machine alignment problem pt 1 of 3

[@CuttingEdgeEngineering]

Hey David if you ever read your comments mate I reckon I've rewatched all your videos 2 or 3 times and miss seeing new videos from you because you did some cool shit plus no unnecessary talking 🤣👍 Hope all is well whatever you're doing these days take care mate. Cheers Kurtis

[@wheelitzr2]

Just seeing his like on your comment makes one feel a ton better.

[@spikeypineapple552]

Same mate

[@nikolaiownz]

I also wonder what hes doin

[@rupert5390]

David is everything ok a number of you fans are concerned for your well being - cheers mate.

[@tomb7704]

I swear us machinists are crazy, machine all day, come home and watch machining videos. Great work as always

[@derekhead5574]

Retired and still watching a machinist no, an Engineer at work.

[@samuelaylmore9281]

Same 😂 my family think I'm off my nut

[@sweetpeaz61]

HAHAHA !! spot on :D :D

[@greggbowler6525]

agreed 👍🤦‍♂️

[@markfryer9880]

You could argue that it is crazy to be watching another tradesman at work or you can view it as an opportunity to learn how others do their work and overcome problems with the tools or the job. KZbin videos are an ideal way to learn more about your trade or other trades and occupations.

[@mftmachining]

Hey David. The machining World misses you. Your skills, your knowledge, your craftsmanship, expertise and your excellent humour. Hope you´re doin well. Regards from Germany, Michael and Bianca.

[@hullygully-3599]

Haven’t heard from you for a while Dave. Hope all is well with you buddy , stay strong 💪🏻💪🏻

[@אוריינקוביץ-ש8צ]

David, you are one of the most talented on KZbin.

[@Laura-wc5xt]

he sure is......

[@TheEvertw]

Perhaps at his age it aint "talent" but "experience" or "expertise".

[@blacksmoke660]

We are all worried about david, I think someone who lives nearby should go check, even if its just for us knowing whats up with him.

[@blacksmoke660]

I'm glad you responded David, there were a lot of people worried about you, hope everything Is alright, we mis your videos, in my opinion you are the best, but I am only a half schooled machinist only practicing in my free time.

[@vernonhannula5312]

I admire your dedication to accuracy. I remember many years ago asking a machinist to take a "little off" a pin that became too tight from the boss weld pulling. He looked at me as one would an idiot.. 40+ years ago still fresh memory..

[@lewjones7272]

I am 80 yrs old machinist-welder from central Canada oilfield and.farmfield really look up to this yorkshurman

[@grumpyg9350]

I bet Mr. Wilkes just got tired of the bs from work and took a break from this KZbin stuff. Don’t blame him if he did. Do miss him though. 😎

[@davidrussell8689]

“ it is to me an’ I int havin it ! “ I really agree with this remark .

[@JourneymanRandy]

Now the whole lathe has to be painted blue. Nice repair. Have a great weekend Dave

[@userwl2850]

The craven lathe will be in that colour. 👍

[@5020Chris]

@David Wilks, great video, keep them on a roll ! This is to me a no nonsense channel with no waffle talk LOL great stuff and take care

[@userwl2850]

Cheers 🍺

[@OgiveBC]

Love your videos. Have been watching and rewatching all of them over the last couple years. I still chuckle from time to time about how to tram a Bridgeport, and other wisdoms. Best wishes from west coast Canada.

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

Hey, man! We are missing you!

[@slump75]

Is he alive?

[@ismailkls5023]

Mukemmel👍👏

[@gregorteply9034]

@@slump75 Dead.

[@grumpyg9350]

Gregor Teplý he is not

[@porkerthepig]

Grumpy G any contact with him?

[@matthewfoster6620]

Miss these videos, hope David is well and with us after this pandemic...

[@FuzzyPanda53]

"i've got a bridgeport" should be an evil villain line.

[@markfryer9880]

Or at the very least a T-shirt.

[@robertwatsonbath]

with the next line being "... I'm on a mission" :)

[@userwl2850]

I'm going to have a t-shirt made with that on it.... I like it. 😎

[@userwl2850]

@@markfryer9880 good idea 😎

[@markfryer9880]

@@userwl2850 Or a bumper sticker for the car or workshop.

[@davidcolwill860]

"The small boring bar is only 3" in diameter" That's fxxxxxg colossal!

[@userwl2850]

Oops... I got carried away... yes a 3" boring bar is big.. 😂👍

[@JanPajor]

I really enjoy watching your videos and benefit from your huge knowledge! So sad that you don’t upload videos anymore but I hope you are doing well. Love your accent by the way :)

[@srlstephen8465]

Great video again Dave. You are a true master of the lathe and turning techniques. I can only envy your skills.

[@userwl2850]

All pretty basic really but thanks 👍

[@derekhead5574]

Had a similar problem many years ago,I almost scrapped a body block for a 1 litre turps bottle I had been working on,it had been drilled and ground almost finished just the bores to copy out after taking blocks out of machine (13"x8"x8" D2 toolsteel)and checking they were tapered by .040" they were out of tolerance and volume. After the inquest a note was found saying do not use machine for boring body blocks the head was out of square and nobody knew except the guy who had retired 3 months earlier.

[@mrwolf9335]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 one last laugh from a disgruntled old timer the old jokes are always the best

[@davidbrooks4862]

David you are a first rate machinist. I highly respect your talents and love your accent! Greetings from Texas USA! Your humble friend David Brooks.

[@ChrisB257]

120 thou out on the bar - heck, that's major... and quite a headache if trying to do a corrective machine job on the support in two planes. One mega load of work waiting in the wings - phew! Dave on a mission! That cut on the pillar looked pretty well done.... can see your logic for the weld-up to gain the correction - followed your approach totally. Great video - your presentation just gets more and more interesting :)

[@userwl2850]

Cheers Chris. I really fancied my chances at milling but this was the easiest... quickest way. 🍺👍

[@davidperry5542]

Another cracking video, even got the mrs watching now!😂, cheers David

[@userwl2850]

Really... tell her to get the dinner on and pass you a beer 🤣🍺

[@liamrobertson7265]

@@userwl2850 lol

[@thecorbies]

Brilliant video. The suspense and excitement is fab. LOVE it. Regards Mark in the UK

[@userwl2850]

Part 2 Friday.. 🍺👍

[@974leoTHElion]

Hi David. I hope all is well in your neck of the woods. Looking forward to more of your videos.

[@geoffgreenhalgh3553]

As I have said before, YOU KNOW THE GAME. I hope he is paying you well.

[@userwl2850]

Took me 2 years to talk them into this. 😠

[@davidpook5778]

@@userwl2850 I'm betting they are happy to have u there! David, I hope u are well, missing your videos.

[@Erik-rp1hi]

Your company needs a bigger Hor. Band saw. Glad you fixed your problem David.

[@timothyosborne8285]

Hope everything is going well David.

[@captcarlos]

David, I do hope you are OK mate. 7 months since we've seen you. Give us a wave eh?

[@hmw-ms3tx]

Ahhhh. Three years without a video. You're killing us Dave, killing us. Once in a while I go drinking with a guy who used to live in Wetherby, but has now moved to the colonies (as he calls it). His accent is similar to yours but he is a prison guard, not a machinist. It's lots of fun but there's no trepanning talk. The only drilling he sees at work happens in the showers. Ken

[@Laura-wc5xt]

wonderful knowledge being shared David.....thank you so much........cheers from Florida USA...PAUL

[@userwl2850]

Cheers 🍺👍

[@nectouxpierre4634]

Really enjoy your video David, great job 👍

[@userwl2850]

Thank You.

[@shaunfreeman3007]

I look forward to your videos just fantastic all the best Shaun

[@userwl2850]

Part 2 Friday. Also a bonus video Wednesday night. 👍

[@ianbresnahan1808]

Great video, can’t wait to see it indicate in. You seem very happy at the new shop! Thanks as always

[@userwl2850]

Cheers Ian. Part 2 Friday. 🍺

[@chamteleboy]

Hi Dave have you stopped? Thank you for the great videos you have done found them extraordinary. Good Luck

[@4GSR]

I used to set up and line bore all of the steadies and boring carriages on the trepanners we used to build back in the 1970's. We didn't have any real alignment equipment to use other than a 1" travel dial indicator and magnetic base. If we got everything within .010" we would be lucky. Never knew if we had it right or not until the first hole was trepanned. All of this was good for punching holes in drill collars for the oilfield industry back then. Ken

[@alexanderhowa9707]

I hope your doing ok Dave.

[@rupert5390]

There is a few of us inquiring - has there been any info why he’s been off air for so long..?

[@davidwootton683]

Just to let you know, we are missing your videos, and wit greatly. Hope you are ok mate. Kind regards, and greetings from Africa

[@timberk36]

Always enjoy watching you work on all these boring jobs you do. Your output is amazing. Been puzzled as to what kind of customer wants you to trepan these pieces but there are no tolerances to hit! And never seen any work done on the OD. What is all this used for that just punching it thru is all they want. Wish I had some customers like that. Cheers

[@userwl2850]

Mainly water pipes.. 👍🍺

[@philhermetic]

I am going to remember that cut at a angle trick Dave! Another brill idea and another brill video! Phil, who has just bought a Holbrook in East Yorkshire

[@userwl2850]

Any boozers open at your end 🍺

[@philhermetic]

@@userwl2850 No chance mate, to paraphrase Joni mitchell " I drink at home now most nights with youtube on and all the house lights left up bright" The little Holbrook is on my channel kzbin.infovideos

[@markneedham8726]

Hope all is well mate. Some here, in Australia, well, we are sort of missing you.

[@mikeysgarage3697]

"Off with it's head!" Hmm, that headstock sounds ready for an operation too.

[@userwl2850]

Wait till you hear it on Wednesday.... 😧

[@hmw-ms3tx]

A guy who works with Dave responded to a comment I left on an earlier video. I asked about Dave and he said he was dismissed from his job about 3 weeks ago. He didn't say why but he did say that he will be missed.

[@MaximumDistortion2]

Thats interesting.......one could only guess why. Dave, if you read this, please give us an update about whats going on.

[@liamrobertson7265]

@@MaximumDistortion2 wasn't dave working for the same people that he sold most of his machines to??

[@MaximumDistortion2]

@@liamrobertson7265 as far as i know, yes

[@liamrobertson7265]

@@MaximumDistortion2 sounds like a recipe for disaster no? hope he's alright ffs

[@liamrobertson7265]

I tried working for other people after years of running my own thing. Tbh I couldn't stick it and ended up leaving several perfectly good jobs. now I'm back on a much smaller scale working for myself,,,,,, hope dave does a similar thing and doesn't go and burn the factory down lol!!.

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

I hope all is well.

[@YmerejYteab]

Long time no see, hope all is well with you David.

[@paulhammond7489]

That Sheffield Wednesday FC blue paint is taking a bloody long time to dry David! Hope you're OK, or just stuck in lockdown over in Thailand. Miss your content mate...

[@apolosikatia9152]

Beuityfull work, great explanation from a very very experienced person. Great depth of knowledge 👌👌 Salute to you Sir.

[@stephenroberts7626]

I used to check for alignment by putting clock magnet on Chuck and run it round boring bar. Just a thought mate. Steve Roberts

[@userwl2850]

Hi Steve yes I do that. Are you still in Sheffield? 👍

[@stephenroberts7626]

Yes mate. I retired 8 years ago. I did 44 years in engineering. Last 10 on cnc's making orthopaedic implants. Nice and clean on those but I missed heavy engineering. 8 years at Darnall taught me a lot and I think you too. I'm impressed by your knowledge now mate. Not the nervous youth that joined me in the 70's. Keep them comin. Enjoy your video's and great to watch during lockdown. Keep them coming.

[@robertsawyer1464]

👍 Great video again. You and family stay safe.

[@TrPrecisionMachining]

very good video..thanks for your time david.

[@Donkusdelux]

Hope you are well and to see you return! Best of luck David

[@jonkaso6110]

you can bore the steady rest of the boring bar with some tool turning on the chucks side to straight it up and put sleeve ***!

[@userwl2850]

It would then be oversized. 👍

[@bcbloc02]

I think I would have mounted a boring bar in the 4 jaw chuck and then used the carriage to drag the steady away to cut the bore perfectly true to the spindle centerline. Of course depending on the lathes alignment that may or may not align with the bed soo..... I do think that would have been a lot faster fix. Also could have turned a slip fit bushing for the chuck and passed a conventional boring bar thru the fixed bolted steady using the carriage. Lots of ways to lick this calf I reckon. 😎 a proper boring mill with plenty of clamps would knock it out in the shortest order.

[@lesliesoutham7396]

But wouldn’t that leave the bore oversize ?

[@chrisgilbert9534]

Not if the caps mating surfaces are machined, to close the vertical axis. Line bore back to the dimension needed. Use to do it on power press connecting rods. But on consideration, if the lower half is too low you'd have to sleeve the bore, key into position and then machine back.

[@bcbloc02]

@@chrisgilbert9534 Pretty sure Dave said the bore was high so i figured it would machine out ok and the closing of the caps is also how I would fix bore size if needed.

[@lesliesoutham7396]

@@chrisgilbert9534 thanks for the explanation ,I think I understand the answer even though I’m not a machinist or engineer , just done metalwork In school many years ago 👍.

[@userwl2850]

The reason I couldn't do it like that is the the clamping bolts are to close to the bore and would break through. I fancied my chance at milling it but no time to do it. 👍🍺

[@adrianjackman9422]

I love this channel and the work you do. Why could this not be online bored? I am sure there must be a reason.

[@userwl2850]

It would then be oversized. 👍

[@adrianjackman9422]

@@userwl2850 Thanks for the reply, I can see it would need a sleeve or building up.

[@buynsell365]

Is there a followup video to this.....I would really like to know how it is working.

[@nder12345]

Dave where are you. We miss the vids

[@OgiveBC]

Happy new year 2025. Hope you are well. Best wishes.

[@TyphoonVstrom]

Could you also machine an eccentric bushing to hold the bar in the rest? Then you could turn the eccentric to compensate for wear, tool torque etc.

[@userwl2850]

No... the head screws would break through. 👍

[@northernmetalworker]

Did you consider building up the boring bar rest with weld, then putting a boring bar in the lathe chuck and line bored it back up to size? I'd reckon it would be pretty well aligned.

[@alexkirkles5066]

Have you stopped making videos David , missing your educational machinist videos

[@rubenmolina8849]

David try to machine it buy the same machine you use. Just build up support and machine it. In your chuck just install a boring bar, it's like a horizontal mill. It will align the center of your machine.

[@userwl2850]

Yes that would work but I don't have time. This was the quick way. 👏🏻👍

[@aldetitman97]

Nice video 📹 have good weekend 😀

[@jamessatterthwaite6768]

Haven't seen any new video's from David .... is he ok ?, I filled many hours watching the lad trepanning deep holes.....

[@markfoster6110]

Yes hope the young lad is ok ..

[@nikolaiownz]

Hey david. Was just checking to see why i havent seen a video from you in some time. I Hope you are good mate 👍👍

[@shaneward6689]

I was try to find a way to make direct contact with someone close to him but cant find anything

[@nikolaiownz]

@@shaneward6689 i Hope everything is ok

[@shaneward6689]

@@nikolaiownz I cant help but fear the worst , if he had lost his job he might still put out one or two videos, I really hope covid didnt get him, there is an old tooltech email adress I found that I'm going to try sending an email to and see what happens

[@alexanderhowa9707]

Please let use know if anything comes from that email.

[@porkerthepig]

shane ward did you get a reply?

[@BruceBoschek]

"...a rubber band saw blade made in Manchester.° Made me spit out my beer. It would be lovely if you could just give us an idea what these big pipes are to be used for. Thanks very much for these incredibly instructive and entertaining videos.

[@thecorbies]

Another Iraqi supergun maybe?

[@userwl2850]

Hi Bruce... don't waste beer. 😂🍺

[@BruceBoschek]

@@userwl2850 It's you humour, Dave, it's your humour.

[@scottchappell3193]

What's happened to Dave hasn't put a video out in a couple of months

[@ÁREAJ27]

Ola amigo David!!! Procurando vídeos relacionados a torno vi o seu e não teve como não assistir!!!É fantástica esta maquina pelo tamanho e trabalho!!! Parabéns pelo seu trabalho!!! Abraço! Atenciosamente João Carlos - Brasil

[@theessexhunter1305]

good fix, could you have set a boring head in the chuck and bored then sleeved the steady using the carriage as a feed

[@userwl2850]

Yes. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 no time to do that also not much to play with for the clamping bolts to break through.

[@theessexhunter1305]

@@userwl2850 Fair play you know your stuff, I like to look at a second fix keeps the brain going. stay safe

[@Max_Marz]

Try phenolic pads, I use them on my steady rest instead of rollers and keep them oiled. The wear resistance has surprised me a lot, I do a lot of non-ferrous in the 6-10" range. I'm sure you could use scrap material from like the countertop style phenolic. Fuckin genius by the way how you cut and welded the bar steady.

[@randelljones4002]

Dave just a thought, would a solid boreing bar in the Chuck and supported by the tailstock boreing the bore out have worked by useing the carriage to push the holder along the ways with the carriage with a snug but slip fit with the locking screw?? Good work by the way!!

[@userwl2850]

Yes.. but then it would be oversized. 👍

[@steve_edm]

Interesting, exactly what I would have done and then bushed the oversized holes.

[@therealspixycat]

What if you would weld a pipe flange to the base of the head and mount bolt the flange to the ground plate? You can mill the base in precise alignment. This would allow future fine tuning after further mishaps and more wear and tear

[@RumpLeINtiLINsKinnIN]

is that how you indicate the workpiece in? you put the clock on the workpeice and sweep the bore of the boring bar support, adjusting the steady rest fingers till it runs true enough?

[@userwl2850]

Yes... Exactly that 👏🏻👏🏻👍

[@seery188]

David wilks we are missing you,

[@trevormoore4138]

where have you gone Dave always enjoy your amazing videos from australia

[@qqqqqqqq1407]

where are you?

[@trevorwinter5071]

Could I ask a naive question, would it not have been possible just add weld to the bore of the rest and then rebore it on the machine . Please excuse my ignorance I have only experience on small lathes.

[@userwl2850]

Yes... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 but as the weld hits the steel it goes really hard and would need grinding. I don't have tooling to do that... good thinking. 👍

[@trevorwinter5071]

@@userwl2850 There is a very interesting Australian KZbin site ‘ Cutting Edge Engineering’ whose main line of work is repairing giant earth moving machinery. They have a portable line boring and welding machine and use it for re- machining the rod end eyes on the end of hydraulic rams. They seem to have a technique that overcomes the weld hardness problem. I hope this might be helpful.

[@russellhayward2359]

Hi David, just been watching a few of your videos. Hope all is well with you. 🙂

[@ruperthartop7202]

Great video, thanks for sharing

[@ianb9103]

Hope all is ok with your goodself. Its been a while since your last video

[@neffk]

Looks like good work. Building up the welds slowly seems right. Might have been better to leave it on the lathe b/c fixturing during welding can minimize distortion if massive enough. But obviously you'd be stuck welding up down and every which way. I have had bad luck with welding distortion so I would have used that mill and maybe a bit of scraping. BTW, I'm surprised to see a Bridgeport on your side of the pond. I hear it's not common. Do you have trouble getting R8 tooling?

[@metalworksmachineshop]

hope all is going well Dave. missing your videos..

[@markharris6078]

Dave they will be calling you Dirty Harry if you have pop at anyone else ! LOL

[@userwl2850]

Birmingham is on my hit list 😂

[@markharris6078]

@@userwl2850 Hi Dave I see one of your videos is now private ! Hope all is good with you ?

[@stephendeakin2714]

I'm guessing you could not slew the boring bar with the cross slide because the guide bairing wouldn't allow it to move. Anyway the guide was all over the shop and needed doing.

[@userwl2850]

Yes fixed solid. 👍

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

Such amazing and interesting content! I wonder if I could ask how you prevent the tool from contacting the face of the chuck as it breaks through. Does the feed stop automatically or do you have to stop it manually? I can only imagine what damage it could cause.

[@userwl2850]

I have to stop manually. I have about 10 seconds to react. 😟

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

@@userwl2850 Wow. Total concentration then!

[@sshep7119]

Honestly I would have built up the bore with weld then put the steady on the machine with a stiff spring under the clamping nut and some heavy moly grease inbetween the ways and the rest. I would have put an offset boring bar in the lathe chuck and used the carriage to push feed the steady into the offset boring bar. In theory it would bore it parallel perpendicular and concentric to the machine. As long as the clamping pressure of the steady rest wasn't too much for the carriage to push it should maintain a legitimate contact no different than standard ways. This all depends on the condition of the bottom of the steady rest where it contacts the ways, and the portion of the way bed where the steady rest clamp sets would have to have been ground. Not sure it would work, just a thought.

[@dudleycornman1624]

That lead support needs to be adjustable for taper... like on a smaller lathe?

[@patrickshaw7983]

Good fix and a great video. It had to be navy blue!!

[@userwl2850]

WAWAW... we're all Wednesday arnt we 👍

[@jerrellkull5347]

You are a Genius.

[@userwl2850]

No way... 👍🍺

[@dazaspc]

Nothing more annoying than someone driving the carriage into a steady and bending it. One or two bolts and if it's to heavy pick it up with the hoist / crane to move it. It might be worth running a clock over the tail stock guide way on the bed as it probably tweaked it as well in the collision spot. With any luck that would not be the case on a Veteran machine like that. It can be fixed though without having to scrape the entire way though, I have had to do it on a couple of machines. Sorry , 25 years fixing machine tools and I still get grumpy. Have a good day

[@chiquinhoreydelas]

just a thought, but couldn't you use a boring bar on the chuck and true the support up?

[@userwl2850]

Yes... but that would make it oversized. 👏🏻👍

[@Jozomo]

Where has David gone, is he okay?

[@SuperDownes]

Just throwing this out there would it be possible to build up the ID catch a boring bar in the chuck nip up the tool holder but not extremely tight and somehow feed it into the bar along the ways I find with the best Will in the world weld will pull some bit

[@userwl2850]

Yes it could be done like that. ... if I'd been given time. Also it would be difficult to machine as welding this steel 4145 goes extremely hard and would need grinding. Good thinking. 👏🏻👍

[@SuperDownes]

@@userwl2850 that’s true I used silicon bronze once to weld similar just for easy machine ability. I have a dsg type 25 I think it is, bullet proof machine give the arms a workout using it all day though. Great machine to horse off material.

[@stephenweir2003]

You’re some craic Dave 👍

[@mattatstrat]

Great videos what are the parts you make used for? cheers!

[@juanyamasaki9930]

whats up David? we are waiting for more videos hope and wish you be ok man.

[@ianbresnahan1808]

Hi David, miss your videos man. Hope all is well with you 👍🏼🤘🏼💪🏼

[@roybrocklehurst7322]

David no longer work for that company I was the firm labourer and had the pleasure of knowing David and his work I how ever not sure what David is doing now.

[@neilmchardy9061]

I thought you were going to line bore it.

[@userwl2850]

That would have made it oversized. 👍

[@neilmchardy9061]

@@userwl2850 I meant collapse it a bit first by machining the cap face. It must be only a few thou out.

[@somebodyelse6673]

@@userwl2850 - Since you would be cutting it down anyway, building up the bore with weld would be pretty forgiving. Line bore it back to size and alignment, has to be perfect then!

[@bagheadbaby]

Where have you gone david?

[@nder12345]

Where did part two go ?