Thank you so much for showing me how to be better at my job. My trainer has noticed an improvement in workmanship and gave me an 'atta-boy' I pass it on to you. Thank you my man.
@@Dirkadewwhen you're being educated, you don't need to look for money from your educators too... the money will come in due time... lets not be greedy when we're only "half-baked"... Congrats to the OP for going out there to learn...the process can be the reward... 😉 😎👍☘🍺
As much as the amazing examples of craftsmanship in these videos are inspiring and educational, no improvement would be possible without your own effort! Hats off to you for putting in the work to improve your skill!
14:30 As a math teacher, this made me so happy to see! Also, you don't necessarily need a graphing calculator for the matrix multiplication. You could use something like Wolfram Alpha for example!
You don't need anything of these. You only have to know one number. 1.414. 1.413 × 1 414 = 2 In Germany it is called Wurzel 2. And my mobile can't show the sign. When you have a 45° angle and you need to know the kathete, you divide the hypothenuse with 1.414. If you want to know the length of the hypothenuse, then take the length of the kathete an multiplicate with 1.414. Easy. It's only the sentence of Pythagoras.
Note the two line display TI30xs also can do matrix math, works the same as the TI83 but just a bit harder to see. Super useful as its an approved calculator for the FE/PE exams where graphing calculators are not.
@@Dirk-Ulowetzin English we say "square root of 2", often abbreviated to "root 2". In programming many languages have a library function sqrt(2). My (android) mobile has √2! I can't work out kathete though... Also, in an attempt to be helpful, we use "by" instead of "with": multiply by 1.414, divide by 1.414.
Agreed. I’m not much of a drafter but I did learn to draft using paper and pencil while in an engineering program. Though slower, hand drafting produces nicer dwgs, IMO.
at ~18:20 that is amazingly impressive. Seeing a corner round follow a path like that is amazing, but seeing it done on a manual mill is something else. Your work is a joy!
Seeing that swivel fixture in action was unexpectedly super satisfying! With these beautiful tools you keep making, who wouldn't want to work in the shop every day?
@mattholley9134 the pockets are... pretty basic lol the impressive part is the corner eounding honestly, or more specifically the fixture table made to make them.
My dad was a machinist and still has a bunch of old tools but no machines. I'd love to get into this someday. Thank you for bringing this world back to me.
Just find a good tech school. There are some awful programs. Find one that's more hands-on and less book learning. The real learning in this trade is by communication and doing.
19:10 The way the mill speed and the camera frame rate interact here makes this hypnotizing to watch. Also very cool to see previous builds make an appearance and do exactly what they were made to!
It's almost as he's been planning this for a long time. I am sure there's going to be more tools that will be needed to make more tools until we get to a "final" project he's been planning ever since he started the channel. After that project is done, it's off to the next project. Almost every video so far is just a side project to that main project methinks.
You did an absolutely killer job with this project! That home made corner rounding tool in a boring head worked so much better than I thought it would! You really put us CNC guys to shame with your fixture design skill; that radius fixture is performing beautifully! A couple of things to keep in mind when doing big deep pockets like that: Sometimes, just grabbing a big drill to hog out the center can be way more time efficient, and then you can come back and mill out the rest of the material. in addition to being faster, the chips already have somewhere to go when roughing with an endmill now so you are less likely to recut them and break a tool. Also, it is definitely worth roughing first with a larger endmill and coming back with a smaller one to pick out the corners and finish. Of course this is coming from a guy who runs CNC, so doing a tool change is nothing, but with the amount of material to be removed at those depths you'd definitely still make your time back.
French here 🇲🇫, in some school: machining and drawing and cleaning the workshop, encounter some motivate loss and bad mood for student, but ! YOU find the solution! Not due to young age or young stupidity, these student just need to see your video ! All of yours ! It's more than enough to give them new energy and motivational mind to succeed any doubt and problem! That's the way to mind, the spirit of mécanique is here They will WANT to take in their hands those beauty, useful beauty you've cut from this huge scrap useless metal that rust in the school workshop I want all student in world see that to be remotivate for ever ! Well done 👍 this is probably the final best item you ever machined ! ❤
Thank you for the hours of entertainment! I'm appreciative that I found your channel. It's reignited my desire to improve on my machining skills. My grandfather was a master tool and die maker for 50+ years and I've always wanted to follow his skills. My name is also Brandon and I'll be inheriting his lathe as soon as I can get down to California. Thank you for sharing your skills and journey!
Thank you and so sorry for your loss if he has passed. I hope you got to (or still can) learn some of his skills firsthand. 50 years of experience is better than what you could learn from any TH-camr
2 layers of YELLOW lined writing paper work just fine. Literally done this for decades. If you wrap consistently its ALWAYS the same within .00025 concentricity for me.. I know others might Poo poo this approach, but well...its worked thousands of times turning and milling. But milling no doubt soft jaws are the way to go. I have a set of brass, annealed copper, polycarbonate and aluminum jaws that I made for my cnc mill vice for some delicates i machine..
I'm a Chef and will never own a lathe or a mill, yet I find your videos incredibly fascinating and quite cathartic. They appeal to my "inner geek" I guess. The quality of your vids are next level - matched by the quality of your craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. Your Grandfather would have been proud to see what you have achieved with his equipment. Truly inspirational stuff mate.
Watching an older video without all the excellent talking to the camera and to the wife makes one really appreciate how much this channel has grown in just a year. This is still a great video but you have really found your style with some of your later videos.
Excellent design. Fantastic machining. Flawless editing........You are definitely one of the best machining content channels on YT- Thanks for taking us along!
Guys/gals I love the craftsmanship but what I love the most is his analog schematics and dimensions he does. I could whip that on AutoCAD in 20 minutes but there’s a long lost ARTFORM to doing what he does. Truly impressive and many machinists workshops don’t even have a pencil devoted to what he is doing nowadays
Mhm, I don't get the people that wants him to use CAD or buy a CnC, he has stated it clearly in the past why he doesn't want use CAD and CnC stuff kinda goes against the feeling of the channel, like who else would painstakingly setup to make perfect rounds like that? In CnC that is easy but not manually milling
@@link7417 you’re absolutely right. Thank you for taking the time to appreciate my comment and have a knack for recognizing very cool practices in machining
I’m sure everyone as said as much already but it can’t hurt to voice it again: FANTASTIC JOB! I absolutely enjoy the drafting shots as it reminds me of the hours my dad would spend hand drawing Architectural plans for his house. The nostalgia of hand drafted designs really is captivating and then seeing them brought to life through manual milling must be incredibly rewarding. While everyone may praise your drafting or machining, what really stands out is Your Filming and Editing talent. They are top class among youtube and even stand out compared to cable tv shows (that have camera men, lighting specialist, directors, microphone guys, support staff and a plethora of crew to compile/edit/produce and YOU DO IT ALL AS A 1 MAN SHOW 🍻 Cheers!
The best tools for roughing pockets are drills. Drilling the corners then dropping the endmill to final size prevents corner chatter. Then big drills as appropriate to hog out the remaining area will result in far less work for your end mills and you can use bigger end mills as the corners are established.
Good lord - those must be the most elegant soft jaws on earth! I was absolutely blown away by seeing how your new rotary fixture allows you to put a radius on a radiused corner. Fantastic job, Brandon!
Man those things are SO pleasing to the eye! Crafting lvl 99 for sure. 18:02 That turn you made transitioning from one corner to the next while leaving the already smooth radius in between them untouched was so satisfying.
OMG! You did it! You used a Matrix calculation outside of school for a practical purpose! It's been 15 years since I last did one of those calculations in University and I still haven't been bothered to use it even once! Well done to you :)
Your videos are engaging, beautiful, wonderfully shot and narrated. And best of all, the content is super interesting (for the non-machinist like me). Quickly becoming one of my absolute favorite channels on YT. Can't wait for the next one.
I get so much joy watching this. It's like finding out that your philosophy professor has a machine shop, writes for SNL and sometimes plays backup lead guitar for Pink Floyd. Genuinely entertaining yet instructional. Knowledge, art and humor. HA!
I love how many parallels there are between machine work like this and data analysis in GIS Pro that I use. You have an ultimate objective but along the way you create tools, and toolkits and toolboxes, you learn new methods, learn and work together with others and break a few things along the way. Side projects increase as the complexity of the project increases. Some tools are more useful than others but the experience and joy you get while building something is so much more valuable. Thanks for helping me relax after hours and hours of GIS work.
As always, it's super helpful to see the mistakes and learn from you. I'm just about at my 90 day review on a new job of running a 4 axis mill, and you've definitely been a huge help in learning all the things to watch out for
As someone who runs CNC machines for a living I love seeing how you solve simular problems to me but using manual machines. Shows me how my grandad would have done it. Keep up the good work.
Another gloriously overkill but amazingly satisfying project Brandon! As a CNC guy I use carbide constantly and do recomend it to people doing 'home shop manual' stuff if they have solid enough machines and can stomach the cost, the benefits are worth it. Also 10/10 use of the awesome rounding fixture and the idea to make a lathe tool for the boring head, I feel no shame in admitting I let out an audible 'oof' of satisfaction seeing the 2 in action rounding that first corner. Keep up the good work my dude, your an inspiration!
In the future when milling deep pockets use the largest endmill that will fit into the area and use it to drill out the bulk of the waste material. Then just make sure you have endmills with long enough flutes. Carbide endmills will also help since they will have the least amount of deflection lessening your chances of breaking them when milling at maximum depth.
This seems so massively useful while simultaneously simple and obvious that it makes me paranoid that there is some sort of design failure that you (and subsequently i) havent identified. I mean why else isnt this an absolutely ubiquitous tool? A solution to this issue would have to be a standard option for machinists no?
13:47 if you dial in off of the moving jaw without it tightened onto a part you risk your angle being off slightly from the slop in that jaw. Not super important here but it is something to keep in mind for tighter tolerance angles. Btw awesome work, you make this look easy.
I don't know why this video was even suggested to me by YT, but I don't regret spending 22 minutes to watch it. Thank you for this almost magical experience.
How is it that everything you make comes out looking absolutely gorgeous? Those rounded and rounded corners makes someone like me, who doesn't to any craftmanship at all, still warm and fuzzy inside from just imagining running my hand over those pieces. So satisfying!
You’ve convinced me that pieces of copper or aluminium sheet bent to shape are just fine. Certainly enjoyed watching you make those protectors though. Cheers mate, Stuart 🇦🇺
Just drill holes in your chuck jaws and use a single bent piece of copper or aluminium or a 3d printed sleeve (if you don't have a 3d printer, you can get the part made online and shipped to you).
I love watching this channel. The quality of craftsmanship is refreshing to see in this day and age - especially since I work as a CNC programmer/manufacturing support. I thought I would give a bit of my opinion on deep pocket milling for future reference. First off, the chips in the pocket were the problem for all of the endmills. Using air to evacuate the chips while cutting would have helped with endmill life. The first endmill would have worked if the axial depth of cut was reduced and you left an extra bit of stock ( .005" to .030" depending on surface finish ) when the cutter was past its flute length. Then take an extra finishing pass when at depth. As for the other endmills - the short flute endmills with a reduced shank would have worked well to follow the first end mill after you ran out of flute length on the shorter endmill, but they are still not as rigid as a shorter endmill, so their axial depth of cut would be less than the shorter endmill. The coated carbide endmill that you ended up using to finish is a great finisher even in a deep pocket, but will not take as much of a radial depth of cut due to the shallower flute clearance. The 3-flute endmill would have worked well in a center-out strategy with small axial step over at full depth, but that is usually reserved for a CNC.
Wow, one might end up thinking that you would eventually run out of cool projects and then you come up with this. Useful, clean and a great looking design. I loved seeing how you use your previously made tools to keep the cascade of projects on trajectory. BTW, getting the bore straight and parallel was what I referred to in my last comment in regards to testing dimensions to ASME drawing standards. Off course the set of gauge pins/dowels makes it easy. 😃
Thanks, Richard! My favorite projects are ones I get to use the most of my tools on! Honestly I think I could have gotten away with ISO's lax requirements for the bores on these 😉
I am constantly amazed at how fascinating I find watching an artist working at their craft. I have no milling experience nor do I ever expect to gain any. However, the meticulous nature and dedication that you display for your craft is definitely a mindset that is transferable to any "making" effort. Thanks for sharing with us.
Loved every bit of it. Seen a lot of Machining TH-camrs. But i loved the Technical drawing up to the perfection in the Machining. Just a rollercoaster to watch.
I remember when my lathe instructor asked me "How was the first Lathe made? Without a Lathe to cut the threads or cut the gears?" Now I know..... *with the ingenuity of Brandon!!!!* 😁👍
Funny, That is exactly the question I pestered my teacher with "You need a lathe to make a lathe so how did they make the first lathe?" He had no answer but after 50 years in the business and never forgetting that question, I know it now. The answer is in the history.
Clickspring made a video where he creates a working lathe, that the Ancient Greeks could and probably did make and use, all with hand tools like files and drills he made my hand from materials we know the Greeks could make. The man's a genius. th-cam.com/video/4pK3O43Jddg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=NxKs7tHrAmXibu6d
I clock up pieces in 3 jaws all the time. With practice and a soft hammer it can take seconds to a minute. Faster than a four jaw change. We have soft jaws for our chucks. Internal and external ones. Appreciate the vid😊
Could use some quick polishing on the rounds, but those look super nice! It'd be interesting to measure how repeatable they are vs the normal hard jaws and how much slack, if any, they give. And yes you also need some for the 3 jaw 😄 oh and plastic and jello pins, but that corner rounding fixture is pretty sweet!
Thanks, Josh! Repeatability would be interesting to measure though I have the advantage with the 4 jaw. Time will tell if i actually go through the torture of making a set for the 3 jaw 😂
Whenever I see one of your videos pop up, my life goes on hold for me to watch it, and they never cease to amaze me! Your ingenuity and intention to détail is something to behold! Thank you for another incredible video!
I don't even machine things, I just love watching things like this happening, at some point I will build myself a workshop, probably when I retire. Precision, finish, dedication. So relaxing to watch. And there is a lot of satisfacting in taking the time to create something that are just that nice.
I love this channel. I'm a chamfer and radius enthusiast as well. We have this 1" indexable radius mill at my work that I think you'd like. When I set it up in the CNC I touch off the tip then compensate for half the radius in height and diameter to land exactly in the middle of the tool and my radiuses come out perfect every time even after 500 pieces which was the last run. The insert did not need indexing once so it holds up if you treat it well.
That moment when you went from radiusing the one edge, then saying you were still on the rotary table and made the smooth radius on the corner.... So satisfying.
I can't believe how great this turned out. Idk why but at first I thought you were going to drill and ream each hardened chuck jaw and press in a dowel to locate each soft jaw. Your way is infinitely better. Absolutely outstanding skill and craftsmanship. I'm blown away with each and every video you publish. No one's doing it quite like this in the genre and I'm here for it !!
Very pretty, sir! And functional to boot! At age 75 I'm now mostly retired from my electronic design & prototype manufacturing business, but my business associate & I were always agreed that a few more hours getting the cosmetics exactly right on a circuit board layout was worth the effort. Ditto for the many mechanical parts of the instruments we built. The "oohs & aahs" from both customers & competitors always indicated to us that we'd done the job right.
I really love you minuscule attention to detail it is really the trait of an excellent craftsman. When I’m done with university and able to earn some money I will start my own off time workshop it helps me to calm down. For the mean time you’re vids will do as relaxation! Every subscriber is really earned keep it up.
Its videos and creators like yours that should be higest on the algorithim, this platform was created to teach ( for free) those who couldnt find or afford the trade schooling. This is a piece of art as well as a perfect explanation of safety, precision, and problem solving. Thank you
Dude your awesome! Your attention to detail is unsurpassed. I’ve been a toolmaker for over 50 years and you continue to impress me. As you know if you gave a project to 6 different toolmakers you’d find 6 different ways to do it. The best guy is usually the laziest. I’m betting you understand that theory . Just a few comments. Do you have a power draw bar on your mill? I do and I LOVE it. Next I think I’d have gone in with a large enough diameter center cutting end mill to plunge cut the bulk of the clearance area (that you broke the end mills in.)Then a decent size end mill to rough out the rest leaving only smaller amounts for the smaller finishing mill. When you go to the corners to mill out I would also plunge mill down leaving just enough to make final finishing passes . Just how I’d approach it. I’m betting I’d have no broken end mills. But then again it wouldn’t be the first time I did something wrong lol. I have to admit I simply love all your projects . Oh if I only had someone like you in my shop years ago. Thx again for another wonderful video.
i run a cnc machine for work im about year and a half in now but man do i love and respect the old way of doing things i also learn alot from every video
Your channel honestly makes my soul happy!! Watching you achieve such flawless beauty in your work is something that always makes my day. Thank you for the incredible content
Spent the last 3 weeks watching all your video’s from the start , up to date now , great channel Machining 👏👏👏 Presentation 👏👏👏 Content 👏👏👏👏 You have gone to the top , one of my top 3 channels 👏👏👏👌 Cheers Chris
Your videos should be instantly preserved in Smitsonian as courses of manual machining. The are also skilled poeople in youtube but with your calm, warm voice you creating educational videos on the spot
I made an audible noise of satisfaction when you combined the custom boring-head edge rounding tool with the rotary table action The results were just so clean!
I don't have the words to explain how awesome this video was. An over-engineered solution to a problem, which you made using a bunch of other over-engineered tools, some of which you made just for this project. I do machining for fun, not profit, and have come to realise that it doesn't really matter how long it takes as long as the process of getting there was fun. This video felt like the culmination of that outlook (although slightly disappointed you didn't use the sine-plate at some point to tie in every tool you've ever made!). That moment when you hammered the copper soft jaws into the part was glorious. Both the finished objects, and the process, are as much art as they are machining, and I loved both.
Overall, this is a highly informative and enjoyable video for anyone interested in engineering. It showcases your talent and expertise while providing valuable insights and inspiration to fellow enthusiasts. Keep up the great work, and I look forward to watching more of your content in the future 👍👍👍
The most mesmerizing and satisfying machining videos on YT. The copper pins in the steel jaws was just...delicious. The rounds rounding the corner were a joy to behold. Your rotary table is a masterpiece of concept, design and manufacture. It's beautiful to see it do its work so well here.
Nice job 👍🏼 🎉 I’m a machinist since 16years and I have 2 good Tipps for you for such consersall job like deep pockets. 1. when you want to mill deep pockets like this take a drill first for the edges and for the filling to remove as much material as you can and 2. maybe take some rouging tools when you want to mill slices for example (sorry my english is not perfect I’m from Germany😅) I hope you know what I mean But really really nice job and construction 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
That's pure beauty! love the attention to detail in your videos, as an Art Director I recommend your videos to my team to understand concepts of hard surface modelling. Love your videos!
I love your Keuffel & Esser Paragon. Before CADD I used one of those every working day. Alteneder was another wonderful American maker of drafting stuff.
Brandon, you're really blowing the doors off your shop! This is some very innovative and useful stuff! Amazing! Wow! Just keep doing what you're doing and you're going to end up making a million dollar product or my name's mud! Keep up the amazing works you're doing! Kudos!!! 😊
What a great project. Such a nice holder for the lathe. I love the rounded corners they are so beautiful. To be honest, your calm nice voice and your realy nice projects are the reason why I am starting a journey today with an apprenticeship as a machinist. I’m really going to love the job. I really deeply have to thank you. Thank you for everything. ❤
There is nothing better you could tell me! That is awesome man, congratulations. And I agree, I don't think you will regret the decision in the least. Good luck on the journey!
These guys on TH-cam that spend their time making nothing but improvements to their tools is ironic. But i do like being able to watch them able to work without worrying about being productive.
It's worth remembering the videos are just the interesting projects, I'm sure he's using these machines and upgrades *all* the time when the camera isn't running
I just love this project so much the way you brought together some of your other toolmaking projects! I always used copper Jaw covers like your aluminum ones after while they get tarnished and work hard but I anneal with a propane torch, and put them back in service.
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Thank you so much for showing me how to be better at my job. My trainer has noticed an improvement in workmanship and gave me an 'atta-boy' I pass it on to you. Thank you my man.
thumbs up from me 😁👍
Great work man
An atta boy instead of a raise 🤦♂️
Should have told your boss you atta pay me more 😂
@@Dirkadewwhen you're being educated, you don't need to look for money from your educators too... the money will come in due time... lets not be greedy when we're only "half-baked"...
Congrats to the OP for going out there to learn...the process can be the reward... 😉
😎👍☘🍺
As much as the amazing examples of craftsmanship in these videos are inspiring and educational, no improvement would be possible without your own effort!
Hats off to you for putting in the work to improve your skill!
Absolutely love the journey of making a part in order to make the next part and the culmination of using all the parts to make yet another part.
😜😜
Side quests 😛😛😍
It's the true meaning of the channel name, the machines are for whoever inherits the workshop :b
The term you're looking for is "Yak shaving"
14:30 As a math teacher, this made me so happy to see! Also, you don't necessarily need a graphing calculator for the matrix multiplication. You could use something like Wolfram Alpha for example!
I didn't have either in high school. Had to do matrices on a regular scientific calculator.
You don't need anything of these. You only have to know one number. 1.414.
1.413 × 1 414 = 2
In Germany it is called Wurzel 2. And my mobile can't show the sign.
When you have a 45° angle and you need to know the kathete, you divide the hypothenuse with 1.414.
If you want to know the length of the hypothenuse, then take the length of the kathete an multiplicate with 1.414.
Easy. It's only the sentence of Pythagoras.
Note the two line display TI30xs also can do matrix math, works the same as the TI83 but just a bit harder to see. Super useful as its an approved calculator for the FE/PE exams where graphing calculators are not.
@@Dirk-Ulowetzin English we say "square root of 2", often abbreviated to "root 2". In programming many languages have a library function sqrt(2). My (android) mobile has √2!
I can't work out kathete though...
Also, in an attempt to be helpful, we use "by" instead of "with": multiply by 1.414, divide by 1.414.
@@georgescott6967 Kathete is from the greek Cathetus, which doesn't really get called that in lower maths. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathetus
Really refreshing to see someone design their part the classic way
This channel is the reason I plan on learning to manually draft. I enjoy the elegance of paper drawings
I love my onshape and fusion, but god these hand-drafted drawings just look phenomenal.
Agreed. I’m not much of a drafter but I did learn to draft using paper and pencil while in an engineering program. Though slower, hand drafting produces nicer dwgs, IMO.
at ~18:20 that is amazingly impressive. Seeing a corner round follow a path like that is amazing, but seeing it done on a manual mill is something else. Your work is a joy!
clever guy. would have never thought of that
Even a blind pig finds an acorn every once in a while 😁 Thank you so much!
Seeing that swivel fixture in action was unexpectedly super satisfying! With these beautiful tools you keep making, who wouldn't want to work in the shop every day?
Those are gorgeous! As a cnc guy myself it is very impressive to see how you can turn out parts like these completely manually.
Thanks, man! As impressive as CNC is, I'm more impressed by the stuff they used to make on old manual machines like these.
It’s insane that u can accurately mill complex pockets on the manual. Ur skills are impressive
@mattholley9134 the pockets are... pretty basic lol the impressive part is the corner eounding honestly, or more specifically the fixture table made to make them.
They would cost $2000 to make the set at a manual job shop.
@@dickmick5517still impressive, because for a while this was the only way to get these parts.
My dad was a machinist and still has a bunch of old tools but no machines. I'd love to get into this someday. Thank you for bringing this world back to me.
Do it. It'd trade that pays the more you learn and grow.
One of the few that does nowadays that's only limitation is your imagination.
Just find a good tech school.
There are some awful programs.
Find one that's more hands-on and less book learning. The real learning in this trade is by communication and doing.
19:10 The way the mill speed and the camera frame rate interact here makes this hypnotizing to watch. Also very cool to see previous builds make an appearance and do exactly what they were made to!
😁 One of my favorite shots! Thanks, Matt!
It's almost as he's been planning this for a long time. I am sure there's going to be more tools that will be needed to make more tools until we get to a "final" project he's been planning ever since he started the channel.
After that project is done, it's off to the next project.
Almost every video so far is just a side project to that main project methinks.
@@RealCaddeit‘s been side projects all along!!
You did an absolutely killer job with this project! That home made corner rounding tool in a boring head worked so much better than I thought it would! You really put us CNC guys to shame with your fixture design skill; that radius fixture is performing beautifully!
A couple of things to keep in mind when doing big deep pockets like that: Sometimes, just grabbing a big drill to hog out the center can be way more time efficient, and then you can come back and mill out the rest of the material. in addition to being faster, the chips already have somewhere to go when roughing with an endmill now so you are less likely to recut them and break a tool. Also, it is definitely worth roughing first with a larger endmill and coming back with a smaller one to pick out the corners and finish. Of course this is coming from a guy who runs CNC, so doing a tool change is nothing, but with the amount of material to be removed at those depths you'd definitely still make your time back.
That self-made rounding form tool on the mill was seriously impressive (and something I hadn't even considered). And it also worked amazingly well.
Thanks! I have no idea where that idea came from but not it's part of the arsenal!
@@InheritanceMachining - typo spotted: I think “not” should be “now”
@@InheritanceMachining - feel free to fix the typo if it is one; and then you can delete my comments.
It's a pretty old school make do method, but it's definitely valid
This workmanship is really the best I have seen, what a man!
French here 🇲🇫, in some school: machining and drawing and cleaning the workshop, encounter some motivate loss and bad mood for student, but ! YOU find the solution!
Not due to young age or young stupidity, these student just need to see your video !
All of yours !
It's more than enough to give them new energy and motivational mind to succeed any doubt and problem!
That's the way to mind, the spirit of mécanique is here
They will WANT to take in their hands those beauty, useful beauty you've cut from this huge scrap useless metal that rust in the school workshop
I want all student in world see that to be remotivate for ever !
Well done 👍 this is probably the final best item you ever machined ! ❤
Thank you for the hours of entertainment! I'm appreciative that I found your channel. It's reignited my desire to improve on my machining skills. My grandfather was a master tool and die maker for 50+ years and I've always wanted to follow his skills. My name is also Brandon and I'll be inheriting his lathe as soon as I can get down to California. Thank you for sharing your skills and journey!
Thank you and so sorry for your loss if he has passed. I hope you got to (or still can) learn some of his skills firsthand. 50 years of experience is better than what you could learn from any TH-camr
2 layers of YELLOW lined writing paper work just fine. Literally done this for decades. If you wrap consistently its ALWAYS the same within .00025 concentricity for me..
I know others might Poo poo this approach, but well...its worked thousands of times turning and milling. But milling no doubt soft jaws are the way to go.
I have a set of brass, annealed copper, polycarbonate and aluminum jaws that I made for my cnc mill vice for some delicates i machine..
I'm a Chef and will never own a lathe or a mill, yet I find your videos incredibly fascinating and quite cathartic. They appeal to my "inner geek" I guess. The quality of your vids are next level - matched by the quality of your craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. Your Grandfather would have been proud to see what you have achieved with his equipment. Truly inspirational stuff mate.
Watching an older video without all the excellent talking to the camera and to the wife makes one really appreciate how much this channel has grown in just a year. This is still a great video but you have really found your style with some of your later videos.
Excellent design. Fantastic machining. Flawless editing........You are definitely one of the best machining content channels on YT- Thanks for taking us along!
Yes, definitely, thanks for the ride!
That is very nice of you! Thank you!
What I appreciate about your work is your precision, perfectionism and that you make your tools beautiful by themselves. It is just gorgeous.
Thank you! I put way more emphasis on appearance than I care to admit 😂
When you slapped the part on the rotary fixture table with your fancy clamps and dove tail centers it looked SOOO nice
Guys/gals I love the craftsmanship but what I love the most is his analog schematics and dimensions he does. I could whip that on AutoCAD in 20 minutes but there’s a long lost ARTFORM to doing what he does. Truly impressive and many machinists workshops don’t even have a pencil devoted to what he is doing nowadays
Mhm, I don't get the people that wants him to use CAD or buy a CnC, he has stated it clearly in the past why he doesn't want use CAD and CnC stuff kinda goes against the feeling of the channel, like who else would painstakingly setup to make perfect rounds like that? In CnC that is easy but not manually milling
@@link7417 you’re absolutely right. Thank you for taking the time to appreciate my comment and have a knack for recognizing very cool practices in machining
The added humor is fun and adds to the video. Enjoyed!
I’m sure everyone as said as much already but it can’t hurt to voice it again:
FANTASTIC JOB! I absolutely enjoy the drafting shots as it reminds me of the hours my dad would spend hand drawing Architectural plans for his house. The nostalgia of hand drafted designs really is captivating and then seeing them brought to life through manual milling must be incredibly rewarding.
While everyone may praise your drafting or machining, what really stands out is Your Filming and Editing talent. They are top class among youtube and even stand out compared to cable tv shows (that have camera men, lighting specialist, directors, microphone guys, support staff and a plethora of crew to compile/edit/produce and YOU DO IT ALL AS A 1 MAN SHOW 🍻 Cheers!
Craig is the man, a buddy comes in with the save. Would love to see more of him
He's been helpful more than people know!
Congratulations to Eric in providing those gorgeous reference pins!
I love your attention to tiny details to get the thing you want just the way you want it
Thanks man!
BTW, on your username, I'm reading The Halfling's Gem right now!
@@InheritanceMachining such a great series! I hope youre enjoying
The best tools for roughing pockets are drills. Drilling the corners then dropping the endmill to final size prevents corner chatter. Then big drills as appropriate to hog out the remaining area will result in far less work for your end mills and you can use bigger end mills as the corners are established.
Good lord - those must be the most elegant soft jaws on earth! I was absolutely blown away by seeing how your new rotary fixture allows you to put a radius on a radiused corner. Fantastic job, Brandon!
Thanks so much, Ron! That one operations ended up making that whole build worth it by itself 😂
Man those things are SO pleasing to the eye! Crafting lvl 99 for sure. 18:02 That turn you made transitioning from one corner to the next while leaving the already smooth radius in between them untouched was so satisfying.
Ah you too suffer from RS?
By far the best 20 minutes of my week. Thanks!
No, thank you!
OMG! You did it! You used a Matrix calculation outside of school for a practical purpose! It's been 15 years since I last did one of those calculations in University and I still haven't been bothered to use it even once! Well done to you :)
😂 Probably one of the 5 times in the rest of my life I will have a use for that!
I've used them pretty often, though I do a lot of CS and EE stuff, and have degrees in both, so I'm probably not the norm haha
Your videos are engaging, beautiful, wonderfully shot and narrated. And best of all, the content is super interesting (for the non-machinist like me). Quickly becoming one of my absolute favorite channels on YT. Can't wait for the next one.
That really means so much. Thank you!!
Those copper jaws look absolutely fantastic. Industrial art, right there!
Seeing the custom tooling you made for the round-over pass along the part, then sweep that corner...WOW!! That was incredibly pleasing to watch.
Thanks! Definitely my favorite op in this build!
I get so much joy watching this. It's like finding out that your philosophy professor has a machine shop, writes for SNL and sometimes plays backup lead guitar for Pink Floyd.
Genuinely entertaining yet instructional. Knowledge, art and humor.
HA!
“remember kids, the best type of kill is overkill”
if you come for the King
you better don't miss
and you have to go all the way
I love how many parallels there are between machine work like this and data analysis in GIS Pro that I use. You have an ultimate objective but along the way you create tools, and toolkits and toolboxes, you learn new methods, learn and work together with others and break a few things along the way. Side projects increase as the complexity of the project increases. Some tools are more useful than others but the experience and joy you get while building something is so much more valuable. Thanks for helping me relax after hours and hours of GIS work.
As always, it's super helpful to see the mistakes and learn from you. I'm just about at my 90 day review on a new job of running a 4 axis mill, and you've definitely been a huge help in learning all the things to watch out for
Hey, man that's awesome! Glad some of my shop musings could be helpful. Thanks!
That was very kind way of saying "by avoiding all the screw ups you made" LOL
As someone who runs CNC machines for a living I love seeing how you solve simular problems to me but using manual machines. Shows me how my grandad would have done it. Keep up the good work.
Another gloriously overkill but amazingly satisfying project Brandon! As a CNC guy I use carbide constantly and do recomend it to people doing 'home shop manual' stuff if they have solid enough machines and can stomach the cost, the benefits are worth it. Also 10/10 use of the awesome rounding fixture and the idea to make a lathe tool for the boring head, I feel no shame in admitting I let out an audible 'oof' of satisfaction seeing the 2 in action rounding that first corner. Keep up the good work my dude, your an inspiration!
In the future when milling deep pockets use the largest endmill that will fit into the area and use it to drill out the bulk of the waste material. Then just make sure you have endmills with long enough flutes. Carbide endmills will also help since they will have the least amount of deflection lessening your chances of breaking them when milling at maximum depth.
i love to watch you work. the attention to detail, precision work, and the problem solving are just pure pleasure for me 🙂
Thank you!
This seems so massively useful while simultaneously simple and obvious that it makes me paranoid that there is some sort of design failure that you (and subsequently i) havent identified. I mean why else isnt this an absolutely ubiquitous tool? A solution to this issue would have to be a standard option for machinists no?
13:47 if you dial in off of the moving jaw without it tightened onto a part you risk your angle being off slightly from the slop in that jaw. Not super important here but it is something to keep in mind for tighter tolerance angles. Btw awesome work, you make this look easy.
Good call! I didn't even consider that. Thanks!
I don't know why this video was even suggested to me by YT, but I don't regret spending 22 minutes to watch it. Thank you for this almost magical experience.
It's like a work of art!! I can't imagine the number of hours
How is it that everything you make comes out looking absolutely gorgeous?
Those rounded and rounded corners makes someone like me, who doesn't to any craftmanship at all, still warm and fuzzy inside from just imagining running my hand over those pieces.
So satisfying!
I love the joy on his face while biting into the jello :)
It never ceases to amaze me that I can rewatch your content several times, and find each just as engrossing. Thank you.
Clever, utilitarian, and beautiful all at the same time. It brings a tear to my eye. 😁
You’ve convinced me that pieces of copper or aluminium sheet bent to shape are just fine. Certainly enjoyed watching you make those protectors though. Cheers mate, Stuart 🇦🇺
Just drill holes in your chuck jaws and use a single bent piece of copper or aluminium or a 3d printed sleeve (if you don't have a 3d printer, you can get the part made online and shipped to you).
@@aserta Thanks 👍👍
Currently my favorite machining channel. Drawings, setups, procedures, mistakes, home shop style, beautiful results. Smart, clever dude, too. Thanks for sharing.
I literally got giddy excited to see a new video out. This guy does such an amazing job
Beautiful, I love the contrast of the steel and copper.
I’m usually a jawjacking jabberjaw, but seeing those soft jaws dropped my jaw and left me positively lockjawed.
Well sir, it's not Tetanus, it's not TMJ, it seems to be a terrible case of Toolmaker's Trance.
@@barcodenosebleed5485 I definitely could definitively be diagnosed as dumbfounded.
Not only to I envy the work you do but the time make for yourself to complete the work is also quite enviable!
Thanks! It does help that this is my full time job now 😉
Oh man those compound rounded corners are just slick as heck.
Those things look like you grew them! Killer job. Thanks for sharing this project. 😃
Those ended up being way more satisfying than I was prepared for 😆thanks!
Yeah they do. They make chamfers look like a crummy substitute... and I love chamfers!
I love watching this channel. The quality of craftsmanship is refreshing to see in this day and age - especially since I work as a CNC programmer/manufacturing support.
I thought I would give a bit of my opinion on deep pocket milling for future reference. First off, the chips in the pocket were the problem for all of the endmills. Using air to evacuate the chips while cutting would have helped with endmill life.
The first endmill would have worked if the axial depth of cut was reduced and you left an extra bit of stock ( .005" to .030" depending on surface finish ) when the cutter was past its flute length. Then take an extra finishing pass when at depth.
As for the other endmills - the short flute endmills with a reduced shank would have worked well to follow the first end mill after you ran out of flute length on the shorter endmill, but they are still not as rigid as a shorter endmill, so their axial depth of cut would be less than the shorter endmill.
The coated carbide endmill that you ended up using to finish is a great finisher even in a deep pocket, but will not take as much of a radial depth of cut due to the shallower flute clearance.
The 3-flute endmill would have worked well in a center-out strategy with small axial step over at full depth, but that is usually reserved for a CNC.
Wow, one might end up thinking that you would eventually run out of cool projects and then you come up with this. Useful, clean and a great looking design. I loved seeing how you use your previously made tools to keep the cascade of projects on trajectory. BTW, getting the bore straight and parallel was what I referred to in my last comment in regards to testing dimensions to ASME drawing standards. Off course the set of gauge pins/dowels makes it easy. 😃
Thanks, Richard! My favorite projects are ones I get to use the most of my tools on! Honestly I think I could have gotten away with ISO's lax requirements for the bores on these 😉
I am constantly amazed at how fascinating I find watching an artist working at their craft. I have no milling experience nor do I ever expect to gain any. However, the meticulous nature and dedication that you display for your craft is definitely a mindset that is transferable to any "making" effort. Thanks for sharing with us.
Thank you very much, Chris!
I literally cheered and whooped out loud when you used your rounding table around the corners. What an absolute thrill
You sounds as excited as me! 😁
Loved every bit of it. Seen a lot of Machining TH-camrs. But i loved the Technical drawing up to the perfection in the Machining. Just a rollercoaster to watch.
I remember when my lathe instructor asked me "How was the first Lathe made? Without a Lathe to cut the threads or cut the gears?" Now I know..... *with the ingenuity of Brandon!!!!* 😁👍
Funny, That is exactly the question I pestered my teacher with "You need a lathe to make a lathe so how did they make the first lathe?" He had no answer but after 50 years in the business and never forgetting that question, I know it now. The answer is in the history.
@@billshiff2060a 3d printer 3d printed a 3d printer
Clickspring made a video where he creates a working lathe, that the Ancient Greeks could and probably did make and use, all with hand tools like files and drills he made my hand from materials we know the Greeks could make. The man's a genius. th-cam.com/video/4pK3O43Jddg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=NxKs7tHrAmXibu6d
I clock up pieces in 3 jaws all the time. With practice and a soft hammer it can take seconds to a minute. Faster than a four jaw change. We have soft jaws for our chucks. Internal and external ones. Appreciate the vid😊
Could use some quick polishing on the rounds, but those look super nice! It'd be interesting to measure how repeatable they are vs the normal hard jaws and how much slack, if any, they give. And yes you also need some for the 3 jaw 😄 oh and plastic and jello pins, but that corner rounding fixture is pretty sweet!
Thanks, Josh! Repeatability would be interesting to measure though I have the advantage with the 4 jaw. Time will tell if i actually go through the torture of making a set for the 3 jaw 😂
Whenever I see one of your videos pop up, my life goes on hold for me to watch it, and they never cease to amaze me! Your ingenuity and intention to détail is something to behold! Thank you for another incredible video!
😁 Well thank you so much for making the time!
The Dad jokes are strong with this one! Love it!
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Use to hear that a lot in Southern WV, eastern KY and southwest VA(coal fields).
I don't even machine things, I just love watching things like this happening, at some point I will build myself a workshop, probably when I retire. Precision, finish, dedication. So relaxing to watch. And there is a lot of satisfacting in taking the time to create something that are just that nice.
I love this channel. I'm a chamfer and radius enthusiast as well. We have this 1" indexable radius mill at my work that I think you'd like. When I set it up in the CNC I touch off the tip then compensate for half the radius in height and diameter to land exactly in the middle of the tool and my radiuses come out perfect every time even after 500 pieces which was the last run. The insert did not need indexing once so it holds up if you treat it well.
That moment when you went from radiusing the one edge, then saying you were still on the rotary table and made the smooth radius on the corner.... So satisfying.
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I can't believe how great this turned out. Idk why but at first I thought you were going to drill and ream each hardened chuck jaw and press in a dowel to locate each soft jaw. Your way is infinitely better. Absolutely outstanding skill and craftsmanship. I'm blown away with each and every video you publish. No one's doing it quite like this in the genre and I'm here for it !!
Thanks man! I really appreciate the encouragement! Funny you mention drilling the chuck jaws and now I'm wondering much much time I truly wasted 😂
Very pretty, sir! And functional to boot! At age 75 I'm now mostly retired from my electronic design & prototype manufacturing business, but my business associate & I were always agreed that a few more hours getting the cosmetics exactly right on a circuit board layout was worth the effort. Ditto for the many mechanical parts of the instruments we built. The "oohs & aahs" from both customers & competitors always indicated to us that we'd done the job right.
Thank you! Even if the there is no-one else seeing your work its still good for one's own soul to create something beautiful that they are proud of
I found this video to be absolutely mesmerizing! The precision, the math, the smoothness of the finished product…wow!
I really love you minuscule attention to detail it is really the trait of an excellent craftsman. When I’m done with university and able to earn some money I will start my own off time workshop it helps me to calm down. For the mean time you’re vids will do as relaxation! Every subscriber is really earned keep it up.
Oh daaang, these rounded rounds are indeed the single most attractive thing I've ever seen anyone bust out on a manual mill 😍 Stunning build as usual!
I think that's my favorite operation to date! Thanks!
You are the sole reason that I can build things properly by the way. You taught me some very important things.
Its videos and creators like yours that should be higest on the algorithim, this platform was created to teach ( for free) those who couldnt find or afford the trade schooling. This is a piece of art as well as a perfect explanation of safety, precision, and problem solving. Thank you
Absolutely incredible work on those jaws.
I love how you are using tools to make tools which you then use to make more tools! Just brillant!
Dude your awesome! Your attention to detail is unsurpassed. I’ve been a toolmaker for over 50 years and you continue to impress me. As you know if you gave a project to 6 different toolmakers you’d find 6 different ways to do it. The best guy is usually the laziest. I’m betting you understand that theory . Just a few comments. Do you have a power draw bar on your mill? I do and I LOVE it. Next I think I’d have gone in with a large enough diameter center cutting end mill to plunge cut the bulk of the clearance area (that you broke the end mills in.)Then a decent size end mill to rough out the rest leaving only smaller amounts for the smaller finishing mill. When you go to the corners to mill out I would also plunge mill down leaving just enough to make final finishing passes . Just how I’d approach it. I’m betting I’d have no broken end mills. But then again it wouldn’t be the first time I did something wrong lol. I have to admit I simply love all your projects . Oh if I only had someone like you in my shop years ago. Thx again for another wonderful video.
i run a cnc machine for work im about year and a half in now but man do i love and respect the old way of doing things i also learn alot from every video
Your channel honestly makes my soul happy!!
Watching you achieve such flawless beauty in your work is something that always makes my day. Thank you for the incredible content
😊 I love to hear that! Thank you!
Spent the last 3 weeks watching all your video’s from the start , up to date now , great channel
Machining 👏👏👏
Presentation 👏👏👏
Content 👏👏👏👏
You have gone to the top , one of my top 3 channels 👏👏👏👌
Cheers Chris
All my after-work stress goes away after watching one of your videos. Your work calms my soul. Thank you. :)
glad to hear it! thanks
Your videos should be instantly preserved in Smitsonian as courses of manual machining.
The are also skilled poeople in youtube but with your calm, warm voice you creating educational videos on the spot
You are very kind. Thank you!
I made an audible noise of satisfaction when you combined the custom boring-head edge rounding tool with the rotary table action
The results were just so clean!
You learned something new adding to your skillset, you had fun, and the end result was artistic and it made you happy. It was worthwhile.
I don't have the words to explain how awesome this video was. An over-engineered solution to a problem, which you made using a bunch of other over-engineered tools, some of which you made just for this project. I do machining for fun, not profit, and have come to realise that it doesn't really matter how long it takes as long as the process of getting there was fun. This video felt like the culmination of that outlook (although slightly disappointed you didn't use the sine-plate at some point to tie in every tool you've ever made!).
That moment when you hammered the copper soft jaws into the part was glorious. Both the finished objects, and the process, are as much art as they are machining, and I loved both.
Overall, this is a highly informative and enjoyable video for anyone interested in engineering. It showcases your talent and expertise while providing valuable insights and inspiration to fellow enthusiasts. Keep up the great work, and I look forward to watching more of your content in the future 👍👍👍
The most mesmerizing and satisfying machining videos on YT. The copper pins in the steel jaws was just...delicious. The rounds rounding the corner were a joy to behold. Your rotary table is a masterpiece of concept, design and manufacture. It's beautiful to see it do its work so well here.
😁 thank you so much! Glad you have bene enjoying the journey!
22min with you is like 2 min, i love your videos ❤
Nice job 👍🏼 🎉
I’m a machinist since 16years and I have 2 good Tipps for you for such consersall job like deep pockets.
1. when you want to mill deep pockets like this take a drill first for the edges and for the filling to remove as much material as you can and
2. maybe take some rouging tools when you want to mill slices for example (sorry my english is not perfect I’m from Germany😅) I hope you know what I mean
But really really nice job and construction 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
That's pure beauty! love the attention to detail in your videos, as an Art Director I recommend your videos to my team to understand concepts of hard surface modelling. Love your videos!
Thank you so much!
It becomes fun when you take your time and pay attention to every detail. Nice work, great blueprints, really enjoyed watching your procedures.
18:07 took my breath away. Beautiful.
I love your Keuffel & Esser Paragon. Before CADD I used one of those every working day.
Alteneder was another wonderful American maker of drafting stuff.
Your imagination (and your math) leaves me astounded. Love your work.
Brandon, you're really blowing the doors off your shop!
This is some very innovative and useful stuff! Amazing!
Wow!
Just keep doing what you're doing and you're going to end up making a million dollar product or my name's mud!
Keep up the amazing works you're doing!
Kudos!!! 😊
😁 thanks so much!
What a great project. Such a nice holder for the lathe. I love the rounded corners they are so beautiful.
To be honest, your calm nice voice and your realy nice projects are the reason why I am starting a journey today with an apprenticeship as a machinist. I’m really going to love the job.
I really deeply have to thank you.
Thank you for everything. ❤
There is nothing better you could tell me! That is awesome man, congratulations. And I agree, I don't think you will regret the decision in the least. Good luck on the journey!
Thank you ❤
These guys on TH-cam that spend their time making nothing but improvements to their tools is ironic. But i do like being able to watch them able to work without worrying about being productive.
It's worth remembering the videos are just the interesting projects, I'm sure he's using these machines and upgrades *all* the time when the camera isn't running
@@eragonawesome you're right. This dude's super productive and skilled
As a fellow professional, I agree with your comment quite a bit.
that's not the right use of the word ironic
It's a channel that involves the one tool that can create itself(a lathe)
I just love this project so much the way you brought together some of your other toolmaking projects! I always used copper Jaw covers like your aluminum ones after while they get tarnished and work hard but I anneal with a propane torch, and put them back in service.
Thanks a lot! That annealing step is pretty clever. I never would have thought of that!