Now this is the kind of KZbin machining channel I love watching! No shilling of products, no tiresome machine of nuts and bolts, and no boring steam engine build--just interesting projects with a practical purpose.
@Michel-Uphoff3 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😊
@bastian61733 ай бұрын
“I’m just a robot, so expressing emotions is definitely not my strongest point.” I knew it all along! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and to whoever is doing the drawings! This is incredible!
@Michel-Uphoff3 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@henkdeswart36373 ай бұрын
Very, very nicely done, you get 10 ponts of 10.
@colincreedtattoomachines3 ай бұрын
Another terrific instalment & a high level of precision achieved Michel, Congrats!!
@Michel-Uphoff3 ай бұрын
Thanks again Colin!
@christopherjarman90863 ай бұрын
Beautiful job,as always. Can't wait for the next video.
@Michel-Uphoff3 ай бұрын
Thanks! It wil take two weeks I'm afraid..
@christopherjarman90863 ай бұрын
The wait is worth it. ❤
@timmienorrie3 ай бұрын
A thing of great beauty. Well done.
@gavinmclaren94163 ай бұрын
Greetings from Canada. This is an excellent build and a very enjoyable video to watch. Well done!
@Trainwreck11233 ай бұрын
Wow, that is truly impressive work.
@rjung_ch3 ай бұрын
Your precision is amazing. Cheers 👍💪✌
@michaelchristian82202 ай бұрын
I found this video on my suggested feed, and I'm glad I did. I love this build series just as much as I love watching TOT, Blondiehacks, Mr.Pete, and the rest of the usual suspects. I'm a big metal head, but the classical instrumentals in these are perfect for the style of video and I find myself looking forward to them ( just as much as I look forward to you explaining your process haha). Very well done so far. Thank you for your efforts
@innominatum99063 ай бұрын
I watch a lot of TV series on all sorts of streaming platforms. Only few of them gives the same enjoyment I get when I watch your build-series 🤗
@Michel-Uphoff3 ай бұрын
@@innominatum9906 Wow! Thanks 🙂
@leonida-alexandrudiaconu86603 ай бұрын
Briliant plan and perfect execution. Keep up this kind of work. 👏👏👏
@drumocalypseАй бұрын
Good evening, first of all, thank you for your excellent videos. I like the way you work in terms of machining, measuring, calculating, being precise and eliminating errors as much as possible. For the last few days i followed your videos about improvement of the Proxxon milling machine and lathe, lately coming to this "DIY milling machine" series. As a former machinist i really enjoy the way you work through this project. As constructive critism (not really worth it) in my experience: If you do dovetails with adjustable bronze/brass sliders, some decent wavy groves which are connected to the adjustment screws are good for a little extra amount of oil reservoir (hand sliced will do it). It helps to prevent a consistant lubrication of the sliders, despite this, maintenance have to be done :P By the way: I usually don't listen to classical music, but the longer i watch your videos, the more i enjoy it. Fit's really good to the videos and the overall "envoirment". Keep it up!
@Michel-UphoffАй бұрын
Thanks for the comment and the oil retention tip! I am even happier with your reaction regarding the classical music. I know that there are viewers who do not like it at all. I think some would rather hear machine sounds, or the monotonous continuous mumbling of a creator telling twice or more what you already see, or they rather listen to a ripping guitar and pounding bass. But fortunately there are also viewers who, like you, see this differently. Great!
@richardingram35172 ай бұрын
Amazing alignment sir!
@pafaa3 ай бұрын
Incredible work!
@Michel-Uphoff3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the compliment!
@ÁREAJ273 ай бұрын
Olá amigo saudções daqui do Brasil!!! Que trabalho fantástico incrivel a precisão!!! Lhe desejo saúde e cada vez mais sucesso!!!
@Michel-Uphoff3 ай бұрын
Obrigado pelos seus votos amigáveis 🙂
@jobkneppers3 ай бұрын
Very nice build Michel! Especially on your small machines! Best! Job
@Michel-Uphoff3 ай бұрын
Thanks Job. I really have to push the limits of what my small machines can do.
@cliffbiermann81593 ай бұрын
Awesome 10 out of 10
@Vandal_Savage3 ай бұрын
Great stuff, thanks for the upload 😊
@JohanSvanberg-j1l2 ай бұрын
Beautiful work! 👏
@diepieche3 ай бұрын
Wow... impressive.
@chybz3 ай бұрын
high quality build and video. Thank you
@RustyInventions-wz6ir3 ай бұрын
Very nice work sir. You can be real proud
@IGBasov3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@Podpiska_i_laik3 ай бұрын
Рад что нашёл ваш канал. Сам работаю токарем, проходил обучение на фрезерном станке хоть работать не довелось и когда нибудь обязательно приступлю к изготовлению уменьшенной, рабочей копии своей любимой модели токарного станка. Также очень хочется похвалить ваш английский. Смотрю вас без субтитров и всё понятно. А вот почему не понятно британцев мне непонятно. 😊
@paulbyerlee25293 ай бұрын
My mill and lathe weigh 1tonne each I'm impressed with the work you do on such small machines. 12 microns of backlash is ten times better than the cross slide on my lathe.
@GabrielFleseriu3 ай бұрын
I am following your build videos, they are great! What I was wondering watching the mini mill build is why you didn't use cast iron for the table, the saddle and so on. Cast iron can be scraped to very precise tolerances.
@Michel-Uphoff3 ай бұрын
Because I don't have the oven, the molds, the material, the space and the knowledge to cast them myself.
@GabrielFleseriu3 ай бұрын
@@Michel-Uphoff No, of course not. Casting the raw pieces is not what I meant though, but rather machining from raw cast iron blocks - cutoffs of various sizes can be purchased online - at least in Germany they can :)
@Michel-Uphoff3 ай бұрын
@@GabrielFleseriu Ah, that way. I don't think I can find that in the Netherlands anytime soon, and milling away so much cast iron without cooling liquid doesn't seem like an attractive idea to me either, I find that cast iron dust nasty stuff.
@Vandal_Savage3 ай бұрын
Ooh... that might explain why there was no 'scraping in' of the ways... I'm not a Machinist or a metal worker of any sort but I've watched quite a lot of people on KZbin who are and the scraping thing seems to be quite popular. I've watched all four of this build series so far and it wasn't until the last minute or so when it occurred to me that no scraping had happened and yet there was an astonishing level of accuracy 😂
@Michel-Uphoff3 ай бұрын
@@Vandal_Savage The surfaces of the dovetails are about 7 mm wide. That is almost impossible to scrape. Apart from that, scraping is hardly done nowadays with new machines. The machining can be very precise nowadays. Scraping is currently mainly the domain of restorers of larger machines. And of course, every toolmaker has a good set of files. You can do a lot more with them than you would think at first glance.
@raymondvancourt16222 ай бұрын
Hello, love your videos. Your knowledge and experience is very much appreciated. I was wondering if maybe after you finish your mill would you consider making a lathe or a paragraph. Thank you for the great videos and keep them coming
@leslieaustin1513 ай бұрын
Really nice work, and the robot-voice is no problem with such accuracy and skill on show. But I’m wondering why, when you already have a small milling machine, you work so hard to make a smaller one? Great videos, Thank you. Les 🇬🇧
@Michel-Uphoff3 ай бұрын
See the first video in this series, there it is explained. (and, if you like, see the second an third also).
@bastian61733 ай бұрын
Am I missing something? Or are you referring to his ff500? If so, then shortly explained: "Big" problem with that machine is the low rpm. It's great for medium sized cutters but you just can't really use smaller than 2mm bits on it. Max rpm is only 4k rpm afaik
@leslieaustin1513 ай бұрын
@@Michel-Uphoff Ahh, sorry, I’ve just been back to watch episode 1 again, and of course, you explained it very fully. I’ve got the message (at last!) Thank you again. Les
@leslieaustin1513 ай бұрын
@@bastian6173 Thanks. Les
@bobwilson76843 ай бұрын
too much good
@machineworld18732 ай бұрын
Nice
@gangleweed3 ай бұрын
Ive watched a couple of the videos on the build and I would say If it was done all over again I'd use linear rails instead of the dovetails.
@TheBakafish3 ай бұрын
Dovetails are much lower profile, easier to build, and cheaper. Linear rails are not nearly as space efficient or rigid in the sizes he is dealing with. There are more esoteric solutions, cross roller guides and such, but don't underestimate the accuracy of a well scraped dovetail.
@Michel-Uphoff3 ай бұрын
@@TheBakafish Hear hear! 🙂
@sinadaneshkhah85372 ай бұрын
Hello thanks for sharing your video with us. Ihave a question:? Why didn't you use cast iron? That’s means steel is better than cast iron for milling table? Ween yes please let me know and also say me why. Thanks Im watching your videos from Austria 🇦🇹 Best regards sina
@Michel-Uphoff2 ай бұрын
The main reason I didn't use cast iron is that it's not available here in good quality in small and manageable dimensions. In addition, working with grey cast iron is a very dirty job and I don't like all that nasty dust at all.
@sinadaneshkhah85372 ай бұрын
@ Otherwise, cast iron is better?
@Michel-Uphoff2 ай бұрын
@@sinadaneshkhah8537 That depends on the purpose, but certainly also on the quality of the cast iron. A good quality gray cast iron is fine for the base, the table and the saddle. But for the column it is unsuitable, unless you make the column much heavier. Cast iron can withstand much less tensile forces than steel, and it is more brittle. One of the advantages of cast iron is its vibration-damping property. It is a lot cheaper than steel, a more complex shape is of course the easiest to cast.
@EugenBadau3 ай бұрын
Michel U nu mai am nimic de comentat in legatura cu executia lucrarii -exceptional- dar as dori tare planurile de fabricatie daca se poate..
@innominatum99063 ай бұрын
He has released the building plans for many of his other inventions - so I think theres a chance he will eventually release these as well =)