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Compound Mods & Protractorization
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3 жыл бұрынMini lathe compound and protractor
@rb67mustang 2 жыл бұрын
Great job!!! Thanks for sharing your work, and even the problems you faced while doing this much needed MOD.
@stevohdee8118 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment
@rickpalechuk4411 3 жыл бұрын
Nice one Steve, keep in mind when driving you will be turning right 50% of the time. Cheers
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
Haaarrr haaarrr... Good one Rick
@stacysimon8864 2 жыл бұрын
Nicely done sir. I have thought about doing this to my lathe, but was concerned about rigidity issues. Looking through your comments eased my apprehension a bit. I'll give it a try. Oh, and the wrong turn issue, I have found turning the wrench upside down is the easiest fix.....lol. Thanks for the video!
@stevohdee8118 2 жыл бұрын
Haarr haarr.. ill try that, thanks
@theGraphicAutist Жыл бұрын
ur freehand is very impressive and consistent! the 3's look identical!
@stevohdee8118 Жыл бұрын
Thanks jocko, i was sober that day...
@honeycuttracing 2 жыл бұрын
Before our rant, wanted to say very nice job sir!!! Your patience and skills are impressive 👏 You where speaking about people and all this automation(CNC and the like). We here @ HR would rather see things made by hand 99.9% of the time, for one, anyone who is gonna spend their precious time in this earth doing something, is most likely going to do their damn best to make it correct except one particular country we won't mention....Great Wall of... well you can fill the gap there, Secondly, automation is replaced knowledge of REAL SKILLS in making things, replaced learned skill with slapping on a keyboard, and Thirdly automated stuff is left up to computers, and well let's face it, most time computers, machines theirselves and rest is made in a land where they seem to not care about specifications 99.9999% of the time!!! Again Not Mentioning A Particular Land..AHH WHAT THE HECK, YOU ALL KNOW THAT LAND OF NEW MACHINERY THATS HAS ALL THAT GREASE, GRIME AND GRIT YOU GET FROM CHINA, WHOOPS 🤫🤫🤫 WE DID SAY IT 😉
@mJlReplicanT001 Жыл бұрын
I’m loving it .. great reference to the movie “white man can’t jump” and thanks for sticking up us people out here that wasn’t shown the ropes 😁😅
@stevohdee8118 Жыл бұрын
Haha thanks myki, just bumbling around tryin stuff, you should see all the bloopers im too embarassed to share !! Cheers
@dreamsteam8272 2 жыл бұрын
Why not Mill a slot? Why theese cutter-rocket sience? The slot dont have to have a radius
@EricTViking 2 жыл бұрын
Some fine control with the hand engraving there!
@georgedennison3338 5 ай бұрын
My kinda guy: creates a compound indexing method AND a word to describe it. 'Protractorization', I just HAVE to figure out a way to work it into a conversation w/ some machinist friends, to see their reaction.
@stevohdee8118 5 ай бұрын
Haha... hell yeah, film it !!
@tomt9543 Жыл бұрын
What a useful and entertaining video! Thanks! Subbed!
@machinistmikethetinkerer4827 2 жыл бұрын
Well done. And entertaining too.
@stevohdee8118 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks mike, i try haha
@keystonekreative2174 Жыл бұрын
Great mods!!!
@ogaugeclockwork4407 2 жыл бұрын
Nice work!
@stevohdee8118 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@MattysWorkshop 3 жыл бұрын
Gday Stevo, that worked out very nicely, great job, cheers Matty
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate, solved some issues, been watching Yr T&C grinder coming together, nice, cheers to you
@MattysWorkshop 3 жыл бұрын
@@stevohdee8118 awesome glad your enjoying the build, I’ve been watching how you do your engraving, I got lots to learn there but I think I’m going to give it a crack...
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
Sure just note how I hold the hand piece, it's a bit strange @ first but with practice becomes second nature. The grip opposes the force the burr causes. Good luck mate
@iamtheomega 3 жыл бұрын
that's great that you at least attempted that huge cutter, my 1.5 hp mill might handle it, make it plunge, but w/ mini mill might have to relieve/reduce the top and bottom of each tooth so only periphery did the cutting, lessening friction (?), and using lube/coolant if HSS.. that diamond encrusted "beast" looks ideal, but another one might be to take a slitting saw arbor, with custom adapter, and install a (reduced) fiber cutting disk "nub" (after using up 2 of the 4 inches), or several stacked up depending what mini mill can handle...
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for Yr message, I really thought the horizontal cutter would work (2 1/2" x 5/16") but until we try we don't know. The fibre cutting disc would probably work, good idea, we'll wait to see if anyone tries it, cheers
@paultrimble9390 3 жыл бұрын
That is nice 👍🏻. Yes sir. Thanks stay safe
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
Thankyou
@WeCanDoThatBetter 3 жыл бұрын
Great to see, my idea works for you as well!
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
Great mod, wish I'd seen it 4 yrs ago then my cross slide wouldn't look like Swiss cheese... Haha, keep em coming mate, cheers
@WeCanDoThatBetter 3 жыл бұрын
@@stevohdee8118 haha :D good work too! thx
@machinistmikethetinkerer4827 2 жыл бұрын
Ha! As soon as I heard that I thought of you immediately! I knew it was your compound slide 😄
@HanstheTraffer 3 жыл бұрын
Yay Stevo is back!
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
Haha... Cheers mate
@daoyanjoe6447 2 жыл бұрын
Well done，sir！
@stevohdee8118 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@db1ktool105 3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@joell439 3 жыл бұрын
Cool results Stevodee ...... 👍👍😎👍👍. This video showed a little better how you grip the engraver body, but much of your grip was partially out of frame. I think I understand. I have more engraving questions if you don't mind - 1. It appears you possibly mark the text out with a ink pen first and then engrave over those marks? 2. What kind of burr do you use? 2. Any equipment purchase recommendations? Maybe you could do a tip-n-tricks video on engraving as opposed to to answering these questions here? I'm confident many of your subscribers would like to see that. Especially since I've searched youtube for hints and virtually everything already uploaded by others is rubbish. Cheers....... Joel
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
No probs, I use an artline pen for marking, the burrs are inverted cone style, u get them from dental or lapidry supplies or maybe shoe repair supplies. U may even ask @ local engraving kiosk in shopping centres for some used ones. Go ebay & search dental micromotor, they're about $130 with hand piece, I have an escort 3 & a marathon 3, I think they're the same unit. Been thinking of doing vid series on engraving for some time, watch this space ha, hope this helps, cheers
@joell439 3 жыл бұрын
@@stevohdee8118 - Thanks again 🙏. I’ve got a kit on order. Lots of clones out there for sure with a huge range of prices. Hopefully I’ve picked a quality one. Ordered burrs too - some HP-35 and HP-39 inverted cone carbide burrs. Apparently lots of different sizes, so I’ll give those a try. Joel…. 😊
@stevelawson-blight8895 3 жыл бұрын
Beauty Steve! Great stuff. See ya soon so I can stroke your ego in person!!!😁
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
Haha... Ego desperately needs strokin
@ironhead65 3 жыл бұрын
Did you try parting? Any noticeable rigidity issues? Seems like a lot of meat to remove. I'd love to do that mod, so I'm curious about your experiences. Great vid as always!
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
Gday Dan, not sure what you mean by parting, rigidity is minor but that horizontal milling cutter just didn't do what I thought, go the diamond beast, that works great, cheers
@ironhead65 3 жыл бұрын
@@stevohdee8118 sorry for not being clear. You cut material from the compound of your mini lathe. That is usually the weak point in our lathes. Personally, I haven't had issues with parting off material using a HSS parting tool. While I have a strong desire to get the same easy compound adjustment, I don't want to lose what little strength my mini has. So, I was curious how hard you pushed your lathe, if you have noticed any different behavior.
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
Ohhhhh, haha now I get it, haven't done any parting since doing mod... Now I'm worried, will keep an eye on that from now on
@ironhead65 3 жыл бұрын
@@stevohdee8118 the suspense builds! Well, it will give me time to find a diamond cutter like you have
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
OK ill fire up Minnie tomorrow & try both upside down & right side up parting blades on mild steel, that'll test her. Worried compound will snap in half, haha
@dannys1532 3 жыл бұрын
I like this mod very much and may just be the best solution yet. Do you have drawings that my help some of us? Thanks
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
Sorry Danny I didn't do drawings for this one. I try to film as much detail as I can so others can figure it out easily, cheers
@ChazzC 3 жыл бұрын
Very nice, SteveO! Since no one else asked, where did you find the 40mm x 3mm Beast? I watched the milling cutter sharpening video and read through the comments but couldn't find any info. BTW, the Little Machine Shop lead screw covers I installed work well, as does their extended travel cross slide. Best reads, Charlie
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Charlie, try searching ebay "40mm diamond disc 8mm shank" I found it again, good to hear your screw covers working, one less thing to clean hey, cheers. Let me know if you find disc
@ChazzC 3 жыл бұрын
@@stevohdee8118 Thanks, SteveO: found them and placed an order. I was searching for “40mm Diamond Wheel.” Even looking for “disk” didn’t work, I had to use “disc.” Now I have to figure out how to get a 8mm shank into the 1/4” chuck on my die grinder. Best regards, Charlie
@ChazzC 3 жыл бұрын
@@stevohdee8118 Found 1/4" to 8mm collet (teaching on eBay is getting worse: they don't parse search terms as well as they used to). Take care!
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Charlie, My electric grinder does about 10,000- 27,000 revs, u must have some sort of rigid setup in mind. Just checked speed on mill when I did it, about 1000rpm. So how u doin it?
@ChazzC 3 жыл бұрын
@@stevohdee8118 Hi, Steve, My die grinder goes up to 30,000 RPM but has a 1/4" collet which is why I needed the 8mm:1/4 adapter. I also have a 4-1/2" angle grinder that runs at 11,000 RPM and somewhere I have a collet that screws directly to the shaft. If I do the mod I figure that I will use the die grinder or angle grinder working carefully by hand, practicing first on a piece of scrap. I try to keep any grinding well away from the mill or lathe. Best regards, Charlie
@Orcinus24x5 2 жыл бұрын
0:30 Video's over? Oh okay. *stops watching, goes elsewhere*
@HanstheTraffer 3 жыл бұрын
I would have used a cheap plastic protractor. HEY! Don't laugh.
@stevohdee8118 3 жыл бұрын
Not @ all... Did cross my mind but too big haha
@gangleweed 2 жыл бұрын
Too much trouble and it never looks like a professional made item......I bought a digital protractor, rated at an accuracy of .05 deg..... whatever............that is closer than anyone can eye a protractor degree marking against a scribed line.
@stevohdee8118 2 жыл бұрын
I agree, if you need a precise angle use the digital, great device, anythings better than the thing these lathes come with, cheers
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