An Improved Work Light For The Mini Mill

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

Thanks for all the comments! To those suggesting this job might be better suited to a 3D print, take a look at this short update: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmXGpZqQgNRkbsk

[@thebooduck]

"…back in 2016, when this project started…" this is too relatable 🙃

[@InheritanceMachining]

What a nice, clean build! I especially like how you got into other details besides just machining, like the circuit re-design and anodizing, to get it just how you want. Really neat. This is also my first time watching (not sure why) but your editing and voiceovers are great!

[@toteu00000]

My first time watching too! It instantly reminded me of your channel.

[@charlvanniekerk8009]

Good to see you here !! Unbelievably its my first time too!

[@mobilisinmobili4836]

i sense even more side projects in your videos now :D Love your channel btw

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

Thanks for dropping by @InheritanceMachining! If I'm ever half the machinist or film maker you are, I'll be very pleased indeed 👍 🇬🇧

[@InheritanceMachining]

@@TheRecreationalMachinist You are very kind... but I have a lot to learn yet. That's the beauty of this trade!

[@TrevorDennis100]

I'm watching this process and thinking back a zillion years when I have a UK VHF Amateur Radio license (I was G6HVK). I spent some time and a lot of effort into making a 12 element Yagi antenna, and on completing it, spoke to someone in Holland, and never used it again. To be fair, the normal conversation in such communications is a bit boring - this is what I am using, this is your signal strength - so I went back to chatting to my mates on the repeaters till I got bored with that and found another hobby to obsess about. All these years later, nothing has changed. When people ask what I make in my workshop, I am a bit embarrassed to tell them that, for the most part, I make things 'for' the workshop rather than with the workshop. So I completely understand your putting so much effort into your machine light. And a jolly nice job you have made of it.

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

Don't be embarrassed! From what I've seen we're not alone! There's plenty of us who don't have an overarching reason to make things, but really enjoy the process and so keep doing it. For me, pottering in the garage led directly to a new side hobby, making short films for KZbin. Thanks for watching 👍 🇬🇧

[@janosnagyj.9540]

Man, I really love your content: the quality of filming, editing, your calm voice, and the interesting job itself: everything! All first class!

[@Convolutedtubules]

Agree 100%

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

@@Convolutedtubules Indeed! I could listen to him talk for hours!

[@bencrosskey3241]

Agree. Add some soft instrumental synth-pop and this could How It's Made.

[@Robc509]

Yes wanted to write something similar but you wrote it much better than I could of

[@DrZipZwan]

@@bencrosskey3241 wachted some others of his video with some kind of piano back sound, a pur regale

[@pixels6989]

Thanks to your video, I am learning more everyday about machines.

[@Convolutedtubules]

You too have biscuit tins with paused projects.... Thank you for this very enjoyable video. Great finished product.

[@k9elli]

I have a bunch of mid 2010 projects I’m still working on. No need to remind me every 6 months, I’ll get around to it 👌🏼

[@kennypinkerton5818]

Setting up the milling machine to anything you think is precise... is the ultimate time machine.

[@12345NoNamesLeft]

0:50 Perfect shot, great side by side comparison of light temperature/colour

[@MgBaggg]

Art, the work, the craftsmanship, the video, the results

[@HaxbyShed]

Technically excellent, visually excellent. Just excellently excellent. Just on another level. 😁 Cheers

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

Thanks Paul! Good to have you along 👍 🇬🇧

[@kentuckytrapper780]

Nobody can ever say you half ass a project, great job, great video, keep'um coming..

[@Preso58]

Nice job. You may want to check the pH of your black dye. Mine wasn't creating a deep black. It was a sort of green grey. The pH should be around 6.5 and mine was about 8! A few drops of hydrochloric acid bought it back into range and now it works beautifully.

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

Thanks for the tip. I'll bare that in mind for the next job 👍 🇬🇧

[@myharris]

Really like those jigs to work the bolts - not seen that before. I know now from previous videos of yours to keep a notepad handy while I'm watching! Thanks.

[@billmacfarlane4083]

Brilliant job...I wish I had your steady hands!

[@CTXSLPR]

All Hail the Algorithm for bringing me here for this! I’ve been toying around with ideas for how to do the same thing for my RF-31 since it’s down for a rebuild. Neat trick with the headlight ring.

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

My paused project space currently occupies a double garage. Yet another beautiful video from you

[@jw200]

Excellent video. I can only imagine how much work and time it took to make it. Like and Big Thanks

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

Sometimes it turns into a labour of love 😂 Thanks for your kind words.

[@jw200]

@@TheRecreationalMachinist lol. You're welcome 🙂

[@mrimmortal1579]

I’m not sure why the algorithm never brought me to your channel before. But I’m here now, and that’s what is important, right? Seriously though, this was my first time watching your channel. I hit subscribe as soon as it was over. You seem to be the Jack-of-all-trades type, and I like that. I also enjoyed your content and editing, and the lack of loud annoying background music. Looking forward to your upcoming projects (and also to bingeing your archive)!

[@slowstick86]

Just found your channel and subscribed. Great idea and very well explained. Video is very well done

[@eatenkate]

You've just got such a nice and calming voice, every video turns into a machining fairy tale (:

[@DudleyToolwright]

Beautiful work, with a nice attention to detail. I loved the creative presentation.

[@CGW11]

Impressive and elegant! You are living the dream with that workshop and knowledge.

[@marceloiannini8199]

God! If some parts of your build are half decent, than all of mine’s are 1/1000th decent! Congrats for your dedication

[@ShedBuiltStuff]

Oh dear. I think you must be an alien. No mortal man is capable of that complexity 😢

[@ashesman1]

So satisfying when you build something and it finishes up looking like it was meant to be there’s all along. Really nice work.

[@lbgstzockt8493]

This video is superb, the light came out really nice! I would totally buy one if I owned a mill.

[@MyLilMule]

Brilliantly made. That was a lot of work. Very much the craftsman.

[@joell439]

Stunning and extremely inspiring 👍👍😎👍👍

[@pixels6989]

As always very interesting video. 👍

[@davidsabbagh6815]

Man, that was a hardcore project. No wonder you waited so many years to finish it.

[@johncollier7744]

Once learned a trick from an old engineer about bending small pipes without the risk of kinking. After annealing he would cut the pipe a few inches longer that was needed, crimp one end, fill with water, the crimp the other end so the water was trapped in the pipe. Since water won’t compress any bending of the pipe would be prevented from kinking because of the water. Once the pipe form was set, he would cut off the ends to release the water.

[@jamesinc87]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who stores projects in biscuit tins

[@fliprim]

So many good and interesting processes and ideas. Yep, this was bonkers over the top attention to detail to get shadow free lighting, but boy this was so full of insights. I love the mistakes that are learning moments. Over the top but nothing is wasted in this educational piece. Stunning quality productions. Thank you.

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

Thanks for taking the time to watch 👍 🇬🇧

[@ralphgibson3696]

Thanks for the excellent video. So well done, I didn't feel it was necessary to quick step through any part. I wish I had seen this before I added a ring light to my CNC mill. 🙂

[@ambisinisterengineering5242]

Elegant solutions to problems really nice work as always

[@rawbacon]

Have to keep that in mind if I ever need to bend some tiny brass tubing.

[@charlvanniekerk8009]

An incredibly clean build! I must say I am a bit shocked that its my first time watching one of your videos as their quality are amazing. Thank you for sharing

[@faresalgahtani8745]

You maybe a recreational mechanic, but I really believe you actually make spaceships. You’ve got an incredible range of well honed skills!

[@jonbruford7950]

I got myself a cheap USB ring light from ebay for about a fiver, zip ties onto a bracket that holds the depth stop (and poor mans DRO) on my chester eagle 25. 360 degree lighting in a couple of minutes. brilliant :-)

[@Pushyhog]

lights action camera editing timing filmography , spot on.

[@pjofurey6239]

Skills, and I,m comfortably reassured now I know there is not just me with paused projects and years between progress. Well filmed & narrated.HUZZAH

[@dainius4168]

Top tier content right here

[@MicroMidas]

You've got some serious skills for a recreational machinist! Very clean!

[@nitsan]

Wonderfully over engineered. I like it.

[@sophakpeth4346]

I’ve never seen something so simple yet complicated at the same time. Well done!

[@snowgorilla9789]

And many watching are wondering how we have gotten along with a cheap magnetic flashlight. Great job/s

[@DavidHerscher]

Dang, nice editing, special effects and everything!

[@troy_neilson]

Seriously good job mate. The brass tube is pure class on an already fantastic project!

[@DavidLindes]

Right? Everything else was... something I hadn't necessarily thought of, but seemed straightforward/obvious enough. The brass tube, though, I would certainly not have thought of... though now perhaps I will! I love it!

[@andrewdoherty8847]

You were served up and the title caught my mind. I have just spent 2 days modifying a trailer hitch on the mill. The lighting is behind the tooling. My bandsaw has a light on flex which is also a pain. Do I want new lights? Too right. As I watched I realized what a quality production you offer. Nicely paced, lovely vocals and lighting, informative. A pleasant change from our usual stateside comrades. I subscribed. Re tube bending. Filling it with sugar is a nice twist on the other suggestions. You can dissolve it if need be.

[@philoso377]

Nice presentation. I have like installation came out half success. You’ll know what i mean when you use ER holders and boring head.

[@NiksSofa]

The through hole vias are called "mouse bite". they are put in the tab where the cut out part is still connected to the larger panel during production. They make it possible to (mostly) cleanly break the part out of the panel instead of having to cut it.

[@Sembazuru]

My guess as to why there were residual hole plating in the mouse bites is often for cost cutting reasons some board houses plate all holes instead of having a mix of PTH (plated through hole) and NPTH (non-plated through hole). If you drill all your holes at the beginning before plating the holes that need it then you don't need to have drill bits in your milling machine when milling the profiles for final board shape as the final board shape. Makes for a less expensive milling machine for the final step if it only ever needs one tool instead of having a tool changer to swap between the single size milling bit and a variety of differently sized drill bits.

[@AlexNZL]

@Christopher Elliott they were probably used for testing. They leave them in the panel and then test the whole panel at once.

[@willaiml]

Great craftsmanship

[@gardnep]

Well done, an enjoyable vlog of many techniques that would have taken hours to make and edit. Thanks.

[@kennethtencza9209]

Very clean and professional

[@rickpalechuk4411]

Next project....flux capacitor? Nicely done, thanks for sharing Cheers

[@Ukenick]

Great video. Great pace, so clear and lovely voiceover. Also really nice work.

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

Thanks for dropping by 👍 🇬🇧

[@ncstudio333]

Instant subscription! Super cool work man, love it!

[@すどにむ]

One trick I've seen in watercooling community for bending pipes without kinking was to insert a non-compressible but flexible material, e.g. silicone rod in case with clear plastic tubes. Apparently that works.

[@anands6127]

Machinist with a good knowledge of electronics, superb

[@maxximumb]

This is the first of your videos I've watched. I'm very glad KZbin suggested it. Off to watch more as this one was excellent.

[@rocksolidhugo]

Outstanding material. The content, the filming, the editing, the narrative... Subscribed

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

WAY overkill, stupendous workmanship, a number of disciplines from which I learned quite a few things, great camera work and editing, and narration, and tea making 🙂 When I made the same thing for my 6040 CNC, I used blue foam (My first 3D CNC milling job) and double sided adhesive tape; having a 3D printer now, it would have been straight into SolidWorks, and then 3D printed. But you can be proud of your finished product and its incredible build quality. For my manual mill and manual lathe, drill press and 3D printer, I have found the 30 LED magnetic sewing machine light on a 200mm gooseneck from Amazon for $10 is very flexible, positional and BRIGHT and is the cat's meow.

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

I hope to dip my toe in the world of 3D printing sometime in 2023. Though my record for finishing projects on time isn't all that good! Thanks for watching! 👍 🇬🇧

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

@@TheRecreationalMachinist Might I recommend a Creality Ender 3 V2; now my second printer from a very rudimentary unit, and it prints perfectly and reliably right from the start (you do have to assemble it, but very simple, just make sure to adjust it properly; holds adjustment well). WELL worth the price.

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

That's the model I was leaning towards, though I've some more research to do before I commit. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@roylucas1027]

Great video. I’ve always wanted to fit a ring onto my spindle. It’s on my actual project list now. thank you for the inspiration.

[@leec2106]

I do like what did, I will be adding a ring light to my Harbor freight mill, thank you for the idea.

[@lewisheard1882]

Wow! What a delightful video! A real gem and an instant subscribe.

[@videogalore]

Just found the channel, really enjoyed that (we're a sad lot aren't we!). The camera work and details are fantastic - looking forward to delving through the other videos you have here.

[@hawkie333]

"Fast forward 6 years"…love it!

[@eriks6693]

I really the 3D cad mixed with reality shots, well done. I have my guesses it would be cool to see how you did that

[@davidgillies620]

The light housing looks like a stock part. Very nice job. I don't know what the obsession is in the UK with replicating gas lamps with LEDs, but finding 6500K lightbulbs in the supermarket or even a hardware shop is a nightmare. The CRI of warm whites is execrable.

[@lumotroph]

Wow! So many amazing machining channels these days. Top notch 😊 subscribed

[@ramonching7772]

Paused for 6 years. I can really relate to that. 😊😊😊😊😊

[@h-j.k.8971]

Does make you smile.

[@ollysworkshop]

Hi Matt, like you I've got lots of paused projects, and guess what.... one of them is a ring light for my mill! It's definitely one I need to get on with, as I'm always having to correct the lighting in mill shots in post. I really enjoy the way you put your videos together, very inspiring.

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

Thanks Olly!

[@mp6756]

I enjoyed your video you should have ground yourself a trepanning tool. It affords much more support to the tool below center by following the radius as seen from the workpiece. You could grind a more narrow trepanning tool to reduce the load and feed with the cross slide to finish to size. The light was grear idea and a great design. Thanks for the video

[@homemadetools]

Very thorough and excellent build. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎

[@julias-shed]

I have some of those ikea lamps on my mill they are pretty annoying. Lovely job on the ring mount. 😀

[@samb8414]

This video was so brilliant!!! Thanks for sharing ☺️☺️ I learned so much and suspect I will learn much more from you

[@arthurdent8091]

A masterful build thorougly performed. Kuodoes.

[@bps3374]

Nice work. Nice idea with brass Block & pipe for the Cable. Nice Transmission. Greetz from 🇩🇪 with now Abo 👍

[@rallymax2]

Beautiful work. Beautiful production quality.

[@jimbrideau5802]

Exceptional detail to quality!

[@cyberlizardcouk]

beautifully over-engineered. love it.

[@theprojectproject01]

Gorgeous build, looks grand. Now I'm thinking about putting LED ring lights on some of my old sewing machines!

[@bambukouk]

thank you 👍

[@makingwithsteve]

Found your channel just recently and couldn't help but to watch your entire library within a few days. Love your stuff and hope you keep making more!

[@bikefarmtaiwan1800]

Looks like you deserve even better machines in your shop ;)

[@dan4653]

Nice little video. I have the same problem with my janso lights! I'll subscribe, since you claim to only do a few videos a year!

[@MachiningandMicrowaves]

Very nice! I made a toolpost spindle for the lathe to cut some concentric 0.5 mm wide grooves with a tiny slot drill after giving up trying to grind a tiny trepanning tool. If you make a trepanning tool about 2/3 of the slot width and grind a vertical relief groove in the end, you can sweep the tool sideways without taking wide cuts. The tool only cuts at the outer sections of the front edge, but still cuts a full square-sided groove as you sweep it side to side. I think Joe Pie did a vid about form tools like that a couple of years back. Nice that you resurrected the LEDs

[@daves4026]

Awesome skills

[@ladedk]

Sweet!! I have obe of those ribg lights that I wanted to put a dimmer on, you just saved me all the work of figuring out how to go about it!

[@plunder1956]

Such an interesting & curious project I must check out more of your ideas.

[@bostafani8037]

Fantastic vid

[@jjbarrow8585]

Wow. Great idea, and very cool execution. Thank You.

[@point775volts]

Top notch work through and through!

[@nweston5070]

Love what you made there! I’d have gone straight to the 3D printer to make the housing but yours is far classier… I wonder whether, with a macro lens and your small and large rings, could you do a macro photography setup with bright field and dark field illumination options?

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

I hope to dip my toe in the world of 3D printing sometime in 2023. Though my record for finishing projects on time isn't all that good! Thanks for watching! 👍 🇬🇧

[@ramonmichaud3004]

nice job

[@mattym8]

Very nicely made part and great production value. Just found a new subscription.

[@80MTh]

Good work. Thanks for video. I think that switch should be up position when you turn it on.