Balanced Arm part 4 (Mini Pallet)

After finishing my balanced arm camera mount in my last video...I promptly broke it. In the process of fixing it, I went down the side project rabbit hole and made a mini pallet fixture plate and some small toe clamps.
Videos referenced:
Flowering Elbow: Heat Treating Aluminum: • Heat Treating Aluminiu...
Joe Pie: Is It Impossible to Move a Hole in a Piece of Metal?: • Is It Impossible to Mo...
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I promise I'll still mostly make stuff out of rusty junk and not just buy shiny things with your money.

[@Man-in-da-shed]

And now I know what a fixture pallet is. You must have the patience of a saint.

[@Cole-xq2tl]

This channel is fast becoming one of those that i actively look forward to seeing new uploads from. You get better at your videography with each new upload

[@brice489]

Same. It fills a void left by This Old Tony.

[@philmenzies2477]

That auto tap feature was pretty good

[@jeffanderson4979]

Pallets are very handy. I find myself drilling and tapping new locations as the job dictates. Well done sir.

[@rallymax2]

1/4 pins with larger heads is a nice solution to the bolt clearance problem. The camera shots are already looking better. Thanks for going to the effort to make the stop motion tapping.

[@624Dudley]

Hand up for liking the automatic tapping! 👍

[@RotarySMP]

Nice Projectitis interlude. .

[@mumblbeebee6546]

Hi Jeremy, one of the words people (at least here in the UK) use without thinking is: pleasure. Your videos for me are reliably a pleasure to watch. Thank you!

[@Engineerd3d]

That is a nice looking mini pallet.

[@Warped65er]

Your experience in pouring/casting is paying off, and is pretty good to me. Thx for the vid.

[@jdmccorful]

Enjoyed watching the creations. Thanks!

[@kilipoheikekanilehua4049]

I really enjoy your videos. Hopefully the camera mount will make them easier to make. Also, thanks foe posting on the week day. So many of the channels I subscribe to only post on the week ends.

[@yeagerxp]

Good job 👍👍👍Thank you for sharing. 🇨🇦

[@pyromedichd1]

I have the same Index Model 40 you have and your comment about it not having a quill stop got me to thinking about how one might make one and it occurred to me that a collar could be made that fits on top of the spindle above the pulleys and is clamped in that area at whatever point you want the spindle to stop. I haven't actually looked closely at my mill to check feasibility but I thought I'd toss the idea out there.

[@fairstnaimelastenaime1346]

next project: surface grinder

[@desertTooHot]

15 minutes in... Oh yeah the thing you were gonna initially do. LOL

[@CraigsWorkshop]

Nice work Jeremy, I enjoyed the detour into mini-pallet territory. One or two of those is also a back burner project for me. Thanks, Craig

[@ArcAiN6]

If you're going to cast aluminum, you should de-gas it right before the pour. you can do this by bubbling argon, or nitrogen through the molten metal after removing the dross and oxides from the top right before pouring.

[@GoPaintman]

Did anyone else blow at their screen instinctively to clear the chips when he was drilling the holes for the plate?

[@N.Cognito]

Every hold should be reamed at the top and tapped at the bottom. Ream them a bigger size than the threads. If you need the pin put it in the top. Or if you need the bolt it just goes a little bit deeper.

[@joell439]

My hero 👍👍😎👍👍

[@Rustinox]

Well, watching this, I really didn't mind being on a tripod :) This wavy finish you have is a typical shaper finish. I never figured oud why shapers do that. Some say its because of the teeth on the bull gear that give an uneven cutting speed, but I'm not convinced.

[@ChristophLehner]

The scrap drawer makes me jealous. The replacement casting came out really nice! Next time try to use a smaller sprue, since it appeared your flow of Aluminium was interruped from what i can tell from the video. I am glad you didn't break your camera when the arm failed.

[@older-wiser-better]

Cool 😎

[@sprovost69]

Complementary project: Threaded (5/16-18) 1/4 inch pins

[@gustavogiorno3122]

Drilling a lot of holes. Well, that's boring... 😂

[@piccilos]

Might have been able to just tap some holes in the back and bolt it to a plate.

[@_Hanover_]

Do you magnet fish for your rusty metal?

[@JeremyMakesThings]

I don’t actually. Some does come out of the river, but this stuff was from the scrap/stock pile at a blacksmith shop auction.

[@kentuckytrapper780]

👍👍👍..

[@musicmaneman38]

Check out Quinn's video about low profile side clamps. This might help with the pin issue. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2bTiGeGedtpgLc

[@kristenwill57]

When you doing your casting why did you can't you in large the in take holes for better follows of the metal

[@JeremyMakesThings]

Larger holes cause turbulence which traps air and oxide film in the metal. It’s better to keep than as small as possible so they stay full while pouring.

[@JonathanSteinert]

At 19:16 were you trying to say something? We can't hear you if you were.

[@robertschmidt6383]

Instead of casting why not just cut the parts out of a steel chunk?

[@JeremyMakesThings]

Because I had a lot of scrap aluminum and wanted to learn to cast things.

[@robertschmidt6383]

@@JeremyMakesThings I get why you wish to do it. I would of just not do it. Good luck 👍

[@gustavogiorno3122]

Drilling a lot of holes. Well, that's boring... 😂