I love to see how you had a problem and solved the problem. Thats quality work

I am a machinist with 40 years of trade experience and I also have a BS in Mechanical engineering. Your comment on machinists thinking like mechanical engineers is one of the greatest tips I have ever heard for anybody working in the machining trade. Getting into the habit of visualizing the effects of stress and strain on a machine tool or work piece (especially during set ups) can be one of the best methods of achieving the desired results. This video is an excellent demonstration on how to approach set ups and machining ops. Explaining the chuck stops is an added bonus. Great job Robin.

Hey Robin, Great video! I particularly like the last example tweaking in a longer shaft. Glad to see you back on the video train. I think I'm going to spray paint my chuck stops black now and hide them in a drawer. Talk to you soon. Tom

Robrenz, you are THE MAN. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

That's a slick setup for sure. All can think from your videos is that you must have a fuck ton of patience. My shop made tools usually follow the "this is only temporary... unless it works" format.

This is like a master class for machinists. Great content. Please do the video on thinking like a mechanical engineer. Your attention to the details and clear explanations make you videos a joy to watch. Thanks again.

Actually, I don't care what format you put out. As long as you share your knowledge and experience the planet benefits from it. Was very happy to see a new video from you, sir! Thanks for sharing

I wish more mechanical engineers would think like machinists! :)

Your technical, mechanical engineering approach to machining is unique to KZfaq and I find your explanations to be thought-provoking. I look forward to your Engineering for Machinists video(s).

Thank you so much for this. I really like all the small tips like using the case hardening compound and showing how you set up the screws on the stops using the indicator.

And +1 for a mechanical engineering for machinist video, really enjoy the depth you're willing to go on a topic

"ROBRENZ notes from the shop". Rob, you could call it anything and I'd watch. There is always so much good information in your productions that I usually watch them repeatedly. Anyone with an 'Oscope in the background needs to be listened to.

That was or is probably the best 30 minutes I will spend to day getting educated on precision work and set up. Well another project to put on my todo list. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

I watched this video years ago and now im gettong back to it again to be inspired to do my own chuck stops

I'm really enjoying your discussions. did not mind at all there was not chips flying. The thoughts and promises behind being a good machiest really interest me. Thanks for taking the time Will

Welcome back Robin. Whatever you decide to call the show, please keep making these detailed and comprehensive episodes too. I watch and learn from many YT machinists, but your videos provide a unique perspective on the thought and action necessary to do precise, accurate work. I don't kid myself by thinking I'll ever be able to work at your level (let alone 25% faster :-) but seeing what's possible inspires me to try harder.

Great to see you back Robin. Your logical, methodical, deliberate approach to your work is refreshing. It's very much how I like to do things, though it certainly isn't at your level. Efficiency is important because time is something we can never get back so it's never good to waste it.

Hi Robin, I have been eagerly waiting for your next video and it was very much worth it! Your craftsmanship and professionalism is truly outstanding. Such a pleasure to watch. Thank you very much for your effort, time and passion! Have a nice day! Aron

Great video addressing multiple fixture setups. Deflections in clamping can easily get you into trouble if you aren't careful so good to point that out and ways to address it.

Thank you Sir, very detailed explanation and information. Gets a hobbyist to challenge his thought process and ask himself more questions about efficiency and tooling mods.

Another great video. Incredible the way you never seem to miss the smallest detail. Thanks for sharing.

Lapping threads for smooth engagement, great tip, thank you!

Great video! Attention to detail is amazing! Appreciate hearing how valuable efficiency is in a job shop environment! I can't agree more!

I really enjoyed this videos content so much I just made the one with the stop bar and different size diameter stops. Since my lathe is smaller I tailored it to fit my needs. I am new at this and look for projects like this to make. It was fairly easy and will be something I can use. Thanks so much.

Very useful tips. I will see if I can use these on my 3 ,4 and 6 jaw chucks.

You're not just Robin, you're the Batman! Great tools you made. Thanks for the video.

So glad your back on the air. Have been a machinist and toolmaker for 40 years and I learn something new for every time I watch one of your videos. Great stuff!

Very useful discussion of design approach and issues on a VERY useful tooling application. Thanks!

It's great to view and learn from another one of your excellent videos. Your attention to details which improve speed and accuracy is amazing and reflects many years of experience.

Absolutely fantastic video. Great information, presentation, and cadence. you are setting the bar quite high for the rest of us.

During High School I worked at job shop. The very first machine I ever ran on the job was a Hardinge Turret Lathe. I loved that machine. I'd love to have a Hardinge Tool Room Lathe one day.

Cool stop block system and as always your videos are detail oriented and worth the "time" to watch :) Thanks!

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This a level of detail I can really appreciate! Thanks Robin!

nice to see you back always learn when i watch you

Really glad to see you back in the saddle and having time to make more videos. Looking forward to the next one.

I'm glad Tom sent me here! Nice work. Loads of information without unnecessary repetition.

Good to see more content that matters, something to learn from. And as far as Tom & Adams shop talk about gifts and viewer items goes less is more.

I worked around every kind of engineer. What I took away from all of them was how to think. How to approach a problem. When something went wrong the first question always was, what changed.

Thank you for explaining and showing clamping force. I really learned a lot. Thank you!

A master class as always!!! Thanks Robin!

A whistle notch. I love it! Love all your videos❤

Brilliant, an engineer-machinist you are Sir. After 35 years in business, I do think like an engineer (without even realizing it).

Awesome a ROBRENZ video! and a regular video announcement!!

you have excellently presented your ideas, as usual

I'm so happy you uploaded a new video! Greatest respect for your work Rob! :) Best wishes to you.

Great explanation of deformation in a part due to clamping pressure. Sometimes these things aren't obvious. After all it is metal your clamping on. Thanks for another very informative video.

About a week ago I left a comment about making the adjustable chuck stop. I used it the other day to square up a 2 inch washer (1/4 inch thick). That item made it so easy to set up and machine and was able to hold a tight tolerance. With practice I know I can better. What a great idea. Again thanks for sharing.

Nice to see you back Robin, like a lot of my collegue I really appreciate this design, it's very nice how you use it to square the part to the axis make it very versatile.

Excellent! Thoughtful and effective design and fabrication. Your approach is especially laudable for me. I spent many years working in academic instrumentation shops and greatly appreciate your skills and ability to communicate. Thanks!

Robin I'm really happy I saw this video, I mean I get excited only because I haven't bought my lathe yet, and I've been really looking for one, but in the mean time - all these tips and helpful segments where you explain why you set up your lathes and machines a certain way only gives me more incentive and makes me more eager to get the lathe, and get to work. Thanks.

Odds and Renz. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, yours is my absolute favorite chanel on KZfaq. So many gems...

Best machinist on KZfaq.

Thanks for the advice I am only a hobbyist but I have made a lot of your time saving attachments as with another sight Joe Pie I class both of you as master machinist and if I can achieve in making my parts that bit better by using tips and tricks I fined here then imp better for it thanks very

Hi Robin, just going back through and watching some of your older videos. Obviously time marches on an plans change, but it would be great to see more of you on KZfaq. I was also thinking that “Robin’s Roundup” would be a good name for an odds and ends video. Thanks for providing such excellent instruction. Cheers, Al

Awesome video Robin! Been waiting for your next installment. Thank you.

Hi from a new subscriber in England, I'm enjoying the videos very much. As an engineer and designer inefficiency and the occasional period of procrastination cost me dearly, so your videos such as this one I think are going to improve the productivity within my workshop and business. I especially like the time efficiency talk at the end, I can connect with you on these thoughts.

Thanks, wonderful ideas carried out to perfection.

We missed you.Great video.

Hey Robin, a very professional way that you do things. I know that its your work and I very much appreciate you taking time to explain the reason behind it. As a hobby machinist I will look at the projects from a different prospective now. Thanks and God Bless Ya, Dave

Came to this channel from Ox Tool and have now subscribed! I especially liked the discussion about the deflection of the disk upon tightening, well done Sir!

Nice to see you always learning somthing cool

Wow....that method for the adjustable chuck stop is the answer to a maiden's prayer and I think it solves the problem of variable distances required for thin or thick pieces you want to face etc. Specifically, it is the 5C collet in the spindle bore......most lathes have a Morse taper in the spindle and can't retrofit a 5C collet without a completely new bolt on 5C closer due to the draw tube diam etc, so many people just make a Morse taper bung to fit in the bore and some form of screw out stop.............been down that path etc......but having the 5C collet to hold the shank of a stop is the answer to the problem even on a lathe with a 3 or 4 Morse taper etc..........all it needs is a Morse collet or a Morse bung that is split etc and a draw bar at the end to pull the Morse taper collet in as you have it with the 5 C method. Thank you a ton .....now I'll make one as per, but different, to suit my lathe......I prefer the KISS approach and as most lathes already have a Morse taper spindle.....doing as I suggested will make it happen. The actual inserts that do the stopping can be of different diams as the need for bigger or smaller discs that need facing arises. But....I got extremely lazy and did it the easy way that I learned as an apprentice.......I took the chuck off, laid it on the bench, mounted the disc in the jaws and then used an indicator resting on the now horizontal chuck face to indicate the under face of the work piece.....this is the way they taught me to do the job as the parts I worked on had to be perfectly flat on both faces and true to each other......some were not round but square.

So thanks for thats kind of video. Very helpfull for my work to live on it. Thanks.

Simply Excellent!

"Robin eggs" hatching ideas. Great video sir, glad to see you back.

Happy to have you back. Totally agree with you on thinking like a mechanical engineer and any guidance is much appreciated. I use SolidWorks as well but more on the simulation/stress analysis side of it. Love to see how people use the package. Thanks.

Renz' Cents? Renz' Sense? Thanks again for the details you've thought through and shared with us. I don't even have a lathe but learned plenty from your process.

Rob, thank you. I loved this video particularly. Although all your vids are great, this one helps immensely. Great info and great detail. Cheers, Daniel.

Very nice design...

Thanks so much for this video and the other 5 or 6 I just binge watched! Your videos are super informative and hugely entertaining. Thanks!!

Thank You - for the great video and inspiration.

great video, very well produced. Thanks for your time and effort in putting it together. All the best mat

before the video even starts, yay a new video! I get excited lol

I'm glad Tom put your link in his video.

Thanks for the video. Stunning good information. Turned to my own backstop for Collets today. It works amazingly well. Looking forward to seeing more of your tricks and tips. :-)

Great video/discussion/build, made my day to see you again on a new video! ATB

Outstanding!

"Robs quick jobs" would be a good headline for your new video series. As always a lot of interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing :)

Nice job Robin those are really slick. That is a great idea about the 5C stop I might have to make one for the lathe here.

You have some great ideas. I admire your logical approach to solving and designing. My idea of problem solving often involves panic.

thank you sr. for sharing you knowledge

As one machinist who makes a living doing this to another. Thank you! for this idea as soon as I get time I'm going to make some of these for my chucks. This would also work good in a 4Jaw chuck to get the face run out true without having to tap on the part.

Rob, I'm so glad to see back making videos to share with people like myself who have so very much to learn. Your professional level attention to the details, communication skills and shared thought processes are fantastic. So information rich that I'll continue to learn from them for years. I'm not the most creative naming guy. That said possible names for your none project video are: Shoptalk with Rob #?, Shop Time with Rob #?, Rob's World #?, Rob's World: Updates and Reflections #?, Shop News with Rob#?, Picking Up The Loose Ends #?, Tightening Up The Loose Bits #?, Rob's Food For Thought #?, Tuning In Session #?, OK enough of my stream of unconsciousness. Thanks again for sharing lessons/perspectives from your world of precision metal working.

Thanks for a video packed with useful tips and information for me as a hobbyist. Personally i like to follow Adams SNS since I have followed him for so long, and think of him as someone I know. Not everyone wants to be this personal in the public arena. I say you should keep making good quality info packed stuff, like you have in the past, and do it at your own pace. Whenever you have time and content to make a new video, I welcome it and will be there to watch and like. Thank you

Great to see another video, it's been awhile! I'd love to build some of these stops but I just can't get myself to drill and tap holes into my South Bend chuck since it's still in great shape.

I am new to your channel and I do like what I see a lot. I really do like to see the proper accurate machining you do, great job!

Simply, thank you for another interesting video!

Nutz by Robin. Robin's Nutz. And Boltz. Doing it Robin's Way. Robrenz Makes It All Better. Cool Hand Rob. Brilliant work, glad you're back!

Glad to see you again! We've missed you!

Interesting Robin... Knowing that the application of jaw pressure outside of the neutral axis has this effect could actually be useful as a technique for deliberately making a concave surface like that !! I also really like the trick of pre-setting the stop heights before installation to minimise adjustments on the lathe... 😏 😎👍☘️

just found this channel, great content. I really enjoy it.

Glad your back, always of interest...

welcome back rob , great video !

Thanks Rob. as i get older i realise lately that time matters a lot. i am trying to be more efficient but its hard work to change.

Good to see you back, figured you must have been busy. Hope you had a good holiday season, all the best for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2017.

excellent video. thanks

I found your channel via Stefan's site, you have some interesting work .so thank you for sharing and I look forward to being a regular viewer.

thanks Robin, nice to see you. I'll be looking forward to a mech. engineering video. I work on large diesel engines, many forces to consider that aren't always readily apparent. thanks for sharing, take care

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. very good content