Gday, Unfortunately I didn't get this build completely finished this week, I simply ran out of time, I hope you enjoy tis video and appreciate you watching, cheers Email - mattysworkshop76@gmail.com
LOL You know why? Because NASA, the atomic bomb industry, etc. auctioned off thier machines and retired the machinists. I own several refugee machines from this world. So if you need a new bomb or space shuttle etc., try going to us. I am sure Matty would get a thrill making some flight hardware for them.
@MattysWorkshop Hi Matty, do a search on Wikipedia for 'Mars Climate Orbiter'. And this is not the only example of NASA, or their subcontractors messing up. There is an old expression about not being able to organise a pi55up in a brewery. Well I worked as a senior or Chief Engineer in a number of breweries and I can tell you we really knew how to organise a pi55up. Particularly in the one that brewed Fosters under licence. But NASA and rocket ships, you got them beat mate.
Gday, it’ll be interesting to see how it does work when it’s all done, my youngest bloke Toby is a keen fisherman, if he’s not at school then he’s fishing 🎣, thanks for watching
Excellent job, Matty. This has been very enjoyable to follow. Funny enough, I've been using my milling machine a lot lately and I've been enjoying it. I'm nowhere near your standard so watching your work is inspiring. All the best for your health, Mart in England.
That is a beautifully made bit of kit Matty, you should be very proud of yourself. Well Done 👍 PS: I received that electronic Edge Finder yesterday that I mentioned last week, sometime in the next couple of weeks when I finish the T&C Grinder, I'll make a dedicated video about it, but you may get to see it being used before then.
@@MattysWorkshop Yeah it is a bit long, it has a 20mm shank that fits a fair way up into my ER32 collets, so I assume it will go a little further into an ER40, which is what I think you are using, I just used it 10 mins ago for the first time and it's very sensitive, I'm impressed so far. 👍
G'day Matty. Good work on this video installment. It's been a massive build for you and I'm very impressed. You never cease to amaze me. Cheers, Aaron.
Nice job Matty, really pleased it went so well, so far 😉, I bet you feel well chuffed. Making prototypes and one-offs can always be a challenge, I loved the pressure, it made me think and focus so much on the job. Looking forward to next week's post. Hope you are well, and regards to you and family. 👍
Gday, I’m pretty happy with how it’s turned out so far, it’s had its far share of challenges but I haven’t had to scrap any parts from mistakes yet which is a bonus, appreciate you watching, cheers
Hey Matty, your best video yet IMO. The design is elegant, perfect for the hobby guy, although I think your past that level now. Nice stuff from the gift shop as well. All the best mate. Cheers
Brilliant piece of kit - really well executed. The mount bracket made here would give some CNC programmers conniptions. We just priced out a commercial version of one of these heads at work - they're 10 grand U.S. and upwards depending on exact configuration. I'll wager the one you made is every bit as high quality as those ones. Great work again.
Gday, there was a bit involved making the mounting bracket, I can’t believe how expensive the commercial boring and facing heads are, far to expensive for the hobbyists, thanks for watching mate, cheers
Gday Nobby, I still haven’t tried it cutting yet so it all could be a failure, I have ordered another boring bar so when that arrives we’ll see if it works, thanks for watching
love it Matty. I know what you mean about rotary table angle work . I always forget stuff I have learned in the past on this . I guess I just need to use it more often . The only facing boring head I have ever seen was on a sip Genevoise jig borer when I was an apprentice . shame I was not allowed to use it back then but I did get to use an identical machine years later , sadly no facing/boring head with it . looking forward to the in use video . Thanks as always . Cheers Ade.
Gday Ade, this has been a step learning curve that’s for sure, reading the dial on the rotary table doesn’t add up in my head so a lot of it is guess work and luck, thanks for watching mate
G'day Matty, (Samrodian here) officially you can now call yourself a Machinist! That all told is a bloody fantastic build mate. This weeks episode especially. The quill mounting plate, has a great deal going on with it, and even with a slight mistake reading the drawing you have admitted your mistake, (that many probably wouldn't admit to) and were able to correct it. The whole build looks fan-bloody-tastic mate. As I said a few weeks ago, reading drawings is not easy if you are used to building things on the fly, which most of us in a home workshop tend to do, even with the aid of a sketch on the proverbial back of the fag packet. Only machinists in industry work with drawings day in and day out, so it's second nature for them. But for the home shop guy not so much. So don't beat yourself up Matty. One tip I'd suggest is to make sure if your numbers for that particular bit you are doing and have them written down with permanent marker on the vice or table, and when finished wipe them off with meths and go on to the next bit. Almost like your post it note for your offsets. I'm really looking forward to seeing the boring and facing head working next week. Cheers from England, Sam
Gday, I’m still only a hobbyist at this still, this build has been a great learning curve in reading plans, I’m not good with numbers at the best of time and to be honest I thought I would of scrapped a few parts by now but I’ve been lucky, appreciate you watching mate, cheers
Gday Matty good to see it finally spinning you've knocked it over pretty quick for a technical build. Those annular cutters are awesome I've used mine plenty of times with the collet chuck no worries there, they work good in the lathe as well. Look forward to seeing the project throwing some chips next week. Cheers for another quality video
Gday, it’s certainly been a busy few weeks, I need to build an arbor for the annular cutters to suit the mill on day but it’s not on the priority list yet, appreciate you watching mate, cheers
A thou off...better scrap it and start again...🤣🤣🤣🤣.........my son in law just bought a brand new mill, only a medium size one for his knife making escapades......so now i have a mill too😆....your vids are gunna come in very handy now...
@@MattysWorkshop Ok as I can. Went and used that 336 lathe I spoke about and I don't know what the boys there have done on it but its stuffed now. I couldn't even cut a straight cut without it undoing the load on the tool. I did get the thread feed working but only in the high range so I was cutting off heaps but with a course metric thread pattern. So I won't be using it to turn my 4140 bits to make that crank. I did get most of that 1045 bar stock for the dies but I need to get my chassis home from west of Adelaide first so every thing else is stopped for now. Oooops on the long message.
Great seeing the Annular Cutter Matty. Y'know I'm a fan of 'em. I was going to come down, (Winton Historic Car Racing 26/5) Maybe later on, September.?
hay Matty another couple of parts ticked off the list nice ley done i must say the other thing is you made a comment on someone saying some MUMBLE about the way you measure the cut on the boring head i never gave it much thought as i do it the same way have done for years and has not failed me yet i would love for MUMBLE'S to tell us all how he does it would be interested in that one pretty sure i have seen Kurtis from CEE unseeing the very same method anyway till next week Cheers received your email re where you got the D R O from and as yet bin a bit bussie to get round to it i also got a good report on my Rust problem D r 's are very happy with the tests results so another 6 months and test again Cheers
Gday, I’ve never had a drama setting the boring head this way and always hit the numbers I’ve been chasing, that’s good news from the doctors mate, thanks for watching
Oh yeah, gotta go and edit, and then you go fishing 😂 Very nice build indeed! I'm guessing there's a practical limit on the spindle speed when it's set up for facing? That star wheel might get up enough inertia to keep spinning between rotations. Regards, Preso
Gday Preso, you won’t find me fishing, Toby has that taken care of, if he’s not at school he’s fishing 🎣, it’ll be interesting to see how this all works when I get around to trying it, thanks for watching
This is an awesome project that you are doing and I know a few in the trade that would struggle to perform to your standards. I'm a fitter and turner with 35 years experience fitting but only 6 months in a machine shop and your work is up there with what I've seen going on. Since I've been semi retired is where I really discovered I love machining and hope to be as good as you eventually. are you planning to sell the plans to this project? as I would be really keen to give this one a crack.
Gday, thanks for the kind words, this has been a great build and a really good learning curve, In the next few weeks I’ll be making a gearbox to reduce the feed rate when it’s in facing mode, once it’s all completed and everything works then the plans we become available, hopefully this won’t be to far away, appreciate you watching mate, cheers
Matty,,, I am about to become an Australian distributor for Anchorlube and will send you a sample bottle to try.,. Would you give me your honest thoughts on this product please. Regards Frank
I contacted Anchorlube the other week and asked where I can buy the stuff in Australia. Their response was nothing concrete yet. When you get sorted can you give us your details so I can get some. A lot of good operators on RU-vid (that I trust) have said really good things about the stuff. Want to try it. Bob. Retired mechanic/machinist in SW Sydney. Still have my home shop with up to 2" drill bits and 660mm x 2500mm capacity lathe and 2 milling machines.
The facing head is looking spectacular. Great work Matty. Question: What is your opinion on your Vertex rotary table? I've seen some Vertex tooling, and I was wondering on the quality, price, accuracy etc. Where is it made? Thanks.
Gday, Vertex is Taiwanese 🇹🇼 and I can’t fault the rotary table, I have the dividing plates also and cut a few gears now and worked well, the price is up there but in my opinion I think it was worth it, cheers
Hi Matty another excelent video, next time I use my boring head I am going to use my dial gauge like you do good idea that, two other thing I want to ask, 1 do you have T shirts and mugs for sale, and 2 do you know the name of the font that mattys workshop in, cant wait for the final test and making chips, cheers
Gday, setting the boring head works well with a dial indicator, unfortunately I don’t know what the font is sorry, I don’t do merchandise yet, I’ve had quite a few asking about hats, shirts and mugs now, maybe in the future I’ll do something, thanks for watching
Nice to see it come together and run. I was wondering how it was going to work. I guess the designer of this head will offer different sized mounting brackets so the unit can work on different mill models?
Hi Matty, just a heads up, it seems that every one of your videos the first 8-12 seconds there is no sound while you are obviously talking. Not a big deal just a heads up my friend.
