Toolmakers Adjustable V Blocks P1

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4 жыл бұрын

These cool little adjustable height precision v-blocks are an excellent toolroom training project. Made from tool steel they will test your skills in the machine shop doing mill, lathe and grinding work typical in precision toolrooms all over the world. I made my pair from A2 tool steel and heat treated them to 60RC. The knob ended up being brass and nuts are bronze combined with a stainless steel adjustment screw. I will make PDF's of the drawings available to folks that want to make their own. These blocks are used to support and adjust the height of shafting during various setups for cutting keyways and flats. A nice project you can have fun building and use on a regular basis.

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@Dropbear237 4 жыл бұрын

I like the bit when you start cutting the metal v block on the band saw and wood shavings come out.

@matttradie1341 4 жыл бұрын

Oh thank god you posted something. I was about to head for the fridge

@benrivenbark 4 жыл бұрын

I've moved all my money into clothing stocks. People sitting around their house during the quarantine in their elastic waist bands are going to find out they are 10 pounds heavier when it's time to go back to the office!

@matttradie1341 4 жыл бұрын

benrivenbark im buying shares in weight watchers. Company profits will skyrocket after this.

@rickhaass1133 4 жыл бұрын

Great clip Tom - many thanks sir.

@johnbodmer5645 4 жыл бұрын

Another tool I have to make!! Thanks Tom.

@rezganger 4 жыл бұрын

So elegant!

@1jtolvey 4 жыл бұрын

GREAT VIDEO !

@fredgenius 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom, you've brightened my day considerably!

@What-is-thehandle 4 жыл бұрын

Hell yes Tom! I've been waiting for you to show off these beauties!

@trickengg 4 жыл бұрын

Love these project videos Tom. Great work as always!

@christurley391 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video Tom.

@Byzmax 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent!. looking forward to the rest

@paulrosebrock 4 жыл бұрын

Your videos make my day

@emilkarlsson9387 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Great content and very entertaining

@rodneykiemele4721 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent Video.... As Always

@samueltaylor4989 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you again, Tom. Always love to see a new video come out by you!

@echoewest2685 4 жыл бұрын

Nice quote at the end. Always entertaining, thanks.

@Ryan-dz3jo 4 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy your commentary, thanks very much.

@HolosunGodOfOdin 4 жыл бұрын

Good stuff! I’ve learned a lot from ya. I’m new to this and really enjoy your channel. Thanks for the good content!

@MyRadDesign 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, Tom. Something to keep in mind while working in the shop today is that on any typical day we would hate to need to make a trip to the emergency room, but now we really would hate to do so. So keep in mind in many parts of the country we are working without a safety net and need to be extra cautious.

@fredio54 4 жыл бұрын

It was a real pleasure to watch you draw that, at the start, Tom! Even at high speed. Thanks for that, hope the rest of the vid is as usual: excellent :-)

@DdgeluvinHic 4 жыл бұрын

Tom, I just love the videos you put up and the projects you work on. Thanks so much for sharing with us.

@guykulwanoski1629 4 жыл бұрын

Projects are the best, Thank You! God Bless!

@j-man72b72 4 жыл бұрын

I like how you approach a project design.

@lemauz. 4 жыл бұрын

Ironically, that Feynman quote in the end was my "excuse" to my wife when she asked why I bought your book last week. Best quarantine read yet. Thank you Tom, for the knowledge sharing and for the therapy in these tough days. :)

@jeffcoulam 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video Tom! For as many years that I have been watching you, I still pick up a tip or method on most of your videos. Looking forward to this build! Keep em coming!

@alewis8765 4 жыл бұрын

Great project, I always learn something from your videos. And the Feinman quote at the end is fantastic!

@Sicktrickintuner 4 жыл бұрын

Wicked idea!

@toolbox-gua 4 жыл бұрын

I’m enjoynig evry bit. Please stay safe.

@Smallathe 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome project!!! :)

@kickinthegob 4 жыл бұрын

Wowzers, I never thought I would catch one of your videos this early...

@johnm2369 4 жыл бұрын

Much respect for the isometric free hand. Artist

@marcvictor4285 4 жыл бұрын

I have my anti virus on just in case, plus I just washed my hands! Best to you Tom.

@mog5858 4 жыл бұрын

great job and info thanks for your time. keep up the good work.

@jasonh3109 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! Quarantine just got a whole lot better. 👍🏼👍🏼

@MattysWorkshop 4 жыл бұрын

Think I just found my next project, thanks Tom, please stay safe

@mc_cpu 4 жыл бұрын

Don't usually have the time to watch many of your videos. For some reason I do at the moment! Enjoyed this one and looking forward to part 2

@sxgamesert2030 4 жыл бұрын

Im a new machinist and have a habit of wanting to make my own tools and your channel is awesome looking forward to part 2!

@ke6bnl 4 жыл бұрын

Great video as usual, I seem to expect nothing else from you and neglect saying what a great job you do.

@keylock9064 4 жыл бұрын

tom still the best bar non. thanks brother will build until we are dead.

@OldtimeIronman 4 жыл бұрын

Clicked "like" before you got done drawing, because you took a cool idea and started with a sketch.... been wondering for a long time about ball brgs that can be adjusted closer or farther apart, for a "vee block" since brgs are so precise

@larrysperling8801 4 жыл бұрын

always happy to see chips fly on your channel. that tip on setting the z zero on the parallels was worth the price of admission. this looks like a great project. you are quite the freehand artist. looking forward to part two.

@andrewevans1658 4 жыл бұрын

Great project idea Tom!!! Hopefully I will have my new to me surface grinder up and running this week ! I also did some trading and got an optical flat and a lapmaster light source. Fun toy to play with!!! Stay safe!

@outsidescrewball 4 жыл бұрын

Lots of lessons....thank you

@bassome3000ify 4 жыл бұрын

cool as usual

@kylezellmann6811 4 жыл бұрын

You make me want to get back into chip making Tom!! I wish I would have had a tool maker such as yourself to teach me! My father was an amazing tool maker, engineer, machinist and dad, but not the greatest teacher! Im learning to teach my son, with your cool demeanor, just hope I can be as good as you are Tom! Keep up the great vids, and thanks for sharing!

@pitu72ger 4 жыл бұрын

Great content. Thx

@swanvalleymachineshop 4 жыл бұрын

I like it , great video . Cheers .

@tonystolhand1154 4 жыл бұрын

A 2 my favorite material machines tuff and grinds nice very stable also air hardening is nice we wrapped ours in thick tinfoil bags if we used the furnace sometimes flame hardened small stuff and looks like our old Marvel vertical great versatile saw loved the hand wheel

@petergamache5368 4 жыл бұрын

"Welcome to Ox Tools. I'm Tom." .... I was totally lost for the first 1:20 of this video. Thought I was watching This Old Tony by mistake!

@Cadwaladr 4 жыл бұрын

It's never a mistake to watch Tony.

@nickwinter7344 4 жыл бұрын

I’m a young machinist and honestly if I had this, it would’ve come in handy today the v blocks I had were not big enough for what I was machining so I resorted to something else and it ended up not working and I had to re tram my head. :( Keep the videos up I’ve learned a lot from them and I’ve been watching them for two weeks straight

@julestremblay453 4 жыл бұрын

I've been a toollie for over thirty yrs and I have a luv for mechanicalz, I ca n see a use for an adjustable V block merely for inspection purposes but any securing forces of a workpiece onto these fancy blocks would demolish the adjusting nut threads , without a hard stop none the less nice paper weights

@billdlv 4 жыл бұрын

Nice work Tom, especially the sketching. Wish we had a surface grinder.

@MrShobar 4 жыл бұрын

Known derisively as "Curtiss Wrong" in the aircraft business. Nice work, Tom.

@krazziee2000 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video.. I wish I could draw.. very nice..

@philgarbarini9645 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom

@Gertjan1975 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Tom i like this kind of toolmakers vids, keep on going even from holland, many greetzz : Gertjan

@glennstasse5698 4 жыл бұрын

A fun one, Tom. Take care everyone...

@oabbao 4 жыл бұрын

Love to make a set of these. Can not wait to get the PDF for them.

@johnporter8896 4 жыл бұрын

Wow milk is so versatile! Obviously keeping it in the fridge helps at the cooling.

@howder1951 4 жыл бұрын

Two thumbs up!!

@kennethelwell8574 4 жыл бұрын

Tom, that "bozo waiting to happen" at 23:00 is perfect for a training project! A lesson in keeping your eyes open while you are working. Also a chance to think/teach about order of operations, if the smaller vee were milled first, the part might have rested on the stock allowance left on the wider side... which could also have been intentionally left wider at the saw.

@Bread996 4 жыл бұрын

Ok, that’s the first time I’ve seen a good reason to have a DRO on the Quill. I’ve got a DRO on the knee, which is awesome, but I could never carefully touch off on a parallel like that. Thanks.

@andypughtube 4 жыл бұрын

16:00 It's a miracle! The bandsaw turns steel into wood shavings.

@rodbrown9200 4 жыл бұрын

I've been needing to build a pair of these for years... task is consistent flutes in tapered shafts from the top down with a ball end mill. Looking forward to the whole project! Many thanks Tom!

@benjaminnigon4482 4 жыл бұрын

I am speculating of course but there are so many things in this video that Toolmakers take for granted that are missed by the "average" guy. Your attention to detail shows your experience in mistakes and successes.

@beachcomberbob3496 4 жыл бұрын

Those grey buffing wheels are great, aren't they? I'm so glad I found out about them. Best way of getting rid of burrs.

@AWDJRforYouTube 4 жыл бұрын

Tom's right, There is an unexplained "sociological phenomenon" that seems to bring out the "Mr Bozo" in us trying to do skilled work, and video at the same time! I really give credit to great creators like Tom, and others who can overcome this, and put out a super great video- great project!

@velez910 4 жыл бұрын

agreed tried once forgot a bolt on a gear hobber for rotating the head and blew up a gear for the machine. smh

@rosserpace3602 4 жыл бұрын

Sweet!

@kevinreardon2558 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, nice to have my OxTool habit satiated again.

@timothyball3144 4 жыл бұрын

Nice use of TomCad.

@richardpalmer6196 4 жыл бұрын

Well done sir . Not having the quality of equipment you own , l am modifying your idea to use on my cheap Harbor Freight mill . Two thumbs up .

@robwigglezz944 4 жыл бұрын

When you time your pressure on the band saw to skip over the missing teeth.

@chrishenning8829 4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking it was the spot where the blade was welded.

@mattmanyam 4 жыл бұрын

@@chrishenning8829 it looked to me like the part was diving into the gap of no teeth, not deflecting to the side from a weld bump... IDK... Just comparing notes.

@oxtoolco 4 жыл бұрын

Busted!

@xmachine7003 4 жыл бұрын

@@oxtoolco 😂😂😂😂can't get much by us

@JlerchTampa 4 жыл бұрын

16:52 if anyone else is interested. It is also how you know someone has become 'one with their machine' after extended use. :)

@dizzolve 4 жыл бұрын

cool intro

@CraigsWorkshop 4 жыл бұрын

Nice project Tom. I love the idea of an adjustable V-block. I don't have heat treat or grinding facilities but I reckon a usable version (but not as durable) could be made just on the mill.

@TheWrate 4 жыл бұрын

I'm digging the drawings at the beginning of the last few vids. Would definitely appreciate a set of prints.

@mariothegreat4197 4 жыл бұрын

14:43 hahaha this is exactly why we do all those lines

@reempjuh 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Tom, when do we get to see the etching press in action? Loved that series... Especially the use of woodworking tools on steel 😜

@jesusisalive3227 4 жыл бұрын

That design would make for a nice rifle rest!

@jasonthompson514 4 жыл бұрын

Take your time there

@219garry 4 жыл бұрын

I always put a block of exact size on the other end of the vice jaw so I'm not just pinching on the far end like that. If I don't have a block I just make up the size with my gauge blocks and clamp them in the vice.

@hardwareful 4 жыл бұрын

I can see a small vise project here, something to hold parts for working on the band saw :)

@markRTFGuns 4 жыл бұрын

Ahah you said you’d make the pdf for folks. Okay. I’d buy it. Now where ? And thank you sir ! Beautiful video.

@Johnholt73 4 жыл бұрын

Firstly, I love your videos and I learn so much. What are your thoughts about the 1 man or garage shop and those of us that don't have a surface grinder. How necessary is it, how much can ground stock be used for for flatness (heat treated and then gently lapped) on faces of tools that need it. Would like to see you make a precision engineers level as a tuition video on the subject.

@henrypostulart 4 жыл бұрын

“Cuz I’m old and blind…” LOL, yeah, been there, said that.

@frankkoppen7281 4 жыл бұрын

Going to watch your shop tour video today on break at work .I see it's 6 years old is there any major differences from then till now worthy of updated video?

@bcbloc02 4 жыл бұрын

That tiny little endmill at the end for the relief would scare me. Looks like it would snap off if you looked at it finny.

@sandy1653 4 жыл бұрын

I do so love the look of pencil CAD but I couldn't draw a straight line without a ruler to save my backside so my sketches always end up looking goofy as hell.

@raysorensen8868 4 жыл бұрын

Happy you went to the dark side and got air compressor lol

@Chris-bg8mk 4 жыл бұрын

Ding! "Is that yours or mine?"

@jeremygriffiths3364 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Tom, Iv’e been watching your channel with interest and delight for a few years. I have acquired a small lathe and mill, a true beginner. You mentioned that this adjustable Vee block was the perfect beginner project. Do you have a series on beginner projects or a list that itemizes which of your many projects are best suited to the beginner machinist?

@kylemichael2175 4 жыл бұрын

Tom, where might I find the PDF’s? Thanks. Great work.

@charliedidio7421 4 жыл бұрын

Tom - Consider adding pockets on the t shirts / I need a place for my glasses

@MrTooTechnical 4 жыл бұрын

kick ass. y no coolant on the bandsaw? thx

@alexg0097 4 жыл бұрын

That Shasta bottle though 😂

@nathanwrobel5534 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Tom, would it be possible to make a heat shrink 1/2 to 1/8 end mill extension? similar to the Harvey tools one but more in budget for us hobbyists. Maybe you could show us how.

@overkillaudioinc 4 жыл бұрын

ooooh I want a set of those. but I don't have the machines to make them!

@eXactModellbau 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Tom It's always fun to start a new project. But it's probably not only me who misses the next part of the making of the Apollo door. And wasn't there a etching press? Keep it going!

@joell439 4 жыл бұрын

👍👍

@aserta 4 жыл бұрын

My mentality regarding cutting with a bandsaw vs cutting by mill where applicable, is simple, a bandsaw blade is much cheaper to replace than a milling bit. But then again, this is a hobby+ type thing for me, so maybe if i were to live off machining, it would be much different based on job/time/money.