7 MORE Mods and Improvements for a Metal Lathe!

[@kolbroshop884]

i like it. Amount of work that you put in this is remarkable. Often people who watch these kind of videos dont realize that enough. Looking forward to next videos from you....

[@PhilVandelay]

Thanks! Yeah making this video was a lot of work because it was so many little bits of footage I collected over a few years

[@thunderstruck1078]

Wow. The moment that 3D printed cover lands onto the old holes and its outer edge is perfectly spaced from the gear assembly all around. You're an artist.

[@themok3rify]

I love the amount of detail, and precision!

[@joemcgarry1106]

All nice alterations. I especially like the timing belt drive for the hand wheel.

[@bobweiram6321]

Talking with footage is welcomed. Talking to straight to the camera isn't.

[@LikeFactoryMade]

Your passion speaks my language! I am in the process of restoring my lathe for over a year now, and hopefully I'll get close to the finish line soon. You have just doubled the value of that lathe and extended its life by multiple times. Really appreciate all this work. Subscribed!

[@White.Elemant]

This episode is a fine example of the main reason to own equipment such as this: making upgrades to the said machines 😂

[@larrybud]

Yeah, I'd like to see actual components people make with them, besides making improvements and other shop tools.

[@peterfitzpatrick7032]

​@@larrybud....if thats what you think this is about, you have no idea why people get into this "hobby"... This is about teaching yourself and effectively becoming a true craftsman machinist...its about gaining a deep understanding of engineering and materials and how the world around us would cease to exist without such knowledge... Its also fun to be able to do stuff most others have no clue about ...😂 Would you ask a scientist to "make something useful" when clearly his goal is not that ??... 🙄

[@larrybud]

@@peterfitzpatrick7032 Not sure why you're taking my comment so personally. You do what makes you happy. I make jigs and tool improvements to my woodworking tools all the time, but in the end, I make functional stuff. But there are channels dedicated to tool making. Doesn't interest me. But this is very similar to the 3d printing world. Some people just like to tinker with the machines. I like to make stuff with them.

[@Arthur-ue5vz]

You have a good engineering mindset. You think logically and with good precision. I like the way you think. Thanks for sharing these amazing tweaks that your machine needed; and now they're done and working well! Kudos for multiple jobs done to perfection! Thank you for sharing all of this! :)

[@seansysig]

Phil you really are passionate about your lathe. The mods should extend the life of your ways! Thanks for sharing.

[@MrSneakyGunz]

These holes where swarf is entering, seem like the perfect application for 3d printing.

[@zenekarab836]

finally a movie 🎉🎉🎉

[@jimsvideos7201]

I like what you did with the handwheel in particular, but I can see doing all of these things.

[@just.some.dud3]

I always enjoy your videos, Phil. Everything is very well thought out and clearly conveyed. Great stuff as always man. :)

[@CraigAndera]

Yay! New Phil Vandelay video day. Been too long - nice work as always my friend.

[@billbaggins9961]

Well done indeed Sir. All of your talking was never too much. You explained every step in detail that made this video very well explained so many of us could follow along with interest. All of these upgrades were truly needed and quite interesting in both the design and execution to get the final results that turned this basic lathe into a well designed machine you can be proud of. Thank you for sharing all of your workmanship with us! Bill from Colorado

[@Enrx90]

I was hope the video going more longer cause it so satisfying and helpful! Keep it up brother.

[@624Dudley]

That captive bolt inside the tubular mount was clever! Thanks, Phil, this is inspiring. 👍

[@1978grizz]

I'm quite impressed by the final solution for the way covers.

[@cameronnerdin4910]

I am new to this world of machining. I thank you for being a good teacher and sharing your ideas.

[@antonymilne3654]

Great work and attention to detail. When machining a timing pulley in the lathe I use 3 dowels or drill rod equally spaced where the chuck jaws contact, held in place with a zip tie or similar.

[@PhilVandelay]

Good idea, I'll have to remember that one

[@keithjones8070]

Excellent work and ideas, thank you for sharing it with us.

[@CraigsWorkshop]

Some fantastic ideas here Phil. I like the concertina way covers especially. Beautifully produced video which is dead easy to watch too. Thanks for the ideas. Cheers, Craig

[@timmallard5360]

Love these improvements! Next project on the list is to spiff up my lathe area. Lots of inspiration here

[@mxcollin95]

Great improvements…nice work! 👍

[@Darth_Firebolt]

That's how that lathe should come out of the box. What an improvement!

[@Bob_Adkins]

I'm impressed! Your upgrades were very clever, nifty, useful, and skillfully done! Subbed! Upgrading things you touch to operate a machine like handwheels, knobs, and switchgear are a pet peeve of mine. Good knobs and switches can make a machine seem totally different, and much higher quality.

[@fredfarnackle5455]

Nice improvements, I have been meaning to get some way covers for a long time. Also love the carriage handle reduction mod.

[@vorsprung2330]

I think i also check your channel once a day to make sure I don’t miss and new video Thank you so much I bought belt grinder plans and i am going to try to make it from playwood

[@gaiustacitus4242]

Softer aluminum alloys which are designed for use in forming operations always turn up burrs even when the end mill is in good condition. If you stack these sheets together and make multiple parts at a time, then you'll find the middle pieces do not get burrs. Of course, this technique requires using a thicker top plate to prevent the sheet stock from chattering and causing all parts to end up with burrs.

[@garystoppenbrink8193]

Absolutley enjoyed this video so much good ideas and information. One of the more inforative ones ive watched, in particular the accordian covers.

[@isulaiman]

Weldone Phil. It inspired me to start my own

[@mftmachining]

Erstklassige Arbeit und sehr elegante Lösungen.

[@OWSNubbles]

This was such a fun video. I haven't seen a handwheel mod like that before, so cool. Maybe it's been done elsewhere, but it was new to me and I really love seeing fresh ideas like it!

[@Adones09]

Wow, great job on all the upgrades!

[@averyjamesbrooks]

Really thoughtful and impressive work!

[@sambonefarmer9139]

Enjoyed watching as always, great solutions to annoying problems!

[@stringmanipulator]

what a bunch of awesome modifications you have done , alot of nice work and inspirational stuff. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. 👍

[@trashes_to_treasures]

Wonderful and ingenious engineering, as always 😍

[@darcysnell6243]

This was a VERY satisfying video to watch! :)

[@samrodian919]

Some very nice improvements sir!

[@tomeyssen9674]

The new face looks nice! Beautiful jobs. Thanks

[@dzljon]

Very good ideas, I have a similar lathe that should get the same attention

[@MASI_forging]

Oustanding, so much variety. 🙂🙂

[@anmafab]

It occurred to me you've Stefan Gotteswinter'd your lathe like he did to his mill. Love it :)

[@PhilVandelay]

He actually did some of the same mods to his Lathe too which is where I got some of the ideas. In fact, the Lathes are pretty similar - I think I have the knockoff version of his much nicer Emco lathe

[@Rubbernecker]

Beautiful!!!

[@penchant4]

Very impressive.

[@raymondbrady8742]

As a first time viewer to your channel: I find myself mildly enthusiastic with your lathe updates, and so on. Your ideas into actions are now mine to remember. Thank you. In section 41:50...51...52... you used cable-ties to help with the accordion-chip-cover. As I haven't actually tried this idea with an accordion it my not work. However, perhaps using key-rings might do the trick. It's what I'd probably try, anyway. Good luck, and thanks for the ideas and info. I might go and watch your first lot of videos... they might be interesting.

[@kimber1958]

your solutions look great executed very well

[@barthanes1]

Pretty sweet solution.

[@HM-Projects]

U style accordian covers, you might want to take a look at those. Good improvements 👍

[@PhilVandelay]

Yeah for the headstock side that might be the better option, but I found that they're hard to find off the shelf and/or very expensive if you get them custom made

[@gmendes1831]

Thanks for share!

[@kathleenfoster9887]

Great video and lots of great ideas.Thanks for making this video.Can I ask where you purchased your lathe and what size is it ? Thanks again

[@spankitout]

Your method of welding the plate to the pipe then drilling the hole just saved me tons of trying to figure out my project, im using 3" pipe and will hog out my drilled hole. Thank you .

[@paulmiddleton4215]

if you machine any hard plastics or nylons in your lathe, you will second guess having the tooling shelf near the chuck. that stuff will fly wild. trust me.

[@PhilVandelay]

I machine plastics quite a bit and haven't had any problems

[@mrme3717]

Very satisfying, wonderful attention to detail. Can you build me a lathe ?

[@scottydntno]

Make and Model of the lathe and mill you have?

[@truckgotstuck]

You could spring load the handle so it doesn't rattle.

[@diyfireking]

Fantastic idea 👍👍

[@anon_usa4209]

Looks nice. What kind of lathe is that?

[@Flako-dd]

How is the Cargo bike coming along? I did not forget that teaser in the last vid! :D

[@PhilVandelay]

Oh it's been finished for a while, I just need to get around to finish the videos. The weather here is terrible in winter, so I'm waiting for some better weather to shoot the final result in action too, but they will be the next ones to come out

[@Flako-dd]

​@@PhilVandelay awesome, stoked!

[@freedomenergy6644]

Hello and thankyou for sharing. What kind of software did you use to draw up your parts?

[@TheAyrCaveShop]

Good Stuff Phil ! May I ask where you got the lead screw springy telescoping tube protector thingy... Enjoyed ATB....Dean

[@PhilVandelay]

That one came with the lathe actually. While it is an import lathe, it's on the bigger/more expensive side within that market so you do get some good features like the spring cover and a feed gearbox (no change gears necessary, unless you switch from metric to imperial).

[@hoernst2762]

Fantastische Arbeit und Ideen! Gratulation.

[@car9167]

Awesome! I have approximately the same lathe model

[@MAESTRO693]

Привет из России! Я сам живу в суровой снежной и морозной Сибири. Мне 65 лет, но до сих пор люблю как и ты Фил что то делать своими руками. Мне бы такое оборудование и станки как у тебя, я бы столько всего интересного мог бы изобрести. Идей куча, а возможности воплотить в жизнь, большая проблема. В молодости я работал по 15 разным профессиям, такие как токарь, шлифовщик, электро-сварщик, слесарь инструментальщик, художник оформитель, слесарь по ремонту электросварочного оборудования и так далее. Вообщем опыта куча, а своей домашней мастерской как у тебя нет, соответственно нет возможности творить. Вот наслаждаюсь твоими видео, и завидую тебе белой и чистой завистью. Кстати я подписался на твой канал. Видео твои интересные, за что тебе спасибо! Здоровья тебе, всем твоим близким, и конечно же твоим постоянным подписчикам.

[@ChriFux]

17:50 It's similar to a living hinge in plastic parts but I dunno if it would be called the same ^^

[@BUILDNIGHT]

Very well done

[@gangleweed]

Having gone down this track too with a 1930 vintage Colchester Bantam lathe, I can understand the satisfaction you get when the project is complete and working.......not a fan of the concertina way covers.........most lathes I worked on had felt seals and brass shim way wipers to scrape the swarf off.

[@PhilVandelay]

As I explained in the video, the point of the covers is not to scrape swarf off but to protect against abrasive particles

[@gangleweed]

@@PhilVandelay the method you showed is too cumbersome...swarf gets trapped in the folds and will tear it.

[@PhilVandelay]

@@gangleweed Interesting, another Nostradamus. I love the comments telling me something will break because not a single one of them has ever been right

[@gangleweed]

@@PhilVandelay Whatever......

[@Rombo-86]

Wow! Do you or any other know if it’s s1 2.2 that comes stock on a ford high trail? I got those laying around on stock plastic rims in the garage. Maybe change the rims on those and give them a try. I love the 1.9” canyon trail.

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

Nice improvements. 😊

[@randytravis3998]

the factory should watch your videos so that they can do this type of mods before selling there product .. Great Video .

[@arthurc.3747]

What is the manufacturer and model of your lathe?

[@HGNeese3rd1]

Very good video

[@arbuzisdead]

это потрясающе!

[@osliku1]

Díky!

[@MrJkosta]

Which CAD software is that?

[@JesseSchoch]

quick question: do you find that having the tool post canted out causes rigidity problems? it would seem to put a big moment on the dove tails vs pushing them directly down.

[@PhilVandelay]

Can't say it does, I built this solid toolpost to improve rigidity compared to the top slide (which I only use now when I need it for tapers) and it is definitely a lot more rigid than that. I never thought about the force on the dovetails, interesting point! But it doesn't seem to cause any problems

[@robgoodsight6216]

Neat!!! Sauber!

[@binomair9326]

nice tips

[@kennethtencza9209]

Hes back🎉

[@DKMB-F-Amsyar]

great upgrades 👍🏻

[@brent8213]

awesome video! whats the brand of that lathe?

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

SIEG SC4/510 from what I can see.

[@richnelson753]

vary nice and neat i will say its vary dangerous to have to reach across the lathe bed for toolholders and such. i know its a small lathe but you can get tangled up in the chuck with clothing.

[@PhilVandelay]

I have long arms 😉 But the lathe is also usually not running when I change tools

[@mikebieren4680]

11:47 I stand corrected

[@williamschultz298]

Thanks for the awesome videos

[@marcg2233]

just curious, for the larger gear, why not just use the end-mill to cut an arched key-way? no filing required.

[@PhilVandelay]

Not sure what you mean, but I only had those square keys around. They make round ones?

[@ADBBuild]

@@PhilVandelay I think he means cut a taller keyway that would allow the key to fit. Instead of a half round, a rectangle with a half-round top.

[@marcg2233]

​@@PhilVandelay exactly what Andrew said. like if you cut the slot deeper the key would fit in without filing, there would be a half circle arch of empty space at the end of the slot but I don't think that would affect the operation.

[@KW-ei3pi]

All very nice! In some shots, it a 3 axis DRO, and in some and the final shot, it's a 2 axis. What gives? Also, I have the same DRO on my mill and I really like it. I'm thinking about getting the same one for my lathe, and 3 axis in case I need or want to put it on my other mill. This DRO does not have a Tool library, but I think that I can us the SDM function for a tool library. What are your thoughts?

[@PhilVandelay]

It's a 3 axis display but I only use 2 of them on the lathe. At some point I taped over one of the display axis just to make it a bit easier to read. Reason is simply that with these import DROs, the 2 axis display is only slightly cheaper (few bucks) so I figured it can't hurt to have the option to connect a third scale. As for the SDM function, I always figured that's for a tool library anyway, but never actually configured it. I mess with my tool holders and overall setup too much to fully trust it, so I just zero out the tools manually. You can also now get an adapter that allows you to connect glass scales to something like an old smartphone or tablet with an app to use that as the DRO display. It's quite interesting because they offer a lot more features than the classic displays, been thinking about trying that out for a while

[@KW-ei3pi]

@@PhilVandelay Thanks. I'm still learning to use the one I bought for the mill. I use the SDM function all the time. One thing to remember is that if you zero in Absolute mode, it messes up all the SDM settings.

[@PhilVandelay]

@@KW-ei3pi Yeah, I noticed that! That's why I started using INC most of the time and didn't use the SDM feature a lot, I always end up zeroing absolute by accident sooner or later and then you have to start over. I'm not sure but maybe this behaviour can be turned off, but I didn't study the manual again. I suppose it kind of does make sense if you treat ABS as the zero reference for everything else.

[@frankjames4573]

Great vid!...

[@sylvaingervais247]

salut merci pour tout du Canada

[@gyrenrockz]

Pls make a recumbent tadpole trike with shaft drive..

[@PhilVandelay]

That's oddly specific 😅

[@mdoggie1186]

Do you still use the desk?

[@PhilVandelay]

Sure

[@janevanzanten4561]

What brand lathe is that. I like the cam lock on the spindle. Good for 6 jaw chuck. THIS IS from my wifes phone.

[@PhilVandelay]

it's a Sieg SC10, als sold by precision mathews as the PM1228 or something

[@bossecarlberg]

Hi Very good video thanks

[@arduinomaquinas]

Like 883, big show ❤👏👏👏👏

[@beansofproduction]

Beautiful job! Looking forward to the cargo bike build.

[@vadimchik15]

Добрый день-можеш дать марку(модельный номер)своего станка.Я буду тебе благодарен!...Очень приятно смотреть на твою работу-удачи тебе и здоровья!Если это возможно-напиши в каком интэрнэт магазине ты покупает станки?.❤

[@grantpritchard7492]

Doesn't the addition of those zipties make the "quick release" feature on the covers impossible?

[@PhilVandelay]

You can still slide them back, just not lift them, so it works for cleaning or oiling the ways

[@lolzlarkin3059]

Toolpost drill seems like a good idea. Except I don't have a dro, and I do have a mill attachment. So my toolpost never ends up in the same place. :(

[@PhilVandelay]

You could make some kind of indexing system with dowl pins to get the toolpost back in the same position maybe. Also, for centering the drill, you might not even necessarily need the DRO, it can be done by eye to some extent. I suggest to watch Stefans video, he explains it in great detail

[@ADBBuild]

You could buy a bushing and a dowel pin that fit together, then use them to align things quickly. Put the bushing in the lathe chuck and the dowel in the tool post chuck and adjust until it slides in easy. If you have a quick change tool post, you would probably only need to adjust the cross slide as the height would already be set.

[@johnelliott4521]

Major upgrade time spent now will save countless hours later.

[@Taran-d.B.23]

And now turn it into a CNC 😁😁😁

[@PhilVandelay]

Some day ;)

[@remizik]

I thought porn was not allowed on KZbin. Great upgrades and great video !