Let's Build A Die Filer- Part 2

This episode on Blondihacks, I’m working on my die filer! Exclusive videos, drawings, models & plans available on Patreon!
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[@StefanGotteswinter]

The spirit of old british model engineers using the lathe for horizontal boring is so entertaining. George H. Thomas would enjoy this so much!

[@Blondihacks]

Where there’s a spindle, there’s a way. 😄

[@gbspikyfish]

I've got a stack of old "The Model Engineer" magazines from the mid 1930s through to the mid 1940s; some of the setups and solutions shown for machining parts are great.

[@RonCovell]

Quinn - that's one of the most intricate setups on a lathe I've ever seen. Bravo for pulling it off so well!

[@EirikvanderMeer]

Necessity is the mother of innovation (in Norwegian the saying goes "A naked woman learns how to make clothes) 🙂 I started out with a mini-lathe, and it's incredible what you can pull off if you don't know the word impossible (or unsafe). I actually cut, crowned and threaded a rifle in it, 20" of barrel and a mauser action sticking out of the headstock. I could have ridden that work bench to town and back in 5 minutes.

[@johnlottes7440]

Quinn, if you wrap a rubber band around the shank of the boring bar about 1/4 of the way back from the cutter, it dampens the harmonic that helps create chatter. You do the same thing when facing brake rotors, except it's on the rotor itself.

[@geofftitto]

Because 'shut up that's why!' Nice come back to a thought in your head lol! Great narrative though and made me chuckle!.

[@PatrickPoet]

"because shut up that's why" gave me a nice laugh, thanks--I needed that

[@johnapel2856]

"Because SHUT UP, that's why!" Yeah, I laughed again. I'm easy. Oh well. More gen-u-wine progress. Yay! Thanks, and Meow to Sprocket.

[@OscarSommerbo]

Quinn is like Bob Ross. "There are no mistakes, just happy accidents".

[@Confuseddave]

*adult language in progress*

[@ollysworkshop]

When this die filer is complete, you'll finally be able to make some dice and actually have a game of Yahtzee!

[@ollysworkshop]

@@brianhaygood183 well I could be mistaken. Hey, maybe she'll do a cheesy tool hack video where it's used to remove material from metal objects 🤣🤣

[@oldfarthacks]

@@ollysworkshop The other use for this is to fixture to the top with a tool that allows you to push into the file, at that point it can be used as a micro shaper, and so cut keyways.

[@alextopfer1068]

she can already make dice, she has a lathe :P

[@thinkbrowner]

New blondihacks and this old tony?! In the same day?!

[@shanestrains4724]

I know! Right?!?! 😃

[@mrimmortal1579]

Don’t forget Clickspring! Is it Christmas again, already?!?

[@TheMechanic626]

And Clickspring.

[@leslieaustin151]

@@TheMechanic626 My stars! Such riches all in the same day!! Les in UK

[@adamonline45]

I came straight here from there! A good day indeed!

[@dikkie1000]

Nailing the dimensions when you're thinking those are not important is more than just a secret, it's a state of mind. You will be a bit more relaxed, and therefore less prone to make errors in judgement. It's a "you know, just do things the easy way, there is time, no worries, it will be fine" way of thinking. It goes well in other practices too.

[@oregonexpat]

Well done! And may I mention that I have always envied those of you who are capable of making use of the response of „shut up, that’s why“. My sisters were both able to successfully employ such a strategy. I never tried to replicate their success, owing to being their brother, rather than another girl. which for some reason seemed to void various protections and safeguards afforded to them. Were I to ever attempt such a brazen display of self confidence and disdain for criticism, my father would have engaged a certain set of gears and parked my butt well into some point in the following week. I may or may not have been conscious during this period. 😂 I hope you enjoyed this small contribution Quinn.

[@megamike70]

I was listening at 4:10 your tapping the casting into place was so rhythmic it almost gave me a heart attack (sounded like a bomb ticking or something, I'm tired.)

[@jetegtmeier71]

HA HA "Because Shut up, That's why" LOL I love it :)

[@samleigh7817]

Are you my mother?

[@buzzhack4778]

Thanks Quinn, always enjoy your stuff, cheers Buzz

[@PenninkJacob]

I literally gasped when I saw a new video from you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍

[@Alex_Taylor]

One of the many things I love about your videos is your throw-away jokes. e.g.: setting the lathe from "screech" to "ocean".

[@Blondihacks]

Arguably all my jokes are throwaway. 😬

[@foxwood67]

I see your calling as a teacher. 40 years ago I had a science teacher. Mr. Smith. All students myself included were just plain excited to be part of his class. I get that same feeling watching your projects.

[@girliedog]

I am really enjoying this series. I hope you will treat us to a motor rebuild video later on. Maybe when your done with other 1000 projects. LOL

[@paulmorrey733]

Thanks Quinn

[@charliemyres5450]

Easily the best instruction to be found on KZbin. I would enjoy being your apprentice Quinn.

[@donaldsutherland244]

I would like to say "thank you" for myself and the band out here in Dunkiville, for posting, educating, and entertaining us! Thank you!

[@russtdodd]

While I have no immediate need for a die filer, this episode was chock full of setup solutions that will be really useful. Thanks!

[@g.tucker8682]

Interesting and informative as always, thank you! In anticipation of an upcoming installment on the Pennsy locomotive, I'll mention that the author of the plans (and several other great loco models), Kozo Hiraoka, is releasing his next book. It's available to preorder for shipping in the Spring. Promises to be a doozy at 400 pages; the other books are around 250ish pages. Can't wait to see it. Can't wait to see Quinn's boiler coming along. Choo choo

[@Blondihacks]

Oooh thank you! I will be ordering for sure.

[@g.tucker8682]

@@jeffdayman8183 "Building the Rio Grande K-27, volume 1." I forgot to mention, it will be a two volume set. Second volume will print when the article series in Live Steam is concluded. Use promo code K27 for a discount when ordering from Village Press.

[@shrumsolutions879]

Never seen the trifly used like that. I use that trick with the parallel to measure tricky dimensions all the time. Nice work as always😎

[@urbanawoodproject3123]

"Because shut up, that's why!" Very much appreciated. Let's try to keep these references to constrained to first 10 seasons though, back when things were good.

[@GordieGii]

Not only is cast self lubricating, but cutting oil on cast will turn into abrasive paste which will dull any cutting tool right quick.

[@BruceBoschek]

So many useful tips and tricks here that I lost count after a few minutes. Thanks very much for your efforts to share your experience and your logical thinking.

[@petereldred1541]

Love the use of smoke and mirrors at the end. Love your work. 2 years until I get my shed, thank you for the inspiration.

[@kevinsellsit5584]

If you reference your machinists handbook, you will find "the lathe should never be run in the screech or squeal position unless the customer is waiting". ;)

[@dutchgray86]

With carbide tooling a good rule of thumb is to take a depth of cut 1.5 to 2 times the nose radius of the cutter, you can get away with less sometimes. Small radius tools (or inserts) are nice to have if your machines are hobbyist types.

[@brettwhite8982]

@Blondihacks. You might be interested to know that your "new" GE motor was approved for shipment in February of 1933. That's what that little BL code on the bottom right means. It works on a 42 year cycle, so it would have also been used for Feb 1975 motors, etc., but yours is much older. The patent for that motor was granted in 1925 and expired in 1942. Don't ask me what rabbit hole I went down to find out such things, but it has something to do with restoring old stuff.

[@Rubin5342]

Q, your knowledge plus your verbal illustration is just amazing. Love it. //ji

[@willclark491]

Great job Quinn! I like the discussion (digression?) where you explain why you've made your work-holding choices. I still want more Sprocket cameos though!

[@marcogallazzi9049]

Ohh, i got a similar vintage motor. It's 3ph, 220Volts. General electric i think. Still working fine after a lot of years, love it 😁

[@darylh8657]

3ph - that's pretty acidic.

[@marcogallazzi9049]

@@darylh8657 3 phase, we use 220 on normal household one phase, 380 on 3 phase in normal industrial applications. This little motor is kind of rare here, 220 V, 3 phase. You can plug it to a VFD and control the speed to a certain degree. That's why I like it so much

[@oldfarthacks]

@@marcogallazzi9049 That's just what the big boys do. The single phase AC power is a bit lower than if you run 3 phase into the inverter, but the motor will still work just fine. You can put in a transformer to bump the 220 up a bit to give a higher DC bus in the inverter, but for most applications that is not really needed. The other nice thing about the 3 phase is that you can pull full torque out of it at 0 RPM, so for very low speed applications, say tapping, the torque is really there.

[@darylh8657]

I thought you meant "HP" and got auto-carroted

[@alliwantedisapepsi1492]

An old motor rebuild video would be fantastic. I wish I would have thought of that along time ago, but if you can squeeze it into your schedule... Thanks again.

[@willemgoudsmits5805]

Well done.

[@ronaldmccaig8666]

Longtime viewer but I've only been a subscriber for a few months. Just wanted to say I love your videos, I have no experience in machining of any kind and you make it seem like something anyone can do with a little patience.

[@Confuseddave]

Oh boy, I can't wait to watch you rebuild that motor!

[@terrytopliss9506]

Fine job Quinn,well done.👍👍

[@SaintCoemgen]

So happy for this part 2. Love the humor. Love the machining. But maybe I may learn what a "Die Filer" is exactly. 🥰

[@oldfarthacks]

It's used to keep your files in place, so you always know where any file is at any given time, right? The Die Filer is just a machine to move a file, in this case in the vertical axis. The table lets you cut at generally a 90 degree angle.

[@johnmcclain3887]

@@oldfarthacks It also lets one set it at a low angle such as seven degrees for "die clearance"

[@pcsmachineworks]

A trick I learned some time ago that is useful when mounting work to the apron of a lathe: if space allows elevate the work piece on a plate that is as thick as possible and has 3 drilled and tapped holes in a triangular pattern. This allows both height adjustments to align with the spindle and leveling as needed.

[@robertwatsonbath]

Thanks Quinn. I think Hindsight is still on version 20.20 - they pretty much hit all the features in that release.😅

[@steve_weinrich]

I really enjoyed this video. Thanks.

[@NicholasMarshall]

15:01 who has a better singing voice? The boring head or sprocket? Who's song of their people is more enjoyable?

[@kleobrix]

I knew I've seen old-school setups where they mount the work on a vertical slide on the boring table, which would have been a bit less of a faff than the fiddling with stacks of parallels/shim stock. But that would require you to buy one of those vertical milling contraptions, which is a bit silly for just one setup.

[@kensherwin4544]

Or make one.

[@markchatman9583]

A VCR….. 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00

[@brianwillsie2133]

I am just about to assembly my kit after having finished the machining portion. So far it is pretty forgiving as to accuracy needed. You made tapping those 4-40 screws look easy. It was like performing surgery for me . The back plate holes don't offer much in terms of error however. I did the majority on mill as I did not have a lathe big enough at home. Only changes I made were installing oil filler on back plate and putting larger roll pin in driveshaft and cutting a gasket for backplate with a hobby vinyl cutting machine with gasket material installed. Almost wished I had waitied so I could follow along ... instead I made my own mistakes and inserted my own adult language .

[@evanbarnes9984]

How the hell do you only have 170k followers?! You have the best machining channel on KZbin.

[@richardvanasse9287]

Great setup!

[@anandarochisha]

Good job.

[@charlesbartlett4457]

When you shook the chip’s out of the part i actually shook my iPad 😂

[@firebird8600]

Yay!! It's Blondihacks time!!!

[@dirtdart81]

None of these dimensions matter! _comes out perfectly_

[@davedunn4285]

Love your videos and sence of humor

[@Eytaris]

hey Quinn, nice job! a quick rule of thumb I learnt in mechanic class for tapping length when absent from a drawing, calculate one and a half diameter of the final dimension of the tap and it's your minimal tapping depth, it will give you the maximum thread resistance possible in steel (might need a bit longer for softer materials, but not by much) for example (in metric, because not familiar enough with imperial, sorry) an M6 thread need a 9mm threading depth. you can adjust the depth a bit in your case, since it's cast iron and the forces are distributed on 6 screws.

[@mrkevinp70]

Abom79 just bought a cool vice for holding awkward items for the milling machine. Few videos ago. Maybe overkill but thought it was pretty cool.

[@donswords6671]

The length of the boring bar needed was a concern for me too. Subsequent fitting became an issue and I quickly made a ball hone my friend. 🙂 A somewhat complex project. Lucky to have such generous tolerances. The hole does look off center in relation to the casting, just like mine did, but it turned out fine. Messes with your mind. 😆

[@caseytailfly]

I for one enjoy the intentionality of your order of operations

[@ManSkirtBrew]

I had a Betamax, so I appreciate the VCR reference.

[@billofalltrades2633]

A great video, you always manage to educate as well as make a joke or 2.

[@someoneelse2106]

I love the Smart-Assery (jokes). Keep it coming. We're tough. I hit like within the first 30 seconds.

[@Rustinox]

That was a very creative setup. It could be fun to run the die filer with the steam engine. Of course it will be more of a hassle, but... it's a hobby :)

[@Mint_drake]

After hearing Quinn talk about the dro on her mill, I'd love to see her work on a prototrak. I've been making little programs on my prototrak through my apprenticeship and I've barely scratched the surface on the capabilities of that controller.

[@paulthomas3782]

Great setup well done.

[@first_namelast_name4923]

Quinn, do buy a motor for your filer. I am sure that this Vintage GE motor will come handy for a future project, but ... hear me out please. For years I was using my small lathe converted to a DC motor with a home-made PWM voltage controller, so that I would not have to swap pulleys and "V" belts. I was planning to make an Arduino-based system that would maintain desired spindle RPM regardless of what the cutting force is. Then I discovered that for a $100 you can buy a "Sewing machine servo motor" - a brushless DC motor that is supposed to replace a 3-phase motor for industrial sewing machines with a mechanical clutch. It is typically 500W and comes with a control box where you can set parameters and a lever you can press to set RPM. The motor holds RPM between 200 and 3000 regardless of load up until you stall it. It is brushless, so it has "electronic commutator" that reverses the polarity to keep rotor turning based on sensors, so it will go exactly the rpm you set it to with maximum torque. Oh ... and it only needs single phase power.

[@andrewgalbreath2101]

Me, 27 years old, watching this video while I set up my VCR: "I don't know if I should be offended by this" lol Great video as always!

[@Jeff-zc3wl]

When indicating a machined bore on a mill, I've found that you can zero out the left and right with the front or back (depending on how your indicator is set up) and 98% of the time when you check the remaining quadrant (the one that you can only see with a mirror or by craning your head around behind the spindle) it's dead on.

[@izzynutz2000]

She said shut up that's why...!😂😂😂😂 awesome Quinn

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

Thanks for the video keep on keeping on.

[@larrysmall3521]

The motor looks like it has sleeve bearings. End play is not unusual with a sleeve bearing motor. It may just need a few spacer rings on the ends of the shaft to reduce the end play.

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

Nice job 👍!

[@monkeysubscription4496]

@5:47 Quinn, the plastic fence, you could machine some holes bottom of each piece for some strong magnets

[@UpLateGeek]

No better way to start my Sunday morning than drinking a nice cup of coffee while I watch a machinist making cast iron coffee grounds.

[@daretodreamtofly3288]

I have to admit the best machinists I've ever see really didn't take to many steps and didn't worry about the nitty gritty of the part. Good enough was always perfect. Perhaps it's because they didn't fuss with it much limited how many mistakes they could make. Perhaps they where more steady despite many having the shakes. Maybe the universe has a crew sense of humor

[@kyfho47]

Wow, Quinn sure can make twenty minutes fly past. Always enjoyable. But now we've got to wait for the NEXT video.

[@jackpledger8118]

Nice problem solving.

[@michaelcarnasciali1311]

Top job Quinn

[@benjamindejonge3624]

Love your tradition off deburning

[@WreckDiver99]

Thanks Quinn...thanks for making me feel older than dirt (well, I am). I remember when VCRs came out...I also remember a time before Cable or Satellite TV and having 3 (sometimes 4) channels on VHF and 2 or 3 on UHF. Oh and Microwave Ovens...I remember when those came out to the homes...and computers too! LOL... Don't comment often here, but the VCR thing was funny.

[@joepalazzolo4630]

Outstanding video. I picked up a few more new techniques in machining with the lathe.

[@criggie]

Re the long boring bar singing - try getting some of that heavy acoustic matting that car audio people use to stop resonance, and stick a small blob of it on the inside of the boring bar. It should damp the resonance and still be close to centerline to avoid unbalancing things.

[@gayle4s383]

Good job! I just finished this build myself.

[@KennyEaton603]

I’ve got a motor identical to that which was once my great grandfather’s. Never thought I’d see one pop up here!

[@MrMartinSchou]

As someone who isn't a machinist, I'm wondering why not just put a rod through the casting and mount it to the lathe, then secure the casting in place?

[@HangarQueen]

I'm missing the "Ocean" setting on my lathe, dammit. Need to upgrade ASAP.

[@lindonwatson5402]

delightful, thank you

[@henrikstenlund5385]

Making big parts in a small lathe is always challenging. In a big lathe this would have been a snap and you would have gone for lunch soon.

[@steveallen8987]

I see you mounted the boring bar head in the four jaw Chuck. I have an mt2 taper in my head spindle as well as one in the tail stock. I always mount this kind of tool with the taper. The Myford also has a standard collet system for use in both to I tend to use collets to mount drills in the tail stock if suitable. Steve

[@McKildafor]

A new build series! Should be lots of fun. So let's go!

[@markbernier8434]

Hindsight cam, As you had accurate flats on all four sides of that casting could you not have calculated where the centre of the bore had to be, then used a random gauge pin to indicate from the pin to all four flats?

[@BillySugger1965]

The kit for this says you need a lathe with a 9-inch swing for this project. That’s a pretty big lathe for those of us with Myfords. I wonder if this boring op is the 9-inch limit. Does Quinn’s lathe have a 9-inch swing, or is this setup the way around that? Anyone built this with anything like a Myford with a 7.5-inch swing!

[@BillySugger1965]

Okay, so Quinn has a PM-1022V and that has a 10-inch swing. So looks like you can’t make this kit on a Myford without getting really creative! Shame.

[@henritheron3050]

Awesome video :) always a joy to see your uploads. Could you please make a video in which tools are worth buying name brand or not?

[@philsgarage9722]

Great work holding, I love you videos.

[@andrewjames7616]

Thankyou 👍

[@southernrrman]

I just watched a boring video and was not bored.😀

[@oldfarthacks]

We won't ream you out for that comment. That is just not our drill.

[@Lorith]

You could make a backing plate that has the threads to thread your boring head on directly to reduce your stick out.

[@micmathers1]

I always learn something about order of operations theory.

[@Mnmknives]

Hey! I still have a vcr, vcrs kick ass!!!

[@vintageludwig]

@6:30 yes, much like how winning the lottery requires you to forget all your losses; being a good machinist means forgetting how you just got lucky hitting the finish dimensions.

[@TheDevnul]

BTO reference, nice!