How to Change a Oil Window in an Old Machine Tool- Toolmaster LIVES!

[@jimzivny1554]

Rosie has more energy than most! You're right she'd be a chip magnet.

[@johndebrular979]

Everyone should have a pet. I do like your pooch. From one old dog to another your videos are great.

[@10swatkins]

Thank you very much!

[@frankward709]

Rosie looks like she would be a good chip Magnet. Thanks for the video

[@alexmclennan3011]

Steve you are a gifted teacher.

[@shootgp]

Thanks for the video. I have a new window on the way - I couldn't find one myself. I'd probably still be looking for one without this video!

[@10swatkins]

Glad I could help!

[@Convolutedtubules]

​@@10swatkinsWhere can they be ordered from?

[@roylucas4414]

Always enjoy your your videos. Thank you for taking the time to make me a little smarter. Rosie is no shop dog, she's a salon queen.

[@jeremycable51]

Yeah rosey in the shop is a bad idea my pup wound up getting a hot chip stuck to his foot now he don’t go near the lathe it’s the mill chips I worry about I hate digging those little things out couldn’t imagine what he’d go through with one stuck in a paw

[@10swatkins]

I agree! They don't know about the dangers and walk around bare foot like the poor Pakistani Truckers :(

[@jeremycable51]

@@10swatkins lol i know that’s right

[@billdivine9501]

Thank you for doing these videos! They help me a lot and give me confidence about certain maintenance techniques. All of the older machinists that were around me, are no longer, so I’ve got nobody to ask. One day I may do a video tour of my shop for you, I think you’d like it. And I don’t bring my dog to my shop for the same reason. Too dirty and he would find every chip on the floor!

[@millomweb]

Even I might like your shop tour !

[@billdivine9501]

@@millomweb thanks! Not sure how to let people know when I put a video up but I’ll try.

[@millomweb]

@@billdivine9501 Put a comment here - or another o new video of Steve's !

[@jacobfoxworth]

Nice trick for popping out those dirty old oil windows. Thanks for the tip Steve. I'll need it when I finally get my lathe in working order.

[@matthewperlman3356]

Thanks for mentioning the source for the windows! I have at least one that could use replacement.

[@10swatkins]

Glad I could help!

[@cavemansmancave9025]

Thanks for the oil window source. I’ve tried to find them myself without luck. Great video. Thanks John

[@10swatkins]

Glad to help

[@herbstjohann6057]

Hast wieder ein wunderwerk zum laufen gebracht!! Bewundere deine Initiative und Liebe zum Detail deiner Arbeit!! LG.Herbst Johann aus Österreich

[@10swatkins]

Thank you sir!

[@dalmatiangirl61]

Rosie is cute, but yeah thats a chip magnet. What is the other dogs name? short hair so easy to brush the chips out, and looks like he could give Don's ankles a good rash :-)

[@10swatkins]

That is Jenna... She is pound puppy that never had enough to eat :)

[@4GSR]

Your dog is much cuter than CTE's dog!!!🐕🐕 As always, thanks for sharing Steve. Ken

[@10swatkins]

I think so too!

[@jimbehning118]

Thanks for the hands on illustrated 1D work. My 1D was in three heavy parts when I got it. Bar-draw bolt and knob missing. Jerry rigged transformer bypassed when I got it was fixed with a new transformer. Made a bar-draw bolt and knob. I still have not fixed the leaky oil seal. My table power feed has stripped gears. Probably because the lead screw is worn, the backlash eliminator was set to take out the slop in the middle of the table but caused it to be super tight/impossible to get the last 6 inches of travel or more from left or right. I guess the previous shop used the power feed with a tight lead screw and made a mess of the gears. Still fun to use even if it leaks and has no table power feed.

[@10swatkins]

IT's a shame how some machines are mistreated :(

[@dannywilsher4165]

Nice looking Toolmaster. You did an awesome job on it. Thanks for sharing Mr. Steve!

[@10swatkins]

Thanks 👍

[@azenginerd9498]

FYI: My lathe is a Sharp - same Taiwanese manufacturer as Jet, Lux-Matter and others. The oil sight windows are metric and a different animal than the Bijur. I found a replacement source at Elesa in the HE and HRT series. I had already "refurbished" my originals so I have not actually ordered. Elesa has order quantity minimums so you may have to source from a reseller.

[@TheAyrCaveShop]

Good info Steve ! Thanks !

[@10swatkins]

Any time!

[@lundysden6781]

Good tips! Keep the dog!!

[@10swatkins]

Thanks! Will do!

[@markobeck6927]

Yea Rosie! The Shop Dog!

[@jtg2737]

I'm assuming that on any machine with this type of "window" so long as the oil level is in the middle it is fine, correct?

[@10swatkins]

Pretty much.... One exception is the type of window that really is a window... Axelson lathes have a small window near the top of the head that really is just a window. There is a small oil line behind the window that drips oil as the machine is running. You can see the drops and that tells you the oil pump is running..

[@jtg2737]

@@10swatkins Thank you for this followup.

[@JourneymanRandy]

Nice looking machine. I don't know much about that Toolmaster. I'm wondering why you don't keep that one. You could call it "Jonny Fever". It is a Cincinnati. It came alive the same week we lost the character.

[@10swatkins]

I was torn about keeping it, but I don't need three mills and I have plans for the Bridgeport waiting it's turn....

[@watkinssteven78]

Enjoying your channel. Great name lol

[@10swatkins]

Hey, thanks There are a lot of us running around :) Guess My parents were just not that imaginative... But it's better than Moon Dog Watkins :)

[@ogaugeclockwork4407]

Great tip on removal!

[@dalmatiangirl61]

Crackmaster has a very limited selection of those, it is the "press fit thru wall sights", used one last year. Needed an oddball size on my Yam lathe, iirc it was 1-1/16", could not find that size anywhere, ended up using a bronze flanged bushing to reduce the hole to 25mm so a plastic one would fit.

[@10swatkins]

That is a good solution!

[@johndonlan5956]

This is a great video Steve! I didn't know it was so easy to change oil sight glasses..... I guess it's all in knowing how, huh? FYI - Years ago I used to use tricorethylene, sinusol, percorethylene, acetone and such.... Bare handed. As a machinist I had my hands in to all kinds of degreasing agents....... Only to find out, later, that they were all carcinogenic. So my friend, if you use that acetone please make sure you clean it off your hands well. (Just to be safe)

[@10swatkins]

You bet!

[@THEIRONWORKER]

i love my Toolmaster mill and the 40 NMTB STYLE mount . I need to do some of these repairs to mine also Thanks .Congrats on the subscribers also I can't seem to get much past 4.1

[@10swatkins]

As Don says... Keep at it :)

[@we3make65]

Looks like you and Don

[@millomweb]

I'm just thinking of adding those angled oil fillers at the right level and just forget about the sight glasses. Either that or just knock an overflow hole in at about the right level.

[@10swatkins]

I think the glass would be much easier :)

[@millomweb]

@@10swatkins Time & again ? ! I wondered about filling them with a cleaning/flushing oil to clean the existing glass !

[@10swatkins]

@@millomweb IF you can't buy one that is your next best choice... Maybe a sonic cleaner with purple power would do an acceptable job... DO IT OUTSIDE of course, that stuff is nasty!

[@millomweb]

@@10swatkins Maybe remove the existing one, thread the hole and make a sleeve to fit a smaller one that screws into the existing hole - easier then to get out and clean the glass !

[@nschelling6420]

Steve, could you do me a favor? My 1-D is missing the handle for the spindle lock. I can confirm that strange and undesirable things happen when the main motor is switched on when the spindle is still locked yet. Would it be possible to get me a picture or two of what exactly the handle consists of? Many thanks!

[@10swatkins]

The whole assembly or just the handle?

[@nschelling6420]

@@10swatkins Just the handle would be sufficient. That is missing, and I think there might be part of the locking fork that goes in the handle broke off as well.

[@jimbehning118]

@@nschelling6420 The illustrated parts manual has a drawing of the bar-draw bolt. Get a three step step ladder and take the cover off the bar-draw bolt. You will see the simple mechanism. The bar-draw bolt and knob was missing off my 19611D. I made a bar draw bolt out of some 1/2" plate I had laying around based on the drawing. I turned a knob out of aluminum. The parts manuals are available on the internet. If there was a way to post a picture I would. Note that the knob for the bar-draw bolt prevents accidental motor engagement when the bar-draw bolt is slid onto the flats of the bar-draw. The knob is 1.5" in diameter where it engages in the S position of the L-S-R on my 1960 or 1961 1D. The L-S-R switch on my 1D has a round area in the S position that the knob slides into. You cannot make L or R happen until you pull the bar-draw bolt out and off the flats of the draw bolt. You cannot engage the bar-draw bolt when the motor switch is in L or R. I do see some 1Ds do not have this safety feature to prevent motor engagement. Note that I am not a machinist, never played on in real life. Making or fixing this feature is a pretty simple task. I do need to take everything apart to change the leaking oil seal. Other issues with my 1D but I have made a few things and fixed a few things.

[@heinstrydom864]

Thank you for the video good content

[@jeremycable51]

What kind of work holding does the spindle use the Cincinnati special collets? Or something common? 40 taper would be great

[@10swatkins]

IT slips my mind right now... IT's a 40 size with the longer threaded piece on the end....

[@jeremycable51]

@@10swatkins nice I’ll look into it it’s time for me to upgrade my old wells index anyway I learned my lesson with oddball spindle noses tho it has a bs9 taper tooling is hard to find for it

[@jeremycable51]

All the best parts of a horazontal mill on a knee mill I want it now lol

[@gopaljoshi13]

Sir can u suggest from where I get an auto lube for cincinnati square shearing machine and a service manual

[@10swatkins]

Sorry No idea right now..

[@wilkbilt]

Steve, what's wrong with your temple I have noticed it on several of your videos ?

[@10swatkins]

I scraped off all the skin about the size of a quarter.. IT's taken a long time to grow it back and it is slowly getting there :) Should have gotten a skin graft ...

[@wilkbilt]

@@10swatkins OK Thanks, thought it might be something worst. Glad it is healing.

[@Desertpeople-t7]

Good vid thank you

[@10swatkins]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@tacticalrabbit308]

How does whay oil compare to say 80 -90 gear oil? And does it have a smell like 80-90 gear oil or no smell?

[@10swatkins]

I way oil from my Chevron Distributor here in town, buy it in 5 gallon pails, mainly because it is close and cheaper. (They also have the oil I use in the planer in 55 gallon drums :) ) Their way oil does not smell like 90 weight gear lube. Way oil has additives to make it stickie so that it sticks to the parts and reduce, or eliminate, stick-slip in machine tools. Stick-slip is not good :)

[@tacticalrabbit308]

@@10swatkins I have an economy lawn and garden tractor made in the 69-70 time frame and it needs a really thick oil in the transmissions 95-140 gear oil is not thick enough to slow the gears in it to allow you to shift gears. Was thinking of mixing grease in with the oil , any thoughts on the subject?

[@10swatkins]

@@tacticalrabbit308 Even though I slept at a Holliday Inn last night I am not up on oil or their additives and I would hate to hurt your transmission... I can tell you that gear lube is thicker than way oil...

[@4GSR]

@@tacticalrabbit308 Add a can of STP to the oil to thicken it up! Also makes a good tackifiers to ISO68 oil turning it into poor man's way lube.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@tacticalrabbit308 Check on Snapper 00-grease. Some draglines used to use Texaco Marfak aluminum soap gun grease when the gear oil would bypass the seals and run out.

[@MatthewTinker-au-pont-blanc]

Ultra sonic cleaner!

[@10swatkins]

I don't think Rosie would like that very much!

[@jdmccorful]

Good teaching session on Toolmaster. "Doggies are a glimpse of paradise." Thanks for the look .

[@10swatkins]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@zedostenso3069]

FYI Didn't use solvents like carb. Cleaner or brake cleaner on the plastic lenses windows it will fog them up permanently.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

If that wasn't 'Fluffy Butt' it ought to be. My Sweetie wanted a window in my head to see if the brain was. That's how she put it. Just was. We gave up after ruining all the bits we could find. The rock drill carbides were the best but the smoke was too bad. And I sold my body for money for over 50 years. It was good at causing things to burn diesel. GBWYall!

[@10swatkins]

Yep, that's Fluffy Butt.... Might I suggest to your wife that a Jack Hammer might work....

[@terrycannon2061]

I love dogs much more than people. The other one looks starved. LOL

[@10swatkins]

She was a pound puppy that I think never had enough food in her younger years... She is lumpy from a coyote attack years ago :( She is about 12 now...

[@terrycannon2061]

@@10swatkins coyotes got my baby also. 2nd time they killed her. So if necessary i will shoot a coyote off the neighbors front porch.

[@bcbloc02]

It is because you don't let your dog check your work!

[@10swatkins]

That's because I'm good enough not to have to have a dog check my work! :) I hate to tell you this, after all these years, But Baily can't read a tape measure :)