Fantastic tools from the Toolroom V blocks

[@pault4513]

When i retired in 2010 brought my tool box home took it to truck scale and it weights 2260 lbs I used to push that around the shop daily after 37 year career

[@blipblip88]

My late dad had a bunch of these (now I have them). A tool and die man for 40 years.

[@dizzolve]

Taft Pierce makes such elegant but gorgeous tools

[@marioprzepiora]

Love the videos. If you can, please post them in quality better than 480 lines.

[@JebJulian]

Would love to see a video on drilling a straight hole (as weird as it sounds) talking about aligning v-blocks with a through hole is just minding blowing. Love your video's thanks for posting

[@freedomenergy6644]

Hello I just found you.Thankyou for passing on this knowledge to next generation.

[@FredMiller]

Really enjoyed the V-block tutorial! Very OX-tool like presentation.. LOL I always come away from your videos with something new. Thanks Tom

[@captcarlos]

Well I always come away Wanting something new!

[@mikekellam365]

I am just, just, just.. OKAY, blown AWAY!! Everything I EVER wanted to know about precision "this and that".. I'm nerding so hard right now!! Please, for the love of all things Mechanical and metro-logical(?), run with it!! Thanks Tom!

[@billlee5307]

I wish I had watched this video 35 years ago! Thanks Tom, best wishes, stay healthy!

[@Desertmoto]

Tom, I REALLY enjoy your channel. I learn so much from you and you teach really well. Thanks for sharing.

[@cogentdynamics]

Tom, I don't miss a video of yours, thank you for sharing. I also love your book and need to buy the other. FYI, my good friend who made the machining a trade as opposed to the hoby it is for me, started a shop in the seventies and was doing the machine work making the "Wee Blocks" for years. He is still in business, makes parts for the company I own and has been my mentor from our days in highschool to this time. He regularly kicked my ass at anything we did and it was shop class where we met. Meaningless to all but me I suppose. I remember those Wee Blocks when I think they were a new thing.

[@timothyprochilo4840]

Thanks again for your time and passion Tom.

[@bcbloc02]

Super nice collection of blocks. Thanks for the overview.

[@RalfyCustoms]

Wonderful Tom thanks for sharing Nice to see Our James Hunt on the wall too, if I'm not mistaken

[@saschaoswald480]

I've seen these all before on the channel, but the ones by Steve Edwards are simply amazing!

[@jeffanderson1653]

Tom, I love your introduction with my surface grinder in the background. It’s a beautiful thing, Brown and Sharpe.

[@t.d.mich.7064]

I made a V-block very much like the first one you described. Only differences were the interior v angle was 120 degrees to allow for larger diameters in a smaller configuration. Also, I drilled and counterbored screw holes for a 1/2" Socket Head cap screws in the center of the V way, and through the length of the block. This allowed attachment to my large angle plate or milling tombstone at any rotational angle. It was made out of 4140, hardened and ground to perfection, approximately 4×5×6" in size. It would hold up to a 7" diameter. Now since I've retired, my tools are making someone else's job easier and accurate.

[@RedDogForge]

my jealousy is only exceeded by my admiration. lol. thank you for sharing.!

[@POTMODELUXE]

I just bought my first V-block and I would be interested to see a video on how to store and maintain tools. I assume you have a few tricks up your sleeve for that. Great video as always!

[@Timeonabike]

Great video Tom. Time to get some V blocks.

[@cogentdynamics]

Thank you Tom for such great insights into your crafts. I always enjoy "hanging out" with you in your shop and learn something all the time. Your tool addiction isn't helpful with my own addiction. I need a support group...

[@TheWrate]

Thanks for the intro Tom, absolute respect for your knowledge sharing. I've learned a ton watching your videos. Keep it up!

[@sergeyantipov4750]

Great video as usual, thank you!

[@christurley391]

Cool collection Tom. Thanks for the look.

[@AWDJRforYouTube]

Neato treatise on V blocks Tom👍

[@timogross8191]

The Wee block, looks like it is useful for punch grinding fixtures, were the V-block rotates.

[@mpetersen6]

That's what they were made for. Used in a Harig Grind-All or similiar piece of kit www.harigmfg.com/ultragrind5cv.html#:~:text=Harig%27s%20enhanced%20version%20of%20the%20Grind-All%20No.%201%3B,for%20grinding%20punches%2C%20core%20pins%2C%20and%20EDM%20electrodes. The grind all rotates in one four point bearing

[@TheMiniMachineShop]

Thank you! I have a pair of 271's and with the same serial you would think their a precision matched pair. Now I know... Oh and didn't know about the rod..

[@PreciStrike_96]

The 60deg V can also be used to hold hex stock with the flats parallel to the table

[@chrispalombo6394]

Tom, such wisdom. Thank you.

[@billythebake]

Funny you mentioned using V blocks to inspect roundness of features. Joe Pie just put up a two-part series on the very issue of cutting a grossly out of round part, that still would inspect within about .005 TIR when rolled under a dial test indicator on a surface plate.. he mentioned that using a bee block would show the lobed geometry

[@fryreartechnology7611]

Yours set takes up more room then might for sure. I have 10 sets and nothing huge like a few of them but I have 3 custom singles. The customs are more for round because they are a u shape. Them some good looking V blocks you have.

[@ROBRENZ]

Nice collection Tom! No 4 ball style v blocks? ATB, Robin

[@ckvasnic1]

Good Show Mr Wizard! You could do a show on how to make the thin v-blocks you bolt into your kurt vice...

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Tom, I liked Charlies Vee-Block... being a cycling nut I understand the desire to remove weight... Take care Paul,,

[@granty245]

Anything made out of "drillium" is going to be faster :-)

[@amactools1207]

The original was Faith Tool later to become part of Harig. SPI came out with them available through tool catalogs but are not the same quality!

[@ManuelMartinez-zq3vq]

Mechanico para sirvirle a usted y a sus ordenes, un amigo de la humanidad.

[@baswit514]

Hallo Tom, “ wee” is the Scottish word for small, “ a wee drum “ is a small drink. Keep up the good work , greetings from Amsterdam

[@ride4life1992]

hey tom i would really like to see a video of your collection of tools from your mentors

[@canberradogfarts]

Hardened parts are less conducive of magnetic lines for the same reason we use a magnet to tell us when two metals are at the correct temperature for force welding. The crystalline matrix is quenched into a state that is closer to non magnetic than the annealed parts are. Shop metallurgy 101 But you're a very busy guy Tom. We can't be expected to remember everything at all times . Cheers :)

[@urimandthummim5780]

Best memory of Charlie,🙏

[@beautifulsmall]

I need to mill a 45 degree chamfer on a rectangular bar to replace a broken dovetail clamp . I'm thinking of using v-blocks but I've not seen any videos of clamping anything but round bar ? Is there some reason they are not used for replicating the 45 angle ? great video.

[@johnmay6090]

Good post. Interesting.

[@victoryfirst2878]

Kennedy tool boxes need to be made from much heavier construction for the weight of all the metal in the box itself. Very good point made Tom. Peace

[@akfarmboy49]

good V stuff thank you , good refresher

[@markgould851]

Tom, tell us about the James Hunt photo :)

[@reddog69c39]

Vee blocks are awesome. Something. About them 📐

[@ericg7044]

Is it just me or is this video only available in 480p and lower?

[@emilgabor88]

It is a machine shop. If you dont get it, you wont get it in HD ider. Go watch some HD movies.

[@csacsamolnar]

@@emilgabor88 True words, but usually Tom's videos are 1080p, that's why he asked it. I see no offense.

[@Conno9220]

Yea, this one was 480p for some reason. KZbin doing some strange things these days..

[@aaronshapiro2542]

KZbin processes the video in steps after it is uploaded, so if you are very early to a vid the higher quality might not be ready yet.

[@twobob]

@@aaronshapiro2542 Entire Day Passes... "Cricket noises"

[@TheArsonsmith4242]

I have a nice Starrett fishtail style vblock that I got in a purchase of a full tool box. I really don't know how to use it past the most obvious, I'd love to see some examples as it seems like it's got a lot of features built into it and for their new price I'm pretty sure they have a lot more uses than I can image just from initial inspection.

[@gregfeneis609]

Thanks for the v-block review.18:53 Please say more about jig grinding?

[@RambozoClown]

Didn't some shop guy make a pair of adjustable height ones, not that long ago? ;)

[@cousindave1]

Yes, I remember watching that. Now who the hell was it? ;)

[@susanbarbier5053]

Probably some bozo

[@Dans-hobbies]

The James Hunt photo was an excellent choice Tom!

[@krazziee2000]

very nice ..great lesson, thanks

[@R2_D3]

@9:21 I think you mean the divider, at 90 it is a multiplier of 2, and at 60 it is a multiplier of 3. Maybe I don't explain it the right way, but I think that is what you wanted to say. ;)

[@brianmoore1164]

Pretty sure that if I toured your shop I would need to bring a mop with me so I could get the drool off the floor.

[@OmeMachining]

Super Nice collection 👍👌 if only i had 10% of it 😂 Some very Nice and clever ones inbetween

[@imfrcd]

Anybody with a poster of the late, great James Hunt gets a thumbs up from me!!

[@Jeremy-zi6pi]

Hey Tom, the block you were calling asymmetrical with no added features, is that an angle block for setting up in a grinding or milling vise? I have some that style, and the one that looks like yours is marked as 30 degree.

[@matttradie1341]

Stephan Gotteswinter has lots of v blocks aswell. But I can’t tell the difference when he refers to his wee blocks or his wee blocks.... 😋 jokes! Luv ya work Stephan!

[@noahvaillant7318]

Please make a print of the grinding block. Would be wildly useful on Wire EDM

[@hardwareful]

5:40 Love how the bar is what Stefan Gotteswinter ended up making for his v-block chuck. Idea for improvement: make a bar that itself has a rotating block for different depths (4 sides, 1-3mm, 3-8mm, 8-15mm ..)

[@emilgabor88]

Nice colection 👍

[@johnyoungquist6540]

You can tap holes in rock hard steel with an EDM machine.

[@12345NoNamesLeft]

15:00 On the Transformer Slider V Block - you didn't mention how it would have been made. Did he grind it all finshed, then wire EDM it apart ?

[@pontoonrob7948]

Hello Tom, thanks for all you do. May I offer a suggestion, or a wish, if you will? Many of you content folks mention finding things online at great deals. Would it be possible to do a video on how you use the various Craigslist and other sites? I can not figure out search terms that bring any meaningful results? Also, Craigslist only seems to search one town at a time? This must take days to sort through all the stuff?

[@noneofabove5586]

Leave it to Tom to show us things we didn't know we need ! The hunt is on !

[@harryjohnson615]

Gotta love a fellow *tool tart*

[@dennisrisk6063]

Now I need to get out my V blocks and play. LOL

[@chrisstephens6673]

Hi Tom , you haven't got one like the Offen copy V block i show on my channel, although the one at 36 min is similar idea but waaay younger 😉 ATB c

[@catt87]

It looks like I only have 480p for this video. Perhaps something went wrong witht he video upload ?

[@petermurphy3354]

Yeo same here 480p max!

[@doughibberd1576]

Forgot the adjustable V Blocks, very interesting all the same

[@HansFormerlyTraffer]

The topo map of California on your wall intrigues me. What is the story on that?

[@1965accobra]

I thought for sure he was going to show us how to use one as a rose-index.

[@leilanala]

How can you say, you work for people smarter than you? If that were true, would they need you, if so they could make their own equipment! People are smart in their own way. Seeing you making things its very impressive!

[@ShainAndrews]

Because some of the people he works with are indeed wicked smart. They even design equipment, fixtures, processes, but that does not mean they have to actually make them. None of that detracts from Tom's experiences, knowledge, etc. Utilizing the best resources for the task. I have no doubt Tom has influenced some of their work and revisions.

[@jasonji1900]

Lawrence Livermore labs is one of those places in the world with a high genius concentration. That’s what he means.

[@intjonmiller]

Watch his work shop tour video for insight about what he means. It's not self deprecation or false modesty, it's just respect.

[@leilanala]

@@intjonmiller I am 70y/young and hear my whole live, people depreciating them self. I found this wrong 60 y ago and stil do, you are who you are. Not one human is more then me as I am not more than other human, I came with nothing else than a bone bag filled with ideas and leave behind a bone bag without those and more ideas. We are all humanly grown like all animals, by the way the size of our brain doesn't mean we are superior to other beings with smaller heads, its all about hot to use it.

[@tuscanland]

Is that James Hunt in the background?

[@canberradogfarts]

Hey Tom! I've looked everywhere to no avail. What is the music you use for you video intro segment? Thanx, Kas

[@patrickbeck4062]

It's not a regular song that would be on the radio. KZbin "Captain Jack - Backing Tracks" Don't just search Captain Jack the artist, that's something different.

[@12345NoNamesLeft]

When does 720 quality kick in ?

[@Jerry-pr9wu]

2 minutes after You watch it in 480p

[@AJR2208]

Hi Tom, thanks for the video & your time. Could you add magnetic chucks & transfer blocks to one of your Meatloaf's please - covering flux lines and choosing the right block for material thickness etc? They are almost a natural progression with this topic. Stay safe and well :)

[@Pobadill]

Tom = National Treasure

[@hkkhgffh3613]

So you are working with those physizistz at a doe lab?

[@fsj197811]

No no no, at 4:10 those aren't V-blocks. No sir. Those are for displaying business cards. 🙂 Yep, teasing! Thanks for sharing, I'm learning a fair bit from your videos.

[@wktodd]

Too many ads! Edit: thanks for fixing the ads Tom

[@richardbennett6053]

Has Tom gone office the air, I'm missing his posts

[@AnanusBananus]

Tom, what the funk with the 480p...

[@emilgabor88]

Go to the cinema and wach HD. This is a machine shop...

[@xenonram]

Opt out of the automatically placed mid-roll ads. I got 14 ads in the video.

[@EverettWilson]

Worth it.

[@HolosunGodOdin]

When Tom says he works with people much smarter than him, that tells me he is without a doubt the most intelligent man there.

[@lindboknifeandtool]

Hey ox, what kinds of jobs can somebody with a degree in metallurgy get? Are metallurgists in demand?

[@MattOGormanSmith]

SpaceX and Tesla are doing the most interesting work atm, imho.

[@12345NoNamesLeft]

It probably really depends on which matal you specalize in. Auto makers are going to higher strength steel that stamp well, so cars can be thinner, lighter, cheaper, higher gas milage. Aeroplane makers also want lighter, stronger but do more titanium, aluminum alloys and are moving towards carbon fibre that gets glued together. Jet engines and rockets want the same thing, but in super high temp alloys that have high heat strength. Machine tool tooling sintered carbides with longer edge life, better finish. There is lots of RnD going on if you get into the right companies. Even govt research is still lead by companies funding and joint ventures with companies.

[@MrShobar]

No. Get a degree in another technical field.

[@xenonram]

Stay away from Tesla. They are at a point where they're losing money every Q. Tesla can't figure out who is in charge and they came figure out how to turn a profit. They're busy making farting features and developing new cars, instead of improving the products they have. Tesla is not a viable business model when they have to constantly look for an a new influx of capital every year. They're also really trying to move development operations out of the U.S., because they don't want to pay US engineers.

[@user990077]

13:40 Maybe that V block was meat for a magnetic chuck only.

[@dannyoktim9628]

My boss would let me make any tool. . . as long as it was on my time.

[@jeffbuckles]

"I should just shut up" If I had a nickel for every time I've said that...

[@ryandee8543]

Those asymmetrical blocks might be for cylinder heads. That's what I think of when I see them.

[@Sharklops]

Anyone interested in the idea of roundness being difficult to check should look into shapes and solids of constant width. It will make it instantly clear why two point measurements are no good for determining roundness. Here's a good video by Numberphile on the topic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYamhIaArLRmfbc

[@intjonmiller]

If you have a 3D printer you can print a set very quickly and be the life of the next party! (I keep a set on my desk for customers to play with, though the real reason is to help me spot the engineering and metrology types who know what they are.) You can also make the linear version that those are based on, called Reuleaux's Triangles (best stab at the spelling), with a lathe and three equal lengths of hex stock. I also have a set of those on my desk with holes drilled almost through them so they double as individual pen holders.

[@chuckphilpot7756]

I would think 90 would expose quadrant, while 60 would expose trilobe.

[@gordonagent7037]

Holy vee batman!!!

[@lanemoore]

Is this a reupload?

[@MrTurboturbine]

press brake dies make perfect v-blocks...

[@WilliamTMusil]

Hiya Tom

[@timw2407]

oK then ... let's modify the vb that needs modified ... could b a interesting vid

[@kwasg3]

Thanks for the vid, and some cool tools, but NOT as cool as that James Hunt poster... :) At least that looks like a James Hunt poster on my little screen....

[@joell439]

👍😎👍

[@markcnc]

Hold on a sec, I don't understand the questions, "Why do you need 2?"