Mine was also very tight. But what I did was put some whey oil on the collets and just ran them up in there until most of my call seated nice and tight, but not too tight. You are a brave man lol. I probably would’ve tried to buy a precision bore hone

How have they held up?

What a great idea - work smarter not harder! Thanks for the video.

I would really like to see more details on that hammer I really like the way it looks I'd like to see how it's put together..

That's a Great Idea.. Big time saver rigjt there!!I love that treadle Hammer!!!. I was watching you use it and that thing has spool much mass. You don't need a big wide swing.. I'd guess you were using about a 6" thro and the camera was trembling lol..

That looks really good.. I'm sure you had a few hours of thought go into it.. Thank you Mr Bill for showing that hammer off for us!!!

Thanks for an informative video, a good fix, and a good test to prove the efficacy of the fix when questioned. I have been very interested in the 833 for my next mill but noticed something that had been pointed out on another site: that the 833 (incredibly) has no way to lock the spindle when you want to tighten or loosen collets. This seems like a big problem -- well to be fair, just a big annoyance. Every big mill I've worked on has a "real" spindle lock (like Bridgeport) and every small benchtop I've seen has something like wrench flats or (as on my Little Machine Shop mill) a .25" drilled hole for a tommy bar (which has worked just fine for the 10 years I've had that mill). I watched carefully and I didn't see you actually do a tool swap or collet swap, so I'm wondering how *you* handle this. Or am I just missing something here? You're clearly very much more experienced than me: can you see a reason why PM would have omitted either of those simple methods (a true spindle lock, wrench flats, or tommy bar hole) or some other means? And do you see any reason not to remove the spindle again and add wrench flats or a tommy bar hole. Is it a problem (or even an annoyance for you or is there some good way to handle this? Thanks again for great vids -- subscribed!

Very very super

Nice job! Very well thought out and executed.

Great idea Bill and thanks for sharing. Amazing how much power you can generate with the counterbalance principle.

Was there sound to this video?

What size is your exhaust pipe? Does it work well?

Congratulations on the most useless bit of film I ever seen on any form of post driving apparatus,

How does it work? You just hammer it down with the loader?

Why didnt you just get the 5 year warranty service?

Seems to me that it is all about the hammer weight. I have a parallel - but not inline treadlehammer. Never missed that funktion but i'm always searching for more power anyhow

Hey Bill, just thought I’d touch base with you after another year and see how your mill is holding up? Can you share any stories or experiences with your mill? Also, how do you hold or lock the spindle for tool changes? Regards, ScottyB

No es eficiente

You need to adjust the quill set screw for the r8 key way to slide in. Or maybe just turn the r8 collet to line up the set screw

There is also a set screw in there that was probably preventing the collet from seating

Best I've seen. Great work! Would love to see your plans. God bless.

nice work!

Nice build. You should slightly round off the corners or something to reduce the 90degree corners on the cutting surface plate. Just to prevent an “ ouch” if bumped in to.

now that's just overkill and over designed to do something so simple.

Thank you, now I know how to forge a anchor.

Judging from the size of the chips, you increased the ID of the spindle bore by much more than .001-.002. Glad it worked out for you.

Good information. Enjoyed the video.

Glad that I found this video Bill. I have come into possession of a rather heavy swage block for free from the school I work at and your video has helped to crystallize some ideas that were floating around in my mind. Thanks for sharing this video and the ideas contained within. Mark

You mentioned you had some spindle problems, what issues did you have with the spindle?

Hey Bill, how bout a mill walk around? It’s very hard to find any information about this mill. We need a review!

Well done Bill!

Can I ask what winch you used for this and if it is available to purchase somewhere? I am acquiring a 240lb swage block and this sort of system is really brilliant. Thanks for the video!

Thanks BentFingerGarage!

Looks surprisingly sturdy. Very clever solution.

Very cool Bill. Thanks

seems pointless without springs. you're storing energy, but only for the upswing. downswing is decelerated by counterweight, not great.

Where did you get the winch?

i've seen others do this the shorter way and now yours with the 10-1 ratio , this looks a lot more friendly , thanks for posting , its gotta be better than my way of board with a heap of nails hammered in over a pencil sketch .. cheers for Oz

www.dropbox.com/sh/v7ekzqtfym82z8w/AACbNLtL5eANCqGgQFrrLvUSa?dl=0 This is a link to the plans. You need to modify them to fit your block.

Seems like a lot of fiddling around just to move a 200 lb swedge block. LOL Hope you don't mind me borrowing your idea.

Thanks...been looking for something like this

brilliant idea

how heavy is the block

A good idea. I've thought about doing this sort of thing myself sorta like a sideways fly press.

as built as this is it looks like it wouldn't take much to add power to it.

Does this hit as hard as it looks like it does?

This thing is ingenious. Nice job!

Thanks! I enjoy designing and making tools. The guillotine was fun because it was easy to make. The hammer was a great project but took almost 2 months to complete.

Thanks!

Nifty....good vid.