Nice one Thank you, learnt a lot from my old man, you learn the best tricks and tips from the old boys lol

Dad was a bricklayer but self taught and made Grass Track bikes using the JAP racing engine so bought a lathe and mill gas bottles for brazing. I have been using the mill this morning and the lathe tomorrow for the past 50 years starting @12!! Then started as an apprentice in 77 on a Bridgeport no power feed or dro! The old lathe earns it's keep but Dad has been gone a few years Tricks....I have a sack full lol kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iLd3n8pzzuCsc6M.html

Thank you and it’s probably our most loved machine, it never skips a beat 😃

The next video will have no music, stay tuned 😃

The Herbert is our favourite machine 😃

Thank you 😃 I’ll get on Amazon now haha, hopefully next time will be brighter and better than ever!

Thanks for the sub!

Thank you Ted 😃

Thanks, Glad you enjoyed it!😃

Thank you 😁

Thanks for the visit

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching

Thank you 👍😃

Nice one mate I’ll defo give that a go next time 😃👍

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks woodsy

Thank you 😃

Thanks 👍

Thanks 👍

Thanks 😃

Thanks mate I appreciate that, the guy is a legend!

Glad you enjoyed it 😃 and yeah I agree we only tap when we absolutely have to

Thank you 👍 and we do it out of billets to keep the bolts strong as they are under great deal of pressure

Thanks and welcome

Thank you 👍

We wholeheartedly agree that it's unfortunate to waste such a significant amount of material. We've extensively explored our options, considering the immense challenge of moving all that swarf. However, we've encountered difficulties with trepanning due to the diameter and length of the shank. Initially, we considered welding a billet onto a shaft and machining it down, but dismissed this idea due to potential strength loss, especially considering the extreme pressure these bolts endure. If you're aware of any specific tooling or alternative methods, we're eager to hear your suggestions 😃

@@SterlingNorthern I agree it's not worth to compromise especially replacing an originally forged part.It would have been a different story if the T end was much larger in diameter.I have a machine shop and noticed our similarities in prep before cnc machining especially when there is no hydraulic steady to do all the prep.

@@SterlingNorthern After posting my comment, I spent an inordinate amount of time dwelling on this topic, trying to brainstorm options on this. And your point about trepanning being nigh impossible at that depth kept tripping me up... Various thoughts came up and were subsequently dismissed since they introduced new points of failure. Like, sawing/grinding off the excess material prior to the turning operations for instance. The only one that seemed to hold a glimmer of promise (in my mind) was some form of wire EDM processing, but that's an entirely new kettle of fish, and I imagine quite cost-prohibitive...

It sounds like you went down all possible solutions as we did 😂 and I agree with wire EDM but like you say it would open up a completely new can of worms haha, I do appreciate you trying though 😃

Have you considered procuring precut T- blanks from an adequately thick plate with desirable properties using water jet. Then the T blanks will just be machined down to spec. I watched similar approach used by Cutis of Cutting Edge Engineering channel.

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They was forged originally but it’s quite hard to source forging theses days and these bolts was needed ASAP 😃

@@SterlingNorthern I understand your situation. The 'just-in-time' ordering mentality does no one any favours. This may be a good time to establish a relationship with a forge, even if it's a long way away. Those number of forgings would take 1-2 days to make saving the engineer time and money, as well as giving much needed work to a forge. It also helps the industry to think holistically, if the forge goes, then, when you really need it, it's not there, so you have to look far and wide to get the job done. Currently in Australia we are down to one heavy forge and a handful of general blacksmiths. The one remaining Trade school is mainly catering to hobbyists and trying to survive. Once the training goes it's all over. Once it's all over we will have to import our forgings from India or China at great expense. We must not succumb to short-sightedness. And always remember the Production Managers old saying "A lack of foresight in ordering on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part."

They are used in a Victorian mill and were originally forged, but can no longer be sourced 😃

Thanks Steve!

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Good idea 😄

Thank you for the sub and I’ll try a different editing method next time 😃

@@SterlingNorthern even without grumpy commenters telling you what to do… you have a great content and do great work 😎

Hahaha 😂 Thank you a really do appreciate that

They was forged originally but it’s quite hard to source forging theses days and these bolts was needed ASAP 😃

😂😂 thank you and don’t worry the music will not be coming back haha

Thank you for your comment. We perform pre-operations manually for two reasons. Firstly, billets come in various sizes, so instead of adjusting the CNC program for each one, we turn them to a uniform size, which also helps preserve CNC tool life as it doesn't have to remove the harder outer layer. Secondly, we run this job across multiple machines simultaneously (where op 1 occurs at the same time as ops 2, 3, 4, etc.). Regarding the nut, I agree with your point about multiple operations, but we're currently limited to a one-tool machine due to a turret issue on the CNC lathe assigned to this job. I hope this explanation clarifies things.

I’ll try for next time 😃

Nowt wrong wi Northern 😂

Nowt wrong indeed 😂😂

Bri’ish 😂

@@SterlingNorthern i see. You don't know how grateful i'am to be able to see someone machining using Metric system. Anyway i'm sorry if my silly comment bothers you.

Haha nah dont say sorry I though it was funny, literally read it as bri’ish 😂