SHOP MADE TOOLING . MACHINING HEAVY DUTY LARGE VEE BLOCKS . Part 1

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  • @joell439
    @joell439 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Vote for shaper here. Love the pictures at the end. If it’s not much trouble, please keep sharing those pictures from years gone by. Cheers 👍

  • @thesjyoungjr
    @thesjyoungjr 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Hey Max, thanks for letting us hang out in the shop. Good old Ogla is good girl, keep keep her lubedand she's a happy girl🎉

  • @jimpritz4169
    @jimpritz4169 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Every time i watch one of your videos i can't get over the fact that you built this entire shop. You're a man of many talents. Thanks for the videos full of tips and tricks.

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thanks . It was a mega undertaking . Cheers 👍

  • @mcgama88
    @mcgama88 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    Hello to Max and /Channel. Take notice, where the layout, the goal set to machine component is simple and first instance. As to a larger precision.
    Where, I can hope to copy process. Some thoughts need to start as simplicity. A reminder to shop process.
    Thanks, Max, for being my teacher. I so like that gentle guidance where I can simply hope to match process to work needs at my shop bench.
    it's fun to see action. regards. McGary

  • @petegraham1458
    @petegraham1458 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Always nice to see and hear a shaper working , don’t fuss with it if it requires grinding a new tool.

  • @alanremington8500
    @alanremington8500 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Cant help noticing your nice, bright, loaded w/machinery shop !!
    Thanks for the videos !

  • @ThePottingShedWorkshop
    @ThePottingShedWorkshop วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    A vote for the shaper here! I like your plan for a baseplate, much more flexible.

  • @arffadailey8055
    @arffadailey8055 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Quickly becoming my favourite engineering TH-cam channel.
    Sorry Kurtis,Karen & homeless.
    Thanks Max.

  • @BruceBoschek
    @BruceBoschek 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Every video of yours makes me love your shop all the more. That was a brilliant undertaking.
    The first machine I used was a shaper because everyone else wanted to get right on the lathe. I made a nice, little machinist's hammer on the shaper and am always delighted to see one in action, so there is my vote. Thanks for another excellent video.

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Cheers . A little Alba shaper was my first machine not counting a drill press ! 👍

  • @RalfyCustoms
    @RalfyCustoms วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Well g'day Max, just back from a Shovelhead ride, over to our Clubhouse and ready for a Saturday afternoons chill, looking forward to watching this one for sure, thanks for sharing mate, have a great one 👍

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      Cheers Mate . Taking Harry The Bastard out for a stroll ! 👍

  • @acmemachining
    @acmemachining 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Those are going to be a nice set of V-Blocks. I wouldn't worry about incorporating the hold down with the v-blocks, it may limit their usefulness. Thanks for sharing.

    • @brianleduc2244
      @brianleduc2244 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I agree here. He's off to a good start but I see that I'll change to measurement of the blocks so they can be used a set of standard boxs of what working with like a set of 1 2 3 blocks the hold downs I'll cut a keyway into the botton sides a hold down there as it can be moved any way that's needed

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      No worries . I have to do them , so they will fit all of my machines . Cheers 👍

  • @624Dudley
    @624Dudley วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    G’Day Max - Yep, I’m voting for the shaper. Thanks for the still photos at the end 👍

  • @donmadere4237
    @donmadere4237 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I have a Cincinnati 24” Shaper so my vote is Shaper!😊

  • @bostedtap8399
    @bostedtap8399 9 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Definitely a great addition to the shop Max.
    Nicely done

  • @TheAyrCaveShop
    @TheAyrCaveShop 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hi Max, I vote shaper with a shear tool finishing cut.
    Enjoying how a couple of V blocks can be an interesting and educational build. There’s a lot going on when you break it down. Love the detail and the commentary. Olga is a happy girl with a little lube up 👍
    Nice dad photo at the end …
    See you in part two ,
    ATB…Cheers….

  • @StuartsShed
    @StuartsShed วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great to see the process as always - picked up a few more tips. I’m a fan of that horizontal mill, but I’m just enjoying the process whichever way it goes. Cheers.

  • @matttradie1341
    @matttradie1341 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Its a good job for a shaper. Making them a matched pair and shaping in the vee and the relief would probably making for an interesting setup too. No land speed records will be obtained though 😂

  • @DudleyToolwright
    @DudleyToolwright 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Didn't your mother ever tell ya that if you are gonna make some cool kit like this, you need to make some for everyone. Very nice work, Max.

  • @AaronEngineering
    @AaronEngineering วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    G'day Max. Love that big mill of yours. She ploughs through that steel like tractor on steroids mate. Catch you on the next one Max. Cheers, Aaron.

  • @jasonhull5712
    @jasonhull5712 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Like a hot knife through butter..
    oh eh, it is a hot knife. Haha
    The rapid traversing of ol Olga is pretty impressive for a large table like that. I actually thought that footage of the rapid traversing was sped up but looking at the spindle speed it wasn’t, that’s just how fast it moves. Quite impressive in my opinion.
    Gonna be a handy matched set of V-Blocks Max. 👍🏻

  • @paulcurtis2779
    @paulcurtis2779 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Super cool. . the V Blocks will be very handy especially with the Key's to make sure they're exactly on center for both tables. . Great job.

  • @johnfry9010
    @johnfry9010 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    OLGA never disappoints , that is an awesome machine !

  • @terrycannon570
    @terrycannon570 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You are wearing winter clothes and it was 103 F here yesterday. I've been waiting until late afternoon to work in my shop. I have been sweating like the only boy at the family reunion. Looking forward to part #2. I love shaper work but also love seeing the big Russian mill at work.

  • @MyMiniHomeWorkshop
    @MyMiniHomeWorkshop 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I'm easy and as they say over here in Thailand, "Up to you" 👍

  • @warrenjones744
    @warrenjones744 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    385 slew ring change is a decent job! Biggest ones I have done is 345 and 245. Enough Iron to squash you dead if you don't follow good practice. with good tools. Every once and a while a job like that is fun. But as the years advance, the less so I am afraid. I am happy to take a consulting role. Damn I almost forgot...shaper, why not, its a much nicer finish IMHO

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      No worries . We used to have a lot of 245's over here . We had 3 at my other job . 👍

  • @theoutbackshed
    @theoutbackshed วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Another nice build Max. Cheers SteveO

  • @tommyvik1010
    @tommyvik1010 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Another great video Max, always enjoyable to see a shaper in action. I bet Olga does the jobb faster. Don't waste time and money.

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Olga will do in seconds what a shaper can do in minutes ! Cheers 👍

  • @willemvantsant5105
    @willemvantsant5105 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hi Max, made my Eclipse copy vee blocks 55 years ago on an Elliott shaper, the clamps were the most tedious parts to make.
    Even jewelld them with lapping paste.
    Still use them today.
    Noticed Olga has electro/mechanical braking on the rapids, no over run, nice feature, complex arrangement.

  • @billdoodson4232
    @billdoodson4232 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Olga sounds like quite an accommodating machine. 😂😊
    Tickling the Amal carb brings back memories of my old Triumph 3TA, she always needed a good tickle from cold. Must admit the old Suzuki V Strom I bought just to get to the TT this year, starts a lot better.

  • @lonniebrock3282
    @lonniebrock3282 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Max back in the Early seventies we called them traveling torches on a track they're great for lot of cutting

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      No worries . They used to make a similar thing called a Squirt Mobile to hold a mig gun . 👍

  • @jrd02wilcox
    @jrd02wilcox วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great video. I vote for the shaper

  • @peter3217
    @peter3217 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    great video Max, my baby shaper votes for the daddy shaper.

  • @doncoyle114
    @doncoyle114 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    the shaper for sure !! great content Max

  • @MicheleGuglielmotti-ql9fm
    @MicheleGuglielmotti-ql9fm วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hi Max, i like very much this and all the videos you are posting ! Add one for Olga horizontal milling .. cheers !

  • @Randysshop49548
    @Randysshop49548 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hi Max. The shaper gives a nice finish, however with the same machine finish on all sides it just looks better. IMO Cheers

  • @Rooster52
    @Rooster52 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Max, you keep it real, don't change a thing. :~} Great info on Machining & Insurance... and I'm guessing you don't have any problem sleeping at night! GW

  • @kentuckytrapper780
    @kentuckytrapper780 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great video max, keep'um coming.

  • @joell439
    @joell439 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Proper Vee Blocks 👍👍😎👍👍. Cheers Max

  • @markrand652
    @markrand652 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I would prefer to see the set up for using the horizontal mill for the ends, either though is fine too. Good video thanks!

  • @dennisbjones
    @dennisbjones วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I hate to see shapers scrapped too but they were superceded for a reason and it makes sense to do the ends in the mill.

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Superseded overnight by the face mill ! Cheers 👍

  • @natedoerfler652
    @natedoerfler652 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Normally, I'd vote for the shaper but think the finish would match better with the horizontal mill. 👍

  • @tas32engineering
    @tas32engineering 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Always interesting content. Videos are polished.
    Have a padio that would fit a few large machines. But already have been in big organisations. So padio has coffee & sketch book for upcoming projects. Plus working outside in rain hail or shine is no problems .

    • @tas32engineering
      @tas32engineering 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I used a council design to make a table & seats either side. Great for client discussions. Although I would use a coffee shop.

  • @samrodian919
    @samrodian919 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great vid Max. Shaper action for me please!

  • @Warped65er
    @Warped65er 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great vid., Max.

  • @CraigLYoung
    @CraigLYoung วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks for sharing 👍

  • @kempy666999
    @kempy666999 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great vid - thanks
    Got to be the shaper 😁
    I wonder what tales those pieces of steel can tell before Max rescued them?
    All the best,
    Paul

  • @Rustinox
    @Rustinox วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    46:45 Or maybe just mill a slot on both sides and use clamps. A bit like those precision vises. Just an idea.

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I did consider that option . But it would not suit the table on the HBM . Cheers 👍

  • @user-dn4iv2ne6r
    @user-dn4iv2ne6r วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    My old line burner is probably 80-90 years old, maybe more. Still does the job. Don't use it much but, when I do, the cut is first rate.

  • @alasdairhamilton1574
    @alasdairhamilton1574 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Max. A bit of shaper action please. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @AllanBirch-yw4cc
    @AllanBirch-yw4cc 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Another great video, Max. Shop made tools are always great to watch!

  • @alandawson2813
    @alandawson2813 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    In the shaper young max,

  • @dockerjade
    @dockerjade 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks for the great videos. Always love seeing some shaper action.

  • @Darkrif1957
    @Darkrif1957 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hi Max the V blocks are going to be a sweet addition to your shop mate ,nice work 👍👍

  • @billawad154
    @billawad154 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Always a sense of satisfaction making shop made tools.

  • @timw2407
    @timw2407 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    nice squib on ticklin an amil, and the bennie to top it off. guessin u had a bonnie

  • @kimknowles3681
    @kimknowles3681 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Good vid. Do it in the shapper.

  • @melgross
    @melgross วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I always prefer the finish of a face mill to that of a shaper.

  • @robdixon945
    @robdixon945 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks for the show Max 🍻

  • @frankerceg4349
    @frankerceg4349 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you Max!

  • @wallbawden5511
    @wallbawden5511 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Was looking at the chips coming off the cutter with the odd ones glowing red hot trying to tell you that you had a chipped or dull tips but you picked
    Up through the finish any reason you could not have used a fly cutter on it for a better finish
    My vote goes for the face Mill not a big fan of Shaper finish but either will and I know which one you will use nice job
    Cheers
    Cheers

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I do not have a fly cutter for this machine . I prefer the speed & finish from a face mill . Cheers 👍

  • @stevennederhiser7125
    @stevennederhiser7125 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Would pin the blocks together and use the shaper. Finish the sides and the Vee's. Enjoy the content!

  • @johnlee8231
    @johnlee8231 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I for one don't mind seeing you finsih up with the horizontal miller. It'll be faster so I'll get to see the project advance farther along in an episode.

  • @TedRoza
    @TedRoza 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    G'day Max. Nice big plates. I liked the emery cloth idea, which worked out well.
    What Speed did you use, when facing the plates. & of course we want to see the Shaper in action. Better than watching fish swimming in a glass tank. 😅😊😊.
    Good video, catch you on the next Installment.

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Cheers . All the speeds & feeds used were in the video ! 👍

  • @TrPrecisionMachining
    @TrPrecisionMachining 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    very ggod video friend Max

  • @hilltopmachineworks2131
    @hilltopmachineworks2131 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Of course the shaper. 👍

  • @paulbyerlee2529
    @paulbyerlee2529 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I always called a creeper cutter a quickie however I realise that term can have different interpretations 😂

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Yes , same thing . Quick cut is probably the more modern term . 👍

  • @johnbishop9245
    @johnbishop9245 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Shaper!!

  • @hmw-ms3tx
    @hmw-ms3tx 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I like the shaper but there's no getting around the fact that the horizontal spindle on Olga is the perfect tool to machine the ends. Are you getting used to the push button controls on Olga? My HBM is like that and I found it awkward at first. Once I got used to it I liked it a lot. That 385 is a big machine. My brother owns a 375 but I haven't yet seen it in person. It spends most of its time stripping overburden in a limestone quarry. Ken

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Cheers Ken . Yes , slowly getting used to the buttons . I prefer the mechanical levers though . They have that piece of mind for reliability in my mind ! Too much climbing to get to anything on those larger excavators . 👍

  • @DrKnow65
    @DrKnow65 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Vote for Olga for all the faces, rotate the head for the "V", use the horizontal for the ends, etc. :)

  • @williammurfin6354
    @williammurfin6354 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Nice sized blocks Max. Naw use the mill not the shaper.

  • @tonyjennings8034
    @tonyjennings8034 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Love the channel some shaper please Max

  • @paulhammond7489
    @paulhammond7489 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I'll cast my vote for the shaper (we don't get to see a good bit of shaper action too often)
    That Slew Ring change looks like it may have had a challenge or two.
    How old was your dad in that photo? :)

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      The slew ring went relatively easier than it looked . Dad would have been in his early 20's back then ! Back in the days when the Post & Telegraph office had their own machine shops . 👍

    • @paulhammond7489
      @paulhammond7489 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@swanvalleymachineshop Good to hear it went well. I'm officially as old as dirt, so can remember when many companies had their own small machine shops as part of their maintenance set-up, mostly gone these days, but it give the independent shops work :)

  • @markramsell454
    @markramsell454 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I've seen machinists who want a great finish use a fly cutter on the last pass. Looks like a mirror.

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I prefer the face mill . I do not own a fly cutter & do not have a boring head that can be used for fly cutting in this machine yet . Cheers 👍

  • @dutchgray86
    @dutchgray86 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Would be nice to see some shaper work.

  • @johnwilimczyk4188
    @johnwilimczyk4188 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Shaper Max

  • @larrymac8538
    @larrymac8538 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    SHAPER please Max.
    👍
    Plus what grade of steel are these blocks being made from ?

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      Mild steel scrap plate . 250 or 350 grade probably . 👍

  • @user-dz7nc2wi1b
    @user-dz7nc2wi1b 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Mate you make me piss my pants every time I watch . From one machinist to another keep it up you are the real deal . Would like to come and visit one day and suss out all your gear. I am guessing you drink a bit of piss ?

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Knock back the odd one or two Great Northerns ! Cheers 👍

  • @Dustin_the_wind
    @Dustin_the_wind 10 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks, Max.

  • @be007
    @be007 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    why not cut those v-blocks with a bandsaw, so you dont have that hardening wit oxy flame cut ?
    cheers
    ben.

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I do not have a large vertical bandsaw & to cut 520mm of 50mm plate would take forever ! Cheers 👍

  • @markschweter6371
    @markschweter6371 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Question from a total novice...
    Wouldn't lying the large I parallels flat on the wide side and then setting the small I parallels on them be a tad more stable?

  • @MPenzlin
    @MPenzlin 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    regading the sides:
    What would you do, when effort and time matters?

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Olga , would be quickest by far ! 👍

  • @donsipes
    @donsipes วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Shaper😁

  • @GraemeStephens
    @GraemeStephens 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I didn't know you had a Horse and Cart ? ............. but you do have a Pony Tail 🦄

  • @dcraft1234
    @dcraft1234 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Olga does like that pumping at the rear! She's a go'er!

  • @alandawson2813
    @alandawson2813 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hello young max,

  • @paulrayner4514
    @paulrayner4514 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Do you have to bolt them down? Just stick some keys in. You will be workholding whatever is in the blocks anyway, wouldn't that be good enough?

  • @richardmills6505
    @richardmills6505 9 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    What advantage was it to weld them together before cutting the waste out , Max ?

  • @mudnducs
    @mudnducs 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Max what kind/brand of mill is that?
    Thanks Max!

  • @kevinmilne2966
    @kevinmilne2966 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Shaper for me max

  • @matthewmeuleman9872
    @matthewmeuleman9872 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    A note for you Max WD40 stands for Water Despersant number 40

    • @swanvalleymachineshop
      @swanvalleymachineshop  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Yes & it makes a good cutting lube . 👍

  • @kenmcclure4562
    @kenmcclure4562 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Ends on the shaper please

  • @davidbawden6567
    @davidbawden6567 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Shaper please Max...

  • @honeycuttracing
    @honeycuttracing 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Shaper please

  • @apollorobb
    @apollorobb วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    shaper