Making a MT5 arbor for a 5 inch face mill

This video ended up being a little long, but I had a lot of footage. This was a fun and challenging project. Quite a bit of lathe and mill work. Matter of fact I ended up using all 3 of my lathes to get this done. Thank goodness Bozo never showed up. LOL! Anyways I hope you enjoy the arbor build. Also check out Tangent Engineering and the products Jim sells.

[@nobbysworkshop]

Awesome job on the arbour Tom. Came out really well. I enjoyed all the machining work. Looking forward to seeing it put to work. Cheers Nobby

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thank you Nobby.

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday Tom, beautiful job and throughly enjoyed watching, I’m keen to see what next week’s video will be, cheers

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Matty. It was fun but had it's challenges.

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

Boy, you gotta love scrap yard scores! I wish we were closer to good scrap yards. That arbor turned out great!

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Matt. It was like hunting for treasure every time I went.

[@acmemachining]

Great Job Tom. Love shop made tooling. Thumbs up for Jim Enos also. Two great guys making great tools.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks buddy. I appreciate your support. Jim has some great products.

[@wallbawden5511]

Good one Tom your camera work is definitely on the improve for sure showing diferent angles and such was nice to follow all the steps involved in the making of the Arbour turned out great nice fit of all components enjoy watching your videos keep then coming Good to see you spend time with dog he is a laugh as he won't give you the ball makes you work for it Cheers Tom

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

I appreciate it. It is always a balance of how much to video. I never know if I got enough or too much until I start editing.

[@RalfyCustoms]

Happy days Tom, nicely done, and I always thoroughly enjoy the turning work. I hope ya'll keeping well buddy

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Ralfy. Hot chips down the shirt is always fun.

[@zoltannagy1813]

Nice work Tom. Keen to see it in action on your next job. As always, please give Mr Kaos a big pat for me. He's my favourite shop-dog.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks and will do. 🙂

[@Rustinox]

Nice one, Tom. These are the kind of "little" jobs that takes way more time than we thought it would.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

You are right about that Michel.

[@MrFactotum]

long wait but great outcome tom 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 atb Kev

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

I appreciate it Kev. 🙏

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Good one . I always think about making spare MT adaptors when the compound is already set up , but never have time to ! Cheers 👍

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Max. If I had a tool post grinder and some skills I would have heat treated it and ground it to final size. Hopefully the 8620 steel will hold up ok for what I will use it for.

[@jamesreed6121]

That face mill is a beast. Next weeks video is a must see on my list. The HBM is almost as much fun as watching a shaper in action. KOKO!

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Awesome. Some shaper action in next weeks video also. So you will be getting a 2 for 1. 😀

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

That's knocking it out of the park Tom.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thank you Harold. 🙏

[@jimpritz4169]

Nice job Tom you should get a lot of work out of that. The shop looks fantastic. Thanks for the video.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Jim I appreciate it.

[@joebaigis8046]

I really like this project, you made the project seem attainable for us mortals. I really liked the sine bar for doing the morse taper, I have never seen that technique on a lathe.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Joe. I appreciate the kind words. Those sine bars from Tangent Engineering sure make setting up a taper a breeze.

[@AaronEngineering]

G'day Tom. Just rewatched this video on my laptop. That arbor project was a really good build mate. I'm off to the next video now. Cheers, Aaron.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Aaron. Plan on using it real soon.

[@StuartsShed]

Nice work Tom - great execution. Good score on that piece of round bar! Always good to get a win like that.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Stuart. Quite a bit of machining. I had to edit down a bunch of footage to get the video down to under an hour. I know you can relate.

[@StuartsShed]

Oh yes - shooting the footage takes long enough, but the editing takes a huge amount of time.

[@DudleyToolwright]

Turned out great. Nice work, Tom.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Robert.

[@DoMetalStuff]

hey Tom. that's a nice toy. I hope you enjoy it after all this effort. 300mm is almost a foot without the big toe lol😂. the printer gets to work. so I expect my stickers shortly😉

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Dominic. Yeah I am still not that great with the metric conversions. At least I caught it during my editing.

[@AWDJRforYouTube]

Do some big hogging of material with that 5" mill puppy...great job on arbor Tom👍

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Hopefully. It is for what we talked about last month on the phone. Finally getting to it.

[@AWDJRforYouTube]

@@hilltopmachineworks2131 👍

[@JourneymanRandy]

Nicely done Tom. Big job for big tool.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Randy.

[@samrodian919]

Tom I was always told that you use the absolute minimum of Prussian blue to check a taper. You used at least ten times that needed lol all that amount does is squish out between the tapers, and then you can't see any proper contact between the parts and then even if you clean the part so much blue will be in the spindle and you will end up having to clean it all out and do it again. One small blob on one end then wipe it up in a straight line to the other end any left on your fingers wipe up 180 degrees the other side then gently insert and twist as far as you can until it locks or not. Remove and you will see the engagement you have achieved. Sorry to be long winded, but it was stressed to me that less is more when it comes to Prussian blue.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

You are correct. I definitely got too much out of the tube. I was not aiming for that much.

[@bcbloc02]

Sounds like a big chip making video coming up! 😀

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Yep. 😉

[@DJako89]

Turned out great Tom, thanks for sharing.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thank you Dave.

[@eyuptony]

Enjoyed the machining Tom, great job. The sine guage and the additional ready-made spacers is a real time saver. You made it look easy. Cheers Tony

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thank you Tony.

[@paulhewitt1488]

Really enjoyable video and a fine result. Take care 👍👍

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Paul.

[@machinenutdel6764]

Very nicely done Tom !

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thank you Del.

[@outsidescrewball]

Very nice build Tom

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Chuck.

[@TedRoza]

G'day Tom. Another meticulous video. Well done. Don't know if this will help, I have changed over to using a full circle carbide insert to do tapers, to achieve a smoother surface on the tapers. Hope this helps. Ted

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Hey Ted. Thanks for the tip. I will try a button insert next time and see how it does.

[@carlwhite8225]

Cool project, Thanks.

[@tomeyssen9674]

Thank you! Great,

[@floridaflywheelersantiquee7578]

Thanks for sharing

[@CraigLYoung]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks for watching Craig.

[@TangentJim]

Tom - Sine Bar Stack Height - Gage Blocks- Gage Pins or a combination will work. I have an optional Idea . A good set of adjustable parallels can get you there. -- Jim

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Jim.

[@TrPrecisionMachining]

very good job friend Tom,,thanks for your time

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks for watching!

[@MyLilMule]

Great build. I thought your Monarch had a taper attachment? I guess not or you probably would have used it. Did you consider heat treating and then grinding it to size?

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Greg. My Monarch originally had a taper attachment because I have a copy of the original invoice. At some point in it's life before I acquired it somebody removed it. I briefly thought about heat treating it. Unfortunately my Hot Shot did not survive the fire. It will come on but not heat up. Also I don't have a proper tool post grinder. I only have a make shift one using an air die grinder.

[@trevorjones4463]

Well done mate good video

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Trevor. Good to hear from you.

[@seldendaniel8819]

Well done!

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks.

[@RustyInventions-wz6ir]

Very nice work sir

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thank you Michel.

[@JamesP_TheShedShop]

Great video Tom. Nicknames boring mill "the beast". Curious, is there a need to harden an arbor like that? PS- I have not forgotten your license plate😁 Right on

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks James. Hardening it would be a plus. My oven is broken and I don't have a proper tool post grinder, so that is why I didn't.

[@trollforge]

Good job!

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thank you.

[@mjwint]

I have put a known Morris taper in the four jaw "backwards" and then adjusted the lathe to be correctly lined up.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

That method works too. 👍

[@jameswood9764]

Make an adapter for your cordless drill to turn the compound handle??

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

I might at some point. 👍

[@Randysshop]

The arbor looks great Tom. You need to train Khaos to drop his toy in a bucket like I did with my dog, then keep it close to where your working. Dogs are so much fun!! Thanks

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Thanks Randy. Khaos seems to only want to play on his terms. Go figure. 😂

[@robertlark7751]

You've worked hard and done good, however your bluing is way to heavy to get an accurate contact reading.