Review and use of the Bang-Good boring head

Review and use of the generic Chinese boring head supplied by Bang-Good, for boring a precision hole in aluminium plate - see links below for product info
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[@sammorley1]

Just bought a machine..and came with this attachment. Didn't know what it was for in all honesty. Now I understand..many thanks.

[@CliffsShed]

Nice video Ade, my kids bought me the imperial equivalent about a year ago and I have been impressed with it, the boring bars "ain't all that" but servicable, and if screaming bad my work shop is a very bad place! All the best, Cliff

[@xkabedaruhe2956]

Thanks for demonstrating the new boring head!

[@rayfalcone6897]

nice review ,on the boring bar,enjoyed it see you next time.....

[@oh8wingman]

I have the exact same boring head from Banggood and I agree with you on the quality of the item. It very well made and if used properly should last a lifetime for the hobbyist machinist. The cutters can also be reground but if you care to do so you only grind the bottom face and never the side. If you grind the side getting the proper relief angle can be a real bear if not impossible.

[@AdeSwash]

Thanks Scooter Tramp, I did not know that :)

[@campbellmorrison8540]

Yes I have one of these, I decided the cutters were not very well sharped and purchased a couple versions with inserts. But I agree this is very good value for money

[@incubatork]

I just got mine and it works ok especially for the price, as you say for things that will not spin in the lathe. looking at your setup on the milling table the way you have the clamps if it snags it will pull the work out of the clamps, i try to make it so that if anything is not 100% it will push into the clamps rather than pulling out, don't ask me how i found this out 😲😳

[@campbellmorrison8540]

I got my one about a week ago and I agree for the money its very good value. I would like to be able to get some cutters with flats ground and I'm not sure about their carbide tip geometry, they are not cutting on the center which worries me a bit if the fixing screw comes loose.

[@SteveJordan]

Great review and nice tool....I must buy one.

[@welcometothemachineshop466]

Looking forward to seeing the engine that beam is for!

[@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian]

Delighted to see that the Dore Westbury can handle using a boring head. 👏👏👍😀

[@francopotou9666]

Very nice explanation mate keep it up God bless you

[@whathappened2230]

Thanks for the vid!

[@shaunadams2143]

Hi ade nice bit of kit have been thinking of one to but don't have a mill . Only small lathe so of limited use to me . maybe one day when I get larger lathe (dreaming again) thanks for sharing best regards Shaun 😀

[@lazyh-online4839]

I know this is an old comment but just gonna throw in my experience. I have an old drill press from my great grandpa. He took amazing care of all of his tools and equipment so it was pretty close to like new condition. The only issue were the bearings as they were starting to wear out, I swapped the standard ball bearings for a pair of near equally sized tapered roller bearings. After buying a cheap chinesium x/y table I was able to use it as a pretty good milling machine, even cutting mild steel parts at a pretty respectable feed rate with tolerable quality of cut. I got the mt2 version like in the video because it went right into the drill press spindle and used it to build a collar for a diy lead screw holder so the spindle can be raised and lowered with greater precision and accuracy than the backlash inducing hand wheel with set screw locks. I'm pulling the half-nut mechanism from a scrapped manual lathe to go back and forth between the hand wheel and lead screw depending on my needs at the time. Building tools from scratch or pre-existing tools/parts can be both very rewarding and very budged friendly so long as you know what you're doing.

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

I just bought a boring head for my new milling machine never used one before. Looks similar to yours just lightly larger 75mm I think but is R8. I like your milling machine is it a dore. Regards Chris

[@glenncpw]

They are affordable quality, sorry but I have already bought one. Yes they are very good value for the money. As an aside, I did see some one adjust the head using a dial gauge, which I have found easier. Just a comment. All the Best

[@360mac360]

Nice job on this, Sir.

[@bulletproofpepper2]

Thanks for sharing.

[@petrusscott3038]

Helpful video. I’m looking at getting one to use on my wood lathe with a MT2. What brand did you buy?

[@AdeSwash]

It is unbranded Petrus, but it was bought from Banggood China

[@paulmorrey4298]

Thanks

[@pauls5745]

as at 5:15 , I was thinking if I wanted to get a micrometer stand for when I need a free hand

[@beeorganic]

Why not put your machining tools to good use by building one yourself? kzbin.info/www/bejne/l53ZpoGYgrN2g68

[@jameslaurencesmith7537]

ade any idea where i could get my hands on a dore & westbury milling machine like what youve got ?i have search high and low to no avail ! regards laurence

[@AdeSwash]

I might have a contact Lawrence Send me an email swash.ade@gmail

[@wizrom3046]

Are the dial markings matching the hole diameter or the hole radius? ie; if you add 0.1mm on the dial, does the hole get 0.1 or 0.2mm larger?

[@AdeSwash]

Hi Wiz Rom, the increment is absolute, so yes 0.1 will open the hole 0.2, same as working with a lathe

[@wizrom3046]

@@AdeSwash thanks for the reply! 👍

[@JimmysTractor]

7:59 I hear a bit of slop between your spindle and spindle drive shaft, does it get really loud during interrupted cuts- just curious if that is normal.

[@AdeSwash]

Hi Jimmy, yes there needs to be a bit of clearance on the drive dog as it needs to move up and down on the quill spindle, it's an old machine (approx 1970's) but still going strong. I do notice it on interrupted cuts as expected, but it hasn't yet got to the point where I have considered the need to make a new one :) Regards. Ade

[@JimmysTractor]

@@AdeSwash I asked because my new rong fu mill is ridiculously loud on most cuts. I think it has way too much slop and Im going to see about getting it warrantied. I would think a few thousandths would be enough to slide on a fixed track.

[@AdeSwash]

Hi Jimmy, I'm guessing Rong Fu is a chinese brand? most far eastern machinery needs some re-working to get it up to a good standard, it's generally good value but it dosent match up to good old english machinery without some sort of refinement

[@JimmysTractor]

@@AdeSwash oh yeah, I'd take a bridgeport for sure, rong fu is the generic name for the round column mills. They also make a square column. They are sold under different names like Jet, Grizzly and Baileigh to name a few. Mine was the Harborfreight version and with a 25% coupon it was $1070 including tax and delivery to my door. Not bad for a 650lb machine. It is accurate within .002 over 16in plates that I milled- held by a 6in yausa vise.

[@JimmysTractor]

My last video is of that issue. Unfortunately, because my kids appear in many of my cideos, KZbin has(in their infinite wisdom) disabled comments on my entire channel.

[@ushasahana8771]

above link have same micro boring bar but have no side locking screw.​@​

[@patrickkatkaew9843]

Hello i am a beginner to learning milling machine how to find center of whole... i wanna bore whole make it bigger thank you

[@AdeSwash]

Hi Patrick, use a DTI and sweep it around the inner surface, adjust until centred

[@eziogonzaga7148]

good

[@strongspeed]

what is the finest division on the adjustment wheel?

[@AdeSwash]

0.01mm

[@strongspeed]

@@AdeSwashoff diamteer?

[@AdeSwash]

@@strongspeed do you really need me to work that out for you?

[@d-kuabab5303]

Hello Ade, I actually received my boring head with 9 boring bars . So far so good. I do understand the use of boring bars in the VERTICAL position , because the knifes are on the correct side and they should be use in turning direction against the thread direction of the boring head. But I do not understand the HORIZONTAL position of the boring bars. Because if you take the same direction of turning the spindle, the knifes of the boring bars are on the WRONG side. If you would change the turning direction in the other way round, the knifes would be on the CORRECT side to cut, but the boring head could loose inside of tits thread. I do not understand the use of the HORIZONTAL boring in the boring head. Or are there other Boring bars with knifes on the other side. Please forgive me my poor English..... I am a German and English is not my native language. I hope you can understand my question. Best from Old Germany Alfred

[@AdeSwash]

Hi Alfred, yes you are correct, you will need a LEFT Handed boring bar, these are available to buy or you could make one from 12mm HSS rod. Best Regards. Ade

[@user-ew4mf9yy9l]

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[@bobcatt2294]

I've seen a video where the offset adjustment mechanism is sloppy which would have been a deal breaker for me. link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJjaZGCEe5hmh5Istart=2m20s

[@fasousa4798]

Aren't you cutting it too fast? its screaming

[@pieterbotes8938]

From now on I will think twice before buying anything Chinese. A friend and myself recently bought ball screw kits - Chinese! What utter trash! What good is a ball screw if I have to modify it to make it work? The one end support is suppose to contain two angular contact bearings. These assholes in China decided to replace them with cheap Chinese trash standard ball bearings. From now on I will only buy from people who state on their website what bearings were used and I will check the ball screws from top to bottom, but trash I will not accept or pay for.

[@AdeSwash]

Wow! you are so angry dude, you tried to save some $ and you then blame an entire nation for your own disappointment, welcome to the 20% club!

[@pieterbotes8938]

@@AdeSwash Dude, the Chinese copy western technology and produce sub-standard rubbish. This rubbish is sold in my own country as well. I have warned people from companies which I know sell this rubbish, and you know what, they just ignored me. This tells me that they are aware of the trash they are selling. It's called greed.

[@pieterbotes8938]

I bought one 75 mm. My opinion? Absolute trash. The slide has got a 0.35 mm side play. It adjusts by itself while machining. 98% of tools that come from China is total garbage - sub standard quality, soft (not hardened) and a copy of western technology,

[@101picofarad]

What tools you recommend?

[@pieterbotes8938]

@@101picofarad There is a saying: Beggars can't be choosers. So, if you have the finances you can buy quality. If you don't have the finances, you buy stuff from Banggood and Alibaba. After you received it, you find that you have total trash in your hand and you can't return it. When you contact the supplier, you get no response. So, if you have the finances, you buy a boring head from well known manufacturers like D'Andrea - Italy or other companies who manufacture these things and not copy it like the Chinese do and then screw it up by the quality they produce. I don't have the finances and thus bought many things from above companies just to find that 80% of the stuff I bought was either the wrong item or totally trash in quality.

[@AdeSwash]

Horses for courses. you get what you pay for of course, but if you have the skills to work on what has been done, you will save yourself the costs of the high end

[@pieterbotes8938]

@@AdeSwash True brother, but I had enough of buying Chinese tools. I will rather spend more and stop all the irritating hassles in the process. I have designed my own version which will be in metric. I just have to sort out the markings on the adjustment screw. Have designed an engraving machine which will be built soon, hopefully.