Of course we prefer to see everything, it makes us feel better when we’re out in the shop doing something that takes 4 hours, and everybody on KZfaq is showing it in 12 minutes. People lose perspective. Great work as always!

Glad you left the whole video, thanks.

Thanks Max for the whole enchilada. Cheers mate 👍👍😎👍👍

Been looking forwards to you getting back into the JFMT lathe Max. Very informative. Please don’t be tempted to edit out the real time live feed components because that’s what we can all learn from. Sure you can edit it to make yourself look perfect on KZfaq - but then we don’t get to learn how to overcome the invariable challenges along the way. Everyone makes errors - it’s how you overcome them that sets you apart. 👍👍👍🇦🇺 Gonna be a bloody hot one today at 41c Stay cool & hydrated.

Thanks for the detail, the good the bad and no ugly

Reading your OD mic while it is in contact with the part shows your professionalism. That is exactly how I was taught by my mentor and has served me well.

The video was great. Leave it all in. Those little moments that you take for granted can sometimes give us a pearl of wisdom!

I will concur with these posts that I am reading; your true to application videos are an asset, in a field of ever pandering to the process of integrating hollywood into shop procedures. It doesn't seem to pay, but it will, someday, somehow; you lead with example and that is worth its weight in all the good things. Growing trees for future generations, you are. Awesome job, Max.

The longer the videos the better please. I don’t even watch channels with less than like 30 or 45 min videos anymore. 2 hours is a dream come true lol

Always a pleasure. Thank you very much !!

Well done Max. Really enjoy the longer videos. Thank you 👍👍

Very good job friend Max

Great video Max. Keep making them the way you're doing them. I learn much more watching the blow by blow process (and no irritating music and other cutesy things). I discovered your channel a couple of months ago and have watched all your videos. I admired your dedication in building your new shop. I can't imagine working on a project that took years to complete. Congrats and cheers!

Gday, good informative video, always something to learn, cheers

Thank you so much for all you do, these long-form stream of consciousness videos are such a treat

Great job Max, enjoyed the entire vid!

i like the details in your video,s max, and long video,s are no problem (to me anyway). cheers ben.

Good stuff Max. Love this channel!

The handle does the same on my Chinese lathe and I never even thought about just moving the tool in the holder , that is why I watch , I always learn something , Thanks Max !

Noga’s are the bomb! Regret the cost once, Enjoy the functionality Every time. There are no DRO’s on the lathes at work, One Noga with a plunger to accurately set cross feed makes it so easy to be confident of the result. One Noga with a finger to do set ups with ease.

Nice job there Max

G'day Max, perfect mate, nice hot brew, settled down and watching 1st thing on a Saturday morning 👍 Happy days buddy, thanks for sharing mate

Great video Max

Looking good Max, watched to the end. Nothing like the look of freshly turned bronze... Good one, Cheers......

G'day Max. Another great tutorial video sizing a new bush. I'm glad you took the long process of showing how sometimes it's a slow process to get the correct tolerances when doing inner & outside sizes at the same time without crushing or distorting the job. The fruit is in the pudding especially when the bushing went straight into it's new home, fitted with a correct size mandrel & leaving a very nice none hammered end of the bush. Well done Max keep the Goodies coming.

yes a long vid Max,, but it was worth it! cheers

Thank you Max!

Nice work.

Awesome job Max! Bronze is fun to machine. Liked the dual hand corner rounding😊

Hell of a size difference in the two lead screws. Well done Max. bronze awesome.

Another good informative video Max. Enjoyed all the 'boring' bits lol. Take care.....Tony

Another excellent video Max. Keep em coming mate! JC

Beautiful work Max, thanks for your time and skills.

Thanks Max! Really enjoy your videos

Your making progress on the JFMT. Can't wait for first chips Thanks Max Cheers

Love it Max another high caliber job

I enjoy having the whole ball of wax shown. Do miss the milling part for the completion though. Thx for sharing.

Outstanding work as always Max, top banana!

Great Job Max. Very Informative, as usual

thanks Max

hi Max Thanks for the tip on the inverted parting tool I have the same small import lathe as you parting has never felt smooth but with the tool inverted a revelation i have started parting with power feed which I never dared previously thanks again Gary UK

Funny how you use coolant to cool the part down. A part that’s a bit warm is my clue that it’s time for a coffee break.

Hi Max, I generally take the springs out of lip seals, stops the leakage fine if not under high pressure, and they last a lot longer with less wear on the shaft.

Some useful techniques for machining. Always a treat with slang. Safe work.

nice work great video

7 pm and full of daylight. Miserable seeing your nice summer there while I'm here stuck in sub zero temps with wind chill and daylight from 7 am to 4 pm. BAH! 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

G'day from Fort Smith, AR, USA Appreciate youshowing the whole thing, as so many other people condense hours of work into a few minutes of video And that's a few hours for a journeyman - which is far, far longer for the average home gamer who is going to watch this channel BTW, If you get tired of the heat, swing on out this way for a visit: The temperature displayed on the reader board on a business here in town was 1° - Fahrenheit (that's -17° Australian) Think you could box up some of that summer and ship it over here?

clean the shaft good and put baking soda with super glue in the grooves and emery cloth them down smooth and then use the smaller seals that way if their close they wont try to run into the old grooves

Fine job Max , you know you’re lathe , I’d be a week trying to figure out why I wasn’t hitting my numbers, knowing it’s got good bearings

Hi Max, Bronze getting expensive. DS&G got it right, no flimsy lead screw. Mine had reversible lead screw, could reverse it and use unworn area close to chuck. Your in for a hot day, stay cool.

Hi Max! I have a very similar import lathe and I've noticed the exact same problem with the unbalanced cross slide wheel moving off my setting while making a cut. I've been unscrewing the handle from the wheel when taking my finishing cuts for just that reason. There's a locking screw on the side of the cross slide that puts pressure on the gib but the manufacturer mounted the DRO scale right over it so I can't use that.

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Hello Max. How good is the gantry? I'm thinking of buying one myself.

Would a speedi-sleeve have been an option for that groove in the shaft for the seal? I've used them on axles before.

Max, did you consider a speedi sleeve for the shaft?

Nice work Max. Bit hot there today I see

Is there any disadvantage to turning in reverse with upside down tooling, besides not being able to see the chips forming?

For spray build-up, is there another for cutting a screw thread in particular? I ask because I saw a part ground (with a dodgy DIY toolpost grinder) to a lousy finish, and that made me wonder if that would make a suitably rough surface for building up a part that is too hard to machine.

Around 3 minutes would an SKF Speedi Sleeve work for the oil sealing surface? Every size I've ever thought to use has been available and they've added a 0.010" wall thickness.

Were you concerned that boring the bore might alter the outside dimension?

Why not use a magnet to hold the wheel in place

Is it still 35c there? It is -54c with windchill included here in Alberta

I call that lathe Big green lol

Nice job there Max

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