Build: A professional magnetic dial indicator stand. Part I 

Here in short the most frequently requested numbers: Total deflection best commercial model magnetic indicator base I own: - 17 µm in the shaft - 5 µm in the base/connection (at best, measured quite some more in other models, up to 20+ µm). - So at least 22 µm deflection at 0.4 Nm torque. Improvements due to new model: - Stronger magnetic attraction (if so..): no gain - Thicker shaft: - 11 µm - Shorter shaft: - 3 µm - More solid base and connection - 4 µm (and up to -24 µm) - Total gain: - 18 µm (at least) - Measured deflection < 4µm

It's so fascinating watching someone work who seems so dedicated to precision. Not to speak on something I haven't really studied but you seem to know so much about metrology. I don't know if I have seen a more careful band saw anywhere.

Elegant design! I love the axial bearing in there. I imagine the action to move very smooth?

Wow! I don’t know how your videos have never showed up in my feed, but I now have lots of material to catch up on. Beautiful job on this base!

I like your idea and the beautiful workmanship! Any chance you could share your design drawings? I have always wanted to make my own base too, however, I'm just not that clever, especially with any maths that may be involved. Thanks for sharing your idea though.

Michel, thanks for another hypothesis & well thought out solution, Congrats! Looking forward to your next instalment.

Beautiful work and craftsmanship as always, thank you for sharing!

Lovely craftsmanship and well explained. You should sell these Michel :)

Nao vejo a hora de ver vc terminar,e explicar quaia material foi usado e desenho sempre quis intender funcionamento

Great job. Better than expected is always good. Regards, Preso.

This looks very promising! Thanks for sharing.

Nice stand. Pachelbel's canon is always a good choice of music too. But how much of the reduction in deflection is due to A) the stronger magnets, B) the shorter shaft and C) the thicker shaft? Could the same reduction in deflection have been achieved by simply putting the shorter, thicker mounting shaft on a commercially available magnetic base?

What need do you have for these tighter tolerances? ie are you remaking these tools just for the sake of it or did you, for example, try prototyping something and saw that the existing ones are not cutting it? great channel

Almost skipped this over because it's such a common tool, but this is excellent work. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum last week 😎

Wow. Impressive work. The math was spot on.

Excellent Michel. I like the design and function very much.

Nice job as usual... What is material of that shaft? I'm thinking of linear bearing shafts as almost perfect for this application. Precision ground, surface hardened... and not expensive.

This video is brought to you by loc tite 🤣🤣 Lovely video and this makes a nice project 👍😀. You state in the beginning that these magnet types holder's are not very stable but you place it on a marble plate 😋... I believe that these types of magnetic stands are not suitable for accurate measurements and can only give a reasonable result when using micrometers uo to 1/100 of a mm at best. If you want to measure in the 1/1000 mm range the old style metal base that rest on 3 balls are the best. They have a large surface and good mass for stability. I have been in a climate controlled measuring room and i can't remember if they used the magnetic types at all . I remember they had accurate marble plates and the cast iron type plates , but I can't recall that they had any magnetic stands but I remember the non magnetic types. P.s. when cutting aluminium on your bandsaw , lathe or mill use wd40 and you will get a better result in cutting and finish 😀👍. That is also the only reason why you should use wd40 in the workshop .... it's pretty much useless for anything else 🤣.

Looking good - but I still find it a bit unclear what the exact source of the problem is. The screwing? The fact that M8 is too thin? What happened if you just screw in a thicker rod? What's wrong with the magnetic mechanism?

Michael this is so good.

Just discovered your channel, subscribed! thanks for sharing!

Now that’s what men in shades can do Great work sir I love your drive to do better Thank you

What is this 'aluminum' you speak of? 😂 Great video, thank you.

What an amazing mag base. That has some very impressive holding power. I can see so many uses for a set of these apart from holding indicators. Thanks for sharing your very detailed and accurate build. :)

I'm thinking of 3d printing part with holes for magnets... Idia is cool, thanks

Well calculated, well built, impressive!

And that is not a lot of movement, very nicely done.

Nice work! I had been thinking of going and buying one, might go this route instead now

Given your voiceover voice I would like to call you Clive. Clive, I have been enjoying watching your videos.

Nice build looking forward to seeing the rest.

Michel, This a lovely design, beautifully executed and very satisfying to complete. I have no wish to detract from this, what would have happened if you fitted a thicker, stiffer stem to the existing mag bases?

Outstanding, thank you for sharing

Very nice video, as usual. I like the vertically rotating / sliding rather than horizontally rotating design, although I can see why the horizontally rotating design is more common - it's far easier and cheaper to manufacture. There's nothing wrong with improving a design just for the hell of it, though, so have at it! 4 microns is a hell of a result. Please, though. Aluminium is pronounced as it's spelt, "al-you-min-ee-um" and not with the horrible lazy americanism "al-oo-min-um". Have doubts? Do you pronounce titanium as "tie-ten-um"?

NIce design! Nice build Michel! Best, Job

Excellent as usual. Thanks for showing us . Cheers

Beautifully made, and excellent results

Beautiful work.

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Another great series to watch! Thanks, Michel!

Super!

This was a great video. Only one thing remained unclear to me. How did you register the two perforated disks so the actuating motion was exactly aligned when the lever was at one end of the travel? I was trying to think ahead and the only way I could see was to have very accurate mark when you glued in the bottom plate or you let the bottom plate self align with the magnets but that might have been a 'glue' drying timing issue.

Beeindruckend - Impressive

... but the shirt!? ...

Wow!

Very impressive Michel.