Building a Wilton Baby Bullet Vise 21

[@Neo7CNC]

Hi Tom, That vise is looking awesome! Great craftsmanship.

[@evildiesel1709]

Fantastic work! From a man who hasn't seen a lathe in 25 years I've been utterly glued to this series and hope to make my own baby bullet! Superb!

[@oxtoolco]

Hi Evil, You will join a club of about ten folks that followed along and built their own from this series. Thanks for the comment, Cheers, Tom

[@drhender6943]

I am completely in-experienced in the machine shop, but absolutely love your videos! My wife came home last night and I was sitting on the couch watching part 15 of the Wilton Baby Bullet series on the Apple TV and the 46" LED TV. Better than anything else on-- Keep them coming!

[@RGSABloke]

Tom, you patience is extreme some might say, your expertise is plain to see, and you attitude is focussed. We in KZbin land need to feel fortunate we are her in this time when you are alive to benefit from your experience. Thanks for taking the time to share. Joe.

[@Abom79]

Great to see you finally use that reamer. The vise sure is coming together very nicely!

[@FredMiller]

Great lesson on how to hold odd items in a four jaw chuck. I even noticed you rotated the chuck so the copper block sat on top of the part to make it easier to position. Learning at the elbow of the "Master"! Thanks Tom...

[@dejanira2]

A beautiful piece of work and fabulous dedication to quality! The hours you have dedicated to this project are astounding. I am waiting anxiously to see the finished vise. ;}

[@intjonmiller]

I love that I've learned enough from watching (mostly) your videos that when you said you need to ream the bore I thought, "So use some soft jaw extensions of some sort?" And then out came the copper blocks. That made me smile. :) Thanks for all you've taught me. My lathe is coming next month and I feel like I'm ready to do some damage.

[@BasementShopGuy]

Now for the praise - I'm blown away at this vise. +1 for good old fashioned file chops. I find it very interesting to watch. I was taught at an early age how to use files the right way by my mentor and it's just incredible what you can accomplish. By far, this is the most artistic and interesting series Ive seen to date. Excellent as always.

[@terrycannon570]

I really like the idea that you and Abom 79 work together and are friends. I watch him and Keith Fenner and Keith Rucker a lot also. I consider all of you my You Tube Rock Stars. Thanks for all the time and effort putting these videos together for all of us.

[@lawrencedoiron8898]

the fact youre a TOOL fan, raises you too top of KZbin machinists in my book. great content Tom. learning a ton.

[@craigsullivan3283]

Tom, you are the Paul Sellers of metalwork. Thanks for sharing this series. Learning so much. Craig

[@Barefoot3us]

Tom, What beautiful hand filling work you are a master. It's the contours and radius's that really show off your artistry. The price of your handmade Baby Bullet would be out of this world not that you would ever sell it ;-). Thank you for the video. All my best, Jeff

[@MarindeVree]

Really neat work there, Mr Lipton! I'm totally addicted to this series, keep it up!

[@JunkMikesWorld]

"going off the rails on the crazy train" That thing is cool! Rock on Tom! Mike

[@pauljones3866]

Looking beautiful and counting on seeing the next episode in this journey. Thank you!

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

You are the file king Tom .. Super great work blending that Baby bullet in man !! Thumbs up ..

[@stepcorngrumbleteats7683]

Wow ! You should be stoked ! That is a hell of a piece of Art you are crafting, Sir.

[@RileyKnifeandTool]

Just keeps looking better and better... well done Tom!

[@MattsMotorz]

Man! You have some amazing skills Tom. I LOVE the finished product after the filing. Very satisfying to see it go from a rough welding look to a beautiful smooth surface. Great work!!!

[@k5at]

Beautiful work, Tom!

[@zzzzzzzzzz3799]

Outstanding work Tom, A pleasure to watch. That little vice is gonna be a beauty!

[@rchopp]

Tom that vise is a thing of beauty, well done.

[@TheNormndee]

As always, awesome video! I am somewhat new to the machinist's "youtube" guild...but I have to say, I am lovin' it! You, Keith, Adam, and John are great! I am sorry if I didn't mention anyone else, but I am still finding new videos every day! Just awesome!

[@AustrianAnarchy]

WOW! That reveal of the other side was incredible!

[@oxtoolco]

+AustrianAnarchy Boinggggg! Thanks for the comment. Cheers, Tom

[@wyattoneable]

An absolute work of art. This is one of my favorite series and I can't wait to see the end result.

[@markwentland3147]

This Vice is turning out Awsome !! beautiful workmanship Tom !!

[@manuelmonroy3267]

Really looking good Tom....thought you were never going to finish this lil but usefull vise. Thanks for sharing "Good Job"

[@almeyer405]

Fine looking vice there! With all the love going into that I think it deserves an old school nickel plating. If Keith Fenner's steady rest was a "million dollar rest" this must be the "Six Million Dollar Wilton".....

[@886014]

That looks great! The 4 jaw did the trick nicely. A faceplate with an angle plate would have been another alternative in case anyone else finds themselves with a tricky setup in the lathe. Old Sckool, but the old-timers can still teach us a trick or two!

[@one4stevo]

What a beautiful little vice. great job Tom

[@johnmacdougall4170]

Hope that will be on display at Shop Rendezvous 2016 !! Amazing as always, thank you Tom.

[@paulpearce7764]

Great work, Tom. It's more a work of art than a tool.

[@Lawnmowerman02346]

Haven't always had machines to rough out or do fine work so I had to learn to use the file mill and found focus and relaxation . I hand carve some of my casting patterns from wood sometimes quite stressful . Great job

[@colin8653]

Hi Tom the baby bullet is looking very good the finish is in sight great stuff

[@zedschopper]

I really love the way this is turning out, fantastic.

[@billdlv]

Looks great Tom. Nickel plate it when you are done.

[@AtelierDBurgoyne]

Amazing work again! Thanks for this episode. Daniel

[@andregross7420]

Looking great, Tom. It's really coming together now!

[@martingrahdu8987]

what I say or dont say your still the man Tom and your one of my favourites to watch

[@paulbuckberry7683]

Tom, it is without doubt turning out to be a thing of shear beauty.

[@dustinmasters9239]

Coming out great! Amazed by your blending work!

[@davidvannatta1317]

great video as always, looking forward to seeing the finished project.

[@bobshepherd9353]

Looking good Tom, you sure enjoy the filing

[@Garageworkshop]

Looks absolutely amazing!

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

That is really a very impressive copy. I too am eager to see the finish.

[@artemiasalina1860]

It's a work of art, Tom. Great job!

[@aserta]

Can we take a moment and realize that this baby bullet vise is probably the closest any other baby bullet vise has ever been to the master copy in many, many years? I doubt anyone has gotten (with the exception of those following this project along or mirroring it) this close to the first rendition. That, is pretty darn neat-o in my book.

[@jamiebuckley1769]

wow what a exelent job so far on the baby vice. you always inspire me tom to put welding and machining together to create some pretty interesting stuff. thanks for sharing another great show.

[@oxtoolco]

+Jamie Buckley Hi Jamie, Thanks for the comment. Cheers, Tom

[@richardruth3315]

Ozzy with Randy Rhoads, right!? Excellent craftsmanship across the board including cameras and editing. I for one like to hear the cutters doing their jobs, the sounds of the files, etc. so thanks for these awesome episodes!

[@jmh8743]

tom, i am impressed with your tenacity completing this complex shape. Abom could quit his job and rent tools and never have to work. you just happened to have the mandrel. sheesh now blue that thing.

[@melwhitney5823]

Hey Tom I've been watching your channel for a while now and have really enjoyed your video's. This baby bullet build has been very good, I've really enjoyed watching the process! please keep up the great work. Mel

[@328DaveGTS]

Wow that looks so good , thank you for great work and your time .

[@janvisser2223]

Hi Tom, An incredible job! Here in Europe we have the German "Heuer-Front" bench vice, made of forged steel and welded together. (great quality) They state that their vice is "guaranteed unbreakable" , well your baby bullet is the only Wilton bullet vice in the world that is unbreakable as well!

[@jamesvdl3583]

Thanks Tom for this video as I would have had problems doing it the way I thought it should have been done. Learned a lot from this one.

[@lean032]

Absolutely awesome job Tom!

[@jerrylong381]

Hi Tom, Beautiful work. I have to agree, painting it is the wrong choice. Cynide case harden and copper jaws and put it in the Guggenhiem. (however it's spelled) I think this may be your best project yet. Thank you.

[@josephwilson6651]

I am often accused of not paying attention to others while in the midst of what appears to be a simple creation of or completion of a task,They not realizing the depths of concentration or absorption of your being at one with the task at hand, which attains an almost spiritual involvement, that allows the self to obliterate everything outside of this act. Or just loving the doing of a thing for your own self. You have shown this during this build!

[@Alistair_Spence]

Outstanding work all around Tom, but especially the file work. The vise is looking really good.

[@bferland911]

You are truly an artist. That looks amazing. Watch out for a patent law suit from Wilton.

[@k4391]

Tom absolutely amazing craftsmanship. It's going to be to nice to use

[@rossfinlayson9429]

your taste in music is almost as good as your work, amazing attention to detail

[@Ujeb08]

Looking Great Tom! Clamping that vise with all of its contours in the 4 jaw was quite a challenge. I think I would have set up an angle block on a faceplate on the lathe and mount the flat bottom of the flange to that angle block. The bottom line is you "Got Er Done".

[@rickbrandt9559]

Nice use of a expanding mandrel.Good tip.

[@Max_Marz]

I would've tried a bump centering tool on that mandrel instead of trying to tap it. I do a lot of quick and dirty setups cutting in our oldschool cnc shop making plugs, spindle liners, dust caps, shims and such. I often turn plastics between two flat surfaces, one quickly faced mandrel and sort of a blunt nose live center adapter. Nothing at all holding the part concentric but simply pinched between the tailstock and the chuck. Using a bump centering tool and just slowly feeding into it will knock the thing really really close to center in about 5 seconds, works just like an edge finder. Because of how quick it is you could go back and forth between the chuck jaws and bumping it a couple times and get it pretty darn close. Just sharing my 2c worth of love for bump centering tools, opens up some weird possibilities on the lathe.

[@bcbloc02]

If you do paint it it has to be with clear coat as it is too shiny and purdy to paint like a normal Wilton. I loved seeing the picture in picture filing with the daddy Wilton holding the baby Wilton, it was so adorable. :-)

[@David_Best]

I hope you plan to nickel plate this thing once done and build a nice glass display case for it. Simply amazing - both in quality and time required. I've loved this series. Thanks for doing this. Maybe for your next project you should duplicate your lathe in half-size? :-)

[@jamesspires8096]

A real thing of beauty Tom!

[@RobertPerrigoOkiechopper]

Work of art , if I had it, It would be displayed and never used.

[@pfrieden1]

Beautifully done, sir!

[@Terry_Baker]

Great work as usual Tom!!

[@mikaelroupe7975]

As usual - impressive! Can't wait to see the finished item! :-)

[@gurubryant]

I soooo can't wait till you send me this baby bullet vise!

[@eddie2799]

Hey Tom, Nice work. I was at the edge of my seat when you were changing out hammers for more persuasion. I thought the lead hammer I made you was going to make it's debut. Lol. It probably would have knocked it out the chuck.

[@CraftedChannel]

All respect, your a fantastic machinist. It seemed to me bolting the flat bottom of the vice to a 90 degree plate and putting that in the 4 jaw or perhaps on a face plate was the best work holding solution here. Everything is a trade off and in the end you have to choose and move forward of course. And really the best of all might have been to simply hand turn the reamer through the part on the bench. ?? Extremely good series. No doubt you could fabricate anything to a very high standard.

[@raincoast2396]

Tom, it looks like you're going to give Adam a run for the money on the four jaw challenge at the upcoming bash. Please consider having something like the "Baby Wilton" at the challenge to indicate on. Would be great fun to watch and would definitely separate the men from the boys! Cheers.

[@Jwil3743]

It almost looks like the reamer follows the runout on the vice body. I wonder if that flexibility helped with the runout problem or gave you a wider cut in the vice since you mentioned it wasn't as tight as you had hoped it would be. I'm happy to see the progress, Tom.

[@nonameHEF]

Hello Tom, Adam Booth could spray weld the "moving jaw thing" if you dont like the loose fit 😀 Kind regard from a german viewer

[@mertsilliker1682]

just great the way it is coming together

[@nickolaguez]

Have you practiced jodis speed tacks yet? Comes in super handy, especially for steel like you're using here. Great job Mr Tom, you're a beast and humble as well. We need more people like you in this world. 👍

[@wrstew1272]

When I saw you first setting up the jaws my initial thought was safety wire! Great minds think alike? My excuse is I’m a retired aircraft mechanic, and we use the stuff like farmers use bailing wire. But we have special pliers that twist it, kind of like an old push drill but reversed. Found my first pair at a swap meet, no one knew what they were. Snap On gets like 80 for them, so swap meets are definitely the place to look if you are using them on an infrequent schedule. And I knew that you were going to stab yourself, it’s a learning requirement. Super project, and I am impressed with your file assortment! Or maybe I should say envious ?

[@yiannisfoveros7103]

As always perfect !!!! a true craftsman !!!

[@Dansgto]

Amazing Work Tom!!

[@CompEdgeX2013]

Looks pretty good. Not that I expected any less. Ever think of using some sanding rolls and a foredom or is filing a Zen time? Colin

[@rat4spd]

You have some excellent musical taste.

[@samhenderson2947]

That's such a beautiful thing to add to the world. Can't wait for the next video. No seriously hurry up. I mean don't rush it but come on. I can probably wait. Argh want more.

[@marceltimmers1290]

Hi mate. Fantastic, is the first thing I would like to say, that is becoming a stellar piece, far better than the original. I have two questions, and a personal statement. Why did you use the lathe to do the reaming, rather than the mill, or could you not use that reamer in the chuck. Will the weld be strong enough to hold that jaw down, I know that it is only a little vice that is for small stuff, but still? If you would put some headphones on for your tunes, I for one would love to see you shape that vice, or anything like it. It's just nice to see it become a visually pleasing object. Besides that, I love work, I can observe it for hours ; )

[@vicpatton5286]

Hi Tom This BabyB is truly a work of art! The videos detailing the construction are an educational gold mine of so many techniques as well. One newbie question: why not complete the key registration on the moving jaw shaft before welding the other jaw face? It just thought doing so would have ensured the desired close fit of the two jaws with respect to each other. thank you! vic

[@RonGarrisonProductions]

Tom, I love this series. You have explained everything clearly and you are creating a work of art. This is the first video that I didn't understand your your fabrication sequence. Is there a reason that you didn't put the key in the movable jaw slide before welding on the jaw? I would have thought that putting in the key first would guarantee the final alignment.

[@oxtoolco]

+Ron Garrison Hi Ron, If the key was already in it I would have to contend with the weld distortion. Putting the key in after the welding assures the best alignment of the as welded part. Thanks for the comment. Cheers, Tom

[@RonGarrisonProductions]

Makes sense. I hadn't considered weld distortion, since the key was so far away. That's where experience counts.

[@martingoudreau8249]

This is gona be a fine little vice.

[@BickDE]

Tom, However you finish it - color case hardening, paint, powder coat, none or ?? it's a great demonstration of good ole craftsmanship. Really looking great! Bob

[@RyanWeishalla]

I think you found the next subject for the Bar-Z 4 jaw chuck-off. Nice looking work. it is really coming together.

[@chrischtea]

+oxtoolco I really liked the picture in picture. Could you do a second camera behind some welding goggles while welding? I would love to see whats happing inside the arc.

[@mrbluenun]

Hi, Really nice looking job! Thank you.

[@Landrew0]

Amazing technique.

[@senocon]

Have you ever "floated" A reamer , so it follows the hole vs forcing it on centerline with a very stiff reamer. I haven't done it in a long while but it was useful in projects like the vice. And nice job on the fit and finish of the vice..

[@gentharris]

I like to use 2 indicators at once on stuff like that much faster and easier. Great video as always!!

[@oxtoolco]

+gentharris Humm, Then my eyes would have been bouncing around. Its a good excuse to get another Noga. Thanks for the comment. Cheers, Tom

[@stephengent9974]

beautiful work

[@marknano]

I love you fine adjustment tool! lol. Keep it up.

[@matthiaselhardt7563]

Nice Video and excellent Job!!