Making a UNIVERSAL Tap Follower || INHERITANCE MACHINING

[@InheritanceMachining]

Thanks for watching everyone! Despite my troubles (and lessons) this "simple" project was intended to give time for the next one. My biggest project to date. Literally! Keep an eye out for that on February 17th!

[@andrewfergcorpcom]

Thanks for including and discussing all the things that didn’t go to plan!

[@InheritanceMachining]

@@andrewfergcorpcom My pleasure!

[@felixcosty]

Thanks for the video. Just a suggestion change the name on the box from "box of shame" to "box of learning"

[@dtnicholls1]

A new box for lessons learnt? ;)

[@rouelejour4080]

Your videos are great. If you spent a minute explaining what the problem is and how your tool solves it they would be perfect. Not everybody who watches is an experienced machinist.

[@Blueshirt38]

Please never stop the design drawings, even for simple stuff. In the future, they will be just as important as the products themselves to your children or whomever comes after you.

[@SHdrummerguy08]

I teach high school physics and this channel made me dust off my old ENGR101 drawing chops for the lecture notes i post online

[@EnricoMarangonJunior]

Best comment ever !! Keep the analog drawing board ! this is the best feature in a digital "ctrl+c" world. And makes the brain work !

[@raheslop]

I reckon you could see prints of the drawings

[@justinpatterson7700]

my great uncle was a city planner in philly. his old drawings are some of the coolest things i own, dude was a wizard at it

[@watosmate8935]

Find it nice to have a good drawing even if unnecessary

[@elitallnova2959]

I found this channel a few weeks ago and i love it. the production quality of the videos, the learning processes, the side projects, the drafting of most of the projects, the attention to detail. . I am learning so much for when i finally get my own shop space and start tinkering. Thank you for such amazing videos.

[@InheritanceMachining]

My pleasure! And thank you for the kind words. Good luck on your own shop!

[@kylelaw7210]

You should consider selling your designs.

[@cschwad559]

Yeah, he has us all ordering drafting tools!

[@andymouse]

Me Too !

[@HotDogRacing]

I had a project once where all I had to do was drill a variety of holes, some with counter-bores, into a piece of wood and then make a mirror image piece for the other side. After hours of confusion I ended up with two good parts and 3 scrapped parts. Some days it can be a real battle lol.

[@AgentJohnSteed]

Once again thank you so much for including the whole build lifecycle. Seeing you encounter and overcome mistakes makes me feel so much better about my trails in the shop. Outstanding content as usual.

[@InheritanceMachining]

My pleasure. We all go through it. It's all part of the learning process. Thanks!

[@kingsastheticera6254]

as an engineer student this is my absolute adored channel

[@InheritanceMachining]

Thank you!

[@TheBradinator214]

Same man

[@jb76489]

Don’t engineering students still have to take some English gen eds?

[@jasoncastaneda1942]

As a stupid worker i also adore this channel

[@TheBradinator214]

@@jb76489 I believe all students have to take core classes which do include English. Why do you ask?

[@recurvestickerdragon]

When the box fills up, you should do another just-lots-of-side-projects video using as many of those pieces as you can, bonus points if they all become parts for one project

[@clydebalcom3679]

Cool idea. I'd like to see that myself.

[@cyrusgaming943]

Your honesty with mistakes and the learning process are amazing to see since I didn't know the first thing about machining when I found your channel

[@InheritanceMachining]

I appreciate that. Thank you

[@mkegadgets4380]

When I was a apprentice, I made one just like that. The only problem and always would roll off onto the floor. So the second one I made up all the hex stock and that stop it from rolling around. Then on the plunger, I put grooves quarter inch apart, so I could tell the depth of the tap. As always great project. I think you’re gonna need a bigger box.

[@InheritanceMachining]

Those are really nice additions. Thanks!

[@BruceBoschek]

Wonderful tool, beautifully made. My grandpa was an engineer and tool and die maker. He said "Feel free to ignore the problem now. It won't ignore you later." I have often remembered this too late. My wife and I completely restored our 22 room 19th century abbey that would become our home. It took 15 years and in the process, a number of times I saw something that needed to be addressed, but I didn't have time, didn't want to bother, didn't think it mattered. Some of those things never got corrected and still irritate me. I'm too old to start correcting them now, so if they ever do get corrected it will be by someone else. Thanks much for this excellent video. In learning from your mistakes you are helping others avoid making them. That is a true gift.

[@InheritanceMachining]

Those are some great words to live by. I can imagine the stories you have of your renovation. I too have had many similar scenarios in my own home's renovation(s). (ongoing). I take care of as many issues as I can though. Thank you as always for your nice words and encouragement. Even since the beginning!

[@Doc_Fartens]

I LOVE that you do proper drawings and that you show them being made.

[@AnttiBrax]

If this channel ever needs merch drops, those would make pretty great posters.

[@mortsaidmort]

Showing the mistakes, what you felt about noticing / not noticing problems, and the iterative approach to solving is so great. It makes the channel waay more approachable than only mentioning mistakes in the voiceover of machining the successful part. Your method shows how to learn, grow, and be comfortable creating and following your own feedback. What a breath of fresh air.

[@InheritanceMachining]

I really appreciate that. Thank you

[@lexugax]

Awesome, I was waiting for this! BTW, I saw those stickers on your cabinet door ;) I like this channel more every day.

[@InheritanceMachining]

😁

[@fakename287]

Lol I saw those too! Love that middle one, they've been fantastic for the price, just wish they'd bring the old logo back :(

[@MrFatalZero]

Absolutely wonderful! The voice overs are very well recorded too. Makes the story telling aspect so much more immersive. You precision ambition makes my woodturning projects feel like kindergarten 😂

[@InheritanceMachining]

I really appreciate that! honestly I feel like I'm in kindergarten with the mistakes i make sometimes 😂

[@vincenzo6412]

Great job! I can see a future side project being an upgrade to the "Box of Shame". It's filling up nicely after this one 😂

[@onixstormcloack9541]

yeah some wood work to create a refined, precise and bigger one seems appropriate, considering the importance of this box ;-) (and when we are at it, a little renaming, because this box is much more about the learning process than the fails )

[@InheritanceMachining]

this one took a heavy toll for sure 😂 Thanks!

[@EnricoMarangonJunior]

@@InheritanceMachining Start the series "Box of Shame Come backs" !!! 🤣 and let us give advices. The best ones go to machinning !

[@chronovaengineering]

Great video, thanks for sharing! In our experience, drilling a long hole with a twist drill will always wander somewhat even if you set up your tailstock super carefully and use a brand new high-quality drill bit, so boring is a must. If you can't bore the whole length, it helps significantly if you just bore the first bit so the flutes of the drill bit are a nice fit to help guide the drill bit the rest of the way.

[@InheritanceMachining]

That's great advice! Thank you

[@someguy8578]

Hey @Inheritance Machining, curious if you would prioritize the various tools and fixtures you’ve made in the same manner again or if you could go back and do it again would you have made certain things sooner. Keep up the great work!! You’re an inspiration to go out and start tinkering and making chips.

[@InheritanceMachining]

Oh for sure. This is one I wish I would have made earlier. I'm already using it for projects. Thanks!

[@StarfallSabersForever]

Yet another incredibly shot, narrated and produced video! And I'm eyeing that Box O' Shame because some of those pieces would be the perfect "found" parts for a lightsaber build ;)

[@InheritanceMachining]

😁 Thanks!

[@thylacine1962]

The most creative people use their mistakes to develop perfection. Your no exception. Your in an excelent club.

[@InheritanceMachining]

Thank you 🙏

[@omergolan643]

great build as usual, I watch and love every one of your videos! but I have one question, when will we be able to buy the pen you made? I just want it so bad

[@InheritanceMachining]

Thanks! No definite ETA on that quite yet. I haven't had the chance to source a shop that will help out

[@josephgoldsborough9138]

God these videos are theraputic to watch. I can see through the videos as his skill (and tools) get better and better, love it

[@marshallwilliams4054]

Great job. Looks terrific as always. Question: have you considered a gun drilling attachment for the tailstock on your lathe? It would be a more complicated project, but I believe it would reduce the wandering when drilling a long bore.

[@InheritanceMachining]

Thanks! I think that would be an interesting project for sure. And definitely more complicated. I might have to fabricate a need for one 😁

[@johnhaines6501]

I love the drafting set-up. That's exactly what I learned on decades ago. And your table looks just like the one my dad made for his take home work.

[@InheritanceMachining]

Thanks! It came from my grandfather who got it probably in the 80's sometime

[@PatrickHoodDaniel]

Practice makes perfect... Wait, you are more perfect than most! We are all doomed!! Haha

[@InheritanceMachining]

Easy now! This project is evidence of the contrary! 😂

[@kvg4790]

In a pinch, I’ll use a spring impact marking punch as the tap follower. I do have a mounted tap wrench, but I almost always power tap. But then again I’m usually machining more forgiving materials; also I almost never use small taps or threads that have a tendency to have taps break more.

[@HangarQueen]

Love the vertical lathe with the infinitely adjustable tool holder. I've got one of those too but didn't know it. Might come in handy one day.

[@Kettletrigger]

In case you're interested, a couple of years ago Keith Rucker did a video about lathe bed leveling and eliminating bed twist. Might help with your tailstock alignment problems. Great vids, keep them coming!

[@InheritanceMachining]

Thanks! I might have to watch that. I did a vid on leveling and aligning my own, but that doesn't necessarily mean I did it correctly. That was also about a year ago now

[@kvg4790]

I have a jewelers benchtop laser. If I break a tap, I can use it to either blow a hole in the tap or weld something to it so that I can extract it. I’ve also repaired a hole that didn’t need much strength by drilling way large then press fitting a tube into the hole and then laser welding the seams and finishing the hole to correct size. Smallest focal point is listed at 0.2mm, so I can go after small drill bits too. This laser is probably my favorite benchtop tool, when I got it I didn’t know just how much utility it would have. I can weld, “cut” (more like incrementally vaporize material in a line), solder, ablate coatings, and so much more. Being clever with it has seriously increased my capabilities and saved so much time on a couple of parts that I messed up. Freaking love this laser.

[@jmtx.]

Cool project. Goes to show that 'simple' is never simple. Looking forward to seeing the follower in action in future projects!

[@InheritanceMachining]

Thanks!

[@leobrent7926]

That is a cool and versatile tap chaser and of course it had to have the cap knurled hehe. Too bad it took so many tries to get the body right, at this pace the box of shame will quickly turn into the trunk of shame followed by the big cabinet of shame a.k.a. “Scrap stock” lol but your projects are entertaining as always. Keep up the good work Brandon!

[@cogentdynamics]

I call my “box of shame” a “recycling pile” and many parts become reincarnated.

[@InheritanceMachining]

Thanks, Leo!

[@marcvanherck]

As usual really fascinating. I don't know the first thing about what you are doing but the way you do it is superbe. I have seen all your videos and the way you comment your work is addictive. I look forward to the next episode of this trult amazin story. Marc from Belgium (excuse my French)

[@InheritanceMachining]

Thank you so much, Marc! Everyone is welcome here. Not just machinists!

[@Thought_Criminal_666]

Hey man, it's your friendly tool maker here again. Lots of drills are actually bent from the manufacturer and will cause the hole to walk off center when drilling in a lathe or any time the drill is stationary and the work is moving. Bent drills don't seem to be a problem on mills or any operators where the drill is spinning and the work is stationary. It's a total pain in the ass when I have to make step drills out of supplied drills from companies who don't care about their quality. It happens way more than you know... 😢

[@erikkayV]

Just wanted to let you know, and I find that even older experienced machinists sometimes don't know this but, in commercial tap followers you can actually flip the 60 degree plunger upside down and on the back is a matching cup so that you can follow small diameter taps that only have the point without the use of a dimpled tap wrench. Something to think about.

[@RobB_VK6ES]

Don't back off the tap so often. If the cutting forces are Ok keep cutting. Reversing too often increases the dulling of the cutting edges. Any time you need to remove a significant proportion of the material particularly with combined ext and int details it is best to rough out the entire profile say 1mm over / undersize then come back and finish. Roughing it out like this allows the stock to relax from the previous stressed state and any further distortion should be minimal.

[@KarenTookTheKids364]

This is easily the best channel on KZbin if you're any way inclined towards the engineering process. And all in a year. Amazing

[@RobertRidgley]

I just noticed the parallel lines you’ve cut into your triangles to help with spacing your section lines. I did that on all of my triangles. On Architectural drawing the section lines are called pocheing. Hadn’t thought of that in many years.

[@jaxithfox]

That's the first time I've seen someone use a mill as a lathe. Normally I see people using a lathe as a mill in weird ways

[@larryschweitzer4904]

I spend way too much time watching machining videos. Both to be entertained and to learn something. As for my personal machining I've spent too much time "learning " from my mistakes. Stefan Gotteswinter, Joe Pie & That Lazy Machinist are great teachers of the craft. They all explain "WHY" not just repeating "old wives'" methods. Thank you for the high quality videos. 100 years ago, I made drawings for the professor's papers, to help pay my way. All done in India ink, mostly cartography. I really like your drawings, bring back memories.

[@alachuckthebuck]

All hail the saga of making tapping threads not suck anymore than it has to.

[@InheritanceMachining]

Ditto!

[@CatNolara]

Oooh, I really like the design with the partial morse taper and straight shaft. Might make a similar one in the future once I get my lathe running again lol

[@jobkneppers]

Brandon, really nice work. One wish; you made the body out of free machining steel which is easy to machine. The downside is that its soft and will show war wounds quite fast. How about a surface treatment like nitride or carbonizing (?) to make a hard shell on the tool and grind it to size eventually (I'm not sure if a nitride treatment changes the geometry) Or a new, hardened one. Ground to size would make a cool video too 🙃. Thank you for sharing your work. All the best, Job

[@InheritanceMachining]

I may do just that. I need to get a proper grinding spindles setup first though. It's on my to-do list 😁 Thanks as always!

[@wolfparty4234]

I’m really enjoying all your videos 💪🏼🔥🔥🙏🏻❤️ Although I am wondering how many boxes of shame you may have to make before you come up with the right one🤣🙏🏻🤦🏻‍♂️

[@InheritanceMachining]

ooo burn 😂 Thanks!

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

Tune in next time, when my project will be building a LARGER BOE (Box Of Education :-) What a great tool; I need a tap follower.

[@InheritanceMachining]

😂

[@reaper060670]

Love this content bro.. I watch This Old Tony and Wonky's workshop also and I have to say it's awesome to watch ppl use Lathes & millings machines to make tools for their shops.. I think this type of skill is being lost today so it's bloody awesome to see it alive and well on YT.. I have a small workshop and I would love to get a lathe but I haven't used one since Metalwork classes in school and even then we never got to spend huge amounts of time on them. Are there any courses I could look to take to become proficient in the use of lathes and Milling machines? I don't have the engineering background u obviously have my bro but I really want to learn these machines correctly so when I finally get one or both I am not letting them gather dust bcos I don't know what I'm doing. I guess I should search online/google but what would the search be centering on if u don't mind me asking u? Thanks for another brilliant video my friend. Salute to ur Grandpa ?? for having a great selection of tooling. What is it with the older generation and their ability to keep stuff for years. I'm 50 now and I've started collecting bits and bobs of machines in boxes. I don't throw away any motors from machines. I take the machine apart and take the motors and any other salvageable parts and keep boxes of them in my home shop. My shop is my garage. It's a one car garage 16'X10' approx. It's really small and I need to be better at storage which is shocking atm. LOL I guess I could put the storage higher up on the walls and keep floor space at a premium but I'm weary of somebody walking around the shop and a load of shelving falling on them bcos I didn't fasten the shelving to the wall well enough. It'd be my bad luck alright..LOL Anyways I better stop now bcos I need to go to work. Again thanks for the brilliant content from all u great guys on YT. U make it bearable on here these days bcos there's a lot of tosh about this medium nowadays. I've always loved watching ppl use their hands to make stuff whatever that may be. The skills involved are immense. Salute from Dublin IRELAND!

[@jackwitkowski7818]

This Old Tony channel and this one, there are my favorite yt channel about machining, etc. I recommend also the Ca Lem channel if you don't know it yet, a guy from Vietnam who has a lot of knowledge and skills in this topic.

[@AbsoluteScotch]

Your Box of Shame is getting dangerously full... We're gonna need a bigger box!😵‍💫

[@TantalumPolytope]

You can wind solid core copper wire around a thread to avoid damaging it when you have to clamp a part on a thread

[@keithviolette5870]

Another awesome video. Love the design to make it universal between your machines.

[@InheritanceMachining]

Thanks, Keith!

[@nolyplayz4052]

You should make a miter gauge/ fence for the bandsaw

[@xyzspec82]

Looks like we have learn the same lesson this week... My current project is taking 500% more time than expected 😂

[@InheritanceMachining]

😂 we'd almost be better to unnecessarily over complicate it in our minds haha

[@shaocaholica]

You’re like the only KZbin machinist that adjusts the tail stock for alignment. It really bugs me when I see lathe tail stock drills visibly deflect on camera from mis alignment.

[@InheritanceMachining]

It's a pain in the butt, but It's needed for a lot of things

[@Alteisen_]

Your honesty about your mistakes makes your content soooo great: not pretending to be perfect on the one hand and raising awareness for possible traps to fall into on the other hand side! Thx a lot!!!

[@InheritanceMachining]

My pleasure. Thank you!

[@francometalo]

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[@rickfinsta2951]

A quick way to sweep in a drill (this is how we do it in a gang tool CNC lathe where we don't have a set X position) is to stick your dial indicator on the workpiece in the spindle (or in the spindle directly if you're not mid-process like this) and coaxially indicate the tool or a dowel in the holder. Super quick and accurate.

[@InheritanceMachining]

I've tried this technique before for another purpose and had trouble with the indicator/arm shifting under the changing gravity direction. Do you not run into this? May have just been I was using a less than rigid arm.

[@rickfinsta2951]

@@InheritanceMachining could be, I prefer to use the super short arm that came with my Mitutoyo tenths indicator directly in the spindle. I've seen sag with something like an Indicol. I recall an old time toolmaker showing me a trick to account for it but I can't for the life of me remember what it was.

[@InheritanceMachining]

@@rickfinsta2951That makes sense. I imagine for compensating you could mount both stock in the chuck and the indicator on the chuck touching the stock and see if gravity changes the reading.

[@prodbysteexy]

Everyone shut up he uploaded 🍿🍿

[@dbayboyds409]

I’m loving this channel. And the best part about being late to the party is the full back catalogue to binge on!

[@HexenzirkelZuluhed]

Nice work. We will need a bigger box soon... 😇

[@DramaticFlora]

the box of shame is starting to run out of space hahaha. maybe you need to have a side project for a bin of shame

[@InheritanceMachining]

not until I'm forced too 😂

[@stevehood10]

Great video once more appreciate you leaving in the "learning curve--s", when I was an apprentice I was told the only person that never makes mistakes is the person that never does anything, still got my behind kick started tho.

[@InheritanceMachining]

Very good words to keep in mind. Thanks!

[@derodomtommy3716]

Looking forward to seeing you experiment with blueing all your homemade parts.

[@yamilcoloma6677]

great video man, i got a little upset when you used the mill as a lathe but then i remembered that i have never even seen a lathe in person in my entire life so i have no right to complain

[@InheritanceMachining]

😂 They are basically the same tool after all. Thanks!

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

Great work nice tap follower. I was one of the lazy guys who bought one. Thanks for the video keep on keeping on.

[@InheritanceMachining]

For the time I spent on this one I don't blame you! Thanks

[@rets4072]

My Friday is complete.

[@Freetheworldnow]

It looks like you went a little bit ahead of your skills on that one! But in the end you managed to close the lid of the box of shame!!LOL! Excellent useful project. Well done. No need for tool steel on such project, as cold roll or hot roll steel will be just fine. Thanks for sharing.

[@InheritanceMachining]

Just a little bit 😁 Thanks!

[@theofficialczex1708]

What the... I finished making one of these in my Lathe I class this week! The timing!

[@InheritanceMachining]

Tap followers for everyone!

[@techdiverpratt5899]

I’ve never been so early before!

[@charlieromeo7663]

Nice job. Nice to know someone else has their own “box of shame”. I like how you got the lead pointer in this video. I still use an old-school straight edge with the cables and pulleys. I may get one of those drafting machines and step up to the ‘70s!

[@pauloalvesdesouza7911]

Another great video, another great tool. By the looks of it you'll soon need to build a chest of shame. Looking forward to the next one!

[@InheritanceMachining]

I sure hope not! 😂 thanks!

[@edsmachine93]

Very nice job. A very useful tool. Thanks for sharing. Take care, Ed.

[@EngineerRaisedInKingston]

I go to work, machine things, then drive home and watch Brandon machine things(only with signifincatly more skill than me). Some might say it's sad, some - weird, but I personally love it. Haven't even finished the video and I can already tell it'll be a great one. Can't wait to see what you've got lined up next for us!

[@InheritanceMachining]

😆 You sound like just about all of us. Once a machinist, always a machinist! Thanks as always, man!

[@georgedennison3338]

I made a spring loaded die follower for my lathe since it doesn't have the capability of turning threads. It made all the difference; now it's easier, & in larger diameters, possible. Was the non-concentricity in attempt #3 a functional or an esthetic problem? I can't see it being functional, but it might be a sitch where you don't discover the problem until it becomes a problem. I had a rear disk brake conversion kit project about 10 years ago which needed very accurate, (to 90⁰), threaded holes. Not having a mill, I was researching a solution, & learned about tappers. Curious about used availibilty, I jumped on eBay 10 minutes after someone posted a Ridgid tapper for $50. Used once 15 yrs prior, it'd held down a shelf most of it's life. Grabbed it while I could, & glad I did. Dedicated my drill press to it as an excuse to get a better one. Never have regretted it. Five+ years later, found myself needing accurate 90⁰ threaded holes, again, but on a piece too large for a DP. Got creative & turned an extra $5 garage sale find, Porta Align into a hand tapper. A couple hours & $20 of scrap material & I had a very accurate drill AND tap tool. The $300 store bought unit doesn't have the dual function ability since it won't hold drill bits or chuck in a drill. Keep your eyes open for a $5 garage sale Porta Align & make yourself one, or make one from scratch; if you ever need 42, accurate to 90⁰ 3/8-16 holes in a 3 x 4 ft sheet of 0.50" 6061, you'll be glad you did! LOL GeoD

[@Mtjefferson555]

Turning the boring bar on the mill…simple out side the box thinking. I learn more in one of your videos than dozens of others! Thank you!

[@InheritanceMachining]

trying my best 😁 Thanks!

[@cdorcey1735]

It's a beautiful tool, excellently explained. I probably would have shrugged at the first mistake, though, and asked "How much difference will it make in the actual tapping of a hole? ANYTHING is a big improvement over free-handing it. Carry on."

[@MikeBaxterABC]

6:04 The 1.4377° Angle (1° 26' 15.72") is for a #3 Morse Taper only ... each Numbered Taper, has a slightly different angle. :)

[@isiahhendrix5651]

Coming from two wildly differing backgrounds (construction and the USAF) I can speak from experience that complacency kills. Never get comfortable to the point you "expect" anything from your day to day life. Always be on your toes. It'll keep you from falling off of things, and keep your from getting squished by falling things.

[@flatlandwelder]

Hi: a source for the center point rod is the hardened, chromed rod for an old Mack diesel injector. They will never wear out when used as a tap follower. They also work as a center point for layout and marking on soft metals.

[@GearedTowardGear1]

The Aero Precision & Magpul stickers on the cabinet distracted me. My hobbies colliding in one video.

[@giovannipassamonti6043]

I really enjoy watching your videos because of how open you are about your learning experiences. Very inspiring to see this growth mindset in action.

[@DaleKallio]

There is so much conveyed in this episode it's difficult to make comment. Cross checking of datum surfaces and indexing, with good tooling and lubrication practices. You Sir, need an apprentice or two in your shop. Perhaps they're already there😊

[@Cheezeball99999]

For want of a CNC lathe, I once used a Trak DPM3 with lathe tooling in the vise just like you did. My supervisor thought I was nuts, but couldn't argue with the results; I finished what was supposed to be a three-day job on the manual lathe, in four hours.

[@grassroots9304]

That's the most booboos I've ever seen in a YT video. I respect that. I have a lathe, Horrible Freight Chinese lathe from 20 years ago when they sold metal lathes. I have had simple projects that went like this one w more scrap parts than keepers. Part of being human. Nice to see them shown and not edited out.

[@z0mb13h0rd3]

I haven’t even finished watching this yet, and I had to comment. Just got to the part where you mention the “Morse Taper”, and it reminded me of the grandfather I barely knew and inherited little because so was I when he passed. At this moment I am unsure of the dates, but he worked his way up from sweeping the floor in Morse Twist Drill and Machine Company to be the president of the company in the 60’s and possibly early 70’s. So now I’ve spent the last three hours looking up facts about tooling and the history of New Bedford and such (I’m not a machinist fyi). So side project 1 for tomorrow, is to talk to my 80 y/o father and get more information about a man I have scant memories of. But now back to finishing this video since I can’t sleep at this point until I do, three hours later than I planned on. I have few things from his time there, an index of drill bits, a tap set, and not much else. Much my father had was damaged in a flood, and I assume is gone. Keep making these videos, it is fantastic watching you make such fine things and also remain entertaining.

[@humminna]

This might sound a little mean, but I am looking forward to the episode where you need to make a new "Box of Shame" to accommodate everything that cannot fit in the current one. Otherwise, I love your straight forward and honest videos. Too many other folks will only show all the perfect things they've done. But you are willing to let all of us learn with you. Thank you so much!

[@InheritanceMachining]

Not mean at all! A larger box is inevitable. If I'm not making mistakes, I'm not learning. Thanks for the encouragement!

[@samloney3579]

The next side project should be......build a "new" larger Box Of Shame for future videos. Lord knows I would need a larger one also. LOL

[@BloodyMobile]

"It will be an easy small project" is NEVER an easy small project. And everyone saying otherwise is just lying or burying the memory.

[@devmeistersuperprecision4155]

Oh Boy! I just finished a side hustle job painting a home interior for sale. The owner gave me a heavy cast metal drafting pencil sharpener. Exactly the same one you have. The drawings are a cheap way to work out issues and keep from filling your box!

[@lucasbaldwin6982]

would be super cool to see a machined deburring tool, the spring collets are fascinating

[@wblteen]

I've been working my way through your videos and the hand drafting brings me back to highschool. I graduated in 2003 and I'm guessing those classes didn't last much longer after that. I really enjoyed those classes

[@petermarsh4993]

I would have thought that an “expert” would get his work done correctly first time around. Not so, an expert persists through failure to produce a perfect result in the end. No shame in interim mis-steps. Magnificent work. That’s a large looking lathe you are doing all this delicate work on. What size is its bore? I used to think delicate work equals a small lathe, but watching you it does not seem to be the case. Cheers.

[@shawman7801]

Excellent Video as always. I design a fair amount of machined parts but don't really do any machining myself. I hope I can learn some small lessons from your videos to get my OEM's off my back😅

[@InheritanceMachining]

Been there haha They will appreciate it , I can guarantee you that!

[@SubramaniamLakshminarayanan]

It is certainly nice to have a part with no runout, but honestly, on a tap follower as this, a 10 thou runout is not really going to influence the threads to the extent that you would end up with truncated threads being formed. During my apprenticeship days at BOSCH India as a fitter, my instructors would always tell - its good to be accurate in the part you produce, but is equally important to know if extreme accuracy on a particular job justifies the effort, which includes time, money and energy put into achieving it.

[@harmlesscreationsofthegree1248]

The lathe lathe 😂 Great vid man, loving the channel

[@InheritanceMachining]

Thanks!

[@beardedgarage]

Excellent material. I’m just getting started and it’s awesome to see the good and the bad!

[@richardkritikos6578]

I haven't seen you mark or stamp your "maker's mark" or "personal logo" into any of your creations. Is this practice not done anymore? Beautiful creations, such as yours, come with bragging rights.

[@BZEDAKING]

Almost enjoy the drafting as much as the machine work lol. I miss my old drafting table...

[@kiviknuuti1538]

I watched a This Old Tony video about knurling. In his opinion the diameter for knurling can be anything. With every diameter the knurling sometimes works, sometimes not. He also said that some guy has knurled a taper which would indicate strongly that the diameter doesn't have to be a specific one

[@travisfann2330]

What steel are you using? More importantly, what steel do you use most frequently for your projects? Is it O2? Thanks for the many lessons and helping me to understand the importance of precision.

[@Itsdirtnaptime]

One of these days, I might tell my boss that it has been a little while since I had a side project and make one of these. I could order one but, meh. But seriously. This makes me curious about my vertical cnc lathe. This makes me want to be able to use your approach and see if I can use Solidworks and program my machines to cut like that, repeatedly. I love outside the box approached.

[@armageddontools]

Hope you all learned valuable lesson -never trust a twist drill to make perfect holes ! Unless you are using gun drills or boring bar it will never be parallel with outer surface. However if its just one hole not like this one then you can ream it to size,put it between centers by using existing holes and turn outside diameter to be parallel.

[@DavidHerscher]

Take the bulk of your material off the outside. Then drill your hole. Take out of collet and put between centers using the holes at either end. Finish your outside surfaces. Your ID and OD should now be concentric AF brah.

[@shutupmeg176]

For the first component, Id do things a little differently. First would be to face and centre drill the far end of the part. Then I would do my drilling first, this would give more material surrounding the hole and would prevent you from overheating the part (you could see the brown heat treatment colours creeping in because of the excess heat). Also, you should drop the speed a fair bit for drilling those sizes of drill, especially in a harder and less thermally conductive material like most tool steels. That goes triple for a reaming operation, because reamers arnt cheap! Then, with the holes done, Id put a small boring bar in and bore a 30deg champfer, which will then be suitable for supporting with a live centre. After that, extend the part out of the chuck, turn all of the outer features and then part off. This would give you less drama with heat problems and more of a chance of the central hole being concentric to the outer features. Lovely little project though, well done!