i apeciate your old school ways you work around little problems

Thanks so much, Max! These kinds of "tutorial videos" are very valuable for those of us just learning the order of machining procedures. 😊

Max, thanks for the frequency and quality of your videos

It’s not that I’m happy to see you misplace things, but to see you experts on KZfaq go through and verbalize your frustrations make me think that maybe I’m not losing my mind after all. Lately it seems I am battling gravity. If I set an object anywhere near an edge it will fall and it has to be sitting perfectly upright. Anyway I love your videos and wish I had them when I was much younger rather than watching the crap I did on TV.

Another great video.....very educational for this beginner.....Thanks for sharing

That set-up was well thought out. Nicely done mate. Cheers

Very interesting approach to make this part. Thanks, Max.

Great project, thanks for sharing and look forward to #2!

Great stuff, I'm amazed at just how much you can do with the dividing indexing table, I got one with my mill and its still in the greaseproof paper, Time to get it out. Thanks for showing the detailed use.

G'day Max, absolutely far out mate, it's Sunday morning here in ol' Blighty, fires lit, brew in hand, and I'm settled down to 2 videos from yours truly! Happy days, I can see your upping your game with the camera work, and production, and it looks very professional Loving the actual engineering skills as always 👌 Hope you're keeping well and thanks for sharing buddy

I always start off with smaller drill bits too instead of forcing a big bit through. That’s some dividing head you have there! Nice work as usual!

Love the way you explained what you’re doing good show

Very good video friend Max

G'day Max, Wow, Fantastic video absolutely packed full of those gems that take years to learn. Many thanks for the continued education. That same ghost, visits my shop on a regular basis, and moves things around as well...😂😂 Cheers....ATB....

Great video Max, thoroughly enjoyed the video and your commentary. Cheers Steve O

Looking good Max. All those project will keep you busy

Yes all our trade is about pre planning and logic, Love your experience !!!

Great project Max! No kidding, it’s all about the set up. Looking forward to part 2. Thanks.

That guy is called Murphy, the bastard lives in every workshop, and delights in vexing honest workers by moving parts, drawings, tools, your keys and your cup of tea! The more you get pissed off the more he giggles.

Another fascinating tractor part project. The set ups you come up with are great and I like the way you explain your thinking and intended process. Well worth the watch for sure.

That was really interesting Max, great job

Enjoyed..great video production/discussion/build…funny, whenever I set “something” down and my brain says this is a good place….HELL IF I can REMEMBER that “good place” 😂😂😂

Another good one Max. The set up is every thing, and having the tooling to go with those set ups is key. Cheers

lovely bit of work.. great to see the thought that goes into the various operations..

Enjoying as you go. Thanks for the education.

Hi Max, There are three things any aspiring machinist needs to be aware of, and they are, ( in this order), Design, preparation and execution. This part is an excellent example of that, get any one wrong, and you are in a bit of a pickle ( or up shit creek without a paddle). Nice one mate, best wishes, Mal.

Good casual discussion on most processes. Held job as machinist after dealing with imperial calculations. Sometimes I checked my measurements 3 times like an accountant. I also would convert to metric. No easy path with a hand drawn plan. Modern freeCAD is refreshingly interesting after turning down glare on computer. But to save time most planning is done as free hand drawings. No old machinist as eye fail over time. But always likecthe tech book on planning a job and have saved time & mistakes by writing. Always saved the column line area for special info.

Nice job Max, well thought thru process.

Great job Max! I have spent a couple of hours setting up for a one minute cut.

years ago was a springmaker machinist 26yrs & did many small jobs hand made for industy & personal jobs miss the lathe work & making jigs One day hope to buy another make arty steampunk stuff or make jigs again hope nephew gets this house 4 sale has a big 4 garage +

Another great one Max... the best part about the guy moving your stuff when your not looking... As you get older, he visits more frequently... ask me how I know. ;~)

A lot of good helpful tips there. I have a mouse in my shop also. I have to offer him treats so he will tell me where he hid the item I am looking for. 😃

thats a very complex part to make max. cheers ben.

Another great video. Thank you. From kiwi land

Thanks Max. Great video! I do a lot of repair work for a tool dealer and a lot of these broken or missing parts are castings. This video gave me new perspectives on set ups for reproducing castings. It is great learning from the master!

Hi Max, well planned and executed. I have seen the result of not using a pilot drill back in the late sixties. Refinery Fitter drilling out a blank flange on an Adcock & Shippley pillar drill, attempted to drill large hole with power feed, snapped off the head casting and luckily didn't fall on him, held up by the feed shaft, lesson learnt!

Very interesting set up ....Dave

We're definately all familiar with the little green men (stealers/borrowers) from another dimension🤣 Funny, I was just about finished watching part 1 when the notification for part 2 came through. Let's go!!👍🇦🇺

Enjoyed it. So, the vanishing “things “ are universal 😂, I feel better now 😅

It's amazing how those tractor parts all have a little WD arrow on them.

This was a so enjoyable to watch you work through the steps to recreate this part. Can't wait for part 2.......... and then on to the part you teased at the end. Cheers!

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing. Cheers

Thank you for a graduate class in order of operations!

Hi Max just like the way you do things and as for the drilling process i to like to use a pielet hole some tims if large size needed i can use 4 or 5 drill sizes to get to final sizes Cheers Mate i can now watch the next one seeing as i am behind with videos also weighting on the videos for the new shop made boring bars

Greetings Max. Some rain around for you today. Probably needed after the 43° heatwaves. Great Video as usual. Cheers

Max, Love how you keep your chucks in top running order, carry on !!!

Superb work Max 👍👌

Max another high caliber job in progress

great work thanks for the video

Looking like another 'tractor part' ;)

Oh yeah Max...This kind of thing I live for! One off oddball parts, unobtainium parts, repair and or restoration with a bit of reverse engineering thrown in for fun. (or is it just going in reverse?🤣). Nevertheless it keeps the brain agile! Cheers Mate🍺🍺🍺. BTW loosing stuff in the shop I just had in my hand is a result of thinking about what I am doing next Thursday rather than the task at hand. Is that Attention deficit disorder? 🤣🤣

Great to see and watch your thought process, I'm learning loads👍

Thank you Max!

Thanks Max !!

G'day Max, lots of machining, chips flying everywhere, & the piece of metal bar suddenly starts to take on a Max shape Then the video stops ^ were told... come back next time for the end 😂😊😅

Very interesting. Thx.

A lot of steps in that part for sure!

I happy to know that my Bridgeport isn't the only one that sounds like the spindle is going to fall out.😮😅. I guess thats just what they sound like.🤔😉

Nice one Max. Good to see you marking with the prick punch. I hope those dots were 3 mm apart (wink wink) 👍

Re at 37:30, Sorry Max, its not a an old enemy come back to haunt you by shifting things you've just put down, it's your memory slips in old age. I have the same problem.

Nice work Max! What the heck...fun jobs, around my area people would rather tie something together with a piece of baling wire or use some JB weld than have a new part made...anyway I think it's great 👍 the jobs you get. I love that dividing head...what 's the story with it....what brand, how old...looks nicer than ones I've used. I'd like to poke around for one. Great video

Great video. Thanks ! I can’t wait for the next one. What kind of cutting oil were you using? It seemed very dark. Was it a high sulfur content that I’ve heard about ?

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G’day Max. Thanks for the videos. I have a question, how do you find the quick change tool post on your al960b lathe? I am currently upgrading to a 1000c from hare and Forbes and have priced a Ava haas tool post. I’m not sure the $3500 price tag for holders and tool post is justified when I can set up with hare and Forbes offering for about $1000. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks

Is all that noise when using the face mill normal? My mill does that when using a 3" 6 insert face mill, and I figured something was wrong.

!! Part 1 ........... sounds expensive ?? ........ but what Masterly Machining

Don't know what the hassle is. Just go down to the local "tractor shop" and buy these "unobtainium parts" straight off the shelf. Other than that, well done - I am still learning heaps about setups and your thinking of the order of sequence - get those wrong and a person could find themselves in a real bind. How many more "special jobs" for this "tractor" are in the pipeline? Retired machinist/mechanic on the other side of the land mass.

Tools and other things that play hide and seek in the shop... yep, I also know what it is. Is there a reason why you didn't finish all the operations in the milling machine before you went to the lathe?

Is that indexable carbide end mill a name brand tool, or one of Chinese origin, and what about the inserts as well? I hear very mixed reviews on them, but seeing it in your video, I see no issue with its performance.

Sharpen your pencil, Max 😁

That is not a simple part to make. Nice stuff Max.

I must have pissed off a lit of people in past lives Max, they don't only move things, but they change the colour of things as well. Put down what I thought was a blue handled screwdriver, eventually find it and it is red handled.

LOL I have that same ghost n my shop

I must have piss off many people!

I think you are lapping dearest A bomb .think you are packed up to go home before he has morning tea !

Complicated steps for a compound shape. . wow.