Dovetail Blocks for Just1Guy Metalworks Part 1

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday Everrett, great to see your posting again, your old workshop must’ve been well insulated, at 11pm here it’s absolutely that quite “apart from the waves crashing” you can hear a fly fart, the dovetails look spot on, the new mill does a beautiful job, im off to watch part 2, cheers

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Lol, thanks Matty, yes the walls were well-insulated (and even better insulated in the new shop!). Also helps my neighbors liked me (new ones too) as I do/did repairs for all of them so they cut me a lot of leeway!

[@Just1GuyMetalworks]

I feel like I should say something but we've been chatting all day 🤣. You know you're awesome 👍😁👍

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Lol, true enough, but at least everything worked out in the end. Good to hear from you again.

[@RRINTHESHOP]

Nice job on the dovetail Everett. Looks great, glad the tools worked for you.

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks Randy! That cutter set was money well spent - I heard you say at one point you were considering ceasing production of them, I hope for others' sake you keep making them. They work great!

[@RRINTHESHOP]

@@EverettsWorkshop Thanks Everett. Yep I still make them.

[@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian]

Hi Everett. Thank you for post very enjoyable and informative video. Glad to see part 2 is up already. 👏👏👍😀

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks Andrew!

[@Preso58]

Man, that's hard core. Machining at 11PM! At least you know your insulation is up to scratch😁👍

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Lol, well, one uses what time one has when the energy is there . . . thankfully the walls were insulated and my neighbors liked me (I did a number of repairs for them) so they let me get away with more than some neighbors would have. The new neighbors are pretty good too.

[@howder1951]

Great work Everett, that face mill trick worked nicely. That hand cranking gets old fast, I got one of those bridgeport style ones on Amazon, they are about 2 Cnotes now. Lee Peedin has videoed the installation on his mill drill if you are interested. Anyhow, enjoyed seeing you collaborate with Chris, take care and cheers mate!

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks Howie! I still have crazy ideas about making my own table feed, but need the time (and a few less pressing needs) to put it together. Story of all our lives, lol!

[@dannywilsher4165]

Nice part Mr: Everett. You are such a nice man. Thanks for sharing!

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Lol, thanks, I just think Chris is a genuinely good human being and was glad to join in on this one.

[@pgs8597]

G'day Everett good to see you posting again. Great start on the dove tail. Cheers Peter

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks Peter! Old footage on this one, but I also have some new(er) footage to edit and post as well.

[@AaronEngineering]

G’day Everett. You spoilt us today. 2 videos on the same day. Nice one buddy. 👍

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Well, didn't want to steal Chris's thunder for his project so this has been sitting for a while before getting to be released, lol

[@19672701]

Great to see you back,I know life gets into the way sometimes.

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks Sean, I do have more video coming, just need time and energy to edit, lol!

[@eyuptony]

Hi Everett, you've made a superb job of the dovetailed sideway. I've an easy way to add a power feed your table traverse without loosing any travel and it won't break the bank. I'll send you an email. I made one for my previous chinese round column mill it worked faultlessly. It will give you some ideas. Great to see you again in your new workshop. Tony

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks Tony! I do have crazy ideas on how to make my own power feed, and have already started collecting bits and pieces for it. Biggest restraint is time and the number of projects above it, but it will happen at some point, lol!

[@richardmeyer418]

Great to see you back, Everett. You are one of my favourite KZbinrs. Hope you and the family are all well.

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thank you Richard, I appreciate you saying that. I'm sorry for not posting as much in the last couple months, our family life has been crazy but hopefully come September I can get into a bit of a shop groove again.

[@Doug_Edwards]

Nice to see you back Everett. Good job on the dovetail. Hey, I think I know a machinist that can make a knob for your drum switch.

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks Doug, I do have a knob for it now, given by a viewer - it just needs a small amount of modding to fit the shaft.

[@LetsRogerThat]

Good to see you again Everett. Gilles

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks Gilles!

[@TedRoza]

G'day Everett .. Great machining job on long bar like that, even looks good 😆

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks Ted, it wasn't perfect in the end but still very usable. As Chris was showing in his video, lol

[@paulhammond7489]

Came across after a shout out by Paul over on Haxby Shed :)

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks for popping over, I have stickers of Paul's that need to be shared from this end too, lol!

[@donaldnaymon3270]

Nice work. Mill runs well. Great video. Thank you for sharing.

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks! Yeah, thankful for the mill, now I just need to get using it more, lol!

[@joecolanjr.8149]

Awesome end to my weekend!! Thanks for the videos!!

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks Joe, glad that I could brighten your day a bit, lol!

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

super good to see ya Everett.. nice work man

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks Shawn!

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

My wife and kids are asleep. So I am going to go into the garage and quietly mill this part. Brrrrp goes the cutter LOL!

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Lol, yep! Machine noises are normal to my kids so I get away with it!

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Hello Everett, Nicely done... I am assuming it is the same as my Myford taper turning attachment... Off to watch part two now and see if it is... Take care. Paul,,

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks Paul, it's old footage but I didn't want to steal Chris's thunder for his cool project so it stayed in the can until now. Now the trick is to get more new stuff done around family stuff, lol!

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Nice one . I was wondering what had happened to Chris's project . 👍

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks! Yeah, this one's been sitting, waiting to be released for a while. I just didn't want to steal his thunder for his project.

[@MrValhem265]

Gday Everrett, great to see your posting again REGARDS Robbie

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Hey Robbie, glad to know it's been part of brightening your day again, lol! Hopefully this fall can allow me more chance to get stuff together again. Hope you're doing well!

[@MrValhem265]

@@EverettsWorkshop cheers Everett, hows the covid virus in BC Mate still around a lot or subsiding,? here in Australia its slowing down.

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

Nice to see You "back in the saddle" Everett! (Know about Your move and the need to set up Your shop and caring for Your family.) Had a really good day today so lots of commenting energy. Novel of comments.... Randy's cutters... I also bought the full set and the knocker. Really fine tools. Nice to see You use a face cutter. I've got one. Many guys are tied to fly cutters... I've got no one.... Oops... You're cheating on me... Eleven o'clock, children sleeping... That's the hour when I go to the shop and try ideas growing during the last days.... I hope nobody will wake up..... That's my thinking regarding the neighbours... Time 04:00. Hand feeding. I like that! (Having no power feed...) Time 05:45. Cleaning the caliper using "the costume".. Are we relatives? Time 06:30. What? Are You using only one insert? Why not all 4? Time 09:58. Chip catcher.... I made one using a piece of obstructing plastic, for the lathe, or mill, and some neodym magnets. I'll search for Your Email.... Chips in the socks, every ware. Be my guest! You imperial guys use thous.... My standard unit is 0.01 millimeter with an option to measure 0.001 millimeter... One of my daughters played the flute and cigarette paper was used to clean the instrument afterwards. Being a child regulations stopped her from buying that paper. The mot smoking dad had to smuggle that paper to her... Doing the side milling before the dove tail milling ought to cut down a difficult deburring... 3 AM here. Next part tomorrow... Cheers.

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Lol, thanks Stefan! Yes, there is only one insert in the face mill. Two reasons: 1) the inserts for that Iscar face mill are oddball size and stupid expensive, and 2) my machinist buddy suggested using the face mill like this as a tough carbide fly cutter due to the thick mill scale on the hot rolled material. So yeah, it's a fly face mill, lol!

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

@@EverettsWorkshop I knew You had a good reason. Never tried it myself using simple low cost Ebay inserts...

[@CraigLYoung]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks for still wanting to come hang out, lol!

[@Scottforyoutube]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that bought a dovetail cutter from Randy and let it sit for a while! 😁 What's the thinking behind turning your end mill into a fly cutter? Sincere question not trolling...

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Lol, I know when trolls are tromping on the bridge, you're not even close! I was discussing dealing with mill scale with a machinist buddy of mine and he suggested using the face mill with one insert as it creates a very rigid fly cutter. Also, it is an oddball Iscar face mill with expensive inserts, so this messed fewer inserts up overall even if it took longer to machine, lol!

[@kimber1958]

great job,

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks Kimber!

[@secretsix6]

when I'm doing a part like that when i get to the finishing cuts i leave the cutter in place then take the part out turn it around to cut the other side that way everything is central

[@EverettsWorkshop]

That totally works too - I was mostly just running on the math. For what this part was going to be, a variance from centerline of a thou or two would not have been a huge deal so I just left it mounted as it was.

[@tsmartin]

Adding a power feed will allow you to be more productive. You can just let the mill run while working on another machine.

[@EverettsWorkshop]

A power feed is on the wants list, that is for sure. I've already started collecting bits for one but just need the time (and shorter to-do list) and it will happen, lol

[@twoprop8734]

Very interesting and thanks for the video. I was wondering why you didn't use all the inserts on the flats?

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks, glad you could find it interesting! Two reasons for the single insert - one, the inserts for that head are quite expensive (oddball size Iscar head) and two, in talking with a "real" machinist buddy about removing scale, he suggested using it as an indexable fly cutter instead of as the full face mill.

[@metalworksmachineshop]

very nice. 👍

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks Doug!

[@techworksinfo]

Good job bro

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Thanks!

[@chrisarmstrong8198]

What is the logic behind only putting one insert in the face cutter? Wouldn't fitting all the inserts make the job quicker by enabling a faster feed to be used?

[@noelhenderson7337]

He will only wear out one insert cutting through the mill scale rather than 5 or 6. Those things are expensive, in Canada anyway.

[@chrisarmstrong8198]

@@noelhenderson7337 Expensive in Australia, too. If cost is the issue, maybe using an abrasive disc on an angle grinder to get rid of the mill scale first would be cheaper.

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Like Noel mentions below, the inserts are pricey, especially for this oddball Iscar size of insert (didn't realize that was why it was a "deal" on eBay when I bought it). Also, my "real" machinist buddy suggested this as a very rigid fly cutter setup to chew through the mill scale. It was a bit messy but it worked!

[@Rustinox]

Having a beautiful mill like that but no auto feed. Isn't that a bit like champagne without bubbles? But I'm sure you already have a solution for that.

[@EverettsWorkshop]

Lol, well, it is in the plan for at some point. I'd like to make my own, as the commercial ones are cost prohibitive, but that will need some time yet. For that sort of stuff one needs to collect the right junk, which takes time 😁

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

@@EverettsWorkshop Prices on the power feed units have come way down. You can pick up an import one for under 150 bucks now. I put one on my knee and one on my X axis when the Servo brand unit died. Both units have been working great so far.

[@PFSDUDEK]

what is your opinion on using flood coolant ?

[@EverettsWorkshop]

I would like to use coolant at some point, I just haven't had time to go over the mill and finish fixing the last few things on it. It has a coolant pump but I haven't had a chance to see if it works or not. Nor have I had a chance to clean the sump, which might not be fun, lol