Y’all giving me flashbacks Max, for remembering what a different world it seems you’ve entered, working that far down the lathe bed, even on a familiar machine. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

The sign of a good craftsman is you make this look easy.

So impressive how everything comes together and NOTHING is trivial - Thanks Max 👍👍😎👍👍

Max yet another great job and thanks for letting us come along with you A very wise man told me that with all good jobs its all in the set up think it was you 80 percent set up 20 percent turning and you showed us it all thank you for showing the how to as well as the work weighting on part two Cheers Max

Great to see all those different shop made tools coming together! Well planned and we'll executed😊

I make splines all the time with a 4th axis CNC. This set up is great. cheers

It’s nice to know your set up is good to go before you cut into expensive stock.. Don’t get that chance often, Just there’s the stock, don’t eff it. Hahaaa, good set up there, like the mill.

G'day Max. This is one of the best setups I have seen with all the various alignment tools, like the Spider, Deviding Head, tailstock, etc. Very Professional Presentation from start to finish . Waiting for final finish.

Amazing work Max. Loved the set up from start to finish. The oil drip feed from the tank great idea. Beats using a paint brush 👍. Cheers Aaron

Nice calendar, Max.

That was a lot of tooling to make. I hope you make more than one shaft. I know you can use it on other jobs too.

Everything about your projects and explanations are educational. I'm always interested in how long material is handled; it was great to see how you go through your setup! The tips in this and previous videos for checking the center line of cutters has also been valuable. Cheers!

This vid has the meat AND the potatoes Thanks for sharing

You make it look so easy Max. I think I can do that then I have a go and stuff it up, but I know the only way to get there is to keep trying. I have learnt so much from your videos and I am getting better.

Stretching your capacity with this one Max, splines look good. "This microwave has got some issues" lol, you're not wrong 😂😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Great job Max. I also commend you for the picture/Calander you have on the wall. There was a time that would be considered distasteful or offensive to women. Hell, now I just want to make sure that everyone knows that I am proud to be a Man.

Excellent setup tips, camera work and editing Max. Thanks for bringing us along. best regards, mjm

That is an amazing set up!

Thanks for the detailed explanation on setting up the cutter on center - great tip on checking it. 👍

Loving every minute of this project. Nice work, thanks.

Wow, lots of planning in this job! I’m impressed at your thoroughness, what with the test run, the OD of the sacrificial piece, stuff like that 👍

Thanks Max, stumbled accross your channel a while a go and im totally hooked. loved this series on how you methodically solved this problem. Stay safe and keep em comming if you have time. youre passing on valuable info to the less skilled, even a backyard hacker like myself.

Yes - setup is 95% of the job! You did well.

Great vid. Max. Thx.

Great video.

Poetry in motion Max! Can see how all the shop made tools came together for this project. At that length, I'm assuming that this is not a 'tractor' part this time around, especially with the material certs ;)

Nice work Max.👍 The length of the shaft sure makes it challenging. Thanks for sharing.

Enjoyed the Camino about sausage rolls. Also let my mind stray with exacting machining. Nice workshop tree threatening mine. Great preso.

Ludmiller turning in a solid performance!

Good to see what you made the previous tooling for. Olga is getting a real work out. I used to know a guy who headed up a company importing Russian machines back in the day.

Hey Max, wild looking set up there. I see you have a Spainish Meca Rotary Table same as mine, mines a 12". I need to do the same as you and fit Indexing Plates when I have time. Love your work.

Set-up looks to be working great. Thanks for sharing Max.

Nice good working video and helpful

Max the part is so long it will be time for your tea when you get to the tailstock. Nice work altb from the UK

Wow. . a lot of pre-work to ensure it's correct before cutting the actual part. . amazing ! !

very good job friend Max..thanks for your time

Looking good Max. This is a prime example of why customers don't understand the time involved in making a part. They think you should be able to whip it out in no time cause it looks so simple. Also where can I get some of those snazzy purple pants? 😀

That machine makes me feel all tingly... 😍😍😍

I once milled splines in a long shaft maybe 12' long. I put 2 v blocks on a horizontal mill and clamped them down. Then I put the shaft in the v blocks close to where the splines were. Then I set a dividing head on the mill next to it and adjusted the table to proper height. I chucked the end of the shaft in the dividing head and then clamped the other end in the v blocks. When I cut the splines the dividing head just slid back and forth on the other mill. I would loosen the clamps holding the shaft to the v blocks every time I indexed the shaft to the next spline and it worked well. The dividing head was heavy enough to index the shaft without being clamped down.

I really enjoyed that episode and learned a lot. Thanks mate!

Holy smokes, around 11:30ish the hula dancing spacers on that cutter arbor are kinda hypnotic. I thought it might be just a lot of clearance between the spacers and the arbor, but it looks like the chamfers vary that much as well? Handsome job on the setup, everything you need to get the job done right.

Great machining!! Nice calendar in the background.

Thank you Max!

Very nice Max. As they say preparation equals results, surprised the see the nut on mandrel was LH thread. Cheers

אני נהנה לראות את המקצוענות שלך,והרוגע בעבודה...בהצלחה חבר...🤝👍💪🇮🇱🌹💗

Amazing set ups, fascinating to watch, love it!

Great work as usual Max Cheers Chris

I have only a 13 x 40 lathe I could not begin to handle your big ones. Great videos.

Keen to know what the long shaft is for Max? As always, thoroughly enjoyable video of a complex job made to look “easy”. Once you see it, it makes sense of buying 6 jaw chuck & building angle plates and flat extension plate & lathe spider etc. A LOT of work & pre planning to get there in the end, but if (when) you have to do another long shaft spline job, your already tooled up for it. 👍

Another awesome video video young max, from kiwi land

Not many shops have the ability to do that job, looks nice, hopefully makes the months morgage payment.

@ 11:39 Even cutting gears, a great method of checking centre.😊

Great job mate

Max - Rotating the Shaft 180° to double check the center height of the form cutter was a Slick Move . I'm watching you. one bad move and I'll be on you like stink on shit. Four Thumbs up -- Jim

Thanks Maximus 😁

Max I see you must have skipped school the day they were teaching how to color and stay within the lines. Just kidding mate , when you were trying to mark the blue lines that funny though came to mind..😜

my boring bar holder is also completed today. I love this stuff. Watch every video! You had to raise your steady rest, I had to lower mine! And when I lock my mill knee it absolutely changes the setting. Are you going to harden the splines? I have to thread both ends of a 1 1/2in x 10ft bar in the next couple days, so i will be building a set of rollers.

G'day Max, cracking one as always mate, nice to see you use a test piece, thats something I do, but don't often see the practice on here, as others have said, it's great seeing all the shop made tooling used to great effect Thanks for sharing buddy, hope you're keeping well Edit: F@ckin microwave #! 😂😂😂😂

And all this started with your Grandad making wheel barrow axles in his shed........................................ All the best mate!!

you pay big money for a gear cutter but I have never seen one on KZfaq on other channels that was seriously con centric and even cutting? If they only cut on a few teeth, you might as well make a gear cutter from HSS yourself. is a lot cheaper. nice video max. cheers ben.

What are you using for cameras? Your videos are so much clearer beyond what you're showing. The background is crisp.

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RE: One tooth. . . I have one cutter that I think actually uses 4 or 5 teeth (lol). The rest could as well be fly cutters!(grin)

Max, when you were checking the runout on the cutter, the collars looked like they were all over the place. Are they just a loose fit on the arbor?

Termonology, I've always heard them called catheads, but Spider is OK with me

BTW, surely Aussies don't talk about 'the shop', which is where you buy stuff. What you are in is a workshop, and a very fine one at that.

Why did you need the 3 jaw chuck in the tail stock before using the steady rest to put in the center?

Problem with the microwave oven, lost its ding 🛎️? 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hi Max, is that arbor nut LH or are my eyes playing tricks on me? Do the splines have to be online, if so will make an interesting setup. Is the 4140 prehard bar ground finish?

The last spline I cut, used the rule between the cutter and the victim as soon as I had the rule 90 degrees - she was right. Maybe I am a bit of a rough nut.. Good onya

Is there a key on the cutter arbor that I didn't see? Seems you are running it backwards and that it would potentially uncscrew the nut. (I'm sure you are fully aware of this, I'm just curious).

You wish you had some long shafting to play with.😂

Jeez! Talk about measure 4 times and cut once. Mind you, I have done that and still got it wrong. 😢

My knee locks up all the time….. Gives me the shits…..

all that to escape a bit of Housework ! ??

Max, thank you for your instructional and entertaining videos.