Hi Michel. The way you solved the deep threading problem was inspired. As for being unhappy with the surface finish on one part, does it make you wish for a small surface grinder? 👏👏👍😀

Super Glue is an excellent way to hold parts down.

Ask the chicken if it knows the ingredients of Chicken Pot Pie!

Nice work as always Michel. Better to have the little T handle break than the tap break...

I was expecting the solution to the tapping problem to involve the welder... Great stuff! This is great series 👍 🇬🇧

I enjoy your videos where you are using your shaper.

Hi Michel, nice job and a vid, which is a pleasure to watch. Greetings !

Michel why didn’t you just weld an extension on to the tap? Your solution worked as well.

Great to see you back on this project again. I’m thoroughly enjoying the series.

I am about to do this with an old Hercus 9 (Australian made version of a Southbend). I was thinking of using a flycutter rather than an end mill so I could do both sides in one cut. Loved watching how you went about it, has given me some great ideas

Nice job. Now you have given my 'permission' to shorten my drills rather than adjusting the table and losing the setup.

Great solution on the threading 👍 Its really shaping up nicely now.

ENGINEER HERE: Solutions *NEVER* look stupid if they work.

Totally awesome video. I especially enjoyed the little made in Germany competitive comment lol. I wonder if Stephan was watching haha. Gilles

If looking stupid we’re an issue, I’d have been done a long time ago.

This is a really cool project. I immediately wanted to make it as well when he released the drawings. I still hope to get around to it some time soon.

the project is coming along nicely,,, i do watch Dominic!

So far so good,Michel.See you next one.Thank you.

Very nice work. It is coming together now. Looking good

A superb solution to the deep threading problem! Always most satisfying when solved with what is at hand. This is a delightful instrument. 👍👍

very nice work. always enjoy these

Getting there, it's shaping up really nicely. I'm surprised you chopped the shank off a drill but didn't think of brazing an extension onto the tap, though.

My dear friend, you speak English very well and I never have any trouble at all with your accent. Thank you very much for your videos on the many and varied topics. They are always very much enjoyed and much is learned from them.

Nice hack for threading the extra deep hole, Michel.

Nice Michel. Another idea @ 3:20 would have been to turn a taper on the shank of your drill bit, make a corresponding tapered sleeve, remove the chuck and mount directly in the spindle. That would have filled in a couple of weeks and perhaps given ample time for the wayward taps to arrive 😜

G'day Rusty, I liked your method of approach, all went well, & even works like clockwork. Well done, be great to see the completed unit in action 🎬 👏 👍🏻 Ted

could you insert the tap backwards, shaft first in the tapped part of the hole and finish the tapping by backing the tap out the rest of the way? Cheers.

Are you making a spring to keep the Micrometer going ? Kit from down

I tried it and by god it worked! And good news, I come up for parole next month!

I watch him every week.

make your own long tap, very little to go, make a very fine taper and large relief, you should be able to get through the last of it

Great job mate, it’s really taking shape now

I've said it before, " _Where this is a will, There is a way_ " and you found it, well done, the Micrometer is coming together nicely. PS: I got some stickers made and there is one in the mail on it's way to you.

Love this video. . Humor and some wit . . And you almost signed Imagination in ASL (American Sign Language), so very close. So much fun. . glad you share.

As always necessity is the mother of invention. I do look forward to your video on Saturday mornings, here in the southern hemisphere. Good onya

Rusti at the end of the day what you do is your business and if it works and you get a satisfactory result then that is good enough as you have proved many times, the average hobby machinist doesn't have the time or equipment to scrape surfaces but still manages to produce excellent work. I was trained as a machine tool fitter and was taught how to scrape surfaces and then spent the rest of my working life installing, repairing and servicing machine tools and can only remember only once scraping surfaces and that was when I was taught how to do. Modern machine tools are made using very precise machine tools which can grind very precise flat or round surfaces without scraping and and lubricants today have enough stiction to not need pockets to trap oil.

Great job, Michel, and excellent problem solving. It's all coming together really well. I made a 4" riser block for my mill and it has come in handy on a lot of jobs. I don't think your machine is suitable for a riser though. A lowered table perhaps? All the best, Mart.

Nice work Michel. I wondered if there is a long series or pulley tap in that size? But your solution worked anyway. Cheers Nobby

Some excellent problem solving as usual. Does that adapter that you used to drive the tap just happen to fit the tap, or is it purpose made?

Keep up the great work

nice one Michel good to use your imagination to overcome problems👍👍👍👍😉😉😉😉 take care Kev

at 18:10, maybe call them 'Oil Retention Grooves' or add some 'Scraping' marks, or add some "Machine Turning Swirls' like from the '80's. Maybe do it to both pieces?

Adapt and overcome 😃👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I love the practical approach to the work in hand, using old cut off parts, junk stock etc, very frugal. Your sense of humour and comedic delivery is great, a very dry sense of humour! Cheers! SM, a Brit living in Montana,

Bravo. Another obstacle overcome. Have a great weekend. RG in Kentucky.

Imagination is what it takes ! Thanks Rusti.

Awesome job! Very nice!

That's a pretty cool project. I've seen the original that you're copying from on a couple of videos. If I remember correctly, that one didn't have a great finish either. As a matter of fact, I thought it looked a little hacked & thrown together. Maybe he even had a few cocktails when he built it. I think the finish looks fine. The guy at the museum said they had no proof for sure it was James Watt's micometer. Who ever made it, he was good. Good job Rustinox.

Great job Michel, I don't think I've ever seen anyone else (but me) shorten the drill to not move the table...

Happy days Michel, love this series buddy, well worth the wait 👍, thanks for sharing