Thank you for the comment. Cam

G'day John and Michelle, I received your stickers on Friday (love the card). Next video I'll give a shout out on my sticker board. Cam

@@camatbattler2233 great Cam look forward to video

G'day CA, hopefully when my foundry building is complete I can get back to using the furnace and post some videos. Cam

@@camatbattler2233 are there any shareable drawings of the melt furnace and lift system?

G'day CA, the drawings I have are stick layouts to confirm the action of the lift. No real drawings unfortunately. Cam

G'day Tom, yep finally got the Victor up and running. Very happy with the result. Rose is very happy to have her 20th Birthday present repaired. Looks like you have been busy in the shop too. Cam

G'day John, I could try that one but after 28 years of waiting I don't think it would fly. Cam

Thanks Max, I did a lot of that type of stuff when I was a young man with a lot of imagination. Where did it all go? Marriage, kids, work etc. Cam

G'day Bob, yep killed two birds with one stone. It did bring back memories of the work I originally put into it. It was all worth it though, coming up to 38 years of marriage. Cam

Thanks Rob. Cheater Bar, where can I get one. The arthritis in my hands is starting to be a pain and any tool that helps that out I'm interested in. Cam

@@camatbattler2233 Hi Cam. I just use a 6" length of small diameter (1/2") steel gas pipe with a bit of knurling on half the length. It also is great to use on the short end of "L" shaped keys where you are using the long section to get into jobs. It's always in my go to drawer :) Much better than trying to use a small shifter. I did a video on it years ago : kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5qQcoKIiL2prMk Cheers Rob

Great thanks Rob, I'm going to make a couple up for different sizes. Cam

G'day Rusty, yep I had some talent when I was a very young man. It's wayned a bit over the years. It did bring back memories though. I've been watching the James Watt micrometer build, a nice little challenge. Cam

G'Day Harry, interesting solution. I'll keep that idea in mind if I ever need to fit a brake to any other machinery. Thanks. Cam

G'day Steve, yep I'm one of those I'm Gunnar get that done when it comes to my wife's little asks but it's done. But it was only 28 years. Cam

G'Day Willem, funny you should say that. The guys at James Officer asked how I was getting home. When I told them I'm catching a bus they found some foam packaging and cut out a cavity in the two halves put the bottle inside with an up arrow on the outside and Gaffa Taped it together. I don't think I would be to keen working around Ammonium Nitrate. Funny though because I work in the Oil and Gas Industry. Cam

Hi Cam, I was responsible for the Instrumentation, Inlec. Nothing organic near the stuff, we couldn't use anti seize on flange bolts etc, made it interesting at turnarounds for maintenance due to the corrosive nature. Always worried me about the heavy concrete blast wall around the Reactor!

G'Day Marley, angling the tool further reduces the rake angle on the front in the direction of feed. I have a straight fly cutter that I tried this tool on, it was like cutting under the skin of a chicken. It skimmed under the surface and didn't create a chip, just created a thin skin. With the angled cutter it creates a nice chip and I can cut deeper with less rake. Cam

@@camatbattler2233 Thanks mate. I assumed that the depth of these finishing cuts would always be less than the radius of the insert to reduce clatter making the approach the same at these shallow depths of cut. I understand that this is not desireable at larger depths of cut but if it was an issue why not use a square insert at 45 degrees or a round insert, both set flat? There seemed to be a lot of extra work to replicate the angle on old style flycutters that were designed for flat sided square HSS toolbits that did not have the advantage of the cutting tip above the tool face.

Hi Marley, the type of tool used was what I had at hand. Its a left hand insert tool the I use vary rarely so I thought I would get some more use out of it in a Fly Cutter. Maybe one day I'll buy a Button Insert Tool and try that but this does exactly what I wanted it to do, leave a brilliant finish on the part when required. Cam

Hi Tom, yep it was a quick easy one but one I've been meaning to make for a long time. Cam

@@camatbattler2233 I know the feeling. Too many shop projects to do and not enough time to get to them all.

Hi DK, yep I'm very happy with it. Cam

G'Day Matty, thanks for looking in mate. Its my first build for quite a while, got a lot happening at home right now so not a lot of time in the shop. I'm very happy with the finish it leaves, 0.5mm is probably about the max I would take buts its great for finishing off parts. Thanks for the push along to do this one. Cam

A button insert face mill of an appropriate diameter takes a lot of beating. Balanced tool, higher rpm, much faster feeds, and much less impact on the part and spindle bearings. Modern ground inserts in modern close tolerance pockets with multiple inserts engaged all lead to a virtually flawless finish in a fraction of the time.

Hi, yep totally agree, a good face cutter with quality proprietary tips does leave a great finish. Yes the unbalanced dynamic of a Fly Cutter can be a problem. My largest face cutter is 80mm diameter. The Fly Cutter will comfortably machine out to a 150mm diameter with a very good result. I think I will only use this where the finish makes the part look good to the eye, for 90% of work I do the facing cutter is fine. Anyway it was a fun project to do on the side. Cam

G'Day Matty, just saw your post. I'm very happy with the final result as you can see. Cam

G'Day Willem, now that's the sort of stuff we can't get here in Australia any more. I used to love making smoke bombs with Potassium Nitrate when I was a kid. This thing if very bulky so I don't expect any failures with it. I am very happy with the finish it leaves. Cam

Thanks twoprop, its going to be great for finishing parts out. Cam

Hi Rusty, its been one of those tools I've always wanted but never got around to making one. All sorted now and I'm pleased with the final result. Cam

Hi Steran50, yep I have seen those units and they look very nice. Maybe something I could look at making in the future especially for machining the larger plate sizes. Doesn't look like it would be a big job. Cam

Thanks Tom, its was good to spend some time doing some of my own project work and take a break from the paid work. Cam

Thanks Graedonmunro. Cam

Thanks for looking in. BTW, nice spread of video's on your channel. Cam

Hi DK, just a heads up it worked out well. Cam

Thanks Rusty, I do enjoy doing the videos but unfortunately other stuff always gets in the way. Cam

Thanks twoprop, next one coming this weekend. Cam

Hi Lequita, so glad you got your daughter out. I hope she is OK. Cam

Spot on, module 1.75 @ 20 Degree Pressure Angle. Cam

Thank you.

OK, would I recommend this unit. Yes, but under certain conditions. The motor was a 7.5hp unit, probably the largest you would use in a standard domestic power supply. This thing creates an enormous amount of heat driving this size motor and I modified the cooling arrangement with the thermal switches. This may have been a trigger for the failure. I think this unit would probably be OK with a smaller motor. Cam

awsome, I just picked up an old Harrison with 3hp 3phase motor, might have to give it a try

G'day Dutchy, I had a very experienced Electrical Engineer look at it. Apart from what is obvious we don't know what other damage may have occurred. It was cheaper and less of a headache to go with what I know works. Cam

Yep, it was good until it went bang and caught fire. Check out one of my latest videos for the story. Cam