Machining a Miniature Lathe - The Reverse Gear Cluster

This project is starting to have moving parts. In this installment, I machine and mount the functional, reverse gear cluster. Take a Look !!
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[@infoanorexic]

Future Tabloid Headline: Texas man returns to his shop in the middle of the night, catches wolf spider operating his miniature lathe ...

[@Gamerock82]

Now I wanna know what the little guy would be making.... Also, will he post his videos? If he's learnt from Joe, he must be pretty good.

[@operator8014]

Texas man untangles wolf spider from small lathe.

[@joepie221]

Maybe he'll be 'spinning' a web.

[@lourias]

The evil spider spinning a special web for Rumplestiltskin. Those Wolf Spiders are just as bad, if not worse than the Brown Recluse...

[@roberthiggins1142]

That little lathe I coming along nicely.

[@michaelbush2905]

just got the 4 jaw chuck finished . I'm so elated ! Wow what a great feeling .Thanks for the help . I would not have done it till i started watching your vids. Thanks again .

[@joepie221]

Its a great little thing to have around.

[@andystansbury8576]

great series I miss this stuff. I have made tiny parts like this on a production basis years ago. Have also worked on large biggest was a hydraulic cylinder for a horizontal press still remember that one had to call the manufacturer of the mill to verify it would handle the weight 14,500 lbs a 24 x 36 inch bore and 24 x48 face square and round within .005.

[@joepie221]

I did my apprenticeship at a company that specialized in precision miniature componentry. Great beginning.

[@michaelbush2905]

@@joepie221 I made camera parts for 7 years , tat was 45 years ago. Now building my mini shop. 2 lathes and a mill , getting a bigger one next month.

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday Joe, this machine is really coming together now and it looks bloody awesome, great job, cheers

[@joepie221]

I appreciate that. Thank you.

[@BedsitBob]

You're really cracking through these parts now. Not that I'm complaining. The next major part, I'm waiting to see being made, is the threading dial. 😁

[@joepie221]

Unfortunately, this lathe doesn't have one. It doesn't have a lead screw either. Just a drive shaft.

[@ChrisB257]

More amazing tiny parts and precision, particularly setting up reverse gear etc - love the new results. Progress is really getting there - much enjoyed at every stage. Thanks Joe. :)

[@joepie221]

Its coming right along.

[@zumbazumba1]

I have never been sad and happy at the same time -i am happy that we will see it work and yet i am sad because this awesome journey is about to end !

[@joepie221]

Its getting close.

[@duh4572]

Interesting that forward/reverse setup, I first noticed back in the 80's when I use to pull apart vcr's. I remember marvelling at the simplicity of it.

[@joepie221]

Agreed.

[@peteengard9966]

Another fantastic job. Time to unloosen a couple beer caps sir. You earned it.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

LOL.

[@joepie221]

You bet.

[@stanervin6108]

I see that two viewers liked the production so much that they gave it a thumbs up while standing on their head! That's powerfull strong karma.

[@joepie221]

I bet I could make a list and they'd be on it.

[@robert_g_fbg]

Coming together like clockwork. Nice!

[@jeffanderson1653]

Incredible work. The little model steam engine work I did made me realize my full size equipment was just too difficult. It wasn’t fun for me. I can now see why the model makers have small machine tools. You seem to enjoy this.

[@joepie221]

I do. I enjoy the challenge of small parts on bigger machines.

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

Once again really tiny stuff made well. Thanks for the video.

[@joepie221]

Thanks for checking in.

[@kirsch66]

@16:10 - Optical Illusion, looks like the shaft in the drill chuck is lined up with the gear, then you pull it right through the shaft! Haha. Keep up the great video's Joe!

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Hello Joe, Fabulous work and well explained as usual... Nice to see all those red ticks... moving closer to the finish line... Take care. Paul,,

[@joepie221]

There is a lot of hours behind all those red ticks.

[@cavemansmancave9025]

Unloosen! There it is! HAH! Made my Saturday morning. 🤣👍 Thanks, John

[@joepie221]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@snappers_antique_firearms]

Wow we feel blessed you have been on a roll with releasing videos. I admire the engineering of the eighteen hundreds as well. I love old firearms and some of the engineering is amazing. far more advanced than most people would ever believe.

[@joepie221]

I agree.

[@paullatour7012]

I learn something every time I tune in!

[@joepie221]

Thats always the plan.

[@matthewfort3740]

I like this. It's coming along very well.

[@joepie221]

Its a nice kit.

[@DavidKutzler]

After following Joe for fours years, I finally caved and bought three sets of pin gauges, ranging from 0.061" through 0.500' incremented by 0.001". I use them almost daily in my hobby machine shop. In some ways they are more useful than my gauge block set.

[@joepie221]

I use mine a lot as well.

[@tylervanorman492]

I thought I wasn't going to make it through the day... I will now. You inspire doing. Thank Joe

[@joepie221]

Glad I could help.

[@paulcooper2897]

So envious! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

[@joepie221]

Its going to be a nice keepsake when its done.

[@russelldold4827]

Wouldn't miss this! Amazing series.

[@joepie221]

Waaaay more work than I thought it would be. Its very detailed.

[@RalfyCustoms]

Simply wonderful Joe, this is coming along wonderfully, thanks for sharing

[@joepie221]

I am happy so far.

[@Caughtitoutdoors]

Joe, I'm amazed at your skill and knowledge. Just got my first mill. Had a lathe for a while now and hope to get to this skill level some day. Thanks for sharing.

[@joepie221]

One day at a time and have fun along the way. Good luck.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Hey, You know when it is small that the jewlers screwdrivers look like they are 1/2 in drive, LOL. Transmissions have always fascinated me. I have worked on simple , 5 and 6 speeds all the way up to 18 and 21 geared units that are timed with cam to crankshaft air powered shifters that are timed in a way that if you are out one tooth at the beginning the trans will eventually lock up in different stages that require complete teardown and start over. Getting one or two (like I did) wrong was enough to solve that problem was enough medicine to cure that one eh, LOL. Once again you took me for a trip to the past my friend. Thanks a bunch eh. Still no Gr8 eh, LOL. Take care !

[@joepie221]

The camera always gets the best line of sight setup, so actually doing the work is even harder.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

@@joepie221 I know that one oh so well. I have tried and failed many times to get good footage of my torch melting the silver in my little furnace. When I get a great view with the camera I can't see what is going on or the camera is in the way of moving the 2200F silver to the mould and subsequent pour. The thoughts of 5 ozt+ molten hellfire all over my lap is kind of untasteful eh.

[@MalJ-eb7nv]

Hi Joe, you have produced the best tutitorial series for people with interest (and a bit of understanding) in machining with this project. M

[@joepie221]

Thanks. I hope it inspires some confidence and gets some of you to try it.

[@paulmorrey733]

Thanks Joe

[@rickvaneijck3016]

Again great episode Joe, This series is going to be THE guidline for everybody who wants to get a go with this building project. It is certainly a whole level up from a basic steam engine.

[@joepie221]

The steam engine was a good warm up project, but this truly is another level.

[@DonDegidio]

Hi Joe, Coming together like clock work. Head stock looks great once everything is loaded onto it. Really enjoying this build series. Happy Father's Day. You and the family stay safe.

[@joepie221]

Thank you sir. Same to you.

[@nbolin2879]

Awesome assembly Joe. Thanks for sharing.

[@patrickcolahan7499]

I could never do this. My fingers don't do well with tiny objects. Bad enough when I have to use a #4-40 screw on my rifles for the optics. Great work as usual Joe. You always do amazing work.

[@pambroselli]

Great job Joe, I find it amazing that one of the knives, KaBar, you featured on your knife collection series was made less than 30 miles from the folks at PM Research. Both locations are my old stomping grounds. Thanks for the content and reminders of home.

[@joepie221]

Must be a lot of talented people in that area.

[@KimbrellBrad]

All of that precision work is starting to show up in these assemblies! Beautiful work Joe. Truly enjoying this entire series!

[@joepie221]

Glad you like them!

[@douglasharley2440]

23:50 *so beautiful!* it's super cool to see it starting coming together. thanks for sharing.

[@joepie221]

I'm smiling ear to ear behind the camera.

[@douglasharley2440]

@@joepie221 rarely, have smiles been so deserved!

[@roehle9962]

wow, the tolerances between the gears are spot on!! great work joe. greetings from germany :)

[@joepie221]

Greetings from the USA.

[@keithmonarch447]

Hey Joe, you continually impress me. Assuming you practically have many of the tooling, required to make this, cool Lathe. Also my gosh, I have so much saved projects you manufactured. 🥲

[@mikepetersen2927]

Awesome as usual! Nice advice on the bookkeeping/tracking of all the tiny parts.

[@joepie221]

Simple but effective.

[@marceltherriault6008]

Always a pleasure to watch a professional at work.

[@joepie221]

I agree. Thanks.

[@mikemalliski8380]

Just soooo small but intricate and functions perfectly. Very nice Joe......

[@joepie221]

More to come. This is a very detailed kit.

[@cmguitar50]

Definitely will make a machinist out of lots of us, or a REAL machinist - lol! Making parts is one thing - making them fit others is another, yeah? Inspiring me - excellent, Joe!

[@greasydot]

Very nice. That thing is going to be awesome. Can't wait to see you take cut and get some heavy turning of .002 or .003.

[@joepie221]

I'll baby it for sure.

[@TheDistur]

Nice little tumbler gear setup. Looking quite a bit like a lathe headstock now!

[@joepie221]

It getting heavy too. I like it.

[@outsidescrewball]

Great discussion /demonstration/build….enjoyed

[@joepie221]

Thanks Chuck.

[@TrPrecisionMachining]

very good job joe..thanks for your time

[@joepie221]

glad to do it.

[@shmengheorghe]

Love yours attention to details, top job 👍👍👍

[@johnferguson2728]

Thank you Joe. I must admit I thought this was going to be more of a piece of art than it was a functional Lathe but I have changed my mind.

[@joepie221]

Hi John. Why not shoot for both?

[@johnferguson2728]

You have certainly done that. Thanks again!

[@andyZ3500s]

Great video Joe!

[@joepie221]

Thanks. This little stuff is getting harder to shoot.

[@paulskvorc7021]

Just when I thought I had seen all the magic Joe Pie had, I watch this video. "I'm not worthy."

[@joepie221]

Thanks for the compliment.

[@finnrock5558]

Great video as always Joe. I love watching this little lathe take shape

[@joepie221]

Me too. I'm really going to enjoy owning this.

[@avi8r66]

Looking good Joe!

[@818small]

I'm getting excited...beautiful work and look forward to the finished product.

[@joepie221]

You and me both!

[@jamesdavis8021]

That is coming along nicely.Like the steam engine project, I would call this,museum quality

[@joepie221]

Thank you. I'm taking this one very seriously.

[@stanervin6108]

Captioning working on this one, Joe. Thanks!🤟

[@joepie221]

I noticed that. I may change the title of the other one to see if it makes a difference.

[@howder1951]

Absolutely beautiful out come Joe, every piece has been an actual work of art, enjoying every step, cheers!

[@joepie221]

I appreciate your continued comments. Thanks.

[@chuirios365]

Awesome workmanship Joe!

[@joepie221]

Hi Chui. Thanks for stopping by.

[@graemebrumfitt6668]

Yeah Joe, I got a kick out of seeing the gears reverse! TFS, GB :)

[@richb419]

HI Joe, I found that the mix up on the gear numbers very confusing, I did waste some gear stock making one of them twice, as for the screw in the reversing handle I milled the area and made a brass washer to go behind it. I did put the set screw in the head-stock main gear and place flats on the shaft. it does rotate without wobble but I did not over tighten, no need because of the flats in the shaft. this project was over my head but some how I managed to get a working model. Rich P.S. I done lots of unloosening and untightening before it was done!

[@joepie221]

Well done.

[@richb419]

@@joepie221 hi Joe I tried to publish my lathe, kinda slow at this, it's like pushing a rope for me... Rich

[@MichaelMoranGearHead]

This was the scariest Joe Pie video of all time. The amount of material in some of those parts is frightening.

[@joepie221]

Those little gear bushings were almost too light to feel when you hold them.

[@guyward5137]

I have enjoyed the videos of this project Always looking forward to the next installment. G W

[@joepie221]

I look forward to completing them.

[@mcgam2000]

Another outstanding job... thanks for all the little tips and tricks you include with these video's

[@michaelryan6884]

Nice job, Joe...it's looking good!

[@joepie221]

Thanks.

[@joell439]

Thanks Joe, beautiful result 👍👍😎👍👍

[@joepie221]

Its getting heavy too.

[@cavemaneca]

Seeing that headstock assembled, it is just beautiful. Coming up on the halfway point eh?

[@joepie221]

I would say based on the number of finished parts, its well past half way.

[@Smallathe]

Superb project. Thanks for sharing!

[@amiamar2119]

Great job You have patience for the little things. I've seen all the videos so far and I wonder you do not have even one mistake how is it? In any case enjoy watching continue to make videos you are a great teacher.Thanks

[@joepie221]

You have my word, I have not ruined any parts of this or the steam engine I previously produced. I triple check everything before I move.

[@amiamar2119]

@@joepie221

[@timothyprochilo4840]

Very nice as usual sir.😎😎

[@esaffirmansyah1500]

Amazing hand work and your machining skill ,

[@joepie221]

Thank you.

[@christurley391]

Thanks for the video Joe.

[@joepie221]

Thanks for stopping by.

[@nunofelicio]

beautiful work man! You are an artist, thanks for the video

[@joepie221]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@scottroland6577]

The quality of your machining work is remarkable. I'm still finishing the steam engine, and having some fit problems. i hope to some day to be able to perform your level of work. I'm told to keep practicing. Again, thanks for the inspiration. PM should hire you on a consulting basis to critique their kit prints and instructions.

[@joepie221]

Thanks. They had mentioned putting direct links to my videos to help their customers, but we will have to wait and see on that.

[@2lefThumbs]

I've been looking forward to this bit, gotta say

[@joepie221]

I'm looking forward to the apron. That will be tough.

[@2lefThumbs]

@@joepie221 that's going to be mindblowing tbh

[@bradlilly8603]

Coming together now. Looks geat

[@joepie221]

I'm liking it too. Thanks.

[@chuckinwyoming8526]

With all the heavy lifting making these "LARGE" castings and parts the only thing you are going to strain is your eyes! Your close up macro camera shots make them look a much larger than they are. Great work with some pretty tight tolerances.

[@joepie221]

Thanks.

[@barryking8966]

This brings back old memories of Dixey tool and die. Every machine was run off the old flapper belt.

[@joepie221]

I've only seen pictures and film. It would be interesting to actually see it in person.

[@rchristie5401]

lol Wow. I think one could lose their mind, with this miniature lathe. If they did not know exactly what the hell they were doing. What is just as surprising, if the stuff you make to hold these tiny things in place, as you make them. You have the patience of Job!!!

[@joepie221]

Sometimes a good fixture makes all the difference.

[@rchristie5401]

@@joepie221 You most certainly have proven that.

[@Dudleymiddleton]

2:56 the flies are big in texas, too! BZZZZZ! lol

[@edpawczuk4906]

What happened to the steam engine since you finished it Joe?

[@joepie221]

@@edpawczuk4906 I have it proudly displayed on a shelf waiting for a suitable base.

[@cameronmccreary4758]

I like the two-finger Tapmatic!!!

[@joepie221]

Its a very sensitive device. :)

[@michaelbush2905]

for the hex head screws look up Godshall's . when I build the kit I'll be useing them. Have to order the kit first , LOL. built 2 steam engines from PMR , i m extremely proud of , just need to fine tune them.

[@joepie221]

I like their products.

[@abengineering9954]

I am watching all part this series I waiting ending part 👍👍👍

[@joepie221]

The final video may be a full assembly time lapse. Maybe I'll have to cut a part to christen it.

[@richardsweet5068]

My first lathe bought in the 1970s was a plain bearing headstock model with just such a reversing gear.

[@joepie221]

Clever design. I like the simplicity of it.

[@richardsweet5068]

@@joepie221 It was a Perfecto lathe. I bet you would swap it for your current one, It could handle a 25 thou cut on a good day and with a really sharp tool.

[@johnantliff]

@@richardsweet5068 Don't move the reversing lever whilst the spindle is in motion or you will break the gears - guess how I know that! My Myford has plastic reversing gears and they just explode!!!

[@stuartsurkitt2585]

great work as usual Joe. i just love this.

[@joepie221]

Thanks. I'm enjoying it as well.

[@stumccabe]

Nice work.

[@jdmccorful]

Looks as though accuracy in paper work helps a great deal with job completion. Beautiful work! Enjoyed watching!

[@joepie221]

It helped me keep things straight. Thats for sure.

[@richardbrooks3569]

Fascinating project.

[@joepie221]

Glad you are enjoying it. Hit that subscribe button and help me grow. :)

[@SGS_Engineering]

looking great Joe! Thanks for sharing👍

[@joepie221]

Thanks for watching.

[@joandar1]

At about 22:30 Joe you mention reversing mechanism, I may be wrong however it think it may be a development of James Naysmith if my spelling is correct. Great build Joe. Cheers from John, Australia.. PS If my thoughts are wrong please feel free to correct me, we are here to learn!

[@joepie221]

Thanks John. If it was him, he was clever.

[@dennislee444]

impressive joe , thanks

[@jerseyjoe2684]

Well done, Joe! You are approaching watchmaker status lol

[@joepie221]

Getting back to my roots. :)

[@CreaseysWorkshop]

Super gorgeous as always. I’d make those set screws flush though I think.

[@joepie221]

Hi John. I'll put flats or divots on the shafts and that should take care of two issues.

[@CreaseysWorkshop]

@@joepie221 yes excellent plan.

[@billchiasson2019]

You have the patience’s of a buddhist Monk! Lol,, but looks amazingly so far!! I think in every video there’s the sound of a motorcycle winding through the gears at full throttle! Thanks Joe!.

[@joepie221]

That sound never gets old.

[@billchiasson2019]

@@joepie221 I’m jealous that I’m not the one twisting the throttle! Lol

[@iandalton3839]

I'm a little surprised they didn't come up with some sort of detent arrangement for the reverse lever, so you could avoid having to undo the screw every time you want to change. Might have been a different challenge to do, but more elegant.

[@joepie221]

I agree, but space is limited.

[@billdegener8105]

Awesome Joe!

[@frankinpattaya]

Fantastic Joe, regards Frank

[@joepie221]

Thank you.

[@CraigLYoung]

Thanks for sharing!

[@joepie221]

My pleasure.

[@fitzmyron]

Exact same reverse setup as my Atlas 10” had. Man, I miss that machine.

[@joepie221]

I'm learning a lot from this model.

[@bearsrodshop7067]

Dang it,,,that set screw in gear #60 appears the size as my $ tree reading glasses (@@),,Joe, this has been an awesome trip watching every part of the machining and assembly. Can't wait to see it powered up,,(@@)! Boy has the heat cranked up here in Boyd,,Hope you get some off time to go Diving,,Bear.

[@joepie221]

If I ever drop one of those screws before a video, I'll just substitute a mouse turd.

[@bearsrodshop7067]

10-4 & what a great reply to my comment! Have a great up coming 4th, go Diving and kick back,,

[@petervernaci1364]

I learned so much again today!

[@joepie221]

I like to include value with the entertainment. Thanks for watching.

[@kaibroeking9968]

Next Series on the horizon: Building a scale pocket watch on the miniature lathe.

[@rhino67]

(I like the idea diggerop, thank you) Future Tabloid Headline: Confused Texas Man obsessively inverts the TEXAS axiom and recreates an entire machine shop in precision miniature then looses his mind after saying "Fat fingers" 4.53143 million times.