Hi John & Bob Fascinating work! First time I have seen the interior of a dial indicator. :-) Thank you Bob for sharing your skill and Thank You John for introducing us all to Bob, hosting & camera work. regards vic
Thank you so much for this series Boost and Bob, I had a 1 inch Mitutoyo that I had broken in 2005 and never had the courage to try fixing it. This series gave me the gumption to tear it apart and try my hand at it, back in service once again!!
Can't agree more. Watching doubleboost for many years probably buggered my "Oxford English" learned at school ;-) As we are just talking about language: I have been told that the indicators with the linear motion stylus as shown here are called DI ("dial indicators") whereas the ones with the articulated stylus are called DTI ("dial test indicator"). Hope you don't mind me nitpicking. I am just curious. All the best and many thanks Harald
great to see bob in action !!! big hands , very small parts !!! Very interesting !!! we really like this kind of stuff !!! this is my first look inside of a clock gauge . welldone bob and mr. boost !!! can we have a look at bobs shop ??? best regards
Hi John and Bob, I am sure that Bob already know this but did not think about it at the time, the cover seen at 11:49 can be rotated a little bit, and by rotating it you can control how much the gear is in contact with the stem, and because the former "repairman" had adjusted the gear to tight towards the stem then it wont go back properly and it might also feel a bit notchy, I had one that had this exact problem. Nice to see Bob is a natural RU-vidr, a good old handmade thumbs up to all three of you.
This has been a really good addition to your channel. Something a bit different, and a guy who obviously knows what he's doing and just as importantly manages to explain it well - I hope there will be more where that came from. Whenever I remember and finish one of the small 250ml pop bottles I cut the bottom 11/2" off and screw it onto my working board ... they have 6 "dimples" in them, ideal for tiny parts. The shape makes it easy for even my fingers to slide out small screws and because its fixed to a board - you'd have give it a hell of a crack to spill the contents. My current board has 8 pots and the board is held onto the bench with a small G clamp - But horses for courses you work how suits you best. My other more recent "discovery" is a magnifier that clips onto my 4x reading glasses. Its an e-bay special "Clip-on Eye Glasses Binocular Magnifier Eyeglasses With 3 Lens 1.5X,2.5X,3.5X" - £3. It suits what I do and how I work - Clipped to my strongest reading glasses it gives a combined 7.5x magnification which works for me.
Very informative. I have a couple of gage's I'm going to look at. They have been around for a while, and are sticky! They may be an easy fix now. Thanks John and Bob.
great video. Bob did a fantastic job on my churchill gauge. quick turnaround and cool box to protect it on its journey all the way back to New Zealand. thanks Bob and John
Thank you both for the time put into this! One thing I've found for small parts is a strip of double-sided sticky tape; obviously it's a bad idea for the springs though.
Fantastic. Keep these videos coming. I've never had the courage to take a DTI apart (which Is sort of strange because there is noting to lose). But watching Bob do it gives me some encouragement. I have a few around to try. I'd also like to see what's inside and how to fix one of the (name escapes me) ones that are very sensitive and have the little lever on the end. I have a few of those around as well. Thanks Bob and John
Dial test indicators are the "ones that are very sensitive and have the little lever on the end". They typically read in tenths of a thousandth. Clock gauges or dial indicators, (in North America), read in thousandths of an inch.
Yoghurt pots or on the table, with me the parts would get lost as I am clumsy and small parts have no chance with me, or the cat would jump and scatter them. Very nice video, very informative looking forward to part two.
hi Kevin no I don't like putting parts in things as I have a tenancy to drop things and if I drop sum thing heavy and it catches the edge of the lid it will launch them across me workshop
Very interesting video but I think there is a better way of securing removed parts. Use a tray (preferably with a lid) that has been stuck down to the work surface with good quality double sided tape. Cant get knocked over, jostled or parts being blown away by unlikely but possible gusts.
Here at Machineco in Montreal.. well it took me awhile trying to find out between the accent and terms of reference, and lack of anything in the opening screens or descriptions below, what this was all about. NOW I know; it seems a "clock gauge" is what catalogs, mfr's and machinists call a 'dial indicator'. I wish more fellows would not just drop into their local jargon and abbreviations and at least spell it out up front.
Great video but would question the idea of 3in1 being anywhere near a clock as it is famous for gumming over time, just look at what sits on the top of the tin.
hi well yes it will in time but if you want to spend £20 on a tin of instrument oil go a head but as I sad if you only have one to do and you ant going to do any more wats the point and if you have taken it to bits and got it back together working then you can do it over a gane when it starts to gum up regards bob
I did not know that, I was lead to believe it was a refined mineral oil, and 3in1 was veg based(or was originally ). personally I still have some of the proper instrument oil which will last about 35 lifetimes at the rate I use it.
@@chrisstephens6673 hi mine will to .sewing machine oil is designed to brake dawn if you think if the oil gets on the fabric it needs to cum off easily so its blended to be biodegradable
