Watching for the second time to feed the youtube algorhythm ;) Absolute joy to watch, and I'll definitely be referencing it when I finally decide to make one for myself. Glad I could contribute to the content, can't wait for the next part. :)
Absolute pleasure lads! Like I said, I’m a strong believer of supporting creators. With that said, Brandon is the hero here. If you have the means, I strongly suggest signing up to his Patreon if you haven’t already 😉 if nothing else, you get to view this content early, which is a gift in and of itself
I just wanted to give a special thanks again to Patreon member Erik R. for spotting my troubles and sending along the kit. It's because of support like his, and everyone else's, that make these videos and projects possible. I couldn't be more grateful! Tune in again on January 20th for the completion of this build as well as some testing!
You're nearing 200k subscribers in less than a year of making videos. That's unheard of, and it speaks to the quality of content you're putting out. Always good, well polished stuff.
Only channel with decent content that I can think of that's grown faster than this is "Stuff Made Here" - which, funnily enough, is another competent person making well-produced videos about interesting projects.
Hello, My name is Ray, I have been a production machinist for 20 yr. I went to a trade school in Meadville Pa. I love your channel. I’ve been binge watching your videos for a while. Can’t get enough!
And the jaws are all still clamping on perpendicular surfaces, negating the weird forces that can upset smaller diameters when held offset! *chefs kiss
I come from a family of engineers and my grandpa is an amazing mechanics. Seeing you using all this inherited tool works is really inspiring for me. We have a small workshop in the basement, but your journey and your story inspired me to double down on our small business to one day buy a proper workshop and fill it with all tools so that my children, my cousins and the generations after can always get a place to make something. Having a machining space within that workshop is now part of the end goal. Thank you for all that passion and joy and have a GREAT 2023!
@@larrypostma2866 Thank you Larry! As a college teacher in electrical engineering, I am awestruck and sad that so many young adults never held a screwdriver in their hand (literally) or even had the chance to learn how to nail something with a hammer. I steadily try to do good and finding ways to inspire families and kids around me. It is so important for our future.
@@simonmarcoux5879 I know what you mean. Even if they never decide to use the information my kids were all taught how to get dirty and finish the job. Any of their friends that wanted to learn were taught as much as they wanted to absorb. There’s still a load of hard workers out there but they are the exception sadly.
Only just started the video, but just want to say - that card version of the tool for the quick demonstration of why it's better was really good! I've seen a lot of people make these kits recently, and just that demonstation made this really clear to me what the advantage was. Nice job, as ever.
I was blessed with such a video today! Thank you so much! I love your videos! I am so proud of you and your search for perfection and hands on approach with real sketching and drawing. I hate seeing people just using CNC-Everything. I wish you a wonderful 2023! Greetings from Germany!
NICE! I’ve been a journeyman tool maker for nearly 50 years so I can appreciate your video. So refreshing to see manual machining . I do love watching CNC don’t get me wrong. I had my own CNC shop for over 40 years before I retired. Over all those years I tried hard to be instrumental in teaching machining and recruiting students for our local Vo Tech. Not easy as schools want to push most students into college. This type of work is becoming a lost art. Todays manufacturing is pushing buttons at computers. While I do love it and am amazed at todays technology the ART and skill of being able to do this work is still the basics every machinist should know. I also applaud your video. Very well done . Some ppl simply shouldn’t make these type of videos. Your equipment looks very well maintained as well. That too is extremely important. And don’t feel bad about your box of goofs. You should see all I’ve accumulated over the years too LOL.
I really appreciate all the kind words! I too appreciate the advancements in CNC tech over the years but there is something that is lost from the manual way of doing things. I find this true for CAD tech as well which is why when I can I manually draft my designs. I think knowing the manual ways make for both better machinists and better engineers. Thanks again!
Last week I found your channel, the day after I bench ALL videos, today I was gifted another video!! IDK if other people get relax watching the videos as I do, thanks Brandon!
I have a "scrap bin of shame" that I lob parts into. Once again though, excellent work! I love the use of the sacrificial aluminum fixture plate. Also worth noting, I'm really digging the production quality of your videos. Crisp images, and a great audio recording. A joy to watch.
This is one of those few channels that you can give it a thumbs up before you even get 15 seconds into the video and it's one of those videos you never skip even a moment thank you for the content.
Its always such a pleasure to watch you work. You really had me in fear and anticipation when you were hinting towards more failed parts but also made me feel better about making mistakes in the first place. I'm grateful to be able to see that even experts such as yourself can make mistakes, it really makes me feel better about making them myself. Many thanks for the awesome video as always, I cannot wait to see the rest
Brandon, thank you for another great episode of machining. A small tip from my side; if you clamp two "identical"parts together in one vice or chuck just add a piece of plain paper. It will for correct the small differences in the parts and the bowing under pressure of the clamping device (chuck/vice etc.) and can make a difference in to be safe or sorry. Drilling is not that critical because the main force is downwards. But by using paper as a shim (in a decent vice or chuck) you can also mill identical features without moving one of the parts. God and the devil are both in the details... Thank you! Best, Job
Any day is the best day when a new one of this channels video's drop. Primarily a wood worker myself I still learn so much by watching machinists work. And I love that you show all the side projects and mistake you make along the way. It's an invaluable tool for learning. Seeing not only how you go about your solutions, but also the iterations of getting to the "right" or at least "good enough" way. Thanks again.
Clough 42 is also working on this kit right now. Very cool to se how the two of you approach it differently! Also, I'm getting used to ending my work week / starting my weekend with an IM video! I'm hoping that this friday thing is going to last :)
I saw! I've been holding out to watch it until I'm finished. I want to see how he does it differently. Also thank you so much for the support. I'm doing my best to keep this biweekly schedule!
A few comments/questions, if I may: Im a woodworker by heritage, by choice, by trade... While this level of EXACT perfection isn't useful in wood, I can certainly appreciate it. The engineering woodworker part of my brain has zero problems looking at this knurlers final form and seeing exactly how I should build it if it were to be built from wood. My question is this: To the machinists that this channel is catered to, do y'all look at this and see the same steps/work order that we woodworkers do? While I know shaping and drilling are the same functions, there's enough difference in tooling and methods that I have to wonder. It obviously comes with experience, but Im asking about the mental forethought and planning. I found this soothing, interesting, educational, and enjoyable. Sir, you ticked every box for me in a trade that I have no experience, so congratulations.
Thanks for the kind words! As for your question I've done a fair bit of woodwork myself for our home renovation including custom trim-work and cabinetry. I tend to take the same approach as toward machining despite the differences in tools. I come up with a detailed drawing/plan and think about the features I need to make and how I'll make them on the woodworking tools I have. I'm a bit looser on the tolerances and other clearances though just because of the nature of wood to expand and contract. Just my 2 cents from my limited experience
Coming back to watch the corner rounds after you made the rounding fixture table makes me really appreciate how much that project became a staple of your videos
Still loving all the content here, it's so relaxing to watch but also keeps me on edge every time you're doing another operation on an already complex part!
I just finished my Hemmingway knurler a few weeks ago. It was *such* a fun project, and is way beefier than it should be. This thing will be used by my great grandkids.
I work part-time in a university machine shop as an undergraduate. Been doing it for almost a year and many of these techniques I’ve only ever used once and some I’ve never seen before. I learned a ton from this, thank you.
Yeayyy... a new episode just when I binge watched all episodes. The machining and drawing content is really interesting. I think I could be listening to you reading a phonebook.
They are the best kits on this. You've basically 3 major options. Start from scratch, buy an old one, or buy this kit and season to taste. IMO, buying the kit is the best option. If you start from scratch, you're going to have to use a lot of tasty chunks for this, and that's a shame when the kit (or the old ones) exist. And buying an old one comes with potential baggage (worn parts incompatibility issues).
Yup! If I recall Adam reverse engineered his own with some other features included and slightly larger. Clough42 just recently did the build as I am from a kit.
Man, you have found the perfect format in machining videos on YT! Content, length, cutting, voice-over, angles, script, and last but not least quality of the work done. I can guess where you draw the inspiration from but still you found your own style. You should hit 1M in record time!
I took a few years of vocational school for metal working/machining. I always loved using the lathe and mill, also enjoyed welding. I sometimes fantasize about buying a small lathe and maybe a mill sometime and start making things again.
This seems like a video that rather than having an abundance of side projects, is more dangerous at inducing side projects in the audience. I always think about knurling this or that thing that I make, and often avoid doing so because of the annoyances of the tool I have, similar to what you started with.
You may be interested in a tool another machinist on youtube made; Blondihacks made a corner rounding fixture for her rotary table that's reusable for projects like this. It's basically a morse taper mandrel that sits in the rotary table and accepts pins of different sizes like the one you machined out of aluminum. They have a little shoulder that raises the part above the rotary table so you can stick parallels under there. Makes setting up corner radiuses and dogbones much easier than milling a new fixture plate every time. The drawings are on her patreon but the video is in-depth enough that you could probably draft your own design on the concept, it's pretty simple.
I think I recall seeing that as well. Might be worth investing some actual time in a setup like that so I'm not constantly making new pins and whatnot. Thanks!
I've never seen such type of knurling tool. Looking forward to see it in action. No matter how big the Box of Shame is, failure is part of the way to make things right. As always you did a great job, keep going.
Happy Knurl Year Brandon!! ;-P Most excellent order of ops and especially all the great fixturing/setups you did...mistakes or not beautiful work. Looks like a solid, substantial and quality build! I'm looking forward to seeing how this works after writing a dissertation on knurling a few years back because of all the variables involved in getting a good Knurl...consistently. Then building a spreadsheet to work with all the wheels I have and any starting material diameter. Twas a big learning curve for me but have thought several times about building a rack and pinion type. ~¿@ Love most of the Hemingway kits but never built any. Kudo's to Erik for passing one on to you!! Thank You! Always a treat in all you produce for us!!
Happy New Year, PJ! There is definitely a ton of "mystery" in knurling and I'm hoping to at least eliminate some of those variables myself with this build. I'm not familiar with the rack and pinion type you mention though? Thanks as always!
@@InheritanceMachining I've tried searching again for 45min but couldn't find one, other than a patent from 59' for a different style. I've replied twice with some links but they don't stick @¿@...
I work as a machine operator for a commercial printing company. I know absolutely nothing about machining, but these videos are great. I've watched all your stuff. Thanks for the content!
Awesome project as always! Even as a 25 year tool and die maker it is still very satifying to watch someone with real skill manually machine a quality tool. Small tip if it is welcomed: when you have two pieces in the vise together a strip of paper on the moveable jaw side will ensure that any variance or missed piece of crud in the setup will keep the potentially loose piece from moving. Even parts that are ground together only need a couple of thousandths worth of the unexpected to keep the other part from having the same clamping force applied to it. Keep up the great work and I look foward to all of your videos.
I've been machining my whole life. And all I can say is people who are getting into this trade. There's a lot of experience being explained in these videos so I would pay attention. I see that you're missing a completely bent drill in your box of shame.
I read this quote some time ago that really rings true. I'm assuming the quote was an answer to a question about why the person owns a lathe, and milling machine. The quote reads: "I own the lathe and milling machine to make parts, tools, and accessories for the lathe and milling machine". Great video once again. Happy Friday!
In the mid-'80s I used to work in the design office for WDS Marlco (formerly W. H. Marley & Co. Ltd.) who were the designers and manufacturers of these in Watford, UK. The company was predominantly known as a broach manufacturer, for which in certain fields they were unsurpassed in the UK, and had a small range of general engineering tools such as this. During my time there, I saw several toolmakers retire from the company who had started there as apprentices! Happy days, and they're still going in a slightly different guise.
I wish we had these in school, we put the knurling tool the part, zeroed the parementers, pressed untill we saw minimal knurling, zeroed again and then we pressed as dees as we wanted the knurling. This only worked for smaller parts with a center, longer parts would bend as you showed, so this tool you made looks awesome
I love your honesty, it is very refreshing to see your "happy accidents" and your "done goofed's", keep it up man and if I am ever fortunate enough to make it across the pond, I'd love to take you out for a pint and talk shop!
I made the same tool a few months ago! Its nice to see you and Clough42 have the same kits and video documenting it all. I like seeing how others approach the same problems and come up with different ideas to solve them! All the best Gaz
When I was at school we had a drawer of shame, but it was full of tools people crashed. My favorite was a 2" spade drill that someone hit the chuck jaws of a Haas lathe with.
I stumbled on the channel early last year with a few hundred subscribers. Absolutely my favourite TH-cam channel - I thought nobody could ever overtake my mechanics channel but you’ve done it!!!
It is extremely satisfying to have found such a young channel with such excellent content. It is clear that your video production is as meticulous and precise as your machining! In my experience, machinists tend to be the most intuitively intelligent and capable people. It seems that you are no exception. I'm looking forward to much more to come
This is one of the only yt channels that when I see a new video, I drop everything and watch. Awesome job as always, I love seeing that the mistakes are left in as well as how you solved the problem, as others have said it really speaks to the level of thought and detail that goes into these amazing projects
What a video! Beginning with that paper cut-out version of the tool, the various unusual and intelligent ways you machined the parts and finally the beauty of the actual part (if not completely finished). Thanks for all of this delightful content. Looking forward to Part 2.
As always another amazing video and more inspiration. The short time your channel has been around and the quickly growing subscribers speaks volumes for the quality content you provide. I also have to say as a machinist it’s inspiring and humbling that you show your mistakes and keep them in a repurposed box instead of turning them into chips. Thank you for sharing and doing what you do.
Thank you as always, Aaron. I've got a lot of learning to do so might as well share all the wins and looses along the way and hopefully others pick up from them as well.
This channel takes the gold for fastest to get me hooked. You have an excellent voice and outstanding production skills. Well done. I am constantly waiting for your videos. Thank you!!
Your machining style is awesome sir. I could watch you for hours. I love the mishap box amd that you show it. Very awesome sir. Keep up the great work.
Another great video, Brandon! To see you figure out how to make tangent radii on a manual mill was really neat. It's hard enough to get those to form nicely with a CNC, so you should be very proud of the finished result. Thank you for sharing this project with us! I'm excited to see it finished and put to use in future videos.
Watching you make this knurling tool was educational & satisfying... plus, it made me dang glad I bought a medium priced scissor-type knurler & made a few mods to improve it. Otherwise, my Box o' Shame would have been foot locker sized! Thanks...
Knurling is definitely an art even with the best of equipment. It's probably the number one thing I obsess about regularly as far as product usability. Even with extremely high tolerances on the parts to be knurled, the knurling itself always seems to vary slightly in depth across thousands of parts. Beautiful results on the tool. Looking forward to seeing the knurl it produces.
I also experience tripping the breaker on the air compressor in the winter. I've thought about moving it somewhere warmer or ducting in the furnace. I hope you never need a bigger box of shame. Though, in the spirit of learning, rename the box 'box of experience gained'.
When i first saw your video of you machining the pen a few weeks ago I was immediatly hooked. Have been enjoying watching your videos alot recently, pure machining goodness. Look forward to future content and the road to 200k!
I really enjoy watching these videos of yours. I have next to know idea about machining and failed maths, badly, but I enjoy seeing well made beautiful pieces of machinery being made from scratch. thankyou
A tip for the air compressor: when you can, replace the pump with one of the "v-twin" style ones. They run a lot smoother, pump faster, and seen to run a lot easier on the same motor compared to the big singles/parallels. And you'd be amazed how much of a difference synthetic compressor oil makes in the cold! Source: I live in Wisconsin.
9:55 I think we'll be seeing this setup a lot in the future. It would be really cool to see some quality bearings used instead of brass collars. Not sure how, but it would be cool.
Bearings are good for high speed applications, but given the very high forces involved here, brass bushings are definitely the better option in this instance.
@@AndyFromBeaverton for low speed high force applications then yes brass/bronze bushings absolutely are the best. That's why even with the advent of advanced ceramics, they're still used. Friction isn't the issue here, it's the concentration of force, or pressure. A bushing takes that force and distributes it over the entire half of the rotating part reducing the pressure on any given point, rather than concentrating the force on the few bearings that are in compression increasing the pressure at the tiny contact point between the ball/needle and the raceways.
Great video, thanks. The good old Hemingway kits are great, they have everything you need, but I have noticed that they don't give you much or anything for material clean-up, so doing what you did is the only option.
Beautiful work, and along with that I really appreciate that you also include the "Box of Shame" parts that all of us make once in a while! Good on ya!
A little factory edge never hurt anything lol . I actually like the contrast of machined surfaces and factory edges on the same part . Assuming they don’t affect functionality of course. Nice job
As always, entertaining and educational. It is always a joy to watch a master craftsman at work. I was a little surprised, though, that you didn't take advantage of that -5 temp outside your door to shrink the brass bushings before pressing them in.
A “wall of shame” is more useful than a bin because it keeps the goofs in sight helping to remind you of what not to do again. I have a few small drops of dried blood on the floor in front of my table saw that I’ll never remove because they remind me never to rip pieces again using a push stick that isn’t properly rounded off. Scars tend to fade with time.
man this channel is one that i got recommended once and then started to stumble more and more over it and really learned loving it. and i go absolutely bonkers when i see someone putting chamfers on anything somewhere else on this platform xD
Watching for the second time to feed the youtube algorhythm ;) Absolute joy to watch, and I'll definitely be referencing it when I finally decide to make one for myself.
Glad I could contribute to the content, can't wait for the next part. :)
You're the man! Thanks again Erik!
Thanks man because of you we got a new video alot sooner 😊
Thanks Eric for providing the kit so we could all enjoy this lovely build come together. 👍👍😎👍👍
Absolute pleasure lads! Like I said, I’m a strong believer of supporting creators.
With that said, Brandon is the hero here. If you have the means, I strongly suggest signing up to his Patreon if you haven’t already 😉 if nothing else, you get to view this content early, which is a gift in and of itself
Great job helping out with the kit.
I just wanted to give a special thanks again to Patreon member Erik R. for spotting my troubles and sending along the kit. It's because of support like his, and everyone else's, that make these videos and projects possible. I couldn't be more grateful!
Tune in again on January 20th for the completion of this build as well as some testing!
You got a little typo there buddy, wonderful video tho, I thoroughly enjoy every single one and appreciate the effort you put into them
Beautiful machining work. I’d love you to make a fractal vice for one of your future projects!
@@TheMilfMoncher Good catch. Thanks!
@@andrew1040Thanks! I'm intrigued to make one but don't know if I would ever use it haha
@@InheritanceMachining I understand, hopefully you’ll find a use for it at some point. All the best my friend, stay safe
You're nearing 200k subscribers in less than a year of making videos. That's unheard of, and it speaks to the quality of content you're putting out. Always good, well polished stuff.
It's absolutely nuts.... thank you so much
Only channel with decent content that I can think of that's grown faster than this is "Stuff Made Here" - which, funnily enough, is another competent person making well-produced videos about interesting projects.
I think this kinda proves the formula for TH-cam.
Make high quality well edited videos, don't waste the viewer's time, and you'll grow very quickly.
wake up babe, new inheritance machining video dropped
🤣🤣🤣 for real!
That's what I was saying!🤣
Tried that. She wasn't happy. 😔
Risky move there 😆
❤️
Hello,
My name is Ray, I have been a production machinist for 20 yr.
I went to a trade school in Meadville Pa.
I love your channel.
I’ve been binge watching your videos for a while.
Can’t get enough!
That four jaw workaround was a thing of beauty.
And the jaws are all still clamping on perpendicular surfaces, negating the weird forces that can upset smaller diameters when held offset! *chefs kiss
It takes a strong man to not only have a box of shame but also put it on display for the world to see!
Brilliant video as always - bravo!
Thank you 🙏
I come from a family of engineers and my grandpa is an amazing mechanics. Seeing you using all this inherited tool works is really inspiring for me. We have a small workshop in the basement, but your journey and your story inspired me to double down on our small business to one day buy a proper workshop and fill it with all tools so that my children, my cousins and the generations after can always get a place to make something.
Having a machining space within that workshop is now part of the end goal.
Thank you for all that passion and joy and have a GREAT 2023!
That's amazing! I love to hear that. Thank you so much and good luck to you. And Happy New Year!
Makes my heart happy to hear people still care for their families. So many only care about themselves anymore.
@@larrypostma2866 Thank you Larry!
As a college teacher in electrical engineering, I am awestruck and sad that so many young adults never held a screwdriver in their hand (literally) or even had the chance to learn how to nail something with a hammer.
I steadily try to do good and finding ways to inspire families and kids around me. It is so important for our future.
@@simonmarcoux5879 I know what you mean. Even if they never decide to use the information my kids were all taught how to get dirty and finish the job. Any of their friends that wanted to learn were taught as much as they wanted to absorb. There’s still a load of hard workers out there but they are the exception sadly.
I think of myself as a hobbyist, then I watch your videos and it leaves me feeling like I'm a child playing in my dad's workshop.
If I'm being honest that's how I feel most of the time 😂 Thank you though
Only just started the video, but just want to say - that card version of the tool for the quick demonstration of why it's better was really good! I've seen a lot of people make these kits recently, and just that demonstation made this really clear to me what the advantage was. Nice job, as ever.
I appreciate that! Thank you
I'm a simple man, I see a new Inheritance Machining video, I press like.
I was blessed with such a video today! Thank you so much! I love your videos! I am so proud of you and your search for perfection and hands on approach with real sketching and drawing. I hate seeing people just using CNC-Everything.
I wish you a wonderful 2023!
Greetings from Germany!
Thank you so much!
the box of shame induced a slight chuckle as well as a feeling of familiarity
The idea that you make something so well that you could pass it down for generations.
NICE! I’ve been a journeyman tool maker for nearly 50 years so I can appreciate your video. So refreshing to see manual machining . I do love watching CNC don’t get me wrong. I had my own CNC shop for over 40 years before I retired. Over all those years I tried hard to be instrumental in teaching machining and recruiting students for our local Vo Tech. Not easy as schools want to push most students into college. This type of work is becoming a lost art. Todays manufacturing is pushing buttons at computers. While I do love it and am amazed at todays technology the ART and skill of being able to do this work is still the basics every machinist should know. I also applaud your video. Very well done . Some ppl simply shouldn’t make these type of videos. Your equipment looks very well maintained as well. That too is extremely important. And don’t feel bad about your box of goofs. You should see all I’ve accumulated over the years too LOL.
I really appreciate all the kind words! I too appreciate the advancements in CNC tech over the years but there is something that is lost from the manual way of doing things. I find this true for CAD tech as well which is why when I can I manually draft my designs. I think knowing the manual ways make for both better machinists and better engineers. Thanks again!
Really wonderful video as always, can't wait for Part 2. Keep up the great work!
Thanks!
Last week I found your channel, the day after I bench ALL videos, today I was gifted another video!! IDK if other people get relax watching the videos as I do, thanks Brandon!
That's some commitment! Thank you!
I have a "scrap bin of shame" that I lob parts into. Once again though, excellent work! I love the use of the sacrificial aluminum fixture plate. Also worth noting, I'm really digging the production quality of your videos. Crisp images, and a great audio recording. A joy to watch.
😆 I'll get there eventually I'm sure. I appreciate your kind words. Thank you!
This is one of those few channels that you can give it a thumbs up before you even get 15 seconds into the video and it's one of those videos you never skip even a moment thank you for the content.
That is very kind! Thank you
Its always such a pleasure to watch you work. You really had me in fear and anticipation when you were hinting towards more failed parts but also made me feel better about making mistakes in the first place. I'm grateful to be able to see that even experts such as yourself can make mistakes, it really makes me feel better about making them myself. Many thanks for the awesome video as always, I cannot wait to see the rest
Thank you as always, Charl. You are very kind. I'm happy to share all the ups and downs. But I wouldn't even come close to closing myself an expert!
@@InheritanceMachining I close myself an expert at calling out close calls.
Brandon, thank you for another great episode of machining. A small tip from my side; if you clamp two "identical"parts together in one vice or chuck just add a piece of plain paper. It will for correct the small differences in the parts and the bowing under pressure of the clamping device (chuck/vice etc.) and can make a difference in to be safe or sorry. Drilling is not that critical because the main force is downwards. But by using paper as a shim (in a decent vice or chuck) you can also mill identical features without moving one of the parts. God and the devil are both in the details...
Thank you! Best, Job
Ooo the paper idea is great. I let it slide just because it was drilling only but the paper is a great tip. Thanks!
Any day is the best day when a new one of this channels video's drop. Primarily a wood worker myself I still learn so much by watching machinists work. And I love that you show all the side projects and mistake you make along the way. It's an invaluable tool for learning. Seeing not only how you go about your solutions, but also the iterations of getting to the "right" or at least "good enough" way. Thanks again.
My pleasure. Thank you very much!
Clough 42 is also working on this kit right now. Very cool to se how the two of you approach it differently!
Also, I'm getting used to ending my work week / starting my weekend with an IM video! I'm hoping that this friday thing is going to last :)
I saw! I've been holding out to watch it until I'm finished. I want to see how he does it differently. Also thank you so much for the support. I'm doing my best to keep this biweekly schedule!
A few comments/questions, if I may: Im a woodworker by heritage, by choice, by trade... While this level of EXACT perfection isn't useful in wood, I can certainly appreciate it.
The engineering woodworker part of my brain has zero problems looking at this knurlers final form and seeing exactly how I should build it if it were to be built from wood. My question is this: To the machinists that this channel is catered to, do y'all look at this and see the same steps/work order that we woodworkers do? While I know shaping and drilling are the same functions, there's enough difference in tooling and methods that I have to wonder. It obviously comes with experience, but Im asking about the mental forethought and planning.
I found this soothing, interesting, educational, and enjoyable. Sir, you ticked every box for me in a trade that I have no experience, so congratulations.
Thanks for the kind words! As for your question I've done a fair bit of woodwork myself for our home renovation including custom trim-work and cabinetry. I tend to take the same approach as toward machining despite the differences in tools. I come up with a detailed drawing/plan and think about the features I need to make and how I'll make them on the woodworking tools I have. I'm a bit looser on the tolerances and other clearances though just because of the nature of wood to expand and contract. Just my 2 cents from my limited experience
Looking at the whole piece it looks alot but how they just go together is satisfying. Loving the work, cant wait for the second part!
It's super satisfying to fiddle with! Thanks!
Coming back to watch the corner rounds after you made the rounding fixture table makes me really appreciate how much that project became a staple of your videos
Still loving all the content here, it's so relaxing to watch but also keeps me on edge every time you're doing another operation on an already complex part!
You're not the only one on edge in those moments 😂 Thanks!
I just finished my Hemmingway knurler a few weeks ago. It was *such* a fun project, and is way beefier than it should be. This thing will be used by my great grandkids.
That's a good thing! 😁
Nothing like living vicariously through an amazing machinist to enjoy some satisfying chips! Great video as always!
😁 Thank you!
I work part-time in a university machine shop as an undergraduate. Been doing it for almost a year and many of these techniques I’ve only ever used once and some I’ve never seen before. I learned a ton from this, thank you.
That's one of the great things about machining. There always seems to be more to learn. Thanks man
Yeayyy... a new episode just when I binge watched all episodes. The machining and drawing content is really interesting.
I think I could be listening to you reading a phonebook.
I love the way you use foreshadowing before the box of shame comes out. And thank you for the proper closed captions! Stay warm!
I think I remember Adam Savage going over this same Hemingway Kit clamp knurler recently, it is an awesome piece of equipment.
They are the best kits on this. You've basically 3 major options. Start from scratch, buy an old one, or buy this kit and season to taste. IMO, buying the kit is the best option. If you start from scratch, you're going to have to use a lot of tasty chunks for this, and that's a shame when the kit (or the old ones) exist. And buying an old one comes with potential baggage (worn parts incompatibility issues).
wasn't adam savage but Clough42
@@arminrichard1836 I found it, he was building storage for it. th-cam.com/video/u23RoUDHvgI/w-d-xo.html
Yup! If I recall Adam reverse engineered his own with some other features included and slightly larger. Clough42 just recently did the build as I am from a kit.
Man, you have found the perfect format in machining videos on YT! Content, length, cutting, voice-over, angles, script, and last but not least quality of the work done. I can guess where you draw the inspiration from but still you found your own style. You should hit 1M in record time!
I really appreciate that! Thank you so much
This build is a lot more challenging than I had expected.
You're telling me 😆
I took a few years of vocational school for metal working/machining. I always loved using the lathe and mill, also enjoyed welding. I sometimes fantasize about buying a small lathe and maybe a mill sometime and start making things again.
This seems like a video that rather than having an abundance of side projects, is more dangerous at inducing side projects in the audience. I always think about knurling this or that thing that I make, and often avoid doing so because of the annoyances of the tool I have, similar to what you started with.
I've definitely had reservations at times when using my old knurler. I'm looking forward to trying this thing out
Same here, I cringe at the side load its putting on my headstock!
Watching you work is like therapy, everything is right in the world.
That is very kind. Thank you
You may be interested in a tool another machinist on youtube made; Blondihacks made a corner rounding fixture for her rotary table that's reusable for projects like this. It's basically a morse taper mandrel that sits in the rotary table and accepts pins of different sizes like the one you machined out of aluminum. They have a little shoulder that raises the part above the rotary table so you can stick parallels under there. Makes setting up corner radiuses and dogbones much easier than milling a new fixture plate every time. The drawings are on her patreon but the video is in-depth enough that you could probably draft your own design on the concept, it's pretty simple.
I think I recall seeing that as well. Might be worth investing some actual time in a setup like that so I'm not constantly making new pins and whatnot. Thanks!
I was literally going to suggest the exact same thing.
Well, wouldn't that be that a nice idea for a side project? ;-)
You couldn’t buy better quality than this accessory. What a brilliant tool. Thanks for sharing this build. Looking forward to your next project.
which came first, the knurling tool or the knurling wheels?
I've never seen such type of knurling tool. Looking forward to see it in action. No matter how big the Box of Shame is, failure is part of the way to make things right. As always you did a great job, keep going.
Very true. Thanks as always!
Happy Knurl Year Brandon!! ;-P Most excellent order of ops and especially all the great fixturing/setups you did...mistakes or not beautiful work. Looks like a solid, substantial and quality build! I'm looking forward to seeing how this works after writing a dissertation on knurling a few years back because of all the variables involved in getting a good Knurl...consistently. Then building a spreadsheet to work with all the wheels I have and any starting material diameter. Twas a big learning curve for me but have thought several times about building a rack and pinion type. ~¿@ Love most of the Hemingway kits but never built any. Kudo's to Erik for passing one on to you!! Thank You! Always a treat in all you produce for us!!
Happy New Year, PJ! There is definitely a ton of "mystery" in knurling and I'm hoping to at least eliminate some of those variables myself with this build. I'm not familiar with the rack and pinion type you mention though? Thanks as always!
@@InheritanceMachining I've tried searching again for 45min but couldn't find one, other than a patent from 59' for a different style. I've replied twice with some links but they don't stick @¿@...
I work as a machine operator for a commercial printing company. I know absolutely nothing about machining, but these videos are great. I've watched all your stuff. Thanks for the content!
Hey everyone is welcome! Thanks for the support!
the "done goofed" count 100% needs the stick around because its f'n hilarious.
Awesome project as always! Even as a 25 year tool and die maker it is still very satifying to watch someone with real skill manually machine a quality tool. Small tip if it is welcomed: when you have two pieces in the vise together a strip of paper on the moveable jaw side will ensure that any variance or missed piece of crud in the setup will keep the potentially loose piece from moving. Even parts that are ground together only need a couple of thousandths worth of the unexpected to keep the other part from having the same clamping force applied to it. Keep up the great work and I look foward to all of your videos.
Thanks and great idea! I'll need to remember that one!
I've been machining my whole life. And all I can say is people who are getting into this trade. There's a lot of experience being explained in these videos so I would pay attention.
I see that you're missing a completely bent drill in your box of shame.
I really appreciate that. Thank you.
Also, *yet
I read this quote some time ago that really rings true. I'm assuming the quote was an answer to a question about why the person owns a lathe, and milling machine. The quote reads: "I own the lathe and milling machine to make parts, tools, and accessories for the lathe and milling machine". Great video once again. Happy Friday!
That should be framed and hung on a wall. Thanks!
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Two days late.
Unfortunately it seems that we lost This old Tony but thankfully we got your channel.
Keep up the good work. Your ancestors should be proud.
He'll come back around (I hope). But thank you very much!
In the mid-'80s I used to work in the design office for WDS Marlco (formerly W. H. Marley & Co. Ltd.) who were the designers and manufacturers of these in Watford, UK. The company was predominantly known as a broach manufacturer, for which in certain fields they were unsurpassed in the UK, and had a small range of general engineering tools such as this. During my time there, I saw several toolmakers retire from the company who had started there as apprentices! Happy days, and they're still going in a slightly different guise.
I have no business in machining whatsoever and still I‘m here watching every video. I love this precision work and old machines ❤
Thanks! Everyone is welcome
Your videos are so soothing to watch... Its like having a calm subscription
😁 Thank you
I wish we had these in school, we put the knurling tool the part, zeroed the parementers, pressed untill we saw minimal knurling, zeroed again and then we pressed as dees as we wanted the knurling. This only worked for smaller parts with a center, longer parts would bend as you showed, so this tool you made looks awesome
I love your honesty, it is very refreshing to see your "happy accidents" and your "done goofed's", keep it up man and if I am ever fortunate enough to make it across the pond, I'd love to take you out for a pint and talk shop!
I really appreciate it!
I made the same tool a few months ago! Its nice to see you and Clough42 have the same kits and video documenting it all. I like seeing how others approach the same problems and come up with different ideas to solve them!
All the best
Gaz
Thanks! That's actually the reason I haven't watched Clough42's video yet. I want to see how we did it differently when finished
@@InheritanceMachininghe even gives you a shoutout 😂
@@DarwinHermaaz 😮
@Clough42 is making the exact item.
Nice to see the different ways you have both used to make it. 👍
When I was at school we had a drawer of shame, but it was full of tools people crashed. My favorite was a 2" spade drill that someone hit the chuck jaws of a Haas lathe with.
Lovely work! That would have taking me about 4 months! Thanks for sharing, and looking forward to part 2 👍 🇬🇧
It felt like that to me (with all those mishaps) 😆 Thanks!
I stumbled on the channel early last year with a few hundred subscribers. Absolutely my favourite TH-cam channel - I thought nobody could ever overtake my mechanics channel but you’ve done it!!!
You are very kind! Thanks for following along this whole time
Always always always do layout on your parts. I have never regretted bluing up and scribing a part. I have regretted not.
It is extremely satisfying to have found such a young channel with such excellent content. It is clear that your video production is as meticulous and precise as your machining! In my experience, machinists tend to be the most intuitively intelligent and capable people. It seems that you are no exception. I'm looking forward to much more to come
That is very kind of you to say. Thank you!
It just amazes me the number of tiny steps it takes sometimes to make these individual pieces. Well done.
I was definitely in for more than I expected with this one. Thanks!
very cool, l've enjoyed every one of your videos, long may they continue.
your grandfather would be VERY proud.
Thank you so much 🙏
This is one of the only yt channels that when I see a new video, I drop everything and watch. Awesome job as always, I love seeing that the mistakes are left in as well as how you solved the problem, as others have said it really speaks to the level of thought and detail that goes into these amazing projects
I really appreciate you saying that. Thank you!
What a video! Beginning with that paper cut-out version of the tool, the various unusual and intelligent ways you machined the parts and finally the beauty of the actual part (if not completely finished). Thanks for all of this delightful content. Looking forward to Part 2.
😁 Thanks Bruce!
So cool! I have never seen a knurler like this. Wow, so glad I watch you to see such wonderful machines
Thanks!
By far the best machining channel on TH-cam. I learn something new every video
Thank you 🙏
As always another amazing video and more inspiration. The short time your channel has been around and the quickly growing subscribers speaks volumes for the quality content you provide. I also have to say as a machinist it’s inspiring and humbling that you show your mistakes and keep them in a repurposed box instead of turning them into chips. Thank you for sharing and doing what you do.
Thank you as always, Aaron. I've got a lot of learning to do so might as well share all the wins and looses along the way and hopefully others pick up from them as well.
This channel takes the gold for fastest to get me hooked. You have an excellent voice and outstanding production skills. Well done. I am constantly waiting for your videos. Thank you!!
Thank you so much!
Very clever fixturing and I love the finish - looks like industrial jewelry yet again. Five stars young fella!!
Art from Ohio
Thank you as always, Art!
Your machining style is awesome sir. I could watch you for hours. I love the mishap box amd that you show it. Very awesome sir. Keep up the great work.
Thank you!
Nicely done! If you not failing you not learning. Showing the learning process however painful it may be to watch is a benefit to everyone. Thanks!
Very true! Thanks
Another great video, Brandon! To see you figure out how to make tangent radii on a manual mill was really neat. It's hard enough to get those to form nicely with a CNC, so you should be very proud of the finished result.
Thank you for sharing this project with us! I'm excited to see it finished and put to use in future videos.
Apparently it just takes a lot of trial and error 😂 Thanks as always, Jay!
@@InheritanceMachining Sounds just like CNC programming... Haha! You're welcome!
Watching you make this knurling tool was educational & satisfying... plus, it made me dang glad I bought a medium priced scissor-type knurler & made a few mods to improve it.
Otherwise, my Box o' Shame would have been foot locker sized!
Thanks...
Knurling is definitely an art even with the best of equipment. It's probably the number one thing I obsess about regularly as far as product usability. Even with extremely high tolerances on the parts to be knurled, the knurling itself always seems to vary slightly in depth across thousands of parts. Beautiful results on the tool. Looking forward to seeing the knurl it produces.
Yeah I'm hoping this toll will make knurling a little more straight forward and consistent. Thanks!
I also experience tripping the breaker on the air compressor in the winter. I've thought about moving it somewhere warmer or ducting in the furnace. I hope you never need a bigger box of shame. Though, in the spirit of learning, rename the box 'box of experience gained'.
Wow, a full course of jigs, rotary table applications and economical use of that aluminum plate. Enjoyed very much. thanks for the vid!
Thanks as always!
When i first saw your video of you machining the pen a few weeks ago I was immediatly hooked. Have been enjoying watching your videos alot recently, pure machining goodness. Look forward to future content and the road to 200k!
Thank you so much!
the very first consideration in my shop build was giving every outlet its own complete circuit and breaker. yes it was pricey, but worth it.
im training to be a CNC machinist right now, thinking of the future gets scary but watching your work makes me want to do this for a living regardless
I really like the locating pin for the rotary table, that worked so well.
Very satisfying. Wanted to see it knurl. I could watch a good machinist all day.
I really enjoy watching these videos of yours. I have next to know idea about machining and failed maths, badly, but I enjoy seeing well made beautiful pieces of machinery being made from scratch. thankyou
I work with light and work work is so inspiring and your passion is felt through the screen. Thank you
Thank you 🙏
Your videos are always so educational and relaxing to watch. Thank you and your grandfather.
Thank you very much 🙏
A tip for the air compressor: when you can, replace the pump with one of the "v-twin" style ones. They run a lot smoother, pump faster, and seen to run a lot easier on the same motor compared to the big singles/parallels. And you'd be amazed how much of a difference synthetic compressor oil makes in the cold! Source: I live in Wisconsin.
9:55 I think we'll be seeing this setup a lot in the future.
It would be really cool to see some quality bearings used instead of brass collars. Not sure how, but it would be cool.
Bearings are good for high speed applications, but given the very high forces involved here, brass bushings are definitely the better option in this instance.
Could probably make use of some low profile needle bearings. Perfect for partial rotation applications like this
@@JaenEngineering So brass is better? I guess proper lubrication would help?
@@AndyFromBeaverton for low speed high force applications then yes brass/bronze bushings absolutely are the best. That's why even with the advent of advanced ceramics, they're still used. Friction isn't the issue here, it's the concentration of force, or pressure. A bushing takes that force and distributes it over the entire half of the rotating part reducing the pressure on any given point, rather than concentrating the force on the few bearings that are in compression increasing the pressure at the tiny contact point between the ball/needle and the raceways.
Great video, thanks. The good old Hemingway kits are great, they have everything you need, but I have noticed that they don't give you much or anything for material clean-up, so doing what you did is the only option.
Thanks! And yeah I guess it's sort of an option for how persnickety the machinist is haha
I simply love your narrating and I have learned so much about milling! I could never figure out how these things were made
I stumbled upon this channel a few months ago, so glad I did!
These were advertised a lot in the Model Engineer in the 1950s. I managed to buy an original one from ebay they are brilliant well worth having.
Beautiful work, and along with that I really appreciate that you also include the "Box of Shame" parts that all of us make once in a while! Good on ya!
Just keeping it real. Thanks a lot!
A little factory edge never hurt anything lol . I actually like the contrast of machined surfaces and factory edges on the same part . Assuming they don’t affect functionality of course. Nice job
Thanks!
As always, entertaining and educational. It is always a joy to watch a master craftsman at work.
I was a little surprised, though, that you didn't take advantage of that -5 temp outside your door to shrink the brass bushings before pressing them in.
You know that didn't even occur to me haha thanks as always!
A “wall of shame” is more useful than a bin because it keeps the goofs in sight helping to remind you of what not to do again. I have a few small drops of dried blood on the floor in front of my table saw that I’ll never remove because they remind me never to rip pieces again using a push stick that isn’t properly rounded off. Scars tend to fade with time.
from a fellow engineer. this is an exquisite display of precise maths.
you are winning the algorithm, this was a fascinating look at a world I knew nothing about, instant subscription.
Thank you! Welcome!
Awesome! I have never liked the push knurlers, for the same reasons you mentioned.
man this channel is one that i got recommended once and then started to stumble more and more over it and really learned loving it.
and i go absolutely bonkers when i see someone putting chamfers on anything somewhere else on this platform xD
I appreciate it man. Chamfers are life