Rotary Table Chuck Mount : Let's make one!

[@pottervi]

I love that you showed your mistakes. It happens to everyone, and seeing other people make mistakes helps some people to not get discouraged

[@ozzyfranf]

"I Wanted To Make it" That statement is what makes you awesome!

[@PatrikHirvinen]

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[@crichtonbruce4329]

Probably what I enjoy most about our craft is the adventures of problem solving with minimal, undersized tools, and "unsuitable" materials. I just SO enjoy watching Brooke's work for this reason. She shows' it all: mistakes, setbacks, and successes. Plus she is a really gifted teacher and presenter.

[@apapaso]

Fun tip: overheated motors cool down quicker and safer by letting them to run for a while without load. Stopping them may actually be detrimental, because of the residual heat on the coils.

[@stevelescom4336]

I like the fact that you show issues in real world problems that happen during machine work ..some ppls vids edit out these problems and make text book vids which trick us into thinking its just so easy ... Thank You ...............

[@jamessmythe8608]

Blondie, You do a fantastic job with your "thinking out loud" while you work which makes you an excellent instructor. Thank you for producing these videos! I always learn a lot from your videos.

[@rogerfox2995]

As a novice I find the mistakes and errors you show to be so valuable and more educational than those vids that show perfection from start to finish. Thanks.

[@waldemarii]

DC motors typically have slight timing so when running backwards the current is coming late to the winding.

[@dougtenney1029]

Thank you. I'm an old guy, but I learn so much every time I watch one of your videos.

[@michaelschwartz9485]

The more videos I watch, the more I like you and your channel! I'm not a machinist. I worked in a machine shops inspection and a little bit on a Monarch VMC. I'd really like to get a mill, lathe and few other machines. I'm learning so much from you and the entertainment is great! Thank you for your hard work on the videos!

[@trevorjones2473]

Quinn, I absolutely love your humility, owning up to your calculated errors, or in other words, cock ups!. I recently made a similar adapter to yours albeit a 3 tee slot table to a 4 bolt 4 jaw chuck and encountered the same issues that you did. However, as you know, concentricity with a 4 jaw chuck is not a problem. Please keep the videos coming.

[@BenVonHandorf]

Blondihacks video beats whatever thing I was working on before it popped up!

[@seansysig]

Time for a bigger shop and bigger mill & lathe. You've officially outgrown your small machine shop. It was inevitable. Great content and voice over information is outstanding.

[@nohphd]

Somehow through the magic of the KZbin algorithm I arrived here. I’m tremendously impressed with the quality of both your narration and your work.

[@rickcromwell7800]

Its very valuable to me that you show your mistakes in the process of making your projects.

[@mariellecb1]

Impressive! Way to push the boundaries of the hobby-level tools.

[@grizzlyrideemwet1698]

Having been a pilot, I’m a fan of acronym based checklists to remind me to not forget to tighten clamps, locks, etc. For lathe and mill Inuse the same one, SLOW. S-Safety glasses, sleeves L-Locks such as quill lock, table lock, carriage lock, set or free appropriately O-Obstructions, nothing in the way of table feed or chuck rotation (and chuck key out) W-Workpiece securely clamped

[@DonalKavanagh1963]

So i only found your channel recently and watched only a few posts of yours, but so far, you are now one of my favourites. I love your humour, presentation and details. Keep up the awesome work. I am so glad I found you.🙂🙂

[@TheTacktishion]

"Always double check those clamps".... Good lesson!!!

[@bruceraggett4506]

I forget the vertical slide clamps on the mill sometimes and that causes problems in more than one axis.

[@rexmyers991]

As usual, I learned a lot. Your patience is impressive and your ingenuity is even more impressive. Thanks, Quinn.

[@sonovoxx]

07:35 The ticking might possibly be one of the commutator lands now standing a liiiitle bit proud of where it should be and rubbing on the brushes as it passes. Swap in the new motor and do a light pass on the commutator, satisfyingly using the new motor to fix the old, which should stop it prematurely chewing through brushes.

[@AMRosa10]

Would this also apply to a Brushless DC motor, which is the motor type that Quinn's lathe is equipped with?

[@jimsvideos7201]

Here I was just about to go downstairs and make some content for my new machining channel (for which you have certainly been an inspiration) but I found this just in time 😀

[@VintageCraftsmanTools]

I learned how to use lathe, cut, how to choose bits, and many other things by watching your Channel. Thank you for sharing and keep up the good work.

[@antonalv4562]

Your explanations are really good, clearly understandable and a pleasure to listen even for a non English-speaking native.

[@bobuk5722]

Ah, a 'bleep' moment! I have those. More than I think you do Quinn! Best wishes. BobUK.

[@trackerdan1]

How can a video have only 3 views but have 14 likes??? No matter, another neat experience from Blondihacks!! Thanks!

[@tgfcujhb7583]

YT paradox

[@Al-Fiallos]

I agree with you on the premise that, if you want to learn, the best way is to make as many of your own tools as possible. A dual benefit being learning and cost control. Kind regards, I subscribed and tagged the bell.

[@kingofcastlechaos]

I adore you and your work. You are honest and genuine about sharing the good, bad, and ugly of the process. The retightening redux, redux.... comedy has moved my funding you via Patreon to the top of the list. I have to figure something out, you provide tremendous value and I need to pony up. Update- Your new rockstar is glad to do his part.

[@johnlanham9057]

Strong Work, Quinn. You’re a warrior on improvised precision. 😁👍🏻

[@PoolCNC]

What a demanding project for the existing machines. The challenges were high but your competence was able to finish the project successfully! This video among the many from you impressed me! You will get a new patreon this week👍

[@robertwalker7457]

Thanks for the review on the bandsaw too. I was thinking of getting one for Christmas, I will now.

[@brianjohnson2059]

You are a Hoot, I smile all the way through your videos.

[@robertpearson8798]

I agree completely about the 4 X 6 bandsaws. A little tweaking and they can do very good work. I have a friend who has one that's 30+ years old and it's virtually identical to my 2 year old one (with fewer plastic parts). No design stays that unchanged for that long unless it works well.

[@JohnMcClain-p9t]

My wife called me in the eighties, to say there was a pickup truck loaded with such tools at the plumbing shop she did books at, and I bought one of those saws for less than two hundred bucks, still using it, rebuilt it a couple times, more accurate than when I bought it, better ball bearings now.

[@devster52]

I have been planning on doing the same project and since I have the same PM lathe and mill you have done a lot of the headache stuff for me. The only thing I will change is that I will go cheesy on material and use aluminum. It is cheap and readily available due to all the aircraft production work in the area I live. It also cuts so easy. It won't be as classy as iron but I think it will do the job. Thanks for all the hard work and head scratching!

[@Tasarran]

Seeing how you recover from mistakes is the best part

[@martinhansen2315]

Probably due to the consistency of the issues in a small workshop, but again you have chosen to demonstrate another project on my to do list. The only difference on my ''process flow" would be to fit the plate to spindle nose prior to final machining of the face to maximise alignment to key features (probably not required but it makes me feel better). Also I must say that your comment on the "limitation of small machines" always makes me smile as you machines are significantly larger to the Unimat based ones that I use.

[@peterfox2565]

Nice work on the adapter plate. I have a grizzly 6" rotary table that is almost identical. I bought a 6" 4 jaw that has through holes for mounting and just bolted it directly to the rotary table. It was really simple works really well.

[@gagasmancave8859]

Lovely project Quinn its good how you demonstrate pushing your tools to infinity and beyond. Think we've all had the oops forgot to tighten the nuts

[@smellsofbikes]

What a beautiful result, and seeing how you recover from problems is really instructive.

[@flick22601]

Glad I found your channel. I love it when you make mistakes and show or describe alternative ways to continue on with the project.

[@michaelrandle4128]

This time next year I can envisage an ABOM size lath in your workshop, no matter what machine you buy it's always just not quite big enough. Regards from the UK and thanks for sharing

[@Steviegtr52]

Also i love the way you show your mistakes. I get told off on the model engineering forum often for showing my mistakes , or as I call them .Bloopers.

[@victoryvisiontour]

I like how you show your mistakes and explain what happened. That is very educational for me. Thanks!

[@TheTacktishion]

Wow, we had a cameo appearance of the real Quinn a 16:09 without the DuRag and those blackrim safety glasses. You should let us see the "real you" more often. Even MrPete shows up "on camera" now.... Another good video BTW...!

[@brucec954]

Good tip about using angle plate in Horizontal bandsaw. Always hard to hold things in them other than cutting off lengths from long stock.

[@phillipyannone3195]

Patients and perseverance wins in the end. I had to chuckle when you keep going back and retighten the hold down bolts. Reminded me of a co-worker that left a drain plug loose. Every once in a while I would see him going out to the parking lot with his drain plug wrench.

[@richardspees841]

Nice job. Love your "I'm going to do this" attitude, perseverance, and ingenuity.

[@skipgoryews1356]

That was brilliant ! very well done ! your skill and tenacity pulled you through . just great congrats ! Skip from Texas

[@llapmsp]

Very nice work. You are truly a very talented person. I enjoy your videos very much, so keep doing what you do.

[@henritheron3050]

Yay! I was getting worried I was running out of your videos after binge watching them all 😂

[@TheFreshmanWIT]

2 Future projects for you!: 1- Replace the fuse with a resetable circuit breaker. 2- Upgrade to a bigger DC motor :)

[@Al-Fiallos]

You teach by example, yet at the end of the day, you teach. Thank you, I learn much from watching you.

[@bobuk5722]

Me again. I have a similar lathe, next size up I think. I installed two fans. One to cool the electronics, the other to cool the motor. At slow speed the integral motor fan does not provide much airflow. I used a bathroom fan over run timer to keep the fans going for five minutes after the motor had been stopped. It has worked a treat. There was very poor heat sinking on some of these Chinese DC motor lathe motor controllers leading to blown MOSFETS and I fixed that as well with a purpose built assembly of aluminium bar and box section. No trouble to date as a result. Bit fiddly to install, I labelled all the wiring before disconnecting to get the control board out. Tip - do not use heat print labels - ask me how I know! BobUK

[@christopher9156]

Awesome Job Quinn. You are a pleasure to watch and listen to. A good laugh for me as well, check, check and re-check. Love and admiration for you.

[@photohounds]

Meticulous, no stupid music, good narrarive and fun to watch and learn - thank you :)

[@yambo59]

Great job doing that plate on this size lathe, Kudos for patience and inventiveness-!!

[@jonshank9572]

That's good work making the tools stretch their limits. That has to be satisfying when you realize it came out right. Love your videos keep 'em coming, they're a bright spot in my weekend alot of times.

[@johnvine5731]

Angle plate. Bandsaw. Awesome. Yeah, the 4x6 bandsaw is one of my greatest purchases of all time.

[@steamsearcher]

We both have the same MILL and mine has been giving me problems like a burnt out motor and then a Gear breakage!!! A belt drive is in the planning giving faster and slower. This hopefully giving more torque. I converted our EMCO to this spindle nose and at the same time putting the plate further out. This now means that my fingers can get behind and do up or undo the nuts. Enjoying as usual. David and Lily Reading England.

[@danielattencio579]

Having small machines can cause a lot of extra work, but it can be fun and challenging. Don't forget to tighten the clamps. It's like juggling, eventually you are going to drop the balls. Be on the lookout for more space and bigger machines. I realize it is more money but it's also more peace of mind. Actually I really loved this video. Your creativity alone is a 10+ especially after lunch. Danny

[@AdeSwash]

I had a chuck with the oiler protruding like that, I just tapped it in further using a bit of brass tube

[@xmachine7003]

Or...appropriate sized socket...

[@BinaryClay]

Thanks for that video. Great to see someone managing too large work for their machines - I learned a lot more from this than I would have if it was made on a big mill/lathe

[@stancloyd]

As a retired plant operator I had access to steam blank-off plates for cast pieces such as this. The city frowned on borrowing man hole covers. My 6-to-5" plate is A-36 steel but my 5" chuck is...cast iron, and my Grizzly 6" table is... cast iron. Damping is nice but some times it's: "race what you brung". (south-eastern US dialect)

[@timnell207]

The drill was a “bit” on the large side. Lol, you didn’t even catch your own pun.

[@KarlRosner]

I play a miniatures game called Warhammer 40k, and one of the factions it is called 'Imperial Fists'. When ever I hear Quin say 'Standard Imperial Fist Shake' it crosses my wires for a moment and I imagine one of those guys shaking their fist at the work instead.

[@pixelkatten]

The standard Imperial Fist fist shake is the same as the no. 3 Astartes fist shake, as outlined in the codex.

[@ProfLuisHerrera]

You almost burned the lathe! You're a monster! LOL, i love your videos!

[@johnantliff]

When I wanted to make a face plate for my Chinese No. 17 Lathe factory tool room lathe I realised that I could utilise a 20 Kg barbel weight purchased from a Cash Converters shop for $20 NZ. It had enough meat in it to make a reasonably thick 300 mm diameter face plate although I did find a couple of voids whilst machining it which I subsequently welded up and ground down when I surface ground it later. Thank you for showing your problems, I often wonder if anyone else forgets to tighten up things like I do. Thank you also for revealing the designation of my spindle - I had not been able to identify it until I saw this video.

[@JConabike]

I wish…you are just the most interesting channel. I can’t believe I just found your channel. I’d take a year long course from you without hesitation.

[@charlesbrewer6552]

I really like you approach to cutting the over-sized stock in the band saw and hacksawing it to finish the cut. Thanks for that one.

[@Gavreeli]

My Harbor Freight bandsaw is a surprisingly good work horse. I don't use it all that much but I'm glad it's there when needed and it hasn't let me down. I guess it works and they have been in production for decades. All I would do to improve it is add a hydraulic feed control and coolant, but I'm mostly work with tubing so those upgrades aren't necessary.

[@russelldold4827]

I "believe" the durabar is technically cast iron produced by a continuous casting process. It certainly machines like cast iron. Subject to higher education 😉

[@AnthonyHandcock]

I always get it confused with rebar. This has led to some baffled looks during my on-again-off-again career on the building sites. Not so much during my career as a machinist as I've never had one. In my defence reinforcing bar is at least a bar and you want it to be durable... Well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

[@russelldold4827]

@@AnthonyHandcock Simple mistake, although you wouldn't want a structural engineer making it. Rebar is steel, has a much higher tensile strength and is much less brittle than durabar, which is why you'd never use it as reinforcing in concrete.

[@russelldold4827]

Just made a grammatical error. I should have said: Durabar would never be used to reinforce concrete because it is brittle and has low tensile strength.

[@JoeMorrison]

Durabar is actually a family of continuously cast cast irons and they produce it as gray and ductile irons as well as one grade of high nickel corrosion resistant iron. They are a very convenient choice when you want to make parts from bar stock, but they need to be cast iron. One problem with durabar is that there significant difference in cooling rate between the OD and center of the bar which causes variation in hardness. This variation isn't as significant as the skin of a sand cast part, but it is much deeper than the sand cast skin and frequently causes machining issues.

[@AnthonyHandcock]

@@russelldold4827 Compared to some of the catastrophic constructions cock-ups I've seen, and in some cases been responsible for, using cast iron wouldn't be that surprising :-)

[@DAKOTANSHELBY]

Blondi, yes. I have a HF bandsaw that came with cabinet base. It once fell over due to my neglegence and the plastic motor end cap, plastic fan, plastic electrical union box all shattered into pieces! HF does not sell those items separetly, but Jet does! And in metal! Except the fan blades. I ordered them all from Jet and they were perfect replacement parts and of superior material. Like you said, depending on which color ( bandsaw) you have ( brand). It does an amazing job for the price, and I bought mine with the classic January discount coupon. Love your vids and commentary. Carl - West Michigan USA

[@VoidedWarranty]

I'm jealous of your power cross feed when I have to do stuff like that

[@PowerPete999]

Double check three times! Love it.

[@othoapproto9603]

I drilled and tapped my chuck jaws for set screws that will push the stock out. Makes it real easy to dial out the discrepancy. One trick I do to ensure I always tighten the setup is I altered the mill power switch with a hook to hold the wrench. So when I go to turn on the mill BAM it reminds me.

[@jimkim6389]

We don’t make mistakes but we often think of a better way to accomplish the task. Thanks for the video I enjoy them very much.

[@simonm6856]

I forgot to tighten the turret head bolts up many years ago and couldn’t understand why I couldn’t get anything square and had a terrible finish on every job! Took a month to figure it out😂

[@douglasbattjes3991]

Love your channel and that pink, rose colored tool box, very very cool Quinn 👍👍👍👍

[@holgerreimer8321]

Hi....i have the same Item. After 2 Years i buy this System completed. Your Adapter is great! Congratulions

[@stepcorngrumbleteats7683]

I've got a Aluminum slug I keep around to make me remember just this lesson...Very out-of-round, also the upper and lower faces are not parallel...humble and checking thrice are both parts of a set...Thank U for Sharing...Great job !!

[@ironindica7342]

Birthday gifts to self are always the perfect gifts! 😁

[@drahcirtmd3924]

Now my Saturday is complete! I’ve been going through your older teaching series’ and have really enjoyed them. Very informative and I love your humor. Awesome stuff!

[@LaddGardner4]

Super fun to watch, Quinn~ (check those clamps again). :)

[@robertmiller8210]

Great video. I leaned something new almost every minute watching it. Also, omg, that was way too funny, "I'll put chamfers on it because that what's separates us from the animals". That was great, how true! Keep up the great work and thanks for making this video.

[@lloyd4768]

Have you thought of trying to tap the oiler down???

[@clintchapman4319]

Nice work Quinn! It's funny watching you have all the same issues I had doing the same projects that you've done. I sure wish I had a shop with full size machines... Adapt and overcome!

[@DisabledParkHopper]

Well done. I had done something similar about 10 years ago for a dividing head. It worked well and it was beyond the limits of my machines at the time so I had to make some strange jig attachments to get things working! But it was a success in the end! Total runout over 18 inches was only .0025!

[@TravelinPilsburys]

Cool project. I'm fascinated by your troubleshooting and problem solving process. I'm learning a new way to think. :)

[@tooltimechris7217]

So happy you shared this! I’ve been avoiding this project for a while, but I really need one for my Rotary table! Nice project to start when I finished the lathe!

[@batmanacw]

Loosen the T nuts and dial in the part you are working on to the rotation of your rotary table just like you dialed in the chuck. No need to dial in the rotary table first. You can do it on the bench. Then dial in the part centered on the spindle. This will completely eliminate the chuck run out. Each time you put a new part on the table you check run out to the table rotation and dial in. Then center on the spindle. Dead perfect each time.

[@waynethomas1726]

What I kept doing was wherever you did something really impressive or just something I wanted to comment on I came down and typed it in before I forgot it. And now I've got a short novel going here. I really wanted to commend you on your "workaround" with angle plate in the band saw! That really impressed me. I had a lot more to say about that situation but I'm going to cut almost all of it out because I wanted to comment on how you did a "spring cut" with the boring bar upside down and it made a crappy finish. I have one of those really old 12" Craftsman/Atlas model 101. And I'll get a great finish sometimes and crap one another time and I really don't know what is causing either. Like, I never really know if I had been pushing the tired old lathe too hard or was a doing the operation wrong... I went to college for engineering and it required the full machine tool sequence but that was MANY years ago. So I'm brand new but worse. I remember stuff but not clearly enough! LOL I haven't been following you in earnest for very long but wow, I'm learning a lot from you and fast. You really seem to know how to work smart! Even when you totally screw up you somehow save the day! Thanks so much for putting these up for us. I didn't realize how little I actually knew! LOL Especially when I used to know quite a bit! In designing tooling I was determining machining processes and in what order by way of how it was designed. The machinists liked me because I'd explain why I designed it and they were totally fine with me doing all the head scratching work for them. LOL But, if you don't use it, you lose it! That is a fact. PS, I tried to donate on your patreon but it wouldn't allow me to do a one time thing. I don't do automatic monthly anything. The only way I could have done it is if I went back in and canceled before May 1st. I can't do that. If you know a way around that or maybe can just accept a check in the mail I'd gladly pitch in because I genuinely enjoy and appreciate your content and work.

[@thegripworks2419]

Hi Quinn You also get chucks with through holes, so you dont need a back plate for rotary tables. You can bolt straight through. You save a lot of precious vertical real estate.

[@Blondihacks]

Yup

[@mitchmonnett468]

If you rotated your four hole pattern 45° you will knock off about 2 inch of travel on a 6” circle so it will probably fit on your smaller machine. The bolt hole capability on your DRO would've saved you quite a bit of time and having to re-pick up the part. xy move of 2.23 approximately then just go from -2.23 to +2.23 and repeat the moves one access at a time. There's always more than one way to skin a cat lol. Yes yeah

[@OMB-hq6lm]

I thought you were about to say " So I put a bigger fuse in" 🤣

[@BrianFullerton]

Could wrap it with foil...I generally try to incorporate that step prior to smoking my motors. Saves on the cost of the bigger fuse.

[@johnnosawyer6423]

Never be tempted to do that.

[@giantpune]

@@BrianFullerton back in the day, we had one of these glass tube fuses blow in a car. My grandpa found a twist tie in the trunk and used that to replace the fuse to try and get us back to civilization. About 5 miles later, the paper on the twist tie lit up like a candle under the dash.

[@howder1951]

Great in!novation on your band saw, it is amazing what a cup of coffee and a sandwich (or a donut) can do. I find that you love to challenge yourself, and it works to bring out the best for you. Great work again Quinn, cheers! Bu the by, I enjoyed the cantwist clamp build and got a kit last week, thanks.

[@johnnosawyer6423]

Congrats on the final accuracy outcome. Talk about taking things to the limit.

[@d455ave]

DC motors are often designed to run in primarily one direction. When this type is run in reverse, it would not be as powerful / efficient / or both. They can be built neutral - running the same in either direction also. The angle of the brushes in relation to the stator poles is one variable. The other is if they have compound windings.

[@charlescamen5225]

Hi Quinn, thanks for another informative video. in cutting a short slug of steel on the band saw, what works for me is to tack weld a block of scrap steel on the rough side of the slug and then hold the slug in place using the block in the jaws of the band saw.

[@johnwhitty1236]

I use a small desktop room air circulating fan, probably about 9inch diameter, at the side of my lathe aimed at the motor, this always keeps it cool it will run for loads of hours without heating much. I also have a battery digital thermometer sitting on tiny shelf slightly above lathe, the sensor for it is stuck to motor body with a paste adhesive. It gives me a good idea of temperature from cold start to normal running temp, I allow about 30degree raise above starting temp, lathe used to get hot before I done this setup. As a proof that it works, use the lathe with fan turned off, when it starts getting hot turn fan on and see temp dropping quiet a lot with lathe still running, but that's only an experiment to prove it works, i always use fan once I turn lathe on, and I leave it running 5min after I turn lathe off.

[@davidstreeter9426]

My lathe is a 1935 vintage SB 9" and I routinely push it to or beyond it's limits, just not too far beyond.