Hi! I’m so jealous, I’d love to have my own shop. Just started watching this and I love it. But on a lathe the coordinate system is actually Z and X, not Y. Z is “length” and X is diameter.
Just a tip for your blast cabinet: try and get a piece of the glass that they use at the grocery store checkout scanner. It's got a thin layer of diamond to prevent wear. Put this on the inside of the viewing window. You already know you need light on the inside of the cabinet. And don't run the air pressure too high. 40 PSI is about all you need. Higher pressure than that just crushes the glass bead prematurely so you don't get maximum usage out of it.
I work at a company that among other products made transparent ceramics and some genius came up with the idea to replace the windows on our sandblasting cambers with that stuff, works so well that it's still completely clear after years of daily use in our tool shop
@@AlessioSangalli Any cheap white paint should do. Use a thick wide paint roller on a shaft. Of course white walls give better light in the garage than brown light absorbing walls.
I have never seen a band saw of that size without it. Also, it should have an annealer, otherwise the welded part of the saw will be too rigid and eventually crack...
We had a similar situation when we started our makerspace, The MakerBarn. A school offered the use of an old horse pole barn. It was full of junk, rats, and bad wiring. We cleaned it out and built a 3800 sqft building within the building. All the work was done by volunteers. We advertised in the tools section of Craigslist for people who would like to come by, pound a few nails and hang sheetrock. We had plenty of volunteers every weekend. Funds were donated from prospective members and a few corporations. A half mile of new wiring and a year later we were in operation. Your Grandfather would be very proud of the work you have done.
One is a Mazak made in Jinan, China. The quality was good at first, but it was canceled due to a company issue causing the quality to drop. You can check out the Yamazaki Mazak on my cover.
I've been working my way backwards through your videos for the past couple of days and I have to say there's nothing more inspiring than knowing that there's a device that takes your power and makes it into more power. And after making it all the way back to this one I can definitely say I'm looking forward to you learning how to use the Cadillac Gauge. Plus my dad has a fully functional woodshop that he used to make guitars in so...
Nooo a VFD does not make more power! I assume that device is a VFD. Maybe it's not variable frequency. However typically the three phase output of those devices, when under load shows fluctuations when the single phase power is close to the zero crossing.
Well done! I miss the manual machining days growing up. I'm now stuck in the office while my guys have fun on the CNC'S and the few manuals we have left. Thanks for posting!
Thank you! I'm not 100% ruling out CNC sometime in the future, but right now I really just want to get back to the old ways of manual machines. Machining by hand is like therapy
Great video and really nice shop! My only critique is on the lathe description. Cross slide is the X axis. Carriage (spindle axis) is the Z axis. Y axis on a lathe is a milling attachment. The DRO says X and Y because it was cheaper to not change the letters (most DROs are still made like that). That's what I was taught 30 years ago and still use everyday. Keep up the great work!
Wow... you are totally right! Rotation axis is always Z... I've always seen that DRO with those labels and never gave it a second thought. Thanks for the correction!
@@InheritanceMachining Thanks for taking it the right way. Most new and hobby machinist don't realize that, it's certainly not intuitive to 'a new guy'. Your doing a great job, keep it up.
Having now watched your complete back catalogue I've finally arrived at your origin story. I find your content is very therapeutic and high quality and I look forward to following you for many years and over many interesting projects.
Your grandpa was machine devoted man. I am amazed, how he saved all his tools and take care of them. Look that drill bits, they are all in there ( none missing or broken in half ) i respect that type of machinist who love and care about their tools. Something same is happening in my family ( my dad ) !
Just found you. What a lucky man you are. May your grandfather rest in peace, he must have been a interesting man. All the very best to you and your family and here's looking forward to many projects. Good luck...
Happy you are going to add another chapter in your family's book of machining. Looking forward to Paige's (watching Her's for a couple of years now and learned quite a bit about different topics) and your videos. Also, sharing a small bit of your life. Hope the heavenly father gives you time and small ones to bring forth a chapter three in the world of machining. Sure, you will be able to teach this old (65) man something. Most of what I've learned has been working in welding and mechanic shops. All the best to you and yours.
I am so grateful for the position I am in to be able to continue where I started. Thank you for following along! There will certainly be more to come. We are just getting started.
Brandon, I have only two words to say. "I'M JEALOUS". It's taken me years to get to a quarter of the collection you have and I'm nearly twice your age. All I can say is enjoy. Regards from Canada's banana belt.🤞🇺🇦🕊️🇨🇦🍌👍
Love your shop! Very nice! I just inherited my grandfather’s machine shop. Much smaller machines than you have but very nice too. I put myself through college 30 years ago working in a machine shop. I feel so comfortable in my shop zoning out making parts. Please reach out and let me know if I can be of any assistance to you.
I have too inherited my father's machine shop which included a 22" metal shaper, and a South Bend lathe with a 16" swing and 36" between the center, those are wonderful machines and I would like to keep making cutting tools but the carbon steel went up on prices a few years ago since then is not profitable to fabricate those cutting tools so I have been looking for some other similar pieces to fabricate, by any chance, have you some advice about some mark trade high carbon steel (2 % C). Thanks and apologize for being so straight
I can't even begin to express my level of jealousy here! Great machines, great setup! Seeing that drafting table brought back some memories for sure. I took drafting my junior year of high school. If I'd been smart, I would have pursued that so that as I got older it would have been easier to move off the shop floor and into design. Oh well, even so I have no regrets. Machining help support a wife and three kids. It's a great life!
@@InheritanceMachining it's all good, man. My hope is that with all of the channels like yours that show machining for the craftsmanship it is more people will get interested in the trade again. We NEED manufacturing in this country again. Desperately.
So are you getting any jobs yet? Local businesses provide lots of opportunities. Our shop bid on jobs from out of State. We won a bid from Dryersburg Tennessee. Aluminum hydraulic cylinders for lifting the drive. Government work, too, made square knockouts, for square switches. We under bid, Greenlee I guess. But remember government work is full of paperwork and testing, and you get your check, in four months. I like the variable three phase inverters, to use for speed control. Good luck, from Southern Indiana.
Stumbled upon your channel today thanks to the YT algorithm. I grew up with most of these machines in my dad's basement and have been out of touch for the last decade. These first few videos have put a tear to my eye. Looking forward to whatever you have coming in the future!
I used excel to layout my machine, auto and wood shop before I built the building! It worked great! I actually increased the width from 32 to 34ft as it allowed room for two auto plus side bench areas. After the shop got built, the extra foot on each was really needed.
Just discovered your channel and had to watch, my hubby Mark became a machinist after many years as a journeyman mechanic and an injury. As we watched this video it brought back memories of setting up his shop inside our two car garage. He has 2 mills and a lathe. As we watched you showing the parts washer we both cringed and said "oh my gosh, flammable liquid next to an unprotected electric outlet???" We both hope you protected the outlet before there is a fire in the shop. Best of luck as you work with all of these treasures from your grandfather 😁
This workshop is my dream. But it seems to me that it gets even better if you do all the grinding work in an isolated room. You can air dry for free. It is enough to circulate the air from the room in a circle through a thermally non-insulated pipe with a conventional fan.
The separate grinding room would definitely be a must have for future expansion. That's an interesting idea with the pipe. Im guessing the humidity condensates on the metal and you catch that? Still need to power the fan. This dehumidifier doesn't actually run all that much during the winter. I've spent entire days in here and it hasn't kicked on. The vapor barrier in the walls helps a lot I think.
@@InheritanceMachining The running costs of a traditional duct fan are minimal compared to a dryer compressor. Outside the heating period, the ventilation can be adjusted depending on the air temperature and relative humidity. Do not ventilate if the air brought into the room from outside exceeds the existing humidity. This is a simple conversion.
You should position any grinding equipment on the opposite end of your shop away from the lathe & mill. In a separate room would be even better. Do what you can to keep the grinding dust away from the ways.
That's a good point. The belt sander and grinding wheel are the farthest away from the lathe and mill but the surface grinder is still kind of close. It has a dust collector and a guard so hopefully it doesn't cause too much of a mess once I get it running.
I ways appreciate living in Germany when it comes to electricity. All Residential electricity is three phase 380V here. You can power up a 20kW VMC in your home garage if you want.
Good work, consider getting a horizontal bandsaw with coolant, essential for cutting stock materials before machining, and in some cases after the first op. My bandsaw is broken, a big issue!
Yes horizontal bandsaw with a hydraulic downfeed cylinder is worth it’s weight in gold in a metal working/machine shop. Roller conveyor on each side of the saw with a manual length stop is also very handy for making repeat cuts of the same length, much more accurate and repeatable than hand marking. Set her up, start the cut, then walk away and do something else (but never go too far away…!) But yes, unfortunately they do take up considerable room in a shop. When you do get a horizontal, try and get one that has a 60 degree mitre both ways, and don’t get a little tiny thing, they never cut straight. Get a decent blade of about 1” or above, they track straight as an arrow. If (when) you get a TIG welder and need good fit up, trust me you will be glad you got a straight cutting saw! Vertical is useful too, but mostly for cutting curves in small pieces of plate. Larger plate/sheet pieces will require a plasma cutter, oxy cutter, or jigsaw if you’re keen. Or do what i do, and design 2D metal objects on CAD and get the local CNC laser cutters to cut the metal for you. Then it rocks up at your workshop ready to go, and you’re welding and assembling ‘man grade’ lego! Enjoy the journey, and remember, you will never stop learning in this craft
Wow Your grandfather sounds like he was an amazingly talented machinist and a really cool guy. I admit to being a little envious of the time you were able to spend with him learning and that he left you all his machinery. From what I have seen of your video's you are no slouch when it comes to machining and I appreciate your sense of humour...Very much looking forward to wandering this road with you . Thaqnkyou so much for sharing
G'Day👋 You have a lot of precision machinery there. When de-rusting, try and avoid abrasive methods like sandpaper or scotcbrite, even your sand blaster. Get yourself a large ultrasonic cleaner (cheap) and check videos on electrolysis rust removal. You can't afford to remove even half a thou with abrasion. Be extra extra careful cleaning up your micrometers and gauges. Spindle runouts will be important and belts and bearings may need replacement. Get your spindles within a thou at worst. All the best mate. Michael 🇦🇺 NO ABASIVE METHODS! 😉 oh, and the parts washer is for oil & grease removal only, not rust or dust or dirt or paint. And NO ABRASION!
I'm a bit tight on space. Especially when maneuvering around a camera tripod lol I am considering making a protective cover for the mill table and probably some sort of pedestal that mounts on the lathe near the DRO.
Nice shop. Keep out the “ Museum of our Industrial Heritage” located in Greenfield, Massachusetts or here on RU-vid. The museum has all the early machine and machinist tools that were made in that area like Starrett, Miller Falls, Greenfield Tap and Die. They have nice displays and working machines. Thanks
Hi Guy, i am a curious and beginner in MACHINING , you have awesome beautiful machines, juste by seeing them i want to dive immediately deep into MACHINING, be blessed
What are the rollings bases under the mill and lathe? I'm working on getting a shop up and running and would make things much easier as I adjust the layout over time. My wife and I are enjoying the channel immensely.
Great looking shop!!# my stuff came to me as shops I worked at went out of business. i would try buying things at auction or failing that buy stuff from a couple local used machinery dealers... My mill is a total Kluge, made from larts of several different bridgeports... I love your trailer... I ended ip with a Texas rollback which has been used until its toungue is hanging out... The 22 foot deck is nice, but there have been a few times the shorter deck of yours would be better...
I'm truly not a greedy person, but a OD & ID grinder would have been a more awesome. But i would do mostly anything (like many of us) to have these tools. Have fun!
What's the draw of each LED light? Are they daisy chained on 1 circuit? Does a 15 amp circuit suffice? I need to add lights to my shop. I have to convert some florescent lights to LED, then I think I can add several others to get more light.
Is there any bending machine, shearing machine, punching machine, laser cutting, planing machine, handheld electric welding, bending machine, alligator scissors and other mechanical processing equipment, inexpensive, strong wear-resistant, accurate positioning accuracy!
Revisiting some old videos, I forgot how rough all that equipment was when you first pulled it all in there. Man you have came a long way already. Grandpa would be proud. 🍻👍🏻
i wish i have that kind of workshop except the surrounding environment.im from a tropical country and id say your solutions to theseproblems have been addressed intelligently. more power.😊
Greetings from the 🇬🇧 UK. I have just discovered your channel and I am looking forward to following along. Interestingly a UK based machine shop channel, Handmade Creations, did exactly the same as you to construct a machine shop in a draughty, leaky outbuilding.
I am so glad you include a lot of your mistakes. We’re all human and constantly being bombarded by people pretending to be perfect is so mentally exhausting.
The good thing about having a building inside a building, is zero dust ! Dust is a major issue in drier climates like Queensland Australia… I make it a habit to wipe down and re-oil the slide ways and components down before using my lathe… Queensland also can be very humid which is a constant issue… I wipe everything down with an oily rag as often as I can…
Brandon, I've been binging your videos over the last few days and I just got around to watching the early stuff. Having seen the newest videos first, I now have a true appreciation for the amount of work you put into restoring all of these tools and machines. The amount of rust and therefore restoration to get to its current state must've been massive. Thank you for documenting it all.
Glad you found your way back here and thank you. It is a lot of work but it's also pretty fun getting everything cleaned and set up just the way I want
Excel CAD, that's a new one on me. Will try it out now that I am retired and turning the storage junk pile into a workshop. Humidity is a big issue and that internal room should work here too.
That enco mill is an excellent quality machine , don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise . My dad's shop had an enco mill and lathe and I found them to be as accurate as you and we kept them extremely well oiled and maintenanced. That mill will last your lifetime with just basic replacement parts or possibly lead screws if you use it like a mad man . There's alot of hype with other name brand machines and many of the parts are the exact same or slightly altered.
How does ventilation work? i remember keeping my window closed for so long that i began to get lightheaded and couldn't figure it out until i opened a damned window.
I installed a dehumidifier in my own shop and it is awesome! When the humidity is under 50% nothing rusts. Strongly recommended for those who like to keep their investment shiny.
Hahaha! Excel CAD. I used Excel to a reasonably accurate redesign/remodel of my last house. It worked well for both picturing the floorpan changes and explaining it to my wife, and later the contractor, the vision we had created. Long-short, it blew both of them away. Nice walkthrough, overview, and explanations. I sub'd weeks ago, but every video is so informative and has the right amount of humor. Well done Sir!
G'day again Inheritee, Big apologies for a previous comment where I made some suggestions. It was the first video of yours that I had come across and you kinda acted like you were new to all of this machinery🤷🏻♂️From further videos I've seen, you're obviously very capable and needed my advice like a hole in the shed - ahh, head! Michael 🇦🇺
Jim 922 from Arkansas. I to enjoy working in my workshop. I even have the nerve to call myself an “Inventor” . I love your chosen name for your Chanel, I’ll be watching for your adventures in the machine shop.
