless, this is a very interesting video series! Thumbs up!
Robert, that is absolutely Genius, very nicely done and I look forward to the next project, thanks as always.
@@carlwhite8225 Thanks very much! Hopefully this will feature in the next video, when I get round to filming something. The mill is in bits at the mo. Y axis leadscrew is binding.
Love your shaper. You do spectacular work. Great job.
@@garysgarage101 Thank you. The shaper is one of those machines that gets used now and then, but it's too useful to part with it!
Very nice work, looking forward to see it being put to work. Thanks for sharing Robert
@@Griffon37 Thanks! I'm working on all the other bits I'll need. I didnt video all these, rigging up dust protection and making a chuck backplate are not that exciting!
Nicely done. A clever way to make safety guards for grinding wheels or saw blades is to go to the secondhand store and buy a suitable pot or pan and cut it apart. If really ambitious, you can make a fully enclosed guard with a small hinge to open the guard for access to the wheel or saw.
@@aceroadholder2185 Thats a good idea. I used this guard as a first go at welding aluminium as I have plans to add a port for dust extraction on the guard. I want a similar guard for my Union tool and cutter grinder to minimise dust so I can grind carbide more safely.
This is a great creator don't understand why he hasn't got more subscribers
@@dazinull Thanks! My presentation style might not be exciting enough for some?
Very nice work! Some innovative work holding too.
@@MicksWorkshop Thank you. Hopefully someone will get a bit of inspiration from what I show.
That sure was a fun build. And it works.
@@Rustinox I enjoyed building it! Yes, it works, just about. It wouldnt cope with a heavy cut mind.
Brilliant job, Robert!
@@MyLilMule Thanks very much!
Gosh ! That was a lot of work, hopefully it will prove to be a very useful resource for your workshop.
First results certainly look very promising.
Marvellous job, i do admire how you designed it as you built it.
@@colindrakes4607 Yes, it was a lot of work and I videoed most of it, so the editing was a mammoth task too! I could have drawn everything up in 3D first, but there's always something you'd miss. Like not being able to bore an accurate bearing fit 100mm down a tube!
Another great project and video production too. Making your own wavy washers - yeah!
@@ianpendlebury9503 Thank you! I looked at buying wavy washers but they were stupidly expensive for what they are!
Excellent Robert!.... Another top quality video as well.
Looking forward to watching you use it in "anger"😃👍🏻
@@GenauMann Thanks! I'm fixing my mill at the mo. Swarf jamming up the Y axis leadscrew - its unshielded by design.
Nice work Robert. Finish looks really good, no sign of wheel hop. Appreciate the grinding dust is moving away from the shaper but you might want to consider protecting the ways, I find a piece of leather held in place by magnets works well on my T&C grinder. The dust from dressing seems to float more than any metal grinding. Any dust extraction you can devise will also help. Looking forward to seeing the spindle in action on a project.
@@tonyray91 Agreed, better dust protection is needed. Ideally I'll need wipers on the ram ways. I've some rubber matting that I'll use as a curtain below the ram.
I hate the mess from wheel dressing.The trouble is, all these little improvements are stopping me using it for what I made it for in the first place. Its turning in to a never ending project!
Terrific machining job with a really good result, thank you so much. Love the steam train 👍👍
@@paulhewitt1488 Thank you. Yes, that loco was in fantastic condition. The Swanage Railway is nice but its a shame it doesnt go all the way to Wareham.
Lovely work, and a very useful thing to have! Thanks for sharing, Robert!
@@thomasstover6272 Thanks Tom. Its a long way from being perfect. The motor is underpowered and there are other design aspects that could have been done better, but you dont know till youve tried.
Good job on that it will be a handy tool in the future
@@stovepipe666 Thats the plan! Thanks for watching.
Great video,great machines,Robert.Thank you.
@@angelramos-2005 Thanks. I'm almost ready to do the follow up and actually use the grinder for what it was intended!
That's something new, nicely done.
@@K_Shea Thank you. Hopefully it'll work for what I want to do with it
What a beautiful idea. thanks for sharing.
@@sky173 Thanks!
hello.toujours de l'excellent travail . bonne continuation .
@@mayhem7090 Thank you, or should I say merci beaucoup!
Cracking video just subscribed
Thank you! Glad you liked it.
Ottimo lavoro e ben realizzato!
Adesso manca solo una protezione contro la polvere giusto sotto al ram , altrimenti la povere della mola và a depositarsi sugli ingranaggi e nell' olio 😢
Thank you. You're right, it does need better dust control. I'd like to fit my extractor unit to it, like the surface grinder has. Some protection on the aperture under the ram would be good too.
Brilliant
@@Paul-pl4vy Thanks!
Very nice finish! Can you wring a Jo block to that surface??
@@tonyc.4528 I wish! It's an ok ground surface, but I bet under the microscope it looks like a relief map of the Himalayas!
@@ThePottingShedWorkshop 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Was that Mr. Crispin's brothers toothbrush that you were using on those left-hand threads?
@@billdoodson4232 🤣 I don't have compressed air, so I use brushes to remove chips.
What are you using for lubrication in the grinder spindle bearings?
@@badjuju6563 I tried iso68 oil but it sounded very rattley, so I greased them instead. The grease was the stuff I use for bearings on my bicycles... because its what I had!
Of course, the results are only as flat as the ways of the ram. I'd like to see how a resulting surface blues up on a surface plate.
Same with the result from any machine tool. It wasnt intended to be a surface grinder replacement. I'll show its intended use in the next video, when I get round to recording it!