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You're something else you do some great work with that lathe

good job so far working with that old starly piece of threaded rod. going to watch part 2 now thanks.

Nice job Richard! After running my big lathe for years it spoiled me. .5 inch all day.😎 A small lathe is better than no lathe that's for sure 👍Thanks for sharing

nice video. Miss my old Atlas, but still have my Logan and Craftsman lathes. Thanks for sharing.

Now off to watch the second half .... :-)

Great job bumping that piece true in the 3-jaw. I am, however, amazed you got that point cut with all that overhang. You made it happen, though, so good on ya.

i have a small fab shop, i do most stuff for fisherman and they all have scrap that they want things built from!! in many cases it cheaper to buy new clean stock , most scrap they have has spent many hrs in the ocean and salt soaks into the metals! so i have learned how to work their scrap to usable, i love my atlas lathe! but like you said taking lots off do take time

Turning in sandals, nice.

Woke up at 5am so time to watch part 1 and 2 before work. Hey Richard at 12.15 what size max can you cut and feel comfortable?

I see your bleeding Richard. The old girl is telling you she hasn't seen enough action. Lol. If I manage to come in and not have been bleeding it has been an extremely good day. Or I didn't do any lathe work. Nice project and good job. Good to here from you.

yes this tread bar have a much tension because they are make it in the tread rolling machines and this machines are pressing and rolling in the machine and you cane say that is similar as cold forging

Since acquiring and old atlas lathe I have made dozens of seal driver bushing drivers liner pullers exhaust flange dies life is definitely better with a lathe would not be able to get buy without one

Love this channel! Question though.. I've never seen anyone hold a center drill with a collet chuck like that. It is better than using a jacobs chuck? Or is it just what you have on hand to work with?

The problem with threaded rod is, it's never straight and not threaded on center.

Why did the tool need to be made in two pieces screwed together (plus the tip =3) when it looks like one long punch and you could have turned it in one piece?

Nice video. Have you done one on the making of the soft jaws?

Hi amigo! Excellent video as always. I think that's a good size stud bolt you started with. My guess anyway. Do you have a website or email I can contact you with?

Very interesting video!! One thing, don't talk when you speed the video up because you sound like Alvin from the Chipmunks! Just subscribed today, keep up the very good and interesting videos. Thank you.

Nice but why didn't you use your steady rest to hold your piece? Richard

Wish i had a Lathe

I know those bolt materials can be really stingy stuff.. But you should consider buying some inserts with better chip breaker for small cuts :)

When recommending to use a dead center you should mention its lubrication. Normal oil or grease is not up to the task. You need to use extreme pressure grease. Only that lube will hold up without wallowing out the center hole and heating up the work and dead center. (Your dead center looked plenty discolored. It must have been hot a few times... ;-) (Oops. Sorry I was wrong. The discoloration is from annealing it after hardening as I found out in your video "Making a HALF DEAD CENTER and Why You Need One! ")

The work got a bit warm ?

A couple of observations from a very amateur machinist, so please take these with a grain of salt. Firstly, were you lubricating the stock to help keep your insert/material cool? It didn't appear so. Lubrication/coolant my have aided a better surface finish. Secondly, using a centering tool (eg: 1/2" square stock with bearing mounted to the end mounted in the tool post ) makes recentering machined part SO much easier. Not sure if you used one of those. Thirdly, trying to drill a part with a long shank drill is just asking for the bit to wander. Did you pilot drill the hole first? Please don't think that I'm having a go at you because I'm not. Like I said, I am an amateur machinist who is trying to improve and I'd say there are lots of others like me. Videos like yours are valuable for learning. Thanks for posting.

"making something for nothing" LOL

what lathe do you own

Can I ask why you don't use oil when you're working this piece?

W1 tool steel, costs nothing.?

Are you seriously wearing goddamned FLIP FLOPS with those horrendously stringy chips flying about!? Really?

not a pancake compressor shame lol

I doubt that's junk.... Probably 4140 HT.