16:45 - 18:00 - How you keep customers This video is truly a gem for many reasons that I'm sure others will mention. Thank you for taking the extra time to share this part of your day with us.
Kudos on your straightforward, practical, and clearly-explained solution to a common type of real world problem. Thanks to McMaster for making the Solidworks model downloadable for free. Being able to quickly and easily CNC spare parts as we see fit is a wonderful convenience we will soon likely take for granted. But for now it still is fresh and exciting... at least to me.
You are very professional by anyones standard including mine. I watched the whole video. You must have extreme job satisfaction holding the finished product in you hands and checking the close tolerances and viewing an exquisite part. I need you!
Great video. I really enjoyed going from seeing the old part, seeing the CAD models, seeing the CAM programs, the machining, and finally the finished project. Pretty awesome. Look forward to more vids similar to this!
Hi John Great work again thanks for posting the video. Looking forwards to the next update on the automatic saw. Still building up my marking out and measuring tools micrometre and scribing block have arrived this week. Cannot wait till I get my lathe and mill later in the year and the real works starts hence collecting and learning now to use all the required measuring and marking out tools. Yes the mill will be converted to CNC :-) Mark Lancashire UL
Hi John This is a link to the lathe www.chesterhobbystore.com/db10-super-lathe---open-gearbox-9834-p.asp This is a link to the milling machine www.chesterhobbystore.com/champion-20v-mill-3992-p.asp Would love to have a tormach have seen yours and John grismos and love what you have done to them and with them. They don't have a supplier on this side of the pond so will start with something smaller find my way learn improve it Cnc conversion being right at the top of the list and see where it leads as you never know. Know I will be watching all your videos about Cad and cam with sprut and solidworx. Regards Mark Lancashire Uk
Your machining videos are so academic yet fun to watch, I almost want to have you cut something for me just so I could watch the video! Keep up the great work!
Hey John, I am new to the machining relm of metal working. Retired welder, fabricator, and ultimately wound up being Union ironworker. Very impressive! Too bad you and Adam (Abom79) are at the opposite end of the country as I would be your guys new best friend!! You mentioned a couple of whoops, but wasn't that bad as it looked great in the end. Very smart to turn the shoulder bolt 180°.Very nice job! Thanks for posting. Ray. Petaluma Ca.
John; Being a picky engineer here, but I have always heard that type of pivot joint referred to as a "Heim" or "Rose" joint, not a universal joint. Universal joints move in a rotary motion, Heim joints move in mainly a single plane of motion, allowing for some variation of approach angle during the motion series. Another great video from you and nice solution to your customer's problem. Regards; Ron Kluwe
. This stuff fascinates me ... I am an Auto Mechanic , but I am branching off into the Fabrication / Building side of 4x4's .. so I have been researching at home milling , and milling with a drill press .. That is what brought me to your video .. Very cool part and a great video ....
Very very good, John! Your videos are great, you're very methodical and precise, and every time I watch you doing something I learn a lot. Congratulations on your skills and for sharing them with us! :-)
I just heard of you from the welding tips and tricks podcast I listened today , an older one. I'm a small time Manual machinist /millwright. Just wanted to say enjoyed your video here and info on podcast. Thanks
Looks fantastic. I love working 12L14 too. Every time I see a piece in the remnants at my favorite metal store I have to buy it because I just like having it on hand :)
What a great video you have, John. It's amazing to watch you make everything looks so simple. Thanks for all the great video you have posted so a layman like myself could understand better. Cheers. rusty abe
Well life is all about challenge so the more you accept the more you will be able to accept in the future. Keep accepting, you are doing great. I love your .22 cal targets.
NYC CNC I mostly want one for motorcycle based products. I have a Torchmate 2x4 with a Hypertherm Powermax 65 that I used on a weekly basis for my Motorcycle Skid plate production (and other products) but would like to start making billet parts in CNC. I have a Manual mill and lathe but I'm looking forward to learning to program a CNC mill and enjoy the journey! Mostly to add one more skill set to my repertoire. Keep up the great work on your videos!
@OhioTurbo6 depends how many others would do it, if only you want to do this job and no other cnc/machinist person then as much as you want lol Often look at material cost, electric used add what wage you want on top gives rough idea (wage includes hours to design it and not just mill)
Seen the rest of it… making a clevis; the open tuning fork you create can be a chatter nightmare! I was wanting to see that part of the operation. I am considering such a machine.
Wouldnt it be easier to engrave your plate before plasma cutting? Is it feasible? Use a common datum corner for both milling and plasma cutting operations.
I envy you your many skills. Must be great to be able to create stuff. Nice shiny stuff as well! Keep the videos coming, love your Arduino stuff as well! Matthew
Just subscribed. Lovin your vids. Im just learning about the cnc world. All ive ever used are manual machines. Im using a Centroid controller and its way easier than I thought. Currently machining some 420 ss blocks
Two questions. 1. How does the Tormach know the length of each tool so it can find z0 with each tool change? 2. Why is the hole on the nut side so big? It does not seem like the shoulder is actually being engaged. Could you have just put a nut on the bolt instead or drilled a 3/8" hole and actually used the shoulder? Thanks
very interesting. have you cut any "high tempurature" alloys? Stainless or titanium in particular. I like flood well enough but my machine paint sure doesn't. 1 Year in and I'm missing about 60 square inches of paint on my chip trays.
so up design on solid works and programme on spurt cam is that correct woould you please tell me how much these software cost subscribing nice do and beautiful job anyway
Hello, could you please tell me once your piece is fabricated, do you throw away the used stainless steel or is there a way to shape it back into a new cube ? thanks
Brown's Shooting probably best to get a job somewhere for cnc any you will pick it up quick if you have the motivation if you are in cali , might have an opportunity for you if you like a fast paced environment. check out our instagram for cnc work @memachine_co., www.memachineandengineering.com
Hey J. The recessed-hex pockets, was this a feature in sprut? I have beaten my head on steel beams trying to get my sherline to do similar (on a plate & for different sizes) and no conclusive luck. Do you share or quote for gcode? I know part of the fun is learning, but aggravation is getting bigger :-/ lol!! Hit me back. As always enjoyed watching yet another awesome video! Thanks for posting!
Hi John Another great Video. Keep up the good work. (McMaster Carr) I also use to like McMaster Carr until they no longer wanted my business. One day I was putting together an order and when I tried to pay, they refused to take my money. So on the phone to ask why and I was told that they no longer would Ship to Canada unless you happen to be an old Customer. So when I pushed the issue they said it was to difficult to fill out all the paper work. What!! Don't you fill out the paper work for your old Customers? What a Crock. Business must be really good to turn away Customers because your to lazy. I order stuff all the time from the US and other parts of the World and have yet to find another Company that will not take my money and ship to Canada. It's your loss MMC. Cheers Willy
Just like John said their is more to this than meets the eye the paper work and cost to have someone do the paper work just doesn't pay off for them and I'm pretty sure they aren't hurting I know I order from them every other week or so and know about 10 others that are big fans of them.. I would think CA would have something like MMC if not give MSC a try...
John I have heard of that and also their are other machines that's fall under those guide lines but these machines are way over our price range but it's the point and sounds crazy but makes perfect sense... Dennis
NYC CNC Did you grind or mill a flat on the shank of it or just tighten the boring head's set screw onto the round surface? I'm new to using a boring head and was wondering what the standard practice was for these without the flat as far as aligning the head with the cutting part of the bar. Thank you for all the great videos too!
Depends on how I look at it! As a craftsman, yep, feels great. As a businessman, it is billable hours NOT going to something else, wear and tear on the grinder, grinder wheels being worn down, etc. Of course if it is built into your pricing/marketing scheme... (I can't market worth a darn, but I understand the theory...) One thing I love to do when I have the time is throw my parts in the mass finisher (I have a pair of vibratory finishers) - they will give a nice finish, then into the polisher. The other thing you can do for a part like that is have a belt grinder with a scotchbrite belt there, and clean up on the belt
Been watching the new shop vids. Nice. Funny once you have a grinder. I was doing a stupid cast iron casting last week when I got to one surface where it was "OK, I can do this on the mill, but I only have .010 to go, and fixturing on the mill will be a dog, but with the mag vise and an angle plate for blocking, it'll be trivial..." Guess how it got done?
Hey, nice videos. Am a fellow newbie (extreme) in NJ. Want to ask you about the probe u r using for zeroing xyz. Where can I buy it from n how to use it?
16:45 - 18:00 - How you keep customers
This video is truly a gem for many reasons that I'm sure others will mention. Thank you for taking the extra time to share this part of your day with us.
Kudos on your straightforward, practical, and clearly-explained solution to a common type of real world problem. Thanks to McMaster for making the Solidworks model downloadable for free. Being able to quickly and easily CNC spare parts as we see fit is a wonderful convenience we will soon likely take for granted. But for now it still is fresh and exciting... at least to me.
You are very professional by anyones standard including mine. I watched the whole video. You must have extreme job satisfaction holding the finished product in you hands and checking the close tolerances and viewing an exquisite part. I need you!
Nice clean job. I am a retired Marine Engineer and we had to re-engineer fixes all the time you did great. Love your video's and keep it up.
.. not sure why people disliked this vid. I found it great. Amazing Solidworks skills as well as machine craft.
John, it's always great to get emails from TH-cam telling me my favorite channel has new videos. You're awesome! Thanks for teaching me so much.
I love that lathe, perfect size for a garage. I've used it's little green brother at school.
That's the one. Maximat V10P 2 in 1. Never tried milling with it, that's what the Haas is for.
Definitely one of the most educating machining vids I have looked at. Thanks a lot!
Nice work John, nice finish too. You make it look easy! Take care, Mike
That has to be so satisfying wish there was web tutorials on how to do this. Greatly looking into a lathe and a mill. Hey, you got to start somewhere.
Great video. I really enjoyed going from seeing the old part, seeing the CAD models, seeing the CAM programs, the machining, and finally the finished project. Pretty awesome. Look forward to more vids similar to this!
Hi John
Great work again thanks for posting the video.
Looking forwards to the next update on the automatic saw.
Still building up my marking out and measuring tools micrometre and scribing block have arrived this week. Cannot wait till I get my lathe and mill later in the year and the real works starts hence collecting and learning now to use all the required measuring and marking out tools.
Yes the mill will be converted to CNC :-)
Mark
Lancashire UL
Hi John
This is a link to the lathe www.chesterhobbystore.com/db10-super-lathe---open-gearbox-9834-p.asp
This is a link to the milling machine www.chesterhobbystore.com/champion-20v-mill-3992-p.asp
Would love to have a tormach have seen yours and John grismos and love what you have done to them and with them.
They don't have a supplier on this side of the pond so will start with something smaller find my way learn improve it Cnc conversion being right at the top of the list and see where it leads as you never know.
Know I will be watching all your videos about Cad and cam with sprut and solidworx.
Regards Mark
Lancashire Uk
Your machining videos are so academic yet fun to watch, I almost want to have you cut something for me just so I could watch the video! Keep up the great work!
nice work and nice video. it is not always the norm that the person doing the video also presents it well. congrats.
Stumbled across this vid searching for a CNC miller for hobby use, nice vid and nice machining.
wow nice work! and good cinematography to boot.
Great job!! I really enjoyed watching!
NYC CNC Hey John, I don't know the CNC stuff like you, so its fun to watch and learn. Thanks buddy!
Hey John,
I am new to the machining relm of metal working. Retired welder, fabricator, and ultimately wound up being Union ironworker. Very impressive! Too bad you and Adam
(Abom79) are at the opposite end of the country as I would be your guys new best friend!! You mentioned a couple of whoops, but wasn't that bad as it looked great in the end.
Very smart to turn the shoulder bolt 180°.Very nice job! Thanks for posting.
Ray. Petaluma Ca.
All these tools and machines.
This is like Playboy for real men.
Holydamn.
John;
Being a picky engineer here, but I have always heard that type of pivot joint referred to as a "Heim" or "Rose" joint, not a universal joint. Universal joints move in a rotary motion, Heim joints move in mainly a single plane of motion, allowing for some variation of approach angle during the motion series.
Another great video from you and nice solution to your customer's problem.
Regards;
Ron Kluwe
Been throwin chips for a few years and watched a few of your videos Best was the difference between manual and CNC.
. This stuff fascinates me ... I am an Auto Mechanic , but I am branching off into the Fabrication / Building side of 4x4's .. so I have been researching at home milling , and milling with a drill press .. That is what brought me to your video .. Very cool part and a great video ....
Very very good, John! Your videos are great, you're very methodical and precise, and every time I watch you doing something I learn a lot. Congratulations on your skills and for sharing them with us! :-)
This is so perfect to watch! Keep sharing videos like this!
have you ever looked into installing a trav-a-dial for the lathe? they make life soo much easier...
Great job John, keep up the good work.
Wow. Really cool stuff, I will be starting a pre-apprenticeship soon for this kind of stuff.
NYC CNC at the moment just at a training organisation but hopefully in 6 months ill be in a shop
I just heard of you from the welding tips and tricks podcast I listened today , an older one. I'm a small time Manual machinist /millwright. Just wanted to say enjoyed your video here and info on podcast. Thanks
Looks fantastic. I love working 12L14 too. Every time I see a piece in the remnants at my favorite metal store I have to buy it because I just like having it on hand :)
NYC CNC
TAS?
NYC CNC HAHA I should have guessed.
What a great video you have, John. It's amazing to watch you make everything looks so simple. Thanks for all the great video you have posted so a layman like myself could understand better. Cheers.
rusty abe
That thing will last forever! Good stuff!
Matthew
This is becoming to be my favorite channel , keep up the great videos
NYC CNC Hell im a machine shop videoholic anything goes. Really though, this is hitting the spot
can't believe it...me too
Great video, as always, John. Your talents really shine through!
Well life is all about challenge so the more you accept the more you will be able to accept in the future. Keep accepting, you are doing great. I love your .22 cal targets.
NYC CNC No I am not.
Great video! Tormach PCNC on my list!
NYC CNC I mostly want one for motorcycle based products. I have a Torchmate 2x4 with a Hypertherm Powermax 65 that I used on a weekly basis for my Motorcycle Skid plate production (and other products) but would like to start making billet parts in CNC. I have a Manual mill and lathe but I'm looking forward to learning to program a CNC mill and enjoy the journey! Mostly to add one more skill set to my repertoire. Keep up the great work on your videos!
Great video, nothing beats being able to run your own business doing what you love!
What a great video! Well done guys!
How much would you generally charge for a job like this?
Thanks.
@OhioTurbo6 depends how many others would do it, if only you want to do this job and no other cnc/machinist person then as much as you want lol
Often look at material cost, electric used add what wage you want on top gives rough idea (wage includes hours to design it and not just mill)
Seen the rest of it… making a clevis; the open tuning fork you create can be a chatter nightmare! I was wanting to see that part of the operation. I am considering such a machine.
Great video. Carefully explained, and beautifully shot. Thanks!
Great job as always! If you ever get the chance I'd love to hear how you set up the boring head for CNC use.
I really regret, that I didn't know about that channel earlier. Great video, very good quality!
Wouldnt it be easier to engrave your plate before plasma cutting? Is it feasible? Use a common datum corner for both milling and plasma cutting operations.
Yeah it did *facepalm*
Congrats for the video. Very nice and excellent work. Thanks
Great work as always....
Great to hear the honest comment when drilling the hole :) (I was thinking it at the same time..)
RoboCNC Frees- & Graveerwerk 7
I envy you your many skills. Must be great to be able to create stuff. Nice shiny stuff as well! Keep the videos coming, love your Arduino stuff as well!
Matthew
Very cool vid, thanks. You need to get a DRO for the lathe. You will wonder how you ever got by without one once you do.
Is air shooting on the bit enough to provide cooling and longevity to the bit as oppose to cutting oil, obvisously I have no experience milling
"boring footage was lost" XD
always cracks me up
Wonderful. Thanks for mentioning speeds and tool names. Thank you for speeding up up the repetitive stuff that does not add to the understanding.
Great video, really professional keep 'em coming!
Hey John, very nice little project vid to watch! How do you preset your boring head to size?
When you set your Z-zero, that probe tool is way longer than the drill bit. How do you compensate for that?
probably by using tool height
Great channel thank you. How did you set your boring head at .75 accurately? thanks
What's the purpose of spotting before you drill?
Just subscribed. Lovin your vids. Im just learning about the cnc world. All ive ever used are manual machines. Im using a Centroid controller and its way easier than I thought. Currently machining some 420 ss blocks
Thanks for a great video. Any chance on going little more in depth on programming chamfering in sprutcam . Thanks again!
Why wouldn't you run that 5/8" shoulder to the outside edge of the clevis side? What did I miss?
Two questions.
1. How does the Tormach know the length of each tool so it can find z0 with each tool change?
2. Why is the hole on the nut side so big? It does not seem like the shoulder is actually being engaged. Could you have just put a nut on the bolt instead or drilled a 3/8" hole and actually used the shoulder?
Thanks
Did you per-set your boring bars before boring? i didn't hear you mention anything about test cut(s)
have you run many any challenges running most of your operations dry? Tool life, heat, etc?
very interesting. have you cut any "high tempurature" alloys? Stainless or titanium in particular.
I like flood well enough but my machine paint sure doesn't. 1 Year in and I'm missing about 60 square inches of paint on my chip trays.
What grade steel is this? Nicely made part!
this is fascinating. thanks for sharing
so up design on solid works and programme on spurt cam
is that correct
woould you please tell me how much these software cost subscribing
nice do and beautiful job anyway
How much do all the tools to make that part cost including software and everything?
Nice work!!!! you might as well go ahead and make a partial recessed nut since you have the room!
How come you climb cut mostly everything?
to achieve a better surface finish.
You should consider teaching! Kudos to u for making this beautiful video
Hello, could you please tell me once your piece is fabricated, do you throw away the used stainless steel or is there a way to shape it back into a new cube ? thanks
YOu have to melt it up, but you cant do this at your own because steel has a very high meltingpoint.
Hi pal.. an how much is the cost of the part like that?
I'm starting to get into cnc is there anything you can tell me for starting and nice vid
Just what is good to know for learning cnc mill
Brown's Shooting probably best to get a job somewhere for cnc any you will pick it up quick if you have the motivation
if you are in cali , might have an opportunity for you if you like a fast paced environment. check out our instagram for cnc work @memachine_co., www.memachineandengineering.com
Ok thanks for the device I am trying to get an internship at a machine shop and I'm going to vo'tech for persist ion machine
Hello great what you are doing! i will like to have a graphic program like yours did you advice me some
thank
Yes
i will like to know wish CAD is and some oder you maybe know
That came out good!
what type of solid works do you use
Can you machine parts that are designed using STL file type?
NYC CNC can i use free simple sketchup cad to this machine ?
What do you use for all of your speeds and feeds? A beginner with a cnc machine, this is the most difficult part for me.
Thank you!
When you rotated the part, do you have to re-zero the axis? Or is there some other kind of reference point?
hey love your videos ,I have a small CNC looking for a really good small bit to cut aluminum with a (de walt 611) thanks
Hey J.
The recessed-hex pockets, was this a feature in sprut?
I have beaten my head on steel beams trying to get my sherline to do similar (on a plate & for different sizes) and no conclusive luck. Do you share or quote for gcode? I know part of the fun is learning, but aggravation is getting bigger :-/ lol!! Hit me back.
As always enjoyed watching yet another awesome video!
Thanks for posting!
Hi there!
Thanks for sharing the awesomeness!
A question is that a Tormach mill?
very nice job, thank you for the video
Very nice and detailed video thanks a lot. Quick questions, how much do you charge for making a part like that?
What kind of mill is that? And is that program you used better than mastercam?
Hi John
Another great Video. Keep up the good work.
(McMaster Carr)
I also use to like McMaster Carr until they no longer wanted my business. One day I was putting together an order and when I tried to pay, they refused to take my money. So on the phone to ask why and I was told that they no longer would Ship to Canada unless you happen to be an old Customer. So when I pushed the issue they said it was to difficult to fill out all the paper work. What!! Don't you fill out the paper work for your old Customers? What a Crock. Business must be really good to turn away Customers because your to lazy. I order stuff all the time from the US and other parts of the World and have yet to find another Company that will not take my money and ship to Canada. It's your loss MMC.
Cheers
Willy
Just like John said their is more to this than meets the eye the paper work and cost to have someone do the paper work just doesn't pay off for them and I'm pretty sure they aren't hurting I know I order from them every other week or so and know about 10 others that are big fans of them.. I would think CA would have something like MMC if not give MSC a try...
John I have heard of that and also their are other machines that's fall under those guide lines but these machines are way over our price range but it's the point and sounds crazy but makes perfect sense...
Dennis
John, great stuff, please keep the videos coming...::))
A silly question, what if we didn't have CNC machining?
NYC CNC
Aa, but what if we never had this kind of machining? even manual? we wouldn't have the technology that we have today?
Wonderful video! Thank you.
What boring bar are you using?
NYC CNC Did you grind or mill a flat on the shank of it or just tighten the boring head's set screw onto the round surface? I'm new to using a boring head and was wondering what the standard practice was for these without the flat as far as aligning the head with the cutting part of the bar. Thank you for all the great videos too!
nice work, thanks for sharing... keep them digits safe : )
Nice work Sir.
very nice work.
Nice vid big John as usual.. tell me what do you use for editing?
Ok looked it up your an apple guy.
Great job buddy, can you give me the name of that machine, and all the tools needed? please, i need it!
Little overkill with the grinder, but will admit to dressing up parts myself
Depends on how I look at it! As a craftsman, yep, feels great. As a businessman, it is billable hours NOT going to something else, wear and tear on the grinder, grinder wheels being worn down, etc. Of course if it is built into your pricing/marketing scheme... (I can't market worth a darn, but I understand the theory...)
One thing I love to do when I have the time is throw my parts in the mass finisher (I have a pair of vibratory finishers) - they will give a nice finish, then into the polisher. The other thing you can do for a part like that is have a belt grinder with a scotchbrite belt there, and clean up on the belt
Hey, client loving it = Marketing, adding value etc, which as I said, is where I have little skills. I couldnt sell a life preserver to a drowning man
Been watching the new shop vids. Nice. Funny once you have a grinder. I was doing a stupid cast iron casting last week when I got to one surface where it was "OK, I can do this on the mill, but I only have .010 to go, and fixturing on the mill will be a dog, but with the mag vise and an angle plate for blocking, it'll be trivial..." Guess how it got done?
Do you have whrehause?can you design i wanna create more item crossbow...
Is this in New York City?
Hey, nice videos. Am a fellow newbie (extreme) in NJ. Want to ask you about the probe u r using for zeroing xyz. Where can I buy it from n how to use it?
Ya I tried to order parts from them before and they said they would not ship to Canada. Ps Nice job on the part
Would knowing trigonometry be helpful for doing AutoCAD?
What is the name of the 0 point setting tool?