Very nicely done, Matty! May I suggest a tiny upgrade? Drill and tap the ends of the bolts, then turn you some threaded brass tips for those bolts... then Loctite them in. Won't mar anything that you need to secure into the spider.
Ditto for the little grub screws…. Except use little free floating brass ‘pads’ under the grub screws. May save marring on the spindle. Robert PS … next job on my own 960B 😎
God one Matty . I sat down to catch up on your previous vid but this one popped up ! Nice job . Drill another mount screw 90 deg from one of the other ones & take the screw out of the 180 deg one . This will lock the spider properly in place with no wobble . Cheers 👍
I used to use those bore gauges on Cummins and Cat engines to check the cylinder liners for out of round and taper during overhauls. Nice to have a set, but glad I wasn't paying for them!
I really like watching your videos Marty they are very educational. I was thinking about making a spider for my lathe which is a 1-1/2 bore and after watching you has gave me a lot of encouragement. Thank you Stan B.
Gday Stan, Im glad the videos are helpful, Since i've made the spider I've used it more then I thought I would, Let me know how you go making yours, Appreciate you watching mate, Cheers
Another classic Matty, it's these little additions that make our machine tools easier and safer to use. I'm always impressed by your fits and finishes.
if you put a very thin rubber like thread tape or self vulcanizing silicone between the inner shaft and outer under the grub screw area the tube might act as a noise damper and take out some of that insignificant runout at the same time. thanks again for the content.
Yep, well worth the watch Matty as usual. Suggestion for you maybe, add 3 more holes between the 4 tapped holes at 120 degrees & If you ever want to put hex bar through your spindle, you can clamp on 3 of the 6 flat faces with your spindle spider. 😉👍
Actually you could use one of your existing 4 holes as the first one of a 120 degree spread of 3 - meaning you’d only have to drill and tap two more holes if that makes sense. Maybe you don’t use hex bar very often, but the day that you do, you will curse if you can’t centre it with a 4 hole spider is all. Ohh and it was Ted’s idea, I just borrowed it from his comments on Max’s video, so I can’t rightfully claim it as my own. Yeah, I pilfered his suggestion. 😂😂😂
I have a spider design for my lathe that I have included a mag pickup so that I can see exactly what the RPM is. The digital RPM readout is in a separate panel I built that sits below my DRO which includes a second E stop, power and jog switch. This allows me to be able to stop the spindle from either side of the carriage. Probably over kill but it was a fun project. Thanks for sharing Matty. All the best.
Gday Matty, good looking little project, you are ahead of me cos I thought I should make a nice spider 🕷️ for my lathe as well after watching Max's video 👍
Simple tip: As I am growing older, 78 presently, I find I drop things more and more. Sometimes they are never to be found. I bought some small neodymium magnets that I put on the shank of a screwdriver or allen wrench so I don't drop them. Those tiny little screws and parts are for the younger and more nimble fingered among us.I keep them stuck to my work lights where I can get to them easily. Great looking lathe spider. I followed the link to Max's channel, thanks. I am continually amazed at the finish quality of your work!
Nice video. I would drill and tap two more holes, so you can use it as a "3-jaw" - for hex-bar for example. (One hole obviously already in the correct place, so you only need two more)
I am lucky with my lathe, the bore has an internal thread. I keep a brass ring threaded into it so when I insert long bars I won’t damage the thread. I also use the brass ring as a bearing for a homemade collet closer. Now I need to make a spider like yours!
It's always the little jobs that get put off all the time, I'm about to knuckle down and get some of the things I've been putting off for ages done before the wet season sets in here, but at the cost of producing videos, some things just aren't worth recording. Nice work once again Matty. 👍
Good morning Matty, This was a great little video on a very nice spider for the tail of the lathe. Nice detail on filming and a very professional job well done. I really enjoy watching your tool and accessory builds. 😊 Thanks for sharing.
"It's good to have the tools, but you gotta remember you have them too!" You just described me to a tee! Awesome Matty! Great job, and awesome video bud! Roger from Calgary.
Mine is a couple of black plastic threaded pipe adapters. 1 1/2" down to 3/4" It's only temporary unless it works. Have a couple of brass 3/4" bungs drilled to different sizes. Thanks MattyMax!! God Bless
Very nicely done Matty. We used some pretty impressive tools on MoD contracts as everything was recorded, a pain in the butt at times but kept everything right and proper. Regards to all 👍
Matty, You must have read my mind. I've been thinking about a spider / handwheel for my AL960. Yes mine is eccentric as well. I will bore mine on the mill the same way, but anyone without a mill could make up a fly cutter to cut the housing in situ. I'm in the middle of fitting the "genuine" Hafco taper turning attachment. Yeah right the unit is 7/8 of a South Bend SB1269 Telescopic attachment. Of course nothing lines up so I stripped the saddle and used the mill. For anyone who has bought one of these units from Hafco, download the manual from South Bend the Hafco manual is worse than useless.
Gday, ive looked at the taper turning attachment a while ago but cant justify the cost for the amount of tapers I do, it would be handy all the same, thanks for watching mate, cheers
G'day Matty. Nice build on the spider, & it will work out really well. I would suggest lock nuts for the Spider Bolts or you might wear them. I use mine all the time, because they come in handy, & you can use a long bar, & just cut off only the amount of the finished job, & stops a lot of wastage. Good video
mission accomplished ...great idea that one I had never thought of supporting something long on the bore itself. so there we go new word Lathe spider...and what its for ..Thanks Matty
Nice job Matty. Like Max I would have drilled and tapped the retaining holes 90 degrees apart, will pull the cat head hard up against the spindle. Back in the late sixties watched one of our machinists machining a 6 metre length of pipe in a huge Macson flatbed war era lathe. All he used was a Jarrah vee block mounted on a tripod. The good old days.
Nice setup on the mill, aperture was certainly was out of centre big time. Great addition to the shop, lot better than my stuffing rags and cardboard method, guessing loads of guys and gals are making similar this weekend 😀. Thanks for sharing
Matty, thanks for the reminder, I need to make a couple as well..Lol. Funny I have a similar bore gauge tucked away and have never used it for the same reason. I guess I better put it over by the lathe 😁 Enjoyed, Cheers....
Great job Matty! It looks good and will do exactly what you need it to do. Do you have problems where you are in Eden with humidity like Kurtis does up in Queensland? If so I'd think about cold bluing the spider then soaking it in oil to stop any flash rusting, unless you're going to keep wiping way oil on a rag over it every time you do the ways lol. I'm curious, why did you buy the bore gauge if you never used it? Not something one would normally splash out for if you didn't have a specific job to do with it. I know I certainly wouldn't lol not with the prices of Mitutoyo gear, even as beautiful as they are! Cheers mate, Sam from England.
Gday Sam, im only about 4 mins from the beach here and don't have issues with rust, we don't have the humidity here luckily, I brought the bore gauge secondhand along with a lot of other measuring gear off a bloke here in town, Thanks for watching mate, Cheers
Good job Matty nice finish as always and looks like it runs pretty true from where I'm sitting now there's another thing to add to my list of stuff to make 👍
Nice work, Matty. And you have room for a magnetic stand and indicator for those tight-tolerance jobs. A nice piece of kit and darn handy when you need it. Be well, mate and see you next week. Cheers.
hay Matty another top job and a new tool for the work shop i am sure it will come in handy that was one of the first shop tools i had to make as when doing rifle barrels the hole thing has to have zero run out as you know any way nice job only thing is with mine i have to run without the cover on as mine is made from a fiber substance and can't be machined wish i had the aloy one like you Cheers Mate
Gday, I should have made this years ago, Ive never had any interest in machining gun barrels but I have been asked many times, some people get cranky when I say No, Thanks for watching mate, Cheers
@@MattysWorkshop Matty with barrels its all good to do your own but have to be Smith with all the paperwork in place to do for others there are ways around it but best leave it alone as its a fussy job to do Cheers
Hello Matty, great video as always. Now I know what a lathe spider is - LOL. Just curious, would it have made any difference to put a couple of dimples for the set screws to sort of lock in to? Regards, Dave
Gday, the spider is used support longer stock in the headstock reducing vibration and with smaller material it will prevent it from whipping at higher rpm, hope I explained that correctly, cheers
Hi Matty, my apologies if you've had this question. I wondered how you are finding the al960b? I've got the 320g which is great imo, but I'm now thinking what my forever lathe will be. Did you consider the al336 when you were buying? Many thanks (and no offence will be taken if you are too busy to reply, I realise us viewers can be a bit cheeky 😊
Gday, I went with Taiwanese made, I did have a Chinese lathe and I know of a few others that had nothing but trouble, the al960b is the smallest Taiwanese lathe Hare and Forbes sell, it’s a great lathe imo but if it had a foot brake and a more solid base it would be even better, I wish now that I got a bigger lathe, cheers
