Boring Bar for the Shaper

[@outsidescrewball]

Tools building tools for the shop....awesome...enjoyed

[@jtkilroy]

Thanks 👍

[@fasteddie4107]

Good stuff, James. Thanks for sharing this. That has a nice final fitment which is so well done the separation between the two parts just disappears. Good job!

[@RRINTHESHOP]

Nicely done tool James. Square holes are always tough. Thanks for sharing.

[@mikenixon9164]

Nice job.

[@jeffreypfeifer862]

Always interested in metal shaper projects!

[@memphisgraham7986]

Pro trick : watch series on Flixzone. I've been using them for watching all kinds of movies these days.

[@axelamir8135]

@Memphis Graham Yup, I have been using Flixzone for since november myself :D

[@dauber1828]

A good little project thanks for sharing

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Hi James, An enjoyable video... thank you... Take care Paul,,

[@jtkilroy]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ls2005019227]

Great video, as always! I'm in the middle of a similar project. While I have several shaper keyway bars, I recently acquired a Tree tapered boring head...but it didn't include the original boring bars, so I'm making them. Cutting the 1/4" squares through the bar, might be the most challenging part.....

[@jtkilroy]

Very cool!

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Great job . One needs to win a lottery to be able to afford square broaches ! Cheers .

[@MCEngineeringInc]

Nice work 👍🏻

[@jtkilroy]

Thanks

[@silverbullet7434]

Great job. Some of my old tooling had a cap type tool bit holding with wrench Armstrong to I think. Been awhile tho. I made my own tool post mount for two or three sizes of boring bars back in the 70s.copied there round one for the lathe. I know its not the same as the shaper but essentially it is. Thank for the video

[@eyuptony]

Hi James. Nice idea the different size interchangeable square tool bit holders for speed. If you'd left the larger diameter section on between the two smaller ones the shoulder would have acted as a thrust ring up against the tool holder face. Enjoyed the machining process, something else to make. Tony

[@seanrodden6151]

With the number of times I saw the word USA jumping back and forth across my screen (it's stamped on your tool holder), I thought I was watching a Keith Fenner video! :)

[@jtkilroy]

Never a bad comparison!

[@Engineerd3d]

Good to see another video from you.

[@bcbloc02]

Files are fun, still haven't gotten mine to work like Tom Lipton's but I am working on it! lol

[@jtkilroy]

Mine either, must be buying the wrong ones

[@larrysperling8801]

looks good but i think i would have milled a flat on the counterbore section of the tool holder and put a set screw in the bar to secure the tool holder.

[@davescreations7793]

Great job today you made me think

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

I have been trying to score some square broaches on E-Bay for awhile now. No deals yet.They always go for big money.

[@jtkilroy]

Yep, would not have purchased one just for this project. Little ones like this .25" still go for over a C note

[@billshiff2060]

I don't bother with square holes. Just take the size of the square tool bit and multiply that by the square root of 2 and drill THAT size and you're done. It is just as stable and I'd say even MORE stable than a square hole. 1/4" bit needs a .3535 min hole.

[@barrygerbracht5077]

Nice bar, but aren't you worried about it unscrewing itself in a cut? With my luck, it would right on the last cut.

[@jtkilroy]

That is a valid concern, but a little blue loctite and a firm turn, there is not much to worry about.

[@wags9777]

Maybe I missed it but, what kind of steel did you make the boring bar from?

[@jtkilroy]

1177 Stress Proof. That is pretty much my go to alloy for steel projects in sizes under 2"

[@jbaccell]

@@jtkilroy Great Video, James... Is that correct, you use 1177? I know of 1144 but I can't find much on 1177 stress proof.

[@scottjones7279]

Sure miss the videos

[@KG-yn9qi]

Hello Sir! Hey did the sawsall work to vibrate the mix for your window seals?

[@jtkilroy]

Yes, worked well, but not as well as the oscillating sander, which is what we ended up using mostly.

[@RutherfordRyan1]

Let’s fix the Pacemaker !

[@SteveSummers]

Noice!

[@jtkilroy]

Whats up Steve? Been following the shop work, making great progress. Give my best to SWMBO

[@SteveSummers]

@@jtkilroy Not alot James. I've been working long hours at my day job the past two weeks so not a ton of progress at the shop this week. I'm looking forward to starting on the roof. Nice job on the bar. Hope all is well with you and yours 👍

[@mfs5493]

Boring intro - could you really not speak and think more slowly?? Try harder. Plan your script and rehearse reading it. All that stuff about 15/16" bars was uninteresting. Two out of ten for the intro.