HAMMER'S PLUG & TIPS, PARALLEL TURNING, DRILLING & TAPPING OF PARTS HELD IN 5C COLLETS. MARC LECUYER

[@jimmilne19]

Very high quality explanations: complete, clear and easily understood. I'll be diving into your other videos with a certain anticipatory delight. Thanks for sharing.

[@joecnc3341]

Keep up the great educational videos, Marc! Glad to see that you are back at it!

[@730222faavs]

Hi Marc, I really enjoy your video's. You really have a gift to explain things clearly. I have my lathe for almost 6 months now. I wish, I saw your posts earlier, I would have avoided many mistakes.

[@madaboutpix]

your videos are an inspiration. thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise. we have all benefited from your generosity.

[@dalegarrison5557]

Great series Marc. I learned a lot. I'll definitely have to make this a weekend project! -Dale

[@THATLAZYMACHINIST]

Thanks Dale if you send me an E-Mail ,I will send you a copy of the plans. Marc L'Ecuyer [e-mail]

[@lindaramunno5428]

THATLAZYMACHINIST Hello i was wondering if you could forward a copy of the hammer plans to [e-mail] Thankyou Joe

[@miltable]

I noticed that at time stamp 20:06 you use a center drill with a 60 degree included angle instead of a spotting drill with an angle greater than 118 degrees. Is there a reason?

[@arnljotseem8794]

Great beginners project, and good instructional videos. Sure would like to see you put the hammer together though :-)

[@k5at]

Marc, Could you tell us a little about Mal Studios? Also in the US, we call the collects 5C. Nice work and great instruction. Thanks for sharing!

[@THATLAZYMACHINIST]

Hi herb, MAL studios is the French version of thatlazymachinist. All it is me, two canon camcorders and an I-7 cpu with a good graphic card. If you go to my webpage thatlazymachinist.com you will see both sides of my bilingual world. I am Frenglish Canadian, my mother was English Montréal and my father is French Montréal. For my part I am generaly confused. MAL comes from my full name Marc André L'Ecuyer

[@k5at]

THATLAZYMACHINIST Is the shop you are filming at yours? It looks like either a school or a commercial shop.

[@THATLAZYMACHINIST]

Herb Blair Most of the videos are filmed in my old schools shop between 2008 and June 2013 (the time I retired). A lot of the new English videos are produced with what I filmed in French during those years. I am just beginning to produce videos in my own small shop, my latest video being an example of that.

[@THATLAZYMACHINIST]

Herb Blair Sorry herb, I forgot to wish you a good day and give you the link to my first homeshop produce video kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqmapJt7jZWUfNE

[@polanskiman]

Hello Marc, Why not finish the threading of the brass part by turning the spindle until the end? Why do you finish it manually? Thanks

[@THATLAZYMACHINIST]

Hi Polanskiman! The main reason is that turning the chuck by hand gives very little feedback. The chuck is massive and it makes it difficult to feel if the rotational pressure on the tool gets to great. In other words, finishing the thread by hand with a tap handle reduces the chance of braking the tap. Thanks for the great question and thanks for watching, it is appreciated. Marc L'Ecuyer

[@polanskiman]

THATLAZYMACHINIST Makes sense indeed. Thank you.

[@anonymousmie2829]

Hello Marc I love your stuff and only wish I had more time to watch more of them. I am learning a lot and really appreciate what you do. I will continue to watch you even though it drives me nuts when you Canadians pronounce height as if it was spelled heighth. said with affection and reverence... but it just drives me nuts... kinda like the aluminium thing... Anyway... Did you ever do a video showing the completed hammer? It feels like the series is incomplete without a visual of the final product. Also, what was the purpose of the handle plug? just to fill the hole that you made to fit the tailstock? It seems like a good place to thread a stud to hold a third optional hammer head. With the mass of the hammer, one could probably use it to tap items without even repositioning it to the head... a three face hammer so to speak. so, if you have a photo or can send me to a video that shows the hammer, I would appreciate it. Thanks, Keep up the EXCELLENT WORK Anon

[@THATLAZYMACHINIST]

Hi Anon, I am very happy that you enjoy the videos. I can send you a picture of the hammer but I must have your e-mail because I cannot join a file to a comment. If you send me a message at [e-mail] I will send you a jpeg of the hammer. This is a teaching project so the hole in the handle is to balance the hammer but in reality it serves to practice deep hole drilling and reaming and the plug is to practice accurate turning for the press fit but the third head is a great idea. Thanks for watching, Marc L'Ecuyer P.S. in French aluminum is aluminium and I often get them confused.

[@olegpostnikov6400]

200! )

[@wayne101ist]

Hi Marc, I enjoy machining and watching your videos, but we live in Canada and are next to USA, and we are a long way from Europe. I don't understand why you are making videos using metric dimensions, if you are making these videos for the Home Machinist. You can't buy metric tools in Canada. Oh maybe some at KBC, who are ourageously expensive. It is difficult to change all dimensions to metric. You can't even buy metal in metric dimensions. Oh, maybe its just me, I'm old and don't want to change and it would cost to much money to adjust to metric. You make good videos though. Please respond with your reason for using metric. Wayne [e-mail]

[@THATLAZYMACHINIST]

Hi Wayne, as you know I was a teacher for many years in an Ontario college. When I started in 1988, all my class projects were in inch measurements. Over the years, mostly due to employers requests, I changed half of the projects to metric in order to cover both systems adequately. this means that the hammer project was in inches at the start and it is quite simple to change from metric. the stock is all 3/4" square or round. The thread will become a 3/8 - 16 unc, the reamed hole is 1/2" instead of 12 mm, the 3 mm grooves are 1/8" and all the angles are the same. All the other dimensions can be changed by dividing them by 25.4. If you would like a copy of the plans for the projects I have translated up to now (I was teaching in a French college). Just send me a request by E-mail to [e-mail] and I will return you a copy. Marc L'Ecuyer

[@evilaudio]

Just watched the entire series and am starting on this tomorrow. Thanks for what you do :-)

[@evilaudio]

What is the reasoning of the void in the handle and why didn't you choose to thread the "plug"? What did you do to fasten the "plug" to the handle? Press-fit? ...and why? Thank you!

[@evilaudio]

...after making the hammer, I now understand! I chose to thread the "plug" since I didn't have access to a reamer. Also wanted to mention I achieved the same taper offsetting the tailstock about .350" and turning between centers. It's a very fine hammer, thanks!