Machining Custom Way Wipers For The Lagun Milling Machine

In today's video I continue to make the custom wiper plates for the milling machine. It's definitely a learning curve for me and I am finding what I need to upgrade to be a proper machinist. Thanks for watching! #machining #milling #machine #transformers #electric #electricmotor #recycling #scrapping #scrap #copperwire #aluminum #diy #projectshopfl #copperking #led #ledlights #lighting #generator #statorwindingmachine #electricmotor
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[@barryrankin587]

You just gave me a flashback from my working days. I retired from working at a power plant and every job I went on with a certain guy he would spray everything down with penetrating oil. Then he would say, penetrating oil is your friend. Use to drive me crazy.

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂

[@campervan-john]

A man with many A plan

[@ProjectShopFl]

👍👍👍

[@randydobson1863]

hello Project Shop FL & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Project Shop FL & Friends Randy & Good Luck Steve's With Your Motorcycle

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks Randy

[@HappyAst34-vp3xg]

Super cool machine. Now you can rebuild the copper king with homemade parts!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks that's the plan.

[@chrisjudd8576]

Steve is obviously proud of his lil powder coating set up. 'Hey man, quit it. Don't do it' lol he was serious aswell lol. He gonna powder coat your beard if you don't leave off lol. Fair play Steve, don't matter what it looks like if it does the job and you ain't gotta buy it

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info! 👊

[@scrappersteve6372]

When I worked in a machine shop, we used cardboard to direct shavings to the collector. Also use your shop vac to catch chips. It will come to you soon enough!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@brian56]

WD-40 is great for displacing moisture. I used to spray it on cracked distributor caps on rainy days back in the days when I drove things that shouldn't have been on the road!

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂 Thanks for sharing

[@Naplesfrank154]

Not too sure if you are reading these comments but I posted a message to you regarding making the wipers out of aluminum. Although they look great, they may give you problems when you start using the machine. The wipers are supposed to be soft and flexible. The reason for that is so that chips get brushed off of the ways. If chips get caught under the new aluminum wipers they will scratch the ways. The old plastic wipers were soft enough so that the chips would dig into the plastic wipers and NOT the ways. I wrote the name of the machine shop supply company in my last message to you. I’m only looking out for you so you don’t do a ton of damage to your machine. The company that furnished that info to me has been in business for over 60 years and I’m sure they know their shit.

[@chancellor170]

Yep, Black Delrin or Phenalic material would work better.

[@Naplesfrank154]

@@chancellor170 the guy that I spoke to at the supply shop said that it had to be soft and flexible. Isn’t phenolic material on the hard side or can a phenolic material be made soft by changing the resin amounts?

[@chancellor170]

@@Naplesfrank154 Phenolic is rigid enough to machine but it has a soft density. Although it might not hold up well when exposed to coolant. I would end up using a plastic like delrin for this application because it’s cheap.

[@chancellor170]

@@Naplesfrank154 After looking at the bridgeports in my shop, the wipers look to be made out of Bakelite. When I googled a replacement for Bakelite, Black Delrin was recommended.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Yes I did see your comment. The aluminum is not gonna be touching the ways. It's just to hold the rubber wipers in place. When pushing the chips the aluminum really won't be doing anything because the rubber is butted up against the hardened steel ways which are gonna do more of the pushing than the aluminum. Now when pulling back the aluminum will be doing more work holding the rubber in place but there should be no chips on the back side. I googled Way wipers and the first thing that popped up was made in the USA aluminum holders for over $300 so I don't think the aluminum is gonna be an issue. I do think I will buy the right rubber or felt because that's the real important part. here is the link if it will let me post it www.ebay.com/itm/276015218991?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-213727-13078-0&mkcid=2&itemid=276015218991&targetid=4581046493085020&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=&poi=&campaignid=603678871&mkgroupid=1239150626926797&rlsatarget=pla-4581046493085020&abcId=9375682&merchantid=51291&msclkid=1a123e82bd9b1167b0cf588f101aa5ff

[@markrice3502]

im glad your useing it to make parts its cheeper than buying them and thats why you have the mill,the way you put the other table on works for me makes it easyer to turn parts .thanks for shareing and im ready for the next great video from you

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks 👍

[@dominiquecocu]

a self-made headlight for Steve's motorcycle. a skeleton head and the eyes are lamps.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@y.lelivelt2619]

Thanks for the video Derek.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you for watching 👊

[@davehazel1994]

aquarium sealant is always good when fluids need holding in

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@robertlivingstone3947]

Good video all you can do is your best

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@danielcooke7911]

it good to keep your skills tuned in, so many skills have been lost to computerized machining that workshops like yours have disappeared. its also great content so lets not forget that for a moment, we tune in to watch you have ago and antics along the way. Takes me back to Motor Vehicle Studies and Shop class at school, things that have been lost to many children nowadays. I know you play down your skills but you have them hidden away and I for one am impressed with your courage to give it a go and even if you fail you dont stop until you get it sorted. Proper Job.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you I appreciate your kind words. 👍

[@ThePurpleSquirrel]

Red Neck Engineering at its finest.

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂 Thanks!

[@Paul-kw1no]

Wd40 is excellent for machining aluminum. It can get expensive if using for all machining but quick and easy and it helps protect the machine. I still can’t believe you don’t have a functional forklift. It would make life a lot easier and safer. They do take up room in the shop tho. Thanks for another great vid.

[@dougwilson7530]

W D 40 is not actually a lubricant its for water displacement thats the wd . So it should be great for not letting your ways rust but definitely not for lubrication.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks the fork lift in my next big project.

[@silverlicious2086]

Looks good man! Things are coming along. Chip management is def a thing. I think you're on the right track with using some kind of plexi-glass shield to contain the chips for easier cleanup. And also rigging up a vacuum system to send the chips straight into a large drum.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks I like the drum idea.

[@sandisherck4636]

If there is ever a big interruption in the supply chain for parts, you will be a popular guy. Keep a big supply of suitable milling metal, and penetrating oil. 🙂

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@greekgods3399]

love it

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@davecarter34]

Fuel oil or kerosene works very well as a coolant/lubricant for machining aluminum, for the chips maybe a shop vac with a nozzle you can position near the mill would work. I use compressed air to clean down my small vice mill on a bench top drill setup, but you have many places that chips can lodge and foul the smooth running of the mill. g'day from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@keithlevoir608]

Watch cutting edge engineering he's a master

[@campervan-john]

Yes he's got some skills

[@ProjectShopFl]

I watch every Friday. lol

[@keithlevoir608]

@@ProjectShopFl 😁

[@noneyabeeswax3200]

Ok so hear me out,that big Solar cabinet you build a cabinet for that mill like the real mills have,they contain all your chips and collect your coolant fluid with a pump in there returning to the machine. You need to get a machinist handbook,it will tell you speeds and feeds for different materials and tooling so you won’t have to guess,every process engineer uses one. Oh and rust never sleeps,maybe Steveo was running straight water and didn’t notice anything year or 2 down the road could be just ate up with rust deep down inside,water is very small molecule,adheres to everything gets in the air and creeps it’s way into every hidey hole I mean just with the high humidity there stuff will rust,coolant get some

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, I am gonna order some consecrate that makes 30 gal.

[@shanegenx7519]

steve should have he’s own secment

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂 Thanks for the suggestion

[@hgghgguk]

it would be ver short due to the amount of censoring he would have todo lol

[@dimbag1]

W D is a great lubricant. At least till I'm on my way home. 😊

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@brucewright5061]

Can you mount the mister on the other side of the lathe? The knobs would be towards you rather than away from you. The hose would then have to reach over to the other side! Maybe swap the light with the mist head. To put on the back wiper, you will probably need to pull the whole table off and fit the wiper before replacing the table.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestions

[@noneyabeeswax3200]

No,buy some coolant,it comes concentrated and you mix with water you can probably get like a gallon or half gallon. I actually just last week got my big solar project producing power been working on it over a year I’m basically an expert ask me anything 😊 all my panels I bought used,there is a decent market for them but you better check the output on them before you commit to taking a bunch of them they don’t scrap out very well you could be stuck with a big pile of trash. I’m writing from my iPad plugged in to solar lovin it. If you think about having them guys pay you to haul their stuff off you better be thinking workman’s comp and osha and all the other words that come with gubment overreach. You can also buy coolant lines that snap together sort of like legos,the name escapes me rtm but they are solid and you bend them any way you want and they hold the shape I’ll try and look for them. Trying to scrap out some motors that go in o2 concentrators pitons offset on either end real pita wish you guys had one to figure it out

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@Monkey-boyo_0]

🎉

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂 Dang you are fast.

[@Monkey-boyo_0]

@@ProjectShopFl you just upload when I’m surfing the tube lmao

[@CB-dx6hy]

I believe napa sells a cutting lubricant mix. Ill look for it and see if i can post the product number.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@chrisjudd8576]

1:02:30 you DEFINITELY do NOT want to put your shaft in there lol

[@ProjectShopFl]

I know that's why I haven't and am looking for a bigger machine.

[@goodyg]

WD stands for Water Displacement formula 40

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@empirefinds]

The machine is quite well built. You have to ask yourself a question. A why was a perfectly built metal machine have plastic and rubber wipers in in the first place. Maybe they need to be flexible because of the chips building up thus might create a force that needs a flexible part to overcome some issue that arrised when they first tested the machine in production. It looks like they swapped to plastic for a reason and would do a bit more investigating incase damage is caused to the ways. Just a thought brother.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, I think it was just to save money. I found after market ones made from Aluminum but they were like $360

[@couragedoge8644]

If you intend to smelt the aluminum shavings then you are going to have to figure out how to remove dissolved hydrogen from the molten aluminum, otherwise you will end up with hydrogen bubbles all throughout your piece of aluminum. The molten aluminum will react with water from the air and the hydrogen will go into solution. As the aluminum cools hydrogen will come out of solution and produce bubbles in the metal.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@cijil169]

What I know about machining can fit into a thimble with room for a steak dinner. I'm curious though, if there is a hood to put around the spinning "bits" so yer not slinging chips into yer beard? Good luck and safety first!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Im sure they make something I will just use some plexiglass

[@johnkavanagh2416]

Steve isn't much of a machinist telling you to use water for coolant when machining aluminum use wd 40 it helps with the aluminum gumming up the tooling

[@ProjectShopFl]

He said they used a water based coolant not necessary straight water. I miss spoke. I know water alone is not the right stuff.

[@Naplesfrank154]

I have looked everywhere but I can’t find the address for PSF. Can someone please point me in the right direction so I can get an item out to Derek for his milling machine. Thanks everybody. Can’t wait for the next video to drop.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Its in the description of every video 7040 Seminole Pratt Whitney Rd, Ste 25-111 Loxahatchee FL 33470

[@Naplesfrank154]

@@ProjectShopFl I must be losing it. Haha. Thanks. You’ll get a package soon. 😄. Thanks for doing what you do and sharing it with us.

[@thomasroberts9752]

Is the weight of the parts going to make any diff in future things you will be milling? The parts looked like shims but yours look fatter and heavier than originals

[@ProjectShopFl]

They are slightly fatter and heavier but they are just to hold the rubber wipers in place.

[@petepeterson4540]

you don't know what you are doing but it's your $ your video

[@ProjectShopFl]

Never said I knew what I was doing, just like everything else in life I'm just winging it.

[@petepeterson4540]

@@ProjectShopFl then you should stop and avoid injury if nothing else till you know what you are doing or have someone to help you nothing like a fly cutter snapping off and hitting your eye. seek Keith Rucker vintage machine shop on you tube or you could damage your machine or self PLEASE SEEK OUT HELP!! I could see your next video guys I won't be doing any new videos while i go for eye surgery. it is better to nibble at first 2k cuts place a piece of flat bar under your workpiece work smart not stupid work hard

[@johndaley9188]

The Feeler Series II I see used is selling for $10K. Another machine that needs a book. And you want something bigger? Need to get back to making money. Stop being such a nice guy and paying so much for scrap. Understand the buy in, but. Need to increase profit margin to stay alive. The world is way different from as little as 2 years ago.

[@ProjectShopFl]

The only way I get some of the jobs I get is because I compete with huge scrapyards so I have to be extremely competitive

[@user-lf5qq8lm9c]

Boring

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks