Adam Savage's New Lathe Live Center Chuck

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Adam Savage's New Lathe Live Center Chuck

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9 ай бұрын

Today's box build is a carrying case for Adam's new lathe live center chuck (that he built off camera!). It's as straightforward as a box build gets, but a cozy new home for a piece of equipment that he's wanted to have for his lathe for a while. Let's hear Adam explain how it works.
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@tested 9 ай бұрын

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@craigr6186 9 ай бұрын

Can you break down a little more how you made the love center Chuck ?! Or at least a parts list of what you used?

@jagtan13 9 ай бұрын

Oh wow, this video reminded me about your story on the pin nailer and how you avoid getting pinned by said nails. That box is beautiful!

@jamollify 9 ай бұрын

Love the sticker "This machine has no brain use your own"! I just applied those to all my companies tools!

@TacoFooo 9 ай бұрын

The fact that Adam built that lathe chuck by hand is insane; It looks beautiful.

@lotuselanplus2s 9 ай бұрын

Actually to listen to Adam, he didn't build the lathe chuck, he modified an existing chuck to take the bearings and the MT4 shank. did a great job though , i've been using my old Logan Lathe from the late 1950's, for the better part of 30 plus years and never realized this existed, going to have to get one done for myself now, always can learn something from him and thats one reason why i like this channel so much.

@TacoFooo 9 ай бұрын

@lotuselanplus2s I guess I missed that lol. That's super awesome though. I hope your modification goes well!

@lotuselanplus2s 9 ай бұрын

@@TacoFooo Thanks .

@ItsHyomoto 9 ай бұрын

The crazy part is he did it off camera 😅 Imagine the views, Adam!

@teslapiper 9 ай бұрын

The Chuck is clearly labeled. He just Milled it out. Which is still very difficult to do accurately.

@StefanGotteswinter 9 ай бұрын

Adam, there is something about your shop videos that is just calming. Also: Solid toolpost cult.

@shane5809 9 ай бұрын

If any of you guys here in the comments section want to learn more about machining, watch this guy's videos (stefan's). His channel is one of the most informative I've ever seen when it comes to home shop machining.

@ZombieHaunter408 9 ай бұрын

It is so satisfying to ease into Saturday morning with a cup of coffee and Adam talking tools.

@dorkknight413 9 ай бұрын

I may of said this before but watching Adam reminds me of watching pbs as a kid. Thanks Adam and crew love the feeling of a simpler time in life.

@tested 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind comment!

@jimyeske8498 9 ай бұрын

To be completely accurate, Adam needs to begin with… 🙂 Before we get started, I'd like to take a moment to talk about shop safety. Be sure to read, understand and follow all the safety rules that come with your power tools. Knowing how to use your power tools PROPERLY will greatly reduce the risk of personal injury. And remember this. There is no more important safety rule than to wear THESE... safety glasses...

@kennethelwell8574 9 ай бұрын

@@jimyeske8498 ..e than to wear these, safety glasses.

@NaughtyShepherd 9 ай бұрын

If Adam showed up at my garage sale he could take whatever he wanted free of charge. It would only seem fair considering the helpful knowledge he’s given me for so many years.

@themanhimself3 9 ай бұрын

I don't think I would be anything like I am today without Adam. I've been watching him since I was a boy. It's great getting to continue in his shop. I can't wait to meet him one day.

@tested 9 ай бұрын

Adam has actually gone to garage sales and paid more than what things are priced as, because he felt the value was higher than the asking price.

@alejandronan607 9 ай бұрын

How fast Adam goes next level is insane, I'm happy he comes visit us mere mortals everyday ❤

@SnakeMan1989 9 ай бұрын

Adam: Builds a custom chuck... And brings us along for the box build. Lol And I love it.

@ast_rsk 9 ай бұрын

I grew up watching Norm on New Yankee Workshop and always found comfort in it. I think these shop videos carry that same sort of air to it that hits perfectly between the feelings of nostalgia and motivating maker content that pushes me to keep trying new stuff and to be confident in my ideas. Thank you Adam and crew!

@hugegamer5988 9 ай бұрын

I like leaving my lathe chuck key in when starting it up, that way it can fly off and be free! Fly my friend, fly far and enjoy life!

@themanhimself3 9 ай бұрын

OSHA wants to know your location.

@alfinpogform4774 9 ай бұрын

May your chuck key soar with unintended delight and unhindered by the forehead barrier of the unsuspecting! 🚀

@geoffreykeane4072 9 ай бұрын

Chuck key’s in love…

@SpotAllen 9 ай бұрын

I'd just like to say, I'd be game for an Adam video every time he has a successful yard sale outing. >_>

@Ivanovitch2885 9 ай бұрын

I love machining on a lathe because a person looks at the finished product and says "Oh man, this is perfect!" And in my head I'm saying "Weellllll, that depends on what scale we're talking about." You can hand file something to visually look and feel right but it really depends on what your tolerances are. If you want to make parts for a jet engine or even internal combustion, you need better. And that precision is SOOO satisfying.

@microbuilder 9 ай бұрын

That piece of leather on your bench is starting to look quite beautiful...

@computer_toucher 9 ай бұрын

This is like advanced lathe stuff for one who had maybe two hours on a lathe in high school shop, and I can't understand half of it, but I can't stop watching; it's a nice physics lesson really and dang it's so trancendent watching you work out the box

@davidjames6321 9 ай бұрын

This is the Chuck Norris of chucks, Adam savage you old Tony, absolutely amazing.

@markmonroe7330 9 ай бұрын

"This is 5 inches but lets just say its 6"

@Merennulli 9 ай бұрын

I love how much of precision is based on spinning things to make something definitely a circle. It's such a simple thing that gives grounding to imbue precision into so many other things. That's a great piece you've made. I hope we get to see you building more tools like that.

@CoolAsFreya 9 ай бұрын

From a pottery wheel to a woodwork lathe to an expensive precision metalworking lathe! Precision in spinning things!

@duidreki 9 ай бұрын

Love when you do box build. Anyone that got that itch when the word centre, was not in the centre hahaha.

@hollowdog9049 9 ай бұрын

Adam there is a screw and a nut when combined then you have a bolt. I admire your passion.

@SA12String 9 ай бұрын

Watching your expertise with the lathe increase over the years is something to behold. Well done.

@rodgersandrodgers8191 9 ай бұрын

Interesting opening.... Actually very interesting entire video. I really would have loved to have seen you make that huge piece of equipment from scratch or almost scratch. That to me is amazing.

@CoolAsFreya 9 ай бұрын

From what he mentioned in the video I think he took an existing chuck and modified it to spin on bearings with high tolerances!

@rodgersandrodgers8191 9 ай бұрын

@@CoolAsFreya I find people who can do things like this simply amazing. I have about the same chance of being able to do this as cows have the ability to ride a bicycle. I wish I had those abilities. But I definitely admire those that do.

@mm9773 9 ай бұрын

14:40 Made by A Savage. If that was my name, I think I’d sign everything, too.

@Greybeardmedic 9 ай бұрын

I enjoyed your video today, the camera and the shot was steady and my eyes and brain say thank you.

@Fallub 9 ай бұрын

Great job building the center yourself. Box building builds are my favorites btw.

@writerpatrick 9 ай бұрын

I could almost see the box reading "Caution: Live Center Chuck."

@jonbruford7950 9 ай бұрын

Curtis really knows his stuff 😂😂😂

@bagpipe1979 9 ай бұрын

I've always found when you make something on the fly. It always works once. But never twice, but if you take the time and make a print. It's usually the second one is good. It's happened too much for me not to say anything. Great stuff Adam. Awesome work on the live chuck.

@andrewdonatelli6953 9 ай бұрын

Your live centre chuck is larger than the main chuck on my lathe. LoL I have a Jacob's live centre chuck. I used it the other day making greeblies for an R5-D4 dome. I don't use it very often, but it sure comes in handy when I do.

@michaelfaraday4243 9 ай бұрын

Random tip if you care... write the label backwards on the inside of the plexiglass... That way the side facing out doesn't have the lettering and won't wear off as you open the box, bump it in to things, etc.

@62-66 9 ай бұрын

Adam this is a great life hack for chunks

@spacecowboy3063 9 ай бұрын

i like the subtle background noise in the sketching scene. Adam should stage mic his shop and so they can increase the FX

@huevacho97 9 ай бұрын

The constant need of making new projects and feeling like we never finish is what gives our lives sense

@1sarcophagi 9 ай бұрын

Morning Adam, thanks for the morning video, went perfect with my coffee, have a good day :)

@62-66 9 ай бұрын

I got sick with a temperature of 38. This video is like medicine)))

@atlancon 9 ай бұрын

this was great, perfect for a Saturday morning

@62-66 9 ай бұрын

Super. As you say, I create my own reality. Like new inventions and things.

@cyclebuster 9 ай бұрын

i am almost done making a bolt from aluminum. it is 2" x 16 thread, with a 12 point 2 1/4 head. I bored the shank out to a 3/16 wall. I cut off the cap, and i am boring it inside to 2 x 16 tpi. Once its done the threaded section will thread into the cap, and appear to be a large plain bolt, but it will have a 1 5/8 stash inside it. i am cutting the cap flats on the mill with a spindexer. Once i get my chuck mounted on the rotary table i should have better accuracy, but it looks good so far! Great channel!!

@mrzon9344 9 ай бұрын

Adam as you are chasing the 0001s - I was once told by a machinist that when turning a part you are supposed to make the centre drill with the part in the position that it is going to be machined ie sticking out, this is to limit the additional stresses added to the raw stock so the piece spins on the chucks axis 'naturally'. If you put it all the way into the chuck and find centre then if the raw stock was bent then it would be 'straightened' when in the live centre and would then bend when released from the lathe after the part was turned. I hope that made sense.

@oldchev2850 9 ай бұрын

That does make sense but not always possible. You wouldn't have 2 to 3feet of shaft hanging out of the chuck to centre drill it unless you wanted to wear it. The idea is to grab the material very short, centre drill it, then move it out to where the machining can be done. If the material is bent slightly as you mentioned, you put a piece of keysteel (@90deg) under each jaw. When you grip the material short to centre it, you have to be mindful of the rest of the material in the spindle. If it's too long or bent, you have to centre drill at lower rpm. If it hangs out the back of the spindle you have to be aware of two things. One is that no one can go near it. The other is that if you start the lathe at too higher rpm, the material can bend at 90deg in an instant and do a lot of damage. I've only seen it happen a couple of times and fortunately it wasn't me. One time was a piece of 1" solid bar that instantly bent and was bashing on a welder. Just a horrendous noise. If it's a long piece of material, you can rest it in a timber vee block and run fairly slow rpm to centre drill

@shawnl6959 9 ай бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only one that gets blow-out when air-nailing thin material

@rep384 9 ай бұрын

The realization of ‘did I just put that in upside down’ was super relatable😂

@DTeK 9 ай бұрын

16:11 its even better like that, it makes it easier to take the chuck out :)

@thezx5795 9 ай бұрын

That's some real good crap ya got there

@buzzwoodshop 9 ай бұрын

I have been machining for 11 years now. And I agree with the 4 jaw.

@geckoproductions4128 9 ай бұрын

Love your "on the fly" engineering. Never let PERFECT be the enemy of GOOD

@richball9576 9 ай бұрын

I have learned that if you position the nail gun in the same direction as the lower board you're nailing into, you have much less chance of the nails blowing out the side. Try it sometime.

@donevans1884 9 ай бұрын

Brilliant video , so relaxing to watch . 80 degrees lol it is 10 over here in Wales hahahaha

@Vickie-Bligh 9 ай бұрын

Yay! Box build. Excellent, Adam.

@douglasreid699 9 ай бұрын

cool build and cool video, nice explanation of the lathe at start. possible addition to the box, a hook to store the removable frontage on the side of the box? nothing worse when you are holding something and need to pick up 2 or 3 more things which you could do with 2 hands if you were not already holding something, could improve flow in your workshop.

@Dardrum 9 ай бұрын

It's always exciting when you share with us, thank you

@ollieusher1 9 ай бұрын

He made that beautiful live centre off camera and we only get to watch him make another freakin’ Perspex fronted box!? Gotta be the 20th bloody box this year?

@VAXHeadroom 9 ай бұрын

Me: Adam didn't leave enough length for the dovetails again... Adam: *air stapler noises* 😆

@kcolombo49 9 ай бұрын

Thx for the tip on Chronova Engineering...really cool!

@Zurkan0802 9 ай бұрын

Cool Box you build there, it was fun to watch. :) 16:40, well it's more like around 10°C here in Germany, which apparently is around 50°F. Because I had absolutely no idea what 80°F is, I just looked up how the Fahrenheit- scale works, Daniel Fahrenheit surely had an interesting idea.

@Amalgamotion 9 ай бұрын

Love these lil videos, small point of pedantry tho on your garage sale get. If by brayer you mean small hand roller you're fine. But that's a edge roller for carpentry, laminates and plastic applicator if you will. Incredibly handy in my opinion and with the square edge a nice find! You could do a whole video on rollers though, how do you like to store those?

@carlbyington5185 9 ай бұрын

Now you just gotta make a box for your lathe, and they can move around together, LOL

@cradd00 9 ай бұрын

It looks like you blew about 10 nails out the sides! LOL!

@benzam6218 9 ай бұрын

"Wrong wrong wrong wrong. Wrong wrong wrong wrong. You're wrong! You're wrong! You're wrong!" - Dr. Cox. A good set-tru 3-jaw or 6-jaw can be just as accurate as a 4-jaw. It's the repeatability that you sacrifice.

@robertburgess6100 9 ай бұрын

Nice work, Adam!

@helplmchoking 9 ай бұрын

Damn, Adam has come a long way in his machining! Not that he didn't have a lot of skill before really diving in a couple years back, but that chuck came out gorgeous - could almost be an Inheritance Machining part ;)

@CoolAsFreya 9 ай бұрын

Sometimes we colloquially say "dead centre" to mean "precisely in the middle", now I know it's namesake, a machining tool!

@StewartPaton 9 ай бұрын

I can't be the only one mesmerised by the sheer height of the tape on Adam's slate! For some time I just assumed he'd peel off the previous name and put on a new one for the next video. But it's extremely obvious that he just puts a new name tape over the old ones, to the point where it now sticks out a long way, but you only really see it when the name is not directly pointed to camera. I wonder how far out it will get?

@rom14141 9 ай бұрын

Nice build. Making the tools to make the tools, to make the things we want to make.

@masheroz 9 ай бұрын

That's like Cutting Edge Engineering's!

@nathkrupa3463 9 ай бұрын

Great video sir

@busaj383 9 ай бұрын

I hate when things are backwards but then still work out because it was on center 😊 I would have personally knocked those pins back up after flipping the box over to help with movement in there. Not 100% needed but definitely a nice added touch 👍

@CericME 9 ай бұрын

That's definitely a build I would want to see.

@kcstott 9 ай бұрын

That is one hell of a tool and I've been in a tool room for going on 34 years and have never seen a live tail stock chuck. I have a spare blank mores shank that would work perfectly for this. Now off to Shars to get a small chuck.

@cemx86 9 ай бұрын

At 14:44 - Watching Adam write his name on his work. As he is a creative artist/maker he should date it as painters do. I sign and date most everything I make! BE PROUD! My two cents.

@dennisonseeto 9 ай бұрын

I know Adam has been watching Cutting Edge Engineering again 🙂

@bushman4124 9 ай бұрын

pfff 80 degrees that is nothing LOL just kidding here it is freezing and deep snow love the quick and easy build, and of course i love your cave with everything in it. some of your tools to dream for. keep the building videos coming .

@ronwhitmill7068 9 ай бұрын

That 4" (100mm) 3 jaw is a nice addition, but I would always have it in mind to check the concentricity before using it. I have nothing BUT 4" chucks and I have gone through numerous 3J chucks which were so innacurate it is beyond funny.

@logans212 9 ай бұрын

I wish there was a build video for the chuck. That would have been great

@HDSnoopy 9 ай бұрын

Live Center Chuck is my new D&D characters name. He’s an artificer / bard.

@62-66 9 ай бұрын

Oh, how you need equipment and tools to do your favorite job and what you know how to do. Without any equipment, I’m like without hands.

@michaelholmstrom7677 9 ай бұрын

I bought a MT2 to spindle thread life center for my wood turning lathe thinking I would only use it once in awhile. I works great and I use it way more then I thought I would and I imagine Adam will use his more then he thinks.

@djcbanks 9 ай бұрын

I agree 5 inches is stellar.

@PaulKepnerProductions 9 ай бұрын

I love the box you made for it! Fantastic idea! If you wanted to take it a step further you could make it look like a Gerstner box by putting a dark wood stain on it and lining the inside with green felt 🙂

@wyliecapp 9 ай бұрын

"Did I just put that in upsidedown?" OH how I've said that exact thing so many times lol

@martyshrekster 9 ай бұрын

If you don't have one, another cool thing to build would be an ER-40 or ER-32 collet chuck! Just save the bore taper until the very end and cut it while it's mounted on your lathe so you know your collets run concentric. As long as your chuck mounting plate runs true and you keep the collets in good shape it should hold round stock concentric within .001" or so every time, it's super convenient to use for small parts.

@retrohipster1060 9 ай бұрын

I love that you made this box for live center Chuck. You're going to use this a couple of times a year at best every time it's going to feel like an exciting and beautiful thing. 🎉

@CarboniteDreamer 9 ай бұрын

you may only use it once a year but as my grandfather always said about tools. It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

@Aviertje 8 ай бұрын

Adam saying it is a lot of effort for a tool he only uses once a year makes me hope he had a lot of fun making it since I can only imagine that he is slowly reaching that point in his life where 'maker'ing is a chapter he needs to close in his life. I've seen this with my neighbor a few years ago, so hearing that statement just made me realize how short our time in this life is. (Also, the label of the plexi glass being so horribly off-center is mildly triggering for something that is meant to center things. It is the most uncentered 'LIVE CENTER CHUCK' label in existence!)

@MegaWizardman1 9 ай бұрын

Love the high-vis tape measure!!! That would be so useful to me and my blind ass eyeballs!!!

@Forge366 9 ай бұрын

Another day. Another box. :)

@garychaiken808 8 ай бұрын

Good job 😊

@richardwright345 9 ай бұрын

Always down to check out new lathe tool.

@alistercarmichael4990 9 ай бұрын

Great that you made it yourself. Buying the arbor is a nice quick way of avoiding the problem of matching the taper. After that great reasoning for a four jaw chuck.. why did you only put a three jaw on this ?

@Immolate62 9 ай бұрын

DIY Vevor live chuck center: $250. Watching Adam learn that the direction you hold the nail gun matters: Priceless.

@tjthrash0143 9 ай бұрын

A tailstock self centering three jaw chuck is a neat idea. But i wonder what the run out in it is. A four jaw non self centering chuck would give you far more versatility even if they are an irritation to use. However if you want precise parts, the irritation must be endured.

@AP57532 9 ай бұрын

The four-jaw self-centering chuck is excellent for the tailstock, because there can be conveniently clamped a tap :-)

@j.f.christ8421 9 ай бұрын

@@AP57532 ...that's not going to work...

@AP57532 9 ай бұрын

@@j.f.christ8421 Why wouldn't it work? I use it quite often.

@j.f.christ8421 9 ай бұрын

@@AP57532 Really? In real life or in your imagination? So you've a chuck at each end, both of them can spin, plus you still need to wind in the tail stock. Sounds like a great plan, meanwhile the rest of us just use a spring-loaded tap follower.

@AP57532 9 ай бұрын

@@j.f.christ8421 Oh, that's a misunderstanding. I don't use a rotary chuck in the tailstock, but a fixed one. I can clamp a tap or a die in it. When threading, the tailstock is loose and because it is quite heavy, I still manually extend the spindle when threading so that the tailstock is still in dynamic friction mode and doesn't wiggle. It's often more comfortable than a tap holder and I don't even have a die holder. Of course I'm talking about hobby use.

@juanalbertoperezfuentes5307 8 ай бұрын

Muy entretenido el vídeo Adams es excelente el trabajo que haces👌

@happymanharp1378 9 ай бұрын

Think about the shape of the chisel tip on your brads when you are shooting. If you turn your gun 90 degrees you can get the strays to go into wood when they skew instead of blowing out into air.

@funkysod 9 ай бұрын

Nice video as always. However I will say it again: Use the pin nailer perpendicular to the workpiece (as opposed to inline with) to minimize the risk of blowouts. Look at a pin nail, imagine what it wants to do :)

@DJvvAZZ 9 ай бұрын

Love using those air staplers!

@mith5168 9 ай бұрын

With the addition of the chuck to the live center feature, Adam will get a superior cut due to the dampening effect of the additional mass.

@LenserX 9 ай бұрын

Somebody please do the supercut of Adam waxing on and on about his lathe. All together, the videos must equal a masterclass by now.

@davidliskey3553 9 ай бұрын

You can build one with a collar on it that has 4 screws in it for adjustability that way you can true it up, i also run a 3 jaw chuck in my 4 jaw for ease of part removal and you can build long soft jaws to hold as big a part that will turn on your lathe. I run 12" stuff every day with this type of setup

@PiotrStaszewski 9 ай бұрын

"Watch Adam Savage put things together upside down because he is in a mad rush for no discernible reason!" No worries, it has a happy ending!

@j.f.christ8421 9 ай бұрын

3:45, no live centers are powered, what you've got there is a rolling center. If you took that dead center out of the tailstock and put it into the headstock, that's now a live center too.