Manufacturer Said This Part is $700, So I Replicated it for MUCH Less

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  • @jerryclyde1
    @jerryclyde1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    That little piece shuts off the flow of milk by pinching a rubber tube that you feed though the assembly. And the weight of the handle keeps it pinched off. And… at the end you figure it out 😂

    • @thepubliceye
      @thepubliceye ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What he said

    • @kwinterburn
      @kwinterburn ปีที่แล้ว +2

      spot on its a milkpak valve must must must not have any sharp edges

    • @RichSobocinski
      @RichSobocinski ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What I came here to say. I remember these from the mess decks in the Navy. The tight tolerances really aren't necessary.
      You literally could make this thing with a drill and hand file in less than a half hour.

    • @Hammerjockeyrepair
      @Hammerjockeyrepair ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RichSobocinski lol Im watching this and like 6 minutes in im yawning at the whole fusion 360 programming thinking We could have made this in 5 minutes with our hand tools

    • @JO-ly3hi
      @JO-ly3hi ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Hammerjockeyrepair Simple drill presss and sander! ...OR, weld the broken part and finish.

  • @jondavidmcnabb
    @jondavidmcnabb ปีที่แล้ว +14

    First, thank you for helping support your local business!
    Second, thank you for taking the time to film a small victory over the “just trash and replace” culture.
    Third, thank you for being a maker.

  • @chuckg9805
    @chuckg9805 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Your gonna need to replace the bolt with a longer stainless steel one and a self-locking nut. It needs to be able to come apart to CLEAN it. You also need to polish it to a mirror finish or else the health inspector will ding her for that tooi!

    • @bgowrwbw4755
      @bgowrwbw4755 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's exactly what I was going to say. We had these in college dorms back in the 70s. Everything needs to come apart for cleaning. And stainless should look spotless like any other piece of food handling equipment.

    • @crazzywolfie
      @crazzywolfie ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i could be wrong but i am guessing since he had to weld it the mechanism was not built to be taken apart like he did. i do agree that using a stainless steel bolt would have made things easier to fix in the future and easier to clean if needed but i don't think it would be a big deal especially if it just acts like a guillotine pinching off the hose. i would guess for health reason the hose it pinches has to be cleaned or replaced regularly but doubt the side where you don't touch would be a big issue.

    • @bgowrwbw4755
      @bgowrwbw4755 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@crazzywolfie That makes perfect sense, but my recollection (it's been awhile) is that food-related equipment has to really be stripped down to every little piece for sanitation, much farther than one might expect. That's why that "sh*** bolt" he refers to at 17:12 was not permanently installed in the first place. Perhaps it had been threaded and the threads stripped, I don't know. In terms of the milk tube, unless things have changed, each container of milk has its own rubber tube. Back in the day, milk came in special boxes that had a 5 or 6-gallon bag inside, with its own tube. You lifted this heavy box of milk (milk weighs around 8-1/2 lbs/gallon) into the refrigerated dispenser and threaded the tube down into the valve mechanism, and then removed some kind of clip (my memory is hazy) so that the milk was then controlled by the dispenser valve. When it was empty, you pulled out the box and replaced it. I saw an example of a similar machine online; search for Silver King SKMAJ1/C3. Sorry to ramble.

    • @IkaraPentiki
      @IkaraPentiki ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@crazzywolfie it did not have to be welded, it is built to come apart.

    • @htomerif
      @htomerif ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@crazzywolfie The housing was zinc and I think the threads were chowdered. I'm confused as to why he didn't just drill it all the way through and use a new bolt and lock nut. I mean the hole went all the way through anyway for him to be able to weld it. That would be kind of embarrassing to leave a little weld blob on the side of the end of a bolt holding it in place. You could also probably just use a quick release pin.

  • @IndependantMind168
    @IndependantMind168 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always preach that it is critical to fully understand/communicate the function of anything being designed or fabricated.

  • @richardkelleher1711
    @richardkelleher1711 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It has been a long time since my food service days, but that should be able to be disassembled for cleaning.

  • @calrob300
    @calrob300 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I also would've made the part over buying one. But lacking all the fancy machinery and software, I would've scribed lines in layout blue, and used drills, a saw and a grinding wheel. Old school.
    Nice work.

    • @liveen
      @liveen ปีที่แล้ว

      Software = free, fancy machinery = DIY-able with pretty decent quality and precision (great for hobbyists, not all that great for extremely precise commercial stuff) for less than 500 bucks if you buy everything new, using none of your own spare stuff, and keep the expensive components (like a spindle motor) to sites like Aliexpress, banggood etc.
      Mostly though, its a great thing to make for fun, and the reward is a finished product and the ability to make MORE things for fun! Highly recommend giving it a shot if you're a handyman type of guy, for some people a little project like that can lead to amazing things

    • @fredmercury1314
      @fredmercury1314 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would've just bought a thin bit of sheet steel from a DIY store and used a hacksaw and drill.
      Mind you, I do charge $700 an hour so...

    • @MarkkuS
      @MarkkuS ปีที่แล้ว

      Even cheaper

  • @fredboucher8689
    @fredboucher8689 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Why not use a 316 bolt and nylar lock nut so it can easily be repaired instead of welding it ?

    • @recrdholdr
      @recrdholdr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was literally screaming that at the screen when he said he was going to weld it.

  • @benkleban8962
    @benkleban8962 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "I'm going to take an hour out of my day to replicate a part out of stainless" also "Instead of buying a 25 cent fastener, watch me fuck weld the entire thing"

    • @IkaraPentiki
      @IkaraPentiki ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wish i could give this comment 3 thumbs up.

    • @robertnomok9750
      @robertnomok9750 ปีที่แล้ว

      An hour is a stretch. ITs like 20-30 minutes to mesuare small part like that and than cut it. If he did it off cam it would be faster.

  • @PerpetuallyTiredMillennial
    @PerpetuallyTiredMillennial ปีที่แล้ว

    "Walker's happy place" is the most relatable thing ever.

  • @mjgioia
    @mjgioia ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I used to make tooling for the Cooke and candy industry. One of the tricks I used in AutoCAD 2000 was to take a picture of the design and import it into the system as a “jpg” file on a special layer then draw a rectangle or circle around the part. Then scale both to the measured size of the real part. Then I can trace and locate details. Small parts are easy, big parts you have move back and be sure the camera and part are parallel and on the same centerline. To avoid parallax. Try it you’ll like it.

  • @danielweimer1649
    @danielweimer1649 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    20:21…. “That’s a cut point” had me cracking up! Love your videos… and the injokes like “oh you’re brilliant!” Then making that Walkers Happy Place! Watched that over and over! Great videos guys… thanks for sharing all you do!

  • @williamruch2633
    @williamruch2633 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Great job. A suggestion - instead of welding the retaining bolt how about replacing it with a longer one and putting a retaining clip on the end?

    • @johnz5359
      @johnz5359 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes! That was exactly what I was thinking. That would have been so simple. A pin with a cotter pin costs like 50 cents at the hardware store. Or even just a longer bolt with just the end threaded. There are a bunch of different ways to accomplish that, all of them better than welding it in place.

  • @larrydouglas3951
    @larrydouglas3951 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The first time I saw this milk system was at Great Lakes Training Center when I was a Recruit - 1965. It used a 5 gal. milk container and a plastic hose like the one you saw (as others have noted). They have been using this system for many years, and I suspect the company has found this to be a nice expensive replacement part.

  • @larrytyler1578
    @larrytyler1578 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I first found your channel and watched the 4 hour video of the clean up and making of the shop. I loved it. and when you placed the front door on the office you said you made it a no latch because it will be used the most. I said to myself "yea right he will be going through that bathroom door the most to get into the shop. And now on this video I see you going back and forth so much you have the bathroom door propped open. LOL . I still love your videos

  • @m10653
    @m10653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice 944 in the background!

  • @alanm3438
    @alanm3438 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is great having a CNC plasma cutter. I have a small one at home and I have used to make parts and art. It is nice that you were able to help this lady. I was a laser operator in a small metal fabrication shop. After 22 years, I was replaced by a faster laser. I sure miss my job. I miss my home business. Thanks for the video.

  • @dane9175
    @dane9175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    55 years ago we had a milk dispenser in our kitchen a.k.a. the cow. Anybody that owned one of these dispensers knew the how it worked long before minute 19. I love my cow 35° milk chasing Oreo cookies. That was when Oreos Cooks had trans fats they tasted so much better. Great memories of a interesting childhood.

  • @muskaos
    @muskaos ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yea, milk machine valves usually pinch off a rubber "nipple" that is built into the 5 gallon milk "bags" that go into them. I've had to babysit milk machines like that many times during my time in the Navy. You have to cut the end off the tube of the new bag to open it.

  • @frankdeegan8974
    @frankdeegan8974 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is not a put down but this is a perfect example of book learning crossed over to practical application. Great job. Too many of the products we have are made by people who are totally disconnected from these two aspects of engineering. I say again Great job. Plus this is the best way I know of to convey my thoughts.

    • @LiftArcStudios
      @LiftArcStudios  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This comment meant the world to me, thank you! -Tay

    • @frankdeegan8974
      @frankdeegan8974 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LiftArcStudios You are welcome!

  • @montanaharkin
    @montanaharkin ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great tutorial on using a plasma cutter! Thanks!

  • @justintasht1067
    @justintasht1067 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely fantastic and love how you explain everything you do and how it’s done top bloke and full respect 👍👍👍

    • @LiftArcStudios
      @LiftArcStudios  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for the kind words friend! We go back and forth on whether or not people will find videos like these boring or interesting, glad you found it interesting! Cheers, Tay

  • @MilesHolt
    @MilesHolt ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Can we have a little context here, did they actually say that .50 cent piece was 700 dollars or did they say they couldn't sell just that part and the entire assembly was for 700 dollars?

    • @AlliPrice371
      @AlliPrice371 ปีที่แล้ว

      Does it matter?

    • @MilesHolt
      @MilesHolt ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AlliPrice371 not really 700 dollars for that assembly is still ridiculous. 700 dollars for the little piece he made should be criminal. But if the machine is 700 and they don't piece it out I understand. So I was just curious what actually came with the 700 dollar price.

  • @charlespaine987
    @charlespaine987 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bad move on weld disassembly is required for cleaning as you discovered slide just pinches tube from milk carton. Good job on part replication.

  • @SchysCraftCo.
    @SchysCraftCo. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very nice video this week Tay and the gang. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friends weld on. Fab on. Keep making. God bless.

    • @LiftArcStudios
      @LiftArcStudios  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As always Jared, you're the man! Thank you! - Tay

    • @SchysCraftCo.
      @SchysCraftCo. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LiftArcStudios your very welcome.

  • @yodasbff3395
    @yodasbff3395 ปีที่แล้ว

    Agree, it does feel good to fix something rather than throwing it away. 👍

  • @dekonfrost7
    @dekonfrost7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good process.

  • @SRG-Learn
    @SRG-Learn ปีที่แล้ว

    This is brilliant.

  • @H4rleyBoy
    @H4rleyBoy ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I'd imagine the $700 was for the whole assembly not the tiny plate you made.

    • @brucelarcombe4679
      @brucelarcombe4679 ปีที่แล้ว

      1.8625… bananas 🙄

    • @H4rleyBoy
      @H4rleyBoy ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@brucelarcombe4679 I have no idea what that means ???

    • @brucelarcombe4679
      @brucelarcombe4679 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@H4rleyBoy Here in Australia ‘banana’ is a metric-elitist term for ‘inches’. So I was having a giggle about decimal inches.
      Not sure why it wound up as a comment on your post, sorry about that 🙏

    • @H4rleyBoy
      @H4rleyBoy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brucelarcombe4679 Yes I knew about the inches thing from watching CEE channel, but didn't see a connection to my comment :) :)

    • @brucelarcombe4679
      @brucelarcombe4679 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@H4rleyBoy yup, I watch CEE too. Just a lack of talent on my part 🤣

  • @Made4War666
    @Made4War666 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Video Man!

  • @mattnsac
    @mattnsac ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A trick to keep the construction lines from showing up in the DXF is to project the face of the part to a new sketch and create a DXF from the projection. It will only project the edges and nothing more.

  • @PaulThomas-qo9vy
    @PaulThomas-qo9vy ปีที่แล้ว

    Sweet repair, I dream of having a shop sabre!

    • @komoru
      @komoru ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't dream of it. Get a business license as an LLC or corporation (not a sole proprietor), be in business for at least one year and cashflow, and then you can finance one. Done.

  • @robertschoemer1250
    @robertschoemer1250 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How about a small radius in corners of the square pocket. May prevent cutting tube.

  • @davidberesford875
    @davidberesford875 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I understand the instructional value ….but. I could have made that part by hand in half the time in 1.5 beers and an episode of Columbo. Did enjoy the episode

  • @THEBOSS-vn2ky
    @THEBOSS-vn2ky ปีที่แล้ว

    Gemini Laser 3015 co2.
    Ran it 15 years.
    Production.
    Good job kid.

  • @mikecurtis2585
    @mikecurtis2585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video nice job!

  • @IkaraPentiki
    @IkaraPentiki ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I was with you until you started welding on a chromed visible part of the mechanism to retain a removable fastener

    • @Hammerjockeyrepair
      @Hammerjockeyrepair ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wasnt even with him since the beginning... The effort and time spent just measuring and programming into the computer was so much more complicated than just making the part on the bench with the same files, a grinder and drill! And then once he tried welding that crap instead of fixing the threads I just paused and went to the comments ahaha

    • @IkaraPentiki
      @IkaraPentiki ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hammerjockeyrepair for a one off, i agree with you. However, that would have made a boring video, and now he can produce aftermarket replacement parts, more or less ad libitum, could be a tidy sum all on it's own if he can just reach customers.

    • @robertnomok9750
      @robertnomok9750 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hammerjockeyrepair effort? That like 20-30 minutes to measure it and cut on plasma table. With such simple detail it takes no time at all., Welding part of the other hand made me suffer,

  • @sackharrell
    @sackharrell ปีที่แล้ว

    What is your shielding gas? I run N2 to shield and water to clean all of my stainless cuts and I don’t usually end up with that much dross.

  • @DruryXL
    @DruryXL ปีที่แล้ว

    You are brilliant cameraman

  • @LCM4x4
    @LCM4x4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Right, we have determined this is some horrid cast metal....let's TIG it 🤣
    Longer bolt and a nyloc nut on the other side

    • @quademasters249
      @quademasters249 ปีที่แล้ว

      As much as I like tigging, sometimes a nut is all you need.

    • @truckinNloving
      @truckinNloving ปีที่แล้ว

      My method has always been to bolt it... Frames busted? Bolt some C channel or angle iron to it! Presto! Like new again!

  • @joseluisporozcogarza7894
    @joseluisporozcogarza7894 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey could you make a video of more detail software controller info? Nice video :)

  • @Hammerjockeyrepair
    @Hammerjockeyrepair ปีที่แล้ว +1

    aaaaaaand by the time you got to the 8 minute mark putting all that info into fusion I already had the piece made on my bench with a drill grinder and hand file lol

  • @theatomproject007
    @theatomproject007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Finally a work case that totally justifies me buying a $25K CNC plasma for my garage shop... Jokes... Great Video and great solution. Stainless for the win.

    • @LiftArcStudios
      @LiftArcStudios  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      HAHAHA right!? It is the little things, however, like this that make me thankful to have this machine in the shop, fast track prototyping! Cheers, Tay

    • @quademasters249
      @quademasters249 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've been trying to justify it too. I know it would just sit there most of the time. I'd need to find another building for the tractor too.

  • @fredboucher8689
    @fredboucher8689 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why not 316 as as we know it is a much better grade stainless and price difference is negligible for the amount required .

  • @jwray9799
    @jwray9799 ปีที่แล้ว

    milk bag has a rubber hose that fits into the spigot that the part squeezes close,, not needing a water tight seal.. just the ability to pinch off hose.

  • @parker1ray
    @parker1ray ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Darn that works just like nature LOL!

  • @RhizometricReality
    @RhizometricReality ปีที่แล้ว

    Right to repair is important! Support local mechanics and engineers

  • @pwrfab6263
    @pwrfab6263 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm glad I have a Westcott plasma table. The program on my machine does everything for you lol. Just tell it what thickness and material.

  • @dkdj5
    @dkdj5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The valve pinches a hose that comes out of a milk bag. I love the chocolate milk!

  • @daylen577
    @daylen577 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One really dumb but super useful thing I learned recently is to literally just hold the piece to your monitor. You have the two major dimensions, but getting things like the filets and exact spacings correct can be a pain. Holding the piece to your monitor and zooming out in F360 until the major dimensions match makes it super obvious where you're even just slightly off.

    • @sugarbooty
      @sugarbooty ปีที่แล้ว

      You can also import a reference picture for things you can't hold up

    • @submarine.7seas
      @submarine.7seas ปีที่แล้ว

      Bed scanner

    • @daylen577
      @daylen577 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sugarbooty Reference pictures are very difficult to get straight, though. When you're working with millimeter parts, even a tiny but of skewing in your picture can really mess up any measurements you take from it after calibration. Unless you have a softbox with an overhead stand for a camera with a lens that does not distort, you're not getting the precision you'd want

    • @daylen577
      @daylen577 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@submarine.7seas Bed scanners work great for flat objects, absolutely. It's a bit different when it's an object like a fancy ergonomic mouse or a TV remote or really any part with a curved underside, because a bed scanner will turn that curve into a gradient that is impossible to decipher. But within the context of this video, a bed scanner would have been a perfect fix and would have saved probably a solid 30-60 seconds

    • @sugarbooty
      @sugarbooty ปีที่แล้ว

      @@daylen577 It might not be perfect but it has helped me out a lot. I usually take pictures with my zoom lens from far away to remove as much perspective as I can. Im pretty sure you could also use dewarping software to give you a better result but I've never bothered. As a hobbyist its perfectly fine for me, I usually use it for following curves and stuff I can't easily measure

  • @BecomingOffgrid
    @BecomingOffgrid ปีที่แล้ว

    Get yourself a wireless pendant - you can leave that keyboard in the cabinet and stick the pendant on the side of the cabinet.

  • @mrkenenglish
    @mrkenenglish ปีที่แล้ว

    I want one of those hats!

  • @thecow2756
    @thecow2756 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am thinking that it isn't pure zinc but something called Silumine aka Aluminum-zinc alloy or even Magnesium alloy because it momentarily burned with a super bright light

  • @truegret7778
    @truegret7778 ปีที่แล้ว

    I believe the "valve" is simply a rubberized tube that is pinched by the handle, hence the handle being relatively heavy.

  • @dekonfrost7
    @dekonfrost7 ปีที่แล้ว

    American ingenuity at its finest

  • @tomthompson7400
    @tomthompson7400 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    a nice clevis pin was needed , but hey ho , its up and running .
    Interesting to watch the full process.

  • @JimNichols
    @JimNichols ปีที่แล้ว

    It isn't a contact with liquid type valve. This is built for hygiene as there is a rubber teat that is attached to the bottom of the milk bag which protrudes through the broken piece and the weight of the pendulum applies enough pressure to the teat to pinch the flow off....

  • @jimiandrix
    @jimiandrix 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok serious question
    I was shopping for a waterjet to avoid draft on thick parts (3/4 inch) and hole ovalisation along with edge hardening
    Im building motorcycles and a cnc would save me a ton of time on brackets and frame parts that are critically dimensioned
    The question is, how much control do you have over the kerf angle ? Could you ream the holes and still have them precisely positionned ? And do you need to normalize the edge after its been cut when you tig weld it ?

    • @yeetskeetledeet8184
      @yeetskeetledeet8184 ปีที่แล้ว

      Depends on the criticality of the weldment and/or part. If the weld needs to be aerospace spec and x-ray, then welding on a plasma cut edge may not be a great idea. For motorcycles you are most likely going to be fine, bring the edge back to shiny metal and it welds great. As far as edge bevel, you are always going to have that with plasma. 3 degrees is normal, but you can get a straighter edge with good settings. Dimensional tolerance on the top side of the cut is easily + - .005”, even less with a proper setup. So yes, you could ream the holes to their appropriate dimension post-cut. If you are making a lot of these parts and your tolerance is tighter than the above ☝️ details, water jet and/or laser cutting is the name of the game

    • @mytuberforyou
      @mytuberforyou ปีที่แล้ว

      The way I handle this is offseting the toolpath by half the kerf plus the taper- since almost all processes benefit from an edge sanding, I then do a quick second operation on a spindle sander just to take out the taper, working small side up the edge works as a visual guide and it takes very little time. Although I know people here with both laser and waterjet, I can actually get my parts laser cut in Madrid for roughly the cost of the steel here, with a two week lead time. So in most cases I do that and then deburr and second operations like profiling, milling, reaming, chamfers, or flycutting here in my shop. If you normally use 1/8" and 1/4" plate they call it 3mm and 6mm respectively over there, the 6mm 304 I get from there is actually toleranced closer to .250 than the domestic 1/4" I get here.
      My opinion is that getting a waterjet for metal is daft in today's market, they are so messy and PITA to maintain. For the cost of a waterjet you can get a hybrid laser, not have to deal with a water table or sludge, have a machine that can be left idle with no downside, etc. Plasma is cheapest, but also worst.
      Just as an example, he could have got that part in two days from Reno for $14 (OK, he would have had to order $29 total to cover shipping) in 304 SS, and that is from
      SendCutSend, they are TWICE the cost of my supplier. So if you are building motorcyles and not mass producing motorcycle parts, your floor space may be more valuable than a waterjet or plasma, don't forget with either you also need to inventory and store material and scrap. Precut parts arriving 30 at a time in a box may be a better solution. I know it is for me.

    • @robertnomok9750
      @robertnomok9750 ปีที่แล้ว

      You dont. Even plasma manufaturer will tell you that metall 12+mm thick will have angled cut. Its in the nature of using plasma. Unlike pressure watter cutting or laser you electrical arc is dancing around a bit. You REALLY dont want to cut hole with diametres less that 4 time thickness of your metall unless you plan to finish them on the other tool. You will get angled cut on round holes. You might have 50 mm on one side and 49 mm hole on the other side, for example.
      They try to sell you "fine cut" torches and "true hole" addons but even so they would not promise you good results.
      You want perfect edges and holes? Use milling machine and drill holes afterwards. Plasma cutting is just a first step in making new part unless you do not require precision.

  • @neilf.7222
    @neilf.7222 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Best little edit (IMBRILLIANT) 😆Love the videos.

  • @ambydaly5713
    @ambydaly5713 ปีที่แล้ว

    Try wire eroder next time. Finishing in one hit. No filing necessary. Job done.

  • @risebad
    @risebad ปีที่แล้ว

    bro, thank you

  • @fightingblind
    @fightingblind ปีที่แล้ว

    My milk valve brings all the boys to the VoD

  • @catabaticanabatic3800
    @catabaticanabatic3800 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why on Earth did yo not put a longer bolt through and a washer/ nut on the end?

  • @AZHOTROD84
    @AZHOTROD84 ปีที่แล้ว

    What does one of those cost?

  • @MarcusMussawar
    @MarcusMussawar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    im sure its a dumb question but could you put small parts like that in a scanner(like from a printer scanner) and import the object

    • @LiftArcStudios
      @LiftArcStudios  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pure genius...I'm definitely trying that next time. Cheers! -Tay

    • @V8Hunter7
      @V8Hunter7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@LiftArcStudios You don't even need a scanner. Take a picture of it > Import pic into Fusion 360 > Scale the picture to the dimension and then sketch over top of the picture

    • @TheStealthbob
      @TheStealthbob ปีที่แล้ว

      @@V8Hunter7 This^^^ I have been able to perfectly replicate intricate small parts with various small holes this way. It creates a 1:1 image you use as a stencil you then simply model over.

    • @Taliesin6
      @Taliesin6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@V8Hunter7 you could have parallax issues with a camera photo, way less parallax with a flatbed scanner.

    • @robertnomok9750
      @robertnomok9750 ปีที่แล้ว

      You kinda do it like that for small parts, yes. But you still need to measure it manually to check yourself.

  • @jeffryblackmon4846
    @jeffryblackmon4846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think the new part squeezes a nipple that's on the bottom of the milk bag inside the cooler. I've flipped a lot of those valves in chow halls all over the world. The camera guy is right!

  • @fredboucher8689
    @fredboucher8689 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why not polish to chrome like finish .

  • @cadewey6181
    @cadewey6181 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lets hope that this video becomes widely viewed and that a market for replacement parts is created. You could help pay for the plasma table. Set your part price at at least 4 times your costs. You will force the supplier to lower the price of this stamped part and find out if there is a patent infringement. If so make it square with round edges.

    • @frontiervirtcharter
      @frontiervirtcharter ปีที่แล้ว

      Pretty sure no patent infringement on that one.. Milk-pack dispensers like that one have been around since the '80s at least, and the design looks like it's from the '50s or maybe even the '40s

  • @SomeGuyInSandy
    @SomeGuyInSandy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You drew this up and used a plasma table to cut it out? How long did that take? Do you own a manual mill?

    • @robertnomok9750
      @robertnomok9750 ปีที่แล้ว

      20-30 minutes at worst. You take a part, measure it, draw in 2d in your cad programm (3d is just to self check unless you create an assebly from several parts), throw it into cnc programm (settings he set in that programm and merging of lines is supposed to be automatic in nornam apps), download it to your cnc controller thats it. Change your plasma ampertage and cutting materials if needed, press on button and chill.
      Depending on part and its configuration it might take much longer. 80% of time is spend on measuring and double checking yourself.

    • @SomeGuyInSandy
      @SomeGuyInSandy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robertnomok9750 I could have made that part in ten minutes with a manual Bridgeport. CNC isn't really suited to simple one off parts. Now, if I had to make a thousand of them, yeah.

    • @robertnomok9750
      @robertnomok9750 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SomeGuyInSandy well yes, whole point to make a lot of them after wasting time on preparing cnc programm. When someone asks me to cut them one rectangle I poin them to the nearest saw,

  • @fabiocroldan
    @fabiocroldan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should have used a retaining pin

  • @courier11sec
    @courier11sec ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder if long term this piece is going to wear out the slot in which it rides because it's a much harder material.

    • @courier11sec
      @courier11sec ปีที่แล้ว

      Ugh. Just got to the bit where you started welding on the casting..
      You could have turned up a pin with a clip or cotter without altering the device at all.

  • @yspegel
    @yspegel ปีที่แล้ว

    When you find out how it works after making and it appears the tolerances weren't that important at all..... hell you could fix this point welding 2 O-rings together 🤣

  • @recrdholdr
    @recrdholdr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The 1950's called, they want their caliper back. lol

    • @LiftArcStudios
      @LiftArcStudios  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      but those are the good ones!

  • @courier11sec
    @courier11sec ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I Miss the hell out of This old Tony..

  • @Z-add
    @Z-add ปีที่แล้ว

    Need clarification. You could have done the 2d cam in fusion360 but didn't. Why?

  • @lDanielHolm
    @lDanielHolm ปีที่แล้ว

    Not sure welding that bolt was the right move, but nice job replicating the part!

  • @jdcabauwnl
    @jdcabauwnl ปีที่แล้ว

    There is a quicker way to transfer this in an model. Just make a picture of it and then open the picture in light burn. Then you trace the image and correct the dimensions correctly. And then you can cut already.

  • @3dpathfinder
    @3dpathfinder ปีที่แล้ว

    there is a rubber tube that the valve pinches off

  • @WhatStream
    @WhatStream ปีที่แล้ว

    Certainly looked like a 944 in the background.. Nice

  • @Thisious
    @Thisious ปีที่แล้ว

    the part: $700
    the education and tools to self-manufacture the part: $80000
    the satisfaction of not paying for the part: $priceless

    • @runed0s86
      @runed0s86 ปีที่แล้ว

      My library got rid of their 3d printers.
      The local hackerspace sold their cnc machine.

  • @chrisjames6349
    @chrisjames6349 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thumbs up for “you’re brilliant” sketch.

  • @EdzCreationz
    @EdzCreationz ปีที่แล้ว

    How much does a CNC plasma cutter cost?

  • @miscbits6399
    @miscbits6399 ปีที่แล้ว

    no 3d scanner?

  • @nathandean1687
    @nathandean1687 ปีที่แล้ว

    heres a quicker idea. place the item on graph paper . take a photo of it . scan it into the slicer program . double check every then do a 3d print of it to make shure every work then cut.???

  • @cynic5581
    @cynic5581 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve worked on that machine or a very similar one and the 700 dollars covered the entire assembly (plus some other parts) in my case. Which is its own form of obnoxious but from a business perspective makes a bit of sense I guess… having a SKU for every tiny part adds too much overhead in stocking, shipping, etc…

  • @flatlinesup
    @flatlinesup 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    whudabout that Porsche tho?... 😁

    • @LiftArcStudios
      @LiftArcStudios  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm welding a roll cage into in for a customer, being that it's only my second complete cage, i didnt have the confidence to film the whole thing and act like i know what im talking about haha. I will definitely post pictures to social media though! 1.75x.095 DOM tubing, completely TIG welded. Cheers! - Tay

  • @nathandean1687
    @nathandean1687 ปีที่แล้ว

    at 17:30 instead of tack welding an ruining the whole unit. use a longer stud an pull pin.

  • @gerbil7771
    @gerbil7771 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You could’ve tried taking a picture of it, diameter one reference side and try that right off the bat.

    • @LCM4x4
      @LCM4x4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Best way to copy stuff

  • @cagedruss
    @cagedruss ปีที่แล้ว

    That piece is used to pinch a rubber tube open and close which milk flows through. .

  • @DRIFTMOTIVE
    @DRIFTMOTIVE ปีที่แล้ว

    that powered my max sticker in the back though

  • @mada310
    @mada310 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video. I noticed that matching up a printed 1:1 drawing from Fusion wasn't identical in size to the parts I order from the laser shop. Perhaps that is due to the kerf compensation and I can address that once I have a plasma table set up for myself

    • @mytuberforyou
      @mytuberforyou ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Have you opened up your file in another DXF editor and checked it? Probably a scaling issue. Unlees your parts are oversize and you were applying compensation- because your laser shop should be applying compensation ALSO.

  • @ethandavis7310
    @ethandavis7310 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please tell me everything was sanitized before going back into commercial food service

  • @blh3741
    @blh3741 ปีที่แล้ว

    AKA Udder!

  • @kwinterburn
    @kwinterburn ปีที่แล้ว

    it's a milkpak valve the item just squashes a pipe from the milk bag it doesn't touch the milk

  • @crabmansteve6844
    @crabmansteve6844 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder if the $700 was for the entire assembly. Which is still robbery, but less robbery.
    I deburr using a die grinder with a not so aggressive tool, sometimes rasps or files will leave a burr themselves I find.

  • @MaxFenix8k
    @MaxFenix8k ปีที่แล้ว

    You can just take a picture of the pieces, import it on Fusion, calibrate it and you are rdy to go, you can sketch on top of the pic, you don't even need to use the caliper so often, why you weld the bolt and not put a larger bolt with a nut on it?

  • @kalemercer7053
    @kalemercer7053 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great job on the new part, but as im sure others have said. Welding the bolt was on the stupid side, a longer bolt and locking nut would of been a much better choice.

    • @chucksmalfus9623
      @chucksmalfus9623 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He real problem with welding in that bolt is the cleaning of the parts. They must be removable for FDA inspection so the pieces can be sanitized .

  • @fredboucher8689
    @fredboucher8689 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You are picking the tubing not cutting it.

  • @paulstaf
    @paulstaf ปีที่แล้ว

    You can get that part online for about $28. Search for SILVER KING 20306 SLIDE VALVE

    • @paulstaf
      @paulstaf ปีที่แล้ว

      I tried to post a link but YT kills them all. Search for Coker Service Inc.

    • @LiftArcStudios
      @LiftArcStudios  ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting find! We will let the customer know if it happens to fail again, the reason we said it was $700 was because the original manufacturer refused to replace the single broken part and said they'd have to buy the whole mechanism again instead. Good to know there are other replacement sellers out there~

  • @jessyltr581
    @jessyltr581 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can't say presice mesurement and calipers in the same sentence unless its written mitutoyo on the calipers.

  • @EnlightenedSavage
    @EnlightenedSavage ปีที่แล้ว

    I would have cranked out 4 of them because you know another one is going to break.