Machine tool update - South Bend Lathe with Digital Read Out.

Fitted a Heidenhain DRO to the South-bend and it works well!

[@williamkhoury938]

R.I.P Ed. We miss you mate

[@high1voltage1rules]

So sad Eddie, so sad indeed. You had so much going mate for yourself. Been a subscriber for about 9-10 years. Missing you a lot !! 😭😭 RIP friend. I’ll never forget you 🛠⚒🔩⚙️👍👍🤟

[@twocvbloke]

Just goes to show, just because something is old doesn't mean you throw it away... :)

[@jakenALABAMA]

Glad to see this video. Thanks for sharing Ed.

[@HDXFH]

Good job with the lathe, thinking of getting a lathe around that size

[@Aussie50]

quite expensive since they are hobby size, but occasionally you can snag a cheapie that the seller does not know the value of. especially if its missing motor, 3 phase or not running, since your probably going to put a drive on it anyway.

[@Fozziesoft]

Underslung x-axis, good idea. Good videos - Steve, Perth WA

[@Aussie50]

its not ideal but If I get a few years out of it, its worth it.

[@rwhitenz]

This is the sort of video I like. Good to see the results of you making stuff again.

[@rupert5390]

That Heidenhain is the rolls royce of DROS - that will be indestructible a quality unit.

[@williamhosking9312]

Good to see you back on KZbin Ed

[@FNIX_Productions]

Wow another Aussie50 video , not seen for ages , nice to see you again

[@TheEPROM9]

A lathe is on my list of tools to get when I move into my own place.

[@pow0006]

Absolutely magnificent! A true feather in your cap.

[@Liam_Dorey]

Finally your back

[@grahamuk2597]

Great to have more videos from you Ed, keep them coming when you can mate, there are many of us that do appreciate all the effort you go to and would be very sad if you stopped making videos as you suggested you might. At the end of the day you have to do what's right for you but I for one would definitely miss your wonderful videos so hope you will feel able to carry on making them. Best wishes to you from here in the UK 🇬🇧

[@Aussie50]

I think I mis-worded that vid a bit, (and had a few too many festive beverages lol) I was not going to kill off the channel or anything, but the full ressurection and regular content idea did fall flat, but I will keep doing odd updates from time to time. like this one.

[@redneckbryon]

Are you keeping your KZbin channel now??

[@Aussie50]

I was never going to get rid of it, just not doing full time uploads

[@TimDousset]

Scratching my head there for a sec with that glare thinking "why'd he paint the cross slide purple?" lol =) Look forward to your next vid!

[@kevtris]

You should be able to get replacement scales; they generally output quadrature. the thing to look for is voltage and counts/inch/cm but otherwise should be interchangeable (not counting connectors).

[@Aussie50]

good point ,the Fagor looks like it uses the same pin-out, just different connectors

[@alex993cc1]

love it. talk to you soon mate

[@joeyf504327]

ED is now official going to be that old timey shade tree machinist who live down the block from you who can fix or make anything you want... For a nice sum of green backs that is lol :)

[@Aussie50]

haha yeh its a good money maker, I have a couple of jobs waiting on this conversion, more repetition work. so much faster with a DRO

[@FrontSideBus]

Lol DoubleBoost is getting quite good at making acme threaded shafts and nuts for lathe cross slides. Might be worth seeing if hell do one for you lol.

[@the_eternal_traveler]

☝️🤓i Love This. Thank you for you. 🙏💚

[@Jflux69]

What do you think about the geek group going under?

[@Aussie50]

Had to happen sooner or later, surprised its not as severe as it could have been knowing what has gone on in the past. I feel for the staff, must be hard getting out when you barely make enough to eat and keep a roof over your head :(. Its lucky Doogie had so much help and support or he would probably still be trapped in Mi

[@09danstart]

didn't think I would see another Aussie 50 video, great to see.. will you do anymore with your doomed atm?

[@Aussie50]

nah its a dead duck, good parts donor at best

[@09danstart]

@@Aussie50 ok lol, was just wondering.

[@HotForgeChaos]

Just because its Chinesium doesn't mean its rubbish. A lot of the time it is, but there is some decent shit out there. I've got some chinesium Sutton-off brand drill bits, and they're fine for hand drilling because they don't wear out, they just get chowdered right to shit, so I'd rather spend not as many of my hard earned New Zealand dollers on drill bits I don't mind snapping (although I still give the obligatory "FUCK" when I snap my 5mm drill bit)

[@55kompressor]

How’s the ML270 doing?

[@Aussie50]

shredded a serpentine belt pulley today, its at a friends shop getting poked at tomorrow, hopefully its just an idler, not the AC, alt etc, that stuff gets expensive. other than that I have put about 5,000km on it so far and its been good. pretty loud and obnoxious with the exhaust and intake opened up a bit, but I love it :D

[@55kompressor]

Aussie50 haha let’s hear that exhaust!

[@Aussie50]

@@55kompressor Its off the road now, they changed a couple of pulleys but it did not fix it, Alternator bearing went full-nuclear thismorning and its the turbo making nasty screaming noises, both need to be replaced ASAP :(. back to driving the RAV4 daily. not a bad car either, just not a turbo diesel

[@HeimoVN]

Cant believe someone took a chisel to the bed like that....

[@mealex303]

You need to replace that ally for cast iron That will sagg over time giving false readings

[@Aussie50]

they get zeroed every time and I have never seen evidence to show ally sags, especially nice crisp aircraft grade stuff, really soft annealed ally I can see being pretty annoying but this stuff is close to cast iron in hardness.

[@thegeforce6625]

Early enough to have 0 views lol. Ayyy no one cares