Thank you for watching! Videos about the Modular Cabinets that I used as the base: • Modular Cabinet System Power switch build video: • Making a power switch ... Patreon: / jerschmidt
Nice. I like that you always keep the mistakes and show how you work around them. Maybe you should get an engine hoist like you had in the barn. Oooor (project idea) some kind of ceiling mounted crane system...
It is always incredible how you find solutions to problems that arise. That impresses me again and again. Once again a great video and I'm already looking forward to the second part
Hi Jeremy I’m a cabinet maker by trade and currently work doing laser templating for solid surface countertops. This was such a satisfying video to watch. The attention to detail is my favourite part my friend, can’t wait for the next video
I greatly appreciate your insights into motivation and getting the task complete. As a neurodivergent person, I empathise with the idea of the task being too large to begin. Perfect is the enemy of the good, and all that.
This is an excellent solution. As usual, a more-elaborate effort than a slob like me would undertake. Your delay for some years in getting the lathe set up is an example of a "gumption trap" (from Robert Persig's _Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance_ )--a project that seems too big to even contemplate, especially with limited time but unlimited expectations. For me, just having to hunt-up the needed tools can trap me into weeks of delay. GTs are some of the biggest problems I (and almost everyone, I suppose) face in life. It's an outstanding thing, though, that you've been getting out shorter videos but more often--in this case even without being sure how to proceed. As a viewer, I think that's what I want.
When I made the stand for my Myford S7 lathe, I made a compartment right below the top and put in 4 large bags of sand that I got from Home Depot. It's been a few years but I think it was called playground sand ( for kids home sandboxes ) or something like that. You wants lots of mass and this weighed a whole lot ( I was going to say that it weighed a "ton" but that would be overstating things a bit.)
Awesome job! That’s going to be so nice to use when it’s finished. I bought your plans and will be making a ton of the modular cabinets for my shop and some for my friends too. I’ll definitely post a video of the radial arm saw station based on your design. Thanks for all the inspiration!
Jer, the level of workmanship and artistry that goes into your projects is remarkable. Thanks so much for letting us look over your shoulder in the shop!
Awesome Jer, love your builds, great to see you putting up regular content, and really great to see you're so much more comfortable in your own skin these days, top class maker, engineer and personality.
Really inspiring, especially the example of applying an engineering solution to a motivation problem (ie., build a general solution that you trust, to get a win on part of the project before you even start it.).
Your sense of detail and problem solving are out standing. I think if you were commissioned to build targets for the military they would be indestructible. ;o) Thanks for sharing this project. Please continue to post them we all enjoy them.
Very nice lathe cabinet/bench. When leveling my lathe to the bench top (to eliminate twist and true to the bed) I adjust the four corners of the lathe with two nuts per mounting bolt, one on the top to lock down and the bottom nut to raise or lower that corner. When level, the lathe is suspended on the four corner bolts, just above the surface. My lathe bench is also constructed of wood and I do have to occasionally adjust the bed back to being level as the wood moves (drying, sag, vibration, etc ). Looking forward to seeing your lathe power control bar design in action. I've used the commercial two-button (one to push-to-start and the other extra-large button to stop) on my table saw and I like the hands-free, bump-to-stop feature.
Awesome Jer as always, Amazing to watch you work and figure things out as you go. Already impatiently looking forward to the next instalment. Love and Respect from North London UK.
Great job Jeremy !! That power bar is brilliant. I bet you are fired up to get it up and running after a few years of sitting. Hope all is good and thanks for the video my friend. 👍👍
Always love your videos, and also wanted to say the upgrades you made to the plans (belt grinder) are next level. I used to have a lathe like this and am kicking myself for selling it because I could do this project!
I love your videos so much! And I love that you worked with your friend a bit, that's my favorite shop time--shared shop time! Excited for part 2! Oh also, how lucky that the motor bolts were over the overhang... That surely simplified the fix :) And the tubing around the perimeter, form AND function! Nice work as always 8)
Always a pleasure to see your amazing creativity! I plan on making my daughter a set of those cabinets for her dorm room at college. It might help her to keep organized! I was taught how to use a metal lathe when I was a teenager, and always wanted to get one for myself. Perhaps I’ll come across one some day that I could afford.
This is the first time I have ever clicked the "Bell" Icon on YouTYube. When I saw this was posted only hours ago... and I would have to wait for the power switch video... I was sad. Cant wait to see that part, great solution! Your ideas are always motivating and help me with my projects, keep em' coming.
you have to be the epitome of a nerd in attitude and appearance, but I admire you, your projects and your work practices, I only wish I could be as precise.
What caused me to comment was the final lifting of the lathe to the new bed. That you prepared the ground work by breaking down the lift into a two stage lift and not an all in one heave-ho job that was begging to go wrong. As you showed, the final stage lift to the cabinet was too much for your helper leaving you with a clear exit strategy to half way back, and not straight down to the floor again where the lathe may well have suffered damage in a drop, never mind damage to your helper. That was first class workmanship right there. The way you solved for that by raising the height of your helper was creative, out side the box and worked demonstrating your innate aptitude for the work you do. I am left envious of the quality of finish you've given your lathe leaving me feeling inadequate and way behind the curve - I could have done so much better as you've demonstrated. I doff my cap to your superior workmanship.
The black pan with silver frame is a good look. Kind of a inky pool of nothing it’s floating on. Maybe not the same in-person but on camera it looks like black glass.
I built a similar lathe stand/cabinet a few summers ago and took inspiration from your belt grinder stand that you made a while back. I really like your big paddle switch on the front though, I may need to incorporate something similar. Nice work as always
Very nice ! I enjoy the way you work things out . I think your a genius ! I've been watching your videos since you were in your dads place. Keep up the great video's !!
Excited to see the power switch video. I have an old Rivett lathe that has the power switch on the motor behind the lathe, which is just a terrible location. Your idea seems like a great solution.
Nice build. I like it. One step you missed, is you need to make sure there is no twist in the lathe bed. Yes, as heavy as it is, it can still twist. If the base isn't perfectly flat (nothing is), when tightening down the mounting bolts, you may have introduced a twist in the bed which will result in a taper when turning a part. You need to use a precision machinist level to make sure there is no twist in the bed. It's not important that it's level to the earth, but that the headstock end is as level as the tailstock end.
This turned out beautifully! I've been trying to think of a good way to have my lathe set up. I still need to have some sort of countershaft made for it though.
Pretty fantastic work, Jer! 😃 I think the mistake was because you realigned the lathe and didn't consider it when marking for the holes. Because it's almost the same difference! Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thanks! Nope, I foresaw that when I decided to shift the lathe over, and I made sure to move the motor too. The relative position of the motor to the lathe in my final version matched my original CAD, so the original CAD was wrong.
Great work! You can test the weld by just wiping it with oil. You will see it bleed through the other side. Use baby powder to check the opposite side and repair any tiny leaks after you clean it.
Nice job! A friend of mine when we where in High School was drilling with a 1/2 corded electric drill. He had long much like yours. His hair got caught in the chuck and latterly tore a huge Chunk of is scalp off his head. It was a real mess he lost a lot of blood waiting on an ambulance and getting to the hospital. He spent 9 months in the hose cause of complications healing wounds. Jeremy tie your hair up when using machinery please. I do not want to be the safety nut. But situation like yours could have been easily prevented. His hair never grew back. 🤯🛫
Jer, your design ethic is tremendous but you pocketbook is surely holey. I am always amazed with how much thought and skill you put into your projects but that always seem a bit costly because of the grades of material you use. Don't stop on my account. Everyone needs to see how its done RIGHT and well.
I understand what you mean and you’re right, but I don’t think you’re seeing the whole picture behind the scenes. The MDF was mostly scrap (old CNC spoilboards & jigs), the sheet steel was leftover from a different project where it made the most sense to buy a full 4x8 but I didn’t use it all (and it was rusted really badly on the bottom side; I cleaned that up off-camera), the T-nuts were some that a friend bought for a project and they didn’t work out, the bolts were all ones that I already had (bought bulk, second-hand), the angle iron power switch was out of the drop bin at my local steel supplier (~$0.50). The only things I bought new were the square tube, threaded rod, and paint. Thanks!
