wow amazing.... 👏👏

I had the privilege of learning these things from my late father who was a tool and die maker. I have made quite a few taps to cut bastard threads from old drill bits. When I go to a machinery auction I often buy a 5 gallon bucket full of broken or rusty drill bits for not much more than scrap price for such projects. If I may. Please exercise care when working around a lathe or milling machine with synthetic fiber shirts, and any long sleeve shirts. The synthetic material will stretch and not tear like cotton, dragging you into the machine.

When i was serving my time as a toolmaker in the early sixties we where taught to make small tools as well as the larger press tools but tools are so cheap and plentiful today that special cutters of all sorts are only made by a dedicated few who wish to keep the skills alive great to see.

After all it's Christmas, so another Sub here. I am old and Crusty, a hobbyist, but you young my have gotten my attention! Beat in 2024, Bear, in TX. Retired Street Rod Builder / Hobbyist Machinist.

Dudes got some super fast hands when tapping and screwing in bolts.

One good practice that will prevent breaking your drills in that type of set-up is to utilize your t-slots. Most quality milling tables have precision t-slots so I have a few different types. 1" wide and the depth of the slot plus 1/2" Proud of the table and a 1/4" thread in the center of the block, and another identical set but the tap is at an angle so the protruding screw will guide the workplace towards the table and the side that is the datum edge usually does not get clamped properly. Another set that is the width of you t- slots minus the head thickness of a 1/4" jex head bolt that has been faced on the lathe to remove the grade stamp and ensure a flat surface and you put the outside edge of your blocks towards the clamping area desired amd your loosen your bolt heads which makes them press the outside edge against the t-slots. I always tune up my machines by removing the gibs, cleaning the working areas, check for scraping depth on the gibs and wear patterns and if needed remachine them so you have full friction contact and when the table is in full left position, use a magnetic base and a 0.0001"( tenths) dial test indicator to measure the amount of play. ⛔Always use your plunge indicator to measure all of the 6 locations measurements on the X, Y, Z axis. I always fix Z first because everything must be perpendicular to the table. Gib clearance creates sag and if your going to do a indicate your t_slots for parralelness and perpendiculariry the tables gotta be zero with the lock in off position but depending on the shape of the pressure block you might have alot of travel, I like to make mine have no more than 1/4 movement of the allowable swing range. Once you replace the cleaned, scraped, oiled gibs and have no more than 0.001" sag with the locking lever in full off position, then you can actually measure how much the table or clamped workpiece shifts when you apply Moore force to the lock and you will know your machine alot better and when all 3 locks are engaged from a dead zero indication of a verticpe pin, you will notice the difference in location from the unlocked position, but the most it will be out, is only 0.001" in any direction which is alot better than most shops machines, even new ones can be set wrong. You will need to clamp a long bar facing outward to measu5 the knee's sag and obviously a lifting device and 9f your lifting the front of the machine and only got 0.001" and there's not too much friction for manual turning, your good to go. All axis done and now indicate t-slots lengrhways and vertically to see if the underside has swagwd out a bit over the years and then measure each slot width with gage blocks amdake them all the same. Document your 'Y' position from your digital readout, or if your using your graduated collar for each side of the slot but ALWAYS ELIMINATE YOUR BACKLASH FIRST. I always use the direction from negative to positive on the digital readout or lowest to highest on the collars, it's also a good way to calibrate your collars or readout if your dimensions are different between them both Thats another reason why gib maintainence and head perpendiculariry are paramount to true squarness and alot less having to grind the block square for precision jobs. You will also notice no wandering of the table while taking heavier cuts, Fly-cutting and even climbing doesn't grab and jump as much and just a slight bit of pressure on the lock will solve that. Ok Use one of those blocks in the slot opposite the side your clamo is on and if your drill grabs the workplace will not have anywhere to go Because the block is inside the tslot, your force is down from the drill and the other end is clamped, bit if it's a large workpiece and larger tools or heavier cuts than more datum blocks and top clamps to prevent moving. Rigidity is key to every setup, and to the accuracy, repeatability, safety, and it also promotes longer tool life. This will be my 40th year in the manufacturing industry, specifically Tool & Die making, - raw dies , prog dies, hand transfer, in die tapping, deep draw, all the ones used in automotive, aircraft, military, and medical. Mold Making, Aluminum Die Cast, Blow Molding, Precision Prototype Machines, R&D, Preventitive Maintenance, Trouble Shooting, Cad design and build, Mig, Tig, Oxy/Acet, stick welding. Harmonic Balancing and Precision Machining for Xtra large mining equipment. So I been all around the industry to keep myself challenged. I like to meet others who are questing for skills and knowledge. Anyone who wants tips I might have for their specific job, don't be shy to shout out. Make sure you have all the tools necessary to accurately perform your duties and processes amd as time goes on you will have a small shop in your tool boxes and cabinets that reduce your wandering time in the shop and those are the times we forgot to do something and slip up and those add to loses for the boss and you won't get the se raises as if you were more efficient. Don't buy cheap tools unless there for butcher work. The fractional, letter, and # drill sets that I bought iny first year apprenticeship were SKF Dormer drills from Germany and they cost me $700, and I still have and use 75% of the original drills because I don't burn the tips out, or lend out to other people. That's what your duplicates are for. 9ts good to have a set that are already ground flat bottom so you don't always have to use an endmill to flat bottom the hole and matching sizes of endmill to drill size (unevenly sharpened drills will cut bigger) so it's a good idea to fill your boxes with the tools to make life easier. Custom tools are the best because you make them specific and hopefully multi purpose. OK I'll shut up now, and soon I'm gonna gather some of my creations and share them with Y'all. ☮️♾️✝️

I really like the idea of using lathe as a makeshift grinder to sharpen the drillbit. It seems such simple and yet it has a lot of potential

Sometimes you just can't buy the tool you need

I'm new to the field diy hobbyist, there's just something about precision engineering the tolerances in these peace's are amazing and the machines to get them there ,mind blowing

Some great machinist skills that I will have next life may be. Excellent job!

Please continue sir, and please ignore the haters...some have no value in the fact that this whole thing...your presentation, and the positive comments contain all thats needed for others to learn almost everything in a safe creation that yelds repeat-use tools of high quality.

Beautiful work young men. Too notch video.😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

What a master machinist. Lovely to watch.

Hey there. Excellent job on everything. So, aside from the satisfaction you get from creating these, my guess is that they'd be cheaper to just go buy them? Don't get me wrong, if I had a lathe, I'd never buy a nut, bolt, screw, cabinet handles, etc. Basically, anything you could dish out of a chunk of metal, I'd at least attempt making it first. With that said, it wouldn't progress beyond a hobby. Having the skill YOU have, makes YOUR time on a mill or lathe, worth much more than mine would. Thanks for sharing this with us. Subbing right now.

clearly he is a talented tool maker,

To Mastermind: Good to see that you are able to use your nice lace. This makes Kraftsmen like me jealous- I would love to have a machine like yours. Good on ya that you know to use your hands, and have the surrounding to do so, nice work! To the guys shaking their heads and moaning all that work for just..... What if its a Friday in Europe and your drillbits cracks- no matter how you try- there is no spare you can get hold of- what so ever. So you gotta choice: Invest all that work but you can finish an urgent job on this weekend, or give up and tell them and yourself there was nothing you could have done to get it done? Thumbs up!

I find it amazing how its possible to soften and re-harden the steel

You have a nice setup there.👍👍

If I had these tools and the skills and experience to use them effectively, I would be SOOOOOO happy. 😉😊

To harden tool steel again it has to be specifically at a certain temperature, cherry red heat, and annealed at a straw coloured heat! I do it this way regular! - I was taught as an Apprentice Engineer under a toolmaker.

I like the home made tools, and repairs that were made...i would bet they are of higher quality than what can be found commercially...some shod consider the performance, and we talking repeatable performance...this should draw cudos...especially liked the DIY heat treatment...good job!

Absolutely stunningly beautiful art

Interesting nice work

dude you don't need to buy them in the store you are making it yourself that is Awesome.

It's the passion that matters. Not the time or the money

Great work my guy 👌

Excellent video! :) You don't have to heat it until it's white-hot to harden it, a little less will also do.

Impressive which can be implemented in other areas.

Great work dude you are awesome sir which brand lathe machine if you used please tell me

Tf! Ofcourse the bit is breaking when your workpiece is sliding around secure your goddamn workpiece and the problem is solved!!! But this pretty nice tool!

Very nice, impressive

Lot of work to make a tap, I've made from drill rod before, old school 👍. I just turn broken drills into spots/chamfer tools, easy to grind by hand.

Super jest to wiertwo zrobione pozdrawiam serdecznie 👍👍👍👍

This is a brilliant system for making a helical flute tap! Do you temper the hardened finished Tap, or use it dead hard? Chris B.

Muito bom!!!! Você é um ótimo profissional!!! Excelente!

Excellent. It may seem like a waste of time but those skills are cross applicable and will come in handy. Who knows what the future may bring.

Very Clever well done make them all the way to 50mm again well good Machine Skills 👏 👍

Nice work bro😊

Very cool set of skills. Awesome

Good job but it cost you more to make that than to buy it but at least your skilled enough to do it!! 1/4 turn forward and 1/2 a turn back works best when hand tapping. I'm sore there's more drag on that bit than a regular tap that's been form ground with the proper relief angles.. Nice video Bro!!

It would be nice to see you check the dimensions of the HOLES! Because I know the holes are not even close to the dimensions they are supposed to be. Just one of the drills you made, when you used it to drill out the center of the steel, flexed a 100 thou when it contacted the work surface.

Nice work sir ❤❤❤ I want to learn the skills also❤❤❤

22:45 "Ok. So hes going to be brazing the 2 together?" *flashbang welding*

When you get a print to make a part, can you tell the boys yeah I can make that !

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Well done my friend, good job but there is too much cutting on the drill bit quite simply because you should not sharpen with the grindstone starting from the back of the lip towards the front, you have to do the opposite, start from the front and with a slight rotation finish at the back of the lip just so as not to make heeled the cup, sorry for my English but I am French.

Outstanding!

Отличная работа!

It's a very great tool.It's a good tool. I cheer for you.❤❤❤❤❤

With the price of a decent tap today, providing you can find one, I'm Canadian and my cousin is basically Chinese this is interesting.

dostum, sen bir dahisin!

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should make a drillbit holder that engages the spiral so you can very accurately grind it and not grind too far and ruin the cutting edge with low grit sandpaper belt i always grinded my drills, i would adjust the metal plate accordingly to a plate i had grinded at the right angle, i could grind many drillbits in very short time with about 90-95% success rate if its totally messed up i would insert in hand-drill and counter-clockwise grind it on the belt then take it out and grind it flat, remove the excess metal on the backside i prefer to leave the finish with a very flat grinding rather than rounded, it seems stronger but it can be hard to guesstimate the attachments where you do a swinging motion and press drill into the grinding mechanic sucks compared to doing by hand- because you have little control and drillbits vary in lenght so its impractical. we need something thats adjustable easily. biggest obstacle is not grinding the drillbit too far and making it the same as when you grind it using a hand drill

Now do the drill bit tap combo tool lol.. that’s one for a little challenge .. little

I think if I had all these tools I wouldn't waste time making a drill bit and just go buy them and save material for other projects

Good job!!!!

A iesit super dar cred ca ai prea mult timp liber un burghiu de 10 este super ieftin nu vad de ce-ti pierzi timpul

Work and filming is excellent - would though be nice with a bit more information about which type of steel you use for instance.

Like it came from the store. I unfortunately do not own an acetylebne torch to heat the drill bit that hot. They pulled MAPP gas off the market so it makes it difficult.

What solution are you using to keep drill bits cool?

cool, well done

good job

Very impressive.

Блин идея!!! 🙋сделать из сверла метчик

12:20 you can drill only alluminium or stainless to?

Cho tôi hỏi: dung dịch bạn sử dụng để tạo lỗ là gì (5:00s)

I can't believe I watched someone spend half a day making a $5.00 tool.😵‍💫 It must be nice to have that much time on your hands.

i will def try this with my lathe

دمت گرم

The finger wag at the beginning tells you it must be good….

That was a great job but it's not wort to do it 10mm dril bit cost only $4.50 (from GERMANY)

Master Machinist

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Very very respec to you.l like to ask you a question.what is the name of liquid you use to cool down the bit,tq

Good Sir you are an inspiration!! I will never buy a tap again!!!! ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉🦜🦕🦜🦕🦜🐓🐟

Hi friend

what did it cost to make this against what it costs to buy one?

It's not a drill bit it's a tap

For tempering,whot is the name of the well which is cooled ofter heating, would it benefid me?

For your coolant use hair conditioner with water and fine oil it's cheap 👌

All that work to save twenty bucks.

This dude loves chips and milk.

I could understand using all that time if it were a thread I couldn’t buy but not one that costs a few quid.

I have 350kg's of toolsteel at my disposal XD

Genijalno

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Interesting, If your heat insulating blocks are doing their job, you torching the outside of them is doing nothing to the bit inside.

Go ahead and buy a left hand double lead Acme tap at K-mart (USA) Any size!

СОЖ очень густая , разводи сильнее , пока аллергию не заработал

Inside the green bottle which you use inside the video

Abi selam ben size yazmisdim bir is birliyi ile ilgili konusmam lazim benim bilgilerim kanalimda

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Танец с бубном.

What oil ush in tember

What's up with the snowmachine I hear in the background?

Whats the Name of machine??..

Does it make economic sense ?

Yes❤

😂😂😂 Well if you got no job and this is the best thing you could make tho it would be better for you to go buy one but still fill ya boots 😂😂😂😂