Noga Articulating Arm Adaptor

[@pekkasaarinen2902]

That Noga arm system with magnetic base looks really useful. Wish I had two or three.

[@Geisenyarder]

They are a bit pricey but so satisfying to use. It's really easy to put on the head of your machine tool to tram in vices or put it on a tool holder to find the center of a hole or pin. There's a variety of sizes that are helpful for almost anything you can think of too

[@evlstache6751]

i love how your flats line up parallel with the sides of the magnet

[@bowlingkingpin]

The last 60 seconds was gold! You're one of the best machinists I've ever seen but I love how you "Jerry Rigged" the can just like the rest of us would

[@Peter_Riis_DK]

The use as funnel holder actually was quite funny.

[@kejay74]

Hey Adam! Good video & "safe" threading technique(s), albeit different from what I was taught. One small bit of info, which you may already know, but others may not. As you did not show actually pouring the fluid from that big ZEP bucket, here is a useful technique. When faced with the inherent 'glug glug glug', do this... rotate the bucket so the spout is at 12:00 O'clock instead of 6:00 O'clock. Air can then come back into the bucket at the top of the spout instead of creating a vacuum in the bucket. The fluid, oil, fuel, or whatever will flow smoothly without the splashing. Ken

[@Shaftygod]

This is my favorite type of content. To be able to make a tool or fastener or anything to help something work better is so satisfying. Great vid as always man

[@rockwell6594]

Adam, thanks for showing how to disengage and re-engage the lead screw when cutting metric threads with an imperial lead screw. I am surprised that I have never seen that method described before. I just learned something from a video of the simplest of projects. Keeping the lead screw engaged at all times is tolerable when there is plenty of runout space but it becomes unworkable when trying to thread up close to a shoulder unless very low speeds are selected. My neck of the woods went metric 50 years ago but my even older lathe has an imperial lead screw, and no clutch or brake, so this is definitely a technique that I will use in the future. (The method should also work equally well for imperial threads cut with a metric lead screw.) Yes, the method risks the possibility of losing track of the dial when re-engaging the lead screw but the standard prescription of keeping the lead screw engaged throughout entails an even higher risk of misjudging and crashing the tool into a shoulder. Gronk!

[@JamesDedmon]

Try putting an O ring between the Noga arm. That may take the vibration out. That’s what I did on my lathe camera mount.

[@Phantomthecat]

Nice work as always Adam and an elegant solution. Me being the dodgy bastard that I am would have welded an M8 and M10 bolt back to back. Your way is much better. 👍

[@JC8865]

Even though I'm a novice home hobbiest I really enjoy your videos and always learn something new..great stuff!

[@pilgrimm23]

I have watched that shaper from the day it followed you home till today's beautiful chips. Beautiful precision machine wielded by a craftsman. My compliments

[@carver3419]

You'll never know when a magnetic base will come in handy. Really nice project, Adam.

[@timothyball3144]

That funnel setup was awesome! I laughed with you on that because it looks like something I have done. Not that setup with those tools, but using bungee cords or whatever was handy to hold things. Ya gotta think on your feet. I spent a week on a ranch working on various cars, trucks and tractors and one of the first things I did was walk around cataloging what kind of stuff he had laying around and sure enough, I ended up making a tool from stuff laying around to accomplish one job. Also, the whole sequence of "can't do one thing because I need something to do something else and need something to else so I can do the.... Well, you get the point. Yeah, that's a daily thing for me. Right now I have to buy water because I don't have my water jug mounted on my truck because I don't have a 5/16 drill bit because I can't get down to the hardware store. So, it's temporary measures until then.

[@jrb_sland5066]

Love the funnel support at the end of your video! As always, tools designed for one task always find other applications. Well done, and thanks for showing us the process...

[@dennisgonyier9542]

Can filling setup was unique and effective. Smart, good job!!

[@Geisenyarder]

I've always liked the thought of a noga arm as a helping hands clamp. Holding that funnel definately made me giggle.

[@leeklemetti1887]

Adam you just cracked me up! You are not only a fine machinist, you qualify for the "Rube Goldman award" for the year. @ 27:00

[@paulcopeland9035]

What is a "Rube Goldman" award Rube owns a deli over by my house. Excellent food, but I didn't know he gave out awards..

[@robertblackman3451]

I thought it was Rube Goldberg

[@robertblackman3451]

This project isn't nearly complicated enough to earn Rube status, sorry.

[@gameoverkid2351]

From the netherlands i would like to say what a awesome machinery you have and the detail you put in your work say 's it all its like watching a true artist in metals and machinery operating ! the trip on the flee market was awesome as well what a great show to buy some realy nice tools a big shout to you sir !! i follow your channel closely to learn a lot from you regards Nik

[@benbilling4268]

The day I can single point thread like Adam, I will consider my life complete 😊

[@chuckthebull]

Indeed the shaper is fun, hot blue chips, and the clamp holding the funnel was a great end to it..Thanks

[@billmckillip1561]

Many of us bought a lathe in the first place so that we could do just this kind of job - very nice!

[@jrucker2004]

Adam, your 3d printer is perfect for this kind of application. You should 3d print a phone clamp to hold your phone. I drew one up in cad that would likely work with a little modification, I'd be happy to make some changes to make it work with your noga arm. I'd hate to see you damage your phone with some Abom torque on that kant-twist clamp.

[@MatthewHolevinski]

Abom torque? What about Abom pressure, did you see the state of his phone button? That thing was mashified!

[@joopterwijn]

For sure i expected you would “blue” the adapter, blend in between noga arm and block!

[@63256325N]

Perfect! I though you were going to say your big can of solvent was empty too....😜 but, nope...good first time use though! Thanks for the video. 👍

[@BerndFelsche]

Enjoyed that video. Odd diversions including the shaper to adapt a tool holder.

[@phillip5179]

Really enjoy the small shop projects! Thanks Abom

[@tomim7187]

Adam, that Rube Goldberg set up to fill your can was fantastic! Just another reason we love watching Abom79 do his thing! Great video!

[@PeteBrubaker]

It's so great to see you on your own man. I have a feeling this is the type of thing you wouldn't have had time for while working at Motion. I'm glad you were able to do this!

[@Abom79]

Yessir, now I get to make the time to do what I want!

[@mumblbeebee6546]

Just came back to this to find out what that arm was I saw earlier... Off to spend some credit card on Noga gear this week :) This being the summer of 50 years anniversary of Apollo 11, I watched a *lot* of NASA footage too. Now every time I hear you mention your "Go / NoGo" gauges, I hear in my mind the flight controllers shouting "Go" at Gene Kranz :) While I am here, thanks again for all your great videos - at least when you started you can't have expected to make anything from it, and they must take up a lot of your time. You are very kind! You are also a great explainer. As an engineer and teacher myself, I am humbled by your easy way to focus on the important bits, but keep it light and flowing all the same! If you ever take on an apprentice, that will be a very lucky person indeed. I might be imagining this, but I feel that I can hear the teachings of your father and grandfather when you explain machinist craft. That is assuming that they taught you, I am not sure. Someone did a great job in teaching you, anyway! When you do work, do you sometimes hear the voice of your teachers in your mind, commenting? Anyway, long may you turn! :)

[@paco1938]

A long time ago I worked at shop that had a small shaper. I was the only one that ever used it so when I quit that gave it to me. I gave it to a friend that liked old tools. Wish I still had it!

[@Rhino90_au]

I want a shaper. I don't need one, I can't use one, but I want one.

[@donfinch862]

use it to spread butter on your toast

[@alext9067]

Congratulations, you're a guy.

[@SaposJoint]

Slick trick, Adam. Thanks, man. Edit: I was waiting for you to tell us that the big can was empty, too. Oh, well. I laughed anyhow..

[@JohnBare747]

It's the small things sometimes that make all the difference especially if you need to hold your funnel.

[@kevinreardon2558]

At first I thought you had over-engineered it. But looking at the finished product, na its art. It looks really good. Now blacken it and it will be perfect!

[@chrisclark4813]

Really nice little project. A couple of things you might to discuss. (perhaps during a future episode, just a thought). 1. Cutting oil is good but doesn't cool like 'coolant' or slurry, or whatever you were brought up calling it. When would you use it? 2. Why don't you use the drive disengagement 'automatic stop/trip' when thread cutting up to a face. You scare me, you'll be a bit slow and hit the face.

[@RickBaconsAdventures]

The day Adam hits the face when feeding/threading, you better buy a lottery ticket and not be outside during lightning.

[@keithhansen3963]

Most lathes that even incorporate a drive disengagement 'automatic stop/trip are for longitude feed, NOT for threading. They don't disengage the half nuts. Hardinge HLV toolroom lathes do but most engine lathes don't. I doubt the Victor does. Adam is very tuned however to thread at that speed.

[@jamesbrewer3020]

You just got to love those shaper chips.

[@FredMiller]

Who doesn't love a third hand! Nice job Adam!

[@RickRose]

You made a proper machinist's job out of it, of course. I'd have drilled and tapped for a cut-off bolt for that little stubby section. Thanks for sharing.

[@michaelmcclain5091]

Ditto

[@lemagreengreen]

I could watch that shaper for hours

[@frfrpr]

I really like this show. Excellent filmwork, engaging content and very well presented. This journey into the world of a machinist is great. Thanks

[@Abom79]

Thank you

[@juliejones8785]

great idea with the funnel. I always need an extra hand with funnel work.

[@phil_townes]

Isn't that the cutest little adapter? Love it! I think I remember seeing your can-ziptie-funnel-vice setup on Instagram a while back, hadn't realised you had the Noga on the mag base on the vice! Great video man, love it.

[@susanbarbier5053]

That kant twist clamp looks like it should have it’s pinky up when it was holding that funnel, haha.

[@Tugnar]

its a real pleasure to watch you work, thank you for sharing.

[@wb8ujb]

Thought it would look even better than it does if you used to gun bluing on that part. Or metal black, I think they have it for machining parts. It will probably protect the finish too. Just an idea I thought I'd throw out there. Adam, thank you for your video's. I've learned so much from your content. I'm just a wanna-be home machinist. Bob

[@thefixerofbrokenstuff]

Only Abom can cut threads at 800 rpm and call it slow.

[@bigdawgsbusa2]

Very very cool Adam the clamping fixture came in handy and right on time lol.. as always great content.

[@DBlank72]

Man I was hoping you were going to knurl that. I love watching that be done, wrench flat is definitely more useful.

[@Hoaxer51]

Kinda nice having a lathe or two when you’re wanting to scratch things off your wanna do list!

[@firearmsstudent]

Good trick! My Jet 9x20 doesn't have a brake so the first time I attempted to cut a metric thread it was stopped by the tool running into the step of my material after I shut it off like 0.5" before the end of the cut. I was like: No, no, ah man!" After that, I just resorted to manually rotating the chuck so I could thread it to a shoulder, and I've seen people attach cranks to their spindles to manually rotate everything.

[@Abom79]

If only the guy telling me that it's a waste of time engaging the the half nuts and then reengaging them each time would understand this.

[@BossWelder81]

lol I love the Rube Goldberg fixturing to fill the can at the end. I'm putting that trick in my tool box and taking it with me.

[@larrysperling8801]

nice job adam. i like your threading technique. did you ever think about starting at the shoulder and threading out?. i realize that you would have to turn the tool upside down and reverse the spindle,but it sure would be safer. especially for us amateurs.

[@rodhenry4862]

Very cool Adam!! Absolutely a great way to hold funnel too! Thanks for this very enjoyable video!

[@googacct]

I do something similar, but have found it much more useful to have clamps on both ends of the arm. It is also much cheaper to buy the import camera articulating arms of amazon and put clamps on both ends. I have found so many uses for the articulating arm clamp that I am surprised that more people do not use them.

[@TheDgdimick]

So THAT"S where you got the chips for your intro picture. Nice..

[@dougborrett3566]

The second love of Adams life, his G&E Shaper. It's a pity he couldn't take it to Vegas too and have a double wedding :-)

[@evilbrat5376]

Adam, first nice build on the adapter on the magnet. Next - - LOL.....what a kick using it on the funnel ~ whatever works, which it did! I give that a 11 on a 10 count.

[@McDougalDesign]

Always great to have a 3rd hand!

[@MartsGarage]

Thanks for the explanation on the threadcutting technique.

[@allaussietraveller9879]

martsrods I know right! Definitely trying this at work tomorrow.

[@Autowizard2]

I love watching your videos. My OCD goes on a time out watching you perform these various ops. Congrats on getting married. I've learned a ton from your videos and am hoping to buy a small lathe here really soon. Keep up the good work.

[@ratdude747]

You put in a lot more effort than I would have. I'd just take a 10mm hex head bolt, turn down the end and thread to M8, chop off the head, and put a washer on the M8 side. Would have been a lot cruder looking though. Looks nice.

[@JakeAikens]

Thanks for the fake threading passes with the different camera angle. It all makes perfect sense to me now.

[@Thisoneguyinaz]

This was a neat little build, thanks for the video post Adam! 😎👍

[@jlucasound]

That was awesome with the funnel! :-) Nice clean adapter. That arm is great. I see that all the joints clamp with the one knob. It would be interesting to see how that works internally. Thanks again, Adam! Got my hoodie and enjoying it on this cold, rainy morning in NE.

[@andyZ3500s]

Mr Pete 222 has a video on that style of indicator holder. Look under what makes it work #28. It's about 18 minutes long. There are some videos out there about tuning up the cheap imports to make them work better.

[@eloyex]

i am a nobody. Not an expert ... but that machine to my eyes its a monster of an equipment !! wow !!

[@glennfryer1539]

Lathe, Shaper and Mill .... 👍🏻👍🏻.... very useful adapter ...

[@robcean]

Your videos are getting better and better. Thank you!

[@wayneacaron8744]

i. love the rythem a shaper can produce. poppy

[@lee-johnson]

Take some lint and you can start a fire with that shaper. Nice build

[@jhbonarius]

N.A.A.A. or naaa. Sha na na, na na, na, na. Glad your fans are sending you the metric taps xD The threads in the magnet actually look quite worn.

[@cellphone208]

Very interested in the Radius Inserts and Tool Holder. What Holder and Inserts you using? Awesome job like normal!!!

[@MikeBramm]

That's a cool little adapter.

[@stumccabe]

Thanks Adam - a neat little job.

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

that was a fun project man , I sure ENJOYED !! .. Handy setup

[@seafurymike]

if you drop in the same point, even after moving your cross slide towards the tail stock i would think it would always pick up on the correct pitch point of the lead screw. The dial is relative to the screw pitch (ratio).

[@Abom79]

Not when cutting metric threads

[@ActiveAtom]

Great thank you, Lance & Patrick.

[@MarkCarrollGrumpyBear]

where did you get those thread pitch gauges? I have been looking for a good set of standard and metric thread pitch gauges and I like the look of those.

[@johnnytakisawa]

I had to cut a stubby lil thread like that then other day so I used a lefthand internal threading bar turned upside down and used on the OD in reverse. I then threaded away from the headstock. The bar was the only tool I had that could get that close upside down.

[@wayneacaron8744]

yes! make the tool work the way you, want. modify it if you need to. poppy

[@TheTacktishion]

Good content....! Some basic machining and threading. Nice work

[@incubatork]

Interesting way to make a thread, my lathe does not have a thread dial so i have to leave the half nuts engaged. What i don't understand is why you disengage the half nuts(and create a posible room for error) if you need to reverse the lathe anyway, surely the disengage and engage can be omited, its just a not needed step that could mess up if not done correctly.

[@Kineth1]

It looks like he's using the disengage/reengage method like he does because there is a very short gap between the end of the thread and the shoulder... If he were to simply "stop" the machine, momentum could cause a crash. By disengaging the half-nut he is able to quickly stop the tool from advancing while the machine coasts to a stop.

[@Abom79]

It's to speed up the operation, and the big reason, to not crash into a shoulder!

[@incubatork]

@@Abom79 I cannot see how 2 extra steps speed things up but i get the reason for a posible crash, especially with momentum of the big chuck. We live and learn thats why i subscribed to your channel a couple of years ago, i always get something from a video. thanks for sharing and teaching.

[@Abom79]

@@incubatork Your missing the point. I sometimes do this while threading hydraulic rods at 300+ RPM, and sometimes your going up against a large shoulder. You can;t always simply shut off the machine and reverse it. You need to stop on an instant. One video doesn't show every scenario.

[@incubatork]

@@Abom79 I bow to your superiore knowledge, all i can say is no matter what speed you thread at if the chuck is not completely stopped when the half nuts are disengaged threading syncronization is lost, the fact that you know the machine well and can put them back in sync using the thread dial original position is another story.(I missed that when i watched the first time) After more than 2 hours the only way i could manage to pick up the thread was to mark a jaw and the casing, the lead acrew and casing and also the carraige to the ways, (Remember i have no threading dial to get the position correct) that worked perfect but by eye no chance, i did get very close at times maybe a leadscrew thread out but it was still out. I need to try and make a threading dial/guage but i have no idea how to work out the ammount of teeth and diameter of the drive gear.

[@pfootball6363]

I am so uncoordinated I would probably feed the cross slide in when I was getting to the end of the threads and push the half nut lever down instead of up. Literally everything backwards

[@davekimbler2308]

That makes perfect sense... a magnet to hold your camera and of course your not short on steel objects in your shop ! Maybe next you can make a robotic arm that takes videos for you ! Lol. Heck maybe someday they will have one ? Who knows !

[@waynekwoods2799]

Yoga for the machinist !

[@1tarbaby1]

that is frecken awesome a holder to hold a holder. love your work

[@djfaber]

Man that shaper takes monster cuts

[@milkman1944]

Looks like the piece from the forged vise handle.

[@crperformancetucker5065]

Thats exactly what i thought so also

[@roccit]

Me: spends an hour at the hardware store finding something that connects M8 to M10 bolts. @abom79 spends 20 minutes making an adapter that is so beautiful that I weep.

[@miles11we]

tbh i probably would have just glued some stuff together, and im not proud of that fact

[@raincoast2396]

Little short strokes gets the job done, same as long ones! lol Love some shaper time.

[@danielhennis2763]

Awesome... milling it so you use a 7/8" wrench on a metric threaded adapter. 😀

[@CliveGregory]

Maybe you could have milled your flats on the smaller section of the adapter, then you would only need one spanner.

[@peterfuhrman9544]

Nice. Adapt and prosper.

[@JagMods]

Great idea Adam, I hope you don't mind (If you do please let me know and I won't), I'd like to give a shout out to you and your channel for the idea about turning an indicator holder into a camera holder. I've watched pretty much all of your videos, and have learned a lot about machining. Now if I only had a mill and a lathe to apply what I've learned. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences. Kudos to you!! Sincerely, Mark @ Jag Mods

[@leesuschrist]

Good call using the shaper to modify that grooving tool. I'd much rather use a cheap HSS tool that can be resharpened by hand than beat up some expensive carbide inserts on an inserted end mill.

[@bemohrmann]

there is something so oddly satisfying watching the shaper....

[@XavierAncarno]

Soothing

[@johnbonner922]

Loving this content. Thank you Adam.

[@bcbloc02]

Looks like it will for sure be handy!

[@Hoaxer51]

Should have made two or three and tried to see if there’s a market for them! Might be a little pricey though.

[@jenniferwhite6089]

Mrpete we have in on what is it videos lol my great-great-granddad was watching this his comment was who the bone head through of that lol he all was like a great idea crosses the floor of the shop they know that he approved it

[@Sharklops]

man those shaper chips sure were pretty