A Woodworker Attempts Machining - Making a Spring Loaded Tap Follower | DIY Tool Making | ASMR

New toys always lead to new tools. In this video I make a tap follower and a die guide for my Sherline lathe.
BTW - Blondihacks did it better.
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0:00 The Pointer
4:44 The Body
7:04 Set Screw
8:06 Die Guide
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[@TheSMEAC]

Eric, you’re a man of many talents and rich in patience my friend.

[@EricMeyerMaker]

Thank you!

[@Maker238DeLoach]

It’s the little things in life that make the angle so much nicer to obtain. The more one more tools you make the faster it will go. I think that’s the key to being a good maker, having an arsenal of shop made tools at your disposal. Awesome job sir. Sorry it took me so long to watch, I am designing a rocket.

[@EricMeyerMaker]

Thanks for tuning in! And a rocket?! That is awesome!

[@wolfman75]

👍💯💙😎🤘

[@EricMeyerMaker]

😁

[@curiousgeorge4608]

What kind of material are you using? If steel what alloy? I also added this to my list of projects after meeting the blondihacks video.
My Sherline lathe is about as big as I can handle since I have to be able to pick it up and move it.
It is always a challenge to go as big as possible on a tiny lathe.

[@EricMeyerMaker]

The body is 1018 mild steel. The tip is 4130 alloy steel only because I did not pay attention to what I was buying. I had a hard time turning that. I assume it was my issue and not a problem with the machine. If I were to do it again I would make the entire thing from 12L14 or 1018 mild steel for ease of turning. Mr. Pete had a good video on making one. It was a fun project. I love my little Sherline. It's big enough to do what I want to do amd small enough to move it around when needed.

[@curiousgeorge4608]

​@@EricMeyerMaker I never had much luck with 1018. I never seemed to be able to cut deep enough so it always seemed very stringy and rough. Probably technique and tooling issues on my part. I would use either 12L14 or I just got a few pieces of 1144 to try.

[@EricMeyerMaker]

I'll have to give that one a try. I just bought some 12L14 hex bar to make some screws for a new project. That shoukd be a fun time.