SNS 362: KBC Tools Mill, Tramming and First Workpiece 

Doesn't matter what anyone says it's your shop, you set it up however you want!! Love it congrats!

I've been watching your channel for years and that newly milled big block of steel means a lot to me (and I suspect others) also!

You’ve come a long way Adam, your father and grandfather would be proud and amazed at your accomplishments. Your future looks bright, I’m excited for your journey.🔥🔥💯✅

It's so exciting to see you slinging chips in your new shop! God bless, Adam!

Wow, that belt conditioner works way better than I thought it would.

I have never heard of belt conditioner before, I think I might be buying some of it now!👍🇬🇧👍🇬🇧👍

Wow, that CRC spray is amazing. Made a HUGE difference.

Great intro for you and us to the new Mill. It was funny watching you make a T-Nut! That was one of my first projects about 10 years ago and I was sooooo proud! And I still am LOL. Thanks for the nice memories!

I'm impressed that the spray seemed to have an effect even when applied to to outside of the belt only.

Nice that the table was constructed nuts on. Gives one confidence the rest of the machine was built well. Congrats again on the new equip and shop.

Congrats for the first chips in your new shop. Take some of the chips , put them in a little glass and place that in a good place for your new shop.

As a retired electrician that has worked on , troubleshoot and performed PM' s on hundreds of VFD'S surprised they do not eliminate the pulleys & belt and get into the 21st century and install a drive. Do not think any inspectors in my location would ever approve a cord to feed a permanent in place machine.. Sooner or later cord will get damaged. Appears you can not do a ceiling drop to feed power due to crane so best practice is to run heavy wall conduit on top of standard 1 5/8" deep unistrut so yoh can still clean chips off floor. Place I worked for had cords like this until OSHA came in and we got tons of overtime fixing code violations. Pay me now or pay me a lot more later. Good luck on your nice shop.

Your videos are always a treat Adam!!!

And today Adam showed to all of us a miraculous belt spray 😮😮👌👌

I am a guitar maker, not even a machinist. But I think i speak for everyone here- I really enjoy seeing your successes Adam. You give so much to your trade. Kuddos!!

Enjoying me a Jim Beam and some @Abom79 SNS. All the best with the new shop Adam and kindest regards from Ireland. 🇮🇪 🇺🇸

I've been watching your channel for quite some time now and this vid had me grinning from ear to ear. Congratulations mate.

Awesome can't wait to see all the things you'll be turning out here congratulations Adam and Abby

Hey Adam I would have just used the Walter face mill for those initial side cuts on the T slot, that end mill was sticking out a lot, and had a lot of load on just the tip. Once you were shoulder milling, you could tell the cutter was loaded up and giving a better cut with less vibration. Awesome videos as always.

Excellent Adam u deserve all the success in the world

Congratulations, Adam!!! First chips - Awesome!

Congratulations Mr. Booth, I am very excited for you! Thank you for sharing.

Wow... I had no idea that belt dressing stuff actually works. Congrats on getting it up and running Adam!!

Congrats on your first shop chips. A memorable day in your journey. Best wishes from UK 👏

"The first mess on the floor!" Great! Greg

How nice to have a machine that nobody else has abused. Imagine being able to keep the ways clean and oiled and not be full of gaulling.

You should put some of the chips from your first cuts in some clear resin and have it as a paper weight for the office😄

Love all your old tools. Grandpa is smiling every time you pull his old stuff out.

This is so much fun. I was giddy using my new vise so I can't imagine using a new mill too.

I love new toys. I'm not a machinist, but I've run an ancient Bridgeport a few times, and I'm jealous!

Adam, I hope i might help. First, carbide endmills love strong grip. Er collets just don't cut it most of the time, ive had better results even with weldon style holders. About the speeds and feeds, it is a range, carbide can take far greater and far lower speeds and feeds even than the recommended range. Carbide loves pressure so increasing the feed per tooth would help to stabilise it. Try not to run it in the middle of the part like you did here. Take deeper but side cuts. I think you had chatter here for several of these reasons. Best of luck to you sir.

Try the carbide in a solid holder. They are usually run in shrink fit holders to my knowledge. It seems to me like the collet holder is what’s making the noise, it doesn’t sound or appear like actual chatter at the cutting faces. That would be visible in surface finish and usually would change depending on your feeds and speeds. The rigidity of the cutter is vibrating the arms of the collet since the end mill itself has very little ability to deflect and absorb those resonances.

WITH THE NEW SHOP AND NEW MACHINERY, I sure hope there is going to be some interesting new jobs to work on.

Metal swarf is the natural predator of plastic-coated electrical cables. I suggest that cords on the floor need metal covers (with sloping sides so that they are not trip hazards).

First chips!!! Wow!! What a super milestone Adam! A dream realised! Many congratulations!!

Congratulations Adam with your first KBC milling chips, looks great 👍🏻

Wow, I've never heard of belt dressing spray before. I've have an Ajax AJT-1 for a few years (not remotely new, unfortunately), and the belt has always made a rubbery noise. Thanks for the tip - I'm about to order some. I'm surprised a new machine with an X axis power feed has that handle type. I swapped mine for a round handle when I filled my Align X axis feed, as the original handle style (like yours) so close to the power feed housing looked like a trapped hand waiting to happen.

Look at this, Abom with all new tools. I bet you are loving life.

Congratulations! A joy to watch "as is tradition (r)Quinn".

Kewl Beans! That belt would probably have quieted down on its own with a little use, but belt dressing never hurts!

Awesome…. Considering that the birth of this new shop started when things went south into a lockdown…. I’d say your doing great. I wish you much prosperity

It looks like a standard carbide end mill. Try a variable helix end mill. All big name brands make them. They reduce chatter so you can climb cut on that mill. Can't wait to see that lathe make chips!

That high frequency whine from the power feed tells me that even with my tinnitus, I haven't - yet - lost as much of my hearing as my wife claims I have... ;)

Great to see those chips! Looking forward to seeing more.

Congratulations on the first chips. I've been watching your new shop come together and it's looking totally fantastic

Happy to see first-chips day at the new shop.

Winner...Winner...Chicken Dinner. Slow but sure..you'll get there Adam.

First of everything, first chip clean up too. Looking forward to seeing much more in this shop. Enjoy your weekend

It might not look like much to anyone else, but its a great memory. I have the first piece of metal I cut when I made my CNC.

nothing like a little kid with his new toys, this is very cool Adam all of this is very cool :)

Congrads. You look and sound very happy. Looking forward to seeing more new episodes.

Very cool Adam ! It's funny seeing your shop so empty . The home shop is plugged full of equipment and tooling. Its gonna be fun watching you outfit this new space . Congratulations!!!!!

Congrats on the new shop! Good to see it coming together.

There are metal covers for floor cords, tapered on the sides and then a small flat area on top. They make various angled "corners" to get around and through things. I hate the plastic/rubber ones, they don't stay where they are put. Ok for temporary placements but that's all. I guarantee you will like the metal one better than a wild cord on the floor.

Congrats on the new shop. A small jar of those first chips would be a nice touch.. Like u said earlier a lot of firsts today and it just don’t happen very often. Thanks for sharing your journey.

That belt conditioner spray is amazing.

I run that same 1/2" endmill all the time. If i'm doing a full slot then I run it at 250sfm in most steels and it works well 99% of the time. I love your videos. Thanks for sharing.

Nice of you to share Adam! I always appreciate your fine work!

man that littler end mill is a SCREAMER

Very exciting to start up a new shop. Loved seeing how happy you are about it. Thanks for sharing, Adam. I am looking forward to more.

you can get rubber cord covers that double tape to the floor. so theres no chance of getting tangled up with your feet. and would probally look better then loose cords...justa suggestion. Keep up the great content!

A new machine making first chips! Got to love it!😎

I enjoyed it. And congratulations for your first machined piece.

Dear Adam I am also a machinist and I have done a lot of cutting with Walter tools and my experience with Walter carbide end mills is they can do a much higher table feed than other carbide endmills so I suggest you try increase your tablefeed more and lower your surfacefeed just a little best regards from Denmark

That is a very smooth mill. Very quiet and easy to setup and adjust. Good job on making the vise hold down block.

Very exciting! I also couldn't help but notice that the Big Ass Fan has been running the entire time in the background and it is WHISPER QUIET!! Congratulations, Adam! This was a long time coming!

Hi Adam, please don't use belt sprays like that. In a way, the spray lubricates the belt. The noise gets quieter. But that makes it worse. Squeaky belts are usually caused by the pulleys being misaligned. There should be no squeaking during normal operation without a spray. Greetings Paul

Happy for you! First chips are awesome!

No more bare feet in your shop! Love the new chips maker! It’s cool that you can build up the shop how you want it and let us see your dream. Funny thing about a shop is that no two are the same and each reflect the character of the operator. Mine is a disaster, but I know where everything is. Just like me, just ask my bride. 😄

Congrats! Great to see the new shop up and running. I'm catching up on videos, so I'm sure I'm way too late here, but I have a Ridgid 1650RV shop vac with the motor on the bottom, and I love it. Being less top heavy makes it much easier to pull around without tipping over. It's easy to empty too. Highly recommended.

Got one of those Kurt vices a couple months ago I love it especially the large opening .and ability to mount through the bed👍👍👍

Congratulation! Nice video, excellent tools, and very lovely milling machine) I`m so happy with you!

Watching the machine facing the sides of the big block with that face mill was extremely satisfying

Great job. Love seeing the new shop grow.

Workshop now formally a workshop… well done Adam… I know you will make it work…

Congrats on first machined piece.

Love these new machine videos in your new shop Adam. I also purchased the identical Kurt DX6 vice about 3 weeks ago. Next up is a rotory table.

It really appears to be an excellent mill. Except a bit smaller for my "needs", I am just a tiny bit envious. Truly, I am happy that you guys have the opportunity to do this. Thanks for sharing.

Great progress.

Adam: Suggestion. Get the shop vac, but then get a smaller one for aluminum, and an even smaller one for brass/bronze/copper. If Florida is anything like California, separating the metals makes recycle sense. Hope to see you again at the Bar-Z Thanks for the video. Jon

Always enjoy watching your videos, Adam

That new KBC mill is an awesome machine. Sounds great. That little block that you made. Hey, gotta start someplace with something. It's quality and that's all that matters. Happy days for you my friend. Enjoy! 👍

That new mill is looking and sounding good. Thanks for sharing Adam.

the 300 SFM was not for full width slotting, that speed would be for 1.5 times depth of cut with a 25% of diameter radial depth. For full width slotting cut feed in half, cut speed down to 60% and no more than 1 times diameter depth of cut.

nice,first chips, first parts.

Adam your new shop looks outstanding

I used to clock up the head the same way that you did for years, but a old machinist showed me a neat trick . drop the quill down and put the indicator on the table and clock the quill by moving the table up and down. Clever old bugger 👌

Hi guys, hope you are well. New shop is looking good and coming along nicely. If you kept those first cut chippings you could cast them into some clear epoxy. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and keep up the good work.

That new mill looks superb. Fun to watch the tramming in.

Nice to share in your excitement!

Let's face it Adam...... that shop appearance is not going to be right until you finally get a good shaper in there! 😉

Great to see you working in the new shop, enjoy your new tools

Congratulations mate that’s an awesome first part produced in the new shop, quite the milestone & worth celebrating. 👍👍👍🇦🇺

Congrats on ur new shop. Good to see ur growing some, nice setting

Ya gotta be kidding. Belt dressing made that much of a difference. 👍

Looks like that’s going to be a great general use shop mill. I need to replace my old Comet knee mill. Thanks for another SNS.

Love them Kurt vises! 😎

Thank you Adam love seeing you using your new shop please do toolbox tours watching from South Africa

First machined part in new shop, gave life to another machine

Thanks as always for the great videos