3D Printed South Bend Thread Dial! 

yeah but he gained some tools that can be used for other stuff in the future in the process and made the part himself i kindah like it when someone asks me "where did you get that ", and i can say : "i made that myself" if thats the only thing you will ever make its like trowing money out the window , but most hobbyist dont work that way

no many people are doing this to save money, rather to learn, which is part of growing, no matter your age. By your comment, i suspect youre teen to early 20's?.

@@watahyahknow Well said!

Thank you!!

Thanks Harold! I'll admit I was hesitant on 3D printers myself, but the one I got was only $160 on eBay and between this project and making toys for the kids, it's been worth it! :) I'll see about showing some other uses I've found for the printer- I've been printing my CAD designs as sort of a real world test, which is very fun, as well as designing things like extended glock magazine base plates and things like that :) Thanks for stopping by!

Actually there are a number of valuable things you can do with a 3D printer. One BIG one is printing out patterns that will be used in casting aluminum, iron, or bronze in the homeshop foundry. I have a pattern now for a South Bend follow rest, that only an expert would be able to tell that it is not an original South Bend, but a damn good copy. That is just one example.

It seems to work! Thanks!

Good to know! I haven't even farted around with PLA yet and I know next to nothing about PETG!

PLA is also pretty much non-toxic, also (there's even a medical grade of it which is used to make dissolving implants - it's poly-lactic-acid, and lactic acid is something that your body naturally makes and disposes of, so...). And it smells like candy when it's being printed, too... 😀

ASA is another supposed 'superfilament' that I've been itching to try.

I would not call PLA very brittle. Granted it's not as flexible as ABS. PLA would have been a great choice for this project because it does not react to solvents as easily as ABS. And PLA is way less prone to warping while printing. And PLA smells a lot better and does not give off toxic fumes like ABS. I prefer to make brackets out of PLA because it does not flex as much as ABS. It is more rigid. ABS does give a better wear surface. And it will handle a bit higher temps before melting. I have only printed a little with PETG. I print with PLA the most. It's really easy to print with. All 3 have there uses. I keep all three around. I bought some Ninja flex to tinker with. That stuff looks interesting too.

I beat the system!

Welllllll, he did face that shaft in the lathe.

Did you do it? How does it work for you?

Most likely a very long time.

Yep! The tool is moved into the cut in small increments by the compound rest, while the cross slide is used to back off and re-zero the tool in between passes. I don't think all of the dial-turning got left in after editing :)

The body halves were around 8 hours IIRC and the dial and gear were a couple hours each

I haven't really featured it in any other videos. it's found on eBay (and other places) as a DIY kit based off open source software and controllers, I think it's referred to as an "Anet A8"

Thanks for the reply!

Thank you dearly!!

no problem, love the vids. have you been happy with your grizzly mill, im looking at one for my mower repair shop for light fab work

So far I've been very happy! it has a very large working envelope for its price and class, and for what it is, the power and rigidity have been good enough for what I've needed it for. I'm currently in the middle of giving it a CNC conversion, video will hopefully come in a couple of weeks, but for what it is (cost, size, etc) I've been very pleased with it! The biggest drawback is that the stand grizzly includes with it absolutely NEEDS more rigidity, which I augmented with a pair of 4x4s and homemade leveling feet; otherwise the machine can be VERY wobbly which is terribly bad.

Thanks Jason!

मैं नजफगढ़ नई दिल्ली में रहता हूँ जी।

it's an "A8" style kit, ~$160 on ebay and other places

haha, I'm very messy, I just try to clean up as much crap as I can wherever the camera is pointing :)

No, as I said in the video, the design came from thingiverse in the form of an .stl file, which I linked in the description

I'm not selling these, it's not my design

Practical Renaissance nice job. Enjoying your channel.

I am not selling these, I don't know why you would automatically assume that I am and accuse me of breaking the law...