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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Machine Tools, Machining, and Toolmaking => Topic started by: Stoker on April 02, 2024, 09:11:15 am
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Some useful vise ideas...Joe Pie Vids recommended for the interested.
https://youtu.be/3OSfDs38pIA?si=G-BvfHEydmBgBDQo
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Here is the link to "The Museum of Our Industrial Heritage" YouTube channel offerings that may prove educational, entertaining, interesting, informative and useful to some here.
https://www.youtube.com/@MuseumofOurIndustrialHeritage
They list a number of offerings many of which are old training and educational films from a bygone era, that may well be of better benefit and value for the amateur home machinist than some of the newer offering currently available. Certainly, they show simple basics that need to be learned and understood for advancement in the hobby to have a good solid foundation.
Here is one such offering on care and usage of the Micrometer:
https://youtu.be/lNj-1vUmanQ?si=V7HoHkaYGvtwXAC2
It is interesting, at least to me, to note that a micrometer they are using in the movie is of a relatively modern type, which includes several features of which they make no mention, trying to keep the movie simple and uncluttered of more advanced complications I suppose, but it does seem that they probably should have used an earlier, more basic and simple style micrometer for their demonstration, so as to avoid the appearance of leaving out important further information.
Just to be clear, the advanced features of the micrometer in the movie that are left unmentioned include a spindle/thimble lock, reading scale to 1/10,000" (0.0001") and a thimble ratchet stop (similar function to a friction thimble) used to mechanize the "feel" of correct standard thimble pressure. Developing the correct "feel" is actually a better idea generally because the mechanized additions to the micrometer will change and require adjustment through time, and with every adjustment the mechanized "feel" is thus changed.
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There is some wise advice about the reality of building models and the tools needed to build them here:
https://modelengineeringwebsite.com/Apprenticeship_1.html
Thank you, Frank, for this seminal addition!
Looks to be a well thought out series full of saga advice!!!
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There is some wise advice about the reality of building models and the tools needed to build them here:
https://modelengineeringwebsite.com/Apprenticeship_1.html
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Here is a link to one of the most important resources for Mini-Mill and Mini-Lathe owners and operators .... The Little Machine Shop.
A truly wonderful resource for the smaller scale machinist, they stock most anything you will likely ever need, and provide a wealth of information that is helpful for the experienced as well as the novice machinist!
https://littlemachineshop.com/
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There is a Hobby-Machinist websie that might be right up our alley for the info, materials, techniques and tools that our level of knowledge and skills needs. It looks like you can view it and read the posts but would need to join if you want to post and ask questions there, which is fairly typical.
Here's a link to the Hobby-Machinist:
https://www.hobby-machinist.com/
I joined a couple of weeks ago, this one seems friendly and welcoming of "Asian" machines.
That's good to know Bruce, perhaps I should look around there some and think about doing the same.
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There is a Hobby-Machinist websie that might be right up our alley for the info, materials, techniques and tools that our level of knowledge and skills needs. It looks like you can view it and read the posts but would need to join if you want to post and ask questions there, which is fairly typical.
Here's a link to the Hobby-Machinist:
https://www.hobby-machinist.com/
I joined a couple of weeks ago, this one seems friendly and welcoming of "Asian" machines.
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There is a Hobby-Machinist website that might be right up our alley for the info, materials, techniques and tools that our level of knowledge and skills needs. It looks like you can view it and read the posts but would need to join if you want to post and ask questions there, which is fairly typical.
Here's a link to the Hobby-Machinist:
https://www.hobby-machinist.com/
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Here's some machine tool links:
https://atlasmachineshop.com/
https://www.elitemetaltools.com/
https://www.elitemetaltools.com/tool-shop/products/palmgren-13-variable-speed-gear-head-milling-machine-9680159?
https://www.grizzly.com/metal-lathes
https://www.grizzly.com/milling-machines
https://www.grizzly.com/cutting-tools-and-tooling
https://leblondusa.com/leblond-offers-sales-promotion-new-manual-lathes-20-list-price/?msclkid=c5b7ad4c1ff218d34cf5cb5bf91a91c3
https://leblondusa.com/leblond-lathes-2/
https://leblondusa.com/leblond-vertical-mills/
https://www.lathe.com/models.htm
https://www.loganact.com/
https://www.precisionmatthews.com/product-category/lathes/
https://www.precisionmatthews.com/product-category/millingmachines/
https://www.precisionmatthews.com/product-category/accessories/
https://southbendtools.com/collections/metalworking
https://summitmt.com/?
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This YouTube poster ought to be a good match for Gil and his newly set-up Myford Super 7:
https://www.youtube.com/@myfordboy
... and here's the start of his lathe tutorials:
https://youtu.be/fDSLWYHuj4g?si=cwofxeWx5Ij5sTCu
Seems to have several Steam and Stirling engine builds, as part of his machining stuff, along with home casting and other useful skills demonstrated.
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Here is a minor listing of some of the many source outlets for industrial accessories, fasteners, materials and tooling that may be needed around your home "machine shop"!
I should point out that some of these are monster-big firms with multi-thousand page catalogs, that are geared to serving business and industry, so may not be receptive to small orders by home hobbyists who do not have an account set-up with them. But perusing the online catalogs of even some of these can be educational and even helpful in letting you see what is actually out there, thus helping to locating something you want or need and perhaps making it possible to find it elsewhere so that you can make the purchase.
Here are a few online sources:
Materials & tooling suppliers:
https://www.grainger.com/category?
https://www.machinetools.com/en/brands/enco
https://www.mcmaster.com/
https://www.mscdirect.com/ProductsHomeView
Metal suppliers:
https://fastmetals.com/?
https://www.metalsdepot.com/
https://www.onlinemetals.com/
https://www.speedymetals.com/
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It seems that Bruce (St. Paul Steam) has been watching a machinist tech video series on YouTube called "blondihacks", so I checked it out myself and it seems very good based on the couple of episodes I watched.
Certainly, well worth linking here:
https://www.youtube.com/blondihacks
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In any of these threads, if you are mentioning some source for anything related,
Please do include the link,
preferably as a separate stand-alone line, so that it can be easily seen and clicked on.
Thanks!!!
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By the way, Dean is still with us as he's a moderator and posts regularly over at www.colemancollectorsforum.com
Occasionally he'll make a piece for one of the lantern fellows.
Yes, I was pretty sure he was still around, I just didn't know where he was hanging out these days. Thanks for updating me!
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Tubalcain on Youtube (mrpete222) is Lyle Peterson of Streator, Illinois. Retired shop teacher, still kicking and producing videos. He was one of the very first YouTubers that provided information on home shop techniques and has a tremendous catalog of videos.
Tubal Cain the author is the pseudonym of Tom Walshaw of England. He was a prolific writer of articles for the English magazine Model Engineer back in the seventies and eighties, many of which were compiled into books along with other new material. He died in 1998.
Good to know. Thanks for the clarification.
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By the way, Dean is still with us as he's a moderator and posts regularly over at:
www.colemancollectorsforum.com
Occasionally he'll make a piece for one of the lantern fellows.
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Tubalcain on Youtube (mrpete222) is Lyle Peterson of Streator, Illinois. Retired shop teacher, still kicking and producing videos. He was one of the very first YouTubers that provided information on home shop techniques and has a tremendous catalog of videos.
Tubal Cain the author is the pseudonym of Tom Walshaw of England. He was a prolific writer of articles for the English magazine Model Engineer back in the seventies and eighties, many of which were compiled into books along with other new material. He died in 1998.
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Tubal Cain also wrote books.
https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/tubal-cain/363361/ (https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/tubal-cain/363361/)
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Tubalcain should be a good follow up for wide spectrum info:
Here's his YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/@mrpete222
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBC69869E8CB708F2
If you click on "Watch on YouTube" in the lower left corner of the video image before you start the video, you will start that #1 video, but also have #1 - #99 listed just to the right of the YouTube screen.
A whole lot of amazing information to be learned here!
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We should have a thread on this board that has links to some of the many resource sites for learning about materials, machines and machining techniques, tips and tricks.
So, I'll start it off with one of my all-time favorites, from a fellow that used to be a regular with us in the much earlier Steam Forum World, though he disappeared from our fellowship some years ago, but who has created many wonderful projects, and shared them in a way that all could learn from. Some of the projects were steam engine builds, and some of them were for building accessories for our machine tools.
Having learned much from him my-own-self, and having successfully built from a couple of his tutorials, I will recommend Dean Williams and his website to you all:
http://www.deansphotographica.com/machining/projects/projects.html