Great Job Nobby like the frugal paper protector, good idea also yes, i feel as if i know people i've never met through the comments, it's great to get chatting and views from like minded people around the world, mostly anyway!! see you next time 👍👍👍👍👍👍take care Kev
Thanks Kev. It's comforting to have this great crowd of people in the workshop looking over my shoulder while I work 😂 I'm sure you know what I mean. ATB Nobby
Thanks Julia. It took me a long time to get round to making the fixture plate. Now I wouldn't be without it. So useful. You'll have to bring your shop cat in to one of your videos. 🐈 Cheers Nobby
Hello like your channel, something that you might find on your first machine vice not the precision one, you might that you can move the jaws and move them to the other at the back there should be threaded holes there for it I know on mine I can what is does makes the jaw opening wider, yours might have that capability.
My big vice does have that facility, and I've used it many times. Using the toolmakers vice with the fixture plate on parallels I find I can get a better grip. Thanks for your valuable advice anyway. ATB Nobby
This has been a great tutorial Nobby. I enjoy making my own tools. Seeing the belt sander at the end reminds me of the antique 1' belt sander I just bought to restore. It was made in the early 1930's by a company called Mead. They were apparently a specialty builder and not many of them were made. I wanted it to do exactly what you are using yours for. What material did you use for the insert holders?
Thanks Terry. The material was 3/8" EN1a low carbon steel. I believe the equivalent in the USA is 12L14 or 1215. EN1a is a free Machining steel I use most of the time. It also gives a great finish when chemically blued. I've made several lathe tools with it in the past. Good luck with the refurbishment of your belt sander. ATB Nobby
@@EnglishHobbyMachinist It's worth giving them a try Mark. They work on all metals, especially aluminium. They give a similar finish to a shear tool, and produce a nice rounded corner. Cheers Nobby
