MACHINE SHOP TIPS

[@mrrice5274]

What a natural born teacher you are sir! I sure enjoy your videos.

[@mrpete222]

floyd green THANKS you very much

[@danbreyfogle8486]

WOW, this video was worth the price of admission!! I really like that ball end turning device!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@rayst.2934]

I see now what I missed in your video bringing the tool to meet the end of the cylinder first. I learned alot from your tips thanks Mr. Pete

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@signorcosimo]

Thank you Mr Pete for this new teaching video: you are Always a source of inspiration for amateur machinist like me. Thank you and greetings from Italy.

[@moominjuice2]

Not only great to watch but you point out exactly what questions pop into my mind as I'm watching... a sign of a great teacher. Excellent stuff will be watching all your vids!!

[@mrpete222]

+Steve Manton Thanks for watching--you have 550 to go.

[@MsLucy222]

A translation using the word "lathe" brought me to this video. I loved how explanatory it was. Thank you

[@mrpete222]

+Nallely Rojas Thanks for watching

[@gigabytex64]

I am just going through your old videos and had to admire your Tool Prop, it is a brilliant idea and I supose it harks back to your teaching days. But Cudos to you for thinking that one up.

[@martindesmet1767]

This is really a great teacher,many many thanks for your tips and tricks .Martin from GENT in BELGIUM.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@EdwinHenryBlachford]

Hi Pete, just to say thanks mate for your videos. Dad was a RN engineer working in weapons, so was very secretive about his skills. So I have lathes and such left about, but no knowledge of working them. Now i'm getting closer to retiring, your videos are helping me learn how to be 1/50th of the engineer he was on this equipment. That'll do me :-).. Working with metal is amazing, so like Tubal Cain himself perhaps I can also become a master of this mysterious art. Many thanks again

[@starforged]

I don't thank you enough. When you show these great video's I go down to the shop and use your great information. One thing leads to another and anyway thank you very much.

[@MICKYBOY19701]

wow i am amazed again always wondered how the old guys did this on a lathe !! thanks pete for showing me and my team.

[@davidjames1007]

Mr Pete, thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have a similar attachment for my 7x12 mini lathe I made from a plan I downloaded off the internet. However I didn't know how to set the tool length until watching your video. Thanks again

[@newstart49]

Who, on Earth would give this great video a thumbs down? Outstanding learning here- Great video!

[@MaturePatriot]

People who are jealous of mrpete222/tubalcain.

[@ALSomthin]

only some one that made a mistake!

[@tpcoachfix]

Very interesting. You never cease to amaze me. You could make replacement knee, hip, elbow joints. LOL

[@pjtsr]

With a little tweaking, you can use the compound rest to turn radii on the lathe. I used to make ball screws for punch press this way.

[@tubalcain1]

Cool ball turning jig Mr. Pete...... The material you used looked more like cast blue nylon... I've never seen blue delrin before.... Nice work!

[@not2fast4u2c]

I enjoyed watching how this is done Thank you

[@gregm1775]

love all your videos and your way of teaching keep em comin.

[@mrpete222]

gregm1775 Thanks for watching

[@bearsrodshop7067]

Very interesting an informing,,,Now I got make me a turning fixture !! Thx Mr Pete.

[@derrickquintal]

Great video! Have you ever considered making an adjustable stop on the backside of the radius attachment to limit it from pivoting back to far?

[@rayfalcone6897]

thank you for sharing, mr.Pete.enjoyed this video.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@ShawnMc749]

I made a tool similar to this a few years ago for a chen-yeh 450G lathe, very similar design and construction except I used carbide tooling. Cut steel and aluminum balls with ease. Fantastic since I made mine to mount in the toolpost it can be used for ball and radius easily. I think the largest diameter ball I tried cutting was about 5".

[@mrpete222]

Thank you, that is interesting

[@TheMadManPlace]

I saw a "quick set" method where a tool the diameter of the finished ball was machined and a spigot the size of the hole in the fitting. Place the tool into the fitting and tighten, move the cutter until it is touching the tool, lock it and remove the tool and that is it. If you need a size you do not have, make one quickly. Thanks for the video and be well.

[@ellieprice3396]

Mr. Pete, I made a ball turning attachment in my shop that produces the same type of ball on a threaded shaft. I've got a "big curious" now, as Justin Wilson would say" about whether a complete round ball can be turned without the threaded hole in the end? I think it can be done but it will take "some doing."

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@schofferbrothers3559]

What if you put a side rake on the cutting tool and only cut in one direction? Meaning you'd have to back out the cross feed, swing the cutter back arount to start, and reset the depth of cut?

[@FredMiller]

Very informative as always! Thank you Mr Pete...

[@claudiocapi]

Very instructive video.Thanks!!Greetings from Argentina

[@FinalAnimus]

Definitely going to be making a radius cutting attachment like that one.

[@MaturePatriot]

That looks to be a great old tool. A little springy. Do you wonder if that was made for wood turning? Good teaching video.

[@christopherruble3913]

A great ball-turning rig. I like it.

[@mrpete222]

👌

[@alexvaldes7656]

wow, excelente video, good job, congratulations, are you a MASTER, with all respect for you, i learned a lot, thanks for show us!!!

[@mrpete222]

+Alex Valdes Thank you so much for watching

[@donaldnaymon3270]

Great attachment. Thank you for sharing

[@Siskiyous6]

Love all your videos - why don't you slot the two hole where the upright meets the piece coming from the cross feed, and then put a third hole for a set screw, then it would be height adjustable? Though I know you like showing different ideas for solving dilemmas. You are America's Master Shop Teacher Sir.

[@mrpete222]

+Richard McNamara Thanks you for watching--thats a good idea

[@Guds777]

is it not more preferable to use follow rest when cutting plastic, to work against the flexing.

[@jasebraddock873]

i close on eyes and i hear James Stewart (the late actor) excellent videos Pete btw.

[@mrpete222]

Stewart is not dead--I am James Stewart!

[@waltc2321]

mrpete222 Stewart; You need need to walk into the light. Great video!! Learning more than one can imagine!

[@Donovelame]

Muy buen video, y la manera que nos demuestras como utilizarlo gracias viejo se te agradece compartas tus conocimientos!!!!!! :)

[@samdavis5079]

I know this is an older video but , could you wrap a rubber band around your cutting tool and one on the shaft in the chuck. this should help with the harmonics and help eliminate some or all of the chatter. just a thought. Great videos , wish I could of had a shop teacher like you when I was in school.

[@SomeCatchyName]

phone is off hook noticed at 2min 50 sec lol awesome videos though fun to learn

[@StanGoldstein]

EXCELLENT! Thank you for making this, I learned a lot.

[@cobalt01snet]

mrpete222, I love all you machine shop tips and are new to turning, you suppose you can start posting your turning speeds in you video so we can learn some mote, Thank you, Tj

[@HolzMichel]

here's a crazy idea: instead of bolting the fixture to the cross slide, how about sticking the tab you normally bolt to the cross slide into a tool holder for either an aloris tool post or an emco/axa type? then you could adjust center height without shims

[@mrpete222]

That might work, but may make it too high.

[@alifasi6180]

Good work I need an idea for inner radial turning

[@richardhaisley1]

we had the commercial ones at work. if you run the cutter the opposite way it will make a concave cut. they used them to make new adjusting screws and matching sockets for the connecting rod to the ram on punch presses. bitch to adjust as I recall. I've only watched about 100 of your videos, so I don't know if you ever mentioned a butress thread which these screws used because the pressure is always in the up direction.

[@mrpete222]

+Richard Haisley Thanks for watching. I did mention butress a long time ago, but forgot which video. You have 350 to go

[@catmshtr89]

Really enjoyed this video. Hang up the phone though.. haha

[@ALSomthin]

This ball turning attachment would be more effrctive if it was mounted 90 degrees different from its current position with an angle plate. It would give you more clearence with the chuck and provide some adustment.

[@mcmasterbaja]

please send us thanks. sponsorship?

[@mrpete222]

???

[@gregmaggielipscomb9246]

Very nice!

[@argenbar]

If you offset the cross slide, and used a disc shaped blank it looks like could you use this tool to cut a donut shape. Perhaps an idea for another video?

[@mrpete222]

+argenbar good idea-thanks

[@chris-the-bodge-sculptor]

Hi, now then I've got a question for you sir, I'm in the process of building a similar yoke type turner as yours, out of a large lifting eye of all things , lol But on a test run I'm getting a poor cut/ chatter on the rear cut the same as yours, but I can't figure out why it would happen, I'm using a hss

[@mrpete222]

Check these things. Is everything rigid? resharpen tool,try different spindle speeds, is it a hard to machine material?

[@THOMASTHESAILOR]

You're gonna have a hard time eliminating chatter. A hand feed tool in any metal is tough. I had one, years ago that had a ring and pinion gear with a hand crank, that worked great. If your radius is under 1" check MSC. The should have a radius cutter, Cheap

[@mrpete222]

ThomasTheSailor Chubby THANKS

[@THOMASTHESAILOR]

Nice Video !! I used to use a radius cutter many times back in my younger years. Did You know, that you can retro fit that lathe to be a CNC just as easy as you can make that radius cutter. The CNC parts have gotten very affordable. All You need is an old XP computer. You can get an free old hacked copy of Mach3 software and Mastercam online. They're out dated for a modern shop, but for a home lathe it's awesome.. You'll love it.

[@mrpete222]

THANKS

[@chrisshaw1294]

ThomasTheSailor Chubby i dont think you should go around telling people to download pirated copys of Mach3. its only like $150. spend the money and support the developers.

[@Ajicles]

Think what would of worked good is to take a piece of the plastic stock and turn a radius on one end. Drill and tap the hole. Part off say if its inch diameter to cut off about 1.25" and attach it to the mandrel and continue finish turning the radius on opposite side.

[@aus71383]

It seems like an offset cutter would allow for finishing the cut all the way around the back side of the ball....would probably part off roughly but at least it would be a ball, and not a knob....

[@one4stevo]

Great video Thank you.

[@mpo1107]

Very instructive video.

[@mrpete222]

+Don Miller Thank you so much for watching

[@ivanpeeler4016]

Superb, Sifu.

[@mrpete222]

+Ivan Peeler Thank you so much for watching

[@w056007568]

Interesting video, Thanks.

[@NOMADdaf]

Been watching for years. Just found out where the name Tubal-cain comes from !

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@DennisChaves]

Very cool technique!

[@danbutterworth1219]

Very cool tool!

[@DavideServolini]

it's the first time i see the piece to execute balls on the lathe, it is very interesting as tool.

[@liyawei]

awesome attachment

[@mrmatt2525able]

thank you for the video, i learned a lot

[@majeedalshaari5647]

I didn't get the feeding mechanism

[@BarnyardEngineering]

Someone forgot to hang up the phone.

[@basemkhoja4498]

Good work

[@Audi59]

great job

[@roxleyldc]

Would your screen name have anything to do with a certain individual known as the "first well known artificer or scientific worker in metals"?

[@mrpete222]

+Randy of Locksley Yes it would

[@roxleyldc]

Would your prefix then be "Wor. "?

[@ロクジ研究所]

It's well designed jig.

[@mrpete222]

+JP-Manager Thank you so much for watching

[@bentontool]

Sweet!

[@AzegzaIhyabouzda]

Ohh nice

[@mrpete222]

👍

[@abderrazaktair882]

thank you

[@mrpete222]

👌

[@m.kindustries2548]

It is so easy

[@remige2006]

I guess that those who gave a thumb down did so because they didn't like the color of the ball....or, may be, we have some color blind who are frustrated because there is no sub titles explaining the color of what is on the screen???

[@mrpete222]

+remige2006 Thanks for your support--there were lots of trolls at work on this one.

[@pakman422]

Ya I don't understand those people. It seems some paid more attention to the phone in the background than the video itself..

[@1071recon]

Your tool looks dull, and of course your tool is slightly below centerline. You did not mention that.

[@Acremers87]

Anyone else hear the phone off the hook in the background?

[@jimbobmedog]

Are you a free mason ?

[@TheMiwer]

Thanx. That's not a ball, but a ball with a big hole in it ! Can you turn a real ball ?

[@MrPatdeeee]

Not with this attachment. I am not aware of an attachment that would do it. How would you hold it?Yet they are made. How I have NO idea. Maybe Mr Pete will tell us how that is done in commercial balls. I would be very interested to know.

[@rickkert100]

19:19 is not aluminium but brass but it is a top vid

[@jovanivaldez924]

Anyone else hear the phone in the background?

[@sayedhsssan4343]

Tm🖒💚

[@iguanapete3809]

That Delrin is WAY EXPENSIVE on amazon.

[@sayedhassan417]

⚘🍀🌳🖒

[@edilsonmartins6653]

Poliacetal, not Delrin, Delrin is just a commercial na me.

[@poozandweeez]

*brass

[@expatconn7242]

i have yet to watch a thumbs down vid...

[@Arunchaudhary8014]

Hindime de

[@preciousgrace5032]

are you a mason...

[@mrpete222]

+Precious Grace no

[@MrPatdeeee]

AMEN!

[@amrkorany]

nice idea thank you amr . cairo . egypt

[@derrickquintal]

Great video! Have you ever considered making an adjustable stop on the backside of the radius attachment to limit it from pivoting back to far?