Lathe Cross Slide Rebuild | Machining A New Lathe Cross Slide With T-Slots

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Күн бұрын

G'day everyone,
Today I will be replacing the cross slide on my mini lathe. I will be machining a new one from a billet of mild steel using my new mini vertical mill. The objective to replace the slide with a new one that has t-slots, so I will be able to more easily attach tools such as vertical slides and indexers.
This mod is unlike any that I have seen here on youtube, so I hope that you find it useful. T-slots are invaluable for a mill, and being able to have it on a lathe will prove to be useful. This upgrade will allow me to use the lathe in so many different ways in the future.
The cross slide will also increase the rigidity of the mini lathe. I will also be making a new set of T-nuts to go along with this upgrade, and a new stand off for the tool post mounting stud.
This video also lets me show off my new fly cutter that I produced off camera. I elected not to film the making of it, but there are a lot of great videos here on youtube that cover this topic.
Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
0:32 - Facing The Stock
2:56 - Cutting The T-Slots
5:48 - Cutting The Dovetail
7:19 - Tapping And Drilling Holes
11:10 - Making Some T-Nuts
15:18 - Making A Tool Post Riser Block
17:23 - Assembling And Testing
Lathe: Sieg C3 7x14 mini metal lathe
Mill: Sieg X2.7L vertical milling machine
#machining #lathe #workshop

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@tylerhogg2241 2 жыл бұрын

Bro, you need a bandsaw asap!! It would make your life so much more easy/efficient in the shop

@antonmursid3505 2 жыл бұрын

Antonmursid🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇲🇨

@amanofmanyparts9120 2 жыл бұрын

Failing that due to _poverty,_ a decent angle grinder and a few 1mm cutting discs would do the job much faster. For greater accuracy an angle grinder based 'chop saw' attachment is advised.

@TheDistur 2 жыл бұрын

Hacksaws build character.

@TalRohan Жыл бұрын

its his daily work out and good for his biceps leave him alone :0)

@ev_dyno743 Жыл бұрын

buy him one then

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

G'day, I hope that you enjoyed this video. It has been in the pipeline for a very long time, and I jumped at the opportunity to make it as soon as I got the new mill. A few things that I wasn't able to cover in the video: 1- Addressing the use of mild steel: Mild steel was not my first choice of material, and in have concerns about galling (though i won't have to worry about this for a while) but given the small amount of material I required, I just couldn't find a local supplier that stocked what I needed. With my state now in lockdown, this supply was issue was compounded. However the mild steel seems to be performing well. Good lubrication should help reduce galling. And the added benefit of using mild is an increase in tensile strength, compared to the cast. 2. The fly cutter, whilst doing a great job is flawed. I mistakenly machined it with the bolts on the wrong side, so the bolts are pushed against whilst it is machining. Long Term, i will have to fix this.

@Joe_Bandit 2 жыл бұрын

I have been looking around for cast iron stock too and the best I've found is weight plates from Kmart. Looks like you'd be able to get a decent 20mm piece from the 10kg. Not sure the quality of the castings though.

@HM-Projects 2 жыл бұрын

@@Joe_Bandit Primehyd in WA stock cast iron flat bars. Not cheap though.

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

@@Joe_Bandit Funnily enough I have actually torn apart a scrap 1kg weight from Kmart to machine the cast iron it is made of. Not the greatest castings but they worked fine as small flywheels for the project I did. The only thing that I might have to look into about these is what type of cast iron they are made from. typically you would want to use a grey cast iron for machines.

@Joe_Bandit 2 жыл бұрын

@@artisanmakes good to know, thanks!

@timplett1 2 жыл бұрын

Regarding the fly cutter as it is, you should be able to flip your cutting tool and run the spindle in reverse, at least to verify whether taking the time to fix/remake it will make a difference.

@KaneDesign 2 жыл бұрын

It’s nice to see that, at least in the comments I’ve read, that everyone seems quite positive. Too often on hobbyist machinist channels the comments are overly negative and provide next to zero constructive criticism. Love your videos as of late man, keep it up👍

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, always open to feedback, I find it very useful.

@jakubkopec9313 2 жыл бұрын

For heating small parts you can put them in a small ceramic flower pot. They will heat much faster, as placing them on metal sucks heat out of them.

@trashes_to_treasures 2 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

@barryfitch6920 2 жыл бұрын

Great addition. Please put more gibb strip screws in place for smoother action eg. 5 or 6 gibb strip screws, with perhaps just one screw as a lock G screw only. This will definately improve your lathe. Keep the chips flowing!!!

@bmacpher Жыл бұрын

I'm with you all the way on the cross-slide T slots - I wouldn't have considered making my own cross slide for my lathe, so thanks for another project to add to my list 😁

@artisanmakes Жыл бұрын

Best of luck. Cheers

@qwertyu19951 Жыл бұрын

I am amazed by the things you manage to do with that small milling machine!

@tonyandjackieholmes9546 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great upload - if nothin else I'm in awe of any bloke who can hack saw straight :)

@homemadetools 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent as usual. We shared this video in our homemade tools forum this week :)

@andrewcullen3235 2 жыл бұрын

Have really enjoyed your channel since subscribing. Keep rocking the hacksaw the frustration about it in all the comments cracks me up. Cheers

@CandidZulu Жыл бұрын

Well done! I think it will be accurate enough as is w o scraping for almost anything you will do in a home work shop.

@yeagerxp 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent 👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing

@artmckay6704 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Nice work! I can definitely see that you'd have a much more rigid setup than before. You'd think it'd be a no brainer for manufacturers to supply machines with your mods already in them. Thanks for sharing this! :)

@henrydando Жыл бұрын

There are compaines who do, and they don't get customers as the customers pick the cheapest machine 9 times out of 10

@artmckay6704 Жыл бұрын

@@henrydando I've learned the hard way that it's always the better way to just bite the bullet and pony up for the quality option. Today, I even buy top of the line paper towels because they so outperform the cheap crap. It's the same with machine tools - one should buy the most expensive tool that they can afford because it'll outperform 10 of the garbage machines. It pays to buy the best that one possibly can. Imho.......

@ARIFINLATHE 2 жыл бұрын

You are very professional and I am very inspired by what you do on your manual lathe sir💯🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝

@billofalltrades2633 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant idea! Nice job.

@Brian18741 2 жыл бұрын

Great improvement 👍

@gary851 2 жыл бұрын

Please make a patron account so i can donate for a portable handsaw - my bone marrow hurts when i see someone cut stock by hand!

@Barronohbeefdipp 2 жыл бұрын

I was just typing this haha. Make a bandsaw you have a lathe and mill. I love the videos but I cant take the hack saw cutting it sets me off haha.

@philoso377 2 жыл бұрын

Nice production and excellent idea. I have been thinking of this upgrade but never get started. This video triggers me of my next upgrade to go.

@alliwantedisapepsi1492 2 жыл бұрын

This looks like my garage, only cleaner. Good job. Cheers.

@ajdogcurr1 Жыл бұрын

good job. I plan to do the same thing including building a new tool post.

@metalmanglingmariner 2 жыл бұрын

What a great project. I must do this for my C3

@paulthomas3782 2 жыл бұрын

Great Idea thanks for sharing

@GBWM_CNC 2 жыл бұрын

I find it so satisfying to watch those fly cutters cutting 😍

@daveys 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely job!

@andrew051968 2 жыл бұрын

Great job! I was just going to say - you really need a power hacksaw - then I saw all the other comments.

@jaivigo 2 жыл бұрын

17:50 as usual on your videos, awsome job, thanks again.

@scooby8567 2 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC man😎👍👍👍

@BedsitBob 2 жыл бұрын

When cutting T-Slots, it's a good idea to cut the initial centre slot 5 thou deeper, than the depth the T-Slot cutter will be set to. Doing it that way, reduces the tool pressure.

@StachiBCNR33 2 жыл бұрын

aaand the T-Slot Nuts will ride much better even if you ruined the bottom once with a too long of a bolt :)

@ourtube4266 7 ай бұрын

That’s great advice thank you.

@jster1963 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding Sir, outstanding!

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou

@arenspringvloed9020 2 жыл бұрын

Aaaah. :) Feels so much better watching you breaking chips when tapping. Glad you managed to work around the broken tap!

@Andre-pe9mm 2 жыл бұрын

Great video 👍

@williamweesner1191 Жыл бұрын

You do some great work you’ve helped me make a decent machine out of nothing.

@artisanmakes Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it

@kieranh2005 6 ай бұрын

I got a spray bottle with a nozzle that allows stream or spray and filled it with coolant solution. Spray as needed to cool/lubricate as my lathe doesn't have a coolant pump fitted. If you were using a lot, hook a catch bottle under table drain to recover fluid for re-use.

@giovanbattistatiepolo2517 2 жыл бұрын

GOOD WORK

@lennarthoek8392 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Being a machinist myself I do have a few questions/critiques: are you planning on getting a better vice for your mill? Drilling vices often lack rigidity and accuracy and I can't imagine it being fun to use. I also noticed you use climb milling as well as conventional milling, I think considering the rigidity of the machine it would be better to make most cuts with conventional milling, or at least the finishing cuts. This should improve the stability as well as the surface finish a lot! Climb milling is often better for the tools, but just isn't viable if there isn't enough stability. Last but not least: when making a piece of material square and parallel in the mill, the best method is to cut a side, turn this side to the non moving jaw make another cut, turn again , cut again, turn again and then you should have 4 square sides. I hope I don't intrude to much and these tips are actually of some help, and for what it's worth you're doing way more and better stuff with a mini lathe then I ever did!

@jsublettusaf 2 жыл бұрын

That was an informative comment for me. Thanks! I've been doing it to the bottom of the vise thinking it was parallel to the table. I've also been doing climb & conventional on a mini mill only learning the difference yesterday. Good comment!

@ryebis 2 жыл бұрын

Do you mean taking rough cuts with conventional and then using climb for finishing passes ?

@lennarthoek8392 2 жыл бұрын

@@jsublettusaf that way you indees get two parallel sides, but if your vice is bad or there is a bit of dirt there's a big chance you get a parallelogram. But if you want the full explanation there are some really good video's om yt explaining it better!

@lennarthoek8392 2 жыл бұрын

@@ryebis normally yes, but if there is too much vibration or instability in either the set up, table or spindle. The mill could start "biting" into the material taking away more then it should and leaving a worse surface finish. You can actually see this a bit in the video, caused by I'm guessing a combination of all three factors, but two can maybe be fixed: trying another set up, like putting the material directly on the table, and clamping all the axis down, except the moving one ofcourse (but maybe he's already done that, in that case my apologies)

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou Lennart, feedback is always very helpful. I am indeed planning on upgrading the vise. The vise was just a freebie that case with the mill from the supplier. Credit where it is due, it is probably one of the better drill press vises that I have used. Though I will be replacing it soon. The plan was to replace it ASAP, but my state is unfortunately experiencing a COVID lockdown, and my supplier is currently closed. My preference is to always check out the product before I buy it if I am able to. Currently looking at just grabbing an import one for the time being. As for the climb milling, to be quite frank, most times I did it just out of laziness, not wanting to move the table back so I could conventional cut it. Had to change up the when climb milling though. As for getting the part square, I have to conceded that is the proper way. There was a lot of shenanigans off camera that I had to do to check that everything was all square. Many thanks for the advice.

@JesseSchoch 2 жыл бұрын

Seems like a tapered gib would have been worthwhile here. Thanks for sharing it!.

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

That is certainly something I'll be working on, but I thought it was just outside the scope of this video. Cheers

@vginfo 2 жыл бұрын

When you have skills, knowledge and the wright tools, you can do magic

@mrplow3874 Жыл бұрын

Like a pencil?

@vginfo Жыл бұрын

@@mrplow3874 depends on the hands that holds it

@TheDistur 2 жыл бұрын

Looks real nice. I'd like to make a riser block for mine to "delete" the vise the tool post is mounted on.

@motari6249 2 жыл бұрын

amazing work love how you used the mill to upgrade the lathe keep up the good work.

@rickpalechuk4411 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice! I may do the same to mine. The slots sure add a lot of versatility. Thanks for sharing, Cheers

@DaleepEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

Great 👍

@christianpaulroldan4010 2 жыл бұрын

Nice. .

@philmenzies2477 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice work. That broken tap could probably have been removed by EDM. I have seen some successful home made units.

@kyleteodecki7478 2 жыл бұрын

ive considered doing this myself, given access to a "real" mill. was curious if you considered goin with a smaller mating dovetail and thinner gibstrip to reduce the rotational deflection.

@dannymerry1786 Жыл бұрын

Get some rocol RTD cutting oil. It really improves finish when drilling reaming and tapping holes. Will make your drills last longer too

@donmittlestaedt1117 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@futuresonex 4 ай бұрын

I'm impressed with the mini-mill. Those were some serious cuts!

@WeCanDoThatBetter 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome work and a really cool improvement project! I thought about this too but too much other projects at the moment:) Thanks for sharing, the result is really amazing.

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou. Really enjoyed watching your channel too. Especially the compound slide mods. cheers

@mealex303 2 жыл бұрын

Needed lots of oil b4 assembly but excellent content and love your vids

@lyteyearz5810 2 жыл бұрын

Fly cutting is so satisfying to me idk why lol.

@fna-wrightengineering 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work! This is a great idea, and you made an awesome job of it. You should consider another M4 tapped hole between the front and middle gib adjusting screws, for a slide locking bolt. This also helps rigidity quite a bit. I made a very similar fly cutter (I also had to make it twice, due to putting the set screws on the wrong side the first time). If/when you make another, you don't have to make the tool slot at an angle. You can just make the bottom of the fly cutter flat, as well as the offset slot, because the tip of the carbide insert sticks out past the tool holder shank. That's how I did mine. Anyways, keep up the great work!

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't think of that, I'll have to do that, thankyou

@dev-debug 2 жыл бұрын

Cool project. I always wondered why they don't include T slots on cross slides, wouldn't cost much to do. You really need a small bandsaw, was one of the best investments I ever made for my shop :)

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely a worthwhile addition. The t slots are a very useful addition to the lathe. Hope to have a workshop one day where I can have the space for a proper bandsaw. Cheers

@georgescarlett2320 Жыл бұрын

Amen! As per my suggestion as well!!!

@madmodder123 6 ай бұрын

@@artisanmakes gotta get a portable bandsaw and a hercules vertical/horizontal stand

@everpastrana8354 2 жыл бұрын

Donde puedo conseguir ese tipo de brocas. Excelente video

@sukandigunawan207 2 жыл бұрын

I Love you Job brother

@Ordog213 2 жыл бұрын

I have the same lathe and the smaller mill from Paulimot, the local dealer for the SIEG-Brand. I made the new retainer Strips for the Lathe and now thanks to you i know my nex project. In return i have maybe an idea you can use on your machine for indexing parts on the lathe. and i would like to send you a drawing for use on a 80mm 3 Jaw Chuck if you up for it. ;)

@kentuckytrapper780 2 жыл бұрын

Great job man, that's alsome.

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou

@jdmccorful 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work.Thanks for the look.

@melgross 2 жыл бұрын

Be careful with the holder for the post. It’s thin on top. I made one similar for my smaller lathe. At some point the top, with the screws, just broke off. The next one was made with a thicker top.

@dmw_cutlery 28 күн бұрын

I love your work by the way. what dovetail cutter did you use and what kind of cutter did you use to make your T slots. I would like to make the same modifications on My lathe. thanks

@jasonkocher3513 2 жыл бұрын

Great job!! I like the possibility of gang tooling...

@pirminkogleck4056 2 жыл бұрын

hey Gday , can u tell me wich insert and holder u used here? and i want to know have u ever tried the sharp chrome inserts wich are usualy for alu ? i use them with a .4 nose radius and they work great even on steel, razor sharp

@MattOGormanSmith 2 жыл бұрын

If you made angled brass slugs to go under the gib adjusters, they'd spread the pressure on the gibs and you could use shorter grubscrews

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't think of that, ill have to look into it, thankyou.

@tinker5349 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, very well done! keep up the good work.

@YooProjects 2 жыл бұрын

Great job mate! Waiting for your next project 🤩😁⚙️

@brianmoore1164 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video and a great project. As a long term small lathe and mill owner I have a tip that should help you. You can keep your taps happy if you keep them really wet with cutting oil. The wetter the better. I would also recommend a different cutting oil. I have tried a bunch and by far my favorite is the Rigid clear. I use it for everything except aluminum and stainless. For aluminum I like WD-40 and for stainless nothing beats Moly-D.

@carramba86h77 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job! That last clip was very satisfying

@lookingbehind6335 2 жыл бұрын

If only I had a mill.

@gavlanthedwarf7544 2 жыл бұрын

I really like that upgrade. I bought myself a mini lathe as well and I gotta do these upgrades too btw I enjoy your videos

@multidomar 2 жыл бұрын

A before and after pass on material would be cool to see the improvement

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for the feedback

@bhein67 2 жыл бұрын

You are getting far superior results to what I get on my mini-mill. What depth of cuts & feed speed are you using? I don't have a power feed so I struggle with consistency. I really enjoy your channel and the projects you do! Cheers from Canada

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

I think I was doing a 1.5/2mm depth of cut here at around 800rpm, the motor develops a lot of torque there. It is less than optimal but it works

@JustinTopp 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work! You need a bandsaw! Even just a portaband with a work table. Keep up the great videos

@TABE-O 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Where do u get cold rolled steel from in Australia? I’m in Sydney.

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

I have been given some scap here or there in the past. I have found some luck with edcon steel recently. Great for hobbyists since they low a low minimum order and a great online portal.

@mauriziopagnotta8873 2 ай бұрын

Bel progetto! Una domanda lo spessore a coda di rondine che hai effettuato in ottone va bene anche alluminio o meglio ottone? Perché a casa ho tante barre in alluminio e gli spessori di serie fanno veramente schifo. Grazie

@iamtheomega 2 жыл бұрын

8:32 steveohdee said he likes to hole the part in the other hand (rather than in vise) to get a better feel and avoid breakage....

@davidrivaz 2 жыл бұрын

I was looking for something like this on Littlemachineshop, but they only have it for the compund slide at the moment. Why not make it even larger? Maybe able to fit gang tooling.

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

If I would make it longer I'd need to modify the cross slide leadscrew and the carriage to have extra travel to make use of the longer slide

@HM-Projects 2 жыл бұрын

Nicely done and it looks pretty solid. Eyeing a Surface grinder for Christmas ? 😜

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to but I don't have the space for one and I probably couldn't justify the price for one. Cheers

@HM-Projects 2 жыл бұрын

@@artisanmakes I think you may be able to rig a diamond stone + arbor on the mill to make a surface grinder not sure how true it would be.

@nathanquinlan2719 2 жыл бұрын

A link to the carbide flycutter would be great. Seeing it perform it looks like a good purchase.

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers but the fly cutter is a joke made job that I made on the lathe and mill from some high carbon steel and a spare lathe tool.

@SimJackson 2 жыл бұрын

What sort of vacuum are you using as a shop vac? Been trying to figure out what the best sort would be for the hobby metal working shop but not had a lot of luck so far.

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

Just a 20l ryobi shop vac. I was given it as a gift in early 2019 and I have never had any issues with it.

@MJPilote 2 жыл бұрын

The cheap ash vacuum cleaner that has the silver color bag / filters work very good for chips and stuff you need to vacuum off your lathe or mill.

@andrewbarney5503 2 жыл бұрын

Love the upgrades! Keep up the good work! Next project: DIY power hacksaw!

@sunfox808. 2 жыл бұрын

I'm curious to how it is performing after a few months? I have a project I'm planning that's including this. Just waiting and collecting material until then.

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

I can certainly say that after adding tapered roller bearings to the lathe, this is the best upgrade I have done to the mini lathe. The t-slots come in handy all the time and make the lathe very versatile. And the extra mass is noticeably more rigid. Even though its made from mild steel I have not run into any issues, just keep it well oiled and it performs perfectly. Cheers

@Tinman97301 Жыл бұрын

💯👍

@Simon67316 3 ай бұрын

Do you sell these parts? I’d buy the brass gib you made as I don’t have a milling machine as my carriage which looks identical to yours is not ridged to say the least.

@backyardmachinist 2 жыл бұрын

Have you found the steel you used for the cross slide to have caused any ware to the cast iron dovetail of your carriage?

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

Not at all, keept oy nicely oiled and I've had zero issues with it. Cheers

@termlimit 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video as always. If I could pick your brain, what dimensions did you use for the t-slot size and spacing? I'm doing this mod as well and I wondered if there is a standard I should opt for. Thanks again as always.

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

These are m8 size t slots. There are charts online that should give you the exact dimensions.

@termlimit 2 жыл бұрын

@@artisanmakes Brilliant thank you.

@DittersGustav 9 ай бұрын

I know its been 2 years, but what dimensions are these t-slot cutters? 18mm x 6?

@artisanmakes 9 ай бұрын

From memory my one is a 18mm diameter by 3mm tall, the t slots are probably 5 or 6mm tall. If you search up M8 t slot standard size on google it will give you a bunch of dimensions, which I probably copied from

@White.Elemant 2 жыл бұрын

The endmill(s) used in this video seem to leave a rather rough surface, although I do not suspect it being too rough considering the fuction of the surfaces. Would that be because of the quality of the endmill, or maybe the bearings of the mill itself? Really love your videos by the way, very inspiring, unfortunately for me the local water company slapped me with a formidable bill, quite out of the blue, so no minilathe, mini mill or welder for yet another quarter 😔

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much spot on there, the end mills that I used were just cheapo import bits and they work but they do give you less than stellar finishes. It is also a combination of being my first big project on the mill too to, so I was still learning the mills capabilities. Cheers, hope you can get into the hobby soon.

@davidrivaz 2 жыл бұрын

Planning on putting them for sale?🤔

@AndrewSmith-qj5zv 2 жыл бұрын

What does dropping heated parts in lindseed oil do?

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

It gives the part a rust resistant coating. It's similar to seasoning a cast iron pan.

@warbirdwf 2 жыл бұрын

Your forearms must be HUGE with all that hacksaw work! I need to get a bandsaw myself. However, I use an angle grinder with a thin blade to cut parts a bit long. I then mill or lathe them to the correct length. It's much faster than using a hacksaw. Your new cross slide looks great. What makes it even better is the limited amount of tools you used to build it. I'm enjoying your channel and all the chips flying. Keep up the good work!

@andrewbarney5503 2 жыл бұрын

I'm planning on building myself a power hacksaw. Should still be cheaper than a bandsaw and less work than using my own arms.

@shaunkrawitz 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome work. looks like a huge improvement. Where do you buy your metal from? I just bought a mini lathe and am struggling to find a place to buy blocks of Alu and Steel. Any help would be much appreciated. Cheers

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

Might not be much help if your outside of NSW but I buy my stock from a material supplier called edcon steel. They have scrap bins of steel that they sell at discounted rates. Before I used them I bought most of my stock off eBay. Shipping is expensive though.

@shaunkrawitz 2 жыл бұрын

@@artisanmakes Thanks for the reply. Im in Sunshine Coast, so might be a bit far to get to your supplier. eBay is pretty expensive, but i might have to resort to it for now. Really enjoying your videos. Thanks!

@IsMaCR63 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, Big upgrade!!. what are the measurements of t slot?

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

These are standard m8 t slots, dimensions can be found online, but if you make the t slots and nuts yourself, you can make them any size that fits your needs.

@Windows-gi6sh 2 жыл бұрын

i can relate to this channel... i am a hobby machinist on a budget

@bobweiram6321 2 жыл бұрын

The mill seems less chattery this time. What did you do?

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

Better feeds and speeds, still learning the mill and it's limited, but getting better at it.

@cooperised 2 жыл бұрын

I liked "I accidentally broke the tap". As opposed to _deliberately_ breaking the tap? :-)

@steveforbes8287 9 ай бұрын

Very nice and quite well done. I am of the opinion that if you were to use a lubricant when tapping you would not have broken your tap. I saw no evidence that you used a lubricant when tapping and that is just asking for breakage.

@TysonClancy-Jones Жыл бұрын

Hey mate What size dovetail and is it 60°? Also, what size T slot cutter did you use?

@artisanmakes Жыл бұрын

Just make it the same dimensions as the cross side dovetail you are intending to replace. For me this was a 60 degree dovetail

@TysonClancy-Jones Жыл бұрын

@@artisanmakes thanks mate 👍

@TABE-O 2 жыл бұрын

Carbide fly cutter looks good. Where that from please?

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

I made it on the mill and lathe from some 1" high carbon steel rod

@flikflak24 2 жыл бұрын

are you also gonna redo the toolholder where the riserblock/toolpost in all in one pease ( less parts and should make it even stronger/rigid )

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

I am not planning on changing the toolpost. With the way it is at the moment the whole set up is pretty rigid. There might be some loss in rigidity using the riser block but I don't think i'd see a noticeable change if I changed it.

@flikflak24 2 жыл бұрын

@@artisanmakes witch is also fair it was also more of a idear/planting a seed to if you where gonna make a new part there where you would have to remake those things anyway ( planting a idear for the future.witch would give even more content for the channel )