Never would I have believed that you could dial in that part on a 4 jaw by eye and so fast and with precision. Amazing skill. I'll learn a shit load from you so I subscribed

Had to give a thumbs up just for the safety soda. Cheers from the states. Great work.

No chatter on finishing cut, no chatter on radius cut, you got mad skills, Max! 🤣 Got a chuckle when you showed the big birdsnest, been there. Glad you found a way around it considering the amount of material coming off there 😁. Looking good mate! Cheers! 👍😊👍

You know it is going to be a serious project when Max puts the blue lab coat on. LOL!

In the small mining town that my wife grew up in all the houses were sided with asbestos. She said when they were young they would use broken chunks of the siding like chalk to draw on the sidewalk. I can just picture a typical scene from back then (1970's). Draw her name on the sidewalk in asbestos, jump into her dads truck, sans seatbelts, and drive around with the windows rolled up while her parents smoked like a couple of chimneys, with no guarantee that the guy behind the wheel was sober.

G'day Max, thanks so much for reminding me about Steady Eddy. I hadn't heard that name for many years. I went and watched some videos of him - soo funny!

Thunder box 😆 and I've just seen the sticker on the lathe there buddy 👍😉

Thanks for the video Max.

Max, Tang looks great. Taking notes here. All the best Dan

Always great work and explained well

Thx for taking the time.

Max, It's always beer o'clock provided you don't stretch it out from breakfast till stumps. Cheers Eric

very good video max

Always look forward to your posts. I know its a good one when they seem too short.

I find that the home made Morse tapers have a better fit than the commercial ones. I have some that you almost have to hammer in to make them hold.

Cracker of a thunder box there mate! Not enough around these days! Going to build one on my block I reckon

I have been watching machinist videos for two years. Saving my money to get my first lathe. I'm so close now I can taste that evening brewsky. You're channel had taught me so much good stuff, I want to say, thank you, when you're new shop is done I'll be looking for that Swan Valley T-shirt. Cheers Max. 👍

Coming along nice Max

Thanks for sharing 👍

Hi Max Re coolant on carbide - my experience as an ex Seco Tools guy make sure you have a constant flow over the tool during the cutting process. Reason being is the cutting edge will heat up, in heavy cutting conditions get to red hot. Now one can imagine that red hot area getting a shot of coolant its going to crack the carbide by what is called "thermal cracking". A bit like taking the old glass milk bottle from the fridge and using the last of the milk and then rinsing out under hot water, one will find the bottom of the bottle in the sink. Difficult to see with the naked eye but it will be there. What follows next is the insert will fail with the end coming off. Carbide will cut OK without coolant so unless you want to keep your job cool try running without it. The heat will go out in the chips. Seco Tools do a very good technical guide on all cutting data and trouble shooting and failures of carbide inserts. I hope this information helps you and other followers to your excellent film clips. Being an ex fitter and turner I admire the way you expalin things and use down to earth language when things don't go right. Cheers Ian - New Zealand

Thanks max!

Another fine video Max, great taper, nice finish on the radius. I think that tool is going to be a fine addition to arsenal once complete. Looks like we are in for some more rain again next week, I was sure you said we were done and could get some work completed outside 😀

Love your Turn Wright hat, I have the same one I got back in 2013....made great use of it......Cheers, Paul

Hello Max, Good works as always... nothing wrong with a drink at the end of the day my friend, hope you have a good weekend... Take care. Paul,,

It's always 5 o'clock somewhere in the world.. that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it

G'day Max, been looking forward to this, settling in with a nice Rum, 👍 thanks for sharing buddy

Excellent job max, great video, keep'um coming.

Always interesting content, Max. You really worked magic with that radius tool. I was watching with anticipation and it ended up so smooth. I also think its funny that you shoot your intros at the time of day where you might consider an outro. It that even a word? Great stuff.

Coming on nicely Max, I reached the same conclusion 2 seconds into your first cut on that billet, me thinks you would have no problem hardening that bit! Cheers, Jon

I look forward to seeing how this comes out; I look forward to trying this for my little lathe some time.

Happy Friday evening Max, hope you have a wonderful weekend....really enjoy this video, Cheers from Cape Canaveral Florida, USA, Paul

G'day from Tassie, Max, great timing for the vid, right on beer o'clock, re hardening, if you got some hardness from the oil quench?, why not try another scrap in a salty water mix? (with a little soap powder), the water is a fast quench, and may just get you over the line, or shatter like so many of my first blades;). Steady Eddie was a crack up on Hey Hey. Have a good one, Scott.

First 😂 nice one Max. Hope you’re well buddy. Cheers 🍻 Aaron PS: I remember Steady Eddie. Hilarious 😆

Gday Max, going to be a handy tool when it’s done, I need to put a better chuck on mine, it’s that worn out, have a great weekend mate, Cheers

Hey Max, Great videos, I love the way you are pushing that lathe to the limit! I am thinking of getting the same size lathe as you have there and was wanting to know what size tooling are you using? I am in Perth (SOR) also and was wondering where you get your tooling from? When I search online I only seem to find the cheap and cheerful stuff.... Regards John (found you from watching Dave M in the states who recommended Matty's Workshop who recommended you...full circle YT)

Great work as always Max. It's coming along nicely and seems like a fairly straightforward project. Not sure I would ever need a tail mounted chuck. I am curious what you are going to use it on. As far a Steady Eddie, I had that nickname as well as others as a kid. I was not aware of the Aussie comic, will have to check that out. Thanks for the kind words. All the best! Oh and I prefer whiskey when operating my power tools😁

Lookin good. You won't need that tang particularly hard for the tailstock, not like you will e drifting it loose 5 times a day or anything.. Avagoodweekend!

Max, since this hub material is 4140 or similar, what is your flange material? Will it be "weld compatible" with the 4140? Also, I've noticed that you tend to aim your coolant onto your tool instead of onto the part where the cut will take place -- do you find that this provides extra cooling and makes your inserts last longer or something like that?

i have a question we study you doing this build . do you think the ues of a for jour chuck . will make the opatunity of cutting tapes on the late easer between centres preps you may tell us you opinions in this approach to taper cutting . ? thank you .

Hello Max, I gotta ask, what is an Australian thunder box with an asbestos roof used for? As usual, very enjoyable vis

Following Max, this is a interesting project mainly because when it's done you'll wonder why you waited so long to do it, a live chuck tailstock makes total sense in so many ways. By the way Max, I have been meaning to ask you what make and size your lathe is.

I have watched with great interest the making of this tail stock chuck. When you turned the Morris taper 4 you set the compound to move 208 thou over 4 inches. How did you arrive at the 4 inches and what would be a couple of examples for other Morris tapers . Your Canadian friend Keith. ( out on the prairies in Saskatchewan)

Geez Max you ain't half good at chucking up on the 4 jaw. enjoying the vids all the best from Bananaland

I've been struggling with my little lathe on 4140 with cnmg, getting a better result with ccmt, but still just tight spirals, not chips. I might see if I can get some tnmg tooling to fit it and give that a go. Looks like I might have to grind down a 16mm tool to fit though, not seeing any 12mm tooling so far.

"Shithouse finish" technical engineering term I thought they oblynused in the North of Yorkshire UK. Haha

Hey Max enjoying your videos, i do a bit of machining also and im picking up some good tips. You look very familiar to me ,do you work for Georgiou in Perth as a fitter?