Great to see the JFMT & Eutectic flame spray making you a buck at long last. Was definitely worth the effort you put in to get the JFMt to where it is now & not a whole lot more left to do to get it how you want it. I’m guessing a DRO won’t be cheap because the X axis scale will need to be a mile long. 😳😳 As long as the paying jobs fund the upgrades your on a winner. 👍👍👍🇦🇺
Nice to see the JFMT working well for that rush job. Certainly worth the effort in bringing it back to working order. The tool post holder swap from Curtis & Karen will provide a very useful upgrade. :)
That new tool post looks like it means business. Looking forward to seeing that setup. I rolled the dice on one of the Aloris China clones and it's been good, but that thing is gorgeous. Great video as always.
Enjoy your videos very much, keep them coming. It must be a little cool in the Perth area. You were wearing a jacket and Triumph hat. Keep your trade secrets as you had a learning curve when you first started working with Flame Spraying technology.
So nice to watch process Max. Here in Washington state, US, many of the harvest machines for small grains, tillage and forestry require shaft refit to tolerance for operation. Besides the dimension as seal or bearing, recondition to wear as auger (flighting) are treated to flame spray with hard face to resist wear. This type as refit or recondition has caused a wide range of spray mixture. That as an advantage to job demands but create also, a high price to some as admixture. Surprisingly, soil type(s) are a key factor as abrasion where crop or tillage meet design. Some of the jobs I have observed naturally as hot work require particular care and pre heat to task. >"flame on, Max. M.
Like you say Max no apologies necessary. One of my manufacturing departments had a flame spray process where we sprayed Ceramic powder on ceramic parts. in the beginning we used Oxy-Map gas and years down the road we converted over to Plasma Spray. The company we bought our powder and spray equipment also sold metal powder to TRW and Seal Power to coat piston rings. We also had a platinum process that used 99.9999% pure platinum. Over the course of 1 year, we spent more on the powder than the Platinum. Thanks as always for bringing us into your shop.
Max, you might consider Kurtis’ soft jaw system …He has shown it in video. Punches through hard layer with Carbide, then drill and tap face of jaws to neatly hold copper jaw covers
What I’ve always wondered about this process is how does this affect gear or spline teeth on the shaft if they’re hardened? I don’t think that question is violating your national secrets act, but if it is I understand.
It is a low temperature process , has no effect on the heat treatment of the adjacent areas that are sprayed . But you have to keep within specific temp ranges . 👍
Thanks for your channel etc. Love your no bullshit approach and content. And oh yeah, you deserve a you suck for nailing that 4 jaw centrering. Steve in the middle of murica.
Great vid - thanks 👍 Not wanting to know anything about your trade secrets, but it would be interesting to see the firework show you can get when the flame is not on a workpiece 🎇 All the best, Paul
I need to find one of those torches and learn how to use it. It looks very handy for such a situation. It is very likely you will never ever plunk another one in and have it go to zero either...LOL Nevertheless thats cool. I know I have never been that close maybe .005" and that might be stretching the truth some. 😁 Loving the content lately Max. You have come up with some fun stuff. Not Tham I am pushing....But when is the HBM going to get some love?
I make videos but there is the issue of trademans secrets. So the sensative 1's I only show to only some people. There seems to be a amateur side & an indepth full description. Very difficult to put all the pieces together in 1 video. Leadscew magic.
Max, if you had had coolant on the JFMT lathe, could you have used it on the flame-sprayed OD? Or is the built-up material too "porous"? Also, do you use your "normal" digital caliper to measure the hot surface to see how much more material you to add, or a caliper dedicated to your flame-spraying? This video is a definite thumbs-up!
Yes , i could use coolant when it is hooked but no real need for it . I use what ever callipers are close ! Usually the digital as they can be read quickly & they are not in contact long enough for the heat to have any effect . Cheers 👍
Great work as always Max. All the little details of doing great work. I know you have some bits still to do on the JFMT did you level up the machine? Cheers
Nice feature on the JFMT to reverse the feed, I had to reach over to the headstock on the DSG, bit awkward. Talk about rush jobs, i had to make a propeller shaft coupling back in the mid nineties for the STS Leeuwin, she had to sail the next morning. Taxi arrived with an 8" billet of K 1035 at 5 PM. The old DSG worked hard, spigots on both ends of coupling and reamed coupling bolt holes. Got it too the shipyard at 11PM, still warm. She sailed the next morning.
