Chamfering Block Build 

nice! will make one! I use a big magnetic v block but this saves a ton of time not having to wheel a grinder up and down. and now maybe all my chamfers might even be the same size!

Great job Tom 👏 👍 Silent auction to support your channel.

Excellent. Genius. I reckon give it away to an apprentice. Only apprentices can put their name in for it. People that have their own surface grinder should be making their own.

so nice to have you back with regular videos. Thank you.

I really like working Delrin. Thanks for the video Tom, I always look forward to them.

I'm a woodchuck and love that you embraced the dark side by using the hand plane. :D

A very useful fixture! Contacted for a drawing!

I saw this tool in the last video and added it to my list of things to make. You either make me buy something or build something. Insidious. Nice trick with the 246 block.

As a woodchuck, I'm proud to see the use you're getting out of the block plane! When I started woodworking I was all about finding the best, most efficient way to use power tools to complete a task. But I've come to learn that there are so many tasks that can be completed easier, faster, and with as-good, if not better results, with quality hand tools. Any new and novel use for a tool only increases that tools value.

GRIPTION! I first heard that word over three decades ago, before I knew what a neologism was. Thanks for the smile, and thanks for your work.

Thank you so much, you are fueling my love of the craft right now. I will be taking your chamfer tool project to my college to make and creat a lesson plan for De Anza Design & Manufacturing Department. I think this is a great project. Also I want one for my new job as a machinist in San Jose, Ca. I have gone from Realtor to Machinist Newbie in 6 months flat. Just a vet finding a place to fit in again with some inspiration from your channel. Thank you again for paying it forward to us younger guys getting in to it. That is not always easy to find.

Nice tool Tom.

It's wrong how awesome your projects are. But here we are, universe improved; one chamfer at a time. Thanks Tom, make waking up at 4am utterly worthwhile.

Very well organized procedure.Thank you

Nicely done Tom! Very handy piece. I just finished the Dotco chamfermeister attachment. ATB, Robin

Looks like a handy surface grinder device. Thanks for the video Tom.

Cool project..very thanks for your time

Ah, yet another great vid from Mr. Lipton. Best way to end a monday, thanks Tom. As to who should get the new tool? Who deserves it?? Silent Auction?? Hmmm... How about a quiz, where you ask a bit of machinery based trivia that is rarely known at best, and whomever can figure it out wins the teddy. Or better yet, just say " oh never mind all that folks" and let me get my grubby hands on it!😉

Nicely done! Great video. Thanks for sharing

After seeing the last video, I was hoping you’d show more about this tool and was extremely happy to see you’re making one, Thanks

Hit the Button years ago and haven't looked back.... Another interesting video.. Thanks.

I''m in the shop right now taking a break in between making chips and now I get a Lipton vid for my break? Life is too sweet.

Make your own youtube video contest......everyone makes a short video of a simple project they do in their shop and you pick your favorite one......you work to build it we work to earn it.....love the videos thanks tom.....if it wasnt for you machinists taking the time to make these videos I'd still be burning up endmills in reverse......I even made a couple crappy videos thanks agian

I know your loving that little planer

Oh boy! I would have loved this a few years ago! I was always so entranced by Rob Renz's ChamferMeister but I never worked how to make my own. This would be great if you had a surface grinder. I can just CNC the chamfers now and even use 3d toolpaths for multi-axis fillets and all sorts of complex geometry, but this is a lovely solution.

Now i can chamfer all my gage blocks!

That is a great tool. When I make mine I will probably add a small steel flatbar across the top, single screw in each end and maybe one in the center, to keep the top bar from flexing.

Tom, I appreciate your quality work and instruction. I'm so happy to see more videos from you and Robin these days. Thanks for sharing!

I noticed the KE-55 at the beginning of the video, those are great machines and so simple to run!

Cool project. I did notice the upper "bar" flexed while being used. Silent auction!

I love using my Record plane on Delrin. I have had good luck by skewing the plane about 15 Degrees. That way the edge doesn't hit the saw marks straight on. But using a plane on Delrin is oddly satisfying. Once I get the bite set it is great. Push and Robert Is Your Father's Brother.

Thanks for following through with a build of this tool. I think I will use aluminum in lieu of Delrin since I have a chunk.

Thanks Tom for your posts! I am a new subscriber and enjoy your content!

You're a cool dude. Appreciate your willingness to transfer knowledge.

Love the V blocks and now this one you should think about going in business making these kind of tools

That gives me a great idea for the tool grinder since I don't have a surface grinder!!

That's a handy little tool. On the last cutout of the plastic how about coming in at the middle and work outward in both directions to preserve as much supporting material for as long as possible? That might minimize the vibration you spoke of.

Pretty cool. If you don't have a grinder an alternative is to make a v cut into a block of delrin, drill a hole down through the block half way down the V, take a broken quarter inch endmill, grind the endmill flat, then grind half of it away at the end, then grind a relief, put the cutter in the hole so it so it can cut a chamfer as you push stock along it. you can add set screws for adjustment and tightening the cutter

Very useful tool. That was nice intro for new viewers.

Very nice Tom 👌

Simple solution to what to do with your extra unit - send it to me! Keep up the great work on the videos!

Nice. I guess This Old does not want to ask for your block but maybe we should let have it so he can continue on his Maho 🤣 I noticed "Van Bebber" engraved on the fly cutter. I actually got some tools from a local guy here in the Netherlands named "Wim van Bebber". Would be a coincidence if that was family ;-)

Great video. I’m going to try to make one out of aluminum. Keep the good videos coming

Thanks for the video of this, Tom. Mystery unveiled. This will go toward the top of my to do list! Cheers, avantgeared

I would make the steel version, great idea. From time to time I do make a lot of small D2 blocks & the 12 edge beveling can be slow. So thanks for the idea.

Looks like a good candidate for 3D printing. Will have a go and see. Love the idea Tom.

Nice block plane. I suspect most woodchucks rolled their eyes at that tiny little plane. Not really a size most would have any use for but sure is cute. Also perfectly fine too cut plastic with it.

As a woodchuck, I love seeing you use that beloved Lee Nielsen plane. It isn't like Delryn is any harder than rock maple. I use Starrett stuff for woodchucking. 😁😁😁

Delrin is such good stuff.

What a cool little fixture. A thought, as I and prob a few here don't have a surface grinder; could one use a small axial grinding wheel in a mill and have a similar fixture? The Y axis used to set the depth of the chamfer.

Thanks Tom for another great tool making project, another one to add to the list. Keep them coming. Cheers, Craig

Thanks for sharing. Really saves time. The right tool for the welder. This attachment can be adapted to the bench grinder. Can be made from getinax or dense wood?

That's really cool! I'll make a modified version for my belt grinder. Thanks for sharing

Love it! Will have to make one. I’d suggest that you take nominations from your subscribers for a worthy machinist to give it to. I nominate Don Garringer

I always did my chamfering with a magnetic vee block. I eventually made 45°, 30°, 15°, 10° and 1 through 5°. They also worked nice for doing ground angles on hardened parts. I have a real aversion to hold parts by hand near rotating equipment.

Perhaps a door prize for the Bar-Z virtual bash or maybe auction it off and donate the money to Meals on Wheels? Thanks for the great video. It provided me a great distraction from studying for a final exam I have in a couple of days.

Hi Tom, I was looking at your back wall as you were milling the Felton block. I was thinking if you reversed the two mill handles you would spell out OX. Just a thought.Stefan

Appreciated the threat to debur with the Lie-Nielsen...as a loyal viewer of the sawdust persuasion you remain the only creator in my experience to take a hand held router and a carbide ro bit to a piece of mild steel...and pull it off I might add! Thanks for all you do and for keeping me smiling.

Thank you sir for your time

Love that Marvel saw. We had one of those in the Engineering Lab machine shop I worked in at Boeing. It was fantastic.

suggestion I could see some significant bowing on the plastic part right at the top middle. That would result in wider chamfers as you apply higher pressure. I would advise you to make that top portion of the plastic jig out of steel. Hold it down with two screws similar to how you did the bottom. just section it off at the "V" valley parallel to the bottom.

Awesome stuff Tom, but I will wait for Robin's Ultimate Chamfering Machine :) RUCM :p All The Best Tom, Robin, Tony and every other machinist here!!

Now I'll have to make one of these to chamfer the adjustable v-block parts!!

Now I want to have a surface grinder even more!

How about using it to challenge other creators? Would love to see other creators build a chamfering machine that would work with a bench grinder, or mill, or some other way that we haven't thought of. Cheers friend.

Burr beaver on steroids!! Maybe you should have a test for the winner of the block.

I just wanna say: That "dimple" at the front edge of your "thumb-plane" is ACTUALLY for you're FORE-finger!! LOL!! (And I highly doubt, that phenolic is nearly as hard as Ipe (ee-pay) or "balau" so, that planer edge is just fine!! I've even used mine to "cham-fere" aluminum! (al-u-minium)! Awesome work as USUAL..

Tom, You probably don't want to design/machine it again, but this might also make a good weldment or screwed together project.

If you wanted to extend the life of the tool you could ad a peice of metal where the sparks hit the delrin in the form of copper or aluminium tape or a machined peice. Great video I do like working with delrin to make soft fixtures for my tabletop cnc

Thanks I was hoping you would have a video of this being made.....silent auction to support your channel!

Seems like a version of this for a bench grinder would be ideal. The Kurt 3600v is great, you can get a square right up next to it, and you can mount it on it's side. Aside from the additional expense, I don't know why anyone gets the old style.

Great tool, can’t wait to make one for myself 😁

That black slab reminded me of the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey". You could have played "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" as background music, that would have been cool. :-)

Some of us just like to see how things are made. The odds of me ever using any metal head machines is pretty low but I still like to see how it’s done.

So great having you back on a regular basis Tom! I've always found that heavy cuts in Delrin are a great way to create a quality Lenny Kravits Halloween wig! :o) While I'd LOVE to have a Lipton original in my tool collection some day, I think you might auction it off and support a worthy charity.

Very cool 👍 You could add a bit of meat to the top piece without thickening the whole block by dropping the V down a little.

I never thought to use a hand plane on delrin, looks like a good idea.

Although your videos are not as dynamic as some...they are as they say in the tin...what they are. If I had access to the equipment these would be the type of video I would use to learn from. So from me I give you the major thumbs up for useful and watchable RU-vid material.

I've never had much luck with fly cutters. Could you show us how you grind your cutter bits? In a meatloaf episode maybe?

I really like the insert jaws...

Do you remember where you found the spiffy tweezers you carry always? I need a air or three. They appear good to excellent quality

Do some sort of auction. Someone will get an awesome tool and it will help the channel to produce more awesome content! Great idea making it a hybrid part without the need for "heavy duty" machining or grinding! I'm sure that will open up the possibility of a lot more people/shops being able to utilize this tool! I personally love the idea and am going to send you an email as soon as I'm done writing this comment. Keep up the awesome work, I always look forward to seeing a new Ox Tools video! Stay safe over there Tom! Dan @6-4_Fab Glen Rock, PA

I vote for you to send it to Abom79 since he just acquired his first surface grinder.

2021 Bar-Z Raffle Prize or Contest. Cool project, taking notes for sure. A nice tool for fine chamfering, seems like other common angles could be made depending on how often they are required. BTW how many years on YT do you have now? 12 - 13 ish. Cool Content Idea annual OX You Tube celebration episode. Man having that deckel, you must come home from work everyday and giggle a little bit. The wife wonders where the spunk is coming from and you tell it is her cooking ( score some points on the way to the deckel ).

I think I going make one... but I am adapting your design to work on my belt sander

Easy and pretty. I will make one in Belarus.

Hey Tom. I bought the same Glacern facemill after seeing it on your channel. I always have problems with cast iron chipping the inserts even though steel rarely ever does. Any recommendations? Hopefully some that don't cost $250 a pack?

hey! Absoultly love your content! Where did you get the thin, large v-blocks at 26:58?

Mr. Lipton, it may seem insignificant to you but would you please show what appears to be you coolant system on your mill? I am curious about your coolant which you store in what appears to be a repurposed soda bottle.

Is there any way you could get the same effect without the surface grinder, same consistence, but with just a mill , lathe and pillar drill? Or should I just hack as I have done with the linnisher?

Keep em both, theyll make sweet book ends or a kick ass napkin holder when moms in town.

honestly , i thought you were going to chamfer that cast iron piece with your hand plane so 1 - 0 , nice project it could be a source for thousand of similar ideas with different machines

Tom, I'll give it a full review and not dust it. I will ship it on to anyone you wish. And I will even critique and pay for the shipping to me. Generally I use an 8 inch wheel. I use a homemade chamfering machine with replaceable inserts and use a 45° wheel dressed for the same situation you are doing. But I'm willing to give it a try.

This would be useful on the mill also. I noticed some comments were people said that they saw the plastic bow at the top. One could make a reinforcement plate out of steel for the top.

11:13 Woodworkers and machinists are natural enemies. Like engineers and machinists. Or welders and machinists. Or millrights and machinists. Or machinists and other machinists. Damn machinists they ruined machining!

Tom, how about taking it to the Bar-Z as a door prize! See you there. Jon

Thanks Tom

Perhaps, to stop the thin top bar from flexing in the middle, you could run a hole through from end to end and put a steel stiffener bar through it.

That top part that was vibrating when you milled it may flex as you move the parts across the wheel, which may explain why you hard more of a chamfer on that edge you were questioning. Maybe you could mount a plate across the top to keep that plastic from bowing if you press the part into the wheel too hard.

In the video I can see the thin part of the chamfer block bow slightly as you slide your part across it.That might explain the inconsistent chamfer depth.