Machining, Black Oxide & Assembling the DIY Repeat-O-Meter! WW157

[@Gary.7920]

John, Great Job, Great Videos. Thanks Gary, 74-Year-Old Home Shop Machinist

[@ROBRENZ]

Excellent build and series John! ATB, Robin

[@PieceMaker]

I like the retro style of this piece.

[@sbirdranch]

It was great to see the entire shop in this video. +1 for Julie's video and editing. The sound effects were fun. Thanks John.

[@billdlv]

Turned out great John & Co, nice series.

[@sjb_rnd]

Wow it's amazing how far you've come. Congrats to the whole team on a terrific project. Looking forward to next year's open house to meet all the new people.

[@jodyolivent8481]

It's great to see the whole team making something. Nice project.

[@brandtAU]

looks amazing, great work by all of you. "Saunders" may be the "Starrett " of the future.

[@SootySweep22]

You've built a great company, John.

[@routercnc9517]

Great fun project John, nice work. Would have been nice to see the foam at 10:20 being CNC cut rather than by hand - lets down the presentation of an otherwise high quality job. Otherwise good team effort, and a project which uses lots of different workshop tools and methods so great for people to learn from.

[@barrythompson5127]

No, use the 'frickin laser' to cut the foam :-)

[@MrJugsstein]

Nice series congrats to the whole shop

[@ExMachinaEngineering]

Epic Video. Excellent work. Two Thumbs Up!!!

[@BluesDoctor]

Great project and execution. Looking forward to build one myself .

[@JBFromOZ]

sweet build John, thanks heaps for sharing as always!

[@rickeycallen]

I can't seem to find Toms video where he's received it. You'd think 2 months later it would be up, sad bear, awesome series though, I'm excited to see his review. I really want to get into machining. Just small hobbyist type stuff

[@barrythompson5127]

Love the 'snapping gloves' sound effect :-)

[@Echo51]

Hah, seeing the stainless screw nails brings back memories of using them to hammer mesh to some cast aluminium parts for use in a paper-press. Had to hammer these flat to the mesh however, now that's a workout!

[@flubba86]

Keith Rucker at vintage machinery channel calls those little screw nails "drive screws". I guess they have lots of names you could call them.

[@donzmilky5961]

Ashley Sommer Keith is an amateur haha.

[@markschweter6371]

YEP.... McMaster search for "Drive Screws" Returns "Screw Nails", also known as round-head Type U drive screws.

[@86c5corvette]

I don't know what it does I am not a machinist I just like your videos but what I want to say is it looks awesome looks vintage like a high quality piece of equipment from years ago and I love old vintage tools and equipment.

[@SolidRockMachineShopInc]

Nice Job John. It looks Sharpe. Do you have any places around your shop that would do steam oxidizing? Steve

[@ajtrvll]

Why not CNC the foam?... Outstanding build!!

[@danl.4743]

He couldn't find the cutting parameters.

[@Wrenchmonkey1]

Someone get Bob Warfield on the phone, and get it added to Gwizard!

[@jeromevuarand3768]

Why did you grind the ball feet? I thought the whole point of the tool was to have a 3 point contact on one side, and a moving 4th point on the other. The three balls are already on a plane, and it doesn't matter that the bottom plane is not parallel to the top of the tool. But by flattening the balls they're no longer point contacts.

[@MatthewTinker-au-pont-blanc]

You grind the ball feet to get them absolutely level and to give them a larger surface area so that they "cover" any tiny irrelevant hollows.

[@danl.4743]

What Matthew said. And THE point of contact is the one in the front. That's the only one important. Pointy 3 points (ha!) will give you false readings.

[@gertskjlstrup1804]

Very nice!

[@MrSidiox]

Awesome project so far! The end result really looks professional, I wonder what Tom will have to say about it.

[@davestrong6472]

Can't wait to start building my repeat o meter. I think I'm going more the Tom Lipton design. Dave

[@robertkutz]

nice job.

[@Gameboygenius]

You: This is the Mmkay-o-meter, a real precision device. Friend: It looks nice, but why does it rattle? You: Oh, that's just the tiny hammer! Friend: o_O

[@GeofDumas]

John, if it turns out the shelf life of that solution makes it worth storing, get a sealable container. Marked improvement on potential spills and safety. Some acids will degrade the normal silicone seal so be weary of that. By the way I dont think those are carbide balls. Im only finding 75 rockwell balls on mcmcaster and those sparks look way too big and pale for carbide. (I'm not an expert of mcmaster or carbide)

[@JohnHolmestheSecond]

Geof Dumas he said carbide but in the video he clearly is getting steel balls

[@htral]

Great editing

[@donzmilky5961]

htral I'd hope so, he hired a filmer/ editor

[@danl.4743]

From Hollywood.

[@htral]

Ah - now I know...

[@Phantomthecat]

Great work. :)

[@RowSniper44]

When you edited out the hole on the last band saw cut did you hit back of the hole? Haha to much pressure it happened to all of us good job brother it looks amazing I hope you learned a lot and get more subs cause your channel is great I'm a CBC programmer/machinist and love watching all your vids they make me feel at home.

[@bcbloc02]

Looks mmmkaaay to me!

[@danl.4743]

Not bad for first time...

[@brujoezln]

Hello everyone, I have a couple questions: 1- what is this shipping station? I watched another video where trackable shipping codes are added. 2- The customized tape comes out a machine. Is this machine just a dispenser or does it prints the branding? I want to brand my packages... Thank you

[@chiefmachining7972]

Shipstation- Is shipping software gives good discounts, prints custom forms for international shipping, handles ups, fedex, usps, packing slips its great Tape Machine is just tape dispenser the branding he brought

[@lwilton]

When pressing or hammering in drive screws and other round-headed things, I like to use an aircraft rivet set as a punch. These are intended for use in rivet guns, but an old one (or new one) works just fine as a hand tool or press die. You don't get a flat spot on the top of the drive screw head if you use one of these. Search for "aircraft rivet set" to find one. If KZbin will let me include a link, you can find a picture here. Look at the RS470 items on the page. www.gen-aircraft-hardware.com/images/pdf/Rivet-Sets.pdf

[@AATopFuel]

Yea, that was my first thought. My stomach was starting to get tight. Watch the band saw! And table saws!

[@BMRStudio]

I want this boxes:)

[@royevenmland9182]

Awsome like to see youre videos ;)

[@09ktmkevin]

If you have zero to plus .015 tolerance on the link bar holes why don't you just drill them?

[@Wrenchmonkey1]

Drilled much thiner stock like that? It's not a good result... The time savings isn't worth it. Much easier to just interpolate the hole.

[@daviddavis1322]

The balls are alloy steel, not carbide.

[@BradPow]

David Davis i was wondering why the carbide wasn't breaking under the press load!

[@thefahj-122]

52100 is air melt bearing steel, not carbide

[@ThunderWorkStudioAMGE]

Hardness Rating: "Very Hard" :D

[@Gameboygenius]

[Insert dick joke here]

[@danl.4743]

Gameboypenius. I tried, but I couldn't enter your post, to insert it.

[@stormbringermornblade8811]

might have to send you a self addressed envelope to get some of that awesome sander's tape ?????

[@donzmilky5961]

Stormbringer Mornblade I think that tape is meant to brand packages shipped from smw, also as a tamper deterrent, so no one breaks the seal and re seals the box.

[@stormbringermornblade8811]

And as a long time fan of john's work it will do a fine double duty as a memorabilia item. not to say it's all good if you just slip a buck or two in the envelope i am sure they send you one two business it good like that.

[@ShopperPlug]

4:54 - You're the first machinist I saw in the entire interwebs to have their dog at their machinist shop... i think it's not safe or professional. I'm gunna get mad hate for this comment lol. If it's not as accurate as the original... I would say its a waste of time and effort. But you did learned how to machine some parts.

[@menow.]

"Functioneen"?

[@TheLiddokun]

Great workmanship man. Looks like a really cool tool. But why black oxide? Hate that stuff. I guess it works for a vintage style design. :)

[@Wrenchmonkey1]

Why not?

[@MatthewTinker-au-pont-blanc]

I've been following along with interest as I've just built a very rustik version of the "Repeat-o-Meter (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWmqhmqeh9WSe8U) I notice you didn't make the rear handle, I hesitated, but made it anyway, well, in use, it's the rear handle I use! A fun project! All the best, Matthew

[@isabellmizizzy214]

Judd = 😃

[@Bibibosh]

IM TELLING MR MACKEY

[@aplavins]

So... you built it but you don't know how it works. Aren't you a machine shop? Don't forget to mention those sponsors!

[@davestrong6472]

I'm first......I need to get a life!

[@BNSFfan1996]

Its ok...

[@jeffreyschmiedeck4254]

Thank Tom Lipton for the design. Go back to showing other people shops !

[@mastermat630]

too bad you welded stainless with steel filler rod

[@tho1efx]

I don't want to be one of those guys but I also don't want to see you lose a finger. Careful with that bandsaw.

[@Iceberg86300]

Sharklops oh, I dunno, maybe leaving the blade guide at the top instead of adjusting to the part? Maybe the fingers in the path of the blade, _especially_ on the first cut where there isn't anything between finger and blade besides air?

[@danl.4743]

Sharklops, oh come on. John can be very un-careful sometimes, and he needs a stern reminder from us guys. I still remember, with repeat memories, how he put his palm flat on the bed below a spinning grinding wheel. For no good reason. My father was an owner of a furniture carpentry shop. You want to know how many guys lost fingers or nails? And these are guys who did it for years and knew the safety moves. Accidents happen, and what you do is MAKING SURE THAT THE ACCIDENT CAN NOT HAPPEN. Cheers. :)

[@tho1efx]

Everything. It's concerning enough when you see someone who littlerally grew up running a bandsaw (eg. Diresta) playing fast and loose with safety procedures. These machines will take a hand off in seconds and fingers in a fraction of that.

[@trollforge]

tho1efx don't worry, if he loses a finger he can remove it in editing.