I just wanna thank Joe and everyone else like him who takes the time to teach us dummies how to keep our fingers. I really appreciate Joe, Tony, Pete and anyone I missed. You guys are a national treasure. Thanks Joe!
Another great tip Joe, thanks. I have used this for many years and like some of the other commenters here I run a second rod in the setup [when the sizes permit] . I set it so that when the jig is touching to set the tool position the wire is close to the tool side of the bore hole and as parting progresses the wire moves across the borehole not interfering with anything. I use stiff, flexible wire [a piece of coat hanger] and arrange it to enter the hole by 2 or 3 times the washer/shim thickness and to slope down away from the job. This way machine vibrations cause the cut pieces to shuffle away from the working area and the overall speed is increased because you now don't have to manually remove the parts at each cut. Keep up the excellent work!
My Grizzly tool post doesn’t have a drilled & tapped hole in it. BUT it will by the end of the day. Thank You Joe for another great idea. You know 40years ago I took a full year’s worth of 6 hour, Saturday machine shop classes @ LH Bates Vol.Tech. In Tacoma and can honestly say that I have learned more in your little 15 - 20 minute video clips than I ever could have imagined at Bates. That instructor was great at hanging a coffee cup on one hand while telling war stories from the past but you my friend are a wizard. 🤓 Another Joe
You are the most informative poster on RU-vid,and a true Genius, wouldn’t miss any of your videos.Thank you so much for taking your valuable time to make these videos.
Joe: At 77 years young I have learned more in the three years i have been watching your vids than i ever did working in shops I hope that I have time lift to use all of them Lol........ I think you need to put your tips and tricks into a book, I know it will sell. Thank you again. Be well and be safe....Bill
Add another (sliding) rod forward of the stop rod that can be entered into the part bore while parting to catch each ring as it drops off. You can set it up to catch a multitude of rings without worrying about losing them in the chip pan. Just push it into the bore before parting off and slide it back out of the way for the next. A small "hook" on the rod end will keep the parts from sliding off the rod. No need to catch it manually and keeps both hands free.
Just got home and saying hi to my dog before going to make spacers and find this video. Perfect timing, if I don't spend all my time setting this up for next time. Thanks.
This is the exact reason I watch the youtube world. @Joe you are a true legend and cant get enough of watching your videos. Such a shame your so far away from Australia as this is a workshop I would be in awe in. :)
Bravo! What a fabulously useful tip, so brilliant and so elegant, quick and practical in using your touch to set the distance. Thank you so much for sharing!
Great Video as always...I do the same... But add another finger to catch the part up the middle. Then you don't need to use the Allen Key for the part catcher
I just got home from a 350 mile drive in which I designed a normal clamp on the bed flip stop in my head. Need it for an up coming project. Get home and this video was on my page. I'm using a multifix, so no hole in the post but I do have two bolt holes on the back side of the saddle for a follow rest. You just changed my thought process, Thanks Joe!
Joe every time I click one of your videos I always learn something new. Thanks for your time I know posting on RU-vid/video production is tough and a lot more than just machining.
Now that is really cool and useful. I got some scrap cold roll laying around, so I'm gonna make me one. I got to make 8. 2 in dia. X 1/4 in thick stainless washers with a 3/4 in hole for a bank vault door. This will make my task easy. THANKS JOE 👍👍👍
I cringed when you said "unloosen everything", then laughed my *ss off when you said why you loved saying it. Great videos, thanks Joe, I've learned a ton from you & really appreciate it.
That's a simple but very effective way to make odd-sized washers inhouse. I remember using a very similar Lathe setup last year to ready some 40 pcs. of copper washers for an electric fitment in our factory (when couldn't find it in the stores). But here's the difference, I never cared to think that this idea may come handy to someone else too, while you go on and share it to the whole world. Salutes to your selfless efforts, Sir Joe !!
Great info Joe!!! I cut alot of Delrin slices just like that and this will sure help. I refuse to run the Delrin in my CNC lathe as I don't want the swarf in my coolant. Neat trick!!! THANK YOU!
I'm a tinkerer and do some hobby machining at home. I've learned alot from watching your videos. More than I did when machining in shop class. Altough probably forgot most of it since then ;) Keep these helpfull tips coming. Cheers and thank you from Belgium.
Always deliver maximum value with your videos, the hss regrind is probably known to some folk, but I was scratching my head on this exact issue on the weekend, ended up using a noga debur by hand which worked, but wasn't smart
Thanks Joe. Enjoyed learning how you saved on a deburring step by giving the parting tool a grind with a preferential point of contact. Just emphasises how easy it is to lose time on a manual process let alone a poorly optimised cnc activity.and BTW, some say that educational outreach doesn’t pay but I’ve found my best business came from referrals and when both parties win from a transaction.
Very clever Joe - I have needed this tool myself, and didn't come up with a good way to do it. I'll be borrowing this idea! My home made vise stop also looks very much like your parting off stop, so I'm just going to use my vise stop when the need arises. Double win! :-) Cheers, Craig
Wow Joe! More gold!... you have now set my expectations so high I will have to cease to be amazed.. gotta go... gotta check my tool post for a hole....
I grind my tool this way but i didn't thought about a material stop like this. The best thing is that you don't have to stop as often because you creep the stop near it till it makes slight kontact. All this unil you run out of stock. Great idea :D
Nice we were just talking about this hole the other day as I was trying to find its actual purpose what I've got is it's either for accessories or they use it during finishing making the tool posts either way very nice
