a very informative video. highly skilled fellow mr bob. well filmed too. great running commentary. much enjoyed. valuable info here many thanks
@Sodabowski6 жыл бұрын
Wow I actually understand what Bob says! All the years watching your videos are paying back XD Thanks guys, very informative and useful indeed!
@HaraldFinster6 жыл бұрын
Can't agree more. Watching doubleboost for many years probably buggered my "Oxford English" learned at school ;-) As we are just talking about language: I have been told that the indicators with the linear motion stylus as shown here are called DI ("dial indicators") whereas the ones with the articulated stylus are called DTI ("dial test indicator"). Hope you don't mind me nitpicking. I am just curious. All the best and many thanks Harald
@Ogma3bandcamp6 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic John. Thank you Bob, great job.
@paulmorrey7336 жыл бұрын
Cheers Bob great video
@remberto20086 жыл бұрын
Sorry to tell you, but Bob should get his on channel. :)
@MaturePatriot6 жыл бұрын
Very informative. I have a couple of gage's I'm going to look at. They have been around for a while, and are sticky! They may be an easy fix now. Thanks John and Bob.
@stephenwagar26636 жыл бұрын
great to see bob in action !!! big hands , very small parts !!! Very interesting !!! we really like this kind of stuff !!! this is my first look inside of a clock gauge . welldone bob and mr. boost !!! can we have a look at bobs shop ??? best regards
@Blakey19316 жыл бұрын
Been looking forward to this 👍
@retromechanicalengineer6 жыл бұрын
Great video. Looking forward to some more of Bob's wisdom.
@gm0hzi6 жыл бұрын
loving the new series
@gordonburns87316 жыл бұрын
What lovely work by Bob... the craft of the watchmaker!
@britishreaction546 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fascinating and very informative. Looking forward to next installment. Bob is a natural at explaining things.
@robertklein91906 жыл бұрын
John, let the dog out. or is he into fixing indicators? I wouldn't only lose the screws, I haven't found the screwdrivers yet.
@injun-gman62166 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I've always wondered what the movement looked like on an indicator gauge. Thanks Gents!
@whitehoose6 жыл бұрын
This has been a really good addition to your channel. Something a bit different, and a guy who obviously knows what he's doing and just as importantly manages to explain it well - I hope there will be more where that came from. Whenever I remember and finish one of the small 250ml pop bottles I cut the bottom 11/2" off and screw it onto my working board ... they have 6 "dimples" in them, ideal for tiny parts. The shape makes it easy for even my fingers to slide out small screws and because its fixed to a board - you'd have give it a hell of a crack to spill the contents. My current board has 8 pots and the board is held onto the bench with a small G clamp - But horses for courses you work how suits you best. My other more recent "discovery" is a magnifier that clips onto my 4x reading glasses. Its an e-bay special "Clip-on Eye Glasses Binocular Magnifier Eyeglasses With 3 Lens 1.5X,2.5X,3.5X" - £3. It suits what I do and how I work - Clipped to my strongest reading glasses it gives a combined 7.5x magnification which works for me.
@krazziee20006 жыл бұрын
thanks for Bob,, very educational ,,
@zephyrold24786 жыл бұрын
Hi John and Bob, I am sure that Bob already know this but did not think about it at the time, the cover seen at 11:49 can be rotated a little bit, and by rotating it you can control how much the gear is in contact with the stem, and because the former "repairman" had adjusted the gear to tight towards the stem then it wont go back properly and it might also feel a bit notchy, I had one that had this exact problem. Nice to see Bob is a natural KZbinr, a good old handmade thumbs up to all three of you.
@funksterdotorg3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making this series! It gave me the knowledge I needed to service my two Mercer gauges without doing them any harm.
@houseofbrokendobbsthings55376 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! I have ham fisted my way though a few of these. Bob just tuned me up, and I will be smarter the next time. _Dan_
@gordonburns87316 жыл бұрын
Does Bob have a KZbin channel, John? I find a certain catharsis in watching craftsmen at their work.
@tried28516 жыл бұрын
Great video Bob, I have repaired a few clocks in the past with an identical approach . Retired Instrument Tech.
@vicpatton52866 жыл бұрын
Hi John & Bob Fascinating work! First time I have seen the interior of a dial indicator. :-) Thank you Bob for sharing your skill and Thank You John for introducing us all to Bob, hosting & camera work. regards vic
@davegogo102 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video but I think there is a better way of securing removed parts. Use a tray (preferably with a lid) that has been stuck down to the work surface with good quality double sided tape. Cant get knocked over, jostled or parts being blown away by unlikely but possible gusts.
@willcarson83922 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this series Boost and Bob, I had a 1 inch Mitutoyo that I had broken in 2005 and never had the courage to try fixing it. This series gave me the gumption to tear it apart and try my hand at it, back in service once again!!
@loftsatsympaticodotc6 жыл бұрын
Here at Machineco in Montreal.. well it took me awhile trying to find out between the accent and terms of reference, and lack of anything in the opening screens or descriptions below, what this was all about. NOW I know; it seems a "clock gauge" is what catalogs, mfr's and machinists call a 'dial indicator'. I wish more fellows would not just drop into their local jargon and abbreviations and at least spell it out up front.
@johnambler31076 жыл бұрын
Very informative Bob thanks for sharing your knowledge. I’m really looking forward to the next video.
@bobdixon60606 жыл бұрын
hi all thank you for the comments
@bobdixon60602 жыл бұрын
hi I can not believe its bin that long that we did this
@davidbawden65676 жыл бұрын
Top notch lads...
@bcbloc026 жыл бұрын
Great video, very educational and loaded with tips, thanks for doing the video!
@machiningbasics17296 жыл бұрын
Lovely stuff
@grahameblankley38136 жыл бұрын
Bob, more more more!!!
@jeroen-surf5 жыл бұрын
Very nice video!
@scheppach696 жыл бұрын
Bob you are an expert at what you do, have you ever considered using coffee jar lids or similar to keep the various components in?
@bobdixon60605 жыл бұрын
hi Kevin no I don't like putting parts in things as I have a tenancy to drop things and if I drop sum thing heavy and it catches the edge of the lid it will launch them across me workshop
@markhodgson30456 жыл бұрын
Good one bob
@dougmclaren43286 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, very informative. Thanks Bob.
@jimsvideos72016 жыл бұрын
Thank you both for the time put into this! One thing I've found for small parts is a strip of double-sided sticky tape; obviously it's a bad idea for the springs though.
@bernardbouchereau2156 жыл бұрын
great video. Bob did a fantastic job on my churchill gauge. quick turnaround and cool box to protect it on its journey all the way back to New Zealand. thanks Bob and John
@jcs63476 жыл бұрын
John and Bob, I really enjoyed this video and I would recommend that you two work together and make some more videos. Thanks for sharing!
6 жыл бұрын
Yoghurt pots or on the table, with me the parts would get lost as I am clumsy and small parts have no chance with me, or the cat would jump and scatter them. Very nice video, very informative looking forward to part two.
@marderbeast6 жыл бұрын
Probably been dropped on to the plunger. thanks Bob for the insight.
@johnbaldacchino77316 жыл бұрын
excellent stuff Bob, well done John give us MORE !
@alanhill43346 жыл бұрын
That was fascinating, looking forward to part 2. Good photography, you don't realise how small it all is until the shots of Bob with the loupe.
@pddpup77676 жыл бұрын
Excellent vid. Thanks John and Bob
@stevenkirkham22976 жыл бұрын
Hi John and Bob. How the hell does he do such intricate work with them big dread hooks. Nice video well made and narrated thanks to both of you.
@mauriceeley6216 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this one John, Bob,Mick and Stig in the back ground wanting to join in .
@noelhenderson7006 жыл бұрын
Well, I will definitely have to get my hands on a jeweler's loupe now.
@mikeysgarage36976 жыл бұрын
That's a great video, clear and informative.
@shawnmrfixitlee64786 жыл бұрын
aHH , so enjoyed John . Great share Man !
@Maddogtrev666 жыл бұрын
Thank for a very interesting video hope we will see more of Bob soon
@Johnkels1006 жыл бұрын
Thank you both excellent.
@baldprisonguard16 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant. Thank you for this.
@chrisstephens66736 жыл бұрын
Great video but would question the idea of 3in1 being anywhere near a clock as it is famous for gumming over time, just look at what sits on the top of the tin.
@bobdixon60605 жыл бұрын
hi well yes it will in time but if you want to spend £20 on a tin of instrument oil go a head but as I sad if you only have one to do and you ant going to do any more wats the point and if you have taken it to bits and got it back together working then you can do it over a gane when it starts to gum up regards bob
@chrisstephens66735 жыл бұрын
@@bobdixon6060 you make a valid point but perhaps the cheap option would be a quality sewing machine oil used very sparingly.
@bobdixon60605 жыл бұрын
@@chrisstephens6673 hi well if you have it on hand but its hydroscopic
@chrisstephens66735 жыл бұрын
I did not know that, I was lead to believe it was a refined mineral oil, and 3in1 was veg based(or was originally ). personally I still have some of the proper instrument oil which will last about 35 lifetimes at the rate I use it.
@bobdixon60605 жыл бұрын
@@chrisstephens6673 hi mine will to .sewing machine oil is designed to brake dawn if you think if the oil gets on the fabric it needs to cum off easily so its blended to be biodegradable
@davesage91906 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. Keep these videos coming. I've never had the courage to take a DTI apart (which Is sort of strange because there is noting to lose). But watching Bob do it gives me some encouragement. I have a few around to try. I'd also like to see what's inside and how to fix one of the (name escapes me) ones that are very sensitive and have the little lever on the end. I have a few of those around as well. Thanks Bob and John
@noelhenderson7006 жыл бұрын
Dial test indicators are the "ones that are very sensitive and have the little lever on the end". They typically read in tenths of a thousandth. Clock gauges or dial indicators, (in North America), read in thousandths of an inch.
@paulfisher65876 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, Thank you
@1270696 жыл бұрын
how can I contact bob so I can send him some knackered dtis to mend for me?
@bobdixon60605 жыл бұрын
hi just send john a email and he will let you no haw regards bob