Nice work and well made video. Thank you for sharing this. That is a very unique desktop milling machine. I have never seen such a precision bench grinder. Nice equip!
Hi Bart, good to see you back, hope you are well. I like your trouble-shooting philosophy...improvise, adapt and overcome...or just use a big elastic band!! I think we've all got a box of elastic bands somewhere. Looking forward to seeing the sander finished. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and keep up the good work. 👍🖖
Hi Bart, Thanks for for a great video. It's interesting to see the different machine tools you use, that Hommel is something I have never seen before, it looks very versatile! Nice to see the tool/cutter grinder in use, you have inspired me to get on and turn my set of Quorn castings into a working machine. I have the prewar version of the Alba 1A, it doesn't have the table support, but has powered horizontal and vertical table travel. I'd really appreciate a copy of any documentation you have for the Alba. I'll email you on the address you have listed below. Cheers Paul in NZ
Great to follow a video of someone who has a similar home machine shop setup. My Sixis S101 is less versatile than your Hommel UWG2, however they share (probably) a similar motor leading to some similar machining limitations. Instead of a Schaublin 102, I have a DIXI lathe from the 1940's. I haven't yet a shaper. Sooner or later. Nice video.
Great video and you have a very nice shop from what I can see. I had a similar issue with my shaper. I drilled and tapped the clapper box, put a stud with a spring and a washer on it to keep the clapper down and it’s adjustable so your not dragging the tool on the return stroke too badly. Seems to work well, and again great video. 😬👍Eddie wheels 🧑🏻🦽
Hi,Bart. Nice job on the keyway cutting bar. Your inner tube spring is a cool quick fix but it would be pretty straight forward to add a couple of 1/4" threaded holes at the upper edge of the clapper block and bolt a flat strip to mount a compression coil spring. I also have an Alba 1A and my clapper block has a grub screw on one side face to lock the clapper down solid for keyway cutting operations.
Hi Bart, I'm now in the design phase for making a keyway cutting tool for my Alba 1A, I need it for an upcoming project. Thanks for showing the page from that catalog, the picture of the factory one is very helpful. Where did you find an accessory catalog for the Albas? It would be cool to see what else was available for them (which would need making now as we can't buy them!) Thanks for sharing this one!
Hi, If you send me a e-mail to bartharkema at g mail dot com. I can send you the documents that I have. If you are making your own keyway cutter, consider making a solid one without the clapperbox. I think that would work better. But it also depends on the flex of the tool. I had a little post about this on practical machinist forum: www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-and-history/keyway-cutting-alba-1a-shaper-question-371838/
@@bartharkemametalworks2299 turn the tool upside down and cut the keyway at the top rather than the bottom!-old trick for not locking the clapper box! -nice video!
Hi, I just bought such a machine :) Almost a week has been standing still not unloaded from the car :( Regards from Poland , Paweł. P.S. What I could, I left on your interesting channel;)
I have heard of waited clapper boxes but honestly I think a Spring loaded clapper Box works better, Not to mention you can adjust his attention that way.
@@bartharkemametalworks2299 i think there is supposed to be a grubscrew that locks the clapper box. i took the clapper box off and made a rigid toolholder
on my shaper i can lock the clapper box but when i do it drags the tool over the work and the tool looses its edge very quickly......what you did with the inner tube might be a bit primitive but it certainly worked ...i think you are onto something...it just needs refining
Bart, misschien is de toolholder wat aan de lange kant, maar soms heb je die lengte wel nodig. En dan zijn er binnenbanden genoeg😂. Je ging frezen met de Hommel, maareuhh, hoe zit dat dat nou met de schaublin 13?
You need a fix clapper box , or drill a hole in the side and tap it ( some have the hole from factory) else it jumps and don't cut , because you are to close to the swirling point and don't have lavrige to cheap it for jumping. The "normal" tool is much more down and far from swirling point . ( hope my English is correct)
Thanks for the explanation. I also had I little discussion on the Practical Machinist forum. I understand it now a little bit better. Only thing I don't understand is that the manual shows almost the same tool in the clapperbox. But I will make a solid holder in the future.
Ik vermoed U bent nederlander of vlaming? Indien niet ga ik verder in het engels. Nice job, but one comment, at a shaper don't pour cutting oil on the workpiece, the cutter scrapes it off, pour your oil on top of the cutter and it will slowly dribble down between the cutter and the workpiece.
