Waffle on Max! Whatever you have to impart is worth listening to mate!

That's a nice little kit, very well documented. Those little side bits of information are a always a nice bonus. Enjoying the build... Cheers...

Nice project building those clamps. I am ordering some for myself. Thanks for sharing.

"Tapping thing" is indeed the right name of the tool, I think... And I hear nothing but positive comments on these clamps, so I suppose they're really good.

WAffle on as much as you like mate. I'm loving it!

G'day Max, happy days mate. I've been looking at these myself, and I might go for it after seeing you make it look so easy. Them tapping do da things are hard to identity eh lol, Happy days, and thanks for sharing

Yes, we've all been put on notice for using tee type tap handles with a tap follower! A lot of my taps don't have either a male or female conical centre which makes it even harder to follow best practice. That Coventry die head is a nice piece of kit. I stupidly passed up on the opportunity to "stocktake" one from a capstan lathe that came into our possession many years ago. Regards, Preso

You have good, and expensive tastes when it comes to keyless chucks!

Max you’re quickly becoming one of my favorite online machinists. I don’t know if it’s the interesting projects or the way you approach them but it’s entertaining to watch. Cheers from Phoenix Arizona, USA

As I watch these videos, I am always thinking about how I would make the whatevers and in this case we had similar approaches. It was gratifying to know that I was thinking along the same lines as someone who knows what they are doing. Cheers.

Great video. I learned a lot. I'm not a machinist, but this is interesting. And the part about the tap holder thing, I loved it. "What the f**k is this thing." Great. Shows someone real, not playing to the camera. Can't wait till the next one. Don't worry about the time. You keep things interesting.

Max, great start to your DIY "Kant-Twist" Clamps & don't be concerned about waffle, it's good info. As an old Jeweller, we used the same JM "Easyflo" flux & would add in a few drops of dishwashing liquid into the jar, to help it break surface tension & capillary into the joint better.

Your "matter of fact"way speaks years of precision. Thanks for your time and skills!

Looking forward to the next video. Hope you are getting a bit of the rain that's moving over at the moment. Was looking a bit dry there.

I made the clamps to, I order only the laser cut legs with the drawings and bolts. Futher you can use material you have leing around so as most of us have. I make 4 and they are working very well. I can recommand them to you all. For the long treaded part I used stainles treaded rod M10x1,5 that works very well.

Silver Steel in the UK as well Max.

Thanks, buddy, another really entertaining video. I would have used a form tool on the knobs to give a more rounded end but that's just me.

Keep on with the waffling and the anecdotes! I was hoping to hear more about the parting incident in 1980.🙂 Neat trick on brazing the bar ends on - certainly never thought to do that. Cheers!

I hate the term "Tap follower" for some strange reason, I prefer "Sprung Centre", but horse's for course's as its said. Nice work Max as always. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent video! I look forward to seeing your videos every week.

All our spring centers have that inverted cone on other side, just pull grub screw out and turn them around, not sure on the brand we have but not near as much play as yours had, we actually keep one with inverted cone stuck out and other one with the pointy tip stuck out to make it simple 😉

looks like a cool kit to learn some skills on, when you were doing the parting I was on the edge of my seat ha-ha, looked like you were setting it up at 80 before you moved it closer to the chuck and went 85. definitely good call not to drill right through really wouldn't look anywhere as good as the cups with solder. these will probably be the most accurately built clamps ever. will have to see what freight from Canada is like.

Good show, enjoyed it, thanks Max

Great job on the clamps Max...That's the proper soft quiet flame for silver braz'n, I can tell you've done a lot of it!

Those Coventry thread cutters take 5 seconds but are over$1000 to purchase. Still always like someone who shows how obviously is enjoying the process. Silver soldering & that green flame ain't known commodities.

Thx for the vid.

Morning Max from UK, nice start to the week. Have been looking at making a pair of these clamps so will, follow yours with interest

Thank you Max!

Such a great channel. Good for a chuckle, too many lessons to count. Top shelf.

Thanks Max. That die head sure works a treat. Nice work with the camera, cheers.

I'm fairly new to your channel here in the Eastern United States and love your channel, I really enjoy the longer videos and diversity of work, keep making chips mate, and thank you for these excellent videos!

I really liked your mod to the spring loaded follower. I am going to steal that.

Over here the tap thingy is called a 'Pump Centre'. Not sure why, it doesn't pump anything, that's just what they're called. Maybe it looks similar to a plunger pump when being stroked? Ken

very good video friend Max..thanks for your time

G’Day Max, I don’t recall seeing this type of clamp in videos from Oz. They’re as common as drills in the States, where they’re called “Kant Twist” clamps. Marvelous things, offered in a heap of graduated sizes. 👍

I must have been lucky with the one I go off eBay as I said it has a point and a cone.

That threading gizmo is scookem! I think down there it’s referred to as “ fair dincum”? ( that makes spell check nuts! ) What an asset. I’ll never have one, but you scored with the set. Do you set a stop in set up? Looks almost automatic in use.

I've got threading die envy Max...that thing is cooler than penguin shit!

G'day Max, perfect timing to catch up on a new project 👍. Edit: Made me chuckle when you stopped to explain the tap follower cone Vs point before the keyboard warriors started after watching Joe Pie

G'day Max, Thanks for the reply to my question regarding parting "upside down" in the last vidio. And I appreciate you showing the parting blades you use here. cheers, Butch.

Was wondering how you got your depth on the drilling, very clever! Will use that idea for sure

I love those coventry die heads. I think ill have to get some. cheers Max

G'Day Max Cant twist Clamps are a Bobby Dazluh and a joy forever in the shop. Cheers Mate

great work thanks for the video

those clamps are realy handy, thanks for sharing max. cheers ben.

Hi Max The taping head works really good. Cheers

I see you are using Anchor Lube. Did you get that from Stan over at BarZ or was that something you found locally in Aus.?

Thanks for sharing 👍

G'day Max. Excellent work, Still very impressed with your tapping jig. Everything just seemed to fall into place, wondered where the time went Well done, & very Professional

Thanks Max! from east Tennessee

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Ha Max if you undo the hex set screw from the tap follower I think you will find that the other end is a reverse cone I checked mine and it is reversable will wonders never cease.

Wonderfully instructive as always. Thank you. Why do you prefer turning with the coarse carriage rack wheel, rather than the graduated compound?

Up to your armpits in projects as usual eh Max. 👍 Was wondering what the hold up was with the JFMT lathe. Will be interesting to see what’s been going on. These clamps look like a fun project & handy tools to have once your done. As I I don’t (yet) have silver soldering capability, could I not just thread and tap the slides & brass cups & loctite them on maybe? 🤷‍♂️ Will have to go look up the kits and see what they cost. Keep up the good work, will be looking forward to the next instalment. 👍👍👍🇦🇺.

I've seen other machinists have a different angle on the parting tool. It leaves no nub on the desired side, looks like 10-15 degrees.

Good evening from the true down under across the ditch, called kiwi land.

Hey Max, Question for you. Would you recommend doing an oil hardening process after making the threaded parts? Or are they strong enough?

Hi Max, I use Iscar tooling and parting tools. I also have a Kennametal parting tool and in my opinion cuts marginally better than the Iscar parting tool. Where do you purchase silver steel, I get mine from Radio Spares Philippines , shipped ex UK. Is there a supplier in Perth?

G'day, Max. I'm surprised as a machinist that you didn't already have a set of those machinist clamps in your arsenal. I'm 63 and still use the set I made when I was an apprentice. They were the third tool we were instructed to make in year two. What tools did you make? See you in part two cobber. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚒️

Max is slipping! Ref 11:39 - for a few seconds it looked like he was going to wind in the micrometer correctly, with the rachet/clutch knob, and not the thimble like he always does.

i would not have silver soldered (brazed) the cups on to the rods. There will never be any longitudinal force, so I would have just drilled for an interference fit and heated them to get them on. Simpler to do and gives a better appearance without needing buffing. Shouldn't the screw be given an Acme thread or buttress thread?

21:56 - I think the word you're looking for is Dimple

That kit in the US is 375 AUD!

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