How to use a U DRILL on a Manual Lathe ??
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topics included in the video : Tool Holders, Setting Up, Coolant and other helpful tips.
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That’s an excellent idea Peter. Nice one mate 👍
Hey Aaron.
It's good to see you still watching 🙂
It was a bit of an add-on video for what I should have included in the previous video I posted.
Seems like a few people enjoyed watching it 🤔.
I have never had this big of an audience for one of my videos.
At the moment, I'm busy making ACME nuts on the DN Solutions Lathe.
I still remember making these on the Manual Lathe 😴🙄
Then over on the Mill.
Thread Milling.
Finally, a Good machine for making parts 🙂👌
Hopefully, some more videos are planned when I have time ??
Thanks for watching this video.
All the best.
Peter 👍
U-drills are pretty awesome. I run them all the time on the CNC lathes. Powerful internal coolant is a must as well as automatic feed. So on a manual lathe, mount the tool on the support and not the tailstock. Also take care to align or better, have a setup that does not need alignment. You need the most stable setup possible, ideally eliminate the compound slide.
Another great feature of U-drills is that they can be run a bit off-center which often gets me directly to finish cutting with a boring bar. Yes we have a lot of different sizes in the shop. The ER collets are available with internal sealing but I think it is better to use the Weldon system as intended. Also this allows for for proper indexing when drilling off-center. It takes a bit of creative solutions to get the coolant through. The flat on the shaft of drills and boring bars is a leak path to be eliminated.
I agree with your thoughts of mounting the U-Drill in the Toolpost would be a much better idea and feeding in with the Leadscrew to keep the Feed Rate even.
I decided to show the U-Drill mounted in the Tailstock for a few reasons ??
Most Manual Lathes have a reasonably good Tailstock, but possibly not the capabilities to hold a U-Drill in the Toolpost.
It also makes the video easier to follow if I don't need to show how to align the U-Drill to the centre of the part.
I was trying to include as much information as possible but without adding too much for those who might be watching.
Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts 😊👍
Very interesting and thorough. Thanks.
Hi Dudley
Thanks so much for watching.
😊👍
Just brilliant! You made a solid friend out of me. Thanks for this video. I got quite a bit out of what you had to say here. The main thing was seeing your design and implementation of the ER collet water seal. I got it! You've definitely got me sold on the ER holder rather than the 2 bolt. I try to have tooling that serves as many uses as possible which ER delivers on.
I think U drills on a manual lathe is brilliant and underutilized. No materials should be off limits if the will to work with them is there. I like to machine a lot of titanium and stainless. So for me, getting an initial through hole in titanium is one of the hardest tasks. Something where this application will really help me out I think.
I'm got a PM-1236 lathe. It's set up with water cooling already. You've now got me started with a task list to get ready for adding U drill capabilities. I'm going to set up some magnetic splash guards as you've done as well as make a chuck cover for safety and water control. I'll likely have to switch out pumps at some point but will surely rock what I've got for a while- working within it's limits.
That rear plumbing plug is interesting and I'd like to know more. I recently modified some plastic versions of that I bought from a hardware store to use as Purge Plugs for some 3" titanium tube I was welding. Worked wonderful though I did some thermal warping on a couple sides by accident and virtue of plastic vs. metal.
Given that I already have a water cooled lathe, from my research so far, it looks like I can get up and running with a setup like this for under $100 into an ER to MT3 holder and a U drill with inserts. Thanks to the magic of modern day Chinese manufacturing and selling practices. This type of interest and purchase is the most fringe of fringe for a normal bloke who likes to be able to make things :-)
Thanks to your original comment.
I could make a better video about this topic.
After watching the previous video I posted, I realised a lot of information was missing ??
It was good to make another video that will be more helpful to others who might watch.
It sounds like you enjoy pushing your limits when working with a metal most people would never bother with.
I was previously doing work for a company who specialised in Titanium.
Unfortunately I was not able to continue with this type of work in my own shop for other customers.
Being that not many people use Titanium.
Mostly it was only small components for motorsports.
Even then it was rare
And some customers could never understand why it cost so much to weld ??
For that reason I decided best to keep quiet when someone mentioned Titanium.
Now I keep myself busy making components for other companies.
Not as enjoyable as more specialised work.
But, It keeps me busy 😊👍
Good one Peter . 👍
Thanks Max.
I thought this video might be worth revisiting.
A bit more information might help👍👍
nice video
Really appreciate you taking the time to watch👍
Yes mate. I’m still watching. But I have been very slack keeping up with all my buddies 👍🍻
I am much the same.
Watching.
Not watching 🙄😅
I guess you can only watch something IF it's interesting.
When you start seeing too many videos that you don't find interesting anymore.
It does get to a point of saying.
Mmmmm, I'm not sure I will bother watching anymore ??
You disappear from lack of interest.
Then you see a video you like.
Back watching the same channel again.
🤣👍
I'm still Subscribed to both of your channels.
Not sure for how much longer, though 🤔
This Aaron bloke doesn't seem like he's that interested 🤣
The only downside I'm finding with running these ACME nuts on a Lathe.
They seem to be getting down too quickly ???
At least on the Mill, I could load in 6 at a time and do something else.
But, Thread Milling is.
Sooooo 🐌 😴 💤
Just about to finish for the day.
I need to enjoy some of my Saturday night 😁👍
@@weldmachine well it’s good to hear from you Peter. Plus it was great seeing you a couple of weeks ago. Next time we will smash a pork roll or fish and chips 😂
Still riding the new E-bike to work. However got the flu 🤧 this week and that the brakes on me.
Enjoy your Saturday night and weekend Peter. Say hi 👋 to your darling for me. Cheers 🍻
@DCT_Aaron_Engineering
The next Lunch is at my shop 🙂👍