Index of Shop Videos, in approximately chronological order (Page Five)
Many of the Videos From 2015
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| X DRO cover & Table Covers | A brief look at the covers made for mill table and particularly the exposed X-axis DRO slider and scale. |
| Air Drier Idea & Rotary Table Chuck | Pondering a scheme for an in-line air drier and, work towards a small chuck fit on a rotary table. |
| In-Line Air Drier Scheme | Using a 2" dia iron nipple length, end-caps and some internal screening etc, for holding desiccant. |
| 3" Chuck, Backplate Fitting. | Fitting a backplate to a 3" chuck, for mounting on a small 4" rotary table. |
| Odds'n'Ends, Update | Shop delays recently - heat and the old back - just a look at possible projects ahead. |
| Lathe Ways Chip Wipers | An attempt to make a set of four chip wipers for 'Vee' rails. First try! |
| Toolpost Oil Lube Mount | A fairly simple way to mount a gravity fed oil drip to a tool holder. |
| New Compound Gib Plate | We make a new gib plate to replace one that was dimensionally compromised in thickness ('fat' middle section). |
| Acute Tool Sharpen Kit | A look at this kit of parts - to make a small and simple, but useful, cutter/grinder on a budget. |
| A Welding '3rd Hand' | Made up out of what we had - enough to finish up with a useful addition to the weld bench. |
| Z-axis Power Experiment | Make up a drive dog and try out a very under-sized motor. Predictably inadequate - wiper motor next perhaps. |
| Harbor Freight Hydraulic Punch | A first try-out of this device - which seems to do the job at reasonable cost. Mainly occasional use. |
| Chuck Jaw Soft Liners | Simple but functional liners from Al for 3-jaw. Some problematic editing - old man's head in the way! |
| Acute Sharpening - Part 1 | Work on the components to build the main table assembly. |
| A Great Dovetail Cutter | This tool was made by Randy Richard and is truly excellent. Great job Randy. |
| A Thread Repair | We took in a large steering pin with end thread damage - cleaned it up successfully in the lathe. |
| Acute Sharpening - Part 2a | First stage of work on the parellelogram aspect - mainly lathe turning initially. |
| Acute Sharpening - Part 2b | Second stage of work on the parellelogram aspect - mainly parts milling, and assembly. |
| Portable Bandsaw | Checking out a budget import portable bandsaw. |
| Bits-01 | A look through some mainly more recent acquistions. |
| Vise Stop #2 | Making a simple stop for the small mill vise - function being the main requirement. |
| Rotary Table Stabilizer | An addition to the small 4" table to remove a very slight lift problem on one side. |
| "David & Goliath"! | Some new items received plus - the reason for the title! |
| Spindexer Tweaks | Machining and slotting the base of this simple divider tool. |
| Hole Pattern Test | Prior to setting up a chuck backplate, we do a coordinate data-set drill pattern to check accuracy. |
| Extending Rotary Table Shaft | Extra clearance needed when on mill table - extended shaft and added bar and extra handle. Plus mistake! |
| Bits - 02 | Couple of new items, a tiny engine gift and rotary table mounted to mill table. |
| The Weird Thread | We try to match an atypical thread form - and make up a dummy male version for testing. |
| Temporary X/Z drive. Part 1 | First half of work to enable a simple short-term fix for powering X and Z axes. |
| Lathe Drive Repair - Success! | Problems with lathe motor and vari-speed pulley meant a strip down and fix. |
| Temporary X/Z drive. Part 2 | We complete this hare-brained project! It does the job, sort of. |
| Chuck Backplate Adaptation, Pt 1 | Early work on modifying a backplate to use for a new chuck. |
| Chuck Backplate Adaptation, Final | Completion of the backplate - threading, hole pattern and setting up. |
| Drill Press Clamps | We add some extra details and explanation to these. |
| Bits - 03 | Re-check the tweaked new chuck, plus some more recent acquisitions. |
| Gooseneck Adapters | Making adapters to allow fitting of a gooseneck to a mag base. |
| Bits - 04 | Some newer tooling items, plus a short bike tour in the area. |
| Fixture Plate Part One | Machining a small 1/2" Al plate ready to drill & tap a hole pattern. |
| Old Man's Lament | Just a bit of holiday fun with a poem and accents! |
| At The Reloading Bench | A look at the bench and, reloading a couple of 45-70 rounds. |
