Machinist's Minutes: Dialing in an axle housing on a lathe

You can drive yourself crazy trying to get an axle dialed in if you don't understand that they're not made perfectly parallel.

[@zeitgeist2720]

I’m early in my machining career, most of my time as a programmer and fixture design on primarily 3 axis DN vertical machines. These videos are so valuable for me to see some of the one off/set up tricks and best practices that I don’t really run into in high volume production. Great stuff

[@kyot72]

Ive had a few stubs replaced by a mobile axle repair company. They used new stubs and have never had a problem. Great video and info.

[@adhawk5632]

Real world advice from a master machinist, soak it up people👌Thanks for sharing your knowledge👍👌🇦🇺 Enjoy your northern summer

[@redmorphius]

Nice to see a video that isn’t a vevor sales pitch. Thank you. Good information.

[@trottermalone379]

Your description made a lot more sense once I saw (near the end of the video) the full frame image of your setup and realized you were indeed working on the drive axle housing and not the axle itself. I kept waiting for the axle setup to appear… Keep up the great job. Your videos are tip top!

[@martinnorbeck4657]

There is a national chain road service called Axle surgeons. They remove old and weld in new spindle tubes all mobile. Also brake spiders.

[@stevechambers9166]

Thanks for the advice you’ve made a few jobs easier for me 👍👍👍

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

I have not done one since the 1980's Had to off set it a fair bit in the lathe for that very reason . I remember having to ask a truck mechanic if it was normal & he said , thats how they are supposed to be . Good one .

[@ke6bnl]

as a kid I say the axle was bent on a small trailer and I pulled it and put it in my press and straightened it out. Little did I know.

[@lewislakin4554]

Howee I love your videos pal

[@chrishunter4580]

Geez! Sorry you're cooking there in Fox! Hope things cool down for ya! Its apparently 92°F at my place on the mountain north of ya!

[@tas32engineering]

Would have been a better video with the job in the machine. But you cannot stop production & some machining methods need to be not to detailed to protect your business. Difficult to choose a process & display while conducting a business venture. You have a good voice for broadcasting. Maybe mix it up with a white board reason why it is done that way. Like a present of compound of 10 degrees to gain a more accurate measurement. I'm sure you have many in your book of ideas.